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Larsvall, Joel. "A city within the city." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-231941.
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Stockholm was formed on an archipelago where water separates the inner-city districts, which gives the city its distinctive character. As a reaction to the increasing population the city underwent a considerable expansion in the beginning of the last century. At first the city extended around the islands of the city centre, for it later to extend into suburbs reaching far away from the city centre. Today the city is once again increasing in population, but unlike before its borders cannot be expanded. We face the problem of densification, of filling in the gaps in-between sparsely spread out suburban communities. A commonly used strategy is to mimic the form of the inner city in new developments, regardless of their actual position in the city. These developments often lack the urban life that was planned for, the reason being that there is not enough people for a culture of conges-tion. There cannot be only one answer to how the city should approach the question of densification since the conditions vary depending on the site. At each site both nature and the juxtaposition of the urban and suburban condition has to be considered.Right before the functionalist breakthrough, the plan-ners and architects faced a similar problem. There was a need to densify the city along its periphery and to make use of vacant sites that had been too difficult to exploit. Loose groups of blocks were built on ridges or in former valleys. With their location, coordinated execution and distribution of streets, the groups of blocks became domestic enclaves, linked to the adjacent city in key situations. The large perimeter blocks framed nature, providing generous courtyards in interplay with the streetscape, thus mediating the urban and suburban condition. When the inner city continued to expand, these enclaves became interwoven with the urban fabric, becoming cities within the city.Today former harbors, and industrial areas often make place for larger residential developments. One such site is Lövholmen, which is situated on the immediate limit of the inner city. Here, any architectural intervention would have to deal with the dialectics of urban and sub-urban, architecture and nature. The project aims to syn-thesise these factors, learning from the references and revisiting their urban strategies whilst making the build-ings suitable for the conditions of contemporary living. The project aims not only to bridge the gap between architecture and urbanism but to make a proposal of how the city can grow in continuity with its history.
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To, Kin-chung Frank. "Clinic for the 'City within a City' /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25948325.
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Hawkins, Eric Keith. "Dwelling within the Material City." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/30933.
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What does it mean to truly dwell within a city marked by the cycles of political turnover? How does one carve out for himself a unique sense of belonging in a city with such a grand history?
Martin Heidegger suggests that in building â nestsâ for ourselves, we begin to build our lives. We build our own stories into the traditions and myths of a place. This thesis proposes four unique stories, or four dwelling typologies, stitched together by a common alley site. Each dwelling typology finds its primary expression in one of the Four Classical Elements â Earth, Water, Air, and Fire. The four are intended to be read as distinct artifacts within the urban fabric of Washington, D.C., yet also as siblings of the same architectural family.
The four dwelling typologies include (1) a studio for an artist, (2) a residence above a small business, (3) loft apartments and (4) a boutique hotel. Each occupies an infill site along the District of Colombiaâ s historic Blagden Alley.Master of Architecture
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Goldstein, Brian David. "A City within a City: Community Development and the Struggle over Harlem, 1961-2001." Thesis, Harvard University, 2013. http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10985.
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This dissertation examines the idea of community development in the last four decades of the twentieth century through the example of the Harlem neighborhood of New York City and, in doing so, explains the broader transformation of the American city in these decades. Frustration with top-down urban redevelopment and the rise of Black Power brought new demands to Harlem, as citizens insisted on the need for “community control” over their built environment. In attempting to bring this goal to life, Harlemites created new community-based organizations that promised to realize a radically inclusive, cooperative ideal of a neighborhood built by and for the benefit of its predominantly low-income, African-American residents. For several reasons, including continued reliance on the public sector, dominant leaders, changing sociological understandings of poverty, and the intransigence of activists, however, such organizations came to advance a narrower approach in Harlem in succeeding years. By the 1980s, they pursued a moderate vision of Harlem’s future, prioritizing commercial projects instead of development that served residents’ many needs, emphasizing economic integration, and eschewing goals of broad structural change. In examining community design centers, community development corporations, self-help housing, and other neighborhood-based strategies, I conclude that local actors achieved their longstanding aspiration that they could become central to the process of development in Harlem and similar places, but built a dramatically different reality than the idealistic hope that had fueled demands for community control in the late 1960s. This ironic outcome reveals the unexpected, radical roots of urban landscapes that by the end of the century were characterized by increasing privatization, economic gentrification, and commercial redevelopment. Likewise, it demonstrates that such dramatic changes in American cities were not simply imposed on unwitting neighborhoods by outsiders or the result of abstract forces, but were in part produced by residents themselves. Understanding the mutable nature of community development helps to explain both the complicated course of urban development in the aftermath of modernist planning and the lasting, often contradictory consequences of the radical demands that emerged from the 1960s, two areas that historians have only begun to examine in detail.
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Arif, Rabeeya(Rabeeya Suhail). "Processual preservation of the city within a city : the (in)formal inhabitation of heritage." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123576.
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Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2019Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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Globally, the practice of heritage conservation still presumes certain modes of history, authenticity, and permanence. However, the understanding of these modes are specific to various contexts across multiple time-frames. Within this framework, a universal methodology of preservation that attempts to restore sites of heritage to an original point in the past is problematic. In the South Asian context, this practice typically leads to the sanitization of the vibrant, (in)formal, living environments within such spaces of heritage, thereby instigating a disengagement with the present and the removal of traces of alternate histories. This thesis aims to trace the ideological changes of how heritage has been dealt with in the Walled City of Lahore, Pakistan. I assess the conservation approaches in the city of Lahore and address the impact of colonial narratives by providing an alternate approach to conservation that is embedded in the culture.
I focus on the palimpsestic and densely populated historic Walled City of Lahore, currently inhabited by lower-income groups. Further exploration of the present uses of heritage reveals a variety of what can be described as (in)formal inhabitations, through which I suggest a framework for the practice of conservation. Primarily, I address questions of, 'Can these inhabitations be considered conservation and thus who has the right to conserve? How can spaces of heritage be used and, by whom?' To this end, I identify three typologies and case studies of (in)formal inhabitation and the re-purposing of heritage: spaces of civic re-purposing; spaces of commodification; and the spaces of occupation/refuge. I focus on inhabitation that subverts the original intent of the historic built environment and may engender socioeconomic development for the community living within.
