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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Housing practices"”.
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Socio-material constructs of domestic energy demand: Household and housing practices in Pakistan
… perspective to explore various nexuses of practices and spatial arrangements of urban housing that have emerged, persisted and transformed over time, giving rise to unsustainable levels of electricity consumption in middle-class housing in Lahore, Pakistan. It further investigates how …
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Land and housing practices in Namibia: cases of access to land rights and production of housing in Windhoek, Oshakati and Gobabis
… over time been added to the repertoire of such practices, but this remains driven by a one-dimensional definition of what’s 'better’. Even when the modernist and centrally-controlled practice of Apartheid is generally condemned, its ways with regards to spatial production remain largely …
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Effects of Outdoor Access and Season on Mastitis Pathogen Distribution and Milk Quality Parameters in Dairy Herds in Western Canada
… constraints that influence decisions around cow housing, outdoor access, and milk quality. As producers balance productivity, welfare expectations, and environmental challenges, concerns persist regarding whether outdoor access increases the risk of clinical mastitis, particularly from …
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The need for a new approach : analysis of the built environment of informal settlements and public housing policy in Egypt
… Egypt has brought on excessive demand for urban housing . The government agencies' attempt to satisfy this demand by the conventional means of public housing since the early 1960's has a mounted only to less than 7% of the urban housing stock. In contrast to this, the informal sector has been …
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A critical analysis of current housing and accommodation practices in the gold mining industry : the case of JCI
… and discusses recent changes in employer housing practices in the South African gold mining industry. Beginning in the 1970s, but more particularly in the 1980s, a number of factors compelled employers to introduce alternatives to the system of hostel accommodation. South African migrant …
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Estate-level facility provision and management in market-rate and resettlement coexisting housing compounds
Market-rate and resettlement coexisting housing compound (MRCHC) is a special model of mixed-income neighborhood merging with the dilapidated housing renewal in the major cities of China. The provision and management of estate-level facilities and amenities are not performed well enough to serve …
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Airbnb in the Age of a Housing Crisis: A Case Study of Housing Affordability and Vacation Rental Regulations in Niagara Falls, ON
This research focuses on housing in the context of growing unaffordability and increasing popularity of Airbnb in Niagara Falls, Ontario. In a city like Niagara Falls, which sees 12 million tourists annually, vacation rentals have become a highly profitable business. However, Niagara Falls is also …
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Informal housing in New York City : a spatial history of squats, lofts, and illegal conversions
… equally effective in describing a range of housing practices in New York City, one of the wealthiest, most prototypically urban cities in the globe. The model of a binary, or gradient, between the "formal" and "informal" cities has been remarkably productive in many contexts, but has seen …
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The integration of housing and economic activites: a case study of low-income settlements in Kumasi, Ghana
… strategies into the design and use of their housing. The study analyses the extent to which income, settlement type (i.e., informal or government built estates) and location (i.e., inner-city or periphery) have influenced the emergence of neighbourhood enterprises in four low-income …