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The Foundation Behavior of Ore Yards
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A redevelopment of the Boston and Albany railroad yards
Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1952.
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Urban restructuring in Cape Town: Redeveloping the Culemborg Rail Yards
… it considers the problem of the disused rail yards and disorganized city centre holistically, within its metropolitan context. It formulates a metropolitan strategy for improving urban performance in Cape Town, and then places the project site within the context of that strategy. In doing so, …
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Planning to improvise : design for the Boynton Yards industrial area
… area under investigation is known as the Boynton Yards in Somerville Massachusetts. From the early 19th century until recently it had been a vital industrial district. Today, the site is largely abandoned. This project proposes to make a gesture of recognition to those physical and cultural norms …
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A reuse solution for derelict industrial sites : the case of two Navy yards
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1992.
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A re-design of the yards of the Illinois Central Railroad at Champaign, Illinois
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Evaluation of the Factors Affecting Capacity and Operating Efficiency of Gravity-Type Railroad Classification Yards
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A model for investigating the reliability of train-to-train connections in railroad freight yards.
Thesis: M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering, 1973
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The Bounty of the Suburbs. Home Food Production and Preservation in Adelaide Suburban Yards 1945–1995
… generations, a finding substantiated in the backyards of many research participants.
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Agent-based Modelling and Social Theory Reveal How People Change Their Yards in Response to Wildlife
Residential yards and gardens provide a multitude of benefits for people, including green infrastructure, access to nature, and improved mental health. Yards can also benefit wildlife by providing habitat, food and other resources. Previous studies have shown that people manage their gardens in …
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Deindustrialization and the urban landscape: race, space, and memory in Back of the Yards, 1950-1980
… of the packing industry in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood, the community several miles southwest of the loop, in which Upton Sinclair set The Jungle, that was almost entirely dependent on and defined by the meatpacking industry. In particular, it examines how deindustrialization, …
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Motivational Goals of Seattle Homeowners Related to Their Yards: Implications for Ecosystem Service Assessments and Behavioral Appeals
Nearly half of the land areas of many U.S. cities is zoned for single family residences (e.g., 49% of Seattle). These are fragmented management landscapes -- large numbers of parcels are individually managed yet collectively comprise substantial portions of local ecosystems. Promoting the health of …
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Close Range: a Study of Battlefield Ranges At Shiloh and Antietam
… was any linear measurement, such as rods, feet, yards, or paces. The results of this study show that the range of fire at these two battles was less than 100 yards, rather than the 300 yards presumed in other studies. The data therefore supports a revisionist interpretation that the introduction …
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The Collective Speculators’ Playbook Subversive Market Forms for Common Wealth
… rates along the Harlem River to Midtown's Hudson Yards, marking the costliest privatized development in American history. Through a dizzying array of financial tactics, regulatory loopholes, and spatial manipulations to fund this unprecedented development, the axis stretched between Hudson Yards …
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Edges, objects, and boundaries: forming landscape taste in the middle-class front yard
… of middle-class taste has changed and front yards resulted in arrangements of edges, objects, and boundaries. This thesis investigates how edges, objects, and boundaries, e.g., edge of sidewalk and lawn, a flagpole, or a fence, observed in the middle-class front yard reflect a particular …
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Influence of traffic complexity and schedule flexibility on railway classification yard capacity and mainline performance
… the capacity and performance of classification yards and mainlines is critical to understanding how the railway network responds to service disruptions and changes in rail traffic patterns. To improve upon current volume-based representations of yard capacity, the concept of classification yard …
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Towards Sociobiogeochemistry: Critical Perspectives on Anthropogenic Alterations to Soil Nitrogen Chemistry via U.S. Urban and Suburban Development
… land use characterized by houses with yards dominated by turfgrass lawns and racial disparity driven by racist policies promoting white homeownership. In this dissertation, analyses of soils sampled from residential areas (urban, suburban, and exurban) and native ecosystem soils in six …
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WISCO oil field special waste landfill : final design report ; for Williams County, North Dakota Section 26 T. 154 N.R. 104 W
… design will cover a footprint of 109,000 square yards. By increasing the height the landfill potential volumes range from 2. 7 million to 4.5 million cubic yards based upon demand. Assuming an average daily deposit of 500 to 800 cubic yards of waste per day the landfill is expected to be in …
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Global ship-repair industry : evaluation of current situation and future trends
… the industry's major components. There are many yards that specialize in ship-repair and bear the necessary equipment and facilities to meet shipowners' needs and specifications. The service mix varies though, depending upon the strategic decisions made by the different shipyards so as to …
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