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Showing 1 to 20 of 106 for “"Urban expansion"”.
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Urban expansion and upgrading, Vadodara, India
Thesis (M.Arch.A.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1980.
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Habitable piers : an alternative for urban expansion
… is an investigation into an alternative way of urban expansion for a seaside community. This thesis proposes a habitable urban environment on the water by creating for an exchange between the built urban landscape and the water. The pier being the only element in between the land and the sea is …
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Micro active network after massive urban expansion
Urban form and transportation systems are closely related; each influences the other in different ways. This thesis explores this relationship, with a specific focus on systems for mega-cities in China, to pursue a new micro scale active mobility network supporting current shifts toward …
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Dwelling environments : urban expansion project, Gujjarpura, Lahore, Pakistan
Thesis (M.Arch.A.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1980.
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Technical aspects for urban expansion on the water.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Thesis. 1970. M.Arch.
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Land Use of Conflicts in Tulsa County, Oklahoma: Urban Expansion Vs. Petroleum Development
The rapid outward expansion of America's metropolitan areas is causing land use conflicts to develop in previously rural regions. These conflicts are intensified when economically valuable natural resources occur in areas undergoing urban expansion. An example of this problem is found in Tulsa …
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Collective strategies in unregulated urban expansion: Class and gender as shaping factors in environmental activism in Concon-Quintero, Chile.
In the context of climate change and unregulated urban expansion driven by capitalist land administration practices in the Concón-Quintero region, in Chile, I aim to explore the relationships between the roles of women, levels of trust in institutions, and the strategies and mechanisms developed by …
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Effects of public policies on informal and formal urban expansion. A comparative impact evaluation between neighborhood legalization and slum upgrading policies in Bogota-Colombia
Una de las principales características de la historia reciente de las ciudades latinoamericanas ha sido la rápida y descontrolada expansión de la ciudad informal e ilegal, que, sólo en el caso de Bogotá, ha provocado un déficit habitacional de más de 352.000 hogares (14 % de la población de la …
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City Farm Garden : countering the impacts of urban expansion in a rural valley in the Western Cape through a gardening approach to place-making
… (Rotherham 2015:3405). Land-use change through urban development affects every aspect of the ecology, from soil, air, water quality and wetlands, to climate and biodiversity (Sauerwein 2011:50) and causes the disintegration of landscape as a coherent fabric (Marot 1999:52). In the contemporary …
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The effects of urbanization on winter avian diversity: a citizen science and GIS study
… increases, habitat transformation due to urban expansion is inevitable, affecting many wildlife species. Birds have become a frequently used model species for studying the effects of urbanization on wildlife populations due to their environmental sensitivity and ease of observation. While …
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Expansão urbana do distrito de Jacumã/Conde-PB, sobre a apa de Tambaba.
Urban expansion in Brazil, began after the end of World War II, where the Brazilian population was exclusively rural, now move to the cities, Brazil has the majority of its population living in coastal cities, while that cities grew Brazilian environmental legislation has evolved, culminating in …
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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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Urban flood mitigation through land-use adaptation : a socioecological perspective of Paraty
… of adapting land-use change dynamics in periurban floodplains to the Social Function of Property and the City, as a potentially effective way of mitigating urban flood risks. The Brazilian city of Paraty is the empirical object of analysis, considering the Mateus Nunes and Perequê-Açu river …
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Swamp rats, fat cats and soggy suburbs : planners and engineers in south east Florida
… values, education and practices of city or urban planning and civil engineering, and these infrastructure networks is an under-explored phenomenon in both fields. This doctoral dissertation contributes important new knowledge about the decisions and recommendations of planners and engineers …
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High Density Residential Design
… is one the most significant phenomena of China's urbanization. In the thirty years since the "Reform and Open Up" policy began, Guangzhou has experienced economic growth and urban expansion and attracted a vast number of migrants. Seen as the product of the rapid urbanization, urban villages …
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Growth and expansion in post-war urban design strategies: C. A. Doxiadis and the first strategic plan for Riyadh Saudi Arabia (1968-1972)
… resituates C. A. Doxiadis in Post-War urban design history with a detailed examination of how urban growth and change was addressed by urban design strategies as applied in the master plan for Riyadh Saudi Arabia, undertaken between 1968 and 1972. The Riyadh master plan commission is …
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Forest ecosystem response to environmental pressures along an urban-to-wildland gradient in southwestern Ohio
<p>Unprecedented population growth and urban expansion are rapidly transforming natural and agricultural settings into highly modified urban and suburban landscapes across the United States. A myriad of anthropogenic environmental disturbances invariably accompany such dramatic shifts in land use, …
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Solid waste management in informal settlements of Windhoek
… the apartheid government forbade natural urban expansion in "black" suburbs. This resulted in grossly overcrowded conditions, often with an entire family living in one small room. This was not the case after independence in 1990, when a democratic government took power; people began moving …
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Stay, Leave or Wait and See: Determinants of Residents’ Evacuation Behaviours and Protective Actions During the 2023 Bush Creek East Wildfire in British Columbia
… Canada are increasingly destructive, driven by urban expansion, population growth, and climate change. The steady rise in evacuation orders presents significant challenges for residents and communities. Using an Exploratory Sequential Mixed Methods design, this study identified factors …
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A evolução do aumento do tráfego de veículos na zona sul de joão pessoa - caso do bairro bancários.
… there in recent years correlating with the urban expansion. Methodology: research in the field, tabulating data, photographic survey and supplemented with bibliographic references. Final Considerations: the uprighting and speculation are causing the increased flow of cars on site and it …
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