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Rayner, Emily. "Transforming the landscape : Gawthorpe, Harewood and the creation of the modern landscape 1500-1750." Thesis, University of York, 2014. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/7860/.
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This thesis focuses on landscape change at Harewood House, Yorkshire, during the period 1500 to 1750. The main themes explored throughout this research are: the establishment of the nature of landscape change during the stated period; the effects of these changes on the lives of the people living and working in the landscape; and finally understanding the developments at Harewood within the broader context of changing agrarian landscapes during a period which has been widely described as an ‘age of transition’. Landscape change is explored here using a combination of archival and archaeological material, viewed from a landscape archaeology perspective. This research begins by examining the influence of theoretical debates surrounding the use of different sources of data by Landscape Archaeology and Historical Archaeology to examine this post-medieval period. A key theoretical concern to this endeavour has been the scales of interpretation which are used to examine this period, and the creation of this localised example to add to our understanding of broader national trends. In doing so, this perspective has focused on people living and working within the landscape, rather than the individuals, such as the land owners, which have dominated previous interpretations. One of the main findings of this research is that although significant landowners such as the Gascoigne family, Thomas Wentworth and the Lascelles family undoubtedly impacted upon the Harewood landscape, people living and working within the estate retained a degree of control over their own daily lives. Significant features such as Harewood Castle, All Saints Church and Gawthorpe Hall were displays of power and control over the landscape, which to some degree shaped movement through and interaction with the landscape, but archaeological data have here been shown to suggest that power relations in the day-to-day lives of the community were more nuanced than these large-scale interpretations might suggest. An additional element of this research is an exploration of the potential of public engagement with relatively under-studied and under-represented perspectives on country houses. This research has made some initial attempts to challenge current understanding of the public history of Harewood estate and examines the potential for future developments within this setting.
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Papineau, Diane Marie. "Transforming place at canyon politics and settlement creation in Yellowstone National Park /." Thesis, Montana State University, 2008. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2008/papineau/PapineauD0508.pdf.
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Between 1940 and 1970 the cultural landscape of Yellowstone National Park's Canyon development changed dramatically. The government relocated visitor services away from the rims of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone to a new development, inaugurating the National Park Service's Mission 66 redevelopment program. Replacing the 70-year-old, "organically grown," rustic settlement was a Modern, preconceived village resembling 1950s suburbia. This study examines how different generations of Yellowstone visitors have experienced two dramatically disparate and contested versions of Canyon as a park place. The old Canyon settlement was established incrementally and grew organically. It was tied to a geographic point and its pattern evolved through time. Unfortunately, the settlement was built quite close to the canyon's rim. When developments at Canyon were initiated in the 1880s, national parks represented a new responsibility for the federal government-a new type of land use. Entrepreneurial interests and visitor expectations challenged the government's ability to regulate visitor place creation. By the mid-1930s, federal park planning strategies matured and government control strengthened. Planners recognized the undesirable location of Canyon's visitor settlement. The government persuaded park concessioners to move the tourist settlement away from the canyon, motivated in part by the nation's developing preservation ethic. The Mission 66 initiative also encouraged a dramatic reworking of the Canyon area, producing much of the cultural landscape visible today. The formation and evolution of that landscape illustrates the evolving political strength and maturation of federal government stewardship in national parks.
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Satsuka, Shiho. "Re-creation through landscape subject production in Canadian cottage country /." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq27376.pdf.
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Cooper, Robyn Elizabeth. "A 'Greater Britain' : the creation of an Imperial landscape, 1880-1914." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/28235.
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This thesis examines the representation of the settler societies of the British Empire during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa were represented as a distinct part of the Empire, united by the idea that these parts of the Empire were ‘more British’ than the rest, and, had a shared heritage and culture and a predominant British settler population. It was represented as a landscape of opportunity built on layers of representations in the sources of the period from advertisements and panoramas to travel accounts and emigration literature. The settler societies were represented as a ‘Greater Britain’ or ‘Better Britains’, an imagining of the settler societies based on what the British wanted for themselves rather than as a true representation of four parts of the Empire. The notion of ‘Better Britains’ delves into British ideas of their past, present and future. If they were ‘better’, what were they improving on? What qualities and aspects of society were included and excluded? It was an idealised image but also flexible, a malleable landscape where the British could live out desires. Opportunity was found in the land, resources and climate, but also within the modernity of the cities and ideas of social advancement and of the freedom of the frontier.
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Yung, Hoi-sze Iris. "Revitalization of Tsim Sha Tsui East : creation of the new city center /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B34612348.
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Hacker, Jonathan Joseph. "The Visual Creation of the State Apparatus, Nineteenth Century American Landscape Paintings." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1556557056790917.
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Mackay, Ian Patrick. "Waterfront Flyways: Two Land Creation Projects in Cleveland." The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1397735785.
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Nasuta, Anthony Thomas III. "THE CREATION, MARKETING, AND PRESERVATION OF A CULTURAL LANDSCAPE: A CASE STUDY OF PHILMONT BOY SCOUT RANCH AND THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1470063910.
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Fox, Helen Elizabeth. "The role of anthropogenic disturbance in the creation of a socio-ecological landscape." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008061.
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The aim of this thesis is to examine the role of anthropogenic disturbance in the creation of a socio-ecological landscape. Three key questions were answered: what impact has past anthropogenic disturbance had on present vegetative characteristics; what value did this disturbed landscape have to local people; how did the local peoples' worldviews and eco-cosmologies influence how they perceived, valued and managed their landscape? Research was based in a rural, predominantly amaXhosa village in the Kat River valley, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Four major landscape components characterised the environment, namely dense forests, former grazing lands, abandoned fields and old settlements. A combination of qualitative and quantitative methods were adopted, consisting of a vegetation and soil survey and social science methods including semistructured interviews, focus groups, transect walks and participant observation. The key finding was that anthropogenic disturbance is necessary to enhance the potential of the area to support human habitation. However, anthropogenic disturbance can have positive or negative effects for both local people and the environment. An intermediate level of disturbance is a key factor leading to a resilient socio-ecological system. Various anthropogenic disturbances have had significant affects on vegetation characteristics in terms of species richness, and a change in vegetation composition and species heights. Of the three anthropogenic landscapes examined, former grazing lands were the least intensively disturbed. They were also more species rich and structurally diverse than areas that were under agricultural production or used as a settlement. Dense forests, although the least desirable landscape to local people were, together with sacred pools, sources of ecosystem renewal and played a critical role during times of disturbance. Anthropogenic disturbance has added value to local people's livelihoods; this disturbance has resulted in a patchy landscape that supplies a wide variety of resources to local people. Local people are dependent on their environment for their basic needs; this has encouraged sustainable management practices. The local AmaXhosa still retain many elements of their traditional worldview, which has many characteristics of Animism. The environment is an integral component of their belief system and certain sites and species have significant cultural value and are protected.
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Porej, Deni. "Faunal aspects of wetland creation and restoration." Connect to this title online, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1078327758.
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Thesis (Ph. D)--Ohio State University, 2004.Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xii, 120 p.; also includes graphics. Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center.
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Hermes, Claudia [Verfasser], Gernot [Akademischer Betreuer] Segelbacher, and H. Martin [Akademischer Betreuer] Schäfer. "Restoring connectivity in a fragmented landscape: creation of an ecological corridor in southwestern Ecuador." Freiburg : Universität, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1151817872/34.
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Murata, Masatomo. "Salt marsh creation and coastal residential developments : principles and guidelines for landscape architecture practice /." Thesis, This resource online, 1995. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02132009-172327/.
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Whytock, Robin C. "Optimising habitat creation for woodland birds : the relative importance of local vs landscape scales." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/27298.
