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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Re-Development"”.
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Large-scale grid-connected renewable energy in Australia: Potential barriers, strategies and policy support mechanisms that may affect RE development from the perspective of energy specialists at a leading consultancy operating in the built environment in Australia
Barriers to renewable energy development in the past have been identified as high upfront costs with challenges around equity and debt financing, as well as limited legal frameworks and limited regulatory support. Although it is noted that barriers to development are country specific, as well as …
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An Existential Perspective on the Role of Human Agency in the Retraining of Immigrant Skilled Workers in Canada
This qualitative study explored the career re-development of immigrant professionals in Canada by centering the investigation on their Canadian retraining journey. The goal of this study was to provide a deeper understanding of the transition issues, retraining decision-making process, retraining …
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Improving Early Sepsis Identification on Inpatient Units
… complication caused by an overwhelming immune response to infection that affect millions of people worldwide each year. Sepsis is a time sensitive illness that requires early identification and quick interventions to improve patient outcomes. This quality improvement project includes a team of …
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Taking downtown to the next level: an assessment of the downtown Chattanooga plan for sustainable development
Today, many cities are looking to change the paradigm of development that is centered on economic progress at the expense of the environment. Land-use management schemes are inefficient. Central business districts have become abandoned and damaged areas. Revitalization has been the key to making …
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Wal-Mart, Magazine Street, and Retail Competition
This thesis focuses on the impact of a mega-store on the existing businesses in a specific area--Magazine Street in New Orleans. The potential mega-store is a 200,000 square foot Wal-Mart Supercenter that is part of the retail component of the St. Thomas housing re-development. The focus of this …
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Creating community : designing for Futakotamagawa area in Tokyo
… design guidelines for the Futakotamagawa East-region Re-development Project, a 16 hectare speCUlative project located on the southwest edge of Tokyo. The thesis proposes an alternative method for the design of new housing developments in Tokyo where current practice typically promotes high-rise …
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The notion of buying architecture : a proposition of strategic architecture for urban economic contexts
How can an urban redevelopment be the best thing that has ever happened to a proposed site and to its residents who have lived there before the development? With lack of appreciation for how re-development projects could affect the existing urban structure and its values at different levels, the …
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Mixed-Income Housing: Assumptions and Realities
Current Federal, State, and local San Francisco housing policy advocates mixed-income housing as a positive approach to creating living environments for low-income families. Strategies for creating mixed-income housing environments include large-scale public housing re-development efforts, …
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An analysis of a developing and non-developing disturbance during the predict experiment
An analysis is presented of the failed re-development of ex-Gaston and the development of Karl during the 2010 PREDICT field campaign based on the European Centre for Medium RangeWeather Forecast (ECMWF) analyses. This study analyzes the flow kine-matics and dynamics of ex-Gaston to investigate the …
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The Electricity Crisis in Nigeria : Building a New Future to Accommodate 20% Renewable Electricity Generation by 2030
… in Nigeria, the government enacted the National Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Policy (NREEEP) in 2014. Through this policy, the country plans to increase its electricity generation from renewables to 20% by 2030. This thesis investigates the economic feasibility of this lofty goal, and …
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An oasis for the urban nomad : public transport interchange as an advocator for publicness
… of the urban landscape is made up of different spaces consisting of diverse typologies and various tones from public to private. These spaces, irrespective of their traits, play an important role in the life of a pedestrian, a commuter, the 'man on the street': An urban nomad. Publicness, …
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The Development and Implementation of a Quality Framework For Youthreach and Traveller Training Centres
The desired outcome of this study is to develop and implement a quality assurance system for Youthreach and Senior Traveller Training Centres. The study explores the development of the two programmes and specifically investigates the changes leading to a focus on improvement and quality. The …
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A Multi-tiered Framework for Renewable Energy Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa
… Only 10 of the 49 SSA countries have given more than 50% of their rural household access to electricity, even though 54.1% of SSA population still lives in rural areas. SSA countries believe that the only viable way to bridge this gap is through the use of renewable energy, or RE. However, SSA …
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Land consolidation in the context of Lithuanian rural development and revitalization
… investigates the actual situation in the rural areas of Lithuania, one of the Central and Eastern European countries which, after the collapse of the Soviet regime, started a programme of land reform and today faces problems such as land fragmentation, land abandonment, lack of infrastructure, …
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Towards a workable renewable energy framework in South Africa
… determine whether a workable legal framework for renewable energy (RE) exists in South Africa by comparing the country‘s existing policy and legislative frameworks in order to highlight strengths and weaknesses, and juxtaposing this overall position against contemporary foreign legislation from …
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Nudging Permanence
Across Berlin’s history, the street- as image, as space, as imaginary, as activity – has been, and continues to be, continuously appropriated and contested by stakeholders across the city - residents, owners, shopkeepers, tourists and others. Top-down politicians and public entities have long been …
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Analysis and design for thermally autonomous housing in resource-constrained communities : a case study in Bhuj, India
… on Housing, Health and Climate Change Meeting Report, the World Health Organization identifies housing as a primary cause of poor health in developing countries. The report cites inadequate protection from extreme heat as one of six major concerns for healthy housing environments. As India's …
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Life cycle air pollutant and carbon emissions from China’s road transport under vehicle electrification and renewable electricity expansion scenarios
… a major contributor to both air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. As the country transitions toward carbon neutrality, vehicle electrification and renewable electricity (RE) expansion are central to national strategies for mitigating climate and environmental impacts. However, most …
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Geochemical changes, plant growth and ecosystem recovery in soils after high temperature remediation
Thermal and smouldering remediation can effectively remove toxic organic compounds from contaminated sites, opening them up for re-development or environmental enrichment. However, these treatments generate elevated temperatures in the soil (40-1200°C) that may impact its quality, particularly its …
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Saba George Shiber's Kuwaitopolis And The Emergence Of The Arab Urban-Architect
… of an Arab architect and planner through the (re)development of Kuwait City from a medieval seaport town to a metropolitan city. During his relatively short practice in Kuwait, Saba George Shiber (1924–1968) conceptualized the idea of the Arab metropolis and delivered the urban and …
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