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Showing 1 to 20 of 328 for “"urban area"”.
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Mesh network model for urban area
… economic opportunities are all symptoms of urban decline. These characteristics are, unfortunately, evident in major cities and small towns. Local municipalities in these cities and towns with the aid of state and federal government have attempted to reverse urban decline through the …
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Patterns of breast-feeding practice in Semarang, Indonesia: comparison between women in peri-urban area and urban area
… focusing upon Indonesian women living in peri-urban and urban areas in Semarang and their attitudes towards and practice of breast-feeding, and also examines the various factors which influence breast-feeding, such as health services, socioeconomic factors and cultural values from within the …
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Proposals for low-income housing in the Taipei urban area
Thesis. 1977. M.Arch.A.S.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.
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Demand/supply equilibrium in designing bus route of small urban area
… applied this concept to a bus system in small urban area by minimizing the total operational costs and maximizing the system's attractiveness to the riders. The total operational costs are reduced by designing a route-network which will yield a minimum total bus travel distance within the …
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Selecting wildlife and environmental education programs for adult organizations in an urban area
… of educating a public that has become more urban and removed from the resource base, at the same time that agency revenues have declined. This study sought to identify wildlife and environmental education programs that planners for adult organizations in an urban Virginia area were likely to …
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Modelling pedestrians’ utilisation of crossing facilities, gap acceptance and crossing decision in urban area
… to gauge the pedestrians’ crossing behaviour in urban areas. Hence, this study would help improve pedestrian crossing behaviours and influence the local authorities to draw up street design policies and pedestrian facility specifications that will improve the safety of pedestrians and other road …
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Soundscape composition and relationship between sound objects and soundscape dimensions of an urban area
Previous studies of soundscape have tried to understand the relationship between sound objects and soundscape rating, resulting in the categorisation of general sound objects according to positive or negative perceptions. This study tries to determine the relationship and interaction between …
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A Perceptual Study of Wetlands: Implications for Wetland Restoration in the Urban Area in Malaysia
… about wetland benefits, the motivation to use urban natural open spaces, and familiarity with nature significantly affected the public's preferences. Further, the motivation to use urban natural open spaces was the best predictor of public's preferences. The primary implications of this …
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Development of a framework for sustainable repair of adobe building in an urban area in Nigeria
… exist in favour of the adobe blocks in both the urban and rural settlements in Nigeria. Sabon Gari, the study area is one of the urban areas in this region with buildings constructed with adobe. However, these adobe buildings are in deplorable conditions and in dire need of repair. Sabon Gari in …
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Performance of Lichen Species as Air Pollution Biomonitors in the Greater Auckland Urban Area, New Zealand
… within residential, commercial, and industrial areas, characterised by increasingly polluted air-sheds, respectively. Four groups of lichen were monitored over a 24-month period using active and passive biomonitoring methods to assess accumulated concentrations of heavy metals. Short-term …
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Exploring the cultural understanding of mental illness: A study in the Ovaherero community, Opuwo urban area, Namibia
This study aimed to identify and analyze the cultural understandings of mental illness, specifically its perceived symptoms, causes, and treatments, within the Ovaherero community in Opuwo, Kunene Region, Namibia. Grounded in a constructivist paradigm, the research employed a qualitative …
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A bottom-up participatory governance institutional framework for sustainable community development in a Malaysian sub-urban area
… explores the level of sustainability in seven suburban villages under the jurisdiction of Dewan Bandaraya Kuching Utara (DBKU) in Sarawak, Malaysia. In particular, the study attempts to determine to what extent its current governance and the organizational structure facilitate sustainable …
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Native trees in an urban area: A case study of the Waterloo metropolitan area Black Hawk County, Iowa
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Behind "successful" land acquisition : a case study of the Van Quan new urban area project in Hanoi, Vietnam
… economy has sparked Vietnam's unprecedented urbanization and industrialization. In order to accommodate the spiraling land demand triggered by urban and economic growth, the Vietnamese government has been using the mechanism of compulsory acquisition at an astounding scale to convert massive …
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