Attempting to conceptualize the historic urban landscape together with the spatio-temporal landscape and depicting the ways in which the users and inhabitants of the built environment engage with and add layers to it over time. By integrating these inhabitations with the realm of concerns when engaging with heritage, a re-reading of the city and its conservation becomes possible-one characterized by a fluid and process-based approach that arises from the local context, narratives of co-creation, and socio-political awareness.
by Rabeeya Arif.
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S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture
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Tse, Po-fung Jordon. "LIVE performance informal performance space within the city /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31985464.
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Thesis (M.Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 2000.Includes special report study entitled : Identification of streetscape with performance space & identification of performance space with streetscape. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.
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Tse, Po-fung Jordon, and 謝寶楓. "LIVE performance: informal performance space within the city." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31985464.
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Strömberg, Fredrik, and Erik Näslund. "Open Data within a Smart City Initiative : A case study exploring how collaboration can foster innovation within a smart city initiative." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för informatik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-136680.
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Open data is information readable by machines that are freely available to others and it is further the defining element of a smart city. However, little research has been conducted within the area of open data within the smart city context. Further, the smart city initiative explored is the second to be established in Sweden, and an open data platform will serve as the cornerstone in the smart city initiative. In addition to that, the collaboration between the stakeholders is a key factor for reaching the common goal when creating a smart city. In this case study, the researchers have conducted an exploratory case study in order to examine how stakeholders can collaborate within a smart city initiative to foster innovation through the use of open data. Therefore, key stakeholders within the project have been interviewed and the concept of digital innovation network has been adopted to get a deeper understanding of the project, as it involves institutions and companies from both public and private sector that aims to be innovative together. Further, this study identifies four key concerns to guide the smart city initiative. There is a need for a clear strategy and committed management when opening up and handling data; to involve public opinion in data collection, analysis and application to make the open data platform function; to bridge the knowledge resources between the stakeholders in order to benefit from the collaboration in the project; and make a distinction in how to share data between the two discovered innovation networks.
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Chiu, Wing-yin Maggie. "Rediscover beauty within the city place of wedding in the Hong Kong Observatory, TST /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2004. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31987023.
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Li, Shuang. "City of Art - Beijing Huantie Art District." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-280176.
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Chinese contemporary art start in 1979, the new art era has led to the emergence of a large number of art workers (artists). Workshop with large space and quiet environment would be the ideal place to do the artwork, Huantie Art District is one of the ideal places in China (Beijing), with low rent and big empty space. In 2017, Huantie Art District faces demolition and reconstruction because of the informal construction, security problem ( the structure of the building), and land-use problems. This kind of situation also occurred in other art districts. From this, I began to think about what kind of way can we help artists maintain their creation and survival in Beijing, as an architecture student, what can I do for them. To weave the broken land, protect the Art District, have a sense of belonging, and become a city within city.
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Petersson, Hampus. "The City as Socio-Ontology : Community, Locality and Social Space within a Minor City in Southern Sweden." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Sociologiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-295766.
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In sociology in general, community is often seen as an expression for something seriously threatened or even destroyed by modernity. In urban sociology, this question has traditionally manifested itself in a ‘search exhibition’ of communal bonds within the city landscape. This analytical approach tends to split up ‘community’ and ‘city’ into two different forms of social experience. By adopting a socio-ontological approach, this study argues that experiences of community cannot be ontologically separated from experiences of the city. The aim of this study is to examine how the interviewees, living in the same neighborhood within a minor city in southern Sweden, create a perception of the city as a whole in relation to their own positioning therein. From this aim, two research questions have been formulated as follows: How is Milltown socio-ontologically constituted as a social space of relations? And: How do the interviewees construct a purified community? In order to examine this, nine in-depth interviews were conducted with residents in a middle class neighborhood (Greenwood), located in a minor city in southern Sweden (Milltown). The material was analyzed using a socio-ontological approach combined with Pierre Bourdieu’s concepts of social space and habitus, and Richard Sennett’s concepts of purified community and collective personality. The results of this study show how the perceived social complexity of Milltown as a whole is purified into an authentic experience of community. Greenwood is being constituted as a private sphere, which is isolated from the rest of the city. Greenwood represents a simplification of the social environment within the city landscape, where personal feelings and values are projected. It is also shown how interaction between neighbors in Greenwood is almost completely absent, and how the interviewees compensate this absence by constructing a collective personality. This collective personality envisages how they are the same, rather than what they actually do in their relations to each other. The feelings of belonging stem from shared expectations that neighbors have on each other, rather than from interactions. Finally, the results show how this purified community identity is constructed against other neighborhoods in Milltown, which are seen to represent different ways-of-life. This study contributes to a more complex understanding of how feelings of belonging are constituted in relation to a specific locality, but also how this understanding enables a perception of the city as a whole. Accordingly, insights have been achieved on how recent attempts to ‘redefine’ the community concept in sociology can be used empirically, and to be further built upon theoretically. Further, urban sociology has traditionally been concerned with big cities. This study argues that the urban sociological tradition has exaggerated the differences between minor and larger cities. The argument is that minor cities should be approached as socially complex milieus as well, where people are aware of each other but do not know each other. Gesellschaft relations should therefore not be understood as something exclusive to the metropolis, but rather as a condition of life in modernity in general. Finally, this study also gives an insight about the mechanisms behind voluntary segregation. This is a matter that is often neglected in urban sociological research, which traditionally has worked in paradigm of poverty, thus focusing on stigmatized neighborhoods.
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Kocher, Michael R. "Architecture As Infrastructure: Exposing Identity within the Generic in Indianapolis." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1277140112.
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Moran, James Joseph Jr. "The public realm : urban design within Suburbia." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23140.
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Tsui, Matthew. "Interstitial Urbanity: Fragments of Place Within the Post-Modern City." Thesis, Saarbrücken VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2006. http://d-nb.info/989472663/04.
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Williams, Omari Nekoro. "Retail Distribution Within the New York City Organic Cacao Market." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/476.
