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Bogota is a Latin American megacity located at an average altitude of 2600 m in the tropical Andes. It registers frequent episodes of poor air quality due to high PM10concentrations. The carbonaceous fraction is the main PM10 component... more
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      Air QualityAtmospheric ChemistryAtmospheric ScienceAir pollution
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      Cultural StudiesCultural SociologyEthnographyGlobal cities
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      GlobalizationPovertyGlobal citiesUrban Planning
This article situates Rana Dasgupta’s Capital: A Portrait of Twenty-First Century Delhi (2014) within contemporary trends in urban writing from India. It analyses Dasgupta’s representation of the cultural milieu of Delhi and its explosive... more
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      CapitalismNeoliberalismIndian English LiteraturePostcolonial Literature
Purpose-Solving vehicle routing problems in megacities' logistics is a challenging problem that requires new mathematical formulations and solution procedures. This paper significantly extends the Time-Dependent Vehicle Routing Problem... more
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      Time DependentMegacity ResearchMegacity
Aerosol optical properties have been analyzed through the ground-based Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) over the mega city Karachi during August 2006-July 2007. The aerosol optical depth (AOD) is strongly dependent on wavelength; for... more
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      Atmospheric ScienceTime SeriesSeasonalityAtmospheric sciences
Özet Günümüzün çağdaş kentleri ve megakentleri periferileri ile birlikte bir organik yapı olabilmektedirler. Ekonomik, sosyal ve kültürel açılardan son derece asimetrik dengelere sahip bu yaşam alanları, görsel kültür çağının fotoğraf... more
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      Image AnalysisCapitalismPhotography TheoryThe Sublime
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      Cultural StudiesCultural SociologySocial NetworksEthnography
Vehicle emissions model Vehicle fleet Megacity Micro-scale India Particulate matter a b s t r a c t Chassis dynamometer tests were conducted on 40 Indian auto-rickshaws with 3 different fueleengine combinations operating on the Indian... more
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      Environmental EngineeringAtmospheric ScienceAtmospheric sciencesMegacity
Mobility systems in megacities are facing persistent sustainability problems. A focus on regime shift in transitions literature in addressing these problems reflects a western bias as it relies on niches as sources of change. In... more
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      Urban TransformationGlobal SouthIndiaSustainability Transitions
The modern era is characterized by the emergence of new management tools that are successfully used in various spheres of life. Crowdsourcing is one of these tools; this is a type of collective activities within which business managers,... more
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      UtilitiesCrowdsourcingManagerResident
The changes since the breakup of the USSR have impacted African migrants' social composition, as well as their strategies and forms of adaptation and integration in the capital city of Moscow. In this study, we discuss the factors... more
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      Eastern European StudiesRussian StudiesAnthropologySocial Anthropology
Present and future organizations shall compose the Anthropocene/Post-Anthropocene boundary dust, pulverized and transformed into substrata dustology, constituting the very earth beneath our feet. But let's not forget it is not just the... more
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      Cyborg TheoryOrganizational TheoryPsychogeographyInstitutional Theory
This paper synthesizes existing information and knowledge on subsurface environments to understand the major cause and effect relationships of subsurface environmental issues by using the DPSIR (Driving... more
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      ModelingGroundwaterEnvironmental ManagementGroundwater Contamination
[This is a draft conference paper presented at the the Asian Conference on Arts and Humanities (ACAH), Kobe, Japan. March 30 – April 1, 2018] Asia and the Orient has long been a stomping ground for colonials and novelists in the Western... more
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      NeoliberalismTwenty-first Century LiteratureRana DasguptaMegacity
The prospect of establishing direct popular elections for mayors has precipitated a heated debate in Iran, resulting in divisions within the conservative and reformist factions and even a reversal of their roles. In 2013 the Tehran... more
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      Urban GovernanceMegacity
Brazil is known for its accomplishments in the field of urban legislation, particularly regarding the 2001 City Statute. São Paulo was a pioneer city in this regard, and the first to integrate instruments from this groundbreaking law into... more
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      Social MovementsSpatial AnalysisArchitectureUrbanization in Developing Areas
