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Munro, D.P. (author)This note communicates a simple modification of the optimality criteria (OC) design update—as found in well-known Matlab implementations of the classical topology design problem—to an update based on a quadratic program (QP) with a single linear constraint. This QP update is a special case of the dual of Falk, which in general accommodates...journal article 2024
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Goldsteen, Winnie (author)The evolution of human civilization, entwined with food, traces our development from hunters to settlers and now to a globalized food network. Carolyn Steel's 'sitopia' theory underscores the connection between place and sustenance. Brazil, a key player in the global food industry, paradoxically grapples with high inequality despite abundant...master thesis 2023
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Jodłowska, Aleksandra (author)This research delves into the understanding of self-constructed settlement as a complex adaptive system, specifically focusing on Anchieta Occupation in São Paulo, Brazil. The design hypothesis posits that informal settlements embody highly adaptable systems, offering valuable insights for housing development strategies. The complex socio...master thesis 2023
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Torbica, Angelina (author)Sao Paulo, Brazil, a megacity home to 22.4 million inhabitants as of 2022 has “one of the most inequitable distributions of wealth in the world” (Caldeira 1996, 303). In the various districts, the inequality either shouts or whispers its presence. An open city, where the street-scape is the backdrop for social convergence, segregates itself in...master thesis 2023
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Shymanski, Geneviève (author)As the Global South continues to rapidly urbanize, finding affordable and sustainable housing solutions is paramount. The Global Housing Graduation studio provides the opportunity to design new housing typologies through environmental and social lenses. São Paulo’s challenges with rapid urbanization and social inequality has left more than a...master thesis 2023
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Fenten, Huub (author)In São Paulo, Brazil, the urbanization of workers without education or a steady income has caused a large demand for social housing, with 800,000 families forced to live in settlements and slums without a legal basis. At the same time, the crime rates of the past decades brought forth a standard of ‘enclavement’ of urban blocks, with fences...master thesis 2023
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Schreurs, Sanette (author)Since the introduction of neoliberalism in the 1980s, housing has transformed from a social good to a market commodity, resulting in housing policies’ focus shifting from resilience to efficiency. The shift greatly affected the Global South, where an overwhelming amount of housing was, and still is, required (Syllabus Intro). Several initiatives...master thesis 2023
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Swinkels, Roy (author), Van Herck, Krist (author), Şahin, Emisgul (author)Society conveys values to cities and their buildings, the key to sustainability, only in part recognized as heritage values, when protected by urban and/or heritage planning. There is a growing recognition of the importance of acknowledging the values conveyed by locals and tourists in heritage management and urban planning. However, the...master thesis 2023
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Garcia Rea, V.S. (author), Muñoz Sierra, Julian (author), Elkalliny, A.S.M. (author), Cerqueda-García, Daniel (author), Lindeboom, R.E.F. (author), Spanjers, H. (author), van Lier, J.B. (author)Phenol conversion under saline thermophilic anaerobic conditions requires the development and sustenance of a highly specialized microbial community. In the present research, an anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) fed with an influent containing 0.5 g·L<sup>−1</sup> phenol and 6.5 gNa<sup>+</sup>·L<sup>−1</sup> was operated at 55 °C for 300...journal article 2022
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Giannelli, Denis (author)In the Global South, large urban spaces resulted in the duality between the so-called ‘formal’ and ‘informal’ cities. It is the case of São Paulo, a twenty-two-million people metropolis and a financial hub in Latin America. Albeit a vast literature addresses the social-spatial segregation emerging from this dual built environment, the scarcity...master thesis 2021
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Cazarin, C. L. (author), van der Velde, R. (author), Santos, R. V. (author), Reijmer, J. J.G. (author), Bezerra, F. H.R. (author), Bertotti, G. (author), La Bruna, V. (author), Silva, D. C.C. (author), de Castro, D. L. (author), Srivastava, N. K. (author), Barbosa, P. F. (author)This study combines multiscale analyses of geological, fault, fracture, and stable isotope data to investigate strike-slip deformation and channeling of hydrothermal fluids along the Cafarnaum fault and calcite veins at different distances from the fault, which is a structure in the São Francisco Craton, northeastern Brazil. Meteoric fluids...journal article 2021
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van der Esch, Anton (author), Kienhuis, Ramon (author), Ligthart, Chiara (author), Termote, Judith (author), Wang, Zili (author), van der Vaart, Robin (author)Nowadays the city of São Paulo has to deal with a lot of traffic jams. Extending the road network is no option and the public transport network cannot keep up with the capacity either. A solution must be found in another type of transport: cycling. The current bicycle infrastructure is not sufficient in terms of connectivity. In this research, a...student report 2019
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This book brings together reflections on the theme Urban Project, understanding it as spatialization of socio-territorial demands, involving society, culture, economy and environment, with the objective of achieving equity of opportunities and social justice in the transformed territory. It brings together a set of texts although they do not...book 2019
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van der Zanden, Harm (author)The explosive growth of the city of São Paulo starting in the 1940s resulted in vast expansion with little attention to the characteristics of the natural landscape. This resulted in extreme modification of the water system, including canalization, piping and covering of streams. Due to these modifications and the related urban structure, São...master thesis 2017
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Boekel, R.C. (author)Historically, nanotechnology faces the same challenges that every new, emerging and science-based industry faces. The transfer of viable knowledge from science to market needs to be bridged better. To enhance this transfer, a methodology is designed which integrates engineering design and subject-action-object (SAO) based text mining to find,...master thesis 2016
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De Geus, L.I. (author)One of the places where the phenomenon of socio-spatial segregation is most evident and tangible is the city of São Paulo in Brazil, which is also known as “the city of walls.” I developed an architectural concept based on philosopher Elias Canetti’s concept of Verwandlung that relates the social and mental levels of segregation with the spatial...master thesis 2016
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Kempenaar, M.C. (author)Research: (1) Exploring the role of infrastructure in transforming the metropolitan region of São Paulo into a sustainable metropolitan environment by utilizing the existing infrastructure as a backbone for future economic, environmental and social development. (2) Exploring the opportunity of infrastructure as a key strategy for the inclusion...master thesis 2014
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Loerakker, J.A.M. (author)This research wants to show how by the historical overlapping of two thoroughly planned paradigms – ‘city’ and ‘highway’ – an unplanned mismatch could come into existence at the intersection of ring roads and city streets. Through a physical analysis of this mismatch and the planned and unplanned reactions in the cases of Amsterdam A10 West and...master thesis 2012
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Costa Branco De Oliveira Pedro, J.A. (author), Boueri, J.G. (author)This paper compares the space standards that apply to the construction of social housing in Portugal and in São Paulo, and seeks explanations for the identified differences in the socioeconomic contexts of the territories. The Controlled Cost Housing (CCH) from Portugal and the housing built within the program My Home My Life (MHML) in the São...conference paper 2010