scholarly journals The Role of Architecture and Urbanism in Preventing Pandemics

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bogdan Andrei Fezi
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
System Response ◽  
Environment Design ◽  
Green Architecture ◽  
Green Areas ◽  
The One ◽  
Air Control ◽  
The 19Th Century

This chapter aims to assess the historical role of architecture and urbanism in the prevention and mitigation of pandemics and the place it may occupy in future international strategies. During COVID-19, the contemporary healthcare system response to pandemics showed its limits. There must be investigated a more interdisciplinary answer in which the role of the built environment in the One Health should be clarified. Since the 19th century, the built environment traditionally occupied a decisive role in mitigating pandemics. The war against tuberculosis led to the Hygiene movement which set the principles of the Modernist architectural and urban movement. With the discovery of antibiotics, the medicine emancipated from architecture. In the absence of health implications, the social and environmental counterreactions to the Modernist movement led to the Green Architecture, New Urbanism or Urban Village movements. After the last decades warnings about future pandemics, some of the present COVID-19 scientific findings have notable impact on the built environment design: pollution, green areas, urban population density or air quality control. Finally, the chapter analyses architectural and urban measures for preventing and mitigating future pandemics: air control, residential approaches, public spaces, green areas design, working, transportation and mixed neighborhoods.

scholarly journals A Critical Review of Computational Creativity in Built Environment Design

Buildings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Ning Gu ◽  
Peiman Amini Behbahani
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Contemporary Literature ◽  
Research Interest ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Computational Creativity ◽  
Environment Design ◽  
Supporting Tool ◽  
Definition Of

Computational creativity in built environment (BE) design has been a subject of research interest in the discipline. This paper presents a critical review of various ways computational creativity has been and can be defined and approached in BE design. The paper examines a comprehensive body of contemporary literature on the topics of creativity, computational creativity, and their assessment to identify levels of computational creativity. The paper then proceeds to a further review of the implications of these levels specifically in BE design. The paper identifies four areas in BE design where computational creativity is relevant. In two areas—synthesis (generation) and analysis—there is considerable literature on lower levels of computational creativity. However, in two other areas—interfacing and communication—even the definition of computational creativity is not as defined and clear for the discipline, and most works only consider the role of computers as a supporting tool or medium. These open up future research opportunities for the discipline.

scholarly journals Smart District and Circular Economy: The Role of ICT Solutions in Promoting Circular Cities

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 11732
Author(s):  
Massimiliano Viglioglia ◽  
Matteo Giovanardi ◽  
Riccardo Pollo ◽  
Pier Paolo Peruccio
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Urban Systems ◽  
User Engagement ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Classification Framework ◽  
The One

Cities will have a decisive role in reducing the consumption of resources and greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Various experiences of urban regeneration have exploited Information and Communication Technology (ICT) potentialities to optimize the management of complex systems and to encourage sustainable development models. This paper investigates the role of ICT technologies in favouring emerging design for Circular Economy (CE) in the urban context. The paper starts by defining the theoretical background and subsequently presents the goal and methodology of investigation. Through a scoping review, the authors identify case studies and analyse them within the Ellen MacArthur Foundation classification framework that splits the urban context into three urban systems: buildings, mobility and products. The research focuses on nine case studies where the ICT solutions were able to promote the principles of CE. The results show, on the one hand, how data management appears to be a central issue in the optimization of urban processes and, on the other hand, how the district scale is the most appropriate to test innovative solutions. This paper identifies physical and virtual infrastructures, stakeholders and tools for user engagement as key elements for the pursuit of CE adoption in the urban context.

scholarly journals American Slavery Through the Eyes of British Women Travelers in the First Half of the 19th Century

Ad Americam ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 113-121
Author(s):  
Justyna Fruzińska
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Travel Writing ◽  
Social Role ◽  
The United States ◽  
American Slavery ◽  
Female Authors ◽  
Frances Trollope ◽  
The One ◽  
The 19Th Century

