Dissertations / Theses: 'Residential mobility Case studies'

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Coulter, Rory. "Residential mobility desires and behaviour over the life course : linking lives through time." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/3476.

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As residential mobility recursively links individual life courses and the characteristics of places, it is unsurprising that geographers have long sought to understand how people make moving decisions. However, much of our knowledge of residential mobility processes derives from cross-sectional analyses of either mobility decision-making or moving events. Comparatively few studies have linked these separate literatures by analysing how residential (im)mobility decisions unfold over time within particular biographical, household and spatio-temporal contexts. This is problematic, as life course theories suggest that people frequently do not act in accordance with their underlying moving desires. To evaluate the extent to which residential (im)mobility is volitional or the product of constraints therefore requires a longitudinal approach linking moving desires to subsequent moving behaviour. This thesis develops this longitudinal perspective through four linked empirical studies, which each use British Household Panel Survey data to analyse how the life course context affects the expression and realisation of moving desires. The first study investigates how people make moving decisions in different ways in response to different motivations, triggers and life events. The second study harnesses the concept of ‘linked lives', exploring the extent to which the likelihood of realising a desire to move is dependent upon the desires of a person's partner. The third study analyses the biographical dimension of mobility decision-making, investigating how the long-term trajectories of life course careers are associated with particular mobility biographies. The final empirical chapter develops these insights, exploring the duration and abandonment of moving desires. Taken together, these studies test and extend conceptual models of mobility decision-making by empirically engaging with neglected facets of life course theories. Fundamentally, the thesis uncovers how aggregate mobility patterns are produced by the interactions between individual choices and multi-scalar constraints.

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Daepp, Madeleine I. G. (Madeleine Isabelle Gorkin). "Three Essays on residential mobility, housing, and health." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/129066.

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Thesis: Ph. D. in Urban and Regional Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, September, 2020
Cataloged from student-submitted PDF of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-121).
Over 700,000 people moved for health reasons in the last year, and many more moved for reasons in which health was implicated, such as to escape climate hazards. Changes in the extent to which a residence promotes health should change housing prices--an important health and social exposure in its own right, as well as a mechanism through which numerous other features of a place are reshaped--yet the relationships between residential mobility, health, and housing markets remain poorly understood. This dissertation comprises three papers on the association of residential mobility with health and housing. In the first paper, I evaluate the effect of a localized change in healthcare access--the 2006 Massachusetts Healthcare Reform--on housing prices and interstate migration along the state border.
I find an increase in the prices of affordable housing that is offset by a commensurate decrease in the price of luxury housing; I also observe a small increase in migration into Massachusetts versus into neighboring states. My second paper seeks to better understand the effects of climate migration on housing markets. Examining the impacts of displacement due to Hurricane Katrina, I show that housing prices decreased in destination neighborhoods that received the largest numbers of movers, relative to neighborhoods that did not receive large inflows. Effects are larger in predominantly Black destination neighborhoods than in predominantly White destination neighborhoods. I also find larger effects in places that received more economically disadvantaged movers relative to similar neighborhoods that received more advantaged movers.
My third paper describes a collaboration with the Healthy Neighborhoods Study Consortium, for whom I constructed a data set of estimated moving flows between Massachusetts neighborhoods. I then created a web-based app to make the resulting estimates accessible to planners, community organizations, and residents. An overarching theme of this work is the recognition that communities share housing and health challenges with the places to which former residents move and the places from which new residents arrive.
by Madeleine I. G. Daepp.
Ph. D. in Urban and Regional Planning
Ph.D.inUrbanandRegionalPlanning Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning

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Kährik, Anneli. "Socio-spatial residential segregation in post-socialist cities : the case of Tallinn, Estonia /." Tartu : Tartu University Press, 2006. http://dspace.utlib.ee/dspace/bitstream/10062/661/5/kahrikanneli.pdf.

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Waddington, Cameron Kent Carleton University Dissertation Geography. "Up-scale housing, residential mobility, and urban growth; a case study in the Ottawa Region." Ottawa, 1986.

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Stelson, Aaron (Aaron Barzelay). "Should I stay or should i go? : residential mobility in ethnic enclaves in Lawrence, Massachusetts." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39940.

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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [113]-118).
Spatial assimilation theory presents a dilemma for community-based organizations (CBOs) in ethnic enclaves, especially those CBOs that assist enclavers--residents of ethnic enclaves-in building assets such as increased earnings or English fluency. The theory suggests that as immigrants build assets they are more likely to leave ethnic enclaves in search of more amenity-rich neighborhoods. Thus, the very people that could be leaders in community revitalization are also the most apt to leave, interrupting the potential positive benefits they could have on the community by, for example, spending money in community, creating businesses that employ community members, or serving on the local Parent-Teacher Association. To better understand residential mobility in ethnic enclaves in Lawrence, Massachusetts, this thesis analyzes results of a survey of Lawrence enclavers to identify which factors were important to enclavers in choosing a home both when they first moved to Lawrence and now. Further, this thesis identifies factors that Lawrence meets particularly well and factors that leave room for improvement across several points in time.
(cont.) Contrary to spatial assimilation theory, the findings of this thesis suggest that as enclavers build assets they are actually more likely to plan to stay in Lawrence because they are able to improve their living conditions within the enclave and still maintain wanted social and cultural connections. This implies that the dilemma Lawrence CBOs face may be less problematic than originally thought. However, this thesis also discovered that there were enclavers that built assets and planned to leave Lawrence. Most likely their mobility decisions stem from dissatisfaction with public schools and neighborhood safety. This thesis recommends that Lawrence CBOs pursue initiatives that seek to improve schools and neighborhood safety while expanding the reach of community-based organizations and empowering enclavers.
by Aaron Stelson.
M.C.P.

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Jarvis, Helen Clare. "Negotiating gender divisions of labour : the role of household strategies in explaining residential mobility in Britain." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1998. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1520/.

