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Showing 1 to 20 of 129 for “"land development"”.
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Boston Chinatown : housing and land development strategies.
Thesis. 1979. M.C.P.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning.
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Factors influencing land development around rail transit stations
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1995.
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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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Air rights development : is it different from traditional land development?
The availability of large desirable urban development sites continues to diminish. Air rights development is an innovative way for real estate entrepreneurs to create space for developing large-scale projects. Because a portion of these projects are constructed on air, one would expect the deal …
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Programming for Jackson Square : a community controlled land development strategy.
Thesis. 1978. M.C.P.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning.
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Tree Canopy Cover Response to Land Development Policies in Fairfax County
… urbanization such as urban heat and stormwater. Land development leads to canopy loss through tree removal, but some localities have regulations in place that require trees to be retained or replanted during development. The goal of these regulations is to preserve tree cover. Since 2009, Fairfax …
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Quantifying the Effects of Watershed Size and Land Development on Stream Nutrients
… is exacerbated by urbanization and agricultural land use; however, the magnitude of the problem differs by regional landscape and environmental characteristics. Currently, we do not understand how regional variables moderate these relationships. Thus, the overall objective of this thesis was to …
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Land development approaches in the context of land scarcity : case study, Byblos, Lebanon
… a general understanding for guiding urban development in secondary cities in Lebanon. An existing site in the Byblos Metropolitan Area is utilized as a reference to this study. The study includes a general description of the context of land development in Lebanon. It identifies phenomena …
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High-speed rail and local land development : case studies in London and Las Vegas
… the relationship between high-speed rail development, local rail station development and land development. The efficacy of a high-speed rail system depends, in part, upon rail stations' locations close to urban centers and integration into the broader transportation networks and urban …
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The privatization of land development and parastatal policy in developing countries : a case study in Tunisia
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1992.
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Managing state urban economic development : the case of state-aided urban industrial land development in Massachusetts.
Thesis. 1978. M.C.P.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning.
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A suggested technique for the illustration and practical application of soil survey data to land development planning
… State University. Dept. of Resource Development, 1968
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The urban edge : a spatial planning tool or device for land development management : a Western Cape perspective
The regulation of South African land use planning law is challenging; it is a field that is complex and not fully understood.1 One reason for the complexity in the past was the number of laws that were in force.2 Other factors include the number of authorities that are involved, the irregular …
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Land development in Massachusetts: Its effect on the environment within Essex and Middlesex counties from 1990 to 2007
… This expansion has led to the conversion of land for housing, businesses, schools, recreation, and parks, placing significant strain on existing land cover, land use, and available natural resources. Mounting growth pressures and a reduction of undeveloped land have raised serious concerns as …
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Neighborhood as factory--the influence of land development and civic politics on an industrial cluster in Delhi, India
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1996.
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Human geographies of the rural-urban fringe: Social dynamics of land development in the Nairobi rural-urban fringe, Kenya
… growth means an increasing demand for urban land. This land is not available within cities, but in the rural-urban fringes, for various reasons. The conversion of agricultural land to residential uses in these areas is leading to rapid transformations of this space. This thesis is motivated …
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Attitudes of Developers and the General Public on Land Development and the Environment in Southwest Missouri: a Comparison Study
… are now experiencing problems with rapid development and related consequences of water management, loss of natural beauty due to urbanization, and possible habitat fragmentation. The counties' main problem is how to continue growth while maintaining environmental integrity. The attitudes …
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The interacting hydrologic responses to changing climate, watershed physical characteristics, river regulation, and land development in the northeastern United States
… and discharge records in sub-basins with no development, and extensive development and riverine impoundments of the Merrimack River watershed. The Merrimack (New Hampshire-Massachusetts) is a 13,000 km2 forested (67%) watershed located in the northeastern United States. The overarching goal …
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Mobility and modernisation : a study of the Malaysian Federal Land Development Authority and its role in modernising the rural Malay
Thesis. 1976. Ph.D.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Political Science.
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