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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"social infrastructure"”.
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Social infrastructure
… urbanization patterns and aging transportation infrastructures have marginalized millions of US citizens. The result is that 4 .5 million US residents live within 100 meters of a four-lane highway' and have become hound to communities, which endure social hardship and environmental detriment. …
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Reinforcing social infrastructure : the role of physical interventions in revitalizing Hyde Square in Jamaica Plain
… neighborhood turnaround that linked physical to social changes. In the past, planners, architects, and government have tried to transform distressed urban neighborhoods unsuccessfully through either social or physical agendas. Hyde Square is an important case study in that it shows a successful …
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Using data stories to understand spatial mental models of data in natural science domains: Characterizing technical and social infrastructure
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2024-09-16 without embargo terms
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Constellations of Elsewheres: Queer and Trans* Youth Lives in Suburban Toronto
… who live in the suburbs, where queer and trans* social infrastructure is scarce. This thesis explores how queer and trans* youth negotiate the cisheteronormative social infrastructure of suburban Toronto, how their everyday practices of dwelling shift the possibilities that this infrastructure …
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The impact of infrastructure investment on economic growth in South Africa
… in recent years, set up various economic and social infrastructure programmes in an attempt to curb the country’s infrastructure deficit and hence accelerate economic growth and employment creation as prescribed by the national growth path (NGP), national development plan (NDP) and other …
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Institutional and macroeconomic policy dynamics in transition economies
… Transition economies also face limited infrastructure development. This is especially true for countries in post-conflict situations. Increasing levels of infrastructure expenditure is argued to have a positive effect on growth. Chapter 3 analyses the impact of economic and social …
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Selected Econometric Models of Social Capital Formation in New Zealand
… the factors contributing to the formation of social capital in New Zealand from three distinct angles. Each of these angles concerns a form of geographically referenced investment, either by individuals through settlement post-migration or their homeownership, or by local government investing …
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Contextual Practices in City Infrastructure Planning in the US and Indonesia
… contains an international examination of infrastructure planning in context, which applies new institutional economics and transaction costs theory for comparative international study, collecting exemplary social infrastructure practices across the global north and south, and contrasting …
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Measuring spatial and social interdependencies between public schools and the community: City of Cambridge
… are public institutions, but they are also social infrastructure. They create social worlds that shape and preserve the surrounding communities. While schools and other public institutions, such as public libraries, have been found to be important structures of social infrastructure, the …
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Can Urban Gardening be a Case for Neighborhood Infrastructure Reparation The Case for Cambridge, Massachusetts
… urban food gardens are an important social, cultural, and environmental practice. They have the potential to offer many benefits that shape how we envision and participate in the future of the neighborhood: serve as an instrument to support land banks and community-led land …
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Bowls, Banter, and Belonging: Emergency Food as a Third Space
After COVID-19, social spaces are reported to be dwindling, barred by memberships, buying expectations, underfunded, or completely shut down. Now, four years post-pandemic, how are communities coping? Analyzing food banks shows part of the answer. This thesis explores how communities are responding …
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Sheltered Workshops In Ireland : Relative Efficiency Of A Sample Of Twelve Units
… of Ireland is examined and the legal and social infrastructure that exists with its shortcomings are suggested. Ways in which the performance of these workshops may be evaluated are discussed. The paper explores data envelopment analysis (DBA) as a method of measuring the relative …
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Land reform and economic development : case study on Romania
Few social arrangements have affected so many people for so long in human history, as the laws and customs governing the ownership and use of land. Taking Romania as a case study, this thesis focuses on the institutional changes that accompany land reform (e.g., property rights, market services, …
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Convertible Parks: New Architectural Strategies for Public Parks in a Changing Climate
… spaces for thousands of years to recreate, socialize, exercise, and conduct business. As climate change leads to more severe weather including flooding, prolonged heatwaves, and wildfires, our ability to safely spend time outdoors is increasingly under threat. While a lot of attention has …
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Naples between touristification and commoning: the production of the freed space in the heart of the tourist zone
… in the exacerbation of the current crisis of social reproduction. The other is the proliferation of the practices of commoning by twelve Freed Spaces, and the parallel experimentation with the new municipalist experience. This work contributes to Critical Urban Studies providing a first …
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A theory for national industrial development presented in a system dynamics model
… resources, manufacturing, agriculture, physical infrastructure, services, technology, and social infrastructure; and (3) An outlet sector represented by a trade sector. The model's general theory of industrial development dynamics is described by causal feedback loops. A causal feedback loop …
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Sustainable Operation of Special Economic Zones in India: A Comparative Study of Maharashtra and Goa
… land acquisition practices, lack of physical infrastructure, and poor social infrastructure were key factors contributing to Maharashtra's de-notification and to Goa's struggle to create operational zones. The findings suggest that in order for SEZs to remain operational, comprehensive …
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China’s soft power investment in African nations
… as scholarships, Confucius Institute, and iconic social infrastructure buildings, may be working to produce positive perceptions of China in African nations. However, few studies examine the causal link between China’s soft power investments and public perceptions of China (i.e. the effectiveness …
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Reinterpretation of space in a networked community
… that the physical environment will influence social and interpersonal relationships. Recognizing the limitations in the conventional design paradigms, this project brings the focus on the inhabitants' interactive behavior and communication patterns as the main parameter influencing the design …
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