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The profile and geography of employment in Britain is undergoing considerable change. This is demonstrated most visibly in terms of gender composition; in rising numbers of women in paid employment; the replacement of full time with part time employment; in de-regulation and the proliferation of temporary and insecure employment. With increasing numbers of 'wives' and 'mothers' in paid employment this restructuring is reflected in a new and changing geography of household divisions of labour. Paradoxically, this global push towards greater labour market flexibility has implications for reduced labour mobility. Conventionally, a mobile labour force is considered the mainstay of a flexible labour market. A paradox emerges from an understanding that, rather than being individuated, labour is situated within particular household structures. Moreover, within such structures the co-ordination of home and work imposes further significant (time-space) constraints. These constraints suggest that decisions concerning residential location must increasingly facilitate both male and female employment as well as daily household practices of consumption, production and reproduction. Frequently, such practices entail an intimate connection between the household and networks of paid and unpaid labour which are rooted in the locale. This thesis provides both a conceptual and an empirical link between housing and labour markets. It draws upon multiple method research to consider the extent to which a causal relationship exists between household employment structure and relative rates of residential mobility. Secondary data from the UK Census of Population provides an extensive backdrop of trends for Britain in the 1990's. Qualitative biographical research provides insight into the processes of residential mobility such as those of 'bargaining power' in household decision-making. Evidence from the extensive research suggests that single earner households are more mobile than households with two full time earners. Household biographies demonstrate, however, that residential mobility behaviour is inadequately explained by economic factors alone.

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Mao, Sanqin. "Residential mobility in the early years of the twenty-first century: the case of Guangzhou, China." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2017. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_oa/470.

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In the last few decades, China has experienced unprecedented economic growth and urban transformation. A large body of literature has examined urban restructuring and migration at different geographical scales. Intra-urban migration, or residential mobility, however, has received less attention, which has major implications for individuals' well-being, neighbourhood governance and urban transformation. This research tries to extend the literature on residential decisions and relocation in Chinese cities, focusing on the causes, patterns and effects of residential move, using data from a large-scale survey conducted at the end of 2012 in the City of Guangzhou. First, it analyses the time trend of residential mobility and factors underlying residential move in an event-history analysis framework, by explicitly incorporating cohort or generation differences. It is found that not only substantially higher mobility propensities for young adults than middle-aged individuals and senior citizens, but significant differential effects of major determinants such as hukou, educational attainment, birth of a child in the family and child rearing, on housing consumption and residential relocation across age cohorts. Second, it addresses the residential shifts within and between three distance zones - inner core, inner suburbs and outer suburbs - and reveals complex spatial mobility trends. Third, it explores how feelings like neighbourhood attachment are conditioned upon residential mobility and neighbourhood change. This thesis contributes to the study of residential relocation by incorporating cohort differences to address the complexities of residential mobility and providing a mapping of the spatial patterns for intra-urban migration with a case study. In addition, it highlights the importance of looking beyond traditional explanations of such as neighbourhood attachment, to include individual urbanites' past mobility experiences.

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Johnson, Michael Kenneth. "Residential satisfaction of the elderly: the effect of management." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/54207.

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The principal objectives of this study were to determine: a) the direct effect of an apartment manager’s leadership style and b) the direct and indirect effects of functional health, morale, and social activity on residential satisfaction using a path model. The sample for this study consisted of residents of government subsidized housing for the elderly in Virginia. The majority of the respondents were widowed, white females with and average age of 73. The sample was drawn from 10 apartment communities selected from a list of 19 communities containing 2,156 apartments. A self-administered instrument was developed, pretested, and revised as needed, and sent to one-half of the residents in each of the 10 communities. The responses were scored to determine the respondents' levels of residential satisfaction, perception of the apartment manager•s leadership style, level, of social activity, morale, and functional health. A total of 210 usable responses were obtained from the initial distribution of 582 instruments and one follow-up mailing. The total response rate was 36.1%. Leadership style emerged as having the strongest direct effect on residential satisfaction, .329, followed by social .222, morale, .071, and functional health, -.067. The R² was .262. The model was refined, positioning functional health, morale, and social activity as exogenous variables with leadership style as the intervening variable. The analysis was conducted separately for the group of respondents with eight years or less of education and for the group with more education. The total effect of every bivariate relationship was greater for the group with less education. The total effect of leadership style on residential satisfaction was .446 for the less educated group and .267 for the group with more education; for social activity, .371 and .178: for morale, .134 and .019; and for functional health, -.093 and .014, respectively. The R²s were .327 and .102, respectively. Leadership style of the manager has a strong direct effect on the residential satisfaction of the respondents as does their level of social activity. The total effect of morale and functional health on residential satisfaction is minor with functional health having a negative effect. The residential satisfaction of those with less education was more strongly affected by all variables than were the group with less education.
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Dingle, Joan Margaret. "Kinship and mobility in early modern England, case studies from Nottinghamshire." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq24581.pdf.

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Gilda, Jennifer Marie. "Narratives of the Permaculture Home| A Case Study on Northwest Residential Permaculture." Thesis, Prescott College, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10246764.

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The goal of this study is to share real stories and perspectives about integrating permaculture design in a residential setting, from those with in-depth experience. This study begins with a brief look at the convergence of pertinent contexts, including climate change, the sustainability movement, and the importance of the residential scale. Then it moves into reviewing theoretical literature about permaculture theory and design, particularly the definition, development, ethics, and design principles. The study uses a case study methodology. Seven interviews on residential permaculture sites in the Northwest region were gathered and thematically analyzed. The research results are a collection of narratives and a presentation of themes. The narrative stories are not utopic; they are a realistic view into what a developing permaculture system looks like around the home setting. The research confirms important points of permaculture theory and design, and offers an inspiring set of stories and advice relevant to the permaculture movement at large, to the Northwest region, and to those working towards a more sustainable way of life.

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Yazicioglu, Santamaria Gokce Bike. "The people of Kanesh| Residential mobility, community life, and cultural pluralism in a Bronze Age city in Anatolia, Turkey." Thesis, The University of Chicago, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3687183.