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Global land-use change and industrialisation has driven biodiversity declines and impaired ecosystem functioning. Recently, there have been large-scale efforts to not only halt habitat loss but create and restore habitat on formerly managed (e.g. agricultural) land. However, although the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on biodiversity are well understood, our understanding of how biodiversity responds to habitat created in a patchy configuration is not. In particular, little is known about the relative importance of local (e.g. patch size) vs landscape scales (e.g. amount of habitat in the landscape) for restoring biodiversity in created habitat. Here, a long-term, large-scale natural experiment (the Woodland Creation and Ecological Networks project) was used to understand how bird species, communities and behaviour respond to woodland created in a patchy configuration on post-agricultural land. I used a combination of direct and indirect survey methods to quantify bird diversity, abundance and vocal behaviour in post-agricultural woodlands of known age in Great Britain. I show that secondary woodlands favour generalist species and older patches contain more individuals and species due to their vegetation structure. In relative terms, local-scale factors such as patch size made the greatest contribution to bird diversity and abundance. Colonisation events drive community assembly in new habitat, and I found that large-scale (km2) habitat patterns were more important than patch-level factors during colonisation of breeding territories by a long distance migrant bird (Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus). Land management practices surrounding a habitat patch can also affect its perceived quality and relative attractiveness to potential colonisers. Using the Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes as a model species, I found that high proportions of agricultural land at woodland edges caused an increase in perceived predation risk. In conclusion, I suggest that post-agricultural woodlands rapidly provide valuable habitat for generalist woodland birds. Local, patch-level factors (area, vegetation structure) also appear relatively more important than landscape factors for woodland bird communities. Land-managers seeking to maximise the benefits of woodland creation for birds should thus focus on creating large patches with a diverse vegetation structure.
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Johansson, Björn, and Rebecca Stanworth. "European Manufacturing Landscape : The Creation of a Composite Capability Index For Future Manufacturing in Europe." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Production Economics, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-477.
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This thesis explores the aspects considered by the European Commission to be of key importance to the Future of Manufacturing in Europe. The areas selected for study are Workforce, Research & Development, and Operating Environment for Innovation. Furthermore, a methodology for measuring a country’s inherent capabilities within these areas is proposed and carried out for twenty-three European countries.
Fifty indicators have been selected, and used to analyse the inherent capabilities of the countries at a country level, key area level, and finally at a composite capability index level.
The resulting composite capability index enables the creation of a landscape or 'map' of Europe, highlighting countries which are outperforming and those which are underperforming in the areas considered to be important for the future of manufacturing.
The resulting index has been compared with the European Innovation Scoreboard Summary Innovation Index (European Commission), the Growth Competitiveness Index (World Economic Forum) and the Lisbon Review Rankings 2004 (World Economic Forum), and there proves to be a strong correlation with all three.
A brief discussion about the challenges associated with composite indices has been included.
The thesis was carried out at the Department of Production Economics, Linköping Institute of Technology & the Fraunhofer-institute for Systems and Innovation Research.
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Nikolakaki, Pantoula. "Landscape ecology as a framework for woodland creation in Sherwood Forest using geographic information systems." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.327621.
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Griborn, Evelina. "Value co-creation in the digital media landscape : Exploring organizing logic shaped by layered modularity." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för informatik, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-122231.
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In a time of pervasive digitalization, technology is constantly reshaping contemporary society. Because digital product architecture allows for unprecedented flexibility in terms of design, production, distribution and use, significant shifts are seen in how firms organize to create value. As disruptive technologies enable novel ways of operating in the media industry, new actors are entering the stage, capitalizing on the affordances associated with digitalization of content. Established in 2013, multi-channel network United Screens build a business around online video creators posting original material to social media platforms such as YouTube, helping them with anything from audience growth to rights management. Connecting content creators with brands looking to market themselves through online video, United Screens provide an illustrative example of how relative positions of new and established actors are changing as an effect of digitalization. Because little research has previously been directed at multi-channel networks, this study set out to explore how United Screens organize themselves and their partnerships to create value in the digital media landscape. By interviewing employees and partners of the company, themes covering roles, offerings, affiliation and control were identified and subsequently discussed in relation to previous knowledge of business logic and digital product architecture. The study provides an empirical illustration of how digitalization enables new ways of creating value, and how this affects organizational arrangements. Concluding that more research is required in the field, the study serves as a starting point for theory generation concerning emergent actors and their organizing logic following pervasive digitalization.
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Duarte, Tiago. "A Collaborative Effort to Frame and Assess a Social Learning Space for Wheelchair Curling Coaches." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/40588.
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Social learning interventions have been implemented to develop coaches in many contexts, however are yet to be applied to coaches of athletes with disabilities. The lack of knowledgeable coaches prevents people with disabilities from participating in sports. The overall purpose of this doctoral research programme was to enhance the learning capability of the Canadian wheelchair curling coaches’ landscape. To achieve this overall purpose, the study was divided in three phases (i.e., pre-intervention, framing, and assessment). The pre-intervention phase aimed at understanding the disability sport coaches’ landscape; the framing phase aimed at building on the pre-intervention findings to frame a social learning space intervention for disability sport coaches; finally, the assessment phase, as the name suggests, assessed the value created through the intervention. More specifically, the four articles presented in this dissertation illustrate the work done to achieve the overall purpose of enhancing the learning capability of Canadian wheelchair curling coaches. The pre-intervention phase includes Article 1 and Article 2. Article 1 is a literature review of the two major areas addressed in this dissertation, which are disability sport in Canada and coach development. Article 2 introduces the metaphor of a landscape to create a visual representation via a map that includes the major elements of the Canadian wheelchair curling coaches’ landscape. Semi-structured interviews with 16 participants were thematically analyzed and helped create the above-mentioned elements, such as the coaches’ pathways, the types of learning structures, and the barriers. Moreover, Article 2 provides three considerations for systems conveners who seek to lead social learning space interventions in landscapes. Next, the framing phase took place concurrently with the assessment phase. Common to both phases, the intervention included a series of face-to-face and online interactions through the use of four online tools. Multiple data generation techniques (e.g., in-depth interviews, focus groups, observations) were employed during a 13-month period and resulted in 615 single-spaced pages of data. Thematic and interpretative analyses were used to make sense of the data. The framing phase, as presented in Article 3, includes the process through which the researchers (N = 3) made use of collaborative inquiry to co-construct the intervention with the participant coaches (N = 16) and Curling Canada technical leaders (N = 6). Additionally, Article 3 built upon the considerations from the pre-intervention phase to report how the intervention managed the limitations of the landscape, prioritized meaningful learning, incorporated influential people, as well as produced reflections on the consequences of the lack of enabling conditions. Article 4 expands the landscape metaphor and presents four composite vignettes of the participants according to their wheelchair curling coaching experiences. The vignettes vividly illustrate major contextual factors of the landscape common to all participants and the range of values created in the intervention. Overall, the findings of this dissertation contribute theoretically, methodologically, and practically in several ways. From a theoretical perspective, it is the first study to date to make use of landscapes of practice and the value creation framework to increase the learning capability of disability sport coaches. From a methodological perspective, the articles included in this dissertation made use of multiple and longitudinal data generation techniques to provide a broader perspective of the values created. Finally, the use of visual representations like the map and the vignettes, while unconventional, might facilitate the knowledge transfer for coaches and coach developers willing to frame social learning space interventions.
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Brown, Aaron Thomas Ryan. "Freshwater Wetland Creation in a Changing Urban Environment: Designing for Long-Term Viability." Scholar Commons, 2017. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6807.
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Urbanization and wetland mitigation are increasingly common in coastal watersheds with expanding populations. These mitigation wetlands are intended to offset the functional and structural losses experienced when natural systems are degraded or destroyed. In the Tampa Bay watershed, urbanization is both expanding into the upper reaches of the watershed and intensifying in previously-developed areas, resulting in the creations of hundreds of freshwater mitigation wetlands. This dissertation utilized an existing database of mitigation wetlands, publicly available data, and field surveys to investigate the relationship between constructed wetlands and their surroundings and also determine how design affects wetland condition over time. The overarching goals of this dissertation were to evaluate the geospatial distribution and areal extent of constructed freshwater mitigation wetlands in Hillsborough County and determine how they influence the landscape; evaluate design variables and environmental factors influencing constructed wetland trajectories; and determine how future changes to the landscape will likely affect constructed wetland systems.
