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Disaster Resilience and Human Settlements. Emerging Perspectives in the Anthropocene
2023
The chapters included in this volume focus on the emerging perspectives on disaster resilience and human settlements in the larger context of the Anthropocene. The chapters explore urban and rural perspec-tives focusing on the current and emerging perspectives on disaster resilience through a holistic approach, involving scientists, humanists, planners, policymakers, and professionals in the global debate.
Disaster Resilience and Human Settlements in the Anthropocene
2023
The chapter sets the context starting from the emerging perspectives on disaster resilience and human settlements in the larger context of the proposed new geological era of Anthropocene. It explores the impact of disasters on the human settlements, giving examples and illustrating the theoretical reference framework regarding the birth of the idea of the Anthropocene. The chapter focuses on the interdisci-plinary nature of the ‘disaster resilience and human settlements’ theme in relation to the various global development agendas, including the Expanded Brown Agenda, the Hyogo Framework of Action, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,…
Prefazione a: Disaster Resilience and Human Settlements. Emerging Perspectives in the Anthropocene
2023
Preface to the volume "Disaster Resilience and Human Settlements. Emerging Perspectives in the Anthropocene"
A wholesale electricity market framework with bilateral trading
2011
An agent-based simulation model for a hybrid power market structure is presented. A bilateral transaction mechanism is combined with a uniform-pricing auction settlement in order to isolate the impact of medium-term bilateral contracts on market power and spot prices in a competitive wholesale market setting. First we describe the negotiation method for bilateral trading of energy and then introduce a new approach for bidding in the DA market based on the load duration curve. We find that, despite the conventional concerns, the foreclosure ef- fect produced by the bilateral agreement between a generation and a retail business will not necessarily lead to higher prices, and will be manifeste…
The Countryside in Sicily under the Roman Empire: Archaeological Survey and Methodological Approach, Settlements and Resources
2019
Si illustra lo stato delle attuali conoscenze archeologiche relative al paesaggio rurale di età romana della Sicilia, attraverso i risultati delle prospezioni archeologiche e di analoghe ricerche effettuate a partire dagli anni '80 del secolo scorso. In alcuni territori (come Himera, Gela, Agrigento, Alesa, e in altre aree interne) queste ricerche hanno prodotto informazioni nuove che aiutano a comprendere le differenti dinamiche storiche che caratterizzano varie aree dell'isola. The object of this report is to describe the current knowledge about the Roman landscape of Sicily, and the results connected to the archaeological surveys and other similar researches carried out from the eighties…
Qualification d’investissement et compétence en arbitrage international relatif aux investissements : la théorie du contrôle séparé devant le CIRDI
2014
La compétence d’un arbitre chargé d’appliquer le droit international des investissements exige l’existence préalable d’un investissement étranger. La présente étude analyse les difficultés du contrôle de l’existence de l’investissement devant le Centre international pour le règlement des différends relatifs aux investissements (CIRDI) et propose des moyens pour les surmonter. L’importance de la Convention de Washington du 18 mars 1965 explique l’attention particulière portée au CIRDI. En tenant compte des diverses approches proposées par la doctrine et la jurisprudence et de leurs fondements, la démarche suggérée par l’auteur est basée sur la dissociation des sources conventionnelles à l’or…
Integrating nascent organisations. On the settlement of the European External Action Service
2016
This study shows how the EU’s new Common Foreign and Security policy (CFSP) administration – the European External Action Service (EEAS) – experienced early organisational settlement. We find that the EEAS acts relatively independently from member-state governments, suggesting administrative autonomy. It is also relatively integrated into the Commission structure, suggesting inter-institutional integration of sub-units in the two institutions. Important lessons can be learned. For organisation theory: Firstly, nascent organisations are likely to experience some degree of ‘settlement’ after birth by establishing ties towards organisations from which they originate. Secondly, settlement is in…
LA VIABILITÀ MINORE NELLA SICILIA CENTRO-MERIDIONALE: IL COMPRENSORIO DI CIGNANA TRA LA VIA SELINUNTINA E LA CATINA-AGRIGENTUM
2021
Obiettivo del contributo è esaminare il sistema stradale di età antica, con un’attenzione particolare rivolta alle vie secondarie, in un ben definito comprensorio della Sicilia meridionale, l’area del Progetto Cignana, pochi km ad est di Agrigento. Si tratta di cogliere non tanto i caratteri della viabilità di lunga percorrenza (la via Selinuntina e la via Catina-Agrigentum) quanto piuttosto le interconnessioni tra i principali assi viari, la rete secondaria (spesso attestata lungo i principali corsi d’acqua), gli insediamenti rurali e gli approdi sulla costa. This paper is aimed to analyze the ancient road system in a selected area of the Southern Sicily, between Agrigento and Licata (Cign…
Effects of distance and scale dependence in geographical models of cities and territories
2019
International audience; This third chapter questions the essential role of distance and scale dependence in models to analyzing the spatial configuration of human settlements and activities, as well as the processes that lead to their evolution, with reference to urban or regional study areas. The subject of study therefore concerns both the form of human settlements and the actions of people (individuals, groups) in their territory (or territories). A human settlement consists of the materialization in space-the physical inscription-of one or more human activities. It is characterized by a certain degree of sustainability. It can be a group of a few buildings or a larger group of thousands…
Delay in claim settlement and ruin probability approximations
1995
We introduce a general risk model for portfolios with delayed claims which is a natural extension of the classical Poisson model. We investigate ruin problems for different premium principles and provide approximations for the ruin probability. We conclude with some specific models, for example, for IBNR portfolios and portfolios where the pay-off process depends on the claim size.