bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Incremental Loop Closure Verification by Guided Sampling
Authors: Kanji Tanaka ,   University of Fukui
Published: January 2017

Loop closure detection, which is the task of identifying locations revisited by a robot in a sequence of odometry and perceptual observations, is typically formulated as a combination of two subtasks: (1) bag-of-words image retrieval and (2) post-verification using random sample consensus (RANSAC) geometric verification. The main contribution of this study is the proposal of a novel post-verification framework that achieves good precision recall trade-off in loop closure detection. This study is motivated by the fact that not all loop closure hypotheses are equally plausible (e.g., owing to mutual consistency between loop closure constraints) and that if we have evidence that one hypothesis is more plausible than the others, then it should be verified more frequently. We demonstrate that the loop closure detection problem can be viewed as an instance of a multi-model hypothesize-and-verify framework. Thus, we can build guided sampling strategies on this framework where loop closures proposed using image retrieval are verified in a planned order (rather than in a conventional uniform order) to operate in a constant time. Experimental results using a stereo simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) system confirm that the proposed strategy, the use of loop closure constraints and robot trajectory hypotheses as a guide, achieves promising results despite the fact that there exists a significant number of false positive constraints and hypotheses.
Intelligent Coordinating Control Between Burn-Through Point and Mixture Bunker Level in an Iron Ore Sintering Process
Authors: Du Sheng ,   School of Automation, China University of Geosciences, Wu Min , Chen Xin , Lai Xuzhi , Cao Weihua ,   Hubei key Laboratory of Advanced Control and Intelligent Automation for Complex Systems
Published: January 2017

Sintering is a process that involves complex physical and chemical reactions. An intelligent coordinating control strategy is proposed for the strong coupling between the burn-through point (BTP) and the mixture bunker level (MBL). First, an intelligent integrated controller is established for the BTP by fusing the neural network, expert rules, and fuzzy logic. Moreover, an expert controller is designed for the MBL based on expert rules using the analysis of the main factors that affect the MBL. Furthermore, by employing the soft switching control algorithm, an intelligent coordinating controller for the BTP and the MBL is designed. The optimal operation parameters are obtained from the algorithm, which realize the multi-objective control of the sintering process. Finally, a simulation and an experiment of the intelligent coordinating control between the BTP and the MBL are carried out, where the models of the BTP and the MBL are the Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy model and the linear model, respectively. And the results show that the proposed approach is feasible and effective.
An Investigation of Secondary Schools’ Readiness towards the Implementation of Life Skills Education: A Study of Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya
Authors: Simiyu R. S. , Kirwok E. , Thinguri R. W.
Published: January 2017

Life skills education was introduced by the Kenya government to replace the HIV and AIDS education which was not positively perceived by its implementers. The purpose of this study was to investigate Secondary schools’ readiness towards the implementation of life skills education in Trans-Nzoia County. The main objectives were to determine teachers’ training on life skills education implementation in Trans-Nzoia County, to assess the availability of teaching and learning materials and infrastructure for the implementation of life skills education in Trans-Nzoia County, to evaluate teachers’ attitude towards the implementation of life skills education in secondary schools of Trans-Nzoia County, and to establish school management attitude towards the implementation of life skills education in secondary schools of Trans-Nzoia County. The study was guided by Work readiness theory by Catherine, Walker, Mathew and Cathy. This study employed concurrent triangulation study design with mixed methodology, where a target population of 2,234 teachers was studied. The study used concurrent sampling technique. Probability sampling with a simple random sample was used to sample thirty percent of schools. It further purposively sampled out thirty percent of secondary schools principals, deputy principals, guidance and counselling heads of department and teachers assigned to teach life skills who participated in the study. Instruments of data collection included interview schedule, observation guide and document analysis guide. A pilot study was carried out to establish the reliability of research instruments. Data was analyzed descriptively and thematically. The study was significant in contribution to the formulation of policies for life skills education in secondary schools, recognition of life skills education in the development of the nation by the stake holders, consideration of school management and teacher factors that are related to the teaching of life skills education by curriculum developers and also serve as a reference material to potential researchers in the related field of study. The findings of the study indicated inadequate training of teachers in life skills education, inadequate use of teaching learning materials, some element of unwillingness by teachers in the implementation of life skills education in secondary schools of Trans-Nzoia County. There was also inadequate supervision and support towards teachers by administrators towards the implementation of life skills education in Secondary schools of Trans-Nzoia County. The recommendations were that the government should put a policy in place as an affirmative action to train teachers in the implementation of life skills education. Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development should review the implementation programme in terms of time and curricular and nationally evaluate the subject. 
Quality of Life in Bilateral Vs. Unilateral End-Stage Ankle Arthritis and Outcomes of Bilateral Vs. Unilateral Total Ankle Replacement
Authors: Desai Sagar J. , Glazebrook Mark , Penner Murray J. , Wing Kevin J. , Younger Alastair S.E. , Pinsker Ellie , Daniels Timothy R.
Published: January 2017

Background:

We performed a retrospective cohort study to compare preoperative health-related quality of life (HRQoL) between patients with bilateral and those with unilateral end-stage ankle arthritis. We also compared midterm outcomes in a subgroup of patients who had undergone staged bilateral total ankle replacement (TAR) with the outcomes in the group treated with unilateral TAR.