The goals of Chapter 2 were to evaluate the relationship between mitigation wetland construction and total freshwater wetland area; determine if forested and non-forested wetlands are being impacted/mitigated at similar rates; determine if wetland mitigation is offsetting impacts from increased urbanization at the landscape scale. This study concluded that since 1985, permitted impacts of non-forested wetlands have occurred at a significantly greater annual rate than forested systems, despite their smaller regional footprint. Interestingly, this increased impact frequency, combined with mitigation ratios greater than 1:1 (mitigation to impact area), have helped decrease proportional difference in area between forested and non-forested wetlands in the region. Over the period of the study, mean LDI scores for drainage basins across watershed have increased, with those containing mitigation projects significantly increasing compared to those without. Changes in drainage basin LDI were significantly correlated to the number of mitigation projects per basin, total impact area, and total mitigation area. Upward shifts in drainage basin LDI categories have been documented in 25 of Hillsborough County’s 184 basins, however no significant connection to permittee-responsible freshwater wetlands was established. These results imply that current mitigation practices are failing to ameliorate increasing development intensity at the landscape scale.
The goals of Chapter 3 were to determine the current condition of created freshwater mitigation wetlands in Hillsborough County, Florida; determine if forested and non-forested wetlands maintain similar trajectories after release; and evaluate how design and changes in the landscape influence created wetland condition over time. Original wetland engineering plans and historical data were used to establish baseline conditions at the time of wetland “release” and track wetland changes over time. A chronosequence approach was utilized to determine wetland trajectories and analyze potential differences between forested and non-forested systems. This study found that surveyed freshwater wetlands had decreased in size from their intended area by a total of approximately 18%, but due to increased mitigation ratios, were likely still producing a net gain in total wetland area and meeting the goals of “no net loss”. On average, wetland condition (as determined by WRAP scores) decreased by 9% from the time of release to the time of survey. Few differences were observed between wetland types with the exception of canopy richness and wetland trajectory, although correlations between wetland condition and time were non-significant. From the regression optimization analyses, it appeared that wetland location (as measured in the design WRAP score) was one of the most important factors contributing to surveyed wetland condition.
In Chapter 4, future land use data was used to determine predicted anthropogenic pressure on these urban wetland systems and evaluate changes to the overall landscape. GIS based analyses on landscape development intensity (LDI) determined that significant changes are not expected at the landscape scale by the year 2025, however drainage basins that possess mitigation wetlands are anticipated to increase in development intensity. Predicted LDI scores for constructed freshwater wetlands is predicted to increase significantly, which could have detrimental impacts on wetland condition.
This dissertation highlights the significance of wetland design and location on wetland condition. From this research, it is apparent that consideration of site placement is the most important design variable for small (3 hectares or less) freshwater wetlands; and that understanding of future conditions may promote long-term success. Long-term studies such as this are valuable tools for understanding how specific ecosystems respond to changing landscapes and should be used to help shape policies that reflect these ecological advancements. Understanding the past and preparing for the future is the only way to foster restoration success.
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Meatyard, Kathleen B. "Contextualizing Tucker's Garden: The Role of Text, Subtext, and Context in the Creation of Eighteenth-Century Landscapes." W&M ScholarWorks, 1995. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539625954.
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Babcock, Chris (Christopher E. ). "Evaluating the technical innovation landscape for wind energy's competitive future : a value creation -- value capture analysis." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/107501.
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Thesis: S.M. in Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Engineering, System Design and Management Program, Engineering and Management Program, 2014.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-106).
This thesis utilizes a systems approach to develop a framework to analyze the value creation and value capture potential of technical innovations in the wind energy sector of the electric power industry. Six technical innovations are considered for the analysis, including Grid-Scale Storage, On-Site Manufacturing Systems, Transmission Power Flow Control, Near-Term Forecasting, Long-Term Forecasting and Predictive Maintenance. Several comparative techniques are employed, including Pugh selection, weighted stakeholder occurrence based on stakeholder value networks, and a multi-attribute utility method. The technologies are compared across multiple possible future scenarios and scored based on their value contribution to stakeholders of both the wind power plant as well as the entire electric power system. Of the technical innovations analyzed in this framework, Grid-Scale Storage, On-Site Manufacturing Systems and Predictive Maintenance promise to contribute the greatest value to industry stakeholders and thus are the most likely to improve the competitiveness of the wind industry. A combined application of the multi-attribute utility method with the weighted stakeholder occurrence method based on stakeholder value networks was the most effective in distinguishing value contribution from the technologies. A value creation -- value capture matrix provides a useful method for visualizing value contribution to industry stakeholders and is used to inform commercialization strategy of the selected technologies. In addition, trade plots are utilized for selecting which technologies contribute the highest value across multiple possible future scenarios.
by Chris Babcock.
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Robinson, Samantha G. "Piping plover habitat and demography following storm-induced and engineered landscape change." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/97725.
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Understanding the effects of large-scale disturbances and associated management actions on imperiled species can increase conservation value of future management. Piping plovers (Charadrius melodus) are federally threatened and endangered, disturbance-dependent shorebirds, nesting on broad, sparsely vegetated beaches, sandbars, and lakeshores. In October 2012, Hurricane Sandy storm surges cleared vegetation and opened old and new inlets through Fire Island and Westhampton Island, New York, creating plover habitat. Storm effects prompted an island-wide stabilization project, and certain sections of Fire Island were designed to create and/or improve plover habitat (hereafter, restoration areas) to mitigate possible habitat loss or degradation. Many plover populations range-wide appear to be habitat-limited, and we anticipated positive population growth following habitat creation.
To help predict what might happen to the plover population following Hurricane Sandy, we evaluated the effects of habitat-creating events at several other locations in the range, evaluating the hypothesis that plover population sizes are habitat limited. We estimated the amount of habitat available before and after four significant storm and flooding events by classifying pre- and post-disturbance aerial imagery and evaluated the population changes that occurred after disturbance-related habitat alterations. Following these habitat creating events, nesting habitat increased 27%–950%, and, subsequently, these plover populations increased overall 72%–622% (increase of 8–217 pairs in 3 to 8 years after the disturbance, average 12–116% increase annually). The demographic changes likely were driven by some combination of productivity and immigration occurring simultaneously with regional increases.
We then evaluated population and suitable habitat change on Fire Island and Westhampton Island following Hurricane Sandy. We developed an integrated population model to determine the primary contributors to population and assessed the effect of restoration areas on demographic processes during 2013–2018. We also recorded individual locations of adults and pre-fledge chicks to evaluate effects of post-Hurricane Sandy landscape features on resource selection of adults and chicks, and behavior and survival of plover broods. We evaluated whether breeding stage (pre-breeding, nesting, brooding, post-breeding), simple breeding stage (breeding, not-breeding), or instantaneous behavior class (parental, non-parental) best explained habitat selection during the 5-month plover breeding season. We also evaluated the effects of post-Hurricane Sandy landscape features on resource selection, behavior, and survival of plover broods during 2013–2019.
