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The aim of strategies for resilience of critical infrastructure and institutional framework is the continuous functioning of critical infrastructure against all dangers, as this supports local or national defense and security and being the foundation of economy, prosperity and social welfare.
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In order to remedy the catastrophic ecological situation created by the mining work „ROȘIA POIENI” in the Apuseni Mountains, we propose the realization of a complex project with this name – unlike to „periodic city” notion initiated by the architect Ric Stephens – based on a radial-spiral „whole periodic” structured masterplan on the surface and on a spatial master of „ant-hill” type in the depth, in correlation with the restoration of the cruelly destroyed surroundings.In the context of the archological vision initiated by the architect Paolo Soleri around 1970 (Archology=Architecture+Ecology), we propose the realization of a conical pyramidal city over this career, thus redefining the original form of this mountain. In a broader view, the problem of destroying and restoring this mountain is of cosmic significance, the Apuseni Mountains with the Roșia Poieni Peak - as the projection of the Ecliptic Center, marked by the Nebula NGC 6543 called Cat’s Eye, inside the Carpathians as projection of the Dragon Constellation - constituting a neuralgic point of the whole cosmic structure in Our Galactic Zone.The dextrogire (right rotating) basic spirals around the center of the 8 axes, namely 16 semi-axes of the radial-spiral masterplan on the surface, connected to the levogire (left-rotating) spirals on the depth form an energetic vortex, as main axis of the proposed building-city, in the whole height of the whole spatial structure. The spatial master in the depth will in principle pursue the created levels of the career, with a traffic network similar to that of the surface, correlated with the ventilation system. The functional zoning will be determined during the elaboration of grounding studies, but in principle the residential areas (dwellings, institutions, services, green spaces, recreation) will be located on the surface, and the production areas (industrial and agricultural units, warehouses, communal units) in the depth. The realization of this building-city does not exclude the possibility of mining works, but with the initially projected technology, through an electrolytic process with deep drillings. Agricultural production focuses primarily on growing mushrooms, including processing and packaging sections, as well as other more effective plant and livestock products.Considering that archologies are proposed in the idea of reducing the impact with natural resources and does not require links to municipal or urban infrastructure in order to function, this idea can be extended to all similar careers.
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This study discusses the progress and impact of the process of polarization of space and settlement at the level of territorial units (okrug – districts and opcinas) in Serbia from 1991 to 2011. With the help of analysis of selected data and referencing different literature, the study identifies, characterizes and then compares different peripheral areas in Serbia. The study analyzes, within the regional differentiation of Serbian territory after 1990, the extent to which this period differed from changes in the socialist era, i.e. whether the differences between core and peripheries deepened after 1990 and whether the position of individual regions in the country remained continuously maintained. The article is based on analysis of statistical data and demonstrates that the Serbian territory, at the macro-regional level, can be divided in two basic ways which manifest themselves in the long run: firstly, using the so called north-south zoning, which is mainly due to the physical and geographical conditions (polarity between mountain and lowland regions) and secondly, dividing the country based on a continuous zone of economic development, which is located in the north-south direction from Vojvodina across Novi Sad, Belgrade, Kragujevac and Niš and further along the South Moravia River. Within the regional differentiation of Serbia there are also identified and examined two main stages of development. Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija was not included in this analysis because of deficiency of relevant statistics data in the period under review.
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The researchers’ interest in Majar, a Golden Horde city in the North Caucasus, has become obvious since the 18th century and still exists nowadays. In spite of the existing seemingly extensive historical evidence of the 14th through to 20th centuries, related to the description of the city existence and exploration, there remain quite a number of questions, which attest to the fact that the sources available have not been extensively processed. The combined analysis (not ventured before) of all available written, cartographic and illustrative sources without exception, with the involvement of newly identified ones, alongside with the application of modern GIS technologies, will have a positive effect on the study of the Madjary hillfort site and its practically unstudied environs.
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Modern Balaklava is located on the banks of a well-protected winding bay. The infrastructure of the medieval town formed during the 6th—17th centuries and was historically linked with the Byzantine, Golden Horde, Genoese and Ottoman periods of its existence, changing its name from Symbolon to Cembalo to Balaklava. The paper offers a brief retrospective consideration of the etymology of these toponyms in their historical and cultural context. It is also noted that the topography of the ancient fortress and the town is characterized by an unusually low number of preserved microtoponyms and urbonyms that had formed in conditions of cohabitation of the population speaking three languages: Greek, Tatar and Ligurian.
