This dissertation studies a set of public housing estates in Porto developed in the period surrounding the Portuguese revolution, part of which have rarely been examined in architectural research. In doing so, it seeks to provide a global reading of this period that may represen…
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The ancient Near Eastern culture known as the Syro-Hittites flourished in what is today northern Syria and southeastern Turkey during the late second and early first millennia BCE. A collection of a dozen or so Syro-Hittite city-states were prominent features of the region's pol…
The concept of urban blight lacks an objective identity both in theory and practice. Neither policymakers nor social scientists have settled on a definition of the phenomenon, despite the ongoing, decades-long crusade against it initiated by the urban renewal programs of the mid…
Deep anthropogenic topsoils – those augmented through long-term additions of mineral bulk among fertilising agents – retain in both their physical and chemical make-up significant indicators for cultural activity. This project researched the geographical distribution and histori…
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) allow us to instrument the physical world in novel ways, providing detailed insight that has not been possible hitherto. Since WSNs provide an interface to the physical world, each sensor node has a location in physical space, thereby enabling us …
This research uses complexity theory to analyze the Islamist terrorist network with a focus on the emergence of geographic and social self-organization. The multi-space nature of complex systems provides the theoretical and methodological foundation for the research. The methodo…
Spatial analysis studies can shed light on questions of behavior. Using ethnoarchaeological examples of the patterns that behaviors leave behind can provide insight into the behaviors of the remote past. An example of this is the use of ‘toss and drop’ zones by the researchers a…
The guerilla warfare style tactics of the Afghanistan insurgents is a problem the US-UN troops face in Afghanistan. The insurgents are able to utilize the surrounding environment to gain a tactical advantage. Examples consist of suicide bombers, sniper attacks, Improvised Explos…
The purpose of this dissertation is to explore Jesus' missional movement in Mark 4:35-8:21 through the use of spatial analysis. Space is not simply an inert container or static backdrop where events take place, but rather plays a key role in revealing themes and purposes in a na…
Avian influenza H5N1 is one kind of important bird flu. Unfortunately, this virus has swiftly evolved and become highly pathogenic to humans and poultry, resulting in 100% of death in infected poultry and over 60% of mortality among infected human population. Moreover, the virus…