My paper investigates 19th-century travel writing by British women visiting America: texts by such authors as Frances Trollope, Isabella Bird, or Frances Kemble. I analyze to what extent these travelers’ gender influences their view of race. On the one hand, as Tim Youngs stresses, there seems to be very little difference between male and female travel writing in the 19th century, as women, in order to be accepted by their audience, needed to mimic men’s style (135). On the other hand, women writers occasionally mention their gender, as for example Trollope, who explains that she is not competent enough to speak on political matters, which is why she wishes to limit herself only to domestic issues. This provision, however, may be seen as a mere performance of a conventional obligation, since it does not prevent Trollope from expressing her opinions on American democracy. Moreover, Jenny Sharpe shows how Victorian Englishwomen are trapped between a social role of superiority and inferiority, possessing “a dominant position of race and a subordinate one of gender” (11). This makes the female authors believe that as women they owe to the oppressed people more sympathy than their male compatriots. My paper discusses female writing about the United States in order to see how these writers navigate their position of superiority/inferiority.

Another turn of the screw on the history of the reaction object construction

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamara Bouso ◽  
Pablo Ruano San Segundo
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Sentimental Novel ◽  
Direct Discourse ◽  
Object Construction ◽  
History Of ◽  
Triggering Factor ◽  
The One ◽  
19Th And 20Th Century ◽  
The 19Th Century

Abstract This article deals with the Reaction Object Construction (ROC), as in She smiled disbelief, where an intransitive verb (smile), by adding an emotional object (disbelief), acquires the extended sense “express X by V−ing” (i.e. “She expressed disbelief by smiling”). Earlier research has suggested a diachronic connection between the ROC and Direct Discourse Constructions (DDCs) of the type She smiled, “I don’t believe you” (Visser 1963–1973). More recently, Bouso (2018) has shown that the ROC is primarily a feature of 19th century narrative fiction. This paper aims to bring together these insights. On the basis of a self-compiled corpus and De Smet’s Corpus of English Novels, it investigates the productivity of the ROC in 19th and 20th century fiction, and the role of DDCs in its development. The results reveal a peak in the productivity of the ROC that coincides with the development of the sentimental novel, and a correlation between the development of the ROC on the one hand and of those DDCs that have been mistakenly hypothesised to be its single source constructions on the other. Extravagance is proposed as a triggering factor for the use of the ROC in the 19th century as an alternative to DDCs.

Children of the “Old Believers” as an object of the confessional policy of regional authorities in the second quarter of the 19th century (based on materials from the Vyatka province)

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (10-4) ◽  
pp. 184-195
Author(s):  
Victoria Mashkovtseva
Keyword(s):  
Legal Status ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Old Believers ◽  
Russian State ◽  
The One ◽  
Xix Century ◽  
Regional Authorities ◽  
The 19Th Century

The article considers the legal status of children of old believers in the second quarter of the XIX century. Based on the analysis of the regulatory framework and unpublished sources from the funds of Russian state historical archive and the Central archive of the Kirov region is characterized by major limitations in the area of family law in effect at the time of the reign of Nicholas I. Special attention is paid to the system of punishments for committing illegal actions by old believers, as well as the role of the family in the confrontation between old believers on the one hand and representatives of the authorities and the Russian Orthodox Church on the other.

scholarly journals Understanding the Role of Standards in the Negotiation of a Healthy Built Environment

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (23) ◽  
pp. 9884
Author(s):  
Rosalie Callway ◽  
Helen Pineo ◽  
Gemma Moore
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
International Standards ◽  
User Engagement ◽  
Environment Design ◽  
Technical Literature ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Collective Negotiation ◽  
Geographical Regions ◽  
Standard Documents

