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Showing 1 to 20 of 221 for “"Urban land"”.
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Context based detection of urban land use zones
This dissertation proposes an automated land-use zoning system based on the context of an urban scene. Automated zoning is an important step toward improving object extraction in an urban scene.
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Urban land utilization : case study : Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Thesis. 1975. M.Arch.A.S.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.
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Joint occupancy: the efficient use of urban land
The high cost of land in large urban centers and increasing energy costs have prompted the revival of an old method of construction. Joint occupancy is the sharing of land for different combinations of uses. There are many concerns in our cities where land costs are exorbitant and many users …
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Reimaging vacant urban land as green infrastructure: Assessing vacant urban land ecosystem services and planning strategies for the City of Roanoke, Virginia
A typology of urban vacant land was developed using Roanoke, Virginia, as the study area. Because of its industrial past, topography and climate, Roanoke provides a range of vacant land types typical of those in many areas of the Mid-Atlantic, Eastern and Midwestern United States. A comprehensive …
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Conflict over urban land use change in Cape Town
… of this study are to analyze spatial patterns of land use change, to establish the relationship between land use change and locational conflict and to analyze the nature and patterns of locational conflict in Cape Town.
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Perspectives on Urban Land Restitution: what constitutes good enough?
The amendment of the Restitution of Land Rights Act (no. 2 of 1996) has reopened the period for lodging a land claim in South Africa until 2019. The previous period for lodging a claim closed in 1998 but claims lodged over 20 years have still not been attended to. There exists a concern that with …
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The mechanics of urban land development in Huddersfield 1770-1911
The land development process involves decision-making by landowners, developers and builders in the context of a changing socioeconomic environment. Essential to that process is the transfer of property rights either wholly (freehold) or partly (leasehold) from landowners to builders. This process …
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The Effects of Urban Land Use on Wasps (Hymenoptera: Apocrita)
… more than half of the human population lives in urban areas (Pickett et al 2011). It is essential that research occurs in urban ecosystems; understanding both the biological and social aspects of urban ecosystems is needed for the sustainable management of urban ecosystems (Angold et al. 2006, …
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Urban land consolidation : in search of its applicability in Indonesia
… Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1989.
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Assessing customary land administration systems for peri-urban land in Ghana
Customary tenure is the predominant land tenure system in Ghana. It has been practiced for many years. Customary land tenure is built on the foundations of an African concept of land, distinguished by centrality of community, spirituality, and mutual dependence of the individual and the community. …
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Governing urban land : the political economy of the ULCRA in Mumbai
… thesis, I look at the political economy of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act (ULCRA) in Mumbai, India. Enacted in 1976, the stated aim of this legislation was to prevent speculation in the urban land market, and to make land available for affordable housing. The legislation imposed a …
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The Determinants of Urban Land and Property Values: The Case of Rwanda
… The paper seeks to determine the factor of urban housing values and their effects on the well-being of urban residents in terms of access to potable water, quality sanitation and other housing amenities. The study uses a total of 36 variables on structural, environmental and neighborhood …
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Air photo interpretation for the measurement of changes in urban land use
… photographs for the measurement and recording of urban land use. A suitable land use classification scheme and a methodology for the measurement and recording of land use areas are developed. Use is made of these to obtain data for geographical research and as basic information for town planning. …
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Urban land subdivision : a case for more practical by-laws, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
This thesis, dealing with the land subdivision in urban areas, evaluates inefficiency of the case studies resulting from inadequate and improper existing by-laws in Kaohsiung and provides guidelines for urban development. The study consists of two parts: --Case studies and related by-laws: …
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Towards a political economy of urban land and housing: the Canadian situation.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. Thesis. 1973. M.C.P.
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Rationalizing urban land utilization : guidelines for housing developments in greater Khartoum, Sudan
… demand is reflected in high rents and land prices, high occupancy rates, and sprawling squatter areas. Due to the low priority of the housing sector vis-a-vis the "productive" sectors, public investment in housing has been reduced to insignificant amounts resulting in less services, …
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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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A Genetic Bayesian Approach for Texture-Aided Urban Land-Use/Land-Cover Classification
Urban land-use/land-cover classification is entering a new era with the increased availability of high-resolution satellite imagery and new methods such as texture analysis and artificial intelligence classifiers. Recent research demonstrated exciting improvements of using fractal dimension, …
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