This contribution outlines the broad historical implications of scientific research on the Transcendental Meditation program for developing enlightened individuals, an enlightened society, cultural integrity, and world peace. This address, presented in October 1974, includes Maharishi's projection that one percent of a population participating in the Transcendental Meditation program will cause...

This article presents evidence demonstrating that the historical use of leaded gasoline and lead (Pb) in exterior paints in Australia has contaminated urban soils in the older inner suburbs of large cities such as Sydney and Melbourne. While significant attention has been focused on Pb poisoning in mining and smelting towns in Australia, relatively little research has focused on exposure to Pb ...

Based on the hypothesis that disaster risk is constructed socially and historically, this article shows the importance of keeping alive the historical memory of disaster by means of architectural and urban heritage conservation. This is illustrated with three examples of Latin American World Heritage cities, where disasters like floods and earthquakes have shaped urban form. Therefore, the stud...

La més o menys plausible reconquesta de la imatge històrica construïda segle rere i violentament eliminada per guerra les intervencions caire infrastructural següents dècades, planteja preguntes cabdals ineludibles en l’actual debat sobre contextos històrics relació entre allò vell nou, enllà d’una noció d’autenticitat que encara és massa indeterminada. És precisament aquest marc on trobem l’ex...

Abstract Regional resilience is high on the scientific and policy agenda. An essential feature of diversifying into new activities but little known about whether major economic crises accelerate or decelerate regional diversification. This article shows how impact development technological capabilities within U.S. metropolitan areas by examining three largest downturns in history, Long Depressi...

The Socio-Economic Segregation in European Capital Cities: East Meets West project investigates changing levels of socio-economic segregation in 13 major European cities: Amsterdam, Budapest, Vienna, Stockholm, Oslo, London, Vilnius, Tallinn, Prague, Madrid, Milan, Athens and Riga. The two main conclusions of this major study are that the levels of socio-economic segregation in European cities ...

China’s new urbanization development strategy needs to be supported by rational urban systems. Here, a comprehensive diagnostic index system that uses GIS technology and a Chinese urban scale structure rationality diagnostic model, functional structure rationality diagnostic model, spatial structure rationality diagnostic model and Chinese urban development rationality diagnostic model is used ...

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