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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"town development"”.
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Small town development opportunities : Stow, Massachusetts, 1985
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1985.
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Marxian and Weberian theory as explanations of the effects of industrialization on town development: A case study; Denison, Texas.
… on the effects of industrialization on town development, most of the accounts relate to the introduction of industrialization into an established town. This study attempts to analyze, in sociological terms, the effects of industrialization (in this case, the emergence of the railroad) on …
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The making of an Eco-City : an examination of the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City as a new model of transnational new town development
New town development remains a significant phenomenon shaping urbanization in the Global South, even as architects, planners engineers and consultants from the Global North continue to play an outsized role in designing these urban developments. However, contemporary practice and references to …
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Characteristics of new town travel revisited: an update of the Morgan-Dickey study of Reston, Virginia
… study of the travel characteristics of new town development ("<i>The Characteristics of New Town Travel: A Case Study of Reston, Virginia</i>"). Using Reston as a case study (and Vienna, Virginia, as a "control" post WWII suburb), the objective of the Morgan-Dickey research was "to determine …
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The spatial patterning of the Adams site, a Mississippian town in western Kentucky
… parts of a western Kentucky Mississippian town and how observed spatial relationships reflect human ones both within the town and between town occupants and outsiders, providing a basic model of Mississippian town development in the region. The site is consistent with chiefdom social …
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The growth and development of Cape Town
The study of Cape Town is one of particular interest because the growth of the town has been so intimately dependent upon its situation It has been stated that Cape own occupies the most central position in the-world, for it· is nearer to more large ·sea-ports than any other city. Africa south of …
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Mixed-use concert hall : insights from the Elbphilharmonie
… other real estate product types in the urban redevelopment context, and demonstrates that successful mixed-use development with concert hall or other cultural facilities could be a viable strategy to add both civic and commercial value for new town development. Concert halls have been used as …
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Enclosure and improvement: an investigation into the motives for parliamentary enclosure
… motives were opening up mining areas, helping town development, funding local institutions, reducing the poor rate, allowing landscape enhancement around country seats, satisfying the desire for improvement among many landowners and increasing the supply of food at times of national crisis. It …
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Spatial planning strategies for sustainable municipal household water service provision: a case study of Thohoyandou Town in Vhembe District Municipality of Limpopo, South Africa
Many towns across South Africa, including Thohoyandou, continue to face significant challenges when it comes to reliable municipal water supply. The root causes often lie in aging or inadequate infrastructure, the pressures of rapid town expansion, and ongoing governance issues that hinder …
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Monkey see, monkey do : establishing new real estate development frameworks for the land optioning and assembly process in Singapore
Development projects ultimately create places in the built environment. As such, the developer should be concerned with the quality of spaces they create for those in the community to interact within. For this reason, a structural framework should be established to allow developers to understand …
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New urbanism on a grand scale : the challenges for large-scale, multi-phase master planned developments
… movement promoting the master planning and development of communities that have walkable, human-scale neighborhoods while integrating the necessary elements of modern life such as vehicular traffic and parking, wide ranging retail offerings, and diverse employment centers. As its core, New …
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Sociology of planned migration: A study of planned migration process to new towns
… workers from the inner areas of London to new towns. It is mainly a contribution to the sociology of planning, although its broader aims and objectives are: (a) To develop the concept of planned migration, based on the policy of dispersing and decentralising urban population and industries to …
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Harmony
… architecture, design, and sustainable community development.