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Danneman, Lundkvist Manne. "Neoformalistisk analys av Sin City." Thesis, Örebro University, Department of Humanities, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-1556.
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<p>Syftet med min analys är att se via en neoformalistisk stilanalys vilka grepp som filmen Sin City har hämtat från film noir. Jag ser även via intertextuella kopplingar vad Sin City har hämtat från serietidningen som filmen baseras på. Fokus i analysen ligger dock på fyra grepp som jag anser är de mest klassiska film noirgreppen; Ljussättning, Femme fatale, en mörk värld och protagonisten. Jag kommer bl.a. fram till att Sin Citys använder sig av klassiska film noirstilgrepp men drar dem till det extrema, kanske för att passa in på den serievärld som filmen är länkad till. Filmen använder sig även flitigt av hypermarkerade objekt för att leda in åskådaren på mer estetiska tankebanor.</p>
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Tavares, Danilo Aroeira de Pinho, and Maurício Silva Gino. "A forma do pecado: adaptação cinematográfica dos quadrinhos de Sin City." Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1843/EBAC-9RFERH.
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Although adaptations characterize a number of changes during the process of translation from one medium to another, several of them can be considered as formal choices. By analyzing the 2005 motion picture Sin City, directed by Robert Rodriguez, adapted from the eponymous
graphic novel by Frank Miller published in the early nineties, I compare the two works and go through the formal aspects that differ from one another storyline, script, visual, framing and sound to better understand the choices made. The concepts of adaptation and intermediality by Madalena Punzi (2007), Ilmeda Welehan (1999) and Adalbert Müller (2013) were used. Studies by Brian McFarlane (1996) also helped in the choice of methodological procedures adopted for the analysis. The comparison between the two versions is then done without
restricting an attempt to map the possible (in)fidelities during the transposition process. Instead, I seek to identify the ways in which the narratives are related, as well as the part played in the production of meaning for the viewer and how the specificities of each medium film and comics have determined the final result.<br>Embora adaptações caracterizem uma série de mudanças durante o processo de tradução de uma mídia para outra, várias delas podem ser consideradas como escolhas formais. Ao analisar filme de 2005 Sin City, de Robert Rodriguez, adaptado da graphic novel homônima de Frank Miller publicada no início dos anos noventa, comparo as duas obras e considero aspectos formais que distinguem uma produção artística da outra enredo, roteiro, visual, enquadramento e som para melhor compreender as escolhas. Foram utilizados os conceitos de intermidialidade e adaptação de Madalena Punzi (2007), Ilmeda Welehan (1999) e Adalberto Müller (2013). Os estudos de Brian McFarlane (1996) auxiliaram, ainda, na escolha dos procedimentos metodológicos adotados para a análise. A comparação entre as duas versões é feita, então, sem se restringir a uma tentativa de mapear as possíveis (in)fidelidades durante o processo de transposição. Em vez disso, busco identificar as formas com que as narrativas se relacionam, bem como a função desempenhada na produção de sentido para o espectador e como as especificidades de cada meio cinema e quadrinhos determinam o resultado final.
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Cheung, Chi-keung Simon, and 張志強. "A review of the redevelopment of public housing estates: a case study of lower Wong Tai Sin Estate." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1993. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31258190.
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Cheung, Chi-keung Simon. "A review of the redevelopment of public housing estates : a case study of lower Wong Tai Sin Estate /." [Hong Kong] : University of Hong Kong, 1993. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13829877.
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Bergbom, Sofia, and Sandra Grenemark. "Örnsköldsvik - En stad av Världsklass i sin storlek : En studie inom området city branding som syftar till att undersöka hur en stad kan stärka sitt varumärke." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-76842.
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Örnsköldsviks kommun påbörjade 2005 ett projekt som kallas Världsklass 2015 bland annat med anledning att få bukt med nedåtgående befolkningssiffror. För att nå den vision som projektet eftersträvar ligger en viktig del i att stärka stadens varumärke. I problembakgrunden har vi sett att det finns mycket kvar att upptäcka inom det teoretiska området city branding. Många städer förstår inte fullt ut hur de ska utveckla och kontrollera sina varumärken. Det har visats att konventionella teorier från corporate branding området även går att använda för att analysera en stads varumärke. Slutligen har det i dagsläget framkommit att det genomförts för lite studier med fokus på två intressentgrupper. Av denna anledning har vi i denna studie om Örnsköldsviks varumärke valt att undersöka två intressentgrupper: invånare och företag i Örnsköldsvik. Problemformuleringen som styrt denna studie är följande: Hur kan en stads varumärke stärkas genom att undersöka hur dess intressentgrupper uppfattar staden i dagsläget? För att undersöka invånarnas och företagens uppfattning om varumärket har vi genomfört en fallstudie med två parallella metoder. En kvantitativ undersökning i form av en enkät för invånarna och för att undersöka företagens har vi genomfört en kvalitativ undersökning bestående av intervjuer. Populationen i den kvantitativa undersökningen består av invånare i åldersgruppen 19-34 år. I den kvalitativa undersökningen har fyra företag intervjuats. Baserat på problemformuleringen och syftet har studien genomförts med ett deduktivt angreppssätt och kunskapssynen är den hermeneutiska. Den