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Pacione, Michael. "Research in urban geography." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.248816.
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Carmo, Judite de Azevedo do [UNESP]. "Dinâmicas sócio-espaciais na cidade de Rio Claro (SP): as estratégias políticas, econômicas e sociais na produção do espaço." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/95733.
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carmo_ja_me_rcla.pdf: 1938945 bytes, checksum: 9ae78d0bc8558913f2dd6e857a23e1c9 (MD5)Objetiva-se, com essa dissertação procurar a essência da produção e da reprodução da cidade, baseada na abordagem do consumo do e no espaço, tendo como alvo de investigação as ações do poder público, dos moradores e dos donos do capital, ponderando ainda o grau de influência de cada um, e verificando como o poder público tem intermediado esses conflitos, de forma a detectar quais os interesses envolvidos nessa forma de planejar a cidade. Na análise dessa problemática tomar-se-á como área de estudo a avenida Presidente Tancredo de Almeida Neves, na cidade de Rio Claro (SP), sendo que essa uma área foi conquistando uma significativa centralidade no decorrer dos anos. Espera-se com esse estudo contribuir para o entendimento dos processos e dinâmicas sócioespaciais, recentes na cidade de Rio Claro, interior de São Paulo.
My aim with this dissertation is to look for the city's production and reproduction essence, based on the approach for and in the space's consumption, taking as a target of investigation the actions of the public power, from the capital's owners residents, considering still the influence degree of each other and checking as the public power has been intermediating these conflicts about the form to detect which wrapped interests in this city's planning form. In this problematic analysis we'll take as the study's area the Presidente Tancredo de Almeida Neves Avenue, in Rio Claro City (SP), knowing that the area was conquering a centralized significant in the course of the years. It waits in spite of the fact that this study contributes to the understanding of the processes and dynamic spacepartner, recently at Rio Claro City, in the countryside of Sao Paulo State.
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Piercey, Daniel. "Cultural geography : public art and the urban landscape." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.323896.
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Townsend, Anthony M. (Anthony Michael) 1973. "Wired / unwired : the urban geography of digital networks." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/30041.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2003.Includes bibliographical references.
This dissertation examines the development of digital network infrastructure in the world's great cities at the turn of the 20th century. Drawing upon the concept of cities as information systems and techniques of communications geography, it analyzes how the physical components of digital networks were deployed in major urban areas during the 1990s. It finds that historical processes and pre-existing differences between places shaped the evolution of this infrastructure at multiple spatial scales; global, metropolitan, and neighborhood. As a result, rather than bringing about the "death of distance", digital network infrastructure actually reinforced many of the pre-existing differences between connected and disconnected places. With the telecom bust of 2000-2002, these differences were likely to persist for a decade or more. Yet just as the development of wired digital network infrastructure slowed, wireless technologies emerged as a more flexible, intuitive, and efficient form of connecting users to networks in everyday urban settings. As a result, an untethered model for digital networks emerged which combining the capacity and security of wired networks over long distances with the flexibility and mobility of wireless networks over short distances. This new hybrid infrastructure provided the technology needed to begin widespread experimentation with the creation of digitally mediated spaces, such as New York City's Bryant Park Wireless Network.
by Anthony M. Townsend.
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Horner, Mark W. "A geographic perspective on urban commuting /." The Ohio State University, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1486457871783723.
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Carmo, Judite de Azevedo do. "Dinâmicas sócio-espaciais na cidade de Rio Claro (SP) : as estratégias políticas, econômicas e sociais na produção do espaço /." Rio Claro : [s.n.], 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/95733.
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Objetiva-se, com essa dissertação procurar a essência da produção e da reprodução da cidade, baseada na abordagem do consumo do e no espaço, tendo como alvo de investigação as ações do poder público, dos moradores e dos donos do capital, ponderando ainda o grau de influência de cada um, e verificando como o poder público tem intermediado esses conflitos, de forma a detectar quais os interesses envolvidos nessa forma de planejar a cidade. Na análise dessa problemática tomar-se-á como área de estudo a avenida Presidente Tancredo de Almeida Neves, na cidade de Rio Claro (SP), sendo que essa uma área foi conquistando uma significativa centralidade no decorrer dos anos. Espera-se com esse estudo contribuir para o entendimento dos processos e dinâmicas sócioespaciais, recentes na cidade de Rio Claro, interior de São Paulo.My aim with this dissertation is to look for the city's production and reproduction essence, based on the approach for and in the space's consumption, taking as a target of investigation the actions of the public power, from the capital's owners residents, considering still the influence degree of each other and checking as the public power has been intermediating these conflicts about the form to detect which wrapped interests in this city's planning form. In this problematic analysis we'll take as the study's area the Presidente Tancredo de Almeida Neves Avenue, in Rio Claro City (SP), knowing that the area was conquering a centralized significant in the course of the years. It waits in spite of the fact that this study contributes to the understanding of the processes and dynamic spacepartner, recently at Rio Claro City, in the countryside of Sao Paulo State.
