A BRIEP r6sume of the establishment and administration of the Straits Settlements is necessary to the understanding of the developments to be described. In the seventeenth century, the English East India Company was ousted by the Dutch from the islands of the East Indies. The East India Company then decided to concentrate on India itself, and in 1763, after having defeated France, its main riva...

An important aspect of planning for shallow tunneling under urban areas is the determination of likely surface movements and interaction with existing structures. Back analysis of built tunnels that their settlements magnitude is available, could aid the designers to have a more accuracy in future projects. In this paper, one single Tehran Metro Tunnel (at west of Hor square, Jang University St...

This report describes the analysis that underlies the new design of the ancillary services markets adopted at the May 8 meeting of the Trust Advisory Committee. The main features are two-part bids, selection of resources based solely on capacity reservation bids, merit ordering of accepted resources in order of energy bids, and energy settlements based on prices in the real-time market. This de...

The continued growth of informal settlements constitutes one of the greatest urban development problems affecting African cities. Projects intended to upgrade these settlements have not been highly successful. In Kenya, project beneficiaries receiving land under individual titles sell or lose their land rights. This transfer of property is seen as stimulating informal settlement construction an...

INTRODUCTION Schistosomiasis is endemic in 74 countries and is considered a serious public health problem in some locations. METHODS A transverse study was performed of 13 landless settlements in southern Sergipe from February to December 2009. The study included 822 settlers, of whom 601 underwent stool testing. RESULTS The prevalence of schistosomiasis in landless workers was 4.3%. The po...

Observers of post-independence cultural landscapes in Timor-Leste have highlighted the resurgence of customary practices and ceremonies, especially in settlements more distant from the moneyed resources of the capital, Dili.1 The revival of customary practices often accompanies a considered return among displaced communities to their ancestral lands and settlements (knua tuan). There they work ...

growing population and increasing urbanization has led to the expansion of informal settlements. informal settlements in developing countries, more than other urban tissues are exposed to various risks and natural disasters. this type of settlements, often develop and spread without regard to natural hazards, with no specific plan and no attention to regulations. expansion of informal settlemen...