As this is the case in many megacities of the developing countries, the atmospheric aerosol load is usually particularly large over the Cairo (Egypt) conurbation. However, being the result of a combination of meteorological factors and of... more
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      CartographyAtmospheric ScienceAtmospheric AerosolsSeasonality
Concentrations of air pollutants from vehicles are elevated along roadways, indicating that human exposure in transportation microenvironments may not be adequately characterized by centrally located monitors. We report results from w180... more
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      Environmental EngineeringAir QualityAtmospheric ScienceEnvironmental Health
In this study, the root sources contributing to the urban heat island (UHI) effect between megacities, such as Hong Kong and Shenzhen, were integrated and compared using satellite remote sensing data. Classification and multilayer... more
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      Environmental EngineeringEnvironmental ScienceAlgorithmsImage Processing
Agent-based modeling is a means for researchers to conduct large-scale computer experiments on synthetic human populations and study their behaviors under different conditions. These models have been applied to questions regarding disease... more
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      Social NetworksAgent-based modelingMegacityGeographic Information Systems (GIS)
Africans constitute a rather small minority among the migrants to Russia. It appears that their numbers, as well as their impact on society at large, will probably never become comparable to those of migrants from former Soviet republics,... more
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      African StudiesEastern European StudiesAnthropologyPostcolonial Studies
From the archives - 2008 - for a New School urban studies blog no longer live
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      ArchitectureUrban StudiesUrban DesignArchitecture and urbanism
In today's urbanizing world, home of 28 megacities, there is a growing need for tools to assess urban policies and support the design and implementation of effective development strategies. Unsustainable practices of urbanization bring... more
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      GeologyComputer ScienceRemote SensingSoil Mechanics
While Western Europe has a long history of facing and studying the issues of immigration, this phenomenon is still recent for the ex-socialist states and has not been studied sufficiently yet. At the same time, the ‘closed’ nature of the... more
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      African StudiesEastern European StudiesAnthropologyEastern Europe
The project addressed the problem of pre-disaster orientation: hazard prediction, risk assessment, and hazard mapping, in connection with seismic activity and maninduced vibrations. The definition of realistic seismic input has been... more
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      GeographyGeologyEarthquake EngineeringBuilt Environment
Since the beginning of the 2010s, the number of investigations on microplastics in freshwater increased dramatically. However, almost no study aims at investigating the various sources and fate of microplastics in a catchment. This... more
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      GeographyMegacityMicroplastics
A large scale seismic risk prioritization study was conducted for medium-rise, gravity-designed reinforced concrete residential buildings in Istanbul. The implemented procedure was based on evaluating selected building parameters that... more
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      Civil EngineeringEarthquake Engineering and Structural DynamicsSeismic RiskMegacity
ABSTRACT In Bangladesh, 30 per cent of its total population is living in urban areas and by 2030 the rate of urbanization will be more than 40 per cent. There is a tremendous pressure of influx of people in Dhaka city. Current trend of... more
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      Climate ChangeHousingRural PovertyBangladesh
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      MegacityMegacity, Urbanization, Population
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      Drugs And AddictionGender and SexualityGenderMedical Anthropology/ antropología médica
This essay examines the relationship between the changing organization of urban space and the evolving political culture of a Mumbai slum. Recent work emphasizes that the contemporary city is highly fragmented and poor people are... more
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      Cultural SociologySocial NetworksEthnographyUrban Politics
The project addressed the problem of pre-disaster orientation: hazard prediction, risk assessment, and hazard mapping, in connection with seismic activity and maninduced vibrations. The definition of realistic seismic input has been... more
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      GeographyGeologyEarthquake EngineeringBuilt Environment
Asian mega cities have experienced rapid population growth and continue to grow. Urbanization in those areas is proceeding differently from the patterns of city growth experienced in Western countries. Understanding the characteristics of... more