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Kitchen, Peter F. "The geography of urban deprivation change in East Montreal and the Montreal urban community, 1986-1996." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape4/PQDD_0017/NQ57048.pdf.
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Merrifield, Andrew K. "The dialectrics of urban space." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.358509.
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Vieira, Sidney Gonçalves [UNESP]. "O centro vive. O espetáculo da revalorização do centro de São Paulo: sobrevivência do capitalismo e apropriação do espaço." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/104458.
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vieira_sg_dr_rcla.pdf: 1498063 bytes, checksum: c6dfd3630be16f49f77c982b61643fca (MD5)O objetivo deste trabalho é fazer uma análise do processo de revalorização do centro da cidade de São Paulo. Parte do pressuposto de que as transformações preconizadas para que o centro retome sua importância se traduzem em melhorias urbanísticas e arquitetônicas que visam conferir uma imagem mais limpa e bela para a área. Analisa-se o fato de que tais transformações representam também uma revalorização imobiliária, que incorpora objetivamente valor aos imóveis a partir de condicionantes subjetivos, como o significado histórico e o poder da imagem do centro. Assim, o processo assume as características de produção de um espaço considerado como mercadoria, produzido como espetáculo, transformado para não parecer como tal, a fim de perpetrar a permanência do modo de produção capitalista, metamorfoseado. Nesta perspectiva, assume grande relevância o patrimônio arquitetônico representado pela obra de Ramos de Azevedo e as transformações urbanísticas impetradas por Prestes Maia, que conferiram ao centro uma identidade e uma imagem específicas. Fundamentado em metodologia proposta por Henri Lefebvre segue-se um caminho dialético na análise, considerando a cidade a partir de seu presente, onde a sua condição de hegemonia sobre o território nacional e sua importância internacional lhe confere destaque. Depois, se busca no passado, marcado pelas intervenções mais significativas que perduram no presente, as relações sociais de produção que explicam a permanência de determinadas formas. Por fim, vislumbra-se por intermédio dos usos e das funções as possibilidades colocadas para o futuro. Leva-se em conta na análise a atuação de diversos atores sociais, tanto públicos como privados, a exemplo da Associação Viva o Centro e do Fórum Centro Vive. Considera-se que o processo atualmente em curso para revalorização...
The aim of this work is to do an analysis of the process of revalorization of São Paulo's downtown. It comes from the presupposition that the commended transformations, in order to recover downtown's are importance, are better translated into urban and architectural improvements that aim at obtaining a cleaner and more beautiful image to the area. It is analyzed the fact that such transformations also represent housing revalorization that incorporate aimly valorization of the residences from subjective conditions such as historical meaning and downtown's power Image. Thus, the process assumes the characteristics of reproduction of a space considered merchandise, produced as a show, transformed not to look like one, in order to perpetuate the permanence of capitalist way of production, metamorphosed. In this perspective, assumes great relevance the architectural inheritance represented by Ramos de Azevedos's work and impetrated by Prestes Maia's town planning transformations, which conferred to downtown specific identity and image. Founded on methodology proposes by Henri Lefebvre it is followed a dialectic approach in the analysis, considering the city from its present time, where its hegemony condition upon national territory and its international importance result in projection. Then, it is searched in the past, marked by the most significant interventions which last nowadays, the social relations of production which explain the permanence of certain shapes, At last, it is seen ahead, by the usage and functions, the possibilities set in the future time. It is taken into account in the analysis the perfomance of many social factors, public as well as private ones, such as Associação Viva o Centro and Forum Centro Vive. It is considered that such a process, which is nowadays being developed, privilege the production of the space as a reproduction of the domination in other words, from the power and dominant politics will, and it is aimed.
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Nazem, Mohammad Nurul Islam. "Rural-urban interaction in Bangladesh : a study of linkages between villages and small urban centres." Thesis, Durham University, 1994. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/1701/.
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Cunha, Fábio César Alves da [UNESP]. "A metrópole de papel: a representação Londrina Metrópole na institucionalização da região metropolitana de Londrina." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/102965.
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Com a constituição de 1988, os estados federados passaram a ter a prerrogativa de instituir suas próprias regiões metropolitanas. Na década de 1990 deu-se o início da institucionalização dessas novas regiões metropolitanas. A Região Metropolitana de Londrina, instituída em 1998, fez parte deste processo. No nosso entender, esta institucionalização ocorreu influenciada pela representação “Londrina metrópole” que teve sua origem, na década de 70, com o projeto Metronor. Este projeto, que visava o desenvolvimento do Eixo Londrina-Maringá e previa a constituição de uma metrópole linear, fez parte do próprio processo de desenvolvimento histórico da cidade de Londrina e região, desde sua fundação na década de 30. Desta forma, a representação “Londrina Novo Eldorado”, o discurso “Capital Regional” e o crescimento demográfico do aglomerado urbano Londrina-Cambé-Ibiporã, são resgatados como parte constituinte desses vários discursos que vão culminar com a representação “Londrina Metrópole”. O trabalho objetivou também desvendar a imagem pública que os habitantes de Londrina fazem de sua cidade e as implicações políticas envolvidas no processo de instituição de regiões metropolitanas no Brasil nos últimos 30 anos.