We observed positive population growth in three of five years and overall growth through the study (λ ̅=1.12). Immigration and reproductive output were correlated with population growth (r = 0.93 and 0.74, respectively). Compared to the rest of the study area, restoration areas had higher chick survival but lower nest survival and breeding fidelity, and population growth (λ ̅=1.09) in restoration areas was similar. For adult plovers, behavior class best explained habitat selection. Compared to non-parental plovers, plovers engaged in parental behavior (incubating, brooding, and accompanying chicks, hereafter 'parental') selected areas closer to bay intertidal habitats and with more dry sand. Non-parental plovers avoided areas with more dry sand and did not select for or against bay intertidal habitats. Additionally, non-parental plovers avoided development more than parental plovers and avoided areas of lower elevation more than parental plovers. In each year, there was more suitable habitat for parental plovers than non-parental plovers. Plover broods selected for flatter sites with less vegetation but selected for sites closer to development as time since Hurricane Sandy increased. Chick foraging rates were highest in moist substrates and were negatively influenced by nesting plover density. Chick survival was negatively influenced by nesting plover density and was greater for earlier hatched broods. Further, chick survival was higher following an outbreak of sarcoptic mange in the local red fox (Vulpes vulpes) population. If human interventions were reduced or modified in such a way as to create, maintain, and improve habitat, plover populations likely would reach higher numbers, and the potential for achieving recovery goals would be increased. Future restoration areas projects could use Great Gun as a model, although design criteria could be improved to increase access to moist, flat, low energy foraging sites. Efforts to increase immigration of novel breeding adults into the system, primarily by habitat creation or maintenance, are likely to have the greatest local effect on population growth but may not improve regional population persistence if habitat creation is only local. Management to improve reproductive output is likely to have a positive effect on population growth if there is suitable habitat to support recruits and will improve regional population persistence by producing emigrants. When improving or creating plover habitat, managers should consider habitat needs both for plovers of all life stages. Habitat management should focus on maintaining vegetation-free sand and access to low-elevation foraging habitat. Allowing hurricanes such as Hurricane Sandy to alter the landscape naturally will create these landscape features.Doctor of Philosophy
Piping plovers (Charadrius melodus) are federally threatened and endangered shorebirds that nest on sandy beaches, sandbars, and lakeshores. In October 2012, Hurricane Sandy created substantial habitat on Fire Island and Westhampton Island, New York, which could have acted as plover habitat. However, concerns about mainland safety from future storms prompted an island-wide project, building dunes planted with beach grass, to improve ability of Fire Island to protect the mainland. However, planted dunes had the potential to negatively affect newly created habitat, and certain sections of Fire Island were designed to create plover nesting habitat. Because of the habitat creation, we predicted that the population would increase. To illustrate that habitat creating events lead to plover population increases, we used freely available aerial imagery and identified all areas of dry and moist sand in study areas. We then used local plover monitoring data to relate habitat change to plover population change, and found that for several hurricanes and floods in the piping plover range, habitat increases led to population increase. We then evaluated population change on Fire Island and Westhampton Island, and found that the population increased 90% following Hurricane Sandy, and the increase was primarily due to new immigrant adults, and local reproductive success. The created restoration areas had similar reproductive output and population growth to the rest of the study area. To determine the areas on Fire Island and Westhampton Island that were adequate habitat for piping plover adults, we compared habitat used by plovers to what was available on the island and determined that habitat use differed between adults exhibiting parental behaviors and adults exhibiting all other behaviors. Non-parental plovers avoided dry sand. Both parental and non-parental plovers avoided development and high elevation sites. Overall, more sand was suitable for parental plovers than non-parental plovers. Because reproductive output also was influential to the population increase on Fire Island, we evaluated effects of landscape features on plover chick habitat, foraging, and survival. Plover chicks avoided vegetation, and selected flatter areas, but selected sites closer to development as time since Hurricane Sandy increased. Chicks spent more time foraging in moist substrates, and less time foraging when there were more plovers nesting in a management unit. Chick survival also was lower when more plovers were nesting in a management unit and was greater for earlier hatched broods. Further, chick survival was higher following a sharp decline in the local red fox (Vulpes vulpes) population. Overall, Hurricane Sandy was a positive force for this local plover population and local efforts to allow hurricane storm surges to modify the island in the future will improve long-term population persistence. Efforts to increase immigration of novel adults into Fire Island and Westhampton Island, primarily by habitat creation or maintenance, are likely to have the greatest local effect on positive population growth. Improving reproductive output is likely to have a positive effect on local and regional population growth, particularly by maintaining a low red fox population, if there is suitable habitat to support recruits. When improving or creating plover habitat, managers should consider habitat needs for plovers across the whole breeding season rather than just nesting. Habitat management should focus on maintaining vegetation-free sand, and access to low-elevation, flat foraging habitat. Habitat creation also may increase habitat amount and therefore local population growth.
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Longaker, Robert George. "Planning and design of the urban park: A study of use patterns at Fort Lowell Park and the creation of new design guidelines for park development in Tucson, Arizona." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278691.
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This thesis will study Fort Lowell Park, a typical district park in Tucson, Arizona. Through a survey of park users, the park itself will be assessed according to its positive and negative aspects. The survey itself will seek to capture the thoughts, beliefs, and recreational needs of the typical park user in Tucson. Through the compilation and interpretation of survey results, and with the assistance of case studies involving cities investing in parks and open spaces, the author of this thesis expects to produce new guidelines not only for the improvement of Fort Lowell Park, but also for the planning and design of new urban parks in the Tucson metropolitan area. These new guidelines will not only improve the quality of recreational experiences in the City of Tucson, but will also contribute to the economic, social, and quality of life variables which make a city an attractive place in which to live.
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Yung, Hoi-sze Iris, and 翁凱詩. "Revitalization of Tsim Sha Tsui East: creation of the new city center." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45009727.
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Heim, Michael. "Rational man and lords of creation : aspects of the European experience of the South Australian landscape, 1836-8 /." Title page, contents and introduction only, 1995. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09arh467.pdf.
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Pierson, Morgan W. "REO to rental : the creation of a new asset class and the transformation of the American single family landscape." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/87609.
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Thesis: S.M. in Real Estate Development, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Real Estate Development in conjunction with the Center for Real Estate, 2014.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 94-98).
The prodigious US single-family housing market consists of roughly 80 million existing homes and of those, more than 14 million are currently being rented. This trillion-dollar rental market has traditionally been operated exclusively by mom and pop organizations, until now. Since the housing collapse began five years ago institutional investors began taking note of falling home prices and rising inventories of bank owned properties. Private equity giants like Blackstone and Colony Capital saw a once-in-a-generation opportunity to invest at pennies on the dollar in a sector long regarded but never before accessible to large institutions. Reminiscent of California in the late 1840's, there was a massive rush West and South by firms looking to deploy billions of dollars of investment capital through the purchase of thousands of single-family homes. By the middle of 2013 nearly $20 billion had been raised or spent and more than 150,000 homes were in the hands of institutional investors. A new market was born and fast maturing. In the early days skeptics permeated the space while investors looked to further formalize the hundreds of millions already invested. By the end of 2013 three Real Estate Investment Trusts existed with a market capitalization exceeding $4 billion and the Blackstone Group finalized the formation of the world's first bond backed by single-family rental streams. Today analysts and investors disagree on what stage of maturity the single-family rental (SFR) exists. Specifically, there are those who see SFR as a new asset class advancing toward a double or triple digit billion market capitalization. On the other hand there are those who see these investments as nothing more than a short-term trade, destined to fade within the next few years. This contemporary thesis topic aims to shed light on the buy-to-rent strategy surrounding single-family home investors including tactics being adopted to garner the greatest rewards. Furthermore, the thesis will assess the recent investment methods being made by the burgeoning industry's largest players including filing for REIT classification and securitizing single-family rental incomes. Finally, the thesis will answer the question of whether this new national investment will endure as a business model and forever change the single-family landscape or simply remain and opportunistic 'trade' at a time when so many Americans lost their home.
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Edström, Alexa, and Alexander Klinger. "A Landscape of Deep-Tech and Venture Capital in Europe." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-279736.
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Considering that technology is developing at a rapid pace, the venture capital landscape changes due to R&D and product maturity life cycles shortening dramatically compared to 50 years ago, thus impacting the portfolio of a VC and its future investment opportunities. However, this relationship between digitalization and venture capital remains underexamined in literature. The research problem is thus to explore how venture capital and the industries it backs have been shaped by digitalization and thus deep tech within the context of Europe. The literature review as a method is examining mechanisms propelled by the digitalization behind the top five VC-backed industries between 2015- 2019 in Europe. In this research, deep tech is a major factor as to why industries have been the most heavily invested in due to their predicted potential exploiting the use of digital technologies. Further research should explore this relationship deeper through obtaining primary data with a quantitative approach to strengthen the implications of the findings.Med tanke på att tekniken utvecklas i snabb takt förändras riskkapitallandskapet på grund av FoU och produktmognadets livscykler som förkortas dramatiskt jämfört med för 50 år sedan, vilket påverkar portföljen för en VC och dess framtida investeringsmöjligheter. Detta förhållande mellan digitalisering och riskkapital förblir emellertid inte undersökt i litteraturen. Forskningsproblemet är alltså att undersöka hur riskkapital och de industrier det stöder har formats av digitalisering och därmed djup teknik inom Europa. Litteraturöversynen som metod undersöker mekanismer som drivs av digitaliseringen bakom de fem främsta VC-stödda industrierna mellan 2015-2019 i Europa. I denna forskning är djup teknik en viktig faktor för varför industrier har varit de mest investerade i på grund av deras förutsagda potentiella utnyttjande av digital teknik. Ytterligare forskning bör undersöka detta förhållande för djupare förståelse genom insamlad primärdata och en kvantitativ metodik för att stärka konsekvenserna av resultaten.
