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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Importance of the city"”.
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Constructions of cinematic space : spatial practice at the intersection of film and theory
This thesis is an attempt to bring fresh insights to current understandings of cinematic space and the relationship between film, architecture, and the city. That attempt is situated in relation to recent work by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, Saskia Sassen, and others on the importance of the …
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“With a Little Help from My Friends”: The Influence of Co-offenders on the Journey to Crime
Scholars increasingly recognize the proliferation of co-offending incidents, estimating that one-quarter to one-half of all offending involves two or more individuals. The presence of co-offenders has been found to impact the duration, type, and intensity of offending yet the literature remains …
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Landscape and environmental changes at Memphis during the dynastic period in Egypt
Memphis is considered to have been the main metropolis of dynastic Egypt. For more than 3000 years the settlement played a primary role in political, economic and cultural life of the state, functioning as capital for long periods. Nonetheless, little is known about the setting and archaeology of …
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Accounting for the C/city: analyzing Kisumu's fiscal configurations
… finance is a hidden force shaping cities and their development. This thesis draws attention to the powerful insights which can be gained from studying cities through a fiscal lens. It argues for an interdisciplinary and relational approach which infuses the fiscal study of cities with …
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El sector hábitat en Bogotá y su aporte al mejoramiento de las condiciones de vida en la ciudad
Analizar las circunstancias que dieron origen a la creación del Sector Hábitat en Bogotá como mecanismo para mejorar las condiciones de vida de los bogotanos. Descripción de los antecedentes que ocasionaron la formalización del Sector Hábitat en Bogotá, analizando los diferentes esquemas orgánico …
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«That Land Became Mine» Baktria, Northeastern Central Asia, the Teispid- Achaemenid Persian Empire (ca. 550-327 BCE)
The Twelfth District. Towards a Connected History of Achaemenid Northeastern Central Asia «When the Persian king referred to his Greek “subjects” in their various subcategories, he certainly may have included the entire Greek world in this claim, whether it held “true” or not for those Greeks …