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The archaeological site of Kültepe (ancient Kanesh), located in south-central Anatolia, in the present-day Republic of Turkey, was the capital city of a native Anatolian kingdom during the early Middle Bronze Age (20^th - late 18^th c. BC). Uninterrupted archaeological excavations at the site since 1948 by the Turkish Historical Society under the directorship of the late Prof. Tahsin Özgüç have revealed wide exposures of densely settled residential neighborhoods at the foot of a high citadel mound with palaces and temples. Archaeological evidence from the site indicates a millennium-long settlement sequence of the Early Bronze Age (EBA), predating the Level II settlement, during which a demographic explosion occurred at the site. Circumstantial evidence from Anatolia contemporary with the poorly understood levels of the EBA and direct archaeological and textual evidence from the Level II and Ib settlements of the MBA demonstrate a complex history of immigration to Kanesh. By the turn of the 2^nd millennium BC, at least five languages, namely Neshili (Hittite), Luwian, Hattian, Hurrian, and Old Assyrian were spoken in this city, as can be understood on the basis of prosopographic data. The three centuries, during which the city existed as the largest known urban site in central Anatolia, were times of political turmoil, characterized by the formation of territorial states on the Anatolian plateau, which culminated in the establishment of the Old Hittite Kingdom that was born at Kanesh.

Kültepe/Kanesh is widely known beyond the academic circles of Ancient Near Eastern and Anatolian archaeology as an Old Assyrian Trade Colony due to the 22,500 cuneiform texts in the Old Assyrian language found in the private family archives of merchants in the residential quarters of the lower town. On the basis of these texts, the excavated areas of the lower town have been regarded as a colonial settlement (Karum) established outside the citadel walls and scholarship on Kane has been structured by colonial frameworks. Moreover, due to certain organizational principles of the Old Assyrian trade operations, which resemble free market economy, the historical evidence from Kanesh has received a great deal of attention from economic historians. On various occasions, the case of Kanesh has been cited as an ancient example of capitalism, colonialism, and World Systems that resulted in underdevelopment in Anatolia. Since the excavators' research agenda has targeted areas that bear a higher potential to yield cuneiform texts, this well-investigated mercantile district of the city has remained like an island isolated from its past and its surroundings. As such, the case of Kane represents a prime example of "the tyranny of the text" in the archaeology of Anatolia and calls for alternative perspectives beyond the straight-jacketing colonial paradigms. In recent years, the new campaign of excavations under the directorship of Prof. Fikri Kulakoglu have begun to embrace interdisciplinary and integrative research agendas, which sets a promising direction for Kültepe studies.

In this dissertation, I place the native communities of prehistoric Anatolia at the center of my inquiries and investigate the questions of residential mobility and cultural pluralism at Kültepe within a long-term, local perspective in relationship to the process of urbanization in the region. I use the methodological approaches of history-from-below and text-aided archaeology to counteract the interpretative biases of colonial frameworks and reconstruct a diachronic framework for demographic mobility at Kanesh in relationship to its political history. Guided by concepts borrowed from archaeology of communities that focus on the study of human interaction in face-to-face societies in light of analogies to the ethnographic record of Anatolia, I attempt to identify social, economic, and cultural distinctions of individuals and households at Kane based on the diversity of its archaeological remains, beyond a restricted notion of ethnicity. I propose a systematic research model for the reconstruction of household biographies and investigate the utility of the funerary remains from the site for demographic assessments. And finally, I present the results of the strontium and stable light isotope analyses I conducted on human tooth samples from Kültepe graves encountered during the 2006-2010 excavation seasons, in light of which I identify local individuals, immigrants, and mixed households, and make preliminary observations on the sources of diversity in paleodiet.

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Szivas, Edith. "A study of labour mobility into tourism : the case of Hungary." Thesis, University of Surrey, 1997. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/650/.

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Lavoie, Caroline 1965. "Dispersal and concentration of the Vietnamese Canadians : a Montreal case study." Thesis, McGill University, 1989. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=55613.

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Xia, Jie M. C. P. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Impacts of residential developments on local sustainability : case study in Metro Boston." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69460.

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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2011.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-99).
Along with urbanization and decentralization, the sustainability of metropolitan areas is considered one of the most significant challenges worldwide. Transportation-related problems, such as congestion, GHG emissions, and excessive energy consumption, have been imposing tremendous pressure on the sustainability of metropolitan areas. As a noticeable component of urban form, local residential developments may have great influence on local and regional sustainability. However, few studies have addressed the impacts of individual residential development projects on local sustainability and the underlying implications for regional plans in detail. The purpose of this study is to propose an analytical framework that can reveal different transport-related impacts of individual residential developments located in different types of communities, to examine whether new residents have travel patterns similar to existing residents, and to explore why such impacts differ across the selected developments by analyzing the built environment characteristics of each development. Nine residential developments constructed during 2000-2005 have been selected based on various criteria. Two Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) indicators -VMT per vehicle and VMT per household - are computed to represent the level of sustainability for each development. The study also estimates the average VMT indicators for the neighboring areas (750m buffer areas) and the towns where the selected projects are located. A comparison of the results suggests that residential developments do have different impacts on local sustainability in terms of VMT indicators and that new residents do not always have travel patterns exactly the same as those of existing residents. The built environment characteristics of the development areas, their surrounding areas, and their towns are investigated to analyze why the transport-related consequences vary across the selected developments. Some indicators are calculated including densities (population density and road density), land-use mix, location (distances to public transit and major roads), and other factors (job accessibility and neighborhood building age). The results illustrate that population density, land-use mix, distance to major roads, and job accessibility have greater influence over resultant VMT variations.
by Jie Xia.
M.C.P.

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Kamara, Sheka Gassimou. "Residential Mobility and Revitalization in Portland Between 1970 and 1980: A Study of the Urban Structural Impacts on Neighborhood Revitalization." PDXScholar, 1992. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1341.