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Burns, David Utecht. "URBAN DIVISION AND SOCIAL ANTAGONISM: THE POWER OF PLACE IN THE CREATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD IDENTITIES IN DULUTH, MINNESOTA." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1281113953.
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Alshammari, Saleh. "Creation of a Virtual Landscape of Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah City in Saudi Arabia from Earth observation Data including 3D scene attributes." Thesis, University of Dundee, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.496405.
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Besslich, Valerie, and Ekaterina Zalizniuk. "The Knowledge Creation Process in High Reliability Organizations : A case study on intra-team learning at the Lambohov Fire Station." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-160000.
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Each organization has its specifics that affect the way knowledge is created and transferred. The existing literature in the field of knowledge creation, studies contemporary organizations and currently does not consider special cases such as high reliability organizations. Therefore, the aim of this thesis is to complement the existing knowledge creation model by describing the knowledge creation process for high reliability organizations using the case study of the Lambohov Fire Station. A qualitative case study was conducted and carried out with the help of Lambohov Fire Station through non-participant observations and semi- structured interviews with one of the fire brigades. Our research has revealed that the learning processes in HROs differs from the existing theoretical framework. According to the literature, knowledge is created through conversion of tacit and explicit knowledge, while at the fire station the conversion involves tacit and implicit types of knowledge.
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Anterola, Jeremy K. "Intelligent adaptive environments : proposal for inclusive, interactive design enabling the creation of an interconnected public open space on the Iron Horse trestle interurban-railroad-subway [St. Louis, Missouri]." Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/1493.
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Jylhä, E. J. (Eva-Jo). "The creation of the Small New England Town in Alice Hoffman’s Massachusetts novels:a cultural imagological study." Doctoral thesis, Oulun yliopisto, 2014. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789526205908.
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Abstract The region of New England has played a strong role in the formation and development of the United States on both physical and ideological levels, and the image of the small New England town is highly evocative at both a regional and national level. It is an image shaped by an awareness of the past and the needs of the time. Alice Hoffman is a popular writer who often writes about people living in small New England towns. This thesis is a study of how Hoffman’s fictional small New England towns are created in six of her Massachusetts novels, Practical Magic (1995), The River King (2000), Blue Diary (2001), The Probable Future (2003), Blackbird House (2004) and The Red Garden (2011). To provide a framework for this study, concepts developed by cultural geographers such as sense of place and landscape are combined with imagological, sociological and historical ideas of collective memory and narrative identity. Phenomenology is at the root of the epistemological stance and concepts that are central to this study of the creation of place. Concepts of place, time and identity from across disciplines are combined in an extension of the horizons of imagology that shifts focus from national images to a broader range of images producing a cultural imagological study of the creation of Hoffman country. This study works with various levels of engagement and interaction with community in the fictional towns of the novels. The major sub-communities in The River King are used to amplify the workings of a sense of place and nostalgia in relation to rootedness. The town community as a whole is studied through Blackbird House and The Red Garden to explore how history and memory merge to create the mythology central to the identity of a town. Changing interactions with community at an individual level are scrutinized through a topobiographical study of the reconstruction of narrative identity in the novels Practical Magic and Blue Diary. The Probable Future figures around the interaction of a family with the rest of the community and this changing interaction is examined through the processes and functions of memorialization. All six novelistic towns are then examined in terms of landscape and imagined communities. Through the study, a mapping of Hoffman Country emerges and the formation of Hoffman’s imagined small New England towns is explicatedTiivistelmä Uuden-Englannin alue on ollut merkittävä Yhdysvaltojen alueellisessa ja ideologisessa muodostumisessa. Mielikuvat pienistä uusienglantilaisista kaupungeista miljöinä ovat voimakkaita, ja usein niihin liittyy tietoa paikkojen historiasta. Alice Hoffmann on suosittu nykykirjailija, jonka useissa teoksissa henkilöhahmot asuvat Uuden-Englannin pikkukaupungeissa. Tämän tutkimuksen tavoitteena on tarkastella, miten Hoffman rakentaa fiktiivisiä kaupunkeja kuudessa Massachusettsiin sijoittuvassa teoksessaan. Tutkimusaineistona ovat teokset Practical Magic (1995, suom. Noitasisaret), The River King (2000), Blue Diary (2001), The Probable Future (2003), Blackbird House (2004) ja The Red Garden (2011, suom. Punainen puutarha). Tässä tutkimuksessa kulttuurimaantieteellisiä käsitteitä, kuten paikkatunne (sense of place) ja maisema, on yhdistetty imagologian, sosiologian ja historian käsitteisiin kollektiivisesta muistista ja narratiivisesta identiteetistä. Näin kulttuuri-imagologia yhdistää imagologian tutkimuksen kansallisuuteen liittyvät mielikuvat mielikuviin tietystä paikasta, ajasta ja identiteetistä. Tätä teoreettista kehystä käytetään analysoitaessa Hoffmannin fiktiivisiä pienkaupunkiyhteisöjä. Tutkimuksen tietoteoreettisena perustana on fenomenologinen näkemys ja käsitteistö. Kulttuuri-imagologian kautta tarkastellaan Hoffmannin romaaneissaan rakentamia yhteisöjä ja miljöitä. Olennaisimmat yhteisöt romaanissa The River King vahvistavat paikan ymmärryksen ja nostalgisuuden merkityksen henkilöhahmojen kokemalle juurettomuudelle. Kaupunkiyhteisöjä on tarkasteltu novellikokoelmien Blackbird House ja The Red Garden avulla osoittamaan, miten historia ja muisti toimivat rakentaen mytologista paikan identiteettiä. Yksilöiden toisistaan erottuva yhteisöllinen vuorovaikutus analysoidaan topobiografisella tavalla rekonstruoitaessa narratiivista identiteettiä romaaneissa Practical Magic ja Blue Diary. The Probable Future -teoksen hahmojen vuorovaikutus perheen sisällä ja muun yhteisön kanssa ilmentää muistelmallisuuden prosessia. Kaikkia kuutta fiktiivistä kaupunkia tarkastellaan maiseman ja fiktiivisen yhteisöllisyyden näkökulmista. Tämä tutkimus osoittaa Alice Hoffmanin uusienglantilaisiin pikkukaupunkeihin sijoittuvien teosten analyysin avulla, miten kirjailijat voivat käyttää ja muokata teoksissaan mielikuvia paikoista luodessaan tunnesiteitä yksilöiden, yhteisöjen ja miljöiden välille
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Keller, Anne M. ""One Narrow Thread of Green": The Vision of May Theilgaard Watts, the Creation of the Illinois Prairie Path, and a Community's Crusade for Open Space in Chicago's Suburbs." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1466590966.
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Souza, Sandra Carezzato de. "O lugar onde as dunas falam." Universidade de São Paulo, 2018. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/27/27160/tde-17072018-171753/.