Methods:

The HRQoL before surgical treatment was compared between 53 patients with bilateral end-stage ankle arthritis identified from the Canadian Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Prospective Ankle Reconstruction Database and 106 patients with unilateral arthritis selected from the same database. Short Form-36 (SF-36) and American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Foot and Ankle Module (AAOS-FAM) scores were used to assess preoperative HRQoL. Midterm outcomes (implant survival, HRQoL, and reoperation and revision rates) were compared between 37 patients who had undergone staged bilateral TAR and 106 patients treated with unilateral TAR; all patients were followed for at least 2 years.

Results:

Preoperatively, patients with unilateral disease had a higher prevalence of posttraumatic arthritis, whereas patients with bilateral disease had a higher prevalence of primary and secondary arthritis (p < 0.001). The mean preoperative SF-36 physical component summary (PCS) score in the unilateral group was higher than that in the bilateral group (p < 0.002). The mean postoperative follow-up (and standard deviation) was 5.0 ± 2.0 years in the bilateral TAR group and 4.0 ± 1.8 years in the unilateral TAR group. The patients who underwent either unilateral or staged bilateral TAR demonstrated improved SF-36 PCS scores between the preoperative and postoperative evaluations (p < 0.001). The postoperative SF-36 PCS scores were similar between the patients with unilateral TAR and those with bilateral TAR (p = 0.70). Six ankles (6%) in the unilateral cohort and 6 ankles (8%) in the bilateral cohort required revision of the metal component (p = 0.52). The mean implant survival time was 10.9 years (95% confidence interval [CI] = 10.1 to 11.7 years) in the bilateral cohort and 9.2 years (95% CI = 8.5 to 9.8 years) in the unilateral cohort (p = 0.60).

Conclusions:

Preoperative SF-36 scores demonstrated that bilateral end-stage ankle arthritis is a more debilitating condition than unilateral arthritis. Patients who underwent staged bilateral TAR benefited as much as patients who underwent unilateral TAR, despite having a worse preoperative health status. Metal component revision rates and implant survival were similar between the 2 groups.

Level of Evidence:

TherapeuticLevel III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
ANALISIS PENGARUH HARGA CRUDE PALM OIL (CPO) DUNIA TERHADAP NILAI TUKAR RIIL RUPIAH
Authors: Aprina Hilda
Published: January 2017

Indonesia is a biggest producer of Crude Palm Oil (CPO) in the world. Production and export volumes continued to increase from year to year. CPO products have an important role in the Indonesian economy, one of them as the country’s largest foreign exchange earner in the plantation sector. Given that Indonesia has adopted a floating exchange rate regime since 1978, the export of commodities such as palm oil will have an important influence on the real exchange rate. Therefore, this study aimed to see how much the world price of CPO influence the development of the real exchange rate of rupiah. The analytical method used is a simultaneous equation model using time series data from 1984 to 2011. The results showed that the increase in CPO price will lead to real exchange rate rupiah appreciated. Therefore, Indonesia as a major producer of CPO should be able to control the world price of crude palm oil in order to control the stability of the real exchange rate of the rupiah. Keywords : world CPO price, simultaneous equation model, the real exchange rate of rupiah.JEL Classification: E2
TRANSMISI DAMPAK MELALUI JARINGAN PERDAGANGAN: PENDEKATAN ASIAN-IO
Authors: Ibrahim Ibrahim , Winarno Tri , Grace Melva Viva , Fitri Yan
Published: January 2017

Global financial crisis which began in the US in the latter part of 2008 hit a lot of countries in both trade and finance. In trade aspect, the crisis spread widely; in Indonesia, the total export value in 2009 dropped to 14,3%. Therefore, the economy of China, tightly linked with Asian countries including Indonesia, which rapidly rose before the crisis but slowed after it should be monitored as this condition, could indirectly hold down Indonesia’s GDP. Applying RAS method to update Asian IO data, this research has attempted to describe the trade structure of Asian countries in 2010. Also, it implemented a simulation of the impact of US and China’s GDP decline and US exports on Indonesia’s GDP, both at aggregate and sector levels. The result of the mapping shows that Indonesia is getting more dependent on China. Generally, the link between Indonesia’s exported products and global production chain is weak. Indonesia’s export commodities which are mostly of intermediate goods have low contribution towards value added. Moreover, the result of the simulation shows that 1% decrease in China’s GDP has greater impact on Indonesia’s GDP (0,14%) than that of the US (0,05%) and EU (0,07%) though with similar point.  Keyword: Trade Interactions, Input Output Model JEL Classification : F16, R15
Paradiplomacia aymara: Empoderamiento en la frontera
Authors: Aranda Bustamante Gilberto , Salinas Cañas Sergio
Published: January 2017

Este artículo analiza la paradiplomacia fronteriza realizada por más de 50 municipios de Bolivia, Chile y Perú llamada Alianza Estratégica Aymaras Sin Fronteras. A pesar de una construcción histórica de identidades nacionales diferenciadas entre estos tres países, a través de una revisión bibliográfica, aparece una inédita relación fronteriza. Además es posible concluir lo acertada que ha sido esta estrategia no-violenta en los últimos 15 años.
Listy z podróży, czyli "Listy o Adamie" Antoniego Edwarda Odyńca
Authors: Fedorowicz Irena
Published: January 2017