teoretiska referensramen är uppbyggd för att kunna svara på studiens problemformulering och syfte. Inom city branding området har ett antal framework gällande städers varumärken utarbetats. Utifrån dessa har vi valt ut 7 faktorer som kan ses som viktiga för en stads varumärke. Dessa är, namngivna av oss författare på svenska: ”Omgivningen i Örnsköldsvik”, ”Möjligheter i Örnsköldsvik”, ”Nöjes- och fritidsaktiviteter i Örnsköldsvik”, ”Invånarna i Örnsköldsvik”, ”Grundläggande förutsättningar i Örnsköldsvik”, ”Attityd till Örnsköldsviks varumärke”, ”Intresse för Örnsköldsviks varumärke”. Vi har även undersökt respektive faktor i förhållande till hur väl den stämmer överens med visionen för projektet Världsklass 2015. Att en stads marknadsföring stämmer överens med hur verkligheten uppfattas är något som betonats inom city branding litteraturen. Slutligen inkluderar vi även corporate branding i undersökningsmodellen som syftar till att undersöka helheten av en stads varumärke. Slutsatserna som kan dras i denna studie är att samtliga faktorer i undersökningsmodellen är viktiga för att en stad ska kunna stärka sitt varumärke. Dock har vi ej funnit lika starkt empiriskt stöd för faktorn ”Nöjes- och fritidsaktiviteter i Örnsköldsvik” även om den inte kan avfärdas som oviktig. Genom att undersöka dessa faktorer har vi funnit förbättringsområden som genom att åtgärdas kan stärka Örnsköldsviks varumärke. Vi har även funnit att en stad kan stärka sitt varumärke genom att säkerställa att budskap om varumärket stämmer överens med den upplevda verkligheten samt att detta budskap är enhetligt. Ytterligare en slutsats vi kan dra är att det föreligger skillnader mellan hur Örnsköldsviks invånare och företag uppfattar stadens varumärke och att företagarnas uppfattningar generellt sett är mer positiva.
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Bielecki, Paul M. "Rethinking Baudry's apparatus theory in light of DVD technology." Ohio : Ohio University, 2007. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1180533851.
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Liem, Luet-ki Fletcher. "Redevelopment of Tuen Mun San Hui." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25946705.
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Laird, Rob. "Sim City : the simulation of ideology /." Title page, table of contents and introduction only, 2005. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09arl188.pdf.
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Liem, Luet-ki Fletcher, and 林律棋. "Redevelopment of Tuen Mun San Hui." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3198471X.
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Parenti, Christian. "Policing the theme park city." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.325921.
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Tu, Teddy C. "A stage for the city and it's [sic] people." PDF viewer required Home page for entire collection, 2008. http://archives.udmercy.edu:8080/dspace/handle/10429/9.
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Berg-Johansen, Erik. "The City of Morro Bay, California Sign Ordinance Update and Tourism-Oriented Directional Sign Plan." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2013. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1033.
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The City of Morro Bay, California – Sign Ordinance Update and Embarcadero District
Tourism-Oriented Directional Sign Plan
Erik Berg-Johansen
This report includes a Draft Sign Ordinance, a Tourism-Oriented Directional Sign Plan, and a background report for each product. The final products were created thought a process involving extensive research, community outreach, and detailed discussions among City of Morro Bay staff.
The Sign Ordinance
It was discovered that signs are important to business owners and residents due to their effect on both economic and aesthetic issues in communities. This report documents research of scholarly articles, case studies, and community outreach efforts. This report includes survey results and analysis that reveal the opinions of Morro Bay business owners, and also their ideas in regards to the sign ordinance update. According to many business owners, the current sign ordinance is convoluted, virtually unenforced, and unfairly applied. It was the goal of this project to hear what the community desires, and then apply this knowledge to a proposal that residents and business owners in Morro Bay approve of. The proposed sign ordinance aims to be fair and user-friendly, while ultimately enhancing community character and aesthetic quality in the future.
Tourism-Oriented Directional Sign Plan
The Tourism-Oriented Directional Sign Plan was created to promote tourism in the City of Morro Bay and negate the need for A-frame sign use in the Embarcadero District. The plan includes three alternatives that are intended to spur discussion among the Planning Commission when the proposal is presented. The background report associated with this plan is intended to provide the reasoning behind the proposals, and give readers of the plan background knowledge on directional signs in general. Similar to the sign ordinance background report, this report documents research of scholarly articles, case studies, and community outreach efforts.
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Chavez, Michael, and Victor Manuel Garrido. "A client satisfaction survey at Central City Lutheran Mission." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2369.
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This study focused on the association between clients satisfaction with services and the length of time utilizing them. The participants surveyed within this study were from surrounding communities of Central City Lutheran Mission (CCLM) in San Bernardino.
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Hashimoto, Bryce Isao, Abdul Alqahtani, Chris Anthony, Andrea Byrne, and Logan Robinson. "Direct Potable Reuse for the City of San Diego, California." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/243971.