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It would not be an overstatement to claim that political cooperation on the Balkanshas been thwarting in the last three decades. Looking retrospectively, it becomes very conspicuoushow scarce, inconsequential or even dead-born have been the attempts at multilateral cooperationamong the Balkan states in that period. The present paper offers possible answers to the question"Why regional political cooperation on the Balkans has not marked sufficient success after the endof the Cold war?" Usually answers are sought in historical past and experience from previousinteractions and/or influence and intervention from extra-regional (f)actors. These (f)actors by nomeans should be neglected. Our claim, however, is that answers should be sought also on regionaland internal political level. In other words, in explaining the crippled efforts at all-Balkan political cooperation we look at internal political actors and the ways they might perceive externalstimuli and incentives. We argue that unlike previous historical periods when external environment and circumstances were rather unfavorable or even hostile to cooperation within the Balkans, since the beginning of the new century the external environment produces more positive incentives and stimulates political cooperation on the Balkans. Hence, the uncertain and stumblingpolitical cooperation on the Balkans is not due to external (f)actors. The emphasis on the internalpolitical actors reveals that political cooperation among Balkan states depends significantly onthe actors’ political will. Thus, the (im)possibility of Balkan political cooperation leans on theways political actors in the region perceive and interpret the signals from external environmentand communicate them back and forth to the national internal settings.
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Innovations are making the world more and more interconnected, but some regionsand countries are performing better than others. The topic is particularly important due to thelatest developments in the Balkan region, which has important political, economic and culturalspecifics that distinguish it from other parts of the world. They are linked with the particularitiesof projects and realities of cooperation activities in a regional context. It is vital to give specificattention to the topic also because of the opportunities that can be developed to benefit all partners in the region. At the same time one should be aware about the challenges that have to betackled in the process of enhancing the cooperation and connectivity in the Balkans.The present paper explores the opportunities that innovation holds for enhanced cooperationand connectivity in the Balkan region. Best innovation practices will be discussed to increase theawareness about the complexities of the topic, which requires serious analysis that draws on theexpertise of professionals across borders.
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The chapter identifiesthe main needs for interconnecting at the national level the competitiveness poles of the settlement network.
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The chapter performs an economic assessment of the territory adjacent to the Danube for identifying the potential elements within the framework of the European Union Strategy for the Danube Region.
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This is 1903, a time when the word „Ghetto“, particularly in Jewish context, already may have sound slightly pejorative, but had no connotation yet as it got few decades later through Shoah. This is a book providing a portrait of the urban quarters and places of Prague formed and characterized by the Prague Jewish life. // A CEEOL-"Digsimile" (digital Faksimile) of the original, published in 1903 by the VERLAGSBUCHHANDLUNG DER BÖHM. GRAPHISCHEN GESELLSCHAFT „UNIE“ IN PRAG. The Digsimile of the original illustrated book can be used for citation as if you would cite an extract from the original (pagination is the same).
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published in 1908 by Wilhelm Heims Publisher in Leipzig.
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The publication deals with the research of gallows in the South Moravian Region. So far, research has brought knowledge of the form of gallows, their dating, the situation in the field, and of delinquents, who were executed on the gallows and whose remains are found around the gallows. This publication is a summary of the current knowledge of South Moravian gallows in the early modern era in terms of history, history of law, archaeology, anthropology, botany, zoology and geomorphology.
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ORIGINAL PREINTED IN GERMAN FRACTURA FONT: PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU’LL BE ABLE TO READ (see Introduction.pdf) Published in 1895 by the Central Committee of the Russian Lutheran Church // From the introduction: In the last two years, it is primarily the Estonian and Livonian parish Augmentaioln Funds that have been incorporated into our administration - because they serve similar purposes to our Support Fund. In Reval, two foundations with special provisions were also handed over to the district committee. All in all, this amounts to more than 100,000 rubles, by which the annual bill is now larger. This deceives the eyes of the uninitiated and they will draw false conclusions. It is in keeping with the spirit of the Gospel not to collect treasures or accumulate capital; for we should not place our trust in money, but in the spirit as the true comforter. Hence, the Central Committee doesn’t set out to accumulate treasure. But where it receives foundations for the benefit of the church, it has no right to carry them out in any other way than the founders have ordered in their friendly disposition.
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The book introduces the issue of productive culture of teaching and learning in broader didactical context. In the first part of the book, three areas of productive culture of teaching and learning are as theoretical framework presented: 1. clarity, structure, coherence, 2. cognitive activation, instrumentalization, semantization, 3. Supportive learning environment. The second part of the book presents 17 didactic case studies that have been developed by teams that consisted of researchers and teachers from schools. The aim of didactic case studies is to highlight key areas of productive culture of teaching and learning.
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The Atlas of Czech Dialects - Nominative Singular Feminine is the result of an interdisciplinary collaboration between experts from the Dialectology Department of the Institute of Czech Language of the Czech Academy of Sciences and experts from the Department of Geoinformatics of the Faculty of Science of Palacký University in Olomouc. The Atlas presents not only the dialectal phenomena that are declining and disappearing, but also the phenomena that are still alive. The main analytical dialect maps show the morphological differences in the territory of the Czech national language. The accompanying maps of spelling variations illustrate the overall territorial picture of the word form under study. In addition to the dialect maps and brief expert dialectological comments, the atlas contains texts describing the realities of former rural life, farming methods and customs, infographics, links to audiorecords and illustrative images created by artificial intelligence tools. The expert explanations are complemented by rich dialectal material, while the popular format of the texts ensures accessibility to a wide range of people interested in our dialect. Data from the Questionnaire for Research on Czech Dialects, processed into thematic maps, are brought to life by photographs taken by dialectologists half a century ago during field research.
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