La organización de los juegos olímpicos como elemento de configuración de regímenes urbanos: Barcelona 1992 como estudio de caso

The games were an opportunity for Spain to show to the world as a modern, wealthy and democratic country of Western Europe, that successfully accomplished 15 years of political transition and dealt with identity issues. But the games also were a window of opportunity for the complete “reinvention” of Barcelona at all levels (political, economical, social and urbanistic) and laid the foundations for the development of the city in the next decades. This research argues that this process of “reinvention of the city” can be explained for three factors: 1) A policy coalition involving key economic and social actors under the leadership of Barcelona‟s Major, which led to a new urban regime. 2) An intergovernmental game that privileged the cooperation between the federal and urban government, as well as the international sports institutions 3) An understanding of the Olympic infrastructures not only as a guarantee for the success of the event, but as the starting point for a new model of urban and identity development regarding to the XXI siècle. The main objective of the research is to analyze the possible application of urban regime approach to different local government systems of the US by analyzing a case study, Barcelona...

Uzbekistán: la configuración de un nuevo estado. Especial referencia al estatus de la mujer

Uzbekistan has a long and interesting heritage of ancient civilization linked to the historic “Silk Road”, through which transited people, goods, ideas and cultures. The major cities of the Silk Road - Samarkand, Bukhara, and Khiva are testimonies of the past and leave a deep impression on any visitor. As time goes by, Uzbekistan has become a key country in the whole Central Asian region, because it possesses mineral, agricultural and natural resources and has a huge potential for development. It is rich in energy resources such as oil and gas, but it is very difficult to commercialize them due to its landlocked position. The historical legacy of the Republic of Uzbekistan is a valuable heritage. The above mentioned ancient cities used to be centers of science and art, where important architects created palaces, mosques, madrassas, minarets, and mausoleums of the Islamic style, that still exist today. This cultural wealth is an element of internal cohesion and external outreach towards Islamic heritage, related to such Muslim countries as Turkey and the Gulf States. Moreover, this historical and architectural heritage has enormous economic potential for tourism, which can contribute to strengthen the relations of cooperation and friendship between Uzbekistan and the International Society. The influence of tradition and culture has still a huge impact on the society. This can be felt for example, in the traditional gender roles distribution. As a result of which, meńs presence in the areas of decision making is still slightly higher than womeńs one...

Modelización y simulación de la configuración de un campo solar para centrales termosolares de torre: influencia de la óptica del concentrador sobre la generación de energía

Las energías renovables como alternativa a las plantas de producción eléctrica tradicionales que utilizan combustibles fósiles, suponen hoy en día una solución a los problemas de dependencia energética, y emisiones de CO2 no deseadas a la atmósfera, habiéndose producido un fuerte desarrollo en la tecnología especialmente eólica y solar en la última década. Empresas como Abengoa, Acciona, Aries, ACWA, Sener, Brightsource entre otras, están apostando fuerte por la energía solar, y es concretamente dentro de la compañía Abengoa, dónde surge la propuesta de esta tesis doctoral. El estudio aquí realizado surge como resultado del trabajo desempeñado dentro del Departamento de Investigación y Desarrollo de Abengoa Solar New Technologies, y posteriormente dentro de Abengoa Research, empresa creada para concentrar el I+D de toda la compañía. El objetivo final consiste en optimizar las plantas solares termoeléctricas de torre, centrándonos en el campo de heliostatos (espejos) que lo componen y en su influencia sobre la producción eléctrica de la planta pudiendo así facilitar unas pautas de optimización del campo según el tipo de heliostato utilizado, y plantear una alternativa a la configuración de campos de heliostatos ya existente. Para ello, se estudian dos posibles escenarios, en el que se contemplan dos tipos de facetas diferentes, siendo las facetas las diferentes unidades o espejos por los que está constituido el heliostato. Un primer escenario que consiste en un campo de heliostatos con facetas esféricas, y un segundo escenario que consiste en heliostatos con facetas planas, estando dichas facetas en ambos casos canteadas esféricamente, es decir, orientadas su normales adecuadamente para que conformen una superficie “imaginaria”, lo más cercana posible a la esférica...