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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"liveability"”.
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The effectiveness of heritage policy and practice from the perspective of liveability : the case of Kuala Lumpur
… and local planning frameworks to support liveability, the significance of heritage is often neglected in the development policy and initiatives, making the idea of heritage as part of liveability secondary to such interests. Thus, the effectiveness of the development policies related to …
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Territorial Challenges and Sustainable Regional Development. A mixed-method approach
… and L’Aquila). Chapter 1 assesses municipal liveability with an SDG11-aligned composite index and Benefit-of-the-Doubt aggregation; meta-frontier benchmarking and a Spatial Durbin Model separate local efficiency from structural disadvantage and reveal spatial spillovers. Chapter 2 tests …
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The city village : a design for public and semi-public places and paths in a residential and office community in Cambridge, Massachusetts
… by increasing urban density and decreasing liveability. This thesis investigates a resolution to the problems cited by proposing a mixed-use development which can accommodate for increased density while providing for the inherent qualities of human liveability: light, air, space, privacy, …
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The rise of cities and the problem of political agency in the global age
… are seen as more capable than states to secure liveability despite, and against, impending global threats. Drawing on ethnographic engagement with cities, international organisations, and transnational city networks, I then critically investigate the forms of agency effectively developed through …
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An Exploration of the Characteristics of the Indicators of a Sustainability Assessment Framework for Neighbourhood Developments in Metropolitan Lagos Nigeria
… understanding suggests that such aspects like liveability is crucial in defining sustainability at the neighbourhood level. This tension between stakeholders’ reference to elements of sustainability and/or liveability, when trying to define sustainability at the neighbourhood scale, raises a …
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The planning and urban design of liveable public open spaces in Oman : case study of Muscat
… time in them. This thesis is concerned with liveability in contemporary public open spaces in Middle Eastern cities, where historically public open spaces were developed based on Islamic religion and Sharī‘ah, which provided norms for the production of the built environment and social …
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Street smart: Do effective design guidelines exist for enhancing the main streets of rural small towns in New Zealand through landscape architecture? : A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Masters of Landscape Architecture at Lincoln University
… However in recent years the attraction and liveability of these rural towns has caused many residents to leave and few tourist to visit. A major contributor to the recent decline in these significant towns is the safety, usability and attractiveness of the towns main streets. In New Zealand …
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Bio-Inspired Axial Fan Design, 3D Printing Fabrication and Characterization for Noise and Flow Performance Optimization
… health, building energy performance, and urban liveability. Mechanical fans, particularly axial configurations, represent a primary source of both tonal and broadband noise, with direct implications for public health, building energy performance, and urban liveability. This research investigates …
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Green Promises, Grey Realities: The Politics of Park Provision in Sydney
… strain. Despite the growing policy emphasis on liveability and urban greening, little is understood about how state and local governments navigate the complex decision-making environments that shape new park provision. Using a qualitative methodology — comprising a pilot, a two-round Delphi …
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Transformative infrastructures: retrofitting the apartheid city
… economic opportunity, social mobility and urban liveability, suggesting a route to a more integrated city.
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Transcending Space and Time: The emerging urban morphosis around spaceports
… environmental consciousness, and better liveability, creating resistance against fatal damages and complications. This science-driven city will be an identity for the future urban fabric around space science exploration zones. It aims in achieving its purpose and contributes to …
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Urban regeneration through transit-oriented development: an initial perspective from the global South
… many overlapping principles such as notions of liveability, that, while aimed at different goals, use methods that are often complementary or even identical to each other, thus regenerative interventions should include additional theories (like transit-oriented development) and broader, …
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A better way to live : community and collaboration
… live efficiently together while enhancing the liveability for the occupants through its accessibility to neighbouring urban amenities. The site of the design project is based at an existing parking lot across the Waikato River from the Hamilton CBD. The Hamilton CBD being so close to the site …
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Ways of Monsoon Air: Entanglements and Stories of Matter, Space, and Time
… make insights of matters, places and times, for liveability, in these precarious troubles of the Anthropocene.
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Effects of dubbing on the production and behavior of chickens maintained in different environments from 20 to 72 weeks of age
… and meat spots, body weight at 72 weeks of age, liveability and fertility. Differences between comb treatments for percentage egg production to 72 weeks of age were also not significant on a yearly basis; however, a significant comb treatment x month interaction was found. The dubbed birds laid …
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Identities of difference in the contemporary city: a spatial and policy analysis of men who sell sex in metropolitan Sydney
… characteristics it offers dwellers in terms of liveability. Although the objective is to compete globally through differentiation, these contemporary cities share a commonality of being diverse: they are inhabited by multiple identities of difference. Managing “difference” presents built …
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Challenges and opportunities in the reuse of abandoned urban space.
… the quality of the city spaces in terms of liveability and valuable social environment.
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The Housing Conditions of Township Neighbourhoods: Assessing Housing Performance in Langa, Cape Town
… framework had centred around the criteria of liveability, affordability, and sustainability, which is encapsulated by housing performance within township neighbourhoods and its relationship with scale, built form, elements of neighbourhood design, and activities. The conceptual analytical …
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Urban decay and regeneration strategies in small towns: a case study of Thohoyandou, South Africa
… stress, adding new challenges affecting their liveability and vitality. This resulted in renewed interest in small towns’ regeneration by the South African government to foster the developmental role of small towns. This dissertation contributes to the debate on how to improve current …
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