A growing number of international standards promote Healthy Built Environment (HBE) principles which aim to enhance occupant and user health and wellbeing. Few studies examine the implementation of these standards; whether and how they affect health through changes to built-environment design, construction, and operations. This study reviews a set of sustainability and HBE standards, based on a qualitative analysis of standard documents, standard and socio-technical literature on normalization and negotiation, and interviews with 31 practitioners from four geographical regions. The analysis indicates that standards can impact individual, organizational, and market-scale definitions of an HBE. Some changes to practice are identified, such as procurement and internal layout decisions. There is more limited evidence of changes to dominant, short-term decision-making practices related to cost control and user engagement in operational decisions. HBE standards risk establishing narrow definitions of health and wellbeing focused on building occupants rather than promoting broader, contextually situated, principles of equity, inclusion, and ecosystem functioning crucial for health. There is a need to improve sustainability and HBE standards to take better account of local contexts and promote systems thinking. Further examination of dominant collective negotiation processes is required to identify opportunities to better embed standards within organizational practice.

scholarly journals China in the Perception of Fyodor Dostoevsky

2021 ◽  
pp. 49-55
Author(s):  
Ekaterina M. Ponkratova ◽  
◽  
Daria A. Tarakanova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Entire Body ◽  
Fyodor Dostoevsky ◽  
Creative Mind ◽  
Crime And Punishment ◽  
Brothers Karamazov ◽  
The One ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Village

The aim of the study is to form a holistic image of China as presented in the artistic and journalistic works of Fyodor Dostoevsky. The article examines the issue of China’s place in Dostoevsky’s works and its special significance for the formation of a holistic picture of the writer’s world. A broad historical and cultural background is presented, showing the relevance of Dostoevsky’s views on Chinese issues. Despite the existence of works devoted to the Chinese issue in the writer’s work, the issue of the place and significance of China in the writer’s heritage has not yet been resolved. For the first time, a number of fragments are introduced into academic discourse that reveal Chinese problems in the writer’s works. The imagological concept unfolds on the broad material of the entire body of Dostoevsky’s texts, bringing the scholarly apparatus of research to a new level. The article uses the following works: White Nights, Humiliated and Insulted, The Village of Stepanchikovo, The House of the Dead, The Idiot, Crime and Punishment, The Possessed, The Brothers Karamazov, the poem “On European Events in 1854”, A Writer’s Diary, preparatory materials for A Writer’s Diary, notebooks of 1864 and 1865. It is concluded that the understanding of the Chinese theme is in harmony with the general journalistic trends of the second half of the 19th century, on the one hand; on the other hand, the unique place of China in Dostoevsky’s creative mind is emphasized. A clear structure of the constituents that form the writer’s idea of China is proposed. China is considered in several significant aspects. China is a symbol of the alien and the distant. China is like a set of clichés and a fashion for Chinese household items. China is a real threat to the outskirts of Russia, Siberia. These positions are consistently analyzed in the article. The article also analyzes the Chinese attributes found in different works by Dostoevsky, demonstrates the writer’s acquaintance with the clichéd idea of China. The position of understanding China as a symbol of the alien and the distant is considered in detail. The article shows how the author imposes the realities of Chinese statehood and the principles of organizing society on Russian reality based on the key theme of chaos and disorder. Particular attention is paid to the perception of China as a real threat to the outskirts of Russia. In considering this aspect, Dostoevsky’s geopolitical ideas about the place and role of Siberia in the issue of the revival of Russia are touched upon. The need to expand the understanding of the specifics of Dostoevsky’s Asian views is shown by including a detailed analysis of China and the Asian outskirts of Russia, which undoubtedly are part of the writer’s circle of special reflections on the role and mission of Russia.

scholarly journals Preko Ilirije do Evrope

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 805
Author(s):  
Vladimir V. Mihajlović
Keyword(s):  
Political Action ◽  
Classical Antiquity ◽  
Historical Narratives ◽  
Western Balkans ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
German Speaking ◽  
Temporal And Spatial ◽  
The One ◽  
The 19Th Century