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Diante da realidade desmotivadora das relações e estruturas de funcionamento na escola pública de São Paulo, muitos profissionais da educação sucumbem ao desânimo e à ausência de significado das suas práticas, prejudicando seu desempenho ou adoecendo de tal maneira a ponto de, em alguns casos, terem que abandonar por completo a prática pedagógica. As ações preventivas ou de combate ao chamado "mal-estar docente" têm se mostrado pouco eficazes por serem construídas sobre moldes às vezes desconectados dos princípios, necessidades ou qualidades individuais do professorado. Essa situação alarmante tem contribuído para uma crescente desvalorização da figura do professor. Com base em uma bibliografia que investiga questões relevantes para a compreensão das condições externas e internas do indivíduo educador, este trabalho realizou a observação de um grupo de docentes que encontrou mecanismos individuais para a sustentação de uma disponibilidade viva diante das imposições típicas do universo educacional. Entre as ações empreendidas por eles está o ato de reservar para si mesmos espaços cotidianos coerentes com aspectos internos de potência pessoal, o que lhes possibilita a manutenção de um estado de aprendizado permanente e de ação criadora por meio da presença íntegra. Para dialogar com estas pessoas e suas paisagens utilizei, como ponto de partida, meus próprios recursos de ordenação interna e criação, inspirados basicamente por tecidos coloridos, narrativas de vida e de tradição oral e reflexões em contato com as dunas da praia do Araçá, em Ilha Comprida. Esta pesquisa foi realizada com o objetivo de revelar um retrato pouco conhecido dos professores e, a partir do registro da presença e das soluções encontradas por um grupo, estimular a renovação do olhar dos profissionais da educação sobre si mesmos e o seu trabalho.In face of the depressive reality on São Paulo's public school relations and operating structures, many education professionals succumb to the discouragement and absence meaning of their practices, causing damages to their performance, or getting so ill that, in some cases, they must to completely abandon pedagogical practices. Preventive actions to combat so-called "teacher's malaise" have been ineffective because of it's building on disconnected molds from the teaching staff principles, needs or individual qualities. This alarming situation has contributed to a growing teacher's figure devaluation. Based on a bibliography that investigates relevant questions to understanding educator's external and internal conditions, this work has done an observation of a group that found individual mechanisms to support a living availability before the typical educational universe's impositions. Amongst their actions is to reserve for themselves coherent to internal aspects of personal power daily spaces, which enables them to maintain a permanent learning and creative action state through integrity presence. In order to dialogue with these people and their landscapes, I used, as a starting point, my own internal ordering and creation resources, basically inspired on colored tissues, life and oral traditional narratives and reflections in contact with the Araçá's beach dunes, in Ilha Comprida. This research was carried out with the objective of revealing a little known educator's picture, by recording a group presence and their found solutions, to stimulate the renewal viwe of school teachers about themselves and their work.
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Forozin, Ainaz, Linnea Lindahl, and John Pahlm. "Från WOW till OH SHIT! : - En studie om värdeskapande i konsertsammanhang." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-42698.
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Our purpose with this research is to highlight that there is a scope for increased value creation in the experience room during concerts, and how value-enhancing strategies can be a competitive advantage for different venues. In our investigation of this we have worded the following research question: How is the perceived customer value affected during a concert in the experience room and its physical environment? With the background in this question we have identified three key concepts that we believe are the influence of the total concert experience which are; sensory experiences, interaction and identity. From these concepts we have drafted a number of propositions to test the reality by our empirical data collection.
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Cooper, Casey Jo. "The dissolution of the monasteries by King Henry VIII and its effect on the econmoy sic], political landscape, and social instability in Tudor England that led to the creation of the poor laws." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2011. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/364.
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Before the reformation and the schism of the Catholic Church, it had always been the duty of the Church and not of the state, to undertake the seven corporal works of mercy; feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, welcome the stranger, clothe the naked, visit the sick, visit the prisoner, and bury the dead.¹ By dissolving these institutions, Henry had unwittingly created what would become a social disaster of biblical proportions. In essence, this act was rendering thousands of the poor and elderly without a home or shelter, it denied the country of much of the medical aid that has been offered by the church, it denied future generations of thousands of volumes of books and scriptures from the monastic libraries, as well as denied many an education who would have otherwise never received one without the help of the Church. The ultimate goal of my thesis is to prove my hypothesis that the dissolution of the monasteries by King Henry VIII was not merely a contributory factor in the need for the creation of poor laws, but the deciding factor (in a myriad of societal issues) for their creation. Footnote 1: Matthew 25 vv. 32-46.B.A.
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Monticelli, Ismael Agliardi, and Ismael Agliardi Monticelli. "Tapetum lucidum." Universidade Federal de Pelotas, 2014. http://repositorio.ufpel.edu.br/handle/ri/2772.
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Partindo do encontro fortuito com um mapa antigo da Lagoa dos Patos e seus arredores, esta dissertação buscou costurar considerações sobre o processo de criação em artes visuais do autor e a sua imbricada relação com a paisagem, partindo da premissa de que, por trás de toda prática artística, subjaz uma poética resultante de uma forma particular de contemplar o mundo. A partir do entrecruzamento das experiências do artista com referenciais teóricos oriundos da filosofia, mais especificamente da fenomenologia, literatura, história e geografia, buscou-se averiguar outros procedimentos de pensar, relatar, escrever e apresentar um processo de criação em artes visuais.
$a Leaving my encounter fortuitous with an old map of the Lagoa dos Patos and its surroundings, this dissertation seeks to sew considerations about the process of creating visual art and its intertwined relationship with the landscape, on the premise that, behind all artistic practice, underlies a poetics that results in a particular way to contemplate the world. I seek to investigate other forms of thinking, report, write and present a creative process in visual arts, from the crossing of my experience as a visual artist with theoretical derived from philosophy, more specifically phenomenology, literature, history and geography
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Dorminey, Sarah J. "Creating a Multiple Intelligences Landscape." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9642.
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The built environment should facilitate a meaningful experience for a user by intellectually engaging their perceptual and cognitive abilities. In 1983, Howard Gardner published his cognitive theory of multiple intelligences. Gardner theorizes that human intelligence is not one single capacity, but is comprised of multiple capacities. Many teachers use the multiple intelligences theory as a tool to reach a larger number of students by engaging their unique learning styles. The theory of multiple intelligences is one way to interpret how an individual might understand, perceive or experience their surroundings. I used Gardner's theory as a framework to develop design criteria that can be used by designers to create landscapes or environments that engage people in an intellectual and meaningful way. By designing a site that will engage different individuals' unique methods of understanding, a landscape architect can create landscapes that will capture attention and promote a unique personal experience through the creation of sense of place. I believe that this in turn can also be used as a tool for articulating design ideas and analyzing current landscapes.
My research begins with a review of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's theory of flow and what is needed to achieve this playful state. The answer is to engage a user with a challenge. This led me to Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences. After a review of his work, I used his theory to analyze several case study landscapes. Based on this research, I developed a set of preliminary design criteria that can be used as an outline or a starting point for designers.
I chose the Joe L. Evins Appalachian Center for Crafts (ACC) in Smithville, Tennessee as my site for beginning my understanding of the range of uses that the multiple intelligences possess within a landscape. The ACC is a visual arts school whose mission is to preserve and educate people about the culture and techniques of Appalachian crafts. The mediums that are taught are clay, glass, metal, fibers, and wood. My design exploration lead me to concluded that the outcome of a multiple intelligences landscape will be shaped by several factors: the personal strengths and weaknesses within the multiple intelligences of the designer, the sites will determine which intelligences should be designed for, and that the design process should be a collaborative effort. Therefore, the design solution produced is not the strength of this research project, but rather the development, process, and conclusions that reveal a strong case for the inclusion of engaging users' intellectually.Master of Landscape Architecture
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Fox, Rachel E. "Creating a typology of temporary landscapes." Kansas State University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/19068.
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Master of Landscape ArchitectureDepartment of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning
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Temporary landscapes are an emerging project type with in the field of landscape architecture. Pop-up parks, parklets, and temporary art installations have been gaining media attention and changing notions of open space. Landscape architects need to take a more active role in the planning, design, and execution of these temporary landscapes. Peter Bishop describes temporary land use as “an intentional phase” where the “time-limited nature of the use is generally explicit” (Bishop, 2012, p. 5). This research refines Bishop’s definition by stating temporary landscapes must be intentionally time limited designs of open space. Currently the unorganized variety of projects has impeded landscape architects’ ability to evaluate and learn from these spaces. This research project seeks to understand and synthesize different characteristics of temporary landscapes. A typology was developed by identifying key themes in literature, composing a carefully curated series of precedent studies, participating in the development of a temporary pop-up park in Wichita, Kansas, and developing a matrix that identifies the relationships between temporal types. The products of this research will help planners and designers develop more successful and intentional temporally limited designs.
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Nees, Mary Barton. "Catalysis." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2007. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2047.
