tokyo s urban growth urban form and sustainability

... evaluation ICM success and sustainability Stakeholder perceptions projects MPA evaluation Crosscomparisons MPA success and sustainability Stakeholder perceptions MPAs Crossconclusions Figure 2.1 ... it signifies a strong link between sustainability and risk analysis Since risk analysis in sustainability assessment largely involves the investigation of causal relationships between inputs and ... versus private access to beaches and foreshores have a clear impact on the visual landscape, and create increased pressure on coastal resources and the use of facilities such as transport, landfill...

Ngày tải lên: 22/09/2015, 15:17

... squatter settlements in Cape Town is known as Khayelitsha and is made up of a mixture of core houses, site and service plots, and serviced and unserviced shacks (Cook, 1992) Figure shows that the ... mega-event usually symbolizes a social class change in the event location as a consequence of the displacement of existing working-class populations/ industrial functions to middle-class residents and ... governing elite and city bureaucrats (see also Judd and Collins, 1979) Boosterism symbolically constructs consensus in the city but favours the interests of the dominant class In the case of Cape...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 13:20

... regional, and referral hospitals Consultations were free of charge and clinical assessment procedures such as weight, blood pressure, and blood glucose level were heavily subsidised and cost 1000 Tsh ... loss of her husband and father and on whom she was completely dependent She was unable to support herself due to diabetes This shows how the scarcity of material resources within the family is ... disease such as diabetes, alongside the continued burden of communicable diseases, poses new challenges Now this doubled threat of disease increases the pressure on relatives as well as the burden...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21

... Research questions With these above-mentioned objectives, this thesis follows these questions: - How does satisfaction affect the expressions of loyalty and repurchase behavior? - Which expression ... characteristics of the customer group row with different fashion lifestyles • The thesis also provides recommendations and strategic directions proposed marketing solutions suitable for businesses clothes ... loyalty and repurchase behavior for shirt of Vietnamese urban customers under the impact of involvement and fashion style” 1.2 Research objectives, questions and missions 1.2.1 Research objectives...

Ngày tải lên: 30/10/2014, 11:17

... generally speaking, Southeast Asia, it is discussed how urbanism had been initiated in the early centuries of Southeast Asian civilization Most scholars see that the process of urban genesis was started ... 16 See subchapter 3.5 on Rossi s proposition for ‘primary urban elements’ 11 | Introduction Islamic Mataram and its successors This research is based upon existing research especially by Adrisijanti ... (2000), and architectural historians such as Tjahjono (1989), and recently Santoso (2006), which tries to find connections of Javanese mysticism to its urban form Upon these discussions, this research...

Ngày tải lên: 16/10/2015, 15:38

... largesse is distributed far beyond a company s home base “New business leaders in sectors such as IT have a different ethos in terms of their philanthropic responsibilities,” says ICIC s Ms Lynch ... cite social factors such as housing, safety, culture and community relations (37%) and infrastructure such as transport and utilities (26%) Policies to spark business growth “City governments can ... Research, and the Henry Kaufman Visiting Professor at NYU s Stern School of Business Professor Romer and his team have developed several Charter Cities scenarios In one, Australia and Indonesia...

Ngày tải lên: 06/12/2015, 23:05

... constructed wetlands, etc Recommendations for sewerage and drainage systems in Vietnamese urban areas A scheme of urban sewerage and drainage should be based on the local specifics The following ... penalties for those who not After a storm event, the stored water can be used for firefighting and/ or miscellaneous purposes such as toilet flushing and gardening A specific rainwater system was designed ... decentralized systems in developing countries is that the systems are mostly developed and run with more community-based approach, where users are involved from the early stages of infrastructure system...

Ngày tải lên: 25/04/2013, 08:23

... particularly business firms and their managers, are creatures of routine They formulate and follow certain beliefs and behaviors, and pursue them as long as they continue to be successful Businesses change ... just by its economic situation, but by the its institutions, its political system, its belief systems and its past history (North 1995) This works against one-size-fits-all prescriptions for economic ... governments, New Growth Theory suggests five broad strategies: • Economic strategies should focus on creating new knowledge, not just in universities and laboratories, but by businesses as well • States...

Ngày tải lên: 24/01/2014, 00:20

... x lo6) Acknowledgments This work was supported by funds through the USDA Forest Service 's RPA Assessment Staff, and State and Private Forestry 's, Urban and Community Forestry Program We thank ... photosynthesis/ transpiration, & for CO was set to a constant for in-leaf season (50,000 s m-') and leaf-off season (1,000,000 s rn-l) (Bidwell and Fraser, 1972) For particles, the median deposition ... was set to 0.064 r s- I based on 50-percent resuspension n rate (Zinke, 1967) The base Vd was adjusted according to in-leaf vs leaf-off season parameters To limit deposition estimates to periods...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 22:20

