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Alternatives to involuntary resettlement: making an argument for in situ multi-storey social housing in Maputo
A
Research
report
submitted
to
the
Faculty
of
Engineering
and
the
Built
Environment,
University
of
the
Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg
in
partial
fulfillment
of
the
requirements
of
the
degree
of
Masters
of
Built
Environment
in
Housing.
Johannesburg,
April
2018Resettlement
has
been
a
common
worldwide
practice
in
development
projects
criticised
for
promoting
difficult
living
conditions,
raising
‘new
poverty’
(Cernea,
2003),
causing
involuntary
segregation
and
contributing
to
the
exclusion
of
the
right
to
the
city
(Jorge,
2016
and
Melo,
2015).
The
last
five
years,
during
the
implementation
of
urban
infrastructure
projects
in
Maputo,
more
than
5500
individuals
were
relocated
(Jorge,
2016
and
PROMAPUTO,
2017.)
Such
urban
investments
benefit
mostly
an
upper
middle
class
and
impair
the
lower
social
classes,
drawing
them
to
areas
far
from
the
urban
centre
(Jenkins,
2001
and
Jorge,
2016).
Maputo
also
faces
the
constraint
of
lack
of
vacant
land
for
housing
within
its
administrative
boundaries
(PROMAPUTO,
2017).
In
this
context,
it
is
urgent
to
introduce
a
new
resettlement
approach,
which
may
promote
better
outcomes,
help
to
reorganise
the
territory
in
integrated
and
sustainable
ways,
and
allow
a
greater
right
to
the
city
to
all
its
citizens.
Three
key
concepts
that
are
analysed
in
the
context
of
Maputo
are
involuntary
resettlement,
social
housing,
and
the
right
to
the
city,
including
land
management.
The
report
is
guided
by
the
main
question:
Could
multi-‐storey
social
housing
construction
in
situ,
offer
an
alternative
to
involuntary
resettlement
operations
in
Maputo?
Applied
research,
based
on
qualitative
methods
for
data
collection
(interviews
and
a
focus
group),
is
used
to
analyse
three
case
studies
of
resettlement
undertaken
within
the
ProMaputo
programme.
This
research
report
aims,
firstly,
to
contribute
to
promoting
other
forms
of
resettlement
procedures
in
Maputo
as
well
as
the
development
of
a
policy
that
gives
people
a
choice,
and
distinguishes
different
approaches
to
resettlement.
It
also
aims
to
raise
awareness
among
stakeholders
about
the
need
to
develop
multi-‐storey
social
housing
near
the
city
centre
as
an
alternative
to
relocation
elsewhere
and
to
identify
the
characteristics
of
such
houses,
which
can
promote
the
right
to
the
city
as
well
as
the
implementation
of
the
national
housing
policy.
The
report
intends
to
find
that
depending
on
the
characteristics
of
in
situ
multi-‐storey
social
housing,
it
can
be
an
effective
solution
for
accomplishing
these
aims,
and
that
the
affected
population
can
be
equal
beneficiaries
in
urban
interventions.MT 201
Las paradojas del tráfico y la trata de mujeres de la Amazonía brasileña en España
En la actualidad, según informes de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo, un 55% de las víctimas de la trata de personas en el mundo está constituido por mujeres, objetos de la explotación sexual comercial. El Brasil se presenta entre los principales países de origen, mientras que la Amazonía brasileña es la región con mayor cantidad de víctimas y rutas del tráfico internacional de mujeres. Los estudios apuntan que gran cantidad de estas mujeres llegan a España donde se encuentran los principales mercados internacionales de la explotación sexual comercial. La presente investigación tiene como referencia el análisis de los resultados de una encuesta realizada en Manaus, capital del Estado Amazonas, región norte de Brasil, la cual fue aplicada a 171 personas, participantes de una audiencia pública sobre el tráfico y la trata internacional de mujeres, en mayo de 2010. A estos análisis fueron añadidos algunos estudios de casos realizados con mujeres en situación de tráfico y trata en Andalucía. El estudio intenta comprender los dispositivos que explican la naturalización de las prácticas del tráfico de mujeres en las relaciones sociales, culturales e históricas en la Amazonía brasileña, así como, la vulnerabilidad de las involucradas ante las estrategias de los traficantes internacionales.