‘Travel Letters’ or ‘Letters about Adam’ by Antoni Edward Odyniec The article presents the background of Odyniec’s Travel Letters and their reception. The author above all focuses on the chronological analysis of Letters and their significance in the shaping of Adam Mickiewicz’s biography reception.
Aksjologia literacka w pismach Jerzego Stempowskiego
Authors: Kudyba Wojciech
Published: January 2017

For Stempowski the act of reading is inevitably linked to assessment and valuation. In his writings the poetics of reading takes shape of a specific axiology of reception. It becomes the theory of worthful reading. Looking from a perspective of an amateur reader allowed for the essayist to recognize the fragile bases of literary criticism, the dogmatism of a theoretic approach, and finally, the literary historians’ insensitivity to the contextual and situational values of the analysed works. It is precisely this attachment to the amateurish, i.e. affective and ‘loving’, relation with a piece of written work that prompted Stempowski to search for a look at literature that would not kill the joy of reading; one that would not limit the cognitive horizons and would also take into account the contextuality of literary works and their inevitable relation with the extra-literary reality that the reader is plunged into.
O tym, na co „formuł stylu nie ma”. Norwid i doświadczenie świętości
Authors: Skalińska Ewangelina
Published: January 2017

On these for which ‘the style formula isn’t there’ [‘formuł stylu nie ma’]. Norwid and the experience of sainthood The article is an attempt to decipher certain spiritual motifs in Cyprian Norwid’s writings. The attempt is based on Rudolf Otto’s religious studies considerations, and the analysis concerns fragments of the following pieces by the Polish poet: Jasność i ciemność, Czarne kwiaty, Białe kwiaty and the poem Krzyż i dziecko.
Dlaczego Cyprian Kamil Norwid przeciął pamiątkowy rysunek z Egiptu od Juliusza Słowackiego ? O prywatności w Czarnych Kwiatach
Authors: Szczeglacka-Pawłowska Ewa
Published: January 2017

Why Cyprian Norwid tore a souvenir drawing from Egypt from Juliusz Słowacki? The article treats of the issues of privacy and informality in Cyprian Norwid’s Czarne kwiaty [Black Flowers]. The poet wrote about events from the lives of individuals whose status was public. He wrote, among others, about informal meetings, universalising their meaning. He published the piece in a monthly insert to Czas daily newspaper. A question arises whether Norwid had the right to unveil the privacy of these people. Did he ask them to let him exploit very private moments from their lives? A scene from the drama, where the narrator (the author of Czarne kwiaty) cuts a souvenir drawing from Juliusz Słowacki – he sends one half to Poland and keeps the other to himself – reveals the quintessence of the piece. By cutting the drawing from Egypt Norwid made it into two pieces; at the same time he destroyed a souvenir from Słowacki and, in a certain sense, those things that were the most private in relationships with particular people.
The Behavioral Intention of Micro Enterprises to Use the Integrated Cash Waqf Micro Enterprise Investment (ICWME-I) Model as a Source of Financing
Authors: Mohd Thas Thaker Mohamed Asmy , Mohammed Mustafa Omar , Duasa Jarita , Abdullah Moha Asri
Published: January 2017

This study is designed to examine the behavioural intention of micro enterprises to use the Integrated Cash Waqf Micro Enterprise Investment (ICWME-I) model as a source of financing in Malaysia. The primary data are collected from the survey administered to micro entrepreneurs in the Klang Valley and the analysis is conducted using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Furthermore, the model has validated its acceptance in the field by adopting the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA). This study has revealed that both the attitude and subjective norms are found to have a positive impact on the intention of micro entrepreneurs to use the ICWME-I Model in the context of Malaysia.
Accounting and Accountability in Religious Organizations: An Islamic Contemporary Scholars’ Perspective
Authors: Basri Hasan , Siti-Nabiha Abdul Khalid , Abd. Majid M. Shabri
Published: January 2017

The purpose of this article is to discuss the views and opinions of contemporary Muslim scholars on organisational accountability in Islam. The paper is based on in-depth semi-structured interviews and a review of the relevant documents. Eighteen interviews with twelve Muslim scholars, two ulamas (mufti), two organisational donors, and two relevant government officers, both in Indonesia and in Malaysia were, respectively, conducted. The Muslim scholars interviewed perceived that accounting and accountability activities are not contradictory to Islamic teachings. The accountability relationship in Islam is  viewed as not only fulfilling the legal requirements, but also fulfilling the relationship with God. The findings clearly indicate that a formal accountability mechanism is strongly encouraged in Islam, and financial reporting is viewed as essential in enhancing the accountability of Islamic religious organizations. Therefore, any organization dealing with community funds must demonstrate its financial accountability formally; i.e., through written reports. Thus, public or community trust in the organisation cannot replace the accountability mechanism.
Does Auditor Rotation Increase Auditor Independence?
Authors: Junaidi Junaidi , Hartono Jogiyanto , Suwardi Eko , Miharjo Setiyono , Hartadi Bambang
Published: January 2017

