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Showing 1 to 20 of 61 for “"Havana"”.
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Reinhabiting Havana
… The observation of the built environment in Havana revealed that people's interaction with their built environment have produced artifacts like the barbacoa. Their interaction is a creative attempt to resolve the need for more housing space. This make shift construction may solve the problem …
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Havana ruins : post-embargo habitación regenerative prototypes
… this type of boom, especially one as unique as Havana? This thesis investigates prototypes for reconstructing both Cubano and tourist habitation in Centro Habana. A combination of Marxist ideals, morbid economy and trade embargo have torn the urban fabric and bUilding stock. Ruin and decay …
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Paris and Havana: A Century of Mutual Influence
<p>This dissertation employs an interdisciplinary approach to trace the history of exchange and influence between Cuban, French, and Francophone Caribbean artists in the twentieth century. I argue, first, that there is a unique and largely unexplored tradition of dialogue, collaboration, and mutual …
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Whatever happened to the Jesuit Church of Old Havana?
… of the Jesuit Church that was located in Havana (Cuba). It is a "hands on" study that deals with the building and the available archival material. Construction on the church started in 1749 and it was halted with the expulsion of the Jesuits from the Spanish overseas dominions in 1767. The …
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Conectividad Alegal: Remaking and Resilience in the Bay of Havana
… production, and policy has affected the Bay of Havana. In 2009, the Cuban government designated a single free port on the island just 40 kilometers west of the Bay. The Mariel marked an era of economic restructuring, a common occurrence in the past century. These policy changes aim to ease the …
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Theoretical Analysis of Regional Groundwater Flow in the Havana Region, Illinois
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Cuban Routes of Avant-Garde Theatre: Havana, New York, Miami, 1965-1991.
… interrogates how the movement of artists between Havana, New York, and Miami shaped experimental theatre aesthetics, formed a shared discourse of theatrical thought, and introduced a particular vein of experimental practices into U.S. American avant-garde theatre, especially as it intersects with …
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Neighborhood as refuge : environmental justice and community reconstruction in Boston, Barcelona, and Havana
… Antic (Barcelona), Dudley (Boston), Cayo Hueso (Havana), - which have all achieved comparable improved environmental and health conditions around parks and playgrounds, sports courts and centers, community gardens, urban farms, farmers' markets, and waste management. During my eight-month …
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Emerging from stasis : a new typology for the public building in centro Havana/
… for the most dense and deteriorated zone of Havana, Cuba. This new institution aims to capitalize on existing social networks which, consolidated and enhanced, might provide the social medium out of which a vibrant and active civic institution would arise, facilitated by a new architectural …
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Factors Associated with Functional Status in Community-Dwelling Hispanic Elders, in East Little Havana, FL
… sample of Hispanic seniors living in East Little Havana, Florida: n=216, `M' age = 80.0 yrs, `SD' = 6.0; female = 63%. Methods: Data from two time points of the parent grant separated by 30 months were used in this analysis. Self report and physical measures of: cognitive function (MMSE), physical …
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The social production of community garden space: Case studies of Boston, Massachusetts and Havana, Cuba
… outcomes for individuals and neighborhoods in Havana, Cuba and Boston, Massachusetts. Methods used for this research include demographic analysis, interviews, surveys, field mapping, photo documentation and direct observation. The hope is that this research will bring to light certain policies …
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Manners of distinction: nineteenth century urban imaginings, performances and bodies of affect in Havana, Cuba
… throughout 19th century in Spanish colonial Havana. These discourses show a pressing concern with the “manners” of bodies, the ways they moved, how they occupied space, and how they managed sensations and emotions to negotiate power and prestige in the highly stratified Havana’s society. …
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Las Tres Habanas de Abilio Estévez: La Representación del Espacio Urbano en su Literatura
… poet and dramatist Abilio Estevez considers La Havana as a synecdoque of Cuba. In its personal representation of the city where he spent his university and maturity years, we may differentiate three Havanas: The first one is The Havana of the future, an apocalyptical city with 1984's Orwell …
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The opinions and attitudes of obstetricians in the city of Havana, Cuba towards use of Cesarean section
… administered to 132 obstetricians in the City of Havana to identify their opinions regarding the cesarean section rates; to determine what are the causes for such increase and what possible interventions could stop that trend; and the obstetricians' preferences when facing some clinical …
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Developing a paradigm for visualizing architecture using computational methods : an analysis of the Havana Project by Lebbeus Woods
This thesis is concerned with developing a more detailed and efficient process for visualizing architectural forms with computational tools. The thesis will examine the origins of computer visualization and its current implementation to ascertain its inherent deficiencies. A case study, in which a …
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Disruptive adaptations: An urban design approach to youth socio-economic resilience, a case of Havana in Katutura, Windhoek - Namibia
The youth in marginalized communities, such as Havana in Katutura, grapple with substantial unemployment due to limited formal opportunities. To sustain their livelihoods, they resort to the informal economy, working as street vendors or establishing small survivalist enterprises for income. …
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding the risk of Hepatitis E virus among the residents of Havana information settlement in Windhoek, Namibia
… facilities in Windhoek district are mostly from Havana informal settlement. These areas are characterized by overcrowded, poor living conditions and residents have limited access to safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene. The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge, attitudes and …
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Exploring community-led total sanitation as a mechanism to eliminate open-defecation: A case study of Havana informal settlement in Windhoek, Namibia
… can improve access to and use of latrines in the Havana informal settlement as opposed to the current model of subsidised ablution facilities. Namibia has made tremendous strides in improving sanitation, particularly in formal urban areas. However, access to better sanitation and hygiene in …
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An analysis of the socio-economic security challenges of urbanisation on the livelihood of the residents of Havana and Greenwell Matongo informal settlements of Windhoek, Namibia
… rural-urban migrations of the residents from the Havana and Greenwell Matongo informal settlements, to Windhoek, pose socio-economic challenges of urbanisation. These challenges are various security challenges such as unemployment, poverty, crime and the negative effect on the environment. …
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