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The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies small physical commodities firm owners need to establish a distribution channel within the commodities market to enhance profits. The general business problem was that importing physical commodities from emerging markets was not profitable. The specific business problem was some small physical wholesale commodities firm managers lacked strategies to establish distribution channels for imported commodities. The information presented in this study is important to suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of organic cacao products to identify strategies to enhance their distribution channels. Disruptive innovation and the theory of constraints grounded the conceptual framework to relate ideas presented in this study. The central research question guiding the study concerned strategies small physical wholesale commodities firm owners used to establish distribution channels within the commodities market. Participants included 6 small business owners who gave recorded responses during in-depth, face-to-face interviews. The 6 interview recordings were transcribed, then coded and interpreted. Data analysis revealed 6 themes, which included price point strategy, B2B relationships, differentiation, strategic locations, sufficient operating capital, and customer relationships. Enhancing profits in the distribution channels of small organic cacao companies requires a holistic approach in the New York City area. The social implications of this study may draw attention to organic cacao, which is a healthy alternative to confectionery chocolate. Strategies introduced to enhance profits may increase economic growth in the local communities in the New York Tri-State area.
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Kish, Brian Paul. "Building (within) the public framework." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23093.
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Cheung, Hoi-yee. "Citizen-driven public participation in planning processes within an executive-led government a case study of local action and central harborfront planning /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2009. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42930340.
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Steinberg, Cecilia J. "In-cu-bate - an architectural investigation in Branding accommodation growth and development within a global economic context /." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2005. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03062006-154140.
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Drucker, Brian Kieth. "East Lake Meadows : placemaking within the realm of Disney." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23909.
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Maliszewski, Ryan (Ryan R. ). "Transport sanctuary : a secure public realm within a city of violence." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70412.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning; and, (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2012.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-187).
With an increasing number of cities experiencing chronic violence and conflict within their boundaries, the question of how architecture can effectively intervene to create a secure public realm in pluralistic and fractious urban environments grows more vital. This thesis explores the spatial and social notion of sanctuary as an architectural strategy in such contexts, using the design of a central transit station in a northern neighborhood of Karachi, Pakistan as a case study. Drawing upon sociological theory as well as precedent projects ranging from Johannesburg to Bogota, we come to see the creation of sanctuary as a deliberate construction of shared identity and experience. This strategy draws on four tactics that shift both the built and psychological environment and work in tandem to reinforce and amplify each other's effects: -- Partition (the separation of 'sacred' content from the 'profane' context) -- Ritual (strengthening psychological security through the repeated and familiar) -- Appropriation (empowering people to take ownership of portions of the space) -- Monumentality (creating a physical object upon which common values can be projected) Using these tactics as a foundation, the design's architectural patterns engender a variety of systems to accommodate the diverse program and user demands incumbent within a project of this scale and complexity. Through this investigation, the design proposes a new type of defensible infrastructure, relying not only on fortifying a space but also on strengthening the psychological resilience of people through architectural intervention.
by Ryan Maliszewski.
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Wolfson, Michael A. (Michael Alan). "The desert city within : notions about urban form for Phoenix, Arizona." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70630.
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Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1990.Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-94).
Phoenix Arizona is a valley in which the temperature rises above 100 F for over a hundred days a year, with an average of 300 days of sunshine. The Architectural form does not reflect such a climate. Phoenix has been labeled the "City of the 21st Century," because it is a prime example of the phenomenal expansion of cities that had just begun to blossom in the last twenty years. Currently, the city is defined by low density development, bedroom subdivisions, shopping malls, and over-dependence on the automobile; devoid of pedestrians and a street life. It is a city where an aggressive street grid is the only form of definition, in the absence of a physical urbanity that speaks of identity, character and community. This thesis is about making the "crossroads" where people communicate with one another. The need to provide shade to allow pedestrians to partiCipate in the life of the city is an essential determinate of the design. In response to the oppressive heat of the ground plane and Phoenix's relentless street grid, an urban architecture of the desert must find a home beneath the desert floor. In this putative City of the 21 st Century shopping malls lack a connection to the surrounding neighborhoods. By supporting these communities within a physical form that provides services beyond the exchange of commodities in the malls; gives re lief from the grid and cool places we can achieve an urban desert architecture. The project will be the design of an urbane space linking an existing shopping mall to an existing neighborhood . . The act of digging in, the act of finding a cooler place, will be expressed in special places like a library. The project seeks to use the formal notions of landscape, response to climate and personal notions of place, in order to create a series of places that serve the need of the citizens. In many ways, this thesis is a confrontation between the city I remember in and notions of urbanity I have acquired more recently The images that guide this project are are faint, elusive dreams. The thesis will balance an attempt to express these personal visions with a more disciplined approach to design, incorporating: light, structure, dimension, access and landscape. The attempt is to play with the assumptions of my design education, with my instinctive design process and the dreams of my childhood.
by Michael A. Wolfson.
M.Arch.
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Richardson, Christopher. "A privacy preserving approach to security analytics within a smart city." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2017. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.747982.
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An architecture was developed which concentrates on the addition of Privacy Enhancing Technologies to a security analytics architecture. In order to validate the efficacy of such an architecture an implementation involving a smart city (a city which makes extensive use of technology to improve aspects such as efficiency) was developed based on the architecture, which is capable of detecting attacks in a privacy preserving manner. It is important to protect the privacy of people whose data is being captured, therefore Privacy Enhancing Technologies were used to accomplish this. A subset of a smart city was chosen for the implementation and evaluation, namely a smart grid, which represents an important area of a smart city. The architecture was evaluated through this implementation in terms of performance and accuracy metrics as well as via a qualitative evaluation.
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Lazarevic, Branislava, and Nickalaus Bryce. "An Assessment of Neighborhoods Walkability within the City of Nogales, Arizona." The University of Arizona, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/624523.
