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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Redevelopments"”.
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Not in my back nine : an examination of land use disputes over golf course redevelopments in America
Golf courses in America delineate and identify landscapes of luxury, exclusion and abundance Golf courses in the Southwest are part of an invented tradition and the product of land speculation occurring after post-World War II suburbanization. Golf courses were built within master planned suburbs …
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A comparative sociological analysis of the redevelopment of two urban localities in the West Midlands (Merry Hill complex, Dudley and Broad Street development, Birmingham)
… the thesis challenges arguments that the redevelopments have been a source of regeneration, arguing instead that their aim was to create stability within business and politics rather than benefit local communities. The research uses a mixed methodology, featuring a theoretical overview as …
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Adaptive Reuse through Layering: Transforming the Rex Trueform Clothing Factory
… dramatic change brought by large-scale new-built redevelopments,less obvious change occur as existing buildings undergo a morestable, continual mode of change and adaptation. Through this process,individual buildings can express the passage of time.
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A study of image: Maillardville British Columbia
… such as the new commercial and multi-family redevelopments, when undertaken in a fashion which reflects Maillardville's cultural and historical context, are recognized by residents as supportive elements and with time will likely become significant to the public image. From this it appears …
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From Vacant to Valuable: Building Community Wealth through Brownfield Redevelopment in Legacy Industrial Cities
… community benefits through industrial brownfield redevelopments? In what ways do CWB models reshape how capital flows through redevelopment projects? And, what questions and decisions must the Site Readiness Fund consider to build lasting community wealth in Cleveland? Findings suggest that …
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An Investigation of the key factors and processes that underlie the contemporary display of biological collections in British museums.
… The single most important change in these redevelopments has been the approach to the redisplay process; namely the shift from the curator-driven model to the team approach. This has, singlehandedly, transformed the key elements of the process; decision-making and communication, whilst …
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The feasibility of residential development in the newly master planned Ship Creek area of Anchorage, Alaska
… this development is one of the first major redevelopments in the area it is risky.
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Geotechnical centrifuge model testing for pile foundation re-use
… re-use the existing pile foundations for the new redevelopments. The influence of the new foundations on the existing foundations is also described. By re-using the foundations, the use of raw materials is reduced, the energy consummation for construction is reduced, the volume of soil from …
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Nothing is Perfect, But Something is Just Right: Redevelopment of Inner-Ring Suburbs - Integrating Ecological Systems into Modern Urban Villages
… the more livable places of the future. Such redevelopments provide a unique opportunity not to just import new 'green' features, but to reimagine the fundamental connections between ecological, human, and non-human systems within the fabric of the larger community in a way that profoundly …
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The performance of non-core property assets held by a state owned enterprise: a case study of Transnet
… lacking constant maintenance or engagement in redevelopments. Most assets were initially purpose built to support freight and rail logistics operations but have overtime become functionally obsolete due to changes in logistic chains operations, advancements in technology and nature of goods …
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A decision-making framework for the sustainable redevelopment of abandoned public buildings in Nigeria.
The aim of this thesis is to examine the sustainability of infrastructure in Nigeria in line with the arrays of abandoned projects and recommend a sustainable solution to enhance their redevelopment. Hence, in contrast to previous studies, a model was developed to improve the decision-making …
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Development of a technical management tool for settlement and stability behaviour of municipal solid waste landfills
… important and influential parameters in landfill redevelopments and prediction of MSW landfill settlement incorporating gas generation and leachate production are the landfill height, the compression ratio, the lift thickness, the waste composition, and the age of MSW.