This study aims to empirically test the effects of auditor rotation and auditor tenure on an auditor’s independence in companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange during the years 2002-2010. This study using logistic regression estimation technique. The results show that, statistically, the auditor’s tenure has significant negative effects on the auditor’s independence, measured by the tendency to give a ‘going concern’ opinion. Furthermore, the results also show significant differences between the effects of short and long term tenures on the auditors’ independence. Auditor rotation has significant positive effects on the auditors’ independence.
Impact of Self Service Technology Quality on Customer Satisfaction: A Case of Retail Banks in Western Province in Sri Lanka
Authors: H.M.R.S.S. Gunawardana , Kulathunga D. , Perera W.L.M.V.
Published: January 2017

Rapid technological advancement in the banking environment drives Sri Lankan banks to adopt self-service technologies to deliver services via SMS banking, Internet banking and telephone banking facilities, Automated Teller Machines (ATM) etc. This study explored the perceived quality of the self-service technology of these services and its effect on customer satisfaction. The literature survey and in depth interviews helped to formulate quality dimensions: security, efficiency, eases of use, reliability and convenience and those dimensions were assessed through a questionnaire. This study surveyed 215 customers from branches of six dominating commercial banks located in Western Province of Sri Lanka. Data were subjected to Principal Component Analysis and retained factors were regressed using multiple regressions to assess the impact of quality dimensions on customer satisfaction. The results revealed that reliability and convenience have positive impacts on customer satisfaction but efficiency has a negative effect.
Determinants of Investment Opportunity Set (Degree of Internationalization and Macroeconomic Variables)
Authors: Utama Cynthia , Sulistika Meiti
Published: January 2017

The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of internal factors (i.e. the degree of internationalization, profitability, firm size, and financial leverage) and external factors (i.e. GNP growth and the inflation rate) on firms’ growth opportunities or their Investment Opportunity Set (IOS). The IOS is measured by the market-to-book assets ratio. The result shows that profitability and firms’ size have a positive impact on the IOS whereas the degree of internationalization and financial leverage has a negative influence on the IOS. Finally, the IOS is positively affected by GNP growth while the inflation rate has a negative impact on IOS.
The Javanese Lunar Calendar’s Effect on Indonesian Stock Returns
Authors: Robiyanto Robiyanto, , Puryandani Siti
Published: January 2017

It is very possible for an investor to take a decision based on superstitions and common beliefs. Actually, Indonesia has a specific calendar system called the Javanese lunar calendar. The Javanese calendar contains several special days because of their sacred characteristics such as “Kamis Wage” (Thursday Wage) and “Jum’at Kliwon” (Friday Kliwon). The day of Friday Kliwon is often considered to be the most frightening which is similar to Friday the Thirteenth in Western culture. This study tried to scrutinize the impact of those sacred days on Indonesian stock returns. By applying GARCH-M, the finding shows that the Javanese lunar calendar does not have any impact on the Indonesian stock returns, but does affect the investors’ risk aversion level. This study has proven that, in terms of risk aversion, investors’ behavior in Indonesia is influenced by superstition.
Effects of Ethical Climate on Organizational Commitment, Professional Commitment, and Job Satisfaction of Auditor in Malaysia
Authors: Ismail Suhaiza
Published: January 2017

The objective of this paper is to investigate the effect of the ethical climate on the organizational commitment, professional commitment and job satisfaction of Malaysian auditors. Using a survey questionnaire comprising instruments about the ethical climate, organizational commitment, professional commitment and job satisfaction, 263 usable responses were received. To achieve the objectives, mean scores, standard deviations, correlations and multiple regressions were performed. The study revealed that a significant positive influence of a caring ethical climate on professional and organizational commitment as well as job satisfaction existed. There was also a positive significant association between the law and code ethical climate and professional commitment. On the other hand, the study discovered that the instrumental ethical climate type had a significant negative relationship with organizational commitment and job satisfaction. A significant negative relationship was also revealed between the independent ethical climate type and organizational and professional commitment. A significant negative relationship between the rules ethical climate and job satisfaction was also discovered.
De Brasília a Recife, passando por Istambul, 1995-1997
Authors: Vainer Carlos Bernardo
Published: January 2017

De Brasília a Recife, passando por Istambul, 1995-1997
O urbanismo e o seu outro: raça, cultura e cidade no Brasil (1920-1945)
Authors: Lira José Tavares Correia de
Published: January 2017

