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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"beyond the city"”.
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Beyond the city limits : people and property at Wynberg 1795-1927
This study of peri-urban development in the Western Cape examines the acquisition and exploitation of property as an important feature in attaining economic power and high social status by upwardly-mobile people in a colonial setting. The choice of Wynberg in the southern Cape Peninsula as a focal …
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At Home In the City: an exploration of the relationship between density, privacy, and flexibility in urban housing
"When the immediate vicinity is neither visible nor audible, the city apartment integrated into the urban fabric can be far more luxurious than the detached country home, provided both alternatives offer identical, house-like qualities of living: in the interior and at the transition to the …
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The Value of Inclusion of the Peri-Urban Interface on Quality of Life for the Urban Population
… examines peri-urban space existing separate from the urban fabric and often in between urban and rural landscapes. This is a largely neglected area and often considered by each side as belonging to the other. Contemporary studies identify two sides associated with the rural-urban fringe: the …