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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Encampments"”.
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Environmental impacts of homeless encampments in the Guadalupe River riparian zone
Among the negative societal consequences of homelessness, its potential environmental impacts are largely unconsidered. This study examines the impacts of trash and riparian zone alterations associated with a homeless population inhabiting the area surrounding the Guadalupe River in San Jose, …
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Liberalizing Democracy: Property, Citizenship, and the Constrained Promise of Self-Governing Houseless Communities
… in unsheltered houselessness, houseless encampments are becoming far more common throughout urban landscapes. Along with the increase of encampments there has been new rights-claims by houseless communities, claims for rights to organize communities on public and private properties. As a …
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“We are all going into log huts – a sweet life after a most fatiguing campaign”: The Evolution and Archaeology of American Military Encampments of the Revolutionary War
… history and archaeology of the American military encampments of the American Revolution. The organization of this dissertation reflects the purpose and methodology of the study to create context — both historically and archaeologically — for the American military encampments of the American …
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The city and the slum: an action research on a Moroccan and a Roma Xoraxanè community in Rome.
… reference to the Italian phenomenon of the Roma encampments. The study is important because through the research on a single case study, the encampment of “Casilino 700”, I had the possibility of investigate and evidentiate the dynamics of social inclusion and exclusion through the analysis of …
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A Park for All: Redesigning an Urban Park as a Dignified Campground for an Unhoused Community
… this site is home to numerous unhoused encampments. These underutilized areas carry unrealized potential to become places that actively support the city's unhoused population. Instead of removing existing encampments, this project proposes converting the northern section of San Jose …
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Canadian mayors respond to Tent Cities: The old bums rush or a new script for homeless populations?
… urban mayors respond, in the media, to homeless encampments in their communities. A qualitative content analysis of news articles involving tent cities and the current mayors of two Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs) in British Columbia is completed. Social constructions of the homeless population …
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Aspects of Roman siegecraft
… and discussed under the three headings of encampments, circumvallations, and embankments. The phenomenon of the embankment is subjected to particular scrutiny, in order to question the common acceptance of Napoléon's tripartite, timber-built design. Separate analyses of Roman artillery and …
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Safe Haven Leveling the Playing Field by Creating a Home for the Unsheltered, Homeless, Water, and Native Plants
… struggle with housing. Case studies of homeless encampments in the Washington DC area of NOMA, Abbot's Camp in Austin, Texas, and car camping in San Diego, California, and Seattle, Washington, gave insight into the current landscape needs of unsheltered people. Studies of the watershed and plants …
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Design and Optimization of a Mobile Hybrid Electric System to Reduce Fuel Consumption
… diesel generators to deliver power to company encampments. Currently, standalone generators are sized to meet peak demand, even though peak demand only occurs during short intervals each day. The average daily demand is much less, meaning generators will be running inefficiently most of the …
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Absentee Soldier Voting In Civil War Law And Politics
… - could cast ballots in distant military encampments, far from their neighbors and community leaders. This dissertation examines the legal conflicts that arose from this phenomenon and the political causes underlying it. </p> <p> Legally, the laws represented an abrupt change, contrary to …
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Late Holocene Logistical and Residential Settlement in Interior Santa Rosa Island, California: A Comparative Analysis of Four Rockshelter Sites
… BP - Present) interior settlement included small encampments, in many cases for logistical forays to the interior for terrestrial resources. This was particularly the case with sites occupied during the late Middle Period (1300 - 800 BP) and Middle to Late Period Transition (MLT; 800 - 650 BP), …
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A regional study of American genre painting from 1830-1880
… Southwest regions of our country. Hidden Indian encampments, forced migrations and theatric fur trade rendezvous were depicted by Alfred Jacob Miller; the soldier-painter Seth Eastman recorded candidly the life and habits of Indians in Minnesota and Wisconsin. The dissertation attempts to unite …
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A Global History of Australian Women's Liberation, 1968-1985
… space and time were remade at these feminist encampments. Space was remade through ideas of spiritual feminism which highlighted the shared experience of women across the world and the possibilities of global, cosmic transformation. Time too played a role at these peace camps. Here, women in …