Este trabalho explora algumas matrizes do pensamento social brasileiro em sua abordagem da formação do espaço urbano no país, em particular no que concerne às relações raciais, étnicas e culturais nas cidades. Parte da hipótese de que, a partir dos anos 20, o discurso urbanístico encontra na eugenia e no regionalismo bases confiáveis ao realinhamento nacionalista de sua intervenção técnica no espaço e na cultura de cidades complexamente divididas. Tendo em vista a problemática contemporânea das renovações urbanas, examina as questões de segregação social, distribuição no espaço e identificação cultural de grupos étnicos, nacionais e regionais em estudos e trechos de estudos sobre cidades de Oliveira Vianna, Gilberto Freyre, José Mariano Filho, Donald Pierson e Samuel Lowrie. Palavras-chave: urbanismo; cidade; nação; pensamento social brasileiro; relações raciais; etnicidade; eugenia; culturalismo; regionalismo. "Urbanism and its alter: race, culture and the city in Brazil (1920-1945)" Abstract: This paper deals with some important sources of the social thought in Brazil as they refer to the formation of the urban space in the country, particularly in respect to racial, ethnic, and cultural relations in the city. It raises the hypothesis that the urbanistic discourse, from the 1920s onwards, finds in eugenics and regionalism some reliable basis for the nationalistic realignment of its technical intervention in complexly divided urban spaces and cultures. Having in mind the contemporary question of urban renovation, it specially examines matters of social segregation, spatial distribution and cultural identification of ethnic, national and regional groups in some writings of Oliveira Vianna, Gilberto Freyre, José Mariano Filho, Donald Pierson and Samuel Lowrie. Keywords: urbanism; city; nation; Brazilian social thought; racial relationships; ethnicity; eugenics; culturalism; regionalism.
Discursos da sustentabilidade urbana
Authors: Acselrad Henri
Published: January 2017

A noção de sustentabilidade remete antes à lógica das práticas, em que efeitos práticos considerados desejáveis são levados a acontecer, do que ao campo do conhecimento científico, em que os conceitos são construídos para explicar o real. Aplicada ao espaço urbano, a noção de sustentabilidade tem acionado diversas representações para a gestão das cidades, desde a administração de riscos e incertezas ao incremento da “resiliência” – a capacidade adaptativa – das estruturas urbanas. O que parece organizar analiticamente o discurso da “sustentabilidade urbana” seria sua distribuição em dois campos: de um lado, aquele que privilegia uma representação técnica das cidades pela articulação da noção de sustentabilidade urbana aos “modos de gestão dos fluxos de energia e materiais associados ao crescimento urbano”; de outro, aquele que define a insustentabilidade das cidades pela queda da produtividade dos investimentos urbanos, ou seja, pela “incapacidade destes últimos acompanharem o ritmo de crescimento das demandas sociais”, o que coloca em jogo, conseqüentemente, o espaço urbano como território político. Palavras-chave: sustentabilidade; planejamento urbano; política ambiental."Discourses on Urban Sustainability" Abstract : The idea of sustainability recalls the logic of practice, where practical effects viewed as desirable are made to happen, rather than the field of scientific knowledge, where concepts are constructed to explain reality. When applied to urban space, the idea of sustainability has generated different representations and perspectives for managing cities, from the administration of risks and uncertainties to the increase of "resilience" – the adaptive capacity – of urban structures. What seems to organize analytically the discourse of "urban sustainability" is its division into two fields: on the one hand privileging a technical representation of cities by combining the notion of urban sustainability with the "modes of management of the flows of energy and materials associated with urban growth"; on the other hand defining the unsustainability of cities by the drop in productivity of urban investments, that is, by the "incapacity of the latter to keep up with the rate of growth of social demands", which consequently places urban space in jeopardy as a political territory. Keywords: sustainability, urban planning, environmental politics.
O paradigma das global cities nas estratégias de desenvolvimento local
Authors: Compans Rose
Published: January 2017

Este artigo trata das novas estratégias de desenvolvimento econômico para as cidades no contexto da reestruturação produtiva. Ele enfoca o papel atribuído às cidades como centros de gestão dos fluxos de capitais, o qual permite uma articulação entre o local e o global sem a intermediação das esferas regional e nacional. Primeiramente, apresenta as contribuições teóricas no Terceiro Mundo que mais têm influenciado o debate urbano sobre a emergência de uma economia de fluxos, cuja organização em rede impõe as cidades como nós de conexão. Em seguida, analisa a construção paradigmática das global cities, com base na generalização de alguns pressupostos teóricos e de tendências empiricamente observadas. Finalmente, examina as estratégias que estão sendo difundidas por consultores internacionais e relacionadas à vocação inexorável das cidades para o terciário avançado.Palavras-chave: desenvolvimento local; gestão urbana; globalização; cidades mundiais. " The Paradigm of 'Global Cities' in Local Development Strategies" Abstract: This article discusses the new development economic strategies for cities in the productive restructuration context. It focuses the role of the great cities like management centers of the capital fluxes which allows an articulation between the local and the global spaces without the mediation of the regional and national spheres. At first it introduces some theoretical contributions about the emergence of an flux economy, which net organization format requires that the cities turn themselves connection points, as a strong influence in Third World urban debate. Afterwards it analyses the paradigmathical arrangement of the "global cities" with the support of general concepts and empirical dates. At last but not least, the paper also argues the supposed natural vocation of the cities nowadays for the advanced Tertiary, as show the several strategies diffused and recommended by international experts. Keywords: local development; urban management; globalization; global cities.
Reflexões sobre a hiperperiferia: novas e velhas faces da pobreza no entorno municipal
Authors: Torres Haroldo Da Gama , Marques Eduardo Cesar
Published: January 2017