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The objective of this project is to design a direct potable reuse facility that is capable of supplementing drinking water sources to the city of San Diego, CA, while minimizing the amount of chemicals added throughout the process. The proposed facility is designed to accommodate 72 million gallons of wastewater per day and treat the influent using numerous pieces of equipment that remove particles based on particle diameter or mass. In addition to using filtration medium to remove particulates, aeration tanks containing activated sludge promote biological digestion while continuously stirred tank reactors irradiated with ultraviolet light and injected with hydrogen peroxide disinfect and oxidize biological and chemical constituents. The economic analysis estimates the proposed facility to cost $557 million dollars and have a lifetime of 25 years. Additionally, the net present value after the 25-year lifetime of the facility at an interest rate of 9% is - $2 billion. Due to the need of increasing the water supply for expanding populations and anticipation of future droughts, the proposed design is recommended for implementation. However, a pilot-plant or demonstration facility should be performed due to the sensitivity of the equipment in the facility to the influent water quality.
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Wong, Yiu-keung Will, and 黃耀強. "Transport Museum (Hong Kong) a sign-[nature] of the city." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31985555.
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Wong, Yiu-keung Will. "Transport Museum (Hong Kong) a sign-[nature] of the city." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25945683.
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Zolfaghari, Atousa. "PLANNING FOR A COASTAL CITY: SAN CLEMENTE’S LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2013. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1034.
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This professional project assesses current conditions and regulations within San Clemente’s Coastal Zone, and provides recommendations to the City and California Coastal Commission through a draft Land Use Plan. The amended Land Use Plan will be included in the certified Local Coastal Program, which will govern decisions that determine the short and long-term conservation and use of coastal resources within San Clemente’s Coastal Zone.
Local Coastal Programs (LCPs) are planning guides used by local governments for development within the Coastal Zone. They contain goals and policies for development and protection of coastal resources throughout coastal cities and counties in California. LCPs identify appropriate locations for various land uses based on their goal of environmental and sustainable development and growth. Each LCP contains two components: a Land Use Plan (LUP) and an Implementation Plan (IP). Generally, the LUP contains the Coastal Element of the General Plan and provides the overall goals and policies that protect a City’s coastal resources. The IP is intended to implement the goals and policies in the City’s Land Use Plan and includes sections of the City’s Zoning Ordinance, and Specific Plans within the Coastal Zone. Although each LCP is unique to a coastal community, they all need to maintain statewide regulations through conformity with the Coastal Act requirements.
After the California Coastal Commission (CCC) has approved an LCP, the coastal permitting authority over most new development is transferred to the local government, but the CCC retains permanent coastal permit jurisdiction over all proposed development on public trust lands, tidelands, and submerged lands. The CCC will also review and approve any amendments to previously certified LCPs.
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Althaus, Danielle Rose. "City of San Luis Obispo Open Space Vegetation Management Plan." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2014. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1235.
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This Master’s Professional Project is focused on the development of a draft Vegetation Management Plan for the City of San Luis Obispo Open Space properties. The purpose of the plan is to provide a comprehensive document which identifies how the city is addressing wildfire preparedness in city-owned open space properties. Methods used in plan development include a literature review, content analysis, geographic information systems (GIS), a course audit, and consultation with city staff and other stakeholders. Each open space property is identified in the plan, describing its location, vegetation, topography, assets, access points, water supply, evacuation routes, historical fire data, predominant risk exposure, current wildfire preparedness plan, priority ranking, and a proposed implementation plan.
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Ascott, Elizabeth J. "A benefit-cost analysis of the Wonder World Drive overpass in San Marcos, Texas /." View online, 2005. http://ecommons.txstate.edu/arp/104/.
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Strathman, Theodore Andrew. "Dream of a big city : water politics and San Diego County growth, 1910-1947 /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3169320.
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Jolly, Michelle E. "Inventing the city : gender and the politics of everyday life in gold-rush San Francisco, 1848-1869 /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p9915066.
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An, Sharon Heera. "Healing and Reintegrating in the City: Urban Infill as a Sanctuary for Jane Doe." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/99207.
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The sex trafficking industry is not only a social justice issue, but also an architectural issue.
In the same urban fabric where people live, work, and socialize, victims of commercial
sex trafficking live in the shadows, work in obscure environments, and isolate themselves
from others. National and local resources in mental care, job training, and legal support fail
to provide a holistic place of refuge for these displaced individuals. Current shelters that
specifically serve sexually exploited victims also face limitations in their presence in urban
neighborhoods, long-term availability, and types of living arrangements.
With a specific socioeconomic climate and disparity in San Francisco, Bayview presents itself
as an opportune place to provide refuge for both survivors of sexual exploitation and the
low-income community. Even as a distressed neighborhood, its ethnic diversity and existing
infrastructure would create a foundation for survivors to heal and reintegrate into a resilient
community. At an urban scale, ecological infrastructures provide environmental revitalization
from rising sea levels and economic restoration of industries significant to the neighborhood's
historical identity. The architectural intervention focuses specifically on female survivors of
sexual exploitation, ranging from youth to mothers with children, and how they would heal
together and reintegrate into the community.
Hand stitching is an integral part of this project's design process. It is a drawing medium that
reflects the physical engagement through a meditative activity. It is also a visual language
used to formulate spatial sequences, patterns, and movement. The mixed-use urban infill
weaves in sanctuaries to heal as an individual, as a camaraderie, and along with the greater
community. Residents dwell in the permanently supported community housing, where they
mend bodies, hearts, and relationships in the home. Other survivors are welcomed into the
drop-in facility, which provides initial resources like hygienic care and counseling. Retail spaces
along the main corridor are programmed to create a synergetic seam between residents
and their opportunities to participate in the neighborhood. Interior and exterior thresholds
throughout the building interlace the duality of veiled and transparent spaces. This cohesive
spatial journey would bind wounds, foster resiliency into the urban ecosystem, and ultimately
be reconciled to a dignified home, workplace, to social environment.<br>Master of Architecture<br>Sex trafficking is a form of modern slavery. This inhumane industry is exacerbated in cities as more people move into the urban environment. In the same cities people live, work, and socialize, victims of commercial sex trafficking live in the shadows, work in obscure environments, and isolate themselves from others.