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The artist discusses the process of discovery that led to her Master of Fine Arts exhibition at Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, from March 19 to 23, 2007. Investigations in printmaking, mixed media, and symbol are highlighted. The work for the thesis show consists of nineteen, 30" hand pulled works on paper. All works are oriented vertically and floated in the frame. Of this collection, thirteen are monotypes, four are collographs, and one is a collage. Insertions include intaglio, brayer marking, encaustic wax, paper, oil paint, pen, and sumi ink. Topics included are the artist's thinking into the nature of creativity and the potential for art to speak into culture. The artist discusses some of her own process in this discovery exploring landscape, symbol, and abstraction. Included are a few contextual earlier landscapes of the artist's, some examples of discovery, and a catalogue of the final thesis show.
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Venturini, Rachel de Castro. "O zoológico entendido como paisagem contemporânea." [s.n.], 2013. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/284496.
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Orientador: Lúcia Eustáchio Fonseca RibeiroDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes
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Resumo: A pesquisa aqui apresentada busca o entendimento, sob o ponto de vista das Artes Visuais, do processo criativo dos recintos expositivos pertencentes à exposição "O Caminho da Serpente". Sediada na Fundação Parque Zoológico de São Paulo (FPZSP), essa mostra é direcionada para a manutenção e exposição da população de serpentes pertencente à Fundação. Contudo, o seu objetivo não se limita a apresentar ao público espécimes nativos e exóticos em um cenário "bonito" e, sim, construir um ambiente propício ao bem-estar dos animais, bem como a vivências que resultem na educação ambiental e no vínculo positivo do visitante com as serpentes. Dentro desse projeto expositivo abrangente, encontra-se o objeto de estudo: o processo de criação coletivo e multidisciplinar de ambientações realistas, fundadas na representação de um habitat selvagem, e destinadas à manutenção e exposição de um ser vivo. E considerando que a pesquisa está imersa em um contexto de interface entre áreas, abarcando a criação em artes visuais, bem como o universo dos zoológicos, optou-se por abordar e discutir esse mesmo objeto, a partir de um elemento que sempre se manteve como campo propício de englobar a criação, identificado como mediador de ambos os universos e constantes em todo o processo: a paisagem
Abstract: The research presented here seeks to understand, under the point of view of the Visual Arts, the creative process of exhibition venues belonging to the exhibition "O Caminho das Serpentes". Headquartered in the Zoological Park of São Paulo, this show is directed to the maintenance and exposure of the population of snakes belonging to the Foundation. However, its goal is not limited to present to the public native and exotic specimens in a "beautiful "scenario, and yes, build an environment favorable to the welfare of animals, as well as the experiences that result in environmental education and the positive bond of the visitor with snakes. Within this extensive exhibition project, is object of study: the processes of creating collectives and multidisciplinary realistic ambientations, based on the representation of a wildlife habitat and designed to the maintain and exposure of a living being. And considering that research is embedded in a context of interface between areas, encompassing the creation in visual arts as well as the world of zoos, it was decided to address and discuss the same subject, from an element that always kept as favorable field to encompass creation, identified as a mediator of both universes and constant throughout all process: the landscape
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Tokarz, Beverly Joan. "Landscape beyond Corot and other poems." Thesis, Boston University, 1991. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/35679.
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Pountney, Robert. "Thomas Hardy's creative use of the landscape." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.265585.
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Lescot, Shantala. "Création contemporaine et territoire, résidences d'artistes et génie du lieu : contextes, modalités, valeurs." Thesis, Bordeaux 3, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017BOR30030.
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Pourquoi, où et quand, des résidences d'artistes se sont implantées en Aquitaine et comment ont-elles abordé la mise en application des préconisations institutionnelles ? Quelles sont ces structures et comment s'organisent-elles en milieu rural, au profit d'une véritable visibilité de l'art contemporain ? Entre phénomène artistique, programmation culturelle et action sociale, comment l'immersion paysagère amène-t-elle à repenser la pratique artistique à partir des relations qu'elle noue avec le territoire, l'humanité et le milieu naturel ? C'est au travers de la mise en valeur et de l’ancrage de la résidence au cœur d’un terroir spécifique que peuvent se nouer des rencontres et des expériences inédites, entre création et vie sociale. La présence d’un artiste peut révéler ou réveiller des qualités et des potentialités latentes, à même de renvoyer une image insoupçonnée des lieux et des liens entre territoires et populations. C’est bien parce que le concept d’ « artiste en résidence » et le dispositif de « résidence d’artistes » ne convoquent pas de la même manière les notions de lieu et de contexte paysager que nous avons décidé d’examiner de plus près l’évolution du rapport de l’artiste au paysage et à l’espace tout au long de sa « trajectoire migratoire », pour appréhender l’effet de l’expérience de la mobilité sur la création artistique et sur le sentiment d’appartenance au lieu. En prenant nos distances vis-à-vis des définitions classiques du paysage, nous proposerons l’idée d’entité vivante et stimulante à partir de laquelle peut se dégager une nouvelle manière de voir et de concevoir le monde : révélant ainsi le « Génie du lieu », dynamique et complice de la créationWhy, where and when artist residencies have established in the Aquitaine region? How did they approach the implementation of institutional recommendations? What are these so-called structures and how are they organised in rural areas to ensure an actual visibility of contemporary art? Between art phenomenon, cultural programming and social actions, how does landscape immersion require to rethink art practice and its relationships with territorial collectivities, people and nature? Unprecedented encounters and experiences may happen thanks to showcase, design, life experience and key situation of artist residences in the heart of territories. The artist’s presence might reveal or wake up one’s qualities and full potential, enabling to give an unexpected picture of places and connections between territories and people. It is precisely because the “artist in residence” concept and the “artist residencies” facilities have different approaches to the ideas of places and landscape contexts that we decided to review the evolution of the artist’s relationship to space, landscape and populated areas – throughout his “migratory path” – so as to be able to understand the effect of mobility experience on artistic creation and connection to places. While distancing conventional definitions of landscapes, we will present the idea of a living and stimulating entity from which a new way of seeing and designing the world may occur. The revealed Genius Loci appears to have its temporary roots, dynamic and complicit with creative work
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Jarocha-Ernst, Alex. "Creating landscapes with simulated colliding plates /." Link to online version, 2006. https://ritdml.rit.edu/dspace/handle/1850/1962.
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McDonnell, Timothy Gerard. "Urban fusion: creating integrated productive landscapes." Kansas State University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/9182.
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Master of Landscape ArchitectureDepartment of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning
Lee R. Skabelund
Urban agriculture is an industry located within or in close proximity to a town, city or a metropolis, which grows, raises, processes and distributes a diversity of food to that urban area (Mougeot 2000). Traditionally, agricultural practices have been viewed as fringe or rural activities that do not belong in urban centers. As cities continue to grow, the distance between food production and consumers increases. On average, a meal eaten in America has traveled approximately 1,500 miles from field to plate (Hill 2008). This distance creates a system that requires food to be imported to cities and removes physical connections between urban populations and their source of food. Increased distances raise concerns of food security as urban areas are now dependent on outside sources. It will continue to be an issue in the future with fossil fuel depletion and the influence this will have on transportation costs and the cost of food. The quality of life in urban areas has also been compromised as centers grow. Individuals get lost in the fast-paced lifestyle of cities and lose the ability to interact socially. As urban populations continue to grow, it will be crucial to create centers that provide potential for a prosperous future. The placement of integrated productive landscapes in cities focuses food production locally while providing public spaces that encourage community interaction, helping transform the urban environment. Like many cities, Kansas City, Missouri has created an urban structure void of food production, relying on food from outside sources. Additionally, the city lacks public spaces deterring community and social interaction. Integrated productive landscapes are presented as opportunities to introduce agriculture into the urban fabric using suitable sites located in the very heart of the city. In this report, the Interstate 670 Corridor is re-envisioned as a productive landscape used to connect the community to local food and encourage social interaction. The corridor demonstrates the seamless integration of agriculture into Kansas City’s urban core, creating a multi-functional productive space that fuses with the public realm in a way that can be appreciated by those who experience it.
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Bowen, Sarah. "Landscape as transitional space in film practice." Thesis, University of Brighton, 2015. https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/3781ef60-cbd2-4606-bcd8-e96d5c32630d.
