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Showing 1 to 20 of 50 for “"Baghdad"”.
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A future plan for the University of Baghdad
Thesis: B. Arch., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 1960
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The 'ruralization' of the city : with special reference to Baghdad
… on urban life in Iraq, with special reference to Baghdad, the capital of Iraq. Very much has been said about the function of the city as a social form exerting an independent causal effect on other forms of social organisation and on behaviour. The classical urban sociologists believed that city …
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Evaluation of two public housing projects : Baghdad and Mosul, Iraq
Stage nine of the design process of the projects deals with the design of the cluster, which is a basic social and administrative unit proposed for settlement. The cluster represents a unit of approximately 200 persons. A cluster is defined in the Urbanization Primer as a condominium. One of the …
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Saigon to Baghdad : comparing combat correspondents' experiences in Vietnam and Iraq
This study compared the responses of journalists who covered the Vietnam War with responses of reporters who covered the conflict in Iraq to measure differences and similarities. The comparison showed that reporters working in Iraq faced more constraints in accessing the news because of greater …
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US STRATEGY BETWEEN THE TWO FALLS: FROM THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL TO BAGHDAD
… of the Berlin Wall in 1989 to the fall of Baghdad in 2003. During this time, the US pursued a hegemonic strategy that aimed to preserve its unipolar moment in the new American century. However, this argument is challenged by two sets of AFP literature. The first sees the 1990s as a period …
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Urban case studies, Baghdad, Iraq : low income dwelling surveys and a site and services proposal.
Thesis. 1979. M.Arch.A.S.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.
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Availability of solar energy at Baghdad, Iraq and its application to absorption refrigeration for cold stores purposes
… is to study the availability of solar energy at Baghdad, Iraq for utilisation to produce refrigeration at 10\,1 temperatures where it will be applicable for cold stores and freezer rooms and to prepare design data for such applications. Five years meteorological data are obtained from Baghdad …
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Silent Cities: Sensationalism and Removed Populations within Fourteenth Century Western Christian and Muslim Travel Accounts of Baghdad and Jerusalem
… century travel literature in the cities of Baghdad and Jerusalem, I analyze two Christian travelers, Marco Polo and John Mandeville, and one Muslim traveler, Ibn Battuta. As a basis of comparison, I discuss the twelfth century Muslim traveler, Ibn Jubayr. I specifically analyze Baghdad and …
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Reappraising the Land Behind Baghdad: Using CORONA Satellite Imagery to Reassess the Archaeological Landscape of the Diyala Plain, Iraq
… relict canals in the Diyala Plain to the east of Baghdad, Iraq. This project seeks to improve upon the ground survey conducted there in the 1950s by providing better geographic control and discovering sites and canals that were not included in the original survey. CORONA imagery provides a …
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Architecture and Nation-building in Mid-20th Century Urban Turkey and Iraq
… and city planning in Ankara, Turkey and Baghdad, Iraq, focusing on foreign architects' plans in each city during key moments in the development of each countries' nationalisms (the 1930s in Turkey and the 1950s in Iraq). The plans it focuses on are Hermann Jansen's plan for Ankara and …
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Essays on networks and social interaction
… and Shia individuals navigate the streets of Baghdad in a smartphone-based field activity. The second paper uses a novel experimental design to examine the social network search patterns employed by both sects. Using smartphone and self-reported data, the paper shows that differing search …
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Christian Minorities and the Struggle for Nineveh: The Assyrian Democratic Movement in Iraq and the Nineveh Plains Protection Units
… 3) the securing of group rights through either Baghdad or Erbil, which is typified by the debate over a province for minorities in the Nineveh Plain. The Islamic State's invasion in June 2014 made this dynamic even more complex. This dissertation explores how a second-order minority mobilized to …
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Iraq's housing crisis : upgrading settlements for IDPS (internally displaced persons)
… wars, over 250 settlements have peppered Baghdad's landscape and aggravated the capital's insufficient infrastructure. It is clear that the rapid rate at which informal settlements for internally displaced persons (IDPs) are being established exceeds the rate in which settlements are …
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Conflict and Cooperation: Western Economic Interests in Ottoman Iraq 1894-1914
… certain aspects of late Ottoman history in Baghdad and Basra, between 1894 and 1914. Since these sources have been underutilized, their inclusion will widen the scope of possible historical investigation in the study of Late Ottoman Baghdad and Basra. This research will suggest that, in this …
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The Development and Application of the "Petraeus Doctrine" During the 2007 Iraq Troop "Surge"
… of an emerging situation on the ground that made Baghdad ripe for a counter-insurgency campaign. This situation was the result of a number of factors: a long war that had abandoned idealism for pragmatism and the utter failure of conventional Hard Power that left a military willing to try …
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Operation Iraqi Freedom Two: March 2004 to March 2005
… 1st Cavalry Division's one year deployment to Baghdad, Iraq from March 2004 to March 2005, designated O.I.F.2, or the second American rotation in Operation Iraqi Freedom. What follows is a series of short stories where I attempt to paint a realistic picture of my experiences as a front-line …
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Kurdish Politics in the Cauldron of the Middle East: Lessons from the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) of Iraq from Post-Invasion 2003 to the 2017 Independence Referendum
… the trust of its people and externally towards Baghdad politically, economically and militarily. The thesis explains the methodology used to collect data during six months of fieldwork and 93 interviews. The following qualitative analysis examines the effect that the Kurds have had on the …
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The historical re-evaluation of cultural heritage in modern post conflict situations
… times with the looting of the Iraqi Museum in Baghdad and in the past as seen in the bombing of many cities during World War Two. The reasons for destruction are often complex and difficult to determine despite much speculation in the news. What is perhaps given less news coverage is what comes …
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Knowledge-sharing behaviour intentions of academics and their determinants
… countries, with a particular focus upon Baghdad University as a prime example for the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) region. An approach with mono-methods was used, i.e. a survey; a total of 326 responses were gathered that were valid so that testing could be done of the …
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