Many sexually exploited victims receive limited care to recover from their physical, mental, and emotional wounds. Unfortunately, they are often grouped together with other displaced groups. This thesis calls out a specific group in need of healing, female survivors of sex trafficking, and considers a specific place where she can restore her sense of home, workplace, and community. The female survivor is given the name Jane Doe, and her unique narrative drives the types of spaces she needs to feel safe, loved, and cared for.
The design proposal is sited in Bayview, an industrial urban neighborhood in southeastern San Francisco. The neighborhood at large is first reimagined to set a foundation for welcoming Jane Doe. Then, the proposed building integrates three types of spaces: a community housing, a drop-in center, and retail spaces with workshops. It is nestled amongst warehouses, houses, and other local shops.
This thesis ultimately expresses the possibility architecture has in doing more than providing an inhabitable space. The architecture for Jane Doe is a sanctuary that plays a definitive role in healing her body, heart, and mind, as her sense of belonging is restored.
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Schneider-Cowan, Joy. "A case study of the San Marcos Main Street Program /." View online, 2007. http://ecommons.txstate.edu/arp/268/.
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Blomst, Shannon Marie. "CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO MONITORING PROGRAM AND PROCEDURES FOR INCLUSIONARY HOUSING." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2012. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/761.
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The Monitoring Program for all Inclusionary housing units in the City of San Luis Obispo is a needed component to the Affordable Housing Program. It ensures eligible households are occupying the affordable units and those that are renting are being charged according to the Affordable Housing Standards. Within the City’s Municipal Code it specifies monitoring and management of inclusionary units shall be done, however this hasn’t happened until now.
This professional project provides a needed analysis of the current affordable housing stock. It examines multiple case studies that look at exemplary designed affordable housing units as well as implemented monitoring programs, which serve as a guide to the City of San Luis Obispo’s monitoring program. An extensive assessment survey was administered to all the inclusionary units within the City of San Luis Obispo that included some questions pertaining to the quality and design of the current units, location to local services, primary mode of transportation and miles traveled to work. The analysis of the survey responses were compiled into different analyzed categories: overall, senior, owner and renter. The analysis information and monitoring program procedures manual were completed as deliverables to the City of San Luis Obispo. The project concludes with recommendations for future affordable housing developments and toolkits, including the monitoring program procedures manual, to help with preservation of the current housing stock and ensure quality and sustainable affordable housing projects.
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Albrecht, Angelika. "„Bibliotheken rechnen sich nicht, aber sie zahlen sich aus“." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2008. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-ds-1204891665340-27158.
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Für das Meeraner Bibliothekswesen ist der Geburtstag Friedrich Schillers (10. November 1759) ein bedeutsames Datum. Am 10. No - vember 1860 öffnete die erste Bibliothek in der damals aufblühenden sächsischen Mittelstadt ihre Pforten. Genau 147 Jahre später, am 10. November 2007, konnten die Meeraner Leserinnen und Leser das neu erbaute Gebäude der Stadtbibliothek an der August-Bebel-Straße in Besitz nehmen...
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Latasa, Pilar. "Lima Celebrates the Immaculate Conception (1656): Creole Text and City Powers." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2017. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/121831.
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Analysis of the festivities of the Immaculate Conception celebrated in Lima in 1656, from the account written by Diego de León Pinelo Gutiérrez. This Creole text reinterprets in baroque terms the cult of the Immaculate Conception in the City of Kings. Through it we can study these lengthy festivals, which involved the participation of the city’s most important institutions and corporate bodies, mobilizing considerable resources and people. Thus, the text is conceived as a political and religious exaltation of the city of Lima, typical of the festive genre and of the chorographic literature, which also connects with the emerging Creole discourse.<br>Este artículo analiza las fiestas a la Inmaculada que se celebraron en Lima en 1656 a partir de la relación festiva escrita por Diego de León Pinelo Gutiérrez. Este texto criollo reinterpreta en clave barroca la devoción inmaculista de la ciudad de Los Reyes. A través de él se estudian los prolongados festejos que contaron con la participación de las instituciones y corporaciones de poder más representativas de la ciudad y movilizaron considerables recursos y personas. Así, esta relación se concibe como una exaltación política y religiosa de la ciudad de Lima, propia del género festivo y de la literatura corográfica, que se conecta también con el naciente discurso criollo.
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Kuhn, Thomas W. "Proposal to establish a vocational high school for San Bernardino Unified School District." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1987. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/401.
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Troutman, Philip Parke. "San Diego growth wars : a critique of public participation in California land use politics /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC IP addresses, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3142450.
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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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Lindgren, Eric A. "Understanding the effects of Progressive Era electoral reforms on city elections : the San Francisco Board of Supervisors' races /." view abstract or download file of text, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1192192321&sid=2&Fmt=2&clientId=11238&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2006.<br>Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 145-149). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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Štambergová, Kristina. "Srovnání MHD v Praze a San Franciscu." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-125096.