... in such places as streets, sidewalks, parks, plazas, and squares in neighborhoods, districts, towns, cities, suburbs, regions, and natural areas all over the country Sometimes, these kinds of ... designing streetscapes, public parks, and plazas And city planners design and administer the public policies and rules that determine the activities and sizes of buildings and their relationships with ... citizens’ aspirations for better places to live their lives, urban design thus functions as a nexus for the disciplines and interests that build places Supporting urban design s drive to strengthen...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 18:20

... Benefits and Uses of Urban Forests and Trees Part I 86 Liisa Tyrväinen · Stephan Pauleit · Klaus Seeland · Sjerp de Vries ants can cause serious health problems Trees also provide valuable shading ... Benefits and Uses of Urban Forests and Trees Part I 98 Liisa Tyrväinen · Stephan Pauleit · Klaus Seeland · Sjerp de Vries Fig 4.6 Runoff curves in urbanized catchment areas (source: Emschergenossenschaft/ ... geographical and socio-cultural differences in benefits and uses between European regions 4.2 Social and Aesthetic Benefits of Urban Forests and Trees 4.2.1 Urban Woodland and Parks As a Recreational Resource...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 12:20

... online discussions with experts on newsworthy population, health, and environment topics, trends, and issues Transcripts of each discussion are archived on PRB s website PRB Discuss Online Search ... bureaucratic and political circles, but there are now examples of similar associations across the developing world.58 A number of these associations began as grassroots savings groups, but with assistance ... at least some premiums, or whose care can be covered by cross-subsidies using funds raised from those who are less poor In Colombia and Mexico, simplified forms of proxy means testing (based in...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 14:20

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 16:20

... merchandise stores, food stores, apparel and accessory stores, furniture and home furnishings stores, drug stores and proprietary stores, liquor stores, used merchandise stores, miscellaneous shopping ... relationship between obesity and sprawl Section then describes our empirical strategy Section describes our data while section presents results Section discusses our findings and relates them to ... shopping goods stores, retail stores not otherwise classified (e.g., florists, tobacco stores, newsstands, optical goods stores), and religious organizations Note that we include grocery stores, but...

Ngày tải lên: 19/03/2014, 11:20

... interests is blurred This is another aspect that has implications for goals and priorities when it comes to eco-city construction and urban development and its associated sustainability issues Along ... partially successful This system will be discussed in more detail in subsequent sections The second dimension is economic urbanization With an increase in the secondary and tertiary sectors (such as ... China s older urban residents find that the Mao years were more secure There was basic healthcare and the streets were safe Some see the results of the reforms as a loss of security, rising crime and...

Ngày tải lên: 19/03/2014, 11:20

... blocks of questions designed for the interviewees’ tasks The tasks and questions selected for this work were as follows: a) In the first place, following the standard format used in those studies ... responses provided for the researcher by non-expert judges Although some studies have used non-linguistic procedures for eliciting these responses (such as classification and selection tasks, ... analyses of aesthetic judgements and the set of affective variables used in the study AESTHETIC JUDGEMENTS USED IN THE ANALYSIS First analysis Second analysis General preference Third analysis Aesthetic...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 16:20

... phenomena, such as the lay- out of a city, architecture, statues, street and place names, poems, as well as rituals, festivals and processions; another strand consists of myths, novels, films, poetry, ... weak urbanism, indicating a lack of necessary urban institutions and insufficient provision of basic services to their inhabitants Besides discussing other cities in Asia, he also focuses on ... houses and mansions and other amazing things A song ‘Colompure shriya’ de- scribes its appealing sides as well These aspects are also seen by many inhabitants and migrants But in Carl Muller s poem...

Ngày tải lên: 01/04/2014, 18:32

... characteristics, exhaust flow-rate, exhaust emissions and environmental conditions were sampled second by second The test measurements were made by using a SEMTECH DS from SENSORS inc This system ... after-treatment system, and the exhaust emissions Therefore, it is possible to optimize a vehicle in terms of fuel consumption and emissions for a specific route by using PEMS Besides real world emission ... manufacturers and the municipalities as end-users to choose the most suitable vehicle for the specific transport route to minimize the capital cost, the fuel consumption, and the emissions In this sense...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 12:20

... al., 2003), and mechanisms for providing relative robustness against progressive or sudden illumination changes These video-based systems have to deal with specific difficulties in urban traffic ... positives (FP): incorrectly classified foreground pixels • False negatives (FN): incorrectly classified background pixels Using these basic measures, the true and false positive rates can be estimated: ... image, and the fourth column represents the detection mask The results shown in the first row corresponds to the basic sigma-delta algorithm, SD (parameter settings: N=4) The second row corresponds...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 12:20

... and a short pedal stroke 3.1 Structure of EMB system Motors and solenoids can be considered as the electric actuators for EMB systems The motor is usually chosen as an actuator of the EMB system ... structure of EMB system 158 Urban Transport and Hybrid Vehicles 3.2 Simulation model of EMB system Figure shows the EMB performance analysis simulator developed in this paper Force, speed, and electric ... clutch, and transmission, respectively EMB system The EMB system is environmentally friendly because it does not use a hydraulic system, but rather a ‘dry’ type Brake–by-wire (BBW) system, which...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 12:20