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Class of 2006 AbstractObjectives: To assess the walkability of neighborhoods surrounding six elementary schools in Nogales, Arizona. Methods: This descriptive study used a walkability tool to assess the walkability of the six neighborhoods in Nogales, Arizona. Evaluators used the tool to rank the following variables: high importance (pedestrian facilities, pedestrian conflicts, crosswalks), medium importance (maintenance, path size, buffer, universal accessibility, aesthetics), and low importance (shade). A mean and standard deviation for the total score from all schools was calculated and compared to a standard walkability score for good neighborhood walkability using a one sample t-test. Results: Walkability scores for each neighborhood ranged between 44.5 (Vasquez de Coronado Francisco) and 83 (Lincoln). There was no significant difference found for mean scores for high and low importance items. The mean score for buffer was significantly lower than other medium importance items (p<0.05). The total walkability score (67.4) for all schools was not significantly different from the standard walkability score (70). Conclusions: The neighborhoods surrounding elementary schools in Nogales, Arizona met walkability standards. Interestingly, the neighborhoods around older schools scored higher than those around newer schools.
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Daborn, Shirley Built Environment Faculty of Built Environment UNSW. "A city within the suburbs - gender, modernity and the suburban shopping centre." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. Built Environment, 2009. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/44977.
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Notions of modernity as progress have traditionally excluded the significance of woman's societal participation. This thesis investigates the exclusion of woman from the rhetoric of modernity and modem living through her culturally defined role as the primary shopper. Entrenched ambiguities have helped sustain societal contradictions that have marred both the cultural identity of woman as primary shopper and the suburban shopping centre. This dissertation, therefore, analyses the mid-twentieth century suburban shopping centre in relation 10 retail practice and woman's cultural identity in relation to broader community change. Evolving from within the specific dynamics of modern living, the values of progress are coupled with tradition thereby creating a unique space that represents both change and stability. This dissertation grounds the progressive value of modernity within the cyclical traditions of everyday practice to construct an understanding of woman's cultural identity in relation to the demands of modem living. A critique of broader societal issues and retail development culminate in a focused analysis of the Roselands shopping centre in Sydney, Australia 1965. Acknowledging the importance of use in the construction of meaning recognises the woman as primary shopper as integral to the rhetoric of retail practice and societal progress. A gap emerges within woman's cultural identity because although she is culturally aligned with the traditions of domesticity her role as primary shopper also positions her as central to modem living. It is within this ideological gap that a movement of meaning occurs and situates the shopping centre as a site of cultural mediation. This dissertation concludes that issues of accessibility and everyday use positions the shopping space as an important site of social mediation that negotiates cultural change on a level of everyday practice and, importantly, acknowledges woman's presence and participation within modernity.
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Chajnacki, Gregory M. "An assessment of human resource career development programs within targeted city governments." Instructions for remote access. Click here to access this electronic resource. Access available to Kutztown University faculty, staff, and students only, 1995. http://www.kutztown.edu/library/services/remote_access.asp.
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Thesis (M.P.A.)--Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, 1995.Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2936. Abstract precedes thesis as preliminary leaves i-iv. Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 80-84).
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D'Amore, Maura Gura Philip F. "Country life within city reach masculine domesticity in suburban America, 1819-1871 /." Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009. http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/etd,2300.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009.Title from electronic title page (viewed Jun. 26, 2009). "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of English and Comparative Literature." Discipline: English and Comparative Literature; Department/School: English and Comparative Literative.
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Green, Willie III. "The Impact of City-County Consolidation upon Political Participation within Rural Georgia." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 2016. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/cauetds/42.
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Previous studies of urban consolidations suggest that black and female political participation is negatively impacted by city-county consolidation. However, researchers know little regarding the impact of consolidation upon minority political participation within rural counties. This study examines the belief that blacks and women are negatively impacted by consolidation. This study examines pre- and post-consolidated data for selected forms of political participation for blacks and women over a 19-year period for three rural consolidated governments in the state of Georgia. Three significant findings emerged from this study. First, the results suggest that black political participation actually increases within rural consolidated governments. Secondly, female political participation does seem to be adversely impacted by rural consolidations. Lastly, this study found that the political participation of the general electorate had increased over the study period. A number of possible explanations for the findings are noted and the implications of consolidation for black and female political participation within rural consolidated counties are discussed.
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Braun, Andreas, Volker Hochschild, Gia Tung Pham, Linh Hoang Khanh Nguyen, and Felix Bachofer. "Linking land subsidence to soil types within Hue city in Central Vietnam." Technische Universität Dresden, 2020. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A70833.
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Coastal areas of Southeast Asia are progressively threatened by flooding as a consequence of more frequent precipitation extremes and rising sea levels. Especially urban areas are affected by flood risk which is additionally increased by surface subsidence related to building activities and groundwater extraction. However, the severity of subsidence as well as its triggers and environmental interrelations are only little understood. This study measures surface subsidence for Hue city by using persistent scatterer radar interferometry (PS-InSAR). A series of 53 images acquired by the Sentinel-1 radar satellite between 2018 and 2019 was analyzed to reliably retrieve surface changes at the millimeter scale. The overall displacement ranges between -25 and +10 millimeters per year. Its spatial distribution was then compared to the extent of different soil types in the study area to conduct an analysis of variance (ANOVA). The results confirmed a significant difference between the soil types with Plinthic Acrisols as the soil type having the largest negative average surface velocity. Possible triggers are the intrusion of slack water from the surrounding rice cultivation areas and construction activities which lead to increasing weight and soil compaction. The findings shall raise awareness for the topic and underline the demand for further research.Mưa lớn và nước biển dâng là những nguyên nhân gây lũ lụt ngày càng nghiêm trọng ở các khu vực ven biển Đông Nam Á. Đặc biệt việc gia tăng công trình xây dựng và khai thác nước ngầm gây sụt lún bề mặt dẫn đến ngập lụt ở các vùng đô thị. Tuy nhiên, các nghiên cứu về mối tương quan giữa sụt lún bề mặt với các hiện tượng môi trường chưa được chú trọng nhiều. Trong nghiên cứu này, độ lún bề mặt của thành phố Hue được đo bằng phương pháp giao thoa radar tán xạ liên tục (PS-InSAR). Phân tích 53 ảnh vệ tinh Sentinel-1 từ năm 2018-2019 cho thấy sự thay đổi tổng thể bề mặt dao động từ -25mm đến 10mm mỗi năm. Phân tích phương sai (ANOVA) cho thấy sự thay đổi bề mặt khác nhau tùy từng loại đất, trong đó đất đỏ vàng (Plinthic Acrisols) có tốc độ sụt lún trung bình cao nhất. Các tác nhân có thể là do sự xâm nhập của nước từ các vùng trồng lúa xung quanh và các hoạt động xây dựng dẫn đến tăng trọng lượng và nén đất. Những phát hiện này là cơ hội nâng cao nhận thức về sự sụt lún bề mặt và cần được nghiên cứu thêm.
