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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Support Housing"”.
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Order and chaos : articulating support, housing transformation
… social phenomenon, particularly as it relates to housing. The work stems from an attraction to the messy vitality we find in certain environments (such as back alleys), and searches for an understanding of the relationship that exists between the chaos and the underlying order. Chaos is defined …
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The effect of housing micro-finance on household welfare
The affordable housing crisis in South Africa has created a need for better quality and efficient housing alternatives. The aim of this research is to identify how housing microfinance contributes towards improved living conditions and welfare of low-income households through a case study analysis. …
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Optimizing the privatization of military family housing
… thesis optimizes the privatization of military housing in the Monterey Bay area. We developed two spreadsheet models of the Monterey Bay Military Housing (MBMH) project to revitalize over 2200 military family housing units. We used these models to evaluate several proposed privatization …
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Analyzing policy, land use and zoning characteristics : understanding the potential to build housing near rail in the city of Los Angeles
… and implementation strategies to encourage the housing development near rail stations. Secondly, the author discusses the capacity for Los Angeles' rail system to support housing development. Thirdly, the author presents housing density and land use characteristics for neighborhoods located …
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Habits of Housing Policy: The Role of Historical Decision-Making Tendencies in Shaping Contemporary Philadelphia Policy
… twentieth centuries which today provides more housing units than are needed by the population. The excess housing stock means that Philadelphia could invest in reuse rather than new construction to meet demand for affordable rental housing, a path which avoids demolition and displacement in …
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"Young Town" growing up : four decades later : self-help housing and upgrading lessons from a squatter neighborhood in Lima
This thesis examines self-help housing policies in Peru by revisiting Independencia, one of Lima's young towns (squatter settlements), forty-five years after its founding. The study was designed to better understand how Independencia's low and moderate income families have been able to access and …
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Bending mechanism for piezoelectric transducer footstep energy harvesting using piezoelectric tile
… which is divided into two parts, namely support housing and presser was designed to enhance the output piezoelectric transducer in this research. The piezoelectric transducers were connected in a parallel configuration and inserted in the piezoelectric tile together with bending …
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Promoting Resilience in Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking and Refugee Minors
… participants. Lastly, strong social bonds, high-support housing, continued spiritual-practice and access to education were protective factors that promoted UAMs' resilience. CONCLUSION: Although UAMs have faced multiple adversities, both in their countries of origin and host countries, there are …