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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Population loss"”.
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The economic and social burden of population loss across Irish regions
… and policymakers have increasingly focused on population dynamics, particularly the issues of population loss and demographic shrinkage. Considering this renewed interest, it is important to examine population changes and identify the underlying processes that drive or influence them. …
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Maintaining Community On Hardship Island: A Case Study Of Demographic Change And Community Agency
… a community survives in the context of sustained population loss in an international context. Crooked Island, located in The Bahamas, has experienced a steady population decline over the last several decades. This research focused on how family networks and communication technology are used by …
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“Perennial Growth” in a Shrinking City: A Case Study of Urban Agriculture Policy and Planning in Cleveland, Ohio
… transformations in the wake of significant population loss and economic decline. In particular, these cities are challenged by the growing presence of vacant land and the need to find new policy and planning strategies for managing this land. This paper examines the role of urban agriculture …
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Shrinking gracefully : looking for effective planning and design approaches for small town America
… has been to try and reverse the trend of population loss, often with last-ditch efforts such as free land offers, problematic industrial recruitment or unrealistic visioning exercises. If growth, even in its most destructive forms, can be made smart, can shrinking be made graceful, and if …
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Community capitals, community attachment, and migration in the Iowa small towns
… more counties in Iowa have experienced a serious population loss from out-migration. The resulting population decline has worsened existing problems such as insufficient education, limited infrastructure, and difficulties of access to health care. This study will use a modified version of the …
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Adaptive Reuse for Aging Populations in Shrinking Cities
… challenge of supporting a rapidly growing aging population. In addition to this, many cities are simultaneously experiencing population loss, which can negatively impact the economy and result in rapidly increasing vacancy rates. As populations continue to both shrink and age, urban planners must …
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The impact of the subprime mortgage crisis on community health
… are associated with higher vacancy rates, population loss, declining property tax revenues, depreciating property values, and declining owner reinvestment in their properties. Potential spill over impacts to the community include higher crime rates, decreased school funding and degradation …
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Intersexual roost site selection by the little brown Myotis in Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan
… for individual fitness and survival to mitigate population loss, especially for species such as the little brown Myotis facing threats such as pathogen spread from White-Nose Syndrome. During summer, little brown Myotis rely on roosts to maintain populations through successful reproduction and …
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RURAL COMMUNITY VITALITY; THE CASES OF FORT BENTON, MONTANA AND WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA
… are struggling economically. While many suffer population loss through out-migration, others continue to thrive. This project focuses on two rural communities: Fort Benton in central Montana and Watford City in western North Dakota. The research sets out to provide an understanding of how these …
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RURAL COMMUNITY VITALITY; THE CASES OF FORT BENTON, MONTANA AND WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA
… are struggling economically. While many suffer population loss through out-migration, others continue to thrive. This project focuses on two rural communities: Fort Benton in central Montana and Watford City in western North Dakota. The research sets out to provide an understanding of how these …
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From Section 8 to Starbucks: The Effects of Gentrification on Affordable Housing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
… the gentrification literature because of the population loss and economic slumps these metros have faced due to global restructuring of manufacturing industries. There are signs that many of these urban areas are making the shift to a postindustrial city and that people and capital may soon be …
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The social ecosystem for revitalizing two- to four-unit buildings in Woodlawn : a case study and strategic plan
… stakeholder interests. This analysis reveals how population loss, speculation fueled by unrealized hopes of gentrification and accumulated property-level deliquencies combine to sustain high vacancies in Woodlawn. Recent declines in homeownership, depressed property values, a shortage of local …
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Poaching of encephalartos transvenosus, in the Limpopo Province, South Africa
… in situ and ex situ. Poaching can lead to a population decline and in severe cases, local or global extinction. Cycad species in the Limpopo Province, South Africa, are poached for traditional medicine, ornamental and wildlife trade purposes. The study was conducted in nature reserves in the …
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Governing the future of a shrinking city: Hoyerswerda, East Germany
… of ‘shrinking cities’ emerged in the context of population loss and economic decline in East Germany around the turn of the 21st century. Different practices, policies, academic research and public debates developed, which were mainly concerned with how to deal with this problem. However, the …
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Defining the Developmental Signals of the Cardiac Fibroblast
… into the myocardium resulting in a specific loss of the cardiac fibroblast population. Loss of the receptor tyrosine kinase Pdgfra also results in loss of the cardiac fibroblast population. Interestingly, Tcf21 and Pdgfra are involved in the epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) of …
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How do Low-Income Housing Tax Credit projects trigger revitalization in shrinking cities? A case of St. Louis, MO
… and St. Louis, especially, where continuous population loss has created disinvestment and abandonment, LIHTC often represents a rare opportunity to channel resources into distressed neighborhoods. Many scholars have noticed that the LIHTC program has a significant effect on revitalization in …
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Determining Transportation and Development Impacts of Consolidated Schools in West Virginia
… in the West Virginia, with a declining student population as West Virginia has lost population over the last several decades. Consolidated schools offer school districts the opportunity to provide greater offerings in terms of coursework and extracurricular activities, while also allowing a …
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The Convergence- The Intersection of Two Extreme Typologies in Cities
… areas began to experience economic decline and population loss. Factors that contributed to this decline included the decentralization of jobs and economic activity to suburban areas, as well as the increasing availability of affordable automobiles that allowed people to commute longer …
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Selective excitation of adsorbate vibrations on dissipative surfaces
… excited several states, leading to a population loss in the target state.
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Resolving Cell Fate: Experimental, computational and mathematical methods in single cell transcriptomic analysis
… in the FLK1+ dataset and identified a node like population. Loss of spacial context remains an Achilles’ heel of single cell protocols. Generation of the single cell suspensions leads to disruption of cellular contacts and loss of any spacial information. A novel method is described which uses …
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