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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"master plans"”.
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Planning a sectarian topography : revisiting Michel Ecochard's master plans for Beirut between 1941-1964
… days of the Lebanese nation state frames his master plans for the capital Beirut as modernist tools for an ailing urban agglomeration, without considering the possible ramifications these plans could have had on the social and sectarian structure of the city. Throughout the scope of this …
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The power of geography : universal discourse, global coloniality, and local sovereignty in the sustainable city apparatus
… Do, then, new ‘locally’ generated city master plans orientated around ‘sustainability’ offer an effective vehicle for establishing and managing urban futures? The argument put forward in this thesis is no, not as some argue because of their ‘utopian’ nature, but because they rest upon a …
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Envisioning Lower Allston’s future: Contested spaces at the margins of Harvard University’s expansion
… campus expansion. Through a close analysis to master plans, maps and publicly available documentation, this thesis explores the relationship between Lower Allston’s main urban development actors—the neighbors, Harvard University and the government of Boston—and analyzes each actor’s visions for …
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The Chinatown stories : investigating water (in)justice through transmedia urban design in the L.A. River
… thesis analyzes the L.A. River revitalization master plans from 1996 and the subsequent efforts by public and private entities to create "an equitable, natural river." It demonstrates that the current urban design framework neglects to take a finegrained approach to distinctive river stretches …
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Gestão da água no semiárido paraibano: desafio para a gestão pública num contexto de crescente escassez
… as improving municipal management, municipal master plans that suit the master plans of basins in which they are inserted, considering its responsibilities as the balance of the environment. Thus, it is necessary to integrate the strength to overcome the negative effects of political …
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Amphibian urbanism in Dhaka’s contested wetlands
… participant observations, analyses of master plans, technical reports, and working papers, in-depth interviews, land use mapping and assessments, my engaged research bridges those two dominant conversations and advances a more situated way of conceptualizing and intervening vis-à-vis …
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Proposal for New Commuter Rail Service and TOD Master Plan Along Guangzhou-Shenzhen Railway
… proposals complete with comprehensive master plans and urban design schemes that aim to offer insight and an evaluation framework for future research. This the- sis contributes to future research and policymaking by establishing a robust foundation for the sustainable development and …
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Guidelines for Developing a Campus Master Plan Document for Small Colleges and Universities
… a review of dissertations in the field of campus master planning, no study was found that attempted to identify the essential elements, principles, configuration and format of campus master plans for guiding small colleges and universities in developing a master plan document. The lack of this …
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In anticipation : a new city design for East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine
… through its formal representation in the urban master plans developed for Jerusalem, concentrating on the period between the end of the 19th century to the present day, in form of a brief historical background, fully subordinated to the main research.
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Sociotechnical systems in campus stormwater management: impediments and driving forces for refined sustainable systems
… and the benefits of having formal stormwater master plans. It is the responsibility of universities and their patrons to model state of the art techniques, best management practices (BMPs) for sustainability, and to exemplify social and environmental values taught in the classroom. The …
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The balance of local culture and global economic development : the case of the Nyarugenge Heritage Village in Kigali, Rwanda
… relate to global competitiveness. The extensive master planning process for its capital Kigali exemplifies the city's aims to integrate its economy in the global market through strategic physical developments including heritage preservation. This thesis interrogates the references to and the …
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Landscape planning in the context of European spatial planning: integration, cooperation, partecipation and perception
… policies to be implemented by means of other plans, among which great importance is given to municipal master plans. This study seeks to understand the nature of the Sardinian PPR by examining its contents and process, and to evaluate to what extent it achieves its aim, that of delivering a …
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When home becomes world heritage : the case of Aleppo, Syria
… From the 1950s to the late 1970s, a series of master plans called for the destruction of certain sections of the city's historic core. By 1978, the implementation of parts of these plans prompted a local and international campaign to safeguard the Old City of Aleppo, culminating in its …
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Athens 1833-1979 : the dynamics of urban growth
… they have affected the legislative framework , master plans' proposals or planning guidelines, and the specific physical structure of the city (main street layouts and lines, areas of the city, patterns of land subdivision, housing typologies), during the different historical stages of urban …
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Delhi-- one city multiple destinies : impact of the metro rail on urban form
… interventions proposed by the subsequent master plans for its containment. The introduction of the new transit system being one of the biggest financial investments in the city post independence is seen as an opportunity to restructure the city to accommodate an increase in population of …
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Auto Agora; More Than a Means of Transportation
… Front Royal, Virginia has been developing master plans since the site has undergone remediation in preparation for the day that Front Royal and the Avtex site can become one and not separated. Front Royal developed several documents hinting that the west side of the active railroad will be …
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Towards a Multi-Party Policy Monitoring Framework for Evaluating Infrastructure Environmental Assessments on the Oak Ridges Moraine
… environmental assessment of infrastructure master plans.
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A Manpower Planning Process for the Institutions of Higher Education in the Inter-American Division
… the institutions involved in the study such as master plans and self studies and the annual statistical reports of the General Conference. Additional information was gathered by the utilization of a professional manpower inventory form mailed to the institutions involved in the study.</p> …
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Enabling housing : dwelling + home + domesticity; typology + specificity + site; chaos + complexity + control
… and the limits of predictive control models like master plans have brought many questions to bear upon architectural practice. In the last section of this thesis, we outline the changing paradigm as it is emerging.
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STAKING SPACE : planning, public space, and visions of the subaltern in the context of Kabul
… spaces in Kabul, Afghanistan will be affected by plans for development and formalization under proposed city plans. The core argument is that these processes of development under guises of modernity, combined with the inconsistencies of land rights and a vast informal population within the city of …
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