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The theorethical part contains a description of city public transit, its importance and history, priorities used in city public transit, tariff system, integrated transport systems and vehicles used in city public transit. The public transit systems in both cities are introduced and compared from several points of view in the practical part. The cities compared are Prague and San Francisco.
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Lenz, Jacqueline A. "A descriptive case study of handicapped parking violations in a mid-western [sic] city." Online version, 1999. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1999/1999lenz.pdf.
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Anderson, Donald Nathan. "In Cisio Scribere: Labor, Knowledge, and Politics of Cabdriving in Mexico City and San Francisco." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/556879.
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This dissertation investigates cabdriving as a form of spatial work, involved in the production and reproduction of social space through three interrelated products: physical movement from place to place; the experience of movement, of connection made between places; and the articulation of these places, movements, and experiences with visions of society and the social. The particular forms of knowledge involved in this work, and the politics in which taxicabs are entangled, are explored through fieldwork conducted in two very different cities: Mexico City and San Francisco, California. The political context of cabdriving knowledge changes as new technologies are introduced into the cab to reframe the relationship between the interior of the cab (where passengers and drivers interact) and the exteriors (urban and informational spaces) through which it passes. In Mexico City, interviews with libre, base, and sitio cabdrivers about their knowledge and work strategies revealed three aspects of cabdriving as a rhythm analytical practice: 1) the points of confluence, i.e., the spatial pattern or method by which drivers link up with passengers; 2) the temporal and monetary patterns of constraint the occupation puts on drivers; and 3) the sense of the city which emerges, as this is described by drivers. Each form of taxicab has different patterns of movement, and different spatial and technological means of establishing contact with customers, which results in differing experiences and strategies elaborated by drivers. In San Francisco, interviews were conducted with taxi, limousine, and "ridesharing" drivers on the impact of smartphone-enabled "e-hailing" technology. The term allegorithm (the productive co-deployment of a socially relevant allegorical script and a software-mediated algorithm) is borrowed from gaming studies to describe how interfaces reframe the cab-riding experience. Of particular interest is the emergence of "ridesharing," or the overcab (a cab-riding experience which is superior to the experience of riding in a cab). The effectiveness of the overcab’s reframing project depends on the acceptance and performance by participants of the "overcab" narrative. There are indications that the transcendence of the overcab is fragile, and that cracks are developing in the experiences of both drivers and passengers, due to continuing tensions which the overcab has failed to resolve, or which have been introduced as part of its regulating mechanism.
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Cabré, Alberto J. (Alberto Javier). "Light and culture--a market place in the Old City of San Juan, Puerto Rico." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65461.
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Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1997.<br>Includes bibliographical references.<br>Issues: Regional architecture vs. globalization.<br>by Alberto J. Cabré.<br>M.Arch.
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Lambert-Melcher, Stacey. "An examination of reported mainstreaming attitudes and practices in San Bernardino City Unified School District." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1993. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/801.
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Chiapella, Geoffrey M. "City of San Luis Obispo: Community and Municipal Operations 2005 Baseline Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2010. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/252.
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The passage of AB 32 in 2006 initiated the need for city planners in California to consider the quantification of greenhouse gas emissions at the community level in order to develop policies and programs to reduce emissions in the future. Although local jurisdictions are not required to quantify and report emissions at this time, the AB 32 Climate Change Scoping Plan recommended a reduction goal for local governments of 15 percent below today’s levels by 2020 to ensure consistent reduction goals at the state and local levels.
ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability initiated the Cities for Climate Protection (CCP) campaign in 1993, which provides a framework for local governments to develop a baseline emissions inventory and identify reduction measures as part of a climate action plan. This inventory is developed under the framework of the CCP campaign.
A review of the current practice of local greenhouse gas emissions inventories in California identified significant consistencies across jurisdictions in the overall framework of community and municipal emissions inventories– due largely to the framework provided by the CCP campaign. However, data sources used and methods of measurement vary greatly among local inventories, which limit the ability to compare results. This highlights the need for a standard reporting protocol for community inventories.
This baseline emissions inventory document provides the technical information necessary for the city to set reduction goals and facilitates the development of the climate action plan outlining policies and programs that when implemented would reach those goals.
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Wiseman, Jennifer L. "Understanding and Incentivizing Workforce Housing: A Professional Project for the City of San Luis Obispo." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2015. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1429.
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Adding workforce housing to the City of San Luis Obispo Zoning Regulation is a needed component to successfully begin, and promote, the development of housing in the City to those making between 121 and 160% of the Area Median Income. This regulation would ensure eligible households are provided with housing choices within the community, preferably the community in which they work. The addition of Workforce Housing has been a large phenomenon throughout the State of California, and the County as a whole, as housing market prices increase and most salaries maintain at a steady rate. It is important to note that the State of California Housing and Community Development Department currently does not officially categorize workforce housing, effectively banning any funding, subsidy or mandatory incentive to be required by jurisdictions.
