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Showing 1 to 20 of 298 for “"Metropolis"”.
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Metropolis Triptych
"Metropolis" is a German silent film directed by Fritz Lang, which premiered on January 10, 1927, in Berlin, during Germany’s Weimar Period. The film is one of the finest examples of German Expressionism and tells the dystopian story of a futuristic city in which a humanoid Robot rallies the …
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Black Metropolis
Black Metropolis is a poetry collection that captures a black urban landscape. In remixing form and syntax, the collection zooms in on real people, their language, and their culture. The collection ultimately tells the story of a place and people that are familiar with the struggles of capitalism …
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The Negro and the metropolis.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of City and Regional Planning. Thesis. 1967. Ph.D.
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Micro-home ownership in a mega-metropolis
… social and technological framework of the modem metropolis and examined at both the urban scale of the city and at the micro-scale of the individual.
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Extension of steam-electric plant at Metropolis, Illinois
Made available in DSpace on 2017-11-30T22:46:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 5970971.pdf: 3343419 bytes, checksum: 3ab84abdc6c7fc750b3d4d3a3ffd7dd2 (MD5) license.txt: 4813 bytes, checksum: 715c4321821a960fa1a1e91d2ac7ebce (MD5) Previous issue date: 1910
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Mobility politics : local ideologies in the multi-jurisdictional metropolis
What is the interplay between local politics and metropolitan infrastructure planning in the context of the multi-jurisdictional governance of contemporary urban regions? I interrogate, first, how cities make policy when many governmental organizations are involved in city planning. And I ask, …
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High speed suburbanism: Developing transit infrastructures in a disconnected metropolis
The current interest in developing mobility alternatives such as high-speed rail and commuter rail systems in our auto dominated American regions poses new possibilities to reimagine our sprawling, disconnected, suburban landscapes. Since the patterns of development that automobile infrastructures …
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Empire's metropolis : money time & space in Colonial Bombay, 1870-1930
The thesis utilises newly available legal and municipal archives to study the historical geography of colonial Bombay through five interlocking themes and periods from 1870-1930. This spans the period between the boom and bust in the cotton trade during and after the American Civil War - when …
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PATCHWORK METROPOLIS. Un modello teorico per il progetto dei territori contemporanei
… form called “De Tapijtmetropool” or “Patchwork Metropolis” . The analyses of his work has been the methodological pretext to further investigate the different declinations of the figure of the patchwork in the urban discipline from its origins, mainly related with the work of “The Regional …
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Facades of modernity : image, performance, and transformation in the Egyptian metropolis
Shifting political, social and cultural landscapes in contemporary Cairo with the triumph of Neolibralism are defining the city's modem heritage. In order to create a narrative of transformation of architectural production and its entanglement in different social, cultural and political contexts …
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Modeling metropolis : clean energy guidelines for neighborhood design in rapidly urbanizing China
In China's current landscape the paradigm for urban development is the rapid creation of whole neighborhoods instead of the conventional piecemeal approach of creating individual buildings that gradually aggregate over time into neighborhoods. China's approach is complex and fast moving, and has …
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Repairing the suburban metropolis: Introducing varied housing typologies into the suburban city model
Suburban cities are renowned for containing a limited range of housing typologies, specifically the single family house and the apartment. This thesis examines the varied groups whose needs are not served by the housing types offered in the suburban model as well as the role that typical suburban …
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A City of Angels: Philanthropy and the Public Good in the Fragmented Metropolis
<p>This dissertation will examine philanthropy and capital in Los Angeles in two parts: the first to produce a breakdown of the ideological assumptions of the most dominant forms of philanthropy in the United States—big philanthropy, voluntary associations, and mass campaigns. The second part …
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Locational Distribution of Global Advanced Producer Service Firms in the Polycentric US Metropolis
… questions in the context of polycentric US metropolis, whether or not the distribution of transnational advanced producer service firms define a new form of centrality, in which the traditional central business districts and suburban centers differ from each other in terms of spatial …
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Transitions between town and metropolis : planning strategies for development and conservation of colonial Zacatecas
… transform it from a colonial town into a Mexican metropolis. As the urban population of Zacatecas grows, and urban pressures erode its historic center, it becomes crucial to tie government efforts and policies not only to the solution of urban problems in this area, but also to the conservation …
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Governing the metropolis : the evolution of cooperative metropolitan governance in Mexico City's public transportation
What enables cooperation at the metropolitan scale? This thesis explores public transportation planning in the Mexico City metropolitan area (MCMA) for empirical evidence to better understand what institutional, financial, and political conditions encourage and deter cooperative metropolitan …
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A Brief History of Live Cinema and Rehearsal Considerations for Metropolis Triptych by Nathan Jones
… to create and perform a work based on the film Metropolis (1927, dir. Fritz Lang). Our piece, entitled Metropolis Triptych, will include a 33-minute version of the original film, edited into three movements. It is our hope that this project will influence other composers and performers to …
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Critical evaluation of statutory reinstatement under section 83 of the Fires Prevention (metropolis) Act 1774
Section 83 of the Fires Prevention (Metropolis) Act 1774 has some magic about it. It has survived over 200 years, and was recently applied with success in 1993. An attempt has been made to abolish it due to its obscurity and archaic nature by the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 yet, …
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