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King, Julia. "Incremental cities : discovering the sweet spot for making town-within-a-city." Thesis, London Metropolitan University, 2016. http://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/1214/.
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This thesis studies how utterly marginalised people acquire acceptance or credibility - therefore participation - in the established civic and economic processes of a larger host municipality. In particular the signifi cance to this aspiration of incremental house and city-making is explored. The primary vehicle of interpretation is Savda Ghvera, a large resettlement colony for people resettled from central Delhi, for which the author organised a central sewerage system, which in turn became the basis for a neighbourhood association with political influence. Incrementalism describes a process of city-making in increments - as materials, time, etc. become available - mostly through the [self-] building of houses which, in their later stages, can support commercial or other activities. The main concern of this thesis is two-fold. Firstly it studies “shared incrementalism”, or the degree to which a commitment arises to a social and political context greater than an aggregate of individual houses. Secondly, it studies the role of making in creating the conditions for sharing, and with that, the roles of a visiting architect-researcher. On one hand, the constraints upon marginalised peoples are severe, and it is impossible to accurately assess the depth of commitment to both house and to a larger social and political order. On the other hand, it is evident that the opportunities for collaboration are volatile, constantly shifting, and that the virtues of solidarity are not necessarily accepted at face value. The process of shared incrementalism is seen through the lens of Amartya Sen’s concept of ‘freedom’ in the context of global capitalism, which places stress on what he terms ‘capacity-building’. The term emphasises the capacity of an individual to escape poverty and acquire dignity, whereas this thesis studies not only how this might be achieved through shared incrementalism but also the conditions under which this sharing might be converted into long-term political solidarity. Accordingly, comparison is made between Savda Ghevra and older resettlement colonies that have been absorbed by ever-expanding Delhi.
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Chiu, Wing-yin Maggie, and 趙穎妍. "Rediscover beauty within the city: place of wedding in the Hong Kong Observatory, TST." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31987023.
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Green, Rachael M. "Facade of Many Faces: A Hybrid Skyscraper." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1623169886133566.
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Mlaza, Thandeka. "Evaluating sustainable human settlements programs aimed at low groups within the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/8671.
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Housing delivery and issues relating to housing delivery have long been a complicated subject for most SA municipalities and government departments tasked with these responsibilities. The aforementioned complications stem from our inherited apartheid planning that was mainly focused on inequality, racial segregation and spatial fragmentation of land use. Corruption, lack of skills, financial constraints and lack of resources are issues further considered to be contributors to the complications related to housing delivery. The study to be conducted seeks to play a part in dealing with the complicated nature of housing delivery through being a toolof assessment. The study is in the form of an evaluation as it mainly deals with obtaining answers relating to the views of the respondents on the sustainable human settlement program implemented as part of the DVRI in the BCMM. In doing so it, seeks to provide answers to some of the challenges faced by municipalities and other government departments so as to ensure that going forward, best practices are adopted in the housing delivery process. The findings from the study revealed primarily that, what is planned on paper is not often what is implemented on the ground. In evaluating the aims and objectives of the two sustainable human settlement pilot projects implemented as the BNG pilot projects through the DVRI, a considerable number of the objectives of the projects have not been met according to the beneficiaries. The reasons for the lack of satisfaction relating to the two projects as cited by the respondents included, amongst other things; dissatisfaction with the quality of the structure, lack of adequate services, lack of employment opportunities, lack of recreational facilities, lack of social facilities, lack of safe and reliable transportation and the general maintenance of the settlement. Solutions to the identified issues include; improved and meaningful participation between government, planners and the beneficiaries of such housing projects, so as to ensure that the views of the beneficiaries are considered and that they have a considerable influence on the decisions taken, thus promoting a bottom-up approach to the housing delivery process. The provision of key recreational and social amenities and the improved maintenance of the general settlement were also identified by the respondents as solutions.
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Duffy, Marc. "Influencers and consequences of Organisational Commitment within Sheffield City Region's mid-sized businesses." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2018. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/24060/.
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The aim of this thesis is to investigate the influencers and consequences of organisational commitment (OC) within the context of the Sheffield City Region and mid-sized business. The existing literature on OC is almost wholeheartedly dedicated to investigating which type of commitment an employee will experience during their work. Ghosh and Swamy (2014) and Singh and Gupta (2008) considered this to be a weakness of commitment research as it has failed to explain what influences commitment, and its associated consequences. Meyer and Allen's (1991) three component model (TCM) is often used as a framework, and allows researchers to investigate to what extent employees are committed, and which of the three styles of commitment they experience: 'affective' and in line with organisational goals; 'continuous' and trapped through a lack of alternatives; or 'normative' and remaining through loyalty. However, what is missing from existing research is an investigation into the influencing factors of OC and the consequences of having committed employees in the same way that Meyer and Allen (1991, p.71) said 'would require further attention.' Essentially asking, why are employees are committed? Finally, it is noteworthy that OC theory has generally been developed in North-America's public sector and seldom tested in the United Kingdom and with smaller private organisations, a gap filled by this PhD study. In order to answer the research question, a mixed methods research approach was adopted in this thesis. In a pre-study, the existing Meyer and Allen (1991) TCM questionnaire survey was issued to employees in three case organisations in the Sheffield City Region. This allowed the researcher to position, for each employee their current commitment, or lack of thereof, relative to theory before investigating the reasons they were committed. The questionnaire also asked willing employees to volunteer for follow-up interviews. Further, and through a snowballing approach from the original sample, additional volunteers were located. In total, 147 completed TCM questionnaires were returned in the pre-study and 38 employees were interviewed from the three case organisations. The pre-study quantitative data was analysed using Microsoft Excel and SPSS and the qualitative data was transcribed and analysed in line with framework analysis (FA) (Ritchie and Spencer, 1994). The results from the qualitative data and FA demonstrated that 'Culture,' Organisational Direction,' and 'Relationship' were influencers of OC and the authors own 'Influencers of Organisational Commitment' (IOC model) was presented. Further, the researcher identified the consequences of commitment; for continuous commitment, only the requirement to remain was found. Whereas, for affective and normative commitment styles a number of outcomes were noted: goal and value alignment; reduced turnover; employee attachment; and interest and awareness in the organisations strategy. The influencers and consequences of organisational commitment were identified and explored through the findings and discussion chapters, serving as a practical and theoretical contribution to knowledge in line with the Corley and Gioia (2011) framework.
