New Policies For The Development Of Informal Settlements

Most urban areas of the world suffer from many urban problems resulting from population inflation and urban growth. Urban areas have seen many developments in the past decades, such as the migration of people from rural to urban areas, and the subsequent deterioration. Urbanization is growing rapidly, with no parallel investment in urban services, and housing policies, planning and land management systems failing to meet the needs of society. The concept of “informal” is usually defined negatively and simply, unlike typical “formal” characteristics, where it represents illegal, unauthorized, unplanned and unregulated characteristics. In recent years, land-use change and urban growth models have become important tools for city planners, economists, ecologists, and resource managers. In most models, future land use changes, urban sprawl and limb expansion are expected. Today, urban areas use smart growth strategies. The study illustrates the use of urban infill as a new approach to dealing with informal areas. It considers the transfer of incompatible land uses beyond the city limits, the redevelopment, improvement and renovation of old urban areas, worn-out fabric and the reuse of abandoned land in new urban development. The problem of informal settlements is one of the key issues. It is an economic, social and urban problem affecting the region itself and its surroundings. Informal areas have been imposed themselves as a form of planning for the majority of urban residents. The extreme neglect of this problem amplified it as it grew at more rates than the city itself. The promotion and development of informal settlements have become self-imposed in national developmentpolicies. Although there are several ways to address them, their problems remain, and development projects continue to suffer from many deficiencies in their performance. Therefore, the importance of the study was to use a new policy to deal with informal areas in Egypt such as the urban infill policy as a new approach to deal with it and try to use and implement it and try to reach solutions to reduce the problem and increase the resulting problems

Fatores abióticos que afetam a distribuição do gênero Astyanax baird & Girard, 1854 em riachos de cabeceiras de Chapada dos Guimarães, bacia do Rio Cuiabá, Mato Grosso

The main factors that influence the species distribution are related mainly with the dispersion capacity, behavior, presence of other species and to the factors physicist-chemistries. Had been evaluated ecological factors that affect the distribution of the genus Astyanax in Chapada dos Guimaraes headstreams, Cuiaba River basin, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Samples in 27 streams had been made in Chapada dos Guimaraes, and the fish had been collected through the method of electric fish, and the ambient data had been analyzed with one technique of called ordinance of Principal Components Analysis (PCA). 250 individuals had been collect, being 95 A. asuncionensis, 62 A. abramis, 36 A. lineatus and 57 individuals had been captured identified like A. scabripinnis (Jenyns, 1842) sensu Eigenmann, 1927. In relation the ambient characteristics, the variables gotten allowed two axes of the PCA, who explain 53,114 % of the variance of the seven variables analyzed. Axle 1, Main Component 1, explained 31,147 % and Axle 2, Main Component 2, explained 21,967 % of the variation of the ambient data. The formation of axle 1 was influenced positively by the depth and negative by the conductivity and pH. The formation of axle 2 was influenced positively by the Turbidity and negative to the Dissolved Oxygen. The ordinance of the species throughout for the axes corroborated for the understanding of the distribution of specimens.Os principais fatores que influenciam a distribuição de uma espécie estão relacionados principalmente com a capacidade de dispersão, o comportamento, a presença de outras espécies e aos fatores físico–químicos. Foram avaliados fatores ecológicos que afetam a distribuição do gênero Astyanax em riachos de cabeceira de Chapada dos Guimarães, bacia do Rio Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brasil. Foram amostrados 27 riachos de cabeceira de Chapada dos Guimarães, e os peixes foram coletados através do método de pesca elétrica, e os dados ambientais foram analisados pela Análise de Componentes Principais (PCA). Foram capturados 250 indivíduos pertencentes ao gênero Astyanax, sendo 95 A. asuncionensis, 62 A. abramis, 36 A. lineatus e 57 indivíduos identificados como A. scabripinnis (Jenyns, 1842) sensu Eigenmann, 1927. Em relação as características ambientais, as variações obtidas permitiram a formação de dois eixos da PCA explanaram 53,114 % da variância das sete variáveis analisadas. O Eixo 1, Componente Principal 1, explicou 31,147 % e o Eixo 2, Componente Principal 2, explicou 21,967 % da variação dos dados ambientais.A formação do eixo 1 foi influenciada positivamente pela profundidade e negativamente pela condutividade e pH. A formação do eixo 2 foi influenciada positivamente pela turbidez e negativamente pelo Oxigênio dissolvido. A ordenação das espécies ao longo dos eixos formados corroborou para a compreensão da distribuição dos espécimes