This professional project provides initial step to the development of a workforce housing ordinance with the needed introductory research and outreach analysis of the current conditions facing our community with regards to workforce housing. It examines case studies of jurisdictions throughout the County who have taken the initial step to acknowledge workforce housing and create successful, and unsuccessful, programs which assist developers and community members with developing workforce housing. An extensive review of scholarly literature was 5 completed to understand the need of workforce housing in both an economic and health and safety need. Outreach was then conducted with local stakeholders to understand the range of barriers, opportunities and recommendations regarding workforce housing, and how City of San Luis Obispo policy could benefit or harm the community.
The project concludes with the compilation and analysis of outreach and research to develop incentives and recommendations, found in the Recommendation Analysis, to overcome barriers of workforce housing and begin increasing the supply of quality workforce housing within San Luis Obispo.
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Ng, Yuen Ki Wendy, and 吳婉琦. "Sapiensynthesis." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31987230.
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Pham, Thi thu ha. "Amélioration de la représentation cartographique des phénomènes urbains." Thesis, Paris Est, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017PESC1229/document.
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Plus de la moitié de la population mondiale vit de nos jours dans les villes. Cette proportion s'élève à 77.5% en France. La densité importante de la population urbaine provoque plusieurs problèmes environnementaux tels que les bruits, les canicules urbaines, les pollutions chimiques ou la pollution magnétique. Dans une ville, les habitants pourraient obtenir des informations sur ces phénomènes grâce aux infrastructures informatiques et au partage de l'information entre services techniques et citoyens. Si l'un des objectifs des villes intelligentes est d'améliorer la gestion des ressources - comme l'eau et l'électricité - un autre est de pouvoir contrôler jour après jour ce qui se passe dans la ville au niveau du climat et des pollutions en collectant des informations locales et en les affichant sur un portail public. Mais ces informations, généralement transmises sous forme de graphiques ou de cartes, ne sont pas faciles à interpréter. L’objectif de cette thèse est de proposer des solutions pour améliorer la représentation cartographique de phénomènes urbains dans leur contexte géographique afin que celle-ci soit facile à comprendre aussi bien pour les services techniques, que pour le grand public non spécialistes de ces phénomènes.Afin de faciliter la perception d’une carte de phénomène, nous proposons une représentation à différents niveaux de détail, une variété de choix de l’espace cartographique ; des symboles simples et adaptifs au phénomène et une identification automatique de zones particulières. Pour les niveaux de détail, nous adaptons la densité graphique aux différents niveaux de détail (optimisation préparatoire dans la base de données) et à l’échelle courante de visualisation (optimisation dynamique et interactive avec l’utilisateur). Pour le choix de l’espace cartographique, un phénomène peut être représenté sur l’ensemble de bâtiments, sur les rues ou sur une structure de géométrie quelconque saisie par l’utilisateur. Enfin pour l’identification automatique de zones particulières, nous identifions les valeurs extrêmes, dépassant le seuil de dangerosité ou les zones de forte dispersion de valeur importante, pour permettre à l’utilisateur de les localiser rapidement. Nous avons proposé aussi d’ajouter le concept de l’observateur et d’adapter la visualisation selon la position de l’observateur afin de diminuer la superposition entre les présentations 3D de différents niveaux de hauteur d’un phénomène, lorsqu’il varie en fonction de l’altitude (et qu’on dispose de ces données)<br>More than half of the world's population now lives in cities. This proportion is 77.5% in France. The high density of the urban population causes several environmental problems such as noise, urban heat waves, chemical pollution or magnetic pollution. In a city, the inhabitants could get all the information by the computer infrastructures and the information sharing between the citizens themselves. If one of the objectives of smart cities is to improve the management of resources - such as water and electricity - another is to be able to control day by day what is happening in the city in terms of climate and pollution by collecting local information and mapping it in the public portal of cartography. Although the link between civic services, the interactions between people and government institutions is very important, the concerned information, usually represented by graphics or maps, is not easy to for all people to understand and to interpret. Thus the objective of this thesis is to propose solutions to improve the representation of urban phenomena with their geographical context and at different levels of detail so that it becomes easy to understand for the general public.In order to facilitate the perception of a phenomenon map, we propose a representation at different levels of detail, from the most general to the most detailed and to adapt the graphic density to the level of detail (preparatory optimization in the database) and to the current visualization scale (dynamic and interactive optimization with the user); a various choices of the cartographic space, for example a phenomenon may be represented on the set of buildings or streets, or on any structure of geometry chosen by the user; simple and adaptive symbols to the phenomenon; and an automatic identification of particular zones: with extreme values, exceeding the threshold of dangerousness or with a large dispersion, this allows the user to quickly locate areas of interest throughout the visualization. We also proposed to add the concept of observer and adapt the visualization according to the position of the observer in order to reduce the superposition between the 3D presentations of different levels of height of a phenomenon, when it varies according to of the altitude (and that these data are available)
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Schoof, Aguirre María Isabel. "Centro de desarrollo comunitario en San Juan de Lurigancho." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/626012.