O objetivo do trabalho é apresentar os principais resultados analíticos de uma aplicação de Sistemas de Informação Geográfica ao planejamento urbano. O trabalho centra-se na apresentação de diversas cartografias exploratórias relacionadas a variáveis demográficas, de risco urbano e de acesso a políticas públicas. Os resultados apontam para a superposição, em determinados setores censitários do município, de condições de extrema pobreza e risco urbanos, indicando a presença de fortes efeitos cumulativos de riscos urbanos e precariedade socioeconômica. Essa cumulatividade parece ser mais grave do que a indicada pela literatura: identificamos uma periferia mais heterogênea do que se considera comumente, incluindo espaços bem servidos e inseridos na malha urbana, e outros cuja população está submetida a condições talvez mais adversas do que a das periferias das décadas passadas.Palavras-chave: espaço urbano; condições de vida; periferia; população e meio ambiente; risco ambiental; segregação socioespacial. Abstract: The aim of this article is to present the main analytical findings of the application of GIS techniques to urban planning in Mauá, São Paulo. The paper is centre on several types of exploratory cartography related to demography, urban risk and accessibility to public policies in the 1990s. In certain census sectors of the municipality, the results show a superimposition of extreme poverty and urban risk conditions, pointing to the existence of very strong cumulative effects of urban risk and precarious socio-economic conditions. This cumulative effect seems to be more important than that indicated by the academic literature: a much more heterogeneous urban periphery than is commonly considered was identified, including areas that are very well served and included in social and urban terms, as well as others in which the population is submitted to more adverse conditions than those that characterised the metropolitan peripheries of previous decades. Keywords: urban space; living conditions; urban periphery; population and environment environmental risk; socio-spatial segregation.
De vila operária a cidade-companhia: as aglomerações criadas por empresas no vocabulário especializado e vernacular
Authors: Correia Telma De Barros
Published: January 2017

A criação, por empresas, de aglomerações para abrigar seus funcionários é um capítulo importante e pouco conhecido da urbanização brasileira. Vila operária, fazenda, usina, bairro proletário, núcleo urbano, núcleo industrial, núcleo residencial, núcleo fabril, cidade operária, cidade-companhia, cidade-empresa e cidade nova são algumas das designações que esses lugares têm recebido no Brasil, dependendo de suas características quanto a tamanho, forma, localização e condição político administrativa, do tipo de atividade à qual estão ligadas e do momento em que surgem. Este trabalho discute essas diferentes denominações, investigando quando são introduzidas e o contexto em que são utilizadas. Tal abordagem não visa apenas fazer um mapeamento do vocabulário empregado para designar esses lugares, mas partir das diversas denominações para investigar o estatuto dessas aglomerações na urbanização brasileira.Palavras-chave: cidade; habitação; empresa; vocabulário especializado e vernacular. Abstract: The creation of urban agglomerations by companies to house their employees is an important and insufficiently studied chapter of Brazilian urbanization. The Portuguese equivalent of workers' tenement, farm, mill, workers' district or township, industrial centre, factory town and new town are some of the designations given to these places in Brazil. These terms often reflect particular characteristics such as size, form, location, political/juridical status and the type of industrial activity which gave rise to the agglomeration. The current paper studies some of these designations, regarding their respective contexts at the time when they were created. This approach not only attempts to provide a guide to the vocabulary used to name these places but also investigates the role these agglomerations have played in the process of Brazilian urbanization.Keywords: town; housing; company; specialist and vernacular vocabularies.
Modernidade e moradia: habitação coletiva no Rio de Janeiro nos séculos XIX e XX
Authors: Pinheiro Eloísa Petti
Published: January 2017

Modernidade e moradia: habitação coletiva no Rio de Janeiro nos séculos XIX e XXLílian Fessler Vaz, Rio de Janeiro: 7 Letras, 2002.
Desenvolvimento local endógeno: entre a competitividade e a cidadania
Authors: Braga Tania Moreira
Published: January 2017

Competitividade e cidadania são pressupostos presentes na maioria das propostas de desenvolvimento local da atualidade, grande parte das quais fundadas na crença em um desenvolvimento liderado e determinado endogenamente, que tem no chamado “Desenvolvimento Local Endógeno" sua sustentação teórica. Indaga-se até que ponto competitividade e cidadania podem ser conciliados, ou se estes se apresentam como estratégia discursiva que visa adicionar charme participativo à abordagem competitiva. Este artigo parte do pressuposto de que, para além da aparente conciliação ou oposição entre competitividade e cidadania, o que se encontra é um campo de conflitos no qual ambos estão presentes e do qual surgem barreiras e limitações às políticas de desenvolvimento local. Seu objetivo principal é discutir a abordagem do “Desenvolvimento Local Endógeno”, investigando sua base conceitual, suas estratégias políticas/discursivas e suas principais fragilidades. Também investiga os limites e possibilidades para a construção de políticas de desenvolvimento local com inclusão social e solidariedade.Palavras-chave: desenvolvimento local; desenvolvimento endógeno; cidadania; competitividade; exclusão social. Abstract: Competition and citizenship are key words on the major proposals of local development strategies under the approach of "Local Endogenous Development". We question if the conciliation between competition and citizenship is really possible, or if it is mainly a discursive strategy that adds a participatory discourse to a competition approach in order to create a democratic illusion. The conceptual framework we use on this paper is based on the assertion that beyond the appearing conciliation or opposition between citizenship and competition we can find a conflict field in which there are both conciliation and contradiction. These fields of conflicts end up by giving rise to a range of limits to the design and implementation of strategies of local development. Our main goal is to investigate the discursive and political strategies that reside on proposals of "Local Endogenous Development" in order to identify and analyse the limits to its design and implementation.Keywords: local development; endogenous development; competition; citizenship; social inequalities.
Cidade e lugar: sua representação e apropriação ideológica
Authors: Limonad Ester , Randolph Rainer
Published: January 2017

