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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"suburban fringe"”.
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Incremental housing at the receding suburban fringe
… inefficient homes on the periphery of the suburban fringe. This thesis proposes a new model for high-density, low-rise urban housing that provides an environmentally responsive infrastructural framework upon which homeowners can readily expand to suit their needs and desires. Such an …
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The impact of instrumental music programs on student achievement in an urban-suburban fringe school district
… music programs in a mid-western urban-suburban fringe district. This study examined the ACT composite scores of those who participate in instrumental music and those who do not participate in instrumental music of the entire graduating 2010-2011 senior class in all three high schools of …
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Urban Core vs. Suburban Fringe: Asymmetrical Fiscal Effects of Tax and Expenditure Limitations in Metropolitan Areas
… of local governments serving urban cores and suburban fringes of the largest metropolitan areas in the US. The first part of the dissertation consists of 4 chapters. Chapter 1 examines the formal aspects of TELs; Chapter 2 explores historical evolution of fiscal limits between 1800 and 2009; …
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Country Ain't Country No More: A Typology of the Nation's Fast-Growing Peripheral Counties
… that counties located on the metropolitan fringe are demographically homogenous. Using multivariate analysis, the analysis statistically identifies distinct groups of counties in the metropolitan fringe. In contrast to much of the standard literature, the research rejects the null …
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Investigating the causes of the decline of the urban house sparrow Passer domesticus population in Britain
… populations have declined markedly in urban-suburban landscapes since the mid-1980s. Little is known about the demographic mechanisms or environmental causes of these population declines, although lack of winter seed has been implicated as a cause of the decline in House Sparrow numbers on …