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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"staten island"”.
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Towards understanding a tower: the design of the Staten Island Ferry Terminal
… is in the form of a tower/terminal for the Staten Island Ferry in New York City. It targets certain issues of circularity, permanence, and solidity which have become recurrent pursuits of the author. This entire inquiry is presented through the utilization of photographs, drawings, and text.
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Analysis of Post-Sandy Single-Family Housing Market in Staten Island, New York
… resulted in tremendous losses of property in Staten Island and other coastal communities along the Atlantic Coast. Hurricane Sandy was a reminder of how vulnerable such areas could be. After hurricane Sandy, damaged properties experienced higher than usual housing sales and changed property …
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Decentralizing citizen participation in the planning process: a study of the community boards on Staten Island
… functions were examined in detail for the four Staten Island boards. Consideration of the interaction of the boards with local governmental bodies, city agencies and community groups revealed specific problem areas in accountability, representation, agency relations, and the appointment process. …
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Planning and design scenarios for equitable outcomes in managed retreat
… City on October 29, 2012, killing 24 victims on Staten Island. In response, the state of New York founded the NY Rising Buyout Program in order to purchase the homes of residents desiring to relocate after the disaster. The program offered residents the pre-storm value of their home to facilitate …
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Preventing Opioid Overdose: From Prediction to Operationalization
… due to imbalanced datasets. We partner with Staten Island Performing Provider System to access claims data and electronic health records for the patient population on Staten Island. For this population, we develop a single machine learning model for predicting a full range of adverse …
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Buyouts as resiliency planning in New York City after Hurricane Sandy
… New York State land buyout on the East Shore of Staten Island in achieving this resilient outcome. The New York State buyout program was created after Hurricane Sandy in October 2012 in response to pressure from landowners who had been flooded in the storm. New York City declined to participate …
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Apotheosis of the Public Realm: Civic Classicism in New York City's Architecture
… the three architectural modalities at the Staten Island Civic Center, Bowling Green, and the New York Public Library, respectively. The conclusion briefly suggests some reasons why civic classicism declined in the 1920s and after. </p>
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Game of zones : neighborhood rezonings and uneven urban growth in Bloomberg's New York City
… produced downzonings particularly in Staten Island, eastern Queens and southern Brooklyn. Meanwhile, development interests spurred rezonings in commercial and industrial areas as well as gentrifying neighborhoods, inducing a sharp increase in housing costs and residential dislocation. …
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Effects of Fertility Control on the Movement Ecology of White-Tailed Deer
… fertility control program implemented on Staten Island, New York, USA, where vasectomies were performed on over 97% of antlered males, resulting in a dramatic reduction in fawning (approximately 95%). This intervention effectively left most female deer unbred, leading to multiple estrous …
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Evaluating the impact of the urban heat island on public health: Spatial and social determinants of heat-related mortality in New York City
… Some areas, including parts of northern Staten Island, northern and southeastern Queens, and the Upper West Side of Manhattan had lower rates of mortality on heat alert days during this time period (MRR65+ < 1.0) compared to the average summer season day. Significant positive associations …
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Young Women and the Initiation Trajectory of Prescription Opioid Misuse
<p>The most recent opioid epidemic in United States history emerged in the late 1980s and continues its destructive impact to this day. It has evolved into a devastating public health crisis with a broad range of medical, social, and economic consequences. This dissertation focuses on the “first …