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Showing 1 to 20 of 88 for “"Human settlements"”.
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Understanding MapSwipe: Analysing Data Quality of Crowdsourced Classifications on Human Settlements
… filling gaps (automatically) by deriving data on human settlements using aerial or satellite imagery is of current concern (Esch et al., 2013; Pesaresi et al., 2013; Voigt et al., 2007). Among semi-automated methods and pre-processed data products, crowdsourcing is another tool which can help to …
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Ecologically responsive urban forms : the design of human settlements in a technologic age
… study is to develop an alternative model for human settlements that is responsive to the natural environment. Ecological design concepts - soft energy sources, ecologic support systems, site design criteria and various building types are explored along with the emerging trends and innovations …
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From housing to human settlements: the role of public space in integrated housing developments
… of well-managed, liveable and equitable settlements incorporating social and economic infrastructure. The quality of the urban environment and the quality of public spaces within urban developments has been identified as contributing towards improving quality of life within these …
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Residential satisfaction of informal settlement dwellers relocated to integrated human settlements : the case of Cornubia
Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of the Built Environment at the Durban University of Technology, 2023.
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Plausible impacts of new communications technologies on future human settlements as estimated by impact ranging by alternate scenarios (IRAS).
Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 1972
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A critical review of the housing policy and the State's intervention in mining towns in South Africa
… Mining Towns and Communities has had impact on human settlements. This dissertation provides an overview of the Mining Towns Programme and its evolution, identify some of the major pitfalls and assumptions of the programme, and propose an alternative. It also provides and reflects a sustained …
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Habitat selection of adult bearded vultures Gypaetus barbatus in southern Africa: implications for conservation
… is apparently associated with the density of human settlements within 10km of a territory. This pattern was assumed to be linked to the increased risk of unnatural mortalities in areas with higher human presence. However, habitat use and habitat selection, especially whether the species …
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Towards an alternative development approach to low cost housing delivery in KwaZulu-Natal province
… plan for the development of sustainable human settlements are the dominant policy models that the post-apartheid government has used to deliver low-cost housing for poor South Africans. While it has recorded some successes, records show between 1994 and 2013, the housing backlog actually …
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Blood host preferences and competitive inter-species dynamics within an African malaria vector species complex inferred from signs of animal activity around aquatic larval habitats distributed across a gradient of fully domesticated to fully pristine ecosystems in southern Tanzania
… resistance and their ability to acquire non-human bloodmeals. Across much of southern Tanzania, in areas where humans and cattle are readily available, it is the predominant member sibling species of the Anopheles gambiae complex. However, little is known about its population dynamics or …
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Evaluation of RADARSAT-1 for monitoring and mapping land use, land cover in Thailand
… likelihood classification of four (rice paddies, human settlements, orchard plantations, and all water bodies) and five (rice paddies, human settlements, orchard plantations water bodies, and shrimp farms) land use / land cover classes using multi-temporal mean texture components produced from the …
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Evaluation of spatial fragmentation of protected areas using the Spatial Assessment for Coastal Protected Areas in Caribbean Small Island Developing States
… coupled with natural processes causing heighten human exposure to hazardous climatic conditions. Caribbean Small Island Developing States (Caribbean SIDS) represent a distinct group of developing countries where populations are regulated to living in coastal zones due the geographic size of the …
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Investigation of sensitivity of surface deformation to subsurface properties and reservoir operations
… more severely subsidence, may pose concerns for human settlements situated above the reservoir. This Masters thesis will study a realistic sample problem on its surface deformation sensitivity, in hopes of providing a sound basis for future characterization of subsurface properties and the …
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Watering the St. Katherine Landscape: Exploring the Nexus between Socio-Economic and Hydro-Cultural Change
… that emerged there over the centuries. Past human settlements have left an intricate network of catchments, conduits and wells. Much of this infrastructure is still in use today across the hundreds of orchards that dot valley floors around this growing urban center. A pipeline has recently …
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Ekistics, architecture and environmental politics, 1945-1976 : a prehistory of sustainable development by Panayiota I. Pyla.
… planner Constantine Doxiadis as the "science of human settlements" that championed the radical expansion of architecture's scope, called for its alignment with international development, and emphasized the profession's responsibilities towards global environmental exigencies. Spanning the …
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Exploring affordable housing finance for emerging developers in South Africa
… Housing Sector, with the National Department of Human Settlements spearheading all government housing and human settlement initiatives and programmes. Affordable housing delivery is at its peak requirement, specifically in the favourable low-to-medium-end market for affordable housing in …
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Public space in suburbia : water infrastructure as a community catalyst
… tectonics, water infrastructure alienates the human experience of the public realm. The presence of water infrastructure in Los Angeles suburbs, which already carry the stigma of monotonous architecture and bland public space, only aggravates the problem of a landscape that is hostile to the …
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New vs Old: New Architecture of Purpose in Old Settings
… next to the old architecture because cities and human settlements last for generations and as humans and tribal species we invariably congregate and build new buildings to live-in, work-in and entertain in. Thus we create cities from ever increasing smaller settlements. And the city is the …
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An examination of open space in planning
… factors, man has tended to live in groups. Human settlements have traditionally displayed an apparent pattern of a system of nodes with functional linkages. More and more, man has been humanising the world outside these nodes, and through technological advances is now in a position to …
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Revealing natural processes to the contemporary observer : Wal-Mart & stormwater runoff management
… millennia to construct. Many times, however, human development interrupts these complex interactions between earth forces. Current development for the most part is completely blind to natural processes, which in the long term often creates exponential complications for the environment and …
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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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