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Showing 1 to 20 of 950 for “"parks"”.
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Convertible Parks: New Architectural Strategies for Public Parks in a Changing Climate
… social infrastructure such as public parks are often left behind. To address this issue, this project uses East Potomac Park in Washington, DC as a case study to explore architectural interventions to physically and socially adapt parks for climate change. The existing park, which sits …
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Queuing Theory in Theme Parks
… is to find the most efficient way for theme parks to process their guests. There currently exist many types of lines such as standby lines, single rider lines, and fastpass or skip the line queues. We will simulate a single rides queue. This will be a popular roller coaster at the park. …
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Middle Parks: Development of State and Provincial Parks in the United States and Canada, 1890-1990
… a comparative study of the development of state parks in the United States and provincial parks in Canada from 1890 to 1990. The study focuses on four park system cases studies: Pennsylvania and Idaho in the United States and Ontario and Alberta in Canada. This study relies on three main levels …
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Pennies for parks: the effect of social norm theory on donation behavior in Arkansas state parks
Although donation boxes are common in parks, museums, and historic sites, not much is known about how they influence visitor behavior. Perhaps some donation boxes are more efficient at generating revenue than others. The purpose of this study was to determine if social norms played a role in the …
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Scenic Parks and Landscape Values (Illinois)
… this crisis revolves around the use of scenic parks for publicly supported commercial resorting while original park laws, still in effect, were intended to protect the primeval character of these natural landscapes both for visual appreciation and for a sublime wilderness recreational …
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How landscape architects achieve sustainability by using public parks and public parks contribution to sustainable urban development
… has also been noted that, in most of its public parks, the city of Boston, Massachusetts, one of American’s oldest cities, has made huge progress toward sustainable futures. Boston has many public parks which significantly improve the sustainability of the city. Thus, studying the public parks in …
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Use of play parks in Lusaka city
The study examined the use of play parks in Lusaka City. Lusaka incorporated play parks in its city’s plan based on Ebenezer Howard’s ‘Garden City’ Concept as a way of beautifying the city and benefiting from a number of attributes relating to people’s mental health, social, environmental, physical …
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Use of play parks in Lusaka city
The study examined the use of play parks in Lusaka City. Lusaka incorporated play parks in its city’s plan based on Ebenezer Howard’s ‘Garden City’ Concept as a way of beautifying the city and benefiting from a number of attributes relating to people’s mental health, social, environmental, physical …
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How to Incorporate Accessibility into Theme Parks
… on the topic of inclusive opportunities in theme parks for people with disabilities. The purpose of this study was to explore design and operating dissonance that exists between entertainment industry businesses, specifically theme parks, and those guests that are disabled and discuss how that …
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Resource Protection: a Model For National Parks
As development of lands around national parks increases it will be important for land use controls to be in place to protect park resources. This study resulted in the development of a model that can be used to refine a protection plan for park resources using a geographic information system. This …
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Race, income, and benefits from national parks
National Parks have become an integral part of global life in both developed and developing countries during the last century. Today, there are more than 1,200 national parks and nature preserves around the world. The U.S. federal government spends more than \$3 billion annually to maintain and …
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Ethnology of Older People Living in RV Parks
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Playground safety in Galveston parks: A descriptive analysis
… movement is grounded by a public demand for safe parks and playground equipment. Significant morbidity and cost is associated with park playground injuries annually. Most playground injuries were attributed to falls. This report provides a descriptive analysis of playground composition and safety …
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Ecological minimalism: an approach for designing urban parks
… ports are operating extensively, and a series of parks and plazas along the riverfront provide recreational opportunities. However, the riverfront is wrought with desolation. Previous efforts to redesign Detroit’s riverfront have not been adequately forward-thinking enough to provide the …
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Valuing open space : land economics and neighborhood parks
The thesis of the work is that statistical analysis can reliably measure individual preferences for different aspects of the built environment. These measurements can be used to understand and critique the effectiveness of existing neighborhoods in meeting the needs of residents, and to develop …
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Amusement parks : a relevant form of public recreation.
Thesis. 1976. M.Arch.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.
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Life after mega-events : strategically reusing legacy parks
… converted core event grounds into large urban parks. This thesis investigates the post-event reuse of urban parks built on these fairgrounds. Through investigative research, interviews, and onsite fieldwork of selected post-event "legacy" parks, prevailing issue areas concerning their viability …
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National parks as lifelong classrooms : a qualitative case study exploring visitors' dynamic learning experiences in America's national parks.
Although the national parks are a massive industry with millions of visitors annually, not enough is known about the learning experience when visitors are in a national park. The type of education in a national park, or other informal settings, follows principles of free-choice learning and …
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Peace through parks : the challenge of overcoming social frictions and ecological tensions in the development of parks in post-conflict Bogotá
In the development of parks in Bogota, legacies of conflict pull the environmental and post-conflict equity-building agendas apart. This thesis interrogates the relationship between post-conflict, equity-building and the ecology of public parks in order to propose a framework for the development of …
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