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Diagnosis of balance between Heritage, housing and tourism in historic centers: case studies from Porto (Portugal) and Salvador (Brazil)

open access: yesConservar Património, 2018
The sustainability of cultural values of historic centers depends, to a great extent, on the balance achieved between maintaining the resident population, preventing housing abandonment, and reconciling the new functions installed in those centers ...
Alice Tavares   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing the Accuracy of the Wildland–Urban Interface Index in Portuguese Rural Villages’ Context: A Case Study of the 2017 Pedrógão Grande Wildfire

open access: yesFire
Climate change and human interventions can boost wildfires. Although naturally happening, massive events are becoming more frequent and severe. In Portugal’s mainland, many rural settlements are populated mainly by older people, and uninhabited houses ...
Dener Silva   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

RISCOS E RISCOS LITERÁRIOS

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Literatura Comparada
A partir do estudo do romance Mongólia (2003), de Bernardo Carvalho, e de algumas das suas declarações, este texto aborda aspectos do seu trabalho literário. A palavra risco é apreendida de diversas maneiras: a escrita no papel, as marcas deixadas pelos veículos no deserto mongol e os perigos.
openaire   +1 more source

Fundamental Frequencies in the Schwarzschild Spacetime

open access: yes, 2018
We consider the Keplerian, radial and vertical fundamental frequencies in the Schwarzschild spacetime to study the so-called kilohertz quasi-periodic oscillations from low-mass X-ray binary systems. We show that, within the Relativistic Precession Model,
Boshkayev, K. A.   +3 more
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Personalidade, perceção de risco e comportamentos de risco: profissões de maior risco vs. profissões de menor risco

open access: yes, 2018
Nos últimos anos, a investigação tem procurado compreender o papel preditor dos atributos de personalidade e da perceção de risco nos comportamentos de segurança no trabalho. Entre os vários atributos, a procura de sensações, a assunção de risco e o otimismo são dos atributos mais referenciados e analisados como preditores dos comportamentos de ...
openaire   +1 more source

Medium-Term Effects of Dune Erosion and Longshore Sediment Transport on Beach–Dune Systems Evolution

open access: yesJournal of Marine Science and Engineering
Beach–dune systems are highly dynamic features of the coastal system, the evolution of which is influenced by several processes that occur at very different spatial and temporal scales. To mitigate shoreline retreat that threatens extensive coastal areas
Ana Margarida Ferreira   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Expressions of Arab Influence on the Brazilian Architecture: The Case of Solar Control Elements

open access: yesBuildings
Over the centuries, architects have distanced themselves from the accumulated architectural knowledge, which often provided constructive solutions highly connected to the climatic context and cultural characteristics. With utmost expression from the 20th
Egon Vettorazzi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Riscos nucleares e outros riscos: Avaliação e aceitabilidade

open access: yes, 2014
The risks of accidents, illness and early death are part of life on Earth, which touches all living creatures, including Mankind. Because of modern mass communication media, the emotional impact of current risks are greater than in the past. Many unnecessary risks can and should be avoided, and with respect to others, they can be drastically reduced ...
openaire   +2 more sources

THE ROLE OF PERCEPTION AND COMMUNICATION IN EARTHQUAKE RISK MITIGATION

open access: yesTerritorium: Revista Portuguesa de riscos, prevenção e segurança, 2018
Civic education and formation of public conscience constitutes one of the first and more important tools towards improving the awareness and perception of citizens to earthquake risk, taking a fundamental role on the construction of more resilient ...
Rui Maio   +2 more
doaj  

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