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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"precincts"”.
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Outdoor wind speed enhancement in residential precincts in tropical cities
… Forecasting model to identify two residential precincts with high temperatures for detailed case studies. Both selected precincts are simulated with CFD models to obtain the pedestrian-level wind fields. The effects of void decks in these two real urban areas are evaluated by comparing the wind …
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Unreinforced Masonry Precincts in New Zealand: History, Heritage, and Seismic Retrofit
… and therefore survive as historic areas or precincts. Arising from the need to address public urban safety in conjunction with privileging historic building fabric, this thesis employs architectural heritage conservation as a framework for examining New Zealand’s history, heritage, and …
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Hi-tech place, Melbourne : technology precincts and the development of high technology industry in metropolitan Melbourne
… HTI development policy known as the 'Technology Precincts Policy" (TPP) which was adopted in 1988. Under this policy, five technology precincts have been established in Melbourne to encourage the development of HTI. Two main approaches were employed to evaluate the TPP, namely, a review of …
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Are Condo Owners Changing San Francisco's Voting Habits?
… trend is occurring in a select number of voting precincts in San Francisco. </p> <p>By using voter registration data, voter turnout data, and the Progressive Voter Index (PVI) my research shows that voters in these new condo developments are not making their voting precincts more conservative. In …
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An investigation into how value is created through water sensitive urban design
… WSUD in terms of the sustainability of urban precincts in South Africa. The researcher therefore considered the well-established literature highlighting the relationship between WSUD and sustainable urban development. To understand the value derived from these concepts, two case studies were …
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The space in-between - representing transcultural exchanges through architecture
… years due to an influx of immigrants. Ethnic precincts are used by both migrants and the local communities to help foster cultural exposure and the exchange of different cultural ideas. However ethnic precincts in New Zealand cities are a relatively modern concept, and there is little research …
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A Ceramic Vessel Function Analysis and Foodways Approach to the Late Woodland/Mississippian Interface in Kershaw County, South Carolina
… Carolina. I also propose that because mound precincts represent sacred space where some elites reside and engage in competitive feasting, foodways evidence recovered from Mississippian elite contexts will differ from that recovered from the Mississippian commoners' villages and Late Woodland …
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Urban facilities management as a systemic process to achieve urban sustainability in South Africa
… UFM in creating a management platform for urban precincts, one that focuses on the process of achieving urban sustainability within a specific locale, will deliver improved strategies for operationalising urban sustainability. Using soft systems methodology (SSM), the study aimed to establish the …
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JPEG2000-based scalable interactive video (JSIV)
… prediction and conditional replenishment of precincts to exploit inter-frame redundancy; and loosely-coupled server and client policies. The concept of loosely-coupled client and server policies is central to JSIV. With these policies, the server optimally selects the number of quality layers …
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Examining the Influence Facility Managers exert within the Urban Domain: A case study of the Cape Metropole area
… managers to maintain and improve public precincts and the relevant infrastructure. A minor shift in the collective mindset of a large group of facility managers could be the key to urban sustainability. To examine the subject and answer the research question, a grounded theory method, …
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Determining Historic Ethnic Changes in Sierra County and New Mexico 1870-2000
… between the counties in New Mexico and the precincts in Sierra County.
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In the service of the sacred : development for conservation
Urban historic-core precincts, throughout India, provide some of the most unforgettable images of the Indian vernacular. Many are now 'protected' by the Heritage Commissions, strictly regulating new development and making renovation/conservation a part of the government's planning/urban design …
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Mitigating urban heat island effects : An analysis of precinct ventilation performance and its impact on urban heat islands and outdoor thermal comfort
… UHIs and improve outdoor thermal comfort in precincts. To fill such gaps, this research first develops a framework for analysing precinct ventilation performance and its impact on UHIs and outdoor thermal comfort. The framework addresses the relationships among external meteorological …
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Scale and the Interpretation of Voting Patterns in Virginia, 2003-2006
… of three different types of geographic areas: precincts, counties, and legislative districts. The maps displayed the majority winners within each of these areas, giving a rough indication of the bases of support for each of the different candidates. The study then determined the number of …
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Living in a cornfield: The variation and ecology of Late Prehistoric agriculture in the western Kentucky Confluence Region
… sequences surrounding mound and plaza precincts. Archaeological data indicates that occupations were continuous at each site from A.D. 900-1450. Stratigraphic, ceramic, radiocarbon, and archaeobotanical data form the basis for examining the occupational history at these sites, their …
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Evaluating the role of spatial planning and environmental impact assessment in facilitation environmentally appropriate development : the case of the Big Bay development in Blaauwberg, Cape Town
… the Big Bay site was sub-divided into smaller precincts with guidance from the EIA on environmental issues. At the lowest level of planning including Site Development Planning (SDP), however, many precincts were so small that the EIA did not identify any new environmental issues - each precinct …
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TRANSFORMING PUBLIC HOUSING SPACE FOR THE AGEING COMMUNITY
… a whole. The current planning and layout of HDB precincts fulfils the functional purpose of housing the majority of the population, but is lacking in elements that contribute towards community life, in preparation for the age shift. The current options of housing for the elderly are inadequate in …
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A GIS based planning support system for inclusionary housing profitability optimisation in Cape Town, South Africa
… remaining central, but previously affordable, precincts. Intervention is required to halt this trend, and to enable poorer communities’ return to central urban neighbourhoods. Inclusionary housing in private sector housing developments could be one such intervention. Since 2007, national and …
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Storage Practices, Intensive Agriculture, and Social Change in Mumun Pottery Period Korea, 2903–2450 Calibrated Years B.P.
… with other archaeological features and elite precincts at the household and settlement levels. The archaeological features used for storage in the Mumun Pottery Period (3390-2290 calibrated years B.P.) changed in form diachronically and show that underground pit storage remained constant …
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Aerotropoli agriculture: a study of the Dube AgriZone at the Dube TradePort, KwaZulu-Natal
… on agricultural projects situated at airport precincts.
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