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Ndlovu, Nontobeko Nontando. "Participation of wards in Operation Sukuma Sakhe activities within the city of Umhlathuze." Thesis, University of Zululand, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10530/1531.
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A thesis submitted to the Faculty Arts in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Masters of Arts in Development Studies in the Department of Anthropology and Development Studies at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 2017The study set out to obtain information on the nature and level of participation of community members in the implementation of Operation Sukuma Sakhe (OSS). A case study research design was adopted. A sample of 125 respondents was selected using the purposive sampling method for the key informants such as the traditional leadership, officials deployed by the government to the programme, fieldworkers and CSO. A convenience sampling method was also used for focus groups and to select participants from the community. An interview schedule which had both structured and unstructured questions, was used to gather the required data. For data analysis, the thematic analysis method was used. It was discovered that there are various methods used to engage the community in the programme, namely: mass community meetings, door-to-door visits, household visits and participation of the community as walk-ins. The most commonly used method to engage community members was found to be the door-to-door visits where the CCGs were actively involved. The respondents participated only in the identification of issues affecting them and not in identifying possible solutions to the problems. The decisions were seemingly taken by external members, something which has negative implications on community development of projects. The participation of community members in the form of ‘walk-ins’ raised concern, as this is taken as a sign of lack of commitment, which could result in people not viewing the programme as a learning process which could lead to growth and change. The method cannot be considered as a reliable or effective way of ensuring adequate participation in any service delivery or community development programme. It basically suggests low levels of participation and that the actual implementation does not encourage the development of what is referred to as the ‘we feeling’ or ownership of the programme in participation circles. It is also concluded that gender-specific capacitation and empowerment programmes have to be instituted, because the programme predominantly comprises women. The group that was found to be actively involved is usually characterised by inadequate access to assets and productive resources, and a lack of knowledge or skills. Among the officials in the WR, limited knowledge on roles and responsibilities was noted in certain wards, and this has implications for service delivery and may be somehow responsible for the lack of participation in WR activities.
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Mathe, Thabelang. "Deriving value from IT investments within botique hotels: a Buffalo City case study." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1000975.
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Even though many organizations invest in IT, the value that IT is expected to contribute is still not clearly understood. Researchers agree that IT has become a crucial element to business operations and business existence. However, while there is continued investment in new information technologies and systems, organizations are not certain whether significant value is derived from IT investments. The failure to realize good return on IT investments is ascribed to a lack of understanding of IT by organizations and also the failure by organizations to align IT strategies with business strategies. The lack of alignment leads to the failure to match the right IT to the correct task, which leads to the poor application of systems and poor allocation of human resources to tasks. Therefore, organizations such as Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in particular Boutique Hotels, are noted for their failure to derive better IT value. Their unique characteristics are understood to be influential in the way IT is used and managed by affecting the delivery of value from technology. In order to enable Boutique Hotels to derive more value from IT, the IT governance frameworks, Val IT and CobiT (ITGI, 2007), were examined as these integrate good practices to ensure that an organization‘s IT supports the business objectives. In addition, the Task Technology Fit (TTF) (Goodhue and Thompson, 1995) and Gap Analysis (Heeks, 2001) theories were highlighted as these prescribe the platform ideal for more value to be derived from IT. The current status of Boutique Hotels in Buffalo City was assessed through the use of questionnaires and interviews. The collected data was analyzed and resulted in the development of a model that can be used by Boutique Hotels in order to derive more value from IT and to maximize the use of IT.
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Vivaldi, Pasqua Ana I. "Traversing the city : the making of indigenous spatialities within and beyond Buenos Aires." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/57659.
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In this dissertation, I examine the mobile and multi-sited spatiality produced by an indigenous group living in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. In particular, I analyze the places that are created by Toba people through movements connecting and disconnecting multiple locations within the city and beyond it, particularly in the Gran Chaco region in the north of the country. My analysis begins by describing an indigenous barrio (neighbourhood) that a group of Toba people created in Greater Buenos Aires in 1995. This dissertation subsequently examines the trajectories that took these people from different villages in the Chaco to other villages and urban barrios in and outside the Chaco, and, finally, to the villas (shantytowns) in Buenos Aires. In addition to these past movements, which I traced through people’s memories, I follow the relations and patterns of mobility that take people from the Barrio Toba to the city centre and middle class barrios, and the ways they connect these places with the Chaco. I conclude this dissertation by considering how all these places are brought together as part of complex networks and forms of interconnection that I analyze as subaltern assemblages.Arts, Faculty of
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Mutlu, Ozge. "Integration Of The Roman Remains In Ulus Ankara Within The Current Urban Context." Master's thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614141/index.pdf.
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Urban archaeological sites are important traces of history in the cities and should
be conserved for the next generations with their values. For their survival in the
urban context it is essential to integrate them to the current urban context they
exist in. In this study, four urban archaeological sites in Ulus, Ankara are analyzed
for understanding their states of integration by constructing an analysis method.
In this process the conceptual frame and methodology offered by the APPEAR
Project were regarded as basic tools.