Ultrastructural features of spermatogenesis in Melanorivulus punctatus (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae)

Fish belonging to the family Rivulidae possess one of the most complex reproductive systems. Rivulus, a genus of freshwater fish in the Rivulidae family, was recently reclassified into five genera, including Melanorivulus. Its type species, M. punctatus, is widely distributed and probably represents a species complex. The ultrastructure of sperm has been broadly used in systematics, and we hereby describe the ultrastructural features of spermatogenesis in M. punctatus. Ten M. punctatus males were collected from the reservoir of Parque Estadual da Quineira, municipality of Chapada dos Guimardes, Mato Grosso, Brazil, and prepared for analysis by light microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. M. punctatus undergoes cystic spermatogenesis. Its cysts consist of groups of germ cells that are in synchronous development and are surrounded by cytoplasmic projections of Sertoli cells. With the breakdown of the cysts, the spermatozoa are released and their maturation is completed in the duct, where part of the cytoplasmic material is discarded through the vesicles. The mature spermatozoon is characterized by a spherical head with homogeneously condensed chromatin, a symmetric midpiece consisting of a pair of perpendicular centrioles, a ring of mitochondria, several vesicles, and one flagellum medial to the nucleus. Early stages of spermatogenesis show no peculiarities; however, in spermiogenesis, we observed that the spermatids remain interconnected by cytoplasmic bridges and have pockets of residual cytoplasm. The sperm is of the aquasperm type and is similar to that observed in the members of the family Rivulidae. The spermatozoa have a single flagellum that consists of a classic axoneme (9 +2), as found in most groups of fish, despite the lateral extensions. (c) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved

Reproductive Strategies of Brazilian Lizards of the Genus Tropidurus Rodrigues, 1987 (Squamata, Tropiduridae) in the Temporal and Spatial

Reproductive strategy is the set of adaptations that promote the most efficient way that the species will survive under the particular conditions of a determined environment. Understanding these adaptations is important and can help pinpoint populations indicator of environmental changes. Spermatogenesis is a measurable biological process of these adaptations in spatial and temporal scales. We analyzed the morphology of the testes and oviducts of the lizard species that comprise the genus Tropidurus, taking into account the geographical distribution and sympatric relations. For the analysis and the testes were removed from the middle part of the oviducts from Tropidurus etheridge, T oreadicus, T itambere, T spinulosus and T Guarani species, collected in different places in the Mato Grosso state, Brazil. The reproductive period is synchronous for males and females and occurs in September, October and November. Reproductive males were characterized. In the testes are seminiferous tubules with germ cells at different stages of spermatogenesis, with a high epithelium, at present light, free spermatozoa in the lumen and reduction of interstitial tissue. For females, the reproduction peak occurs when the oviduct epithelium is high with secretions and basal nucleus. These months are characterized in the sampled areas over a period of heavy rain and high temperatures. The decline of reproductive period was observed in both sexes, between April and August. Low reproduction in males is characterized by ample light, absence of sperm, only germ cells in the early stages of spermatogenesis are observed (a few spermatogonia and spermatocytes) and interstitial tissue wide. In females, the period of reproductive decline is marked by the absence of unicellular glands in the oviduct epithelium, with higher affinity with the dye. This period corresponds to low rainfall periods and lower temperatures. We propose an analysis of zoological samples; this is a proposal to facilitate the work of many researchers through access to the species, especially rare species

Who can save the subaltern? Knowledge and power in Amitav Ghosh�s The Circle of Reason

This article will explore the relationship between subaltern subjectivity, global itineraries and knowledge production in Ghosh's first novel The Circle of Reason, published in 1986. Various discourses both construct and represent the subaltern in the novel: discourses of global migration, national power as bureaucratic fetishism, science as social mission. My argument is that the narrative enacts a tension between these discourses (embodied in the figures of scientists, theorists, bureaucrats) and the local communities of people that this knowledge affects. I am interested in exploring this discrepancy not as a theory/elite versus praxis/subaltern polarity but rather to focus on the effects unleashed by people or groups who represent the subaltern (for good or ill) in the novel