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Evidence of physical decline due in part to the rapid encroachment of commercial and industrial activity into some of Portland's residential areas in the mid-1960s and efforts to combat the forces of time and change through neighborhood revitalization provide the basis for this study. Additionally, some of the characteristics often employed in explaining the phenomenon in cities are manifested in the city of Portland. For example, Portland is endowed with a distinctive and well established downtown area that provides opportunities for the establishment of businesses as well as white-collar job opportunities. By the standards of the U.S. Bureau of the Census, Portland has a relatively large population and several older neighborhoods. The city provides its residents the feel for inner-city living, such as its beautiful waterfront scenery, its high-rise and park block apartments, its cultural facilities and unique transit mall. These criteria underscore the selection of Portland as the geographical area of this research. The purpose of this research itself is to assess the urban structural changes that occurred in Portland between 1970 and 1980. The research used a sample of inner-city neighborhoods from the city to explain these structural changes over time. Additionally, two samples of neighborhoods (Northeast and Southeast) within the city were selected as the basis for comparing the structural changes. The data developed from the 1970 and 1980 census of population and housing characteristics comprised the change in the median household income ratio, the change in the home value ratio, and the change in the median rent ratio designated as dependent variables. Nine independent variables representing the pre-existing conditions in the city at the start of the decade were selected from locational, demographic, and housing factors. The research hypotheses were tested by regresslng the three dependent variables against the nine independent variables resulting in three regression models for each sample. The a priori expectations as reflected by the signs of the coefficients show mixed support for the hypotheses in each sample in predicted direction, and in level of significance. In the city sample the neighborhood housing quality factor was observed to have a strong positive causal relationship with neighborhood revitalization. The outcome confirmed the contention that a significant and systematic reverse revival trend occurred in Portland at the start of the 1970 decade. This finding contradicts the conventional invasion-succession theory associated with Burgess (1925). Similar reverse revival trends were observed in the Northeast and Southeast samples. But unlike the city sample the race factor had a strong positive causal relationship with revitalization. The outcome may be a reflection of the rental squeeze in terms of housing affordability faced by black renters in both subareas because their incomes could not keep pace with housing costs. Consequently their demand for rental housing may have grown faster than the supply of the rental housing stock in a segregated rental market. The chow tests show significant structural differences between the two submodels, but the impact of the race factor as reflected by the measures of relative variability was greater in Northeast Portland than in Southeast Portland. In light of the research findings, this study concludes that Portland may undoubtedly be the only city in the nation that experienced a significant and systematic revival trend between 1970 and 1980. However, this trend did not extend to the predominantly black areas of the city as reflected by the strong negative outcome of the race factor. In addition, the functional significance of the systematic revival trend in Portland may not be substantial when compared to larger and older cities like St. Louis and New Orleans that received media attention for a similar trend.

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Mak, Wai-yan Alan, and 麥偉仁. "Club management: the American Club and residential club in private housing estate." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1997. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31968090.

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Chicombo, Adélia Filosa Francisco. "Economic assessment of energy efficiency in residential buildings in Mozambique: case study of Maputo." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13642.

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The world’s energy consumption has been increasing dramatically in recent years. Economic and population growth are said to be the main drivers of this phenomenon. This change is held responsible for the increase in greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere, the reduced energy security and the negative socio-economic implications, especially in developing countries. From a sectorial perspective, buildings are part of the large energy consumers, especially the residential sector. It is in this view that measures to reduce this sector’s energy demand has been largely recommended. One of these measures is promoting the deployment of energy efficient buildings combined with the use of energy efficient appliances. The aim of this study was to assess the economic feasibility associated with sustainable buildings with emphasis on the energy efficiency component. The study concentrated on residential buildings in Maputo, the capital city of Mozambique. The rationale behind the study lies in the need to uncover the main variables involved in the economic feasibility of adopting energy efficient practices within the building sector to help final users, policy makers and other interested groups to better understand and handle energy efficiency matters. A case study research design was used to achieve the main objective of this investigation. In this regard, a survey of households and interviews were conducted to establish the energy consumption pattern in Mozambique and its associated costs. The survey was conducted in the Kampfumo Municipality District of Maputo, and the interviews were conducted with civil engineering companies, electronic engineering, architects and building cost estimators. The questionnaires were answered by 233 households. Findings from the survey were used to perform a comparative analysis of the life cycle cost (LCC) of the buildings of the surveyed households with that of the proposed energy efficient designs, which incorporates buildings energy efficient elements and energy efficient appliances.

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Basaib, Ridhwan. "The growth and characteristics of peri-urban communities : a case study in Jakarta, Indonesia /." Thesis, This resource online, 1991. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08222009-040235/.

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Healey, Jane A. (Jane Alice) 1973. "Regulating residential development on Massachusetts barrier beaches : inadequacies, opportunities, and the case of Plum Island." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66796.

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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2003.
MIT Institute Archives Copy: p. 115 bound after 20 p. group; microfiche filmed accordingly.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-99).
This thesis explores the challenges of and opportunities for regulating residential development on Massachusetts barrier beaches. This research finds that the existing federal, state, and local regulatory frameworks relevant to Massachusetts barrier beaches struggle to manage the tension between the viability and safety of existing Massachusetts barrier beach communities and the need to reduce environmental impacts of this existing development as well as limit further growth in these areas. This struggle is exemplified by a case study of Plum Island, a barrier island off the North Shore of Massachusetts. The thesis concludes with several proposed initiatives Massachusetts could employ to improve regulation of residential development on its barrier beaches.
by Jane A. Healey.
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Beckham, Leiasa 1971. "Transitional neighborhoods : between the central business and established residential districts : Bay Village, a case study." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/64559.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2002.
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"Transitional neighborhoods" had been traditionally viewed as areas that do not have much value to the urban fabric. Given that popular opinion, how have some of these neighborhoods survived the Central Business District expansion and Urban Renewal? Bay Village in Boston, Massachusetts is a prime example of a neighborhood that has withstood the development pressures of the downtown. In this thesis, I will examine how this neighborhood has survived and how the process of neighborhood preservation has conflicted and compromised with downtown interests. I will also examine how the neighborhood interests are viewed in today's development climate and what the affects have been on development processes and form.
by Leiasa Beckham.
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Lee, Ka-kay Kerry, and 李家琪. "Environmental sustainability in residential planning: the case of Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31260573.

