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The plague stones
Londoners Paul and Tricia Feenan move to the isolated Holiwell village where Tricia has inherited a property. In the village, there are centuries-old stones used during the Great Plague as boundary markers. No plague-sufferer was allowed to pass the stones and enter the village. The plague diminished, and the village survived unscathed. An ancient ceremony is performed each year to renew the village boundaries. A miguided act by the Feenans' son then reminds the village there's a reason traditions have been rigidly stuck to.
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Living on thin ice
The Gwich'in Natives of Arctic Village, Alaska, have experienced intense social and economic changes for more than a century. In the late 20th century, new transportation and communication technologies introduced radically new value systems; while some of these changes may be seen as socially beneficial, others suggest a weakening of what was once a strong and vibrant Native community. Using quantitative and qualitative data gathered since the turn of the millennium, this volume offers an interdisciplinary evaluation of the developments that have occurred in the community over the past several decades.
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Deep Learning Segmentation and Classification for Urban Village Using a Worldview Satellite Image Based on U-Net
Unplanned urban settlements exist worldwide. The geospatial information of these areas is critical for urban management and reconstruction planning but usually unavailable. Automatically characterizing individual buildings in the unplanned urban village using remote sensing imagery is very challenging due to complex landscapes and high-density settlements. The newly emerging deep learning method provides the potential to characterize individual buildings in a complex urban village. This study proposed an urban village mapping paradigm based on U-net deep learning architecture. The study area is located in Guangzhou City, China. The Worldview satellite image with eight pan-sharpened bands at a 0.5-m spatial resolution and building boundary vector file were used as research purposes. There are ten sites of the urban villages included in this scene of the Worldview image. The deep neural network model was trained and tested based on the selected six and four sites of the urban village, respectively. Models for building segmentation and classification were both trained and tested. The results indicated that the U-net model reached overall accuracy over 86% for building segmentation and over 83% for the classification. The F1-score ranged from 0.9 to 0.98 for the segmentation, and from 0.63 to 0.88 for the classification. The Interaction over Union reached over 90% for the segmentation and 86% for the classification. The superiority of the deep learning method has been demonstrated through comparison with Random Forest and object-based image analysis. This study fully showed the feasibility, efficiency, and potential of the deep learning in delineating individual buildings in the high-density urban village. More importantly, this study implied that through deep learning methods, mapping unplanned urban settlements could further characterize individual buildings with considerable accuracy.
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Harvest
A remote English village wakes on the morning after harvest, looking forward to enjoying a hard-earned day of rest and feasting. But two mysterious columns of smoke mar the sky, raising alarm and suspicion.
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The Trust That Saves Karang Bengang in Sebali Customary Village
Karang bengang is a green open space that functions as a green belt separating traditional villages in Bali. One of the remaining karang bengang areas can be found in Sebali Customary Village, Keliki Village, Tegallalang District, Gianyar Regency. As a village bordering Ubud, Keliki experiences the impact of tourism, leading to parts of karang bengang being transformed into settlements and tourism facilities. However, in Sebali Customary Village, one area of karang bengang has been agreed upon to remain undeveloped, which is Campuhan Hill. This hill is flanked by two rivers, and at their confluence stands Gunung Lebah Temple. This study employs a qualitative approach through in-depth interviews with community leaders, field observations, and mapping the transformation of karang bengang in the southern part of Sebali Traditional Village. The findings reveal that the community’s belief in honoring the existence of Gunung Lebah Temple is the key factor in preserving karang bengang, particularly in Campuhan Hill. Despite facing various development pressures, local wisdom continues to play a crucial role in maintaining this traditional space. This case study provides insight into how cultural beliefs and traditions contribute to the sustainability of Bali’s traditional landscapes.
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A, B, C : three short novels
Presenting these three novels in this omnibus volume for the first time, along with a new foreword and afterword by the author, A, B, C showcases Delanys masterful storytelling ability and deep devotion to his craft.
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Construire (dans) les marges de l’État, entre politiques de « développement » et stratégies de contre-insurrection (Chaco, Argentine, 1976-1980)
Pour produire une profonde reconfiguration sociopolitique, la dictature civilo-militaire en Argentine (1976-1983) n’a pas seulement mis en œuvre un système de disparition forcée des personnes, elle a également essayé une réorganisation territoriale et urbaine au niveau national. Nous nous intéressons ici à l’un de ces programmes : la création de villages stratégiques. Notre recherche a pour objectif de comprendre comment l’État met en œuvre des projets d’ingénierie sociale dans lesquels la réinvention spatiale de territoires périphériques a pour objectif de modifier radicalement un groupe social ainsi que la situation économico-politique de la zone concernée. Pour cela, nous analysons la création du village Fuerte Esperanza dans la Province du Chaco, dans le cadre de ce qui a été appelé la « Campagne de l’Ouest » déployée dans la région de « El Impenetrable » (1976-1980). Nous démontrons comment la création de Fuerte Esperanza, sous couvert d’un programme dit de « développement », avait aussi une fonction de contre-insurrection. Nous essayons de comprendre et de déconstruire les discours et les pratiques autour de ces types de programmes d’« action civique militaire ». De plus, nous soutenons pour la première fois qu’il existe des continuités entre la création de ce village et d’autres programmes similaires de la même époque en Argentine (principalement dans la province de Tucumán).
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