También problematiza los roles que mantienen y alimentan la industria del sexo en España
Adrienne Rich : towards a feminist poetics
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Centro de Comunicação e Expressão2016-01-08T17:29:22
Thermodynamic, Dynamic and Structural Anomalies for Shoulder-like potentials
Using molecular dynamic simulations we study a family of continuous
core-softened potentials consisting of a hard core, a shoulder at closest
distances and an attractive well at further distance. The repulsive shoulder
and the well distances represent two length scales. We show that if the first
scale, the shoulder, is repulsive or has a small well, the potential has a
region in the pressure-temperature phase diagram with density, diffusion and
structural anomalies. However, if the closest scale becomes a deep attractive
well the regions in the pressure-temperature phase diagram where the three
anomalies are present shrink and disappear. This result enables us to predict
by the shape of the core-softened potential if anomalies would or would not be
present
Interplay between structure and density anomaly for an isotropic core-softened ramp-like potential
Using molecular dynamics simulations and integral equations we investigate
the structure, the thermodynamics and the dynamics of a system of particles
interacting through a continuous core- softened ramp-like interparticle
potential. We found density, dynamic and structural anomalies similar to that
found in water. Analysis of the radial distribution function for several
temperatures at fixed densities show a pattern that may be related to the
origin of density anomaly.Comment: 7 pages, 3 figure
Structural anomalies for a three dimensional isotropic core-softened potential
Using molecular dynamics simulations we investigate the structure of a system
of particles interacting through a continuous core-softened interparticle
potential. We found for the translational order parameter, t, a local maximum
at a density and a local minimum at . Between and , the parameter
anomalously decreases upon pressure. For the orientational order parameter,
, was observed a maximum at a density . For densities between and , both the
translational (t) and orientational () order parameters have anomalous
behavior. We know that this system also exhibits density and diffusion anomaly.
We found that the region in the pressure-temperature phase-diagram of the
structural anomaly englobes the region of the diffusion anomaly that is larger
than the region limited by the temperature of maximum density. This cascade of
anomalies (structural, dynamic and thermodynamic) for our model has the same
hierarchy of that one observed for the SPC/E water.Comment: 19 pages, 8 figure
Business plan for social impact: mobile application to address size discrimination
Size discrimination, also called sizeism, is a type of discrimination based on people’s weight or
height and often appears unnoticed in everyday life. The main purpose of this work is to present
a business plan for a mobile application that aims to help address size discrimination,
contributing to the social inclusion of those who have experienced it.
This mobile application will allow personal experiences and unheard voices to be public and
shared without temporal and spatial barriers. Furthermore, it gives an opportunity for
professionals to learn and change their attitudes toward size discrimination by connecting with
people’s experiences.
In order to better understand the impact of this project on society, it was made a research about
weight and height discrimination, as both are included in size discrimination, its roots and major
issues. Moreover, it was conducted a survey in which was obtained significant results for this
project.
Additionally, strategic analysis tools such as PEST Analysis, Five Porter’s Forces and SWOT
Analysis, were used in order to review this project’s market and competitive context. The
following steps were to develop the segmentation, target and positioning as well as the
marketing mix of this project.
Lastly, there are many private programs and government programs that support social causes
and social entrepreneurship. Therefore, this business intends to request funds from them, with
the purpose of that, a financial analysis was developed to find out how much would be
requested.A discriminação por tamanho, também chamada de tamanhismo, é um tipo de discriminação
com base no peso ou altura das pessoas e que muitas vezes passa despercebida na vida cotidiana.
O principal objetivo deste trabalho é apresentar um plano de negócios para uma aplicação móvel
que visa ajudar a combater a discriminação por tamanho, contribuindo para a inclusão social de
quem a vivência.
Esta aplicação móvel permitirá que experiências pessoais e vozes não ouvidas sejam públicas
e partilhadas sem barreiras temporais e espaciais. Ademais, é uma oportunidade para os
profissionais aprenderem e mudarem suas atitudes em relação à discriminação por tamanho, ao
conectar-se com as experiências das pessoas que as partilham.