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Griffin, Mark William. "Terrain synthesis : the creation, management, presentation and validation of artificial landscapes." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2001. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13618/.
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'Synthetic Terrain' is the term used for artificially-composed computer-based Digital Terrain Models (DTMs) created by a combination of techniques and heavily influenced by Earth Sciences applications. The synthetic landscape is created to produce 'geographically acceptable', 'realistic' or 'valid' computer-rendered landscapes, maps and 3D images, which are themselves based on synthetic terrain Digital Elevation Models (OEMs). This thesis examines the way in which mainly physical landscapes can be synthesised, and presents the techniques by which terrain data sets can be managed (created, manipulated, displayed and validated), both for academic reasons and to provide a convenient and cost-effective alternative to expensive 'real world' data sets. Indeed, the latter are collected by ground-based or aerial surveying techniques (e.g. photogrammetry), normally at considerable expense, depending on the scale, resolution and type required. The digital information for a real map could take months to collect, process and reproduce, possibly involving demanding Information Technology (IT) resources and sometimes complicated by differing (or contradictory) formats. Such techniques are invalid if the region lies within an 'unfriendly' or inaccessible part of the globe, where (for example), overflying or ground surveys are forbidden. Previous attempts at synthesising terrain have not necessarily aimed at realism. Digital terrain sets have been created by using fractal mathematical models, as 'special effects' for the entertainment industry (e.g. science fiction 'alien' landscapes' for motion pictures and arcade games) or for artistic reasons. There are no known examples of synthesised DTMs being created with such a wide range of requirements and functionality, and with such a regard to validation and realism. This thesis addresses the whole concept of producing' alternative' landscapes in artificial form - nearly 22 years of research aimed at creating' geographically-sensible' synthetic terrain is described with the emphasis on the last 5 years, when this PhD thesis was conceived. These concepts are based on radical, inexpensive and rapid techniques for synthesising terrain, yet value is also placed on the 'validity', realism and 'fitness for purpose' of such models. The philosophy - or the 'thought processes' - necessary to achieve the development of the algorithms leading to synthesised DTMs is one of the primary achievement of the research. This in turn led to the creation of an interactive software package called GEOFORMA, which requires some manual intervention in the form of preliminary terrain classification. The sequence is thus: the user can choose to create terrain or landform assemblages without reference to any real world area. Alternatively, he can select a real world region or a 'typical' terrain type on a 'dial up' basis, which requires a short period of intensive parametric analysis based on research into established terrain classification techniques (such as fractals and other mathematical routines, process-response models etc.) The creates a composite synthesised terrain model of high quality and realism, a factor examined both qualitatively and quantitatively. Although the physical terrain is the primary concern, similar techniques are applied to the human landscape, noting such attributes as the density, type, nature and distribution of settlements, transport systems etc., and although this thread of the research is limited in scope compared with the physical landscape synthesis, some spectacular results are presented. The system also creates place names based on a simple algorithm. Fluvial landscapes, upland regions and coastlines have been selected from the many possible terrain types for 'treatment', and the thesis gives each of these sample landscapes a separate chapter with appropriate illustrations from this original and extensive research. Finally, and inevitably, the work also poses questions in attempting to provide answers, this is perhaps inevitable in a relatively new genre, encompassing so many disciplines, and with relatively sparse literature on the subject.
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Briggs, Susan H. "Landscape as metaphor : artist as metaphier /." Curtin University of Technology, School of Art, 2002. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=14292.
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This research records a three year journey of exploration through the visual arts, specifically painting and drawing in relation to the landscape. The written work presented here provides a support document to my final exhibition of paintings that were exhibited in the John Curtin Gallery at Curtin University of Technology from November 24th - December 15th 2002.The writing of this exegesis is in itself a creative piece, but it is not the same as the visual research that culminates in the paintings. I am convinced that to talk about creating art actually leads one away from being in the experiencing of that art, hence this writing discusses the processes involved and not the finished work. My primary objective within this exegesis is to present a discussion centred around some of the philosophical issues that became visible whilst carrying out my practical work. This discussion is also about process itself in art making practices and research, hence this exegesis is intended to run as a parallel to the visual body of work as presented in the final exhibition of works held in the John Curtin Gallery.I have intentionally used my own practice as a device to question the choices and outcomes of art making generally in an effort to add a little colour to the larger discourse of creative practices. Some of the writing may seem personal (apart from the journal notes) and again, this is an intentional device in order to bring about a sense of embodiment within the writing itself and a way of mirroring the processes within the paintings.
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Shaffer, Amy S. "Creating connections." Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/1498.
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Laranjeira, José dos Santos. "Tránsitos Sonoros. El paisaje sonoro a partir de las tramas de la sincronicidad en el arte contemporáneo." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/285405.
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Esta tesis trata del paisaje sonoro en medio a las tramas de la sincronicidad como un potencial creativo proveniente del reposicionamiento del sonido como matriz de lenguaje y pensamiento artístico en el ámbito de la espacialidad contemporánea de las artes visuales.
Se inscribe en el marco de las investigaciones que incluyen la experiencia sensorial auditiva (auralidad) como instancia cualitativa relevante para la cognición estética, la estructuración semántica y simbólica en el campo artístico..
En el marco teórico conceptual y metodológico se incluyen, desde aspectos de la problemática del conocimiento, hasta reflexiones sobre las intersecciones e inter-relaciones entre arte y ciencia. El paradigma sistémico y la semiótica sirven como instrumentales a servicio del proceso descriptivo, analítico y crítico-reflexivo de la producción artística. La fundamentación teórica de este trabajo se apoya, por lo tanto, en el pensamiento sistémico como una plataforma paradigmática y la teoría semiótica de concepción peirciana como un instrumental lógico que nos permite concebir el arte como universo simbólico, un sistema de signos visuales y sonoros.
Los TRÁNSITOS SONOROS abordan el paisaje sonoro dentro del ámbito de creación e investigación académica a partir de experiencias y acciones colectivas y colaborativas, realizadas entre los años de 2010 y 2013, entre artistas investigadores de los grupos BR::AC/UB - Universidad de Barcelona e GIIP/UNESP Universidade Estadual Paulista “Julio de Mesquita Filho. TRÁNSITOS SONOROS constituye un breve testimonio de prácticas creativas realizadas dentro del medio académico universitario y afianzadas por la sincronicidad sistémica en la integración cualitativa de artistas investigadores. Una prueba cabal e incisiva de la creciente influencia e importancia que han ganado el sonido, la auralidad y el paisaje sonoro como experiencias sensoriales indispensables en el intrincado proceso de construcción contemporánea de narrativas y diálogos entre el arte, la sociedad, la cultura y el patrimonio cultural intangible.The present thesis is the soundscape amid frames of synchronicity as a creative potential proceeding of the sound repositioning as a language matrix and artistic thinking in the scope of the contemporary spatiality of the visual arts. It forms part of the research include auditory sensory experience (aurality) as relevant qualitative instance for aesthetic cognition, semantic and symbolic structure in the art field. The conceptual and methodological framework include, from aspects of the problem of knowledge, to reflections on the intersections and inter- relationships between art and science. The systemic paradigm and the semiotics serve as instruments in service to the descriptive, analytical and critical-reflexive process of the artistic production. The theoretical foundation of this work is based, therefore, on systemic thinking as a paradigmatic platform, and the semiotic theory of Peirce’s conception as a logical instrument that allows us to conceive the art as a symbolic universe, a system of visual and audible signs. The SOUNDING TRANSITS addresses the soundscape within the scope of creation and academic research from collective and collaborative experiences and actions carried out between 2010 and 2013, including researchers artists of the both group BR : AC / UB - Universidad de Barcelona and GIIP / UNESP Universidade Estadual Paulista “Julio de Mesquita Filho. SOUNDING TRANSITS provides a succinct certification of creative practices within the university academic environment and warranted by systemic synchronicity in the qualitative integration of artist researchers. A clear and incisive proof of the growing influence and importance that sound, aurality and soundscape have gained as indispensable sensory experiences in the intricate process of contemporary construction of the narratives and dialogues among art, society, culture and intangible cultural heritage.