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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"City-region"”.
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Transition stories : politics of urban living space in Tirana city region, Albania
… the expansion of knowledge of the post socialist city. Although many cities in transitional countries have inherited similar forms of housing and infrastructure provision and urban development from communist regime, there are important differences in the ways in which the recent decentralization …
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Every Last Drop: The role of spatial planning in integrated urban water management in the Cape Town City-Region
… This is an international phenomenon and in the City of Cape Town, where water is considered a scarce resource, it is particularly urgent and important. This is due to the expected population growth, and an increased water demand as the current services backlog is addressed and living standards …
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The Geography of Logistics Hinterlands in Northern Italy. Financialization, Growth and Governance of Logistics Real Estate in a Sprawling City-Region
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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The effects of age and size of canopy gaps on the mycorrhizae of yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis Britton) and sugar maple (Acer sacchrum Marsh.) from deciduous forests of the Québec city region
Effects of different sized and different aged canopy gaps on the ectomycorrhizae of yellow birch and vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae of sugar maples collected from two deciduous forests in central Quebec were examined. The colonization of maple roots by arbuscules, vesicles, and coils were …
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DYNAMIC GEOSPATIAL MODELLING AND SIMULATION OF PREDOMINANTLY INFORMAL CITIES: AN INTEGRATED AGENT-BASED AND CELLULAR AUTOMATA MODEL OF URBAN GROWTH
… (SSA) in recent decades. Cities in the sub-region differ in many ways from those in other parts of world. One of the major differences is the overwhelmingly informal nature of urban growth in many cities in SSA, a feature that has regulation and spatial pattern dimensions. These dimensions …
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No al aeropuerto in texxoco! : regional decision-making and community countermobilization : the siting of Mexico City's new airport
Despite the presence of numerous urban and regional planning commISSIons in the Mexico City region, they are noticeably absent from the national decision to site a new airport. If regional and local interests do not have a say in national decision-making, what does this mean for democracy? These …
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The influence of planning interventions on the evolution of neighbourhood deprivation in London
The aim of this dissertation is to study the city-region level impacts of urban planning, regeneration and development interventions on neighbourhood deprivation over time, using London as the main case study. Those interventions are often considered by many working in planning and design as …
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EXPLORING THE ECOSYSTEM SERVICE VALUE AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ECOSYSTEM SERVICE POLICY APPROACH IN A NORTHERN UK CITY.
… two main target groups within the Liverpool City Region (LCR): key decision-makers and the public living within LCR. Both are stakeholders within the commentary surrounding green infrastructure within the region. The project broadly aims to explore stakeholder (both public and private) …
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The contribution of First World city-regions to global sustainability: The case of transboundary externalities and planning in Auckland, New Zealand
… transformed the course of development of city-regions worldwide. While the trajectory in the Third World remains that of maximising wealth creation at the expense of the environment, in the developed world, city regions have progressively taken the sustainable development approach, such …
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An exploration of the urban form preferences of Edmonton’s creative workers
… certain social and economic attributes of a city region such as Edmonton. Despite the lack of research interest, understanding the urban form preferences and social characteristics of Edmonton’s creative workers is important for planners and policy makers to develop relevant strategies aimed …
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FROM MARKAZ TO MULK: LAHORE, MAGAZINES, AND THE PLACE OF URDU IN LATE COLONIAL INDIA, 1900-1950
… examines how geographies such as the city, region, country, and world were elaborated in and contributed to the development of 20th century Urdu culture. Focusing on Lahore, where Urdu was not the native language, I show how the city came to be recognized as an important space of Urdu …
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A Wall of Smoke: Understanding the Drivers of the June 2023 Canadian Wildfire Smoke Event for New York City
… resulting air quality impacts in the New York City region, we explore how the total particulate matter output from the Quebec fires influenced PM2.5 concentrations downstream in New York City. Using injection height data from the Regional Advanced Baseline Imager + VIIRS Emissions dataset, we …
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Boulevards of Growth : Assessing the planned boulevardizations in Helsinki in the context of city-regionalism and land-use conflicts between municipalities
… boulevardizations in Helsinki in the context of city-regionalism and land-use conflicts between municipalities. Interest conflicts inside regional growth machines are typical and the examination of these interest conflicts and their effects on the city-region and its growth dynamics is the corner …
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CONGESTION CHARGE AND REMOTE WORKING: POLICY INSIGHTS FROM SPATIAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS
… effects of congestion charge (single- vs multi-city, with or without travel time saving) and various tax revenue redistribution schemes (even vs place-based distribution); 2) the spatial effects of remote working due to the uncertainty of the preference in housing expenditure for remote workers, …
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Long-term prospects of land value uplift in planned new urban centres: Measurement, modelling and predictions
… the case study area. Shanghai’s expanding mega-city region has a long tradition of planning new urban centres since the 1980s, with both successes and failures, thus providing the necessary data for model building. The mega-city region represents a middle level of data availability, which …
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Managing Financial Risks for Wind Power Producers in Wholesale Electricity Markets
… exposed to financial risk in wholesale electricity markets due to the uncertain nature of wind forecasts, day-ahead electricity prices, and real-time electricity prices. In the event of a shortfall compared to the production forecast, the wind generator may have to repurchase power at a higher …
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The Scalar Politics of Mobility in Detroit
… Where industrial capital once fixed to regions of the global north in order to stoke systems of mass production, today the economic fortunes of these regions are tied to a knowledge economy in which urban space yields precious innovation and greases the wheels of consumption. This thesis …
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