Within this scope, firstly a general overview is put forward about the APPEAR
Method, Ankara and Roman Remains in Ulus with also discussing the current
legal framework in Turkey. Afterwards the analysis is done on the archaeological
sitesRoman Baths Open Air Museum, Cardo Maximus, Augustus and Roma Temple and Roman Theatre. Finally the fundamental principles and options are put forward for these Roman remains&rsquo
integration in the current urban context. The analysis conducted on the four urban archaeological sites reveal that the Roman remains in Ulus are not integrated with their current urban context This situation is threatening their survival while causing problems both for the v remains themselves and the city. The study while defining basic principles for the sites&rsquo
integration it also puts forward three fundamental concepts that should guide the enhancement projects. These are: Accessibility, Visibility and Intelligibility which are regarded as the tools for strengthening the contextual unity of the sites and their integration in the urban context.
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Strumski, David. "Finding leisure within chaos : the Atlanta highway resort: Atlanta, Georgia /." Online version, 2007. http://digitalcommons.rwu.edu/archthese/3/.
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Taylor, Robert C. "The constitution of the contemporary public realm within the privatized American urban landscape." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23005.
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Flynn, John P. "Terrorism information management within the New York City Fire Department past, present and future." Thesis, (1.09 MB), 2007. http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion.exe/07Mar%5FFlynn.pdf.
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Jenkins, Gwynn. "Contested space cultural heritage and identity reconstructions ; conservation strategies within a developing Asian city." Wien Zürich Berlin Münster Lit, 2004. http://d-nb.info/988677024/04.
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Kavanaugh, Michael David Kennedy James. "Influence of stormwater drainage facilities on mosquito communities within the city of Denton, Texas." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2008. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-9765.
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Jenkins, Gwynn. "Contested space : cultural heritage and identity reconstructions : conservation strategies within a developing Asian city /." Wien ; Zürich ; Berlin ; Münster : Lit, 2008. http://opac.nebis.ch/cgi-bin/showAbstract.pl?u20=9783825813666.
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Smit, Trudi. "The impact(s) of enclosed neighbourhoods on transport patterns within the City of Tshwane." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/33365.
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The occurrence of enclosed neighbourhoods has become a common phenomenon in South African cities from the early 1990’s as a direct impact of crime rates and the fear of crime. While the enclosure of neighbourhoods provide an immediate (temporary) solution to combatting crime within existing neighbourhoods, a number of (unintentional) socio-physical and spatial consequences occur.
Numerous research have been done to establish the social implications of enclosed neighbourhoods in South African cities, including the City of Tshwane, while very little research have been done to establish the physical impacts of enclosed neighbourhoods on the urban form, its impact on the transport patterns or travel behaviour and consequently the increased greenhouse gas levels being emitted into the atmosphere. This study establishes the occurrence and extent of enclosed neighbourhoods within the City of Tshwane to create a generic classification system to establish the practical impact of enclosed neighbourhoods on urban form. In-depth case studies into two enclosed neighbourhoods and a neighbourhood located adjacent to an enclosed neighbourhood were conducted to examine the impact(s) of these neighbourhoods on transport patterns, travel behaviour and greenhouse gas emissions.
An overview of movement networks and an investigation of the influence of the built environment versus self-selection were launched to gain insight into the different factors that might contribute to travel behaviour in general, in addition to neighbourhood enclosures and neighbourhood re-design. This brought forth the very important relationship between land use management, transport planning and the different governing bodies and policies.
The ultimate results gained from the study of selected neighbourhoods clearly showed that a number of factors influence individual transport patterns and travel behaviour, such as self-selection, initial neighbourhood design and population growth. The study did however reveal that through enclosing neighbourhoods and altering its initial neighbourhood design and movement networks, travel behaviour, transport patterns and inevitably greenhouse gas emissions for the specific neighbourhoods and adjacent neighbourhoods will unavoidably change and thus impact negatively (in some ways) on the urban form. More specifically, the results gained from this study showed that those residing within and adjacent to enclosed neighbourhoods travel greater distances on an average day, compared to those who live in an ‘open’ neighbourhood. Consequently, the average household residing within an enclosed neighbourhood emit on average up to (approximately) 4600 g/km CO2 per day more than households residing in ‘open’ neighbourhoods, which result in enclosed neighbourhoods emitting up to 26% more CO2 than ‘open’ neighbourhoods.
Despite these results, residents of these enclosed neighbourhoods believe that the enclosure of these once ‘open’ neighbourhoods do not affect their travel behaviour or any traffic congestion and proclaim that their number one priority is safety which they believe is achieved through the enclosure.Dissertation (MTRP)--University of Pretoria, 2011.
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Goudie, Simon Charles. "Towards a geography of leisure : control, resistance and transformation within the South African city." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14945.
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Includes bibliographical references.For geographers concerned with understanding the social dynamics of space, an investigation of leisure patterns and processes is vital. Studies of leisure will provide geography with a powerful focus for deconstructing the social forces operative within the urban landscape, and thus the construction of a detailed understanding of socio- spatial dialectics. This thesis analyses the state of leisure geography and identifies the issues central to theoretical development within this field. Of primary importance in this study is the contention that geographers have seldom been concerned with issues within the realm of leisure, and that their insights have been limited, given that these are frequently based on conservative discourses. A structuralist paradigm is advocated as the foundation for formulating a progressive framework for leisure studies. Such a framework, however, must be sensitive to the complex dialectics of agency and broader social constraints if it is to move beyond the determinism of past structuralist analyses of leisure. By attending both to issues of structural control and the importance of individual agency, it is possible to challenge the focus upon resource distribution that has dominated geographical enquiries in the realm of leisure. With reference to the history of South African recreation experiences and the broad principles of apartheid policy, it is shown that investigations of leisure need to include an appreciation of resource utilisation. In this way, the efforts and energies of communities can be recognised. The advantage of this is that a more empowering critique of leisure patterns and processes can be established. In order to demonstrate the value of such an approach, the thesis ends with a case study of leisure opportunities within a low-income residential area in Cape Town. More traditional, conservative analytical frameworks would have been unable to make visible the dynamics of resistance and control that are identified here. This thesis is informed by the wish to link academic enquiry to practical interventions into the sphere of leisure. The dialectics of control, resistance and transformation are manifested in both tangible geographical space and in intangible issues of resource utilisation. The implications of this reality are explored with reference to state, capitalist and community agendas.
