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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Medium-sized cities"”.
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Assessment of Land Use Suitability Based on Water Erosion Susceptibility in Medium-Sized Urban Areas of the Metropolitan Region of Santiago, Central Chile
… and mass movement, and rapid expansion of its medium-sized cities, straightforward techniques for assessment of land use suitability are essential. Through evaluation of water erosion susceptibility, it is possible to efficiently determine suitability of land use in medium-sized cities and …
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Click, click, boom: a multi-level analysis of repeat firearm offending in Chattanooga, Tennessee
… generalizability to more common small and medium sized cities in the United States. This study attempts to address this concern through examination of the factors that contribute to firearm re-offending among arrestees in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Specifically, multi-level analysis is used to …
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A Study of Urban Development on Commercial Street, Springfield, Missouri
… literature on urban development focuses on large cities with an industrial past, this case study of development on Springfield, Mo helps to expand our understanding of development in medium-sized cities. This thesis also demonstrates the value of ethnographic methods for studying urban development.
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Índice de efetividade para a avaliação da mobilidade sustentável em cidades de porte médio
… to assist in the planning and management of medium-sized cities. In order to achieve this goal, an exploratory and qualitative research was carried out to elaborate a bibliographic review that covered the theme and allowed a survey on the models adopted in Brazil and abroad. From the …
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Nitrogen biogeochemistry in Binghamton, NY, a medium-sized urban ecosystem
… The major reasons that N is higher in cities include imports of food, fuel and fertilizer. High N export from both point- and nonpoint-sources is common in large cities. While N cycling has been studied in large urban areas, less is known about its cycling in medium-sized cities, such …
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A Preservation Framework for American Jewish Built Heritage
… Jewish communities, especially in small and medium-sized cities throughout the U.S. This thesis examines the importance of Jewish built heritage to Jewish communities, their cities and towns, and the American story. As an underrepresented community within the preservation sphere, this study …
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The transition of urban growth in China : a case study of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone
… included an urban distribution policy that emphasized small cities and towns for rural urbanization as a means to achieve modernization in China. This distribution policy called for limited development in large metropolitan areas, selective development of only a few medium-sized cities, and more …
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Decentralizing urbanization : harnessing the potential of small cities in India
… of national development or degeneration, megacities continue to dominate discourse and action related to urbanization, particularly in developing countries like India. Simultaneously, a large portion of urbanized space continues to be described by small and medium sized cities residing in …
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The determinants of modal choice of urban travel: a case study
… road congestion is likely to increase in large cities if car owners find it more advantageous to drive their cars than to take public transit, even under already congested conditions. Only very large cities have the capacity to exploit development of underground systems to relieve the problem. …
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Telling the Truth: How Journalists Believe a Story is Told Truthfully
… and television stations, from both large and medium-sized cities were interviewed. The goal was to discover how journalisits talk about truth telling and how they view civic and traditional journalism. Based on the interviews, a survey was constructed and sent to two hundred randomly selected …
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A methodological Investigation of the 15-Minute City (15-MC) studies
… 15-MC accessibility scores in six differently-sized regions in Virginia, United States, and empirically comparing OSM's point datasets with its less contentious alternative, Google Maps data, and #2. developing a novel geospatial methodology for evaluating 15-MC accessibility scores, focusing …
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Regional economic disparities: the role of agglomeration, deindustrialisation and industrial policy
… question for the PhD is: what impact does cities, decentralisation, deindustrialisation and business and technology parks have on economic growth, deprivation and employment across regions? These are investigated across three empirical Chapters which address the following research …
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Characteristics and the regional variation of meteorological disaster-attributed mortality in Korea
… most casualties at 743 (60.1%), followed by capsized boats at 368 (29.8%) and waves at 60 (4.9%). Breaking down annual average mortality by gender, male mortality was 3.11 per one million national population, which was 1.9 times higher than female mortality, at 1.63 per one million population. …