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揚禮基 and Lai-kei Yeung. "Redevelopment of residential building in Tai Kok Tsui." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31984952.

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Chan, Mei-wan, and 陳美雲. "Control or care: a case study of a residential home for delinquent girls." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1988. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31975239.

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Scotto, Naomi. "Mobility of highly skilled professionals in the Single European Market : Franco-British company case studies." Thesis, University of Bath, 1998. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.340940.

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Liu, Hong, and 劉紅. "Development of residential care for older persons in China: a case study of Tianjin." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2006. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B37034030.

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Wong, Ho Fung-see, and 黃何鳳施. "The role of family therapy in residential casework: a case study of helping an adolescent facing discharge." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1988. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31248287.

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Mtshabe, Nomawabo. "Residential energy efficiency lighting initiatives : a case of Hlomendlini, Matatiele of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4972.

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A thesis is presented on the efficacy of the residential energy efficient lighting initiative, as part of the demand-side management in a rural village of Hlomendlini in the Eastern Cape. The focus of this thesis is to identify barriers of implementing CFLs in the South African context, with the aim of finding ways of removing the barriers. It attempts to understand the drivers, both in theory and in practise, of efficient lighting initiatives in South Africa and globally, as well as lessons learned. It explores the impacts of CFLs at the household level in terms of household budget and general quality of life especially to poor people. The assessment of the CFL initiative in Hlomendlini provides a unique window of how energy efficiency measures up to sustainable development in practice.

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Chan, Chun-wah Owen, and 陳津華. "Deregulation & business opportunity: a case stydy of private residential building management industry in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1992. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31265200.

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Ndagire, Susan. "Evaluating social environments : a case study of residential satisfaction in elderly shared-housing settings in Cape Town, South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20554.

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The need for supportive non-conventional housing environments that encourage cohesion, conflict resolution, independence, self-disclosure, organisation, residential influence and physical comfort, amongst elderly residents is becoming critical, yet the evaluation of existing elderly housing settings is often overlooked. The aim of the research was to identify residents' perceptions of the social climate in shared housing settings, a non-conventional housing initiative being undertaken by non-profit organisations for the low-income elderly population group in Cape Town, South Africa. A case research study involved 45 participants living in 7 of the 13 shared houses affiliated to the Neighbourhood Old Age Homes (NOAH) organization. Using the Sheltered Care Environmental Scale (SCES), participants answered 63 'Yes / No' questions aimed at revealing their opinions of the social climate in the shared homes. The initial findings detected overall satisfaction amongst most residents regarding interfacing social dynamics, suggesting high levels of perceived independence, self-disclosure and residential influence. Mixed results were generally observed regarding interfacing social dynamics related to levels of physical comfort, organization in the homes, cohesion and conflict resolution. The findings suggest that the shared housing concept advanced by the Neighbourhood Old Age Homes (NOAH) organisation has been able to successfully promote a sense of cohesion, conflict resolution, independence, self-disclosure, organisation, residential influence and physical comfort amongst residents, thereby playing a vital role in residents' experience of residential satisfaction in these homes.

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Yuen, Chi-kin Luke, and 阮子健. "Situational crime prevention and residential burglary: a study in the New Territories (North) region in HongKong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31978253.

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李婉玲 and Yuen-ling Percy Li. "An evaluation of quality in residential housing management in Hong Kong: a case study of Urban PropertyManagement Limited." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31968958.

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Roth, Kellyn E. (Kellyn Elizabeth) 1975. "The air pollution implications of the residential sector : case study of the Mexico City Metropolitan Area." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29951.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, Technology and Policy Program; and, Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2003.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-131).
The residential sector has been a long-acknowledged, but seldom-addressed, source of air pollution in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area (MCMA). The combination of high emission levels and large numbers of people directly exposed means that the indoor environment is a unique situation. If current trends of demographic growth, urbanization and increased appliance saturation continue, the urgency to address residential sector emissions will increase considerably. Additionally, households have wide-reaching impacts on many sectors including industry through the demand for appliances, power generation and fuel suppliers through the demand for energy, services through the demand for infrastructure, and many more. Through recent efforts, researchers at MIT and in Mexico have attempted to understand and represent the residential sector, to identify and mitigate emissions release and exposure, most of which is energy-related. To reduce energy consumption, and thus emissions, in the home several strategies have been considered: reduced and improved use of fuel; increased energy efficiency; fuel leakage prevention and improved practices; improved building efficiency; and improved fuel transmission and delivery. Another issue of concern in this sector is the use of toxic solvents. Household air pollution reduction strategy outcomes are difficult to predict because of the diversity of households (e.g., size, income, location) within the residential sector. Determination of the factors that affect energy consumption and household behavior would be very useful to decision makers as they develop more targeted policies for the provision of energy services and reduction of household-generated emissions.
by Kellyn E. Roth.
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Van, der Merwe Nicolaas Pieter. "Residential urban renewal in a South African context." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52433.

