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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Landscape form"”.
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The fruits of landscape: the power of landscape in presenting sustainable food production
… food production strategies can be shaped through landscape form and space in ways that connect people with ecologically sound food production. The literature review addressed landscape architecture theory and sustainable agriculture. In addition, a set of interviews as well as three precedent …
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The transient response of bedrock river networks to sudden base level fall
Following a change in the factors that determine landscape form, a transient signal of adjustment propagates through the river network, progressively adjusting channels and hillslopes to the new conditions. When conditions favor incision, the rate and mechanism by which this signal propagates …
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Domesticity, Manhood, and the Natural Environment in Antebellum American Literature
… mobility, self-possession, and mastery over the landscape form a dominant understanding of manhood and nature in the decades before the Civil War. This study argues for the domestic man as a positive alternative to the patriarchal frontiersman. The fictional texts that are the subjects of this …
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River North Greenway: strategizing a generation 4 greenway as a dynamic mosaic
Greenways are an evolving landscape form, adapting to the needs of humans through time. Rooted in the work of Frederick Law Olmsted, greenways have progressed to become an international movement. Throughout this progression, three generations of greenways are recognizable—Generation 1: Parkways and …
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Castles and Communities: Using the taskscape to explore the attitudes, activities, and lived experience of wider communities in castle landscapes between 1050 - 1550.
… castle in England on lived experiences in the landscapes surrounding them between 1050 to 1550. Recent shifts in the focus of castle studies have demonstrated the need to focus on castles as sites of everyday activities, inclusive of a range of social experiences beyond those of the elite …
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Castles and Communities: Using the taskscape to explore the attitudes, activities, and lived experience of wider communities in castle landscapes between 1050 - 1550.
… castle in England on lived experiences in the landscapes surrounding them between 1050 to 1550. Recent shifts in the focus of castle studies have demonstrated the need to focus on castles as sites of everyday activities, inclusive of a range of social experiences beyond those of the elite …
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Topographic asymmetry and climate controls on landscape evolution
Landscapes are expected to evolve differently under the influence of different climate conditions. However, the relationship between landscape evolution and climate is not well understood. I investigate the relationship between landscape evolution and climate by using natural experiments in which …
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Binary Response - film centre 001011 for the gasworks precinct
… Assessed existing patterns in the architectural landscape form the base of the design regarding form, scale and visual appropriateness.
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There might be a frog in McElligot's Pool: a study of the habitat characteristics and social factors associated with amphibian presence in urban residential gardens in a suburb in Cape Town
… requirements), "Why" (social drivers for urban landscape form and management), and the "how" (working with people, for garden biodiversity initiatives. To explore the "Why" component, a social survey was conducted with 192 members of the community. One‐way anova and correspondence analysis were …
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Brockport, New York: A Narrative of That Place (and the Place of this Narrative)
… of industrial decline in 1882. As a study in landscape and community change it links shifting trade networks, ecological foundations, social institutions and life-worlds in a historical narrative. Alterations in social structure, spatial division and definition, and landscape form and meaning …
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Investigating the Effects of Lithology on Landscape Evolution Processes across Scales
… have long observed the influence of lithology on landscape form and evolution. However, the specific mechanisms by which this is accomplished are not well characterized. Here, I investigate the role of lithology in landscape evolution processes across spatial and temporal scales and geomorphic …
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Nature-based recreation and leisure in fenland rural ecomies - A case study approach.
… of economic generators within rural, fenland landscapes, and thus as contributors to rural economies. Using a case study approach, the research investigated the Humberhead Levels as a region of potential nature-based recreation and leisure demand, informed by existing, similar demand within …
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Designing for education at the University of Illinois Arboretum
… environmental, and experiential education - inform the design by providing ideas about how an arboretum can best be developed as an educational institution and ways to facilitate different types of learning to satisfy programmed and unprogrammed educational goals throughout the arboretum. …
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How Form and Function Create Community in the Middle Landscape
The middle landscape, more commonly referred to as Suburbia, has become spatially discontinuous, lacking the cohesive union, open spaces and city centers that once defined community. Presently, the middle landscape's community spaces do not offer the opportunity for familiar and chance encounters …