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Showing 1 to 20 of 60 for “"Human settlement"”.
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Human settlement of Mars in the context of the Outer Space Treaty 1967
… asks whether international law permits the human settlement of Mars. The paper is inspired by the public goal of aerospace entrepreneur and futurist Elon Musk to transport human crew to Mars within 10 years. His company SpaceX, as well as other key players in the global aerospace industry, …
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Evaluation of the challenges to project delivery confronting project leaders in the dynamic human settlement environment
… inherited social and political dynamics of the Human Settlement Environment (HSE). This dynamism creates a complexity that poses numerous challenges that hinder the PL's ability to lead, manage and transform housing projects. This research examines the challenges faced by PLs in the HSE, and …
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Assessment of the Implementation of Land Surveyed Projects for Human Settlement Development: A Case of Ilala Municipal Council
… the implementation of land surveyed projects for human settlement development in Ilala Municipal Council. A cross-sectional research design was adopted where by a purposive sampling technique simple random sampling and systematic random sampling were used due to involvements of various respondents …
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Volcanic Activity and Human Occupation of the Northern Andes: The Application of Tephrostratigraphic Techniques to The Problem of Human Settlement in The Western Montana During The Ecuadorian Formative
This dissertation includes two related studies. The first study applies tephrostratigraphic techniques to correlate and source subaerial fallout tephra deposits which mantle Formative Period archaeological sites in the western montana and the Quito basin of Pichincha Province, Ecuador. Excavations …
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Towards a unity of ecology and ordinary ethics : on everyday life and aspirations to live sustainably in a permaculture community
… that sustainability requires an integration of human settlement patterns and sustainable agricultural practices. The dissertation uses ethnographic data about a permaculture community that practices such an integrated existence as a demonstration of permaculture's primary ethic to take …
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Void and beyond : reading between the void structures
… Void structure in nature, void structure in human settlement, and the movement pattern of people. These undefined formal relationships between the void structures - the void created by the topography, human settlement, movement pattern of people and architectural elements - are the major …
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Archaeological sensitivity model : a cultural resource management exercise
… In the past the coast was an important place for human settlement, as it still is today. Past human settlement left traces that are now threatened by development. The fragile nature of these past settlements means that there is an urgent need to preserve these archaeological sites. Archaeologists …
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A model for an urban structure on the Cape Flats
… as a basis for a satisfactory framework for human settlement. After due consideration a purely abstract diagram is rejected in favour of a model designed in conformity with all known criteria but theoretical in the sense that detailed topographical and locality constraints are subdued. With …
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A model for an urban structure on the Cape Flats
… as a basis for a satisfactory framework for human settlement. After due consideration a purely abstract diagram is rejected in favour of a model designed in conformity with all known criteria but theoretical in the sense that detailed topographical and locality constraints are subdued. With …
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Spatio-temporal modelling of informal settlement growth using a hybrid GIS and CA-Markov model
The permanency and scale of informal settlement growth across the City of Cape Town cannot be promptly understood using the existing stock of human settlement planning tools and mapping techniques because the morphological patterns of informality are characterised by the complex commingling of …
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The Creation of the Ottoman Landscape in Southeastern Europe: Fourteenth to Nineteenth Centuries
… landscape theory, the work primarily examined human settlement patterns and land use. The confines of the study were limited to territories that were at one time centrally controlled by the Ottomans in Europe. An Ottoman Europe was reconstructed by examining demographic changes, rural land …
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Testing the accuracy of machine learning methods to predict deforestation
… techniques to predict spatial patterns of human activities and compare their accuracy of prediction with a traditional statistical method. Using Monte Carlo simulations, land cover data was generated, mimicking human settlement patterns related to underlying deforestation processes. This …
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No hea te kiore : MtDNA variation in Rattus exulans : a model for human colonisation and contact in prehistoric Polynesia
… the problems of population origins and settlement patterns. Given the nature of the phylogenetic model, it is expected that phylogenetic analyses only work well on populations that have stopped sharing biological information. This is particularly pertinent when looking at phylogenies of …
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Settlement in an Amereican landscape : a place of work amidst a particle accelerator's transformation of the Texas prarie
… It will focus on this Pl'Qject as a form of human settlement in a prairie landscape altered by the presence of a technological intervention, the collider mechanism. The thesis takes the stance that designing a built environment which interacts and incorporates its surroundings is accomplished …
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Architecture, territory, and society: Two projects for the Veneto
An architectural territory is an area of human settlement that exhibits consistent architectural conditions or elements. In this thesis, three primary aspects of territory are considered: massing patterns, circulation networks, and typological structure. Many European architects work to extend, …
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VOLCANIC EMISSIONS AND DISTAL PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS IN NEW ZEALAND
… Tephra layer, erupted around the time of early human settlement in New Zealand. The second study site is Kaipo peat bog which, in contrast to Matakana Island, is an upland sub-alpine site existing under a harsher climatic regime with cool temperatures, strong winds and heavy rainfall. The Kaipo …
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Relations between forest and prairie fragmentation and depredation of artificial nests in Missouri
"Human settlement of native ecosystems has resulted in the destruction and fragmentation of habitats until, in many cases, only isolated remnants remain. The emerging field of conservation biology often examines these fragments, attempting to illucidate patterns of diversity, the mechanisms that …
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Disturbing ecologies : interventions in Boston's seaport district
… the processes of "natural" systems absent human intervention. Only recently have ecologists begun to argue for the understanding of the urban environment as participating in these processes. At issue in this debate is how one perceives the role of humans. The historical Western division …
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Coastal management lines as a key tool to promote integrated coastal management : a comparative review of South Africa's emerging legal framework with that of selected Euro-Mediterranean countries
… attribute matched only be its attractiveness for human settlement and resource utilisation. Viewed through an environmental lens, the proliferation of urban coastal development is, however, diminishing coastal resilience to an extent that is both unsustainable and injudicious. In this context, …
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Intersectoral policy approaches to healthy cities with a focus on built and food environments
… region, and ii) infectious diseases through a human settlement built environment lens in South Africa. Firstly, this research investigates the landscape of global, regional (African) and national (South African) policies to identify opportunities to integrate health considerations into …
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