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Thesis (MS en S)--Stellenbosch University, 2002.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: All cities experience urban deterioration in some form or other. This deterioration is caused by many, diverse factors. The deterioration leads to a loss of investment in the city and a downward cycle where the causes and consequences of urban deterioration can strengthen each other. South Africa's fast population growth cause several problems for the country. One of these problems is suburban expansion, which creates urban sprawl; with its associated problem of ineffective land utilisation. Urban renewal can be applied to address urban deterioration and utilise Brownfield sites, which are derelict or underused sites; instead of Greenfield sites, which are sites that have not been previously developed. It has been found that South African policy still benefit the development of Greenfield sites. Urban renewal can be used as a tool to address South Africa's unequal development and opportunities among the different races by improving the people's living conditions. Development starts with human development. This study gives a historical and theoretical overview of the urban renewal field of study. After the review of various authors and four case studies in Cape Town and Johannesburg, it can be concluded that the urban renewal process can be approached through various methods and should be included in any city's spatial development framework. The potential roles local government can play were identified as being to implement a communitybased redevelopment approach, designing area-specific strategies where redevelopment is feasible and making grants and tax incentives available. Local governments could also be involved in public-private partnerships. The role of the planner within the renewal process has also increased to that of assessing the need and justification for urban renewal; initiating the projects; negotiating between various role players; implementing the projects; and monitoring the success thereof. Special focus was given to gentrification in Cape Town and it was found that displacement of the original residents does indeed occur. The question within a free market economy is whether the authority should interfere in this process or not, especially with regard to historic and culturally sensitive areas such as Bo-Kaap. This could possibly be motivated as being in the "public interest" in the above case Recommendations were that a community-based redevelopment approach should be followed; physical and social rehabilitation should be integrated; demolition and displacement must be avoided; and resources must be allocatd to neighbourhoods rather than individuals. Projects must also be an intense, short termed action, using local institutions for implementation.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Enige stad ondervind stedelike verval in een of ander vorm. Hierdie agteruitgang word veroorsaak deur verskeie, uiteenlopende faktore. Stedelike verval lei tot 'n verlies aan investering in die stad en word gevolg deur 'n afwaartse siklus waar die oorsake en gevolge van stedelike verval mekaar versterk. Suid Afrika se snelle bevolkingsgroei veroorsaak verskeie probleme. Een van dié probleme is voorstedelike uitbreiding wat stadskruip veroorsaak; met die geassosieerde probleem van oneffektiewe benutting van grond. Stedelike hernuwing kan aangewend word om stedelike verval aan te spreek, en die benutting van "Brownfield" terreine, wat vervalle, onderbenutte areas is; instede van "Greenfield" terreine, wat voorheen onontwikkelde terreine is, aan te moedig. Dit is gevind dat Suid Afrikaanse beleid steeds die ontwikkeling van "Greenfield" terreine aanmoedig. Stedelike hernuwing kan ook gebruik word as 'n instrument om Suid Afrika se ongelyke ontwikkeling en geleenthede, tussen die verskille rasse, aan te spreek deur die mense se lewens omstandighede te verbeter. Ontwikkeling begin by die huis. Hierdie studie gee 'n historiese en teoretiese oorsig van die stedelike hernuwing studiegebied, met die klem op residensiële hernuwing. Nadat die literatuur van verskeie skrywers, voorbeelde en gevallestudies in Kaapstad en Johannesburg ondersoek is, kan die gevolgtrekking gemaak word dat die stedelike hernuwingsproses aangepak kan word deur verskeie metodes. Stedelike hernuwing behoort ook by elke dorp se ruimtelike ontwikkelingsraamwerk ingesluit te wees. Die potensiële rolle van plaaslike owerhede is gevind om te wees: die implementering van 'n gemeenskap-gebaseerde herontwikkelings benadering; die ontwerp van area-spesifieke strategieë waar herontwikkeling uitvoerbaar is; en die beskikbaarstelling van toegewing en belasting aansporings. Plaaslike regerings kan ook betrokke wees in publieke-private vennootskappe. Die rol van die beplanner binne die hernuwingsproses het ook vergroot tot die bepaling van die behoefte en regverdiging van stedelike hernuwing; inisiëring van projekte; onderhandelings tussen die verskillende rolspelers; implementering van die projekte; en die monitering van die projek se sukses. Daar is spesiale aandag gegee aan die gentrifikasie ("gentrification") proses in Kaapstad waar daar gevind is dat die oorspronklike inwoners wel verplaas word in die proses. Die vraag binne 'n vrye mark ekonomie is of owerhede moet inmeng in die proses of nie, veral met betrekking tot historiese en kultureel sensitiewe areas soos Bo-Kaap. Dit kon moontlik gemotiveer wees as om in die "openbare belang" te wees in bogenoemde geval. Voorstelle wat gemaak was, is dat 'n gemeenskaps-gebaseerde herontwikkelings benadering gevolg moet word; fisiese en sosiale rehabilitasie moet geintegreer word; sloping en verplasing moet vermy word; en hulpbronne moet toegeken word aan woonbuurtes eerder as individue. Projekte moet ook 'n intens, kort termyn aksie wees en plaaslike institusies vir die implementering gebruik.

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Vujadinovic, Milenko. "Preserving old buildings : adaptive use for residential purposes in Montreal." Thesis, McGill University, 2002. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=79277.

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Since the late 1970s many empty buildings in Montreal have been adapted for residential purposes. The main focus of this thesis is to document and analyse the most representative examples of these projects in order to define the nature and results of the adaptive-use practice in Montreal.
Due to complexity of the field, the framework for analysis must be flexible enough to apply to different contexts and building types, yet firm enough to solve the perpetual dilemmas intrinsic to adaptive-use design. The attitude of this research is that the best way to do this is to learn from architectural, social, and political history---indeed how these types of histories interrelate to form a continuum of popular and professional opinion.
The study starts the examination of the main preservationist and adaptive-use methods with the discussion of preservationist terminology and origins of preservationist theories in Europe. It traces them as they come to North America, examines the roots of adaptive use for residential purposes in Manhattan, and follows the phenomenon as it has appeared in Montreal from the sixties to present. After tracking preservation theory and practice until this point, the parameters for determining what is a successful adaptive-use project become clearer. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)

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Meneses, Ivan R. "Case Study on Residential Humidity Control at U.S. Coast Guard Bayamon Housing." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/4826.

