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Showing 1 to 20 of 46 for “"Pearl River"”.
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Design of a dredger for Pearl River
Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, 1917.
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Population Estimates, Demography, and Habitat Assessment of the Pearl River map turtle (Graptemys pearlensis) in the Pearl River Drainage of Mississippi
<p>The Pearl River map turtle (<em>Graptemys pearlensis</em>) is a highly riverine Emydid endemic to the Pearl River drainage of central and southern Mississippi and southern Louisiana. First described in 2010, <em>G. pearlensis</em> was listed as federally Threatened in 2024. . Due to its relative …
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Quantifying Rates of Autocompaction in the Pearl River Marsh, Louisiana
… of sediment from six cores of a transect in the Pearl River Marsh (PRM), Louisiana, in order to determine the most significant sedimentary property controlling this process. Compaction-free wedge cores were sub-sampled at one centimeter intervals to collect the following data: age control, using …
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Transportation choices and regional development in the Pearl River Delta
The Pearl River Delta (PRD) has been one of the fastest growing regions in China for the past 15 years. This tremendous economic expansion, fueled by the opening of Chinese markets to foreign investment, has created a number of complex planning issues in the region. While the PRD has become more …
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Urban density measures in planning for the Pearl River Delta
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2000.
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UNDERSTANDING THE FLOW DYNAMICS OF THE PEARL RIVER, MS, THROUGH HYDRODYNAMIC MODELING
<p><strong>The Pearl River brings fresh water and nutrients into Lake Borgne regulating conditions for oyster growth in estuarine waters. However, there are no flow measurement stations installed on East Pearl or West Pearl either at the river outlets or after the upstream bifurcation of the Pearl. …
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Tracing the Distribution of Heavy Metals in Sediments of the Pearl River Estuary
The Pearl River Delta is the socio-economic hub of southern China. The region has experienced rapid industrialisation, particularly since the start of the Chinese Reform Programme in 1979. This rapid industrial development has been coupled with increased pressures on the natural environment …
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Venture capital industry development in the Hong Kong and Pearl River Delta Region
… In this thesis, I will use the Hong Kong and Pearl River Delta Region as a case study. I generalize the factors that are influencing venture-capital development and review the current development of venture-capital activities. I also investigate the investment profile, investment style, …
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Importing growth management strategies to curb urban sprawl in the Pearl River Delta, China
… have appeared in regard to land use in the Pearl River Delta area of Guangdong province. Urban sprawl with uncoordinated land uses has sprouted around Guangzhou, as well as other smaller cities. This urban development has occurred mostly at the expense of agricultural lands in the Delta. …
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Investigation of Neotectonic Activity within the Shallow, Unconsolidated Stratigraphy of the Pearl River Delta Area, Louisiana
… loss and coastal erosion. This study, within the Pearl River Delta Area of Louisiana, applied geomorphologic and stratigraphic methods of analysis to assess whether evidence of recent fault motion is present within the shallow, unconsolidated Holocene strata of the study area. Geomorphological …
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GLOBAL PRODUCTION NETWORKS, STRATEGIC COUPLING AND THE DYNAMICS OF INDUSTRIAL UPGRADING IN PEARL RIVER DELTA, CHINA
… of industrial governance. The case of the Pearl River Delta in South China is used as an illustration. This thesis found that changing institutional environment, the growing body of regional assets and emerging huge domestic markets are important institutional-spatial conditions that foster …
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Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta : strategies for the cross-border management of water resources
… Kong-Guangdong region as part of a Hong-Kong/Pearl River Delta studio in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning. The study site is a basin, and, as such, it is comprised of a number of catchments. The water sources are mainly in the Guangdong region, while the water demand is spread …
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Valuing natural capital in real estate development : challenges and opportunites in the Pearl River Delta, P.R. China
… social, and political issues that face the Pearl River Delta region of south China make it different from any other area of the world. With the clash of such dynamic elements and a desire for rapid expansion, the environment there has suffered greatly. The forces of change within the delta, …
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Reconstruction of the East Asian monsoon variability since the mid-Holocene from the Pearl River estuary, southern China
… to conduct a multi-proxy case study from the Pearl River estuary, southern China. Sources of sediments within an estuary include river-derived terrestrial/freshwater input, in situ brackish-water suspended sediment and tide-derived marine input. This study assumes the three proxies can help …
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Hydrological urbanism in China's Pearl River Delta : how water landscape shapes the urban form in a changing climate
… and warehouses in an urbanizing city in the Pearl River delta (PRD), it is hard to imagine that just forty years ago this area was filled with streams, ponds and rice paddies. Since the Reform in 1978, the PRD metropolitan area, with the name as "World Factory", has been a pilot in …
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Prototypes of transportation nodes with high density and mixed-use to be applied to Pearl River Delta Region
… high-density and mixed-use to be applied to the Pearl River Delta Region in China and analyze its implications and potential impacts on the region, in conjunction with the planning studio work that focuses developing different development scenarios and growth strategies for this region. This …
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Population Status and Trends of the Ringed Sawback (Graptemys oculifera) in The Pearl River Drainage of Mississippi and Louisiana
… oculifera</em>) is primarily restricted to the Pearl River drainage of Mississippi and Louisiana. It was listed as a federally threatened species under the Endangered Species Act in 1986 largely due to extensive habitat modification and major habitat degradation throughout portions of its …
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Environmental justice in the planning process : a reflection on practice in the Hong Kong-Pearl River Delta planning studio
… and decision-making processes. The Hong Kong/Pearl River Delta Planning Studio at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT is designed to prepare students for professional practice. If we learn about practice in studio, then it makes sense that the experience can also provide access …
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The contemporary distribution of benthic foraminifera in the Pearl River estuary, southeast China, and their use in reconstructing mid‐ to late‐Holocene fluvial flux
… distribution of benthic foraminifera in the Pearl River estuary, southeast China, and establishes a new proxy record of estuarine salinity and fluvial flux over the mid‐ to late‐Holocene. Seventy‐six samples from the contemporary estuary yielded 118 benthic taxa. Ammonia beccarii dominates a …
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Phase Speciation of Carbohydrates and Dioxins in Rivers and Coastal Waters in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
… sediments, was also determined for Mississippi River and Pearl samples. MCHO was the dominant species in the dissolved CHO, with high concentrations during high riverine discharge in March and May 2011, showing the influence of the Pearl River and flooding event from the Mississippi River …
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