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Showing 1 to 20 of 78 for “"Social Fabric"”.
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Hyperdensity : revival of social fabric
… of rapid urbanization, much of the existing social and urban construct are continuously challenged and removed in order to embrace new profit-driven developments resulting in functional separation. This leads to a homogenized and highly commercialized yet low density fabric. The ambition is …
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Painting as a response to a sense of dislocation in the South African social fabric
… to a sense of dislocation in the South African social fabric. The body of paintings is entitled Domestic Baggage and consists collectively of paintings on canvas and preliminary works entitled The Grids. Thematically consistent, the works and the accompanying research document emphasize the …
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Evolving Heterogeneous And Subcultured Social Networks For Optimization Problem Solving In Cultural Algorithms
… Algorithms are computational models of social evolution based upon principle of Cultural Evolution. A Cultural Algorithm are composed of a Belief Space consisting of a network of active and passive knowledge sources and a Population Space of agents. The agents are connected via a social …
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AllPay and no work: spheres of belonging under duress
… post-apartheid political-economic changes on the social fabric of Manenberg, a residential neighbourhood on the Cape Flats, Cape Town. I show that despite the important benefits of codified human rights for all, recent macro-level changes have meant that young women are currently struggling to …
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The community loses when it loses farmers: impacts of a changing local farmland market
… impact of recent farmland-market changes on the social fabric of a small, typical Central Illinois rural community of 1,000. Using a multi-method research design, data were obtained from: 1) extensive participant-observation of community life (2005-06); 2) 124 community and farmer surveys and …
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Reinforcing social infrastructure : the role of physical interventions in revitalizing Hyde Square in Jamaica Plain
… neighborhood turnaround that linked physical to social changes. In the past, planners, architects, and government have tried to transform distressed urban neighborhoods unsuccessfully through either social or physical agendas. Hyde Square is an important case study in that it shows a successful …
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Neoliberalismo, autoritarismo e desigualdade: o caso chileno.
… long-term impacts of these policies on Chilean social fabric, aiming to understand how they continue to influence Chilean society in the subsequent decades. This work intends to contribute to a deeper understanding of the effects of neoliberalism at both national and international levels, as …
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The role of digital technology in scaling social impact in South Africa
Social entrepreneurship is an important contributor to South Africa's business environment and social fabric, however scaling social impact continues to be a challenge. To date, very limited studies have considered scaling strategies that social enterprises in South Africa use to grow their impact. …
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Social networking in vehicles
In-vehicle, location-aware, socially aware telematic systems, known as Flossers, stand to revolutionize vehicles, and how their drivers interact with their physical and social worlds. With Flossers, users can broadcast and share information, communicate with one another, and experience a more …
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Growing a greener Tacoma: The historical roots of Tacoma's urban gardening movement
Urban gardens have thrived as part of the social fabric of Tacoma since nearly its founding, and in recent years, have experienced resurgence as committed locals work to improve their neighborhoods.The purpose of this thesis is twofold: first, to define a clear understanding of the urban gardening …
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Essays on the eclectic paradigm and foreign direct investment into India
… phenomena in India’s economic, institutional and social fabric in the 2000s. Both the recent diversification within knowledge-intensive industries and the various pro-market reforms that are increasingly bearing fruits have created new opportunities for foreign MNEs – especially for those …
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'A Moment of Magic': Coyote, Tricksterism, and the Role of the Shaman in Rudolfo Anaya's Sonny Baca Novels
… figure whose acts of violence threaten the social fabric of Albuquerque, the American Southwest, and the entire world. In battling Raven, Sonny comes to realize that both he and his foe have the ability to access a spiritual power that takes root in the myths and belief systems of various …
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The Systemic Risk of Consolidation in the Cloud Computing Industry
… in the cloud computing industry, and the social fabric matrix is applied to discuss the unique deliveries among processing institutions and between processing institutions and authorizing institutions. On the basis of the normative systems analysis, several policy implications are …
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The City, The Body and The Mind: Interwoven Symbiosis of Nature, People and Architecture
… the human body. This thesis explores enhancing social fabric through the exploration of the interwoven symbiotic tectonics of the community's culture, their identity and architecture; guided by the understanding of emplaced embodied care. The thesis is formulated as architectural investigations …
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Cultural enrichment: connecting african american elementary children to academic achievement
… the future of America's economic, political and social fabric is weakened as the number of well educated, self-actualized individuals diminishes.</p>
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Paz Juntos
… can contribute to the reconstruction of the social fabric. This text explores how various elements and factors of architecture can be applied to reduce crime and gang violence activity in a city. By studying several manifestos and classic writings, this study will inquire the moral factor …
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Community, Spirit, and Soul in the Lower Ninth Ward
… to rebuild housing and no consideration for social and community infrastructure made it nearly impossible for former residents to come home. However, the spirit of the Lower Ninth Ward stays alive in the festive Second Line parade culture of the people who continue to come back every weekend …
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Me, myself, and my hyperego : understanding people through the aggregation of their digital footprints
… person(s) as a whole. This thesis contends that socially-focused machine learning and visualization of archived digital footprints can improve the capacity of social media to help form impressions of online strangers. Four original designs are presented that each examine the social fabric of a …
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Quantifying the Post-Pandemic Urban Activity & Mobility Regime: Implications for Adaptation and Future Planning of Cities and Public Transit Systems
… and operations planning) and societal outcomes (social fabric, quality of life, and environmental sustainability). To complement spatial analysis, these metrics are also regressed on socio-economic attributes to provide greater explanatory power. Lastly, key trends in post-pandemic activity and …
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