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The intention of this study is to investigate the main source of unacceptable humidity levels at the U.S. Coast Guard Housing located in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. The aim of this research is to use a systematic approach to resolve the humidity and mold issues by testing the least expensive solutions first. This study involves the recording of indoor air quality conditions for six months as an analysis tool to investigate current air conditions and to document how physical changes to the air conditioning units will affect the resulting air conditions. This research will investigate and implement different approaches geared to solving the high humidity issues. Some of the most relevant changes that will be tested are the installation of heat pipe technology, the addition of fresh air to existing air conditioning units to create positive pressure, and the review of the space load design of currently installed air conditioning units to determine if the units were over-designed. In addition, this study will verify the relationship between energy-saving thermostats and high humidity, determine any connection between roof leaks and high humidity indoors, and determine the estimated cost to the Coast Guard to implement the recommended changes.

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Teufel, Lee A. "Clinical supervision of child and adolescent counselors in residential foster care : a collective case study." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2007. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0002192.

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Jiang, Changyun. "Mixed-use residential development and its effects on the travel behaviour of residents findings from case studies in Beijing /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31597397.

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Harbulak, Paul. "The Residential Patterns of European Ethnic Groups in U.S Cities: Case Studies in Pittsburgh and Cleveland, 1940 and 2000." Akron, OH : University of Akron, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=akron1177516572.

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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Akron, Dept. of Geography, 2007.
"May, 2007." Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed 12/31/2008) Advisor, Robert B. Kent; Committee members, Linda R. Barrett; Department Chair, Kwadwo Konadu-Agyemang; Dean of the College, Ronald F. Levant; Dean of the Graduate School, George R. Newkome. Includes bibliographical references.

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Chang, Winnie C. "Whose parking space is it? : managing residential parking in the context of urban growth : case study of Cambridge, MA." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/92653.

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Thesis: M.C.P., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 2014.
Thesis: S.M. in Transportation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2014.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-102).
In the context of urban growth, how can a city approach residential parking issues? Cambridge, MA is experiencing rapid growth in real estate development and investment, shifts in demographics and travel behavior. How do these changes impact residential parking? Questions such as, "Who has a right to a curbside space?", "How much should it cost?", and "How much regulation is desirable?" trigger antagonistic reactions in the best of times. This research illustrates the complexity of parking problems and provides a framework for breaking parking disputes down to their spatial, political and institutional issues. Three multi-block sites in Central Square (CS), Area 4/Wellington-Harrington (A4) and East Cambridge (EC) are manually surveyed for parking supplies and utilization rates. 75-95% of on-street and 6-45% of off-street spaces are occupied during night counts. Total registered vehicles (2011) in CS, A4 and EC exceed on-street parking supply. This does not necessarily indicate a physical parking problem exists. But it does illustrate that under the assumption residents have an equal right to public space, eligible vehicle owners in practice have claim to only a fraction of a curbside parking space. 'No Intervention,' 'Parking as a Public Asset' and 'Priority to Locals' are ideologies used to explore interventions, which focus on changes to the residential parking permit program, shared parking uses and tie-ins to new development approvals. The most effective ideology is managing parking as a public asset. Increasing the residential parking permit price with an income based structure is strongly recommended, in addition to greater city efforts to collect data on current parking conditions and continued campaigning by city and community representatives to ensure local interests are represented in significant projects such as the Sullivan Courthouse redevelopment. Parking disputes can invoke impassioned reactions in the sanest of individuals. Finding a solution that addresses spatial, political and institutional issues is challenging, requires accurate information, and a willingness to attempt, evaluate and learn from errors. But it can be done.
by Winnie C. Chang.
M.C.P.
S.M. in Transportation

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Wong, Heung-wing, and 王向榮. "Housing design and housing management: a casestudy of multi-purpose residential development in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31968715.

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Sitzlar, Shelia Jennings. "University students' attitudes toward the handicapped in a residential camping program." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/101322.

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Agrawal, Ajay K. "Economic issues concerning the mobility of scientific inventions and implications for firm strategy." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0013/NQ56491.pdf.

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Kong, Yuewei. "Rainwater recycling on green roofs for residential housing : case studies in Richmond, British Columbia; San Antonio, Texas; and Toronto, Ontario." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/2507.

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Stormwater is the component of runoff that is generated by human activities, and has gradually become a key issue in achieving sustainability in urban environments. When vegetation and soils are replaced with roads and buildings, less rainwater infiltrates into the ground or is taken up by vegetation, and more becomes surface runoff. A greater area of impervious surfaces leads to increased stormwater runoff volume and velocity, and consequently increases the risk off looding and erosion. Being able to reduce stream flows and pollution of surface flows, green roofs are one technology that may help in alleviating this storm water crisis. This thesis developed a different and effective methodology for quantifying the effects of green roofs on stormwater runoff and calculating the runoff volume and rate for residential housing communities before and after applying green roofs. The method utilizes local climate data like rainfall and evapotranspiration rate, the water use properties of vegetation like crop coefficients of plants, and the areas of impervious surfaces; and then compares the different effects of green roofs in different locations having disparate climatic conditions. It was found that the best way to achieve zero runoff was to green a portion of the total rooftop area and disconnect all impervious surfaces. Implications of this methodology on city planning and site design and for future research are then discussed.

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Hanson, Brian Robert. "An examination of two case studies of indoor residential Radon related to Radon policy at the state and local levels." Kansas State University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/35988.

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Gentile, Michael. "Studies in the Transformation of Post-Soviet Cities : Case Studies from Kazakhstan." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala : Dept. of Social and Economic Geography [Kulturgeografiska institutionen], Univ, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-4306.

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Perelman, Jenna. "Increasing Energy Efficiency in Existing Residential Buildings: A Case Study of the Community Home Energy Retrofit Project (CHERP)." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2016. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/793.

