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Folding City Flats
<p>This collection of poems draws largely upon language to construct unlikely images and scenes that evoke a sense of displacement. Although the poems may deviate stylistically, they maintain a lyric sensibility that takes its grounding from a Modern sensibility while also heavily influenced by …
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Stratification on the Skagit Bay tidal flats
… periodically inundated Skagit Bay tidal flats. Advection of stratification by the depth-averaged velocity, straining of the horizontal density gradient by velocity shear, and turbulent mixing are shown to be the dominant processes. On the south-central flats (near the south fork river …
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Stratification on the Skagit Bay tidal flats
… periodically inundated Skagit Bay tidal flats. Advection of stratification by the depth-averaged velocity, straining of the horizontal density gradient by velocity shear, and turbulent mixing are shown to be the dominant processes. On the south-central flats (near the south fork river …
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The sea walls of South Boston flats
Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering, 1877
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A socio-economic study of Parkwood Estate, Cape Flats
… is a typical "pondokkie settlement" on the Cape Flats, housing some 1,100 people, mainly Coloured. The Estate is forty-three acres in extent and has about 185 houses, making it one of the more densely populated areas in the vicinity. The dwellings are of very poor construction, consisting almost …
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Pre-adolescent music listening behaviours on the Cape Flats
This chapter investigates the origin and statement of the problem. It examines the point of departure and theoretical framework for the investigation. The importance of the problem 1s examined. The investigation poses questions which are central to it and proposes a hypothesis for the study. The …
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Harvesting effects on the hydrology of wet pine flats
Wet pine flats are some of the most productive and intensively-managed wetland forests in the eastern United States. Wet-weather logging of these sites causes extensive rutting and churning of the soil surface and may alter the subsurface flow of soil water. An operational-scale experiment was …
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Regeneration of Ccuyahoga Flats – [De]-Industrialized Riverfront in Cleveland, Ohio
Post-industrial riverfronts in the ‘Rust-Belt’ region of the United States have faced the consequences of [de]industrialization, including massive ecological disturbances. The Lower Cuyahoga River in Cleveland started facing those consequences when it was modified in the 1800s. The river channel …
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The coping patterns of the unemployed on the Cape Flats
For the purpose of this study, two criteria were utilised to identify a person as being unemployed: someone who is part of the economically active population by virtue of his or her age; but does not fully participate in the formal economic sector. It could be argued that such a definition of …
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Social development for the Cape Flats: an alternative planning structure
… their actions and the causes of problems on the Flats. The complexity of social problems necessitated a consideration of the concept and the theory of social development. This was defined as the process whereby the individual and/or group is enabled to increasingly participate in and contribute …
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What environmental variables limit Typha expansion in Cape Flats wetlands?
… of Typha capensis into the wetlands of the Cape Flats has resulted in decreased species diversity and habitat value. Several initiatives to control this expansion have had varied success and management of wetlands dominated by T. capensis remains a challenge. For effective rehabilitation, one …
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A model for an urban structure on the Cape Flats
In 1966 the American Institute of Planners mounted a two year consultation to study the Next Fifty Years. Part 1 was entitled Optimum Environment with Man as the Measure. It was this arresting theme and the papers that flowed from it ( 1) that became the central idea and the broad objective of the …
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A model for an urban structure on the Cape Flats
In 1966 the American Institute of Planners mounted a two year consultation to study the Next Fifty Years. Part 1 was entitled Optimum Environment with Man as the Measure. It was this arresting theme and the papers that flowed from it ( 1) that became the central idea and the broad objective of the …
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Hydrodynamics and morphodynamics of shallow tidal channels and intertidal flats
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 1993.
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Dental modification practices on the Cape Flats in the Western Cape
The people living on the Cape Flats in the Western Cape have been practicing dental modification for a number of years. A systematic survey of eight adjoining areas in the Northern suburbs was done to investigate the prevalence, motivation and possible historical time depth of this practice. The …
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The Independent Churches of the Coloured people of the Cape Flats.
The Coloured people of the Cape Flats, which lie at the foot of Table Mountain adjacent to Cape Town, represent a people unique in many ways. Racially, they are the product of the mixing of several groups over the period of many years, but culturally they are very similar to the Whites who rule …
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The Cape Flats Urban Park : guidelines for multifunctional open space planning
… The second uses a local park proposal, the Cape Flats Urban Park, as an instrument with which to explore the concept. This involves integrating the notions of natural process needs and human needs so as to inform use. Accordingly, a natural systems analysis discovers the particular ecological …
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Characterization of Rocky Flats and Oak Ridge glass containing mixed wastes
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, 1994.
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Rocky Flats: a case study of nuclear contamination, knowledge, and environmental justice
… of individuals who live(d) near the Rocky Flats Nuclear Facility in Arvada, Colorado during and after its operation. The data presented for this thesis has been collected as part of MSU-CSU's Rocky Flats Health Study to collect qualitative interview data from individuals who suffer from …
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