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La presente investigación busca marcar las pautas para el correcto diseño de un Centro Comunitario que contribuya a suplir el déficit de infraestructura de un sector del distrito de San Juan de Lurigancho. Se parte de las problemáticas sociales de la zona y de la investigación de la tipología para introducir funciones específicas según los requerimientos propios de la población de la zona. Así mismo, proyectos referenciales, tanto nacionales como extranjeros ayudan a darle forma a la propuesta. Se define y analiza el terreno elegido y sus alrededores, el tipo y cantidad de usuario, la frecuencia de uso y el radio de acción del proyecto, todo ello tomando especial consideración en el diseño integral del proyecto con su ciudad. De ahí que se enfatice en la integración de espacios exteriores e interiores para que así, el espacio público, el entorno y el peatón guíen el planteamiento formal y espacial de la propuesta.<br>The present investigation seeks to set the guidelines for the correct design of a Community Center that contributes to supply the infrastructure deficit of a sector of the district of San Juan de Lurigancho. It has started from the social problems of the area and the investigation of the typology to introduce specific functions according to the requirements of the population of the area. Likewise, reference projects, both national and foreign, help to shape the proposal. The chosen terrain and its surroundings are defined and analyzed, the type and quantity of the user, the frequency of use and the radius of action of the project, all taking special consideration in the integral design of the project with their city. Hence, emphasis is placed on the integration of exterior and interior spaces so that, public space, the environment and the pedestrian guide the formal and spatial approach of the proposal.<br>Tesis
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Bektesevic, Senada. "”Som en blixt från klar himmel” : En kvalitativ studie om patienter som insjuknar i stroke under sin sjukhusvistelse." Thesis, Hälsohögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, HHJ. Kvalitetsförbättring och ledarskap inom hälsa och välfärd, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-31420.
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Bakgrund: Vetenskapliga artiklar visar att patienter som får stroke under sin sjukhusvistelse får sämre omhändertagande än strokepatienter som direktinläggs. Litteraturen visar även att det behövs mer kunskap om vilka förbättringar som kan behöva göras för att få en säker, kunskapsbaserad och effektiv stroke sjukvård. Syfte: Studiens syfte är att identifiera händelser som har varit kritiska i omhändertagandet av inneliggande patienter som insjuknar i stroke. Metod: CIT (Critical Incident Technique) har använts som datainsamlingsmetod, denna har använts inom flygvapnet men har på senare tid fått större användning i bl. a hälso- och sjukvården. Kvalitativ innehållsanalys enligt Burnard (1996) ligger till grund för bearbetning av materialet. Analysen utgick ifrån 10 intervjuer med sjuksköterskor som har erfarenhet av patienter som insjuknat i stroke på vårdavdelning. Intervjuer är genomförda på 5 (fem) olika typer av avdelningar inom Sahlgrenska sjukhuset under våren 2016. Resultat: Kritiska händelser förekommer i samband med omhändertagande inom alla delar av vården av patienter som insjuknar i stroke under sin sjukhusvistelse. Övergripande kategorier är: oförutsedd händelse, bristande resurser riskerar patientsäkerheten och specialistvårdens baksida/organisatoriska hinder. Kategorierna identifieras inom mikro-, meso- och makrosystem för sig samtidigt som de interagerar mellan de olika systemen. Slutsatser: Tillgång till aktuella mätningar är viktig för att få en överblick över det aktuella läget för inneliggande strokepatienter i form av antal och var de inträffar. Studien visar att det finns ett stort behov av en välfungerande strokekedja för inneliggande strokepatienter och att det finns genomförda projekt i USA som kan vara till hjälp för framtida förbättringar i stroke vården. Det är även viktigt att lägga fokus kommunikation och information till anhöriga.<br>Background: Scientific articles has shown that patients that have had a stroke during their hospitalization receive lesser degree of care, than patients that has been admitted with a stroke. Literature has shown we need more knowledge how to improve stroke care to get a secure, knowledge based and effective stroke care in hospitals. Aim: The study aims to identify the events that have been critical in the management of hospitalized patients who suffer a stroke. Method: CIT has been used as a data collection method to bring in information, it has been used in the airforce and more recently has been used more widely in national healthcare. Qualitative contents analysis, according to Burnard (1996), gives basis for analyzing the material. The analysis was based on 10 interviews with nurses who have experience of patients diagnosed with stroke during hospitalization. Interviews were conducted at 5 (five) different departments within the Sahlgrenska Hospital in spring 2016. Result: Critical events occur in connection with care in all parts of the care of in-hospital patients who suffer a stroke. Overall categories: unexpected event, the safety of patients affected by department resources and the backside of specialist care. The categories identified in the micro, meso and macro systems are interacting between the different systems. Conclusion: Access to current measurements is important to get an overview of the current state of in-hospital stroke patients in the form of numbers and where they occur. The study shows that there is a great need for a well-functioning stroke chain for in-hospital stroke patients and that there are implemented projects in the US that could be helpful for future improvements in stroke care. It is also important to focus on communication and information to relatives.
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Seligmann, Ari D. "Architectural publicity in the age of globalization." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1568425101&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Lowgren, Andrea. "City limits : reputation and the sexual cartography of women's mobility in mid-twentieth-century San Francisco /." Diss., Digital Dissertations Database. Restricted to UC campuses, 2007. http://uclibs.org/PID/11984.
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Sundar, Divya. "Saving “America’s Iconic Liberal City”: The Late Liberal Biopolitics of Anti-Gentrification Discourses in San Francisco." The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1406289984.
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Salazar, Amador. "Mariachi Music in San Antonio| The Construction of Cultural and Ethnic Identity in a Hybridized City." Thesis, The University of Texas at San Antonio, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10279937.