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      EngineeringGeographyUrbanizationUrban Landscape
The objective of this paper is to show a study on the influence of vegetation on the outdoor thermal comfort (OTC) of a high-altitude tropical megacity. The OTC is evaluated by the PET (Physiological Equivalent Temperature) index and by... more
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      Environmental ScienceBuildingsMegacityRepresentative concentration pathways (RCP)
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      PerceptionEnvironmental StudiesMultidisciplinaryMegacity
As this is the case in many megacities of the developing countries, the atmospheric aerosol load is usually particularly large over the Cairo (Egypt) conurbation. However, being the result of a combination of meteorological factors and of... more
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      CartographyEnvironmental ScienceAtmospheric AerosolsSeasonality
This article situates Rana Dasgupta’s Capital: A Portrait of Twenty-First Century Delhi (2014) within contemporary trends in urban writing from India. It analyses Dasgupta’s representation of the cultural milieu of Delhi and its explosive... more
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      CapitalismNeoliberalismIndian English LiteraturePostcolonial Literature
RESUMEN Como ejemplo de una mega ciudad en desarrollo se evaluó el área del Gran Cairo, Egipto (GC) en relación con las partículas (PM) y el plomo (Pb) atmosféricos. Las partículas se colectaron durante 2001-2002 en dos tamaños de... more
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      OceanographyAir QualitySeasonalityAtmospheric sciences
As this is the case in many megacities of the developing countries, the atmospheric aerosol load is usually particularly large over the Cairo (Egypt) conurbation. However, being the result of a combination of meteorological factors and of... more
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      CartographyAtmospheric ScienceAtmospheric AerosolsSeasonality
Trifluoromethyl sulfur pentafluoride (SF 5 CF 3 ), sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6 ) and dichlorodifluoromethane (CCl 2 F 2 ) (also referred to as CFC-12) were measured simultaneously in the atmosphere at a site 25 km north of New York City... more
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      Environmental EngineeringAtmospheric ChemistryAtmospheric sciencesGreenhouse Gas
Istanbul is a unique part of the world because of not only its history, but also its function as a bridge from the point of economic, social and cultural interrelations. There are many cities, which are settled near a water source;... more
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      IstanbulMegacity
The metropolitan region of S* ao Paulo (17.8 million inhabitants) presents serious air quality problems. An official network monitors key air pollutants, however, there is no regular program of evaluation of the wet deposition and data... more
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      Environmental EngineeringAir QualityAtmospheric ChemistryIon Chromatography
The article will discuss the variety of African migrants’ pathways toward social recognition and success in a Russian megacity by describing and analyzing the experiences of the Ethio-pian owners of two establishments in Moscow: a lavish... more
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      African StudiesEastern European StudiesRussian StudiesAnthropology
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      Pierre BourdieuSocial vulnerabilityChennaiMegacity
Asian megacities have severe pollution problems in both coastal and urban areas. In addition, the groundwater potential has decreased and land subsidence has occurred because of intensive groundwater pumping in urban areas. To prevent the... more
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      GeographyEnvironmental ScienceHydrogeologyHydraulics
... j, road type k, thermally stabilized engine; N j : number of circulating vehicles, category j; VKT j,k : kilometers traveled, vehicle category j, road type k; EF i,j,k : hot emission factor, species i, vehicle category j, road type k.... more
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      Environmental EngineeringEnvironmental ScienceAtmospheric ScienceEnvironmental Management
Measurements of black carbon (BC) and organic carbon (OC) were conducted in Bangkok during 2007-2008. Annual trends of BC and OC show strong seasonality with lower and higher concentrations during wet and dry seasons, respectively. Flow... more
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      MultidisciplinarySeasonalitySeasonal variationGeophysical
The urban concentration has reached the limits of the present city. We can see nowadays its unstoppable growth, becoming, in some regions and countries, megalopolis that absorb up to 80% of its population. It is difficult to predict where... more
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      Urban PlanningUrban MorphologyUrbanismoMegacity
Technology has pervaded the urban discourse since the Modern Movement, where mechanically mass-produced houses - inspired by the Ford automobile manufacturing system - became the main preoccupation of the architectural profession... more
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      South KoreaGreen InfrastructureAdaptive ReuseArchitecture and Urban Planning