UNVEILING THE COMPLEXITY OF JAPANESE METALLIC THREADS

Unveiling the Complexity of Japanese Metallic Threads

In the framework of an extensive survey campaign on a collection of Japanese samurai armors, metallic threads from different parts of the traditional equipment were studied by several analytical techniques.The collection of armors belongs to Museo delle Culture (Lugano, Switzerland) and it is composed of ten elements, which date back from the 15th

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Growth, exclusion and vulnerability: evaluation of the socio-spatial transformation of post-apartheid Pretoria-Tshwane (South Africa)

Apartheid left South African city regions with two major challenges: social integration at a city level and spatial integration at a regional level.The task to finds solutions to these problems was left to municipalities, the lowest level of the three trier government system introduced after 1994.This article critically evaluates the success of the

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Growth, exclusion and vulnerability: evaluation of the socio-spatial transformation of post-apartheid Pretoria-Tshwane (South Africa)

Apartheid left South African city regions with two major challenges: social integration at a city level and spatial integration at a regional level.The task to finds solutions to these problems was left to municipalities, the lowest level of the three trier government system introduced after 1994.This article critically evaluates the success of the

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