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<p> The intent of this research is to reveal and understand the symbolic meanings of cultural and ethnic identity that cultural creators and receivers perceive through their involvement in mariachi. This study’s shows the way those involved in mariachi perceive their cultural and ethnic identity while living in a city that infuses Mexican and Texan cultural sensibilities. A mixed-method approach was taken between in-depth qualitative interviews and participant observation. Participant observation was utilized as a means to build a stratified snowball sample of the various cultural producers and receivers of mariachi. The cultivation of this sample was guided by Griswold’s cultural diamond framework. Reliance on semi-structured in-depth interviews as the primary research method of inquiry illuminated the various horizons of meaning that mariachi performers, instructors, gatekeepers, and aficionados held in regards to their efforts to preserve a long standing cultural musical art form in San Antonio, Texas. Some findings include various stories and perspectives on cultural and ethnic identity in mariachi, varying strategies undertaken to preserve mariachi music in the twenty-first century through technology, its institutionalization into a public-education setting, the varying gender dynamics among mariachi performers, the question of authenticity and hybridization in mariachi music, and cultural politics in the mariachi music scene.</p>
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Craig, Lynda deForest. "Patients and disease in an enlightenment hospital San Juan de Dios in Guatemala city, 1788-1808." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/5205.
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Jordan, Adrianna L. "The Historical Influence of Railroads on Urban Development and Future Economic Potential in San Luis Obispo." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2011. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/623.
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The Historical Influence of Railroads on Urban Development and Future Economic Potential in San Luis Obispo
Adrianna L. Jordan
Today the sound of a train passing through San Luis Obispo may be intermittent and faint, but persistent nonetheless, a reminder that the railroad (displaced eventually by the automobile and accompanying expansion of highways and road systems, and later by air connectivity) was a significant force in the development of the City of San Luis Obispo. The sound of railroads evokes a sentimental reminder of the past, but the railroad’s continued presence in the city, cutting through its urban fabric, raises intriguing questions as to what constructive role it can play in the evolving city economy. Can the railroad make a contribution to the new economy of the 21st Century? And if so, how? These questions are worth considering beyond nostalgia for a railroad-dominated past as we become more concerned, nationally and especially so in the State of California, about living sustainably. The aspiration to create communities that reduce dependence and expenditure on the automobile and the petroleum based economy that it represents has surfaced as an important goal, one that might enable us to live within our resource base. In this emerging context of heightened concern about integrating sustainability into current development, what role will, and might, the railroad play in shaping future developments and influencing land use? This work explores these questions by tracing the intertwined histories of transportation and land use in the City of San Luis Obispo from the 18th century Spanish mission era to the 19th century railroad era to the present-day automobile and air travel era.
Although the heyday of rail as an economic driver in the city has come and gone, San Luis Obispo’s Railroad District, with the award-winning Railroad District Plan for its place-making guide, is poised for continued revitalization. Public and commercial entities such as the Amtrak Station, the Railroad Museum, the Park Hotel building and its restaurants, and the Railroad Square Channel Commercial Building anchor the district and serve as pulse points of activity for locals and tourists alike. In addition, the Railroad District’s excellent pedestrian and bicycle connectivity helps to link it with the rest of the city and channels people to it.
Given the present concern over greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles, rising fuel costs, shortages of oil, and the centralized land-use patterns popular in New Urbanism and required by SB 375, it is possible that the railroad, or some other form of fixed rail public transportation might once again become a preferred mode of long-distance transport to the major metropolitan areas south and north of the city and beyond.
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Ishii, Nobuyuki. "A phenomenological understanding of an image of a city: touching water in waterfront cities." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42149.
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<p>This thesis attempts to grasp the creation of an image of a city, taking the case of
waterfront cities where the presence of water becomes a sense of place. A phenomenological
method was employed for investigating actual waterfront cities: Boston, Chicago, and
San Francisco. Although a single method has yet to be established for studying a sense of
place, phenomenology was adopted because it deals with the relationship between an
environment and the experience of that environment. This thesis found some common
qualities between these cities in their fonns. These qualities seem to have a certain
relationship to the creation of the images of these waterfront cities. This study also brought
up the question of how to evaluate personal experiences phenomenologically. They are
related to the basis of this thesis. This shows us the difficulty of practicing the
phenomenology and the profundity of studying an image of a city. At the same time, it is a
step for further study.<br>Master of Landscape Architecture
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Mineo, Kathryn S. "JOINT USE PARTNERSHIPS: EVALUATING THE FEASIBILITY OF A JOINT USE PARTNERHSIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO AND CAL POLY SAN LUIS OBISPO." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2012. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/880.
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As demand for additional athletic fields continues to increase, the City of San Luis Obispo is struggling to meet the recreation needs of the community. This project evaluated the feasibility of a joint use partnerships with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo for the shared use of the University’s underutilized Sports Complex, and made recommendations of strategies to address the City’s recreation needs. This project reviewed current and professional academic literature on successful approaches to joint use partnerships; conducted case study analyses on two Cal Poly facilities; and worked with City and University officials to examine the issues associated with establishing joint use agreements between state universities and local municipalities. Because little research currently exists to inform joint use partnerships between these two entities, the opportunities for exploration are many. Of particular interest are the fields of local and state policy and financing methods.
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Eatinger, William M. "A middle school physical education curriculum guide." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1991. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/832.
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