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Showing 1 to 20 of 225 for “"Urban Growth"”.
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Systems of urban growth.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Thesis. 1966. B.Arch.
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Economic control and urban growth.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Economics. Thesis. 1974. Ph.D.
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Managing urban growth for efficiency in infrastructure provision: Dynamic capital expansion and urban growth boundary models
… of this thesis is to examine the logic of urban growth management programs from the perspective of efficiency in infrastructure provision. Of the many urban growth management and control instruments, two instruments, capital facility plans and urban growth boundaries (UGBs), are analyzed in …
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Advanced producer services and urban growth.
… direct and indirect contributions to economic growth at urban region level by operating in two ways: firstly, by providing intermediate inputs into the production of finished products and secondly, in its own right, selling its services to clients outside of the region. This contradicts the …
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Application of High-Speed Rail Urban Growth Scenarios, using the UPlan Urban Growth Model in Victorville, California
… a geographic information system (GIS) based urban growth model. UPlan is meant to provide a basic platform for modeling future growth to show what future growth patterns 'might' look like. Using demographic projections, land-use data, and foreign (France, Germany, and Japan) examples of HSR …
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Urban growth and residential prototypes in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Thesis. 1974. M.Arch.A.S.
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Athens 1833-1979 : the dynamics of urban growth
His thesis deals with the urban development of the city of Athens since its foundation as the capital of the newborn Greek State (1833) , until our days. The study focuses on two particular characteristics that dominate the form of the city: laissez-faire development and adhocist shaping, as they …
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Control of urban growth and development in Saudi Arabia
The fast and in most cases uncontrolled urban growth, in Riyadh and other Saudi urban areas, has created many deficiencies such as land speculation, urban sprawl, lagging public services and utilities, along with other developments that are inconsistent with the development plan. The purpose of the …
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An analysis of urban growth controls with resident landowners
… literature, this study develops a generalized growth-control model with resident landowners. It is shown that resident landowners have a weaker taste for growth control than their absentee counterparts. The reason is that resident landowners ignore the rent increase on the land they occupy, …
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Dynamics of land value and use in urban growth
… Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1984.
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Ery Urbanism: Framework for Water Inclusive Urban Growth in Chennai
Chennai’s urban history has evolved and flourished around an elaborate cascading system of water tanks, locally known as ‘Erys’. Traditionally, as an agrarian society these erys were ecological commons that engendered biodiversity, and community building. They served as essential water reservoirs …
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Modeling Urban Growth and Land Use Change in Albuquerque using SLEUTH
This research examines the urban growth and land use pattern of Albuquerque in the next 20 years, for the year 2035, based on past urbanization and land use. Additionally, it compares possible urban growth and land use patterns for two scenarios i. Business as usual scenario, where urbanization …
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Invisible Logic of Space Forming - Rethinking the Urban Growth in Yueyang, China
… of the country’s spectacular and accelerating urbanization in the last three decades. In the era of globalization, China’s urban landscape has been dramatically changed by massive deconstructions of existing building fabric, as well as large scale new construction of imported western …
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Recent urban growth patterns and migration: a case study of Constantine, Algeria
Abstract available; p.xiv
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Synthesis of movement : transit oriented development for urban growth in Lima, Peru
As urban transportation deteriorates, chaos increases putting aside urban patterns, systems and networks to prioritize the implementation of modern technologies. As a consequence of this situation and as a means to fulfill the requirements of the growing city, the larger built forms in the city are …
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Drive-By Geography: Perceptions of Urban Growth and Land Use in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
… societies have transformed the earth is through urbanization. Land use changes such as from cropland to businesses are important ways in which urban growth transforms landscapes. This study uses qualitative and quantitative methods in order to visualize where urban growth and landscape changes …
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Urban land policy and nature of the urban growth problem in Riyadh city
… an interesting context of problems in its urbanisation process, which started pronouncedly during the 1970s. The main factor that prompted urbanisation was the discovery and production of crude oil accompanied with the strong political desire for urbanisation and modernisation. This has …
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Urban growth in Southern Africa : comparing 30 years of decadal imagery to census data
The total urban area of each study site was calculated for each time slice and the results were represented as maps depicting urban expansion. Graphs were also created depicting the total urban area vs. total population for each time slice (1970s, 1990s and 2000s).
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