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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Urban Design Program."”.
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The return of streetcars to western American cities : reintroducing streetcars in Denver's historic streetcar neighborhoods
… options to support a range of densities in urban living. Currently in the United States, Portland, OR and Seattle,WA operate one modern streetcar line and have plans to expand their singular line into a network. Using these two routes, the plans for system expansion, and the individual …
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Constructing use in surface parking lots : strategies for enhancing lots as part-time public spaces
… parking lots occupy vast amounts of land in urbanized areas-at times covering up to 40% of land in downtown areas in the United States. It is estimated that there are seven parking spaces for every vehicle in the nation; given that a vehicle can be in only one place at any given time, there …
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Humanizing the city : festivals as a human adaptation of public space
… city. This research investigates a collection of urban design principles that are intended to humanize the city and improve them as settings for human use and occupation. The research utilizes the festival as a temporal moment in the city of uniquely human-centered use. It is a moment in which the …
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Economics and policies for carbon capture and sequestration in the western United States : a marginal cost analysis of potential power plant deployment
Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is a technology that can significantly reduce power sector greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from coal-fired power plants. CCS technology is currently in development and requires higher construction and operating costs than is currently competitive in the private …