Para melhor compreender o impacto deste projeto na sociedade, foi feita uma pesquisa sobre a
discriminação por peso e altura, visto que ambas estão incluídas na discriminação por tamanho,
como também suas raízes e principais questões. Além disso, foi realizado um levantamento
através de um questionário online, no qual foram obtidos resultados significativos para este
projeto.
Além disso, ferramentas de análise estratégica, como Análise PEST, 5 Forças Competitivas de
Porter e Análise SWOT, foram usadas para revisar o mercado deste projeto e o contexto
competitivo. As etapas seguintes foram desenvolver a segmentação, o objetivo e o
posicionamento, bem como o mix de marketing deste projeto.
Por último, existem muitos programas privados e programas governamentais que apoiam
causas sociais e o empreendedorismo social. Portanto, este negócio pretende solicitar recursos
e fundos deles, para tal, foi desenvolvida uma análise financeira para saber quanto seria
solicitado
Water diffusion in rough carbon nanotubes
We use molecular dynamics simulations to study the diffusion of water inside
deformed carbon nanotubes with different degrees of deformation at 300 K. We
found that the number of hydrogen bonds that water forms depends on nanotube
topology, leading to enhancement or suppression of water diffusion. The
simulation results reveal that more realistic nanotubes should be considered to
understand the confined water diffusion behavior, at least for the narrowest
nanotubes, when the interaction between water molecules and carbon atoms is
relevant.Comment: 17 pages, 8 figure
Social skills and drug abuse in adolescents
The present article proposes a bibliographic revision on social skills and drug abuse. This article was elaborated from a research in the following Databases: Pschynfo, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Proquest, Medline and Lilacs, between 1996 and 2006. The used describers were: social skills, social skills training, social competence, assertiveness, adolescents, teenagers, substance abuse, drug abuse, cannabis and marijuana. In the databases in Portuguese language we used the terms habilidades sociais, treinamento em habilidades sociais, assertividade, adolescentes, abuso de substâncias, drogas and maconha. The studies, the majority of which were in English, pointed the existence of deficits, mainly the difficulty in resisting to drugs and in saying no. It can be concluded that the construction of resistance skills to the offering of drugs, self-efficacy training and the stimulation of decision making capabilities can reduce substance use. Few Brazilian studies were found approaching this subject.O presente estudo propõe uma revisão bibliográfica sobre habilidades sociais e abuso de substâncias. Este artigo foi elaborado a partir de pesquisa nas Bases de Dados Pschynfo, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Proquest, Medline e Lilacs, entre 1996 e 2006. Os descritores foram: social skills, social skills training, social competence, assertiveness, adolescents, teeenagers, substance abuse, drug abuse, cannabis e marijuana. Nas bases de língua portuguesa, foram: habilidades sociais, treinamento em habilidades sociais, assertividade, adolescentes, abuso de substâncias, drogas e maconha. Os estudos, a maioria de língua inglesa, apontaram a existência de déficits, principalmente a dificuldade em resistir às drogas e dizer não. Conclui-se que a construção de habilidades de resistência ao oferecimento de drogas, a auto-eficácia e o estímulo à capacidade de tomada de decisões pode reduzir o uso de substâncias. Poucos estudos brasileiros foram encontrados abordando esta temática.Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do SulFaculdade MeridionalUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul Faculdade de Psicologia Programa de Pós-Graduação em PsicologiaUNIFESPSciEL
Quality management and sustainability in logistics service providers: case study in brazilian company
Logistics operators have become important agents in supply chains, due to the current trend of outsourcing logistical activities by companies. In this way, the level of quality of the services provided is an important aspect for the competitiveness of companies. In addition, the sustainability aspect has become relevant, given the environmental impact caused by logistics activities. Studies have shown that there are points of convergence between quality management approaches and sustainable practices. The objective of this work was to analyze aspects of quality management and sustainability in Brazilian logistics operators, from the perspective of the company contracting these services. To this end, a case study was conducted at a large company that outsources its logistics activities. The five main logistics operators providing services to the company were considered. The analysis was carried out on the basis of a model that integrates sustainability and quality management criteria. Quality assets, processes and dimensions were considered. It was found that the contracted logistics operators have a wide portfolio of services offered, quality assets and well-defined processes. However, sustainability practices are still in their infancy
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