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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Pedestrianism"”.
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Exploring Pedestrianism in Contemporary Streetscape Planning: A Scrutiny of the YongeTOmorrrow Initiative in Downtown Toronto
… plan, my thesis explains the significance of pedestrianism and the role that it plays in the planning and regulation of the urban streetscape. However, the plan under scrutiny proposes an overhaul to the streetscape that creates a reinvented pedestrianism. This is a danger to publicness, as …
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Solving residual spaces: a template for cities in envisaging disregarded public space into places that encourage and promote socio-economic development and prioritise pedestrianism
This document intends to chronicle a narrative working process which is the basis of this urban design project. The research involves a sixmonth investigation into current urban design theory and practice applied to the city as well as site scale. The design commences with an intention which is …
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The road to redevelopment: New Urbanism, nostalgia, and the process of downtown revitalization in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
… and urban centers, focusing on mixed land use, pedestrianism, and aesthetic and architectural continuity. Through participant observation, this ethnographic account of New Urbanism in practice provides an in-depth case-study of how New Urbanism, a far-reaching international planning paradigm, …
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Sport and the Victorian City: The development of commercialised spectator sport, Bradford 1836-1908
This study is a history of popular spectator sport in the city of Bradford between the years 1836 and 1908. Its major aim is to chart and analyse the experience of Bradford in relation to the national development of sport in the modern city and how spectator sport, in particular, helped shape …
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Examining the Ecological and Social Implications of Parklets and Plazas Across Multiple Urban Scales
<p>Faced with population increases but stagnant capital improvements and impacts from global warming, cities around the world are experimenting with smaller-scale and cheaper strategies in order to accommodate the new influx of residents. New York City has led the way in converting low-efficiency …
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Walking in American History: How Long Distance Foot Travel Shaped Views of Nature and Society in Early Modern America
<p>The industrialization of transportation, first with railroads, and then with automobiles, took Americans away from foot transport, changing how Americans interacted with one another and viewed their surroundings. The dissertation traces the walking trips of five central figures in this era of …