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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Erbil"”.
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Assessing sustainable urban forms in Erbil city of Iraq
… population and level of activity in the city of Erbil. Architectural, planning and urban design trends at the intra-urban and neighbourhood levels indicate a state of disharmony and random physical forms that lack frameworks for understanding sustainable urban form in relation to urban patterns …
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Defining and Enhancing Place-Identity in Historic Cities: Embracing heritage, conflict, and globalisation in Erbil, Iraq
… landscapes. One recent example is the case of Erbil, the capital of the Kurdish region of Iraq. After decades of war and ethnic repression, the area is now experiencing a period of political and economic stability, intensified post-war reconstruction and rapid urbanisation. While the city has …
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Christian Minorities and the Struggle for Nineveh: The Assyrian Democratic Movement in Iraq and the Nineveh Plains Protection Units
… 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 protect …
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Energy Saving Potential in Hot and Dry Climate by Adjusting Building Fabrications and Application of Dew Point Cooler
… building, were selected as case studies in Erbil, the capital city of Kurdistan. A critical review of the case studies is presented covering the state of the area, climate conditions, energy and water demands, change in building typologies over time, and most prevalent cooling systems. The …
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THE HALAF AND THE UBAID PERIODS IN THE EASTERN TIGRIS REGION: A MULTI-SCALAR APPROACH FOR DOCUMENTING CULTURAL CHANGE
… these dynamics at the site of Helawa in the Erbil Plain, where phases dated to the Halaf and the Late Ubaid periods have been recovered in stratigraphic succession. Through the combination of architectural, spatial, and ceramic analyses, changes in the structuring of space and in pottery …
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THE LIMITS OF THE NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS MODEL: THE CASE OF TURKEY
The rise of the Neo-Schumpeterian economic thought in the economic development theories in the last two decades put the National Innovation Systems (NIS) approach to the agenda of developing countries. However, a proper consideration should be placed on the external and internal factors that affect …
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Using survival analysis to investigate breast cancer in the Kurdistan region of Iraq
… the Nanakaly and Hewa hospitals in the cities of Erbil and Suleimaniah, respectively, cases where there is hidden censoring on survival time were investigated. The aim of this study was to identify the main risk factors and quantify the overall risk for breast cancer. We developed a new Markov …
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GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL AND PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE HOLOCENE CLIMATE-ENVIRONMENTAL-HUMAN NEXUS IN THEKURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ
… intense urbanisation carried out on the town of Erbil, through a collection of historical aerial and satellite images from 1919 to the present day, has documented the large-scale urban expansion that has completely obscured the old rural and fluvial landscape.
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Production and Consumption of Middle Islamic Ceramics (1000-1500 CE) in Western Asia: Regional Practices in an Interconnected World
… different natures, including eight rural sites (Erbil Plain Archaeological Survey (seven sites), Firuzabad), three intermediate types of sites (Nippur, Hasanlu, Chal Tarkhan), and a capital city (Rayy). The majority of the assemblages are from rural sites, but a few are from non-rural sites to …
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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 attitude the Kurdish leadership adopted in Erbil is examined, along with the policies and decision-making processes within the KRG towards Baghdad and the reasons the KRG went ahead with the independence referendum. The consequences the referendum brought to the KRG are examined to help work …
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A regulatory directive technical framework for sustainable water management in the semi-arid climates
… demands in a continuously changing environment. Erbil province in Iraq was chosen as a representative case study of dozens of arid and semi-arid areas, where low water-use efficiency and excessive use of water resources, particularly groundwater resources are ruling trends. Also, statutory, and …