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Kavanaugh, Michael David. "Influence of stormwater drainage facilities on mosquito communities within the city of Denton, Texas." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2008. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9765/.
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Weekly collections were conducted from May to December, 2007 (153 trap nights, total) in Denton, Texas, in and around large storm drains and overpass drainage facilities in residential and non-residential areas, using Centers for Disease Control (CDC) light traps and gravid traps. A total of 1964 mosquitoes were collected, representing 24 species within 6 genera: Aedes, Anopheles, Culiseta, Culex, Psorophora, and Uranotaenia. Culex was the most abundant genus, representing 75% of all mosquitoes collected; Aedes was the second most abundant, representing 12 % of all mosquitoes collected. Cx. quinquefasciatus was the dominant species collected via gravid traps; Cx. (Melanoconion) species were the dominant species collected via CDC light traps. Data of gravid traps and light traps were analyzed separately using nonparametric correlation analysis, comparing environmental data and physical characteristics to total abundance of mosquitoes. There was no significant correlation found when comparing the three dominant species collected in light traps (unidentified Cx. (Melanoconion) sp, Cx. quinquefasciatus, and Ae. vexans) to environmental characteristics and physical characteristics. Analysis of Cx. quinquefasciatus collected in gravid traps indicated no significant correlation between abundance, environmental data, and physical characteristics. Linear regression models were analyzed to determine if either environmental variables or physical characteristics of the drainage system explained the species abundance collected; no individual variable showed an association of significance. Analysis of Cx. quinquefasciatus collected in storm drains via gravid traps determined temperature to be the most important variable in determining population abundance and explained 99% of the population variability.
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Altman, Andrew D. (Andrew Dana). "Seeing the city within the context of human experience both past and present : a framework for planners to learn about the city and inform planning practice." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/14963.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1987.Title as it appeared in Massachusetts Institute of Technology Graduate List June 1987: Tenacity amidst change; the experience of the Russian Jewish community of Society Hill, Philadelphia.
Bibliography: leaves 95-100.
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Liu, Weibin, and 刘卫斌. "Social capital, lineage and in situ urbanization, the case of "villages within city", Shenzhen, China." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/193492.
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The study explores the relationship between lineage, social capital and in situ urbanization of “villages within city” in the context of China’s rapid urban expansion. The literature reviewed shows that there have been studies on many aspects of “villages within city” since the middle 1990s. However, the role of lineages during the in situ urbanization of “villages within city” is largely under-examined and remains as a research gap. This study endeavors to fill this cross-disciplinary gap. Taking notice of the differences between single-lineage “villages within city” and multi-lineage ones, the study explores the following two research questions: (1) does the level of social capital vary among “villages within city” with different lineage structures? If yes, in what way? (2) does social capital in “villages within city” influence the outcomes of urbanization? If yes, what role does it play?
In order to address the above research questions, the study firstly consults three areas of study, namely, lineage, social capital and in situ urbanization of “villages within city”. Through examining the relationships among the three key research variables, the thesis demonstrates the significance of theoretical integration of the three concepts and develops a tentative analytical framework. Given the different lineage structures, it is hypothesized that single-lineage “villages within city”, compared with multi-lineage ones, are more likely to possess higher levels of social capital at the administrative village level, and thus could achieve better outcomes of urbanization.
To test the hypotheses, two representative “villages within city” with different lineage structures in Futian district of Shenzhen — the single-lineage Xiasha administrative village (including six natural villages which are lived by six Huang sub-lineages) and the multi-lineage Shawei administrative village (including three natural villages that are inhabited by different lineages of Wen, Mo and Liang) — are selected as the case study sites after examining the development trajectory of villages and lineages in Shenzhen. The empirical study measures the levels of social capital in Xiasha and Shawei at both the natural village level and administrative village level through the use of a questionnaire survey, and examines the outcomes of urbanization of Xiasha and Shawei through literature review, department interview, site study and observation.
Three major findings are identified through analyzing the case study: (1) lineage structures in some Chinese “villages within city” are institutional legacies of rural collectivization in the late 1950s; (2) there exists a higher level of social capital at the administrative village level in single-lineage “village within city” than that in multi-lineage one; (3) social capital at the administrative village level, other than that at the natural village level, has a positive role in promoting in situ urbanization of “villages within city” in terms of collective economy development, physical environment construction and lineage culture reservation.published_or_final_version
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Cheuk, Hau-kwan Elsa. "Recreation planning in urban fringe park within metropolitan area /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1991. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13117488.
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Jones, Justin Balog. "Seeley Lake Montana. Developing a Sustainable Community within a Grid-Dependent Town." Thesis, Montana State University, 2007. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2007/jones/JonesJ0507.pdf.
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Within ten years, Seeley Lake will be modernized and receive public services such as sewer, full water treatment plants, and cable television. When these developments are implemented in Seeley, the town will grow quickly and without regard for the existing physical environment. The economics of place will change as well; property values and taxes will be inflated to unseen levels. This thesis proposes that a central portion of the small town be redeveloped as offgrid community catering to the existing and future working class of Seeley Lake. Focusing on ten existing blocks in the center of Seeley Lake, the restructuring of the current arrangement of homes and the utilities will help in the redevelopment of central Seeley Lake into a community. By selectively abstaining from the public infrastructure, the newly revived community would be able to achieve lower utility and monthly costs as well as affordable property values while benefiting from the increased business and economic growth of the town. Within this community, the proposed architectural language would allow for future growth and change. These adaptable units may be enlarged or altered through a flexible growth system which may allow an addition of bedrooms, family rooms, and at a larger scale, even a garage. This language would be implemented to support the working families and individual economic situations. With this typology the working class could remain within the evolving town, taking advantage of the growth, while not feeling repressed or alienated. These expandable homes would be designed to cater not only to working individuals but also to small families and the elderly.