Este ensaio tem por meta contribuir para uma discussão atual das representações da cidade e do urbano em um viés que procura articular conceitos comuns da arquitetura e da geografia a partir do conceito de lugar. A argumentação será apresentada em cinco partes: a partir de uma breve caracterização da (i) relação entre cidade e urbano no momento atual em que os indícios apontam para o surgimento de fenômenos cada vez mais “translocais”; passamos a uma (ii) reflexão sobre a relação local–lugar; (iii) a seguir, tratamos do significado e da representação – e sua importância político-ideológica na formação do lugar – a partir de contribuições da arquitetura e do urbanismo; o que nos leva a questionar (iv) a geração de identidades (culturais) do lugar; para finalizarmos (v) com a apropriação político-prática no assim chamado planejamento estratégico – dimensão trabalhada pelo planejamento urbano.Palavras-chave: cidade; lugar; representação; apropriação; urbanização. Abstract: Our goal with this essay is to contribute to an up to date debate of the city and the urban representations in a way which tries to articulate concepts common to Architecture and Geography - departing from place concept. The argument will be presented in five parts: beginning with (i) the present relationship between city and urban brief characterisation where we have plenty signs pointing to an even more "trans-local" phenomena arisal; we will (ii) make a reflection about the local - place relationship, (iii) afterwards we deal with the significance and the representation - and their political-ideological importance on place formation - based on architecture and urbanism contributions, leading us to question (iv) place (cultural) identities generation to conclude (v) with the so-called strategic planning political-practical appropriation - dimension of the urban planning.Keywords: city; place; representation; appropriation; urbanisation.
A política de produção habitacional por mutirões autogeridos: construindo algumas questões
Authors: Rizek Cibele Saliba , Barros Joana , Bergamin Marta De Aguiar
Published: January 2017

Este artigo busca discutir a produção de habitação social através dos chamados mutirões autogeridos, pondo em relevo a constituição e a mudança do caráter por que passou este tipo de política, entre os anos 80 e 90. Trata-se de tematizar como – a partir de um ideário emancipatório que apostou na autonomia dos movimentos sociais e da sociedade civil diante de políticas sociais centralizadas no Estado, urdidas no período da ditadura militar – chega-se a uma política cujas dimensões da autonomia mudam de caráter, legitimando ou podendo legitimar ações assentadas no uso do trabalho gratuito dos futuros usuários, que produzem unidades habitacionais financiadas por fundos públicos alinhados com as dimensões de uma gestão das precariedades.Palavras-chave: mutirão autogerido; política habitacional; direitos sociais. The self-managed mutirões housing production politics: building some questionsAbstract: This article searches a discussion about social housing production through the practices of the mutirões, emphasizing a process that changed the character of social housing policies and political practices between the decades of the 80´s and 90´s. It argues how the conceptions of autonomy and emancipation of civil society and social movements during the period of Brazilian dictatorship government in the 70´s changed into policies that justify practices of non-payed work in the production of houses supported by public funds that can be seen as an administration of precariousness and misery, instead of policies of autonomy and emancipation. Keywords: self-managed housing practices; housing policies; social rights.
Celso Furtado e o Planejamento: teoria e ação
Authors: Tavares Hermes Magalhães
Published: January 2017

Celso Furtado e o Planejamento: teoria e ação.
A industrialização brasileira e a dimensão geográfica dos estabelecimentos industriais
Authors: Gunn Philip , Correia Telma De Barros
Published: January 2017