Archaeology in Serbia was shaped as a discipline by the end of the 19th century. Its founders, mainly educated at the universities in the German-speaking lands, in the spirit of Altertumswissenschaft, have brought with them the corresponding attitude towards the Classical antiquity. In the process of transfer of the concepts a certain blurring occurred, but not absolute abandonment of the previous narratives about the ancient past, for example the one developed in the framework of Proto-Illyrism. From its inception in the humanistic histories of the 16th century, the Proto- Illyrian idea was the framework of political action, the pivotal point of identity construction, but as well the grounds for territorial aspirations. In these tendencies a major role was played by the Classical past. Through the usage of Classical ethnonyms and toponymes, political concepts and historical narratives, the advocates of Proto-Illyrism took part in the positioning of the Balkans in the temporal and spatial domain of the modern Europe. The paper points to the role of the Proto-Illyrian idea in the affirmation and/or legitimizing of various interests (individual, group), as well as in constructing various identities in the Western Balkans.

scholarly journals Forgotten Memory of Numerous Synchronous Grammar Editions?

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-110
Author(s):  
Mojca Smolej
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Historical Overview ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
The One ◽  
The 19Th Century

The contribution focuses on the historical overview of the publication of Slovenian grammars and on the emergence of the “one-grammar” state of affairs in grammatography. The turning point in writing and publishing grammar books is 1854. It was then that Anton Janežič’s Slovenska slovnica s kratkim pregledom slovenskega slovstva ter z malim cirilskim in glagoliškim berilom za Slovence was published and introduced to grammar writing, at least on the level of grammatography, the concept of monopoly and with it the primacy of the one and only grammar. Janežič’s grammar maintained its influence until as late as 1916 (more than half a century), when Breznik’s Slovenska slovnica za srednje šole was published. The latter had the role of the leading (and only) grammar until as late as 1956, when the so-called grammar of the four was published. From 1976 to today, again nearly half a century, the role of the one and only grammar has been performed by Jože Toporišič’s grammar. Prior to 1854 the situation was entirely different. In some ways it was much freer or more plural in the sense of the number of published grammars. In the first half of the 19th century, a teacher of Slovenian could pick from as many as ten different grammars. The contribution focuses, then, on the occurrence of the transition from a (forgotten) state of grammar numerousness to today’s predominant state of the “one and only correct” grammar.

scholarly journals Intellectual prerequisites of a feminist discourse’s formation in the history of the Russian sociology

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 193-208
Author(s):  
S. A. Baturenko
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Development ◽  
Cultural Development ◽  
Social Thought ◽  
General Direction ◽  
History Of ◽  
Considerable Impact ◽  
Leading Schools ◽  
The One ◽  
The 19Th Century

The article considers intellectual premises of forming of a feministic discourse in the Russian sociology are considered. The origin perspective in Russia of feminism as social phenomenon and theory of feminism in the history of the Russian social thought begins with them. The developed prerequisites promoted an indication of interest of the first Russian sociologists to this problem. The specifics of historical and cultural development exerted impact on judgment of a set of questions within social sciences including on need of a research of “women’s issue”. Many outstanding sociologists actively worked at a turn of the 19–20th centuries in the field of studying of this problem. The question of social position and role of women attracted a keen interest of representatives of the most different directions of sociological science of the classical period of development in Russia: positivistic, neopositivistic, subjective sociology, genetic, neokantian, Marxist, geographical direction. The author notes that judgment of a women’s issue in Russia began much earlier, namely in the first half of the 19th century to what a huge number of books and articles on this perspective testifies. The problem of position of women in society is considerably expressed in the context of the Russian culture, and widely reveals in the Russian literature in works of the famous writers, poets, publicists, philosophers. Statement of a problem of inequality, overcoming a dependency of the woman, providing her rights in Russia differs from western in original specifics. These specifics are caused by historical and social development of society, formation of legal system, religious consciousness. On the one hand, considerable impact was exerted by the European social thinkers. On the other hand, it is possible to speak about the Russian philosophers of this period who developed a problem of female equality in the works and in many respects defined the general direction of development of domestic sociology. In article the process of intellectual development of the Russian social thought which is directly preceding emergence of sociology in Russia and to forming of a feministic discourse within some leading schools of sciences is analyzed.

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