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Showing 1 to 20 of 248 for “"Bay Area"”.
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A geohydrological study of the Richards Bay area
… groundwater flow patterns in the Richards Bay area. A summary of the theory and parameterization process used in the model is presented. Considerable detail is offered for the conceptual modelling of specific processes not incorporated in the finite difference scheme of the numerical model. …
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Bay Area Russian-American Community: Search for It's Identity
<p>Recently, new groups, new voices are being heard in a loud demand for recognition. Black militants proclaim that "black is beautiful," Spanish speaking citizens are asserting their heritage; in fact, one group after another clamors for its identity and a share in the "American Dream." Only one …
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Transnational ‘Interruptions’ in Eritrean Refugee Lives in the Bay Area
… trauma in the Eritrean diaspora community in the Bay Area. In light of this, the research suggests that refugee resettlement agencies give rigorous orientation teaching refugees/asylees to first take care of oneself, achieving the necessary life empowerment and to work with community centers and …
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Dating for College Students in the San Francisco Bay Area
… a greater understanding of San Francisco (SF) Bay Area college students’ perception, practice, and occupational impact of dating. Phenomenological interviews were conducted with seven college students living in the SF Bay Area. Three themes emerged: the dating process, internal and external …
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An environmental overview of the Walvis Bay 'Bay Area', Namibia
… of the Baseline Report, the greater Walvis Bay 'bay area ' was identified as a priority area in terms of coastal zone management of the Erongo Region. The aim of this dissertation is thus to provide an environmental overview of the Walvis Bay ' bay area' that can assist planners and relevant …
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Bay Area Walk score premiums : unlocking value through neighborhood trends
… scores in three communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. The data is composed of residential transactions from 2014 to early 2016 that are analyzed at the neighborhood level and normalized to improve the precision of the hedonic model. This neighborhood lens produces a more robust analysis than …
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African rural-urban migration in South Africa : Empangeni Richards bay area
… rural urban migration in Empangeni Richards Bay area, where the concern is on the people already in the towns. The purpose of this investigation is to attempt to come up with some possible remedies to the problem of rural-urban migration in South Africa. Therefore, the aims of the study were …
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Undocumented Students’ Access to Higher Education in San Francisco, Bay Area
… to access higher education in San Francisco and Bay Area, California?” Even though DACA does not encompass any direct policies regarding access to education, there is a very strong correlation between having DACA status and accessing higher education for the undocumented students. In this …
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Neighborhood Strategizing: Understanding Community Collaborations within California Bay Area Public Schools
<p>For the better half of a century, education policy has been guided by economics and profit. One after another, every U.S. president since the 1960s has championed legislation that reflects neoliberal ideals of competition and profitable skills. Through the standardization of the public school …
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Polyphase deformation and metamorphism in the Penobscot Bay Area, Coastal Maine
… of the six lithologic terranes in the Penobscot Bay area of coastal Maine, the Late Precambrian (?) to Ordovician(?) Copeland Formation and the Rider Bluff member of the Copeland Formation at the eastern margin of the Passagassawakeag (PGW) terrane and the Silurian (?) to Devonian (?) Bucksport …
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Nonprofit Continuum: Brazilian-centered Organizations in the Bay Area of San Francisco
… nonprofit organizations in the Bay Area of San Francisco. Contrary to existing research on Brazilian immigrants in the United States, this study has found that, in the past forty years, Brazilians have formed voluntary associations ranging from small and informal groups to …
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Political Feasibility of Implementing Smart Growth Development Strategies in the Monterey Bay Area
… centers, separating residences from commercial areas and employment centers. This separation of land uses has increased automobile dependency, which increases vehicle miles traveled and associated greenhouse gas emissions. California Senate Bill 375 mandates the development and implementation of …
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Imagining and building more equitable and democratic systems: lessons from Bay Area organizations
… with organizations located in the San Francisco Bay Area, this research highlights how systems that foster shared power are not only imaginable, but are being built. In sharing learnings from these organizations, this research tells the story of their challenges and visions, their various …
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Organ Trade : sea level rise adaptation strategies for the San Francisco Bay Area
… Alameda County, located in South San Francisco Bay, is taken as a test case in order to assess this hypothesis. The site is selected from a set of nested types of more general coastal and fluvial conditions. This thesis traverses multiple landscape scales in this way. The nested types include a …
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