Em razão da predominância da produção voltada para a exportação de bens agrícolas, tais como açúcar, café e algodão, a industrialização brasileira no século XIX e na primeira metade do século XX foi parcial, tanto em seu conteúdo quanto em sua extensão geográfica. A expansão da economia do café e a chegada, no final do século XVII, de um novo e centralizado processo de transformação industrial da cana-de-açúcar sustentou a dominância da produção de exportáveis, permitindo o surgimento de um setor industrial têxtil que se expandiu geográfica e economicamente no século XX. A ausência de informação censitária industrial para o período que antecede o ano de 1920 impediu a realização de estudos mais gerais sobre a história industrial brasileira. O presente artigo trata da evolução histórica da indústria brasileira do ponto de vista da dimensão espacial dos estabelecimentos industriais, no que diz respeito às instalações residenciais, de serviços e da mão-de-obra. Desde 1996, um arquivo contendo dados sobre assentamentos industriais com vila operária foi parcialmente elaborado abrangendo mais de 80% do território brasileiro. Esse material permitiu uma descrição geral dos estabelecimentos industriais em cada região do Brasil no período de 1810 até o presente.Palavras-chave: Geografia Industrial; arqueologia industrial; vila operária. Abstract: Because of the predominance of rural export production of commodities such as sugar, coffee and cotton, the history of Brazilian industrialization in the XIX and the firs half of the XX centuries has tended to be partial both in its thematic and in its geographical extent. The expansion of a coffee economy and the late eighteenth century arrival of new industrial centralized sugar cane processing sustained the dominance of export commodity production while allowing the emergence of an industrial textile sector which expanded geographically and economically in the XX century. The absence of industrial census information before 1920 has inhibited general surveys of industrial history. The current paper attempts to address this historical evolution from the particular viewpoint of industrial settlement with characteristics which contained an urban dimension in terms of work force housing and social facilities. Since 1996 an archive of industrial settlements with housing provision has been partially elaborated for more than 80% of the country’s territory. The article has been based on ongoing site visits and bibliographic research on accumulated case histories of industrial establishments in each region in the period of 1810 up to the present.Keywords: Industrial Geography; industrial archeology; company-town.
Encontros e desencontros de moradores da favela no espaço social segregado: um estudo sobre as relações sociais cotidianas nos espaços privatizados
Authors: Ferreira Maria Inês Caetano
Published: January 2017

O artigo discute resultados de pesquisa realizada numa favela no sofisticado distrito de Vila Andrade, na capital paulista, enfocando a segregação espacial e as práticas dos favelados para participar da produção do espaço social. O método do estudo de trajetórias mapeou a mobilidade dos sujeitos, possibilitando desvendar os encontros dos favelados com os vizinhos de média e alta rendas. Um dos temas do artigo é a reflexão sobre a presença de camadas sociais heterogêneas no espaço segregado, em virtude da constatação de que os favelados freqüentam espaços voltados para as camadas de média e alta rendas. O artigo também aponta a desigualdade das relações dentro da favela, onde a estrutura hierárquica da sociedade brasileira é reproduzida. Pondera, ainda, sobre os impactos da convivência dos sujeitos de uma mesma camada e também de diferentes camadas sociais nos espaços privatizados cuja lógica se distingue dos princípios do espaço público.Palavras-chave: segregação; espaço privatizado; desigualdade social; favela; espaço urbano. Abstract: This article intends to consider research findings into a favela in a sophisticated neighborhood in São Paulo. It focus spatial segregation and favelado’s practices influencing social space production. People mobility was realized by trajectories study, so it is possible to observe meetings among favelados and rich neighbors and its configuration. Research findings show favelados used to go to the mall, where rich people go also. This article reflects heterogeneous social groups in segregated spaces. This article demonstrates social inequality in favela, where an elite dominates people. Favelas’social inequality reproduces Brazilian society inequalities. At last, this article considers effects of people meeting at private space, where rules are different from public spaces.Keywords: segregation; privatization; social inequality; social discrimination; favela; urban space.
Planet of slums
Authors: Mamani Hernán Armando
Published: January 2017

Planet of slumsMike Davis, London, New York: Verso, 2006, 228 p. Edição brasileira: Planeta Favela. Trad. de Beatriz Medina. Posfácio de Erminia Maricato. São Paulo: Boitempo Editorial, 2006.
Sustentabilidade, desenvolvimento e planejamento urbano: reconfiguração de margens fluviais em Belém (PA)
Authors: Ponte Juliano Pamplona Ximenes
Published: January 2017

Em torno de Belém (PA), norte do Brasil, podemos falar na existência de uma política sobre a apropriação e as formas de uso do território próximo à água. Atualmente, intervenções territoriais e políticas públicas lidam, em frentes diversas, com esse contexto através de projetos urbanísticos, ambientais, da modernização portuária e da promoção de discursos da sustentabilidade e da melhoria do ambiente urbano em geral. Tais ações parecem apontar para uma reconfiguração de espaços, em direção a uma incorporação do patrimônio cultural à dimensão ambiental; a uma pretensa retomada da natureza na cidade; à mudança do caráter da zona portuária; e à conversão da idéia de “Natureza” em paisagem de consumo visual, em projetos de autodeclaradas “sustentabilidades” no território próximo à água. Palavras-chave: planejamento ambiental; sustentabilidade urbana; água. Abstract: In the region of Belém, a city in Northern Brazil, it is possible to figure out a wide range of policies dealing with various forms of land use and appropriation, in proximity to water. Recent territorial interventions and public policies take place in this context, through urban and environmental projects, port modernization, and discourses on sustainability and increasing of urban environmental quality. Those actions seem to point, mostly, a switch on the notions, meanings and practices associated to the spaces of the city. In this case, those spaces are reconfigured: towards an incorporation of historical preservation to environmental debate; on a so-called ‘return’ to a lost notion of nature inside the cities; on the modernization of ports and on the conversion of the notions of ‘Nature’ to a landscape of visual consumption, though territorial interventions and projects of many self-declared ‘sustainabilities’ in territories located next to water. Keywords: environmental planning; urban sustainability; water.