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This thesis uses a case study of the Community Home Energy Retrofit Project (CHERP) and it analyzes the larger statewide effort in California to increase energy efficiency in existing residential buildings to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. CHERP’s primary strategy is to embed itself into a community, educate residents on the multiple benefits of energy efficiency, and inspire them to take energy-saving actions in their own homes. It then builds its own community by connecting like-minded individuals together and provides an opportunity for them to exercise their political agency. This thesis analyzes CHERP’s effort in the context of the political, social, and economic climate of California. It identifies three obstacles for widespread energy efficiency adoption: one, CHERP’s lack of funding to support permanent staff and pay for collateral materials; two, low access to energy efficiency measures for low-income households and renters; and three, a lack of high quality home performance contractors that perform energy efficiency upgrades utilizing a whole-house energy systems approach. The thesis concludes with five recommendations to overcome these issues.

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Bertini, Ruas Edgar. "The Influence of Shared Mobility and Transportation Policies on Vehicle Ownership: Analysis of Multifamily Residents in Portland, Oregon." PDXScholar, 2019. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4842.

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Since the beginning of the 21st Century, the world has seen the rapid development of the so-called "sharing economy" or collaborative consumption (Botsman, 2010). One of the first areas affected by the shared economy is vehicle ownership. With the emergence of several new providers of mobility services, such as Uber and car2go, there has been the promise of changes to the traditional way of owning and using a vehicle (Wong, Hensher, & Mulley, 2017). One potential consequence of shared mobility services is the reduction in vehicle ownership. At the same time, cities are trying to anticipate these changes by reducing the amount of space dedicated to parking, including parking requirements for residential developments. This thesis aims to assess the extent to which new shared mobility services (specifically, carsharing, bikesharing, and ridehailing) and travel demand management strategies (especially parking requirements and transit pass availability) relate to vehicle ownership among residents of multifamily dwellings. To do this, we use a web-based survey targeted to residents of multifamily apartments from Portland, Oregon. With these data, we built a multinomial logistic of the number of the vehicles owned as a function of socio-demographics, built environment, parking supply, transit passes, and three forms of shared mobility services. Results suggest that there is a strong association between shared mobility use and car ownership. However, it is not as significant as the effects of income, household size, distance to work, transit pass ownership, or even parking availability. Carshare use was negatively associated with the number of household vehicles, suggesting that it may be a useful tool in reducing car ownership. For respondents with higher education and income levels, increased carshare use was associated with fewer cars. Ridehail use, however, was not as clearly associated with reducing vehicle ownership and the effect was much smaller than that of carsharing. Parking availability in the building also has a significant and positive association with vehicle ownership. In sites with no parking available, there is an increased chance of the household owning less than two or more vehicles. However, this effect seems to disappear with the increased use of shared mobility. For all income levels, monthly use of ridehail and carshare between two and three times may decrease the odds of owning two or more vehicles. The use of both options, relaxing parking requirements and shared mobility availability, seems the best strategy to reduce vehicle ownership. In the short term, it is an alternative to those residents that decide to get rid of one or all cars but still are not ready to give up using cars. For the long term, a new relationship with vehicle ownership can be built now for the younger generation.

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Carstens, Alison Lee. "An educational psychologist's perspective in understanding the experiences of residential youth care workers." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/3057.

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Thesis (MEdPsych (Educational Psychology)--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.
As primary caregivers (such as residential youth-care workers) are the first teachers of children and spend much more time with the child than any other service provider, educational psychologists need to implement programmes that include primary caregivers in actively working with the youth in their care. This calls for educational psychologists to gain a rich understanding of the experiences of youth-care workers in order to work collaboratively in rehabilitating youth at risk within the youth’s ecosystem. The study attempts to explore the experiences of youth-care workers in residential facilities, using the ecosystemic perspective. A proposed outcome of the research is to contribute to the skills and interventions educational psychologists can use in collaborating with and supporting youth-care workers in residential facilities to rehabilitate youth who are at risk successfully. Qualitative research within the interpretive/constructivist paradigm was employed as the research design. Research was based at two residential facilities in an outlying area of Cape Town, from which four youth-care workers and two youths were drawn as a sample. The data was collected through six semi-structured interviews, observations over a 10-month period at one of the facilities, and photographs of youth-care workers and children. The review of literature and the findings of this research uncovered many experiences that appear to typify residential youth care. These experiences include the multifaceted nature of the role that youth-care workers fulfil in a residential facility; three types of emotional affect experienced by youth-care workers working in facilities; the significance of healthy youth-care worker-child relationships and the importance of these relationships in the successful rehabilitation of youth at risk; and the levels of support and training required in order to perform the task of successfully rehabilitating youth at risk in residential settings.

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Pan, Liang. "Urban street as public space : alternative design of large residential areas to encompass new urban streets case studies related to Shenzhen, PRC /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25799332.

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Skogley, C. David. "An investigation of the SCS runoff equation as a means of measuring and reducing runoff in residential development." Virtual Press, 1987. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/543777.

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This study was undertaken to investigate and discuss the use of the soil conservation service runoff equation as a design guide for residential development design. The objectives of the study were (i) to determine the extent to which a hypothetical residential development scheme affected the site's runoff volume and peak discharge rate, (ii) to use the existing SCS runoff equation to predict hypothetical pre- and post-development runoff volumes and rates, (iii) to apply the above findings to a design revision of the residential site plan in order to produce less runoff modification as a result of the development. The Crapo Estate in Muncie, Indiana was chosen as the site for the study. Site analysis data and an initial design (Scheme A) from a fourth year undergraduate design studio were used with the runoff equation to predict pre- and post-development runoff volumes and rates. Curve number (CH) maps were then constructed by overlaying site land uses and soil types. These maps indicated where the site's most permeable soils were located according to land use, and were used in conjunction with the equation as a guide to the design of a second residential development. This second design (Scheme B) fulfilled all design requirements while producing a slightly smaller runoff modification than Scheme A.This study showed that residential development caused a substantial and measurable increase in both runoff volume and rate. The SCS runoff equation was useful for both accurate runoff measurement and as a means of guiding design decisions in order to reduce runoff in residential development.
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