Based on the constitution of 1988, the federate states were given the prerogative to establish their own metropolitan regions, which happened in the 1990s. The metropolitan region of Londrina, established in 1998, took part in this project. In our opinion, this establishment happened influenced by the representation “Londrina metrópole” (“Londrina metropolis”) that had its origin in the 70s with the Project Metronor. This project, which aimed at the development of the axis Londrina-Maringá and foresaw the creation of a linear metropolis, was part of the historical development process of Londrina and its surrounds, since its foundation in the 30s. Therefore, the representation “Londrina Novo Eldorado” (“Londrina the new Eldorado”), the discourse “Regional Capital” and the demographic growth of the urban agglomerate Londrina-Cambé-Ibiporã, are considered a constituent part of these several discourses that will culminate in the representation “Londrina Metropole”. The purpose of this work was also to reveal the public image that the inhabitants of Londrina have of their city and the political implications involved in the establishment process of the metropolitan regions in Brazil in the last 30 years.
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Lima, Paulo Henrique Gomes de [UNESP]. "A ocorrência de policentralidade em Teresina-PI: formação de um subcentro urbano na região Sudeste." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/104341.
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As cidades apresentam um nível de organização interna, cada vez mais complexo, caracterizado pela composição e diversificação de usos do solo urbano ao atingirem uma determinada forma urbana, em geral, média ou grande (metrópole). Esta complexidade é a expressão, de certa forma, da maneira dispersa com que o espaço urbano se configura. Por este padrão de formação da cidade, novos elementos espaciais com funções e abrangências diversas incorporam-se e redefinem a estrutura urbana, caracterizando determinadas áreas, conferindo-lhes uma diferenciação. Assim, nos estudos da organização espacial das cidades merecem destaque: o centro, por significar o ponto de onde essas se expandem e por ser a maior referência, em termos históricos, simbólicos e funcionais no conjunto dos elementos espaciais; e as novas centralidades ou subcentros, que se formam associados a um processo de crescimento urbano, representando uma descentralização/centralização territorial, significando que a cidade rompeu com seu modelo monocêntrico no início do processo, do ponto de vista da estrutura urbana, e, ao centralizar-se com estas novas áreas, reestrutura-se, indicando a ocorrência de policentralidade. Assim, este trabalho se propõe a analisar a formação de uma centralidade ou subcentro urbano, na região Sudeste de Teresina-PI, representado pelo bairro Itararé (área eu possui marcas mais visíveis deste processo), como novo elemento espacial da estrutura urbana capaz de significar o começo da ocorrência de policentralidade. As observações deste estudo estão relacionadas ao crescimento de Teresina a as mudanças na distribuição espacial das atividades do setor terciário, fato que denota a existência de uma descentralização, que por conseqüência gera uma centralização
Cities present a level of internal organization very complex, characterized by the composition and diversification of the urban areas use, when they achieve a determined urban form, in general, medium or large (metropolitan). This complexity is, somehow, the expression of the dispersed way of the urban space formation. Because of this model of cities formation, new spatial elements with new functions and ranges are incorporated and redefine the urban structure, characterizing certain areas, making them different. In the studies of spatial organizational of the cities must be highlighted: the center, which is the point where the city starts and increases, being an important reference in historical, symbolical and functional terms at the set of spatial elements; and the new center or subcenters, that are formed associated with an urban increase process, representing a territorial decentralization/centralization, meaning, from a urban structure point of view, that the city brooked with its monocentric model in the beginning of the process, and, when the city centralize itself with new areas a restructure of the city happens, indicating the policentralization occurrence. Thus, this study has the objective to analyze the formation of a centrality or urban subcenter, at the Southeast region of Teresina-PI, where is located a district named Itararé (area that has more visible marcs of this process), as a new spatial element of urban structure, that should mean the beginning of the policentralization occurrence. This study brings some observations about the increase of Teresina that are related to the changes in the spatial distribution of tertiary activities, a fact which indicates a decentralization and, therefore, centralization
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Buchendorfer, Thomas. "Bifurcation properties of dynamic urban models." Thesis, Cranfield University, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.360072.
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GÃis, Rodolfo Anderson Damasceno. "The Metropolis and mega events. Social implications Space of World Cup 2014 in Fortaleza." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2013. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=11081.
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CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel SuperiorThe megaevent, especially sports, is an activity that has been growing in recent years in the world, tend to generate employment, income, exposure image of the place internationally, attracting public and private resources, streamline urban projects that will enable the achievement of games and later will be a legacy of the event. In this sense, the lure of megaevents have been seen by planners, governments (those with a position of entrepreneur) and private initiative as a strategy for the growing economy, catalyst improvements and social inclusion of the city in the globalized economy. The research On the mega metropolis. Socio-spatial implications of the 2014 World Cup in Fortaleza therefore has the general objective to understand the socio-spatial implications of projects and investments in infrastructure and equipment in Fortaleza associated with this sporting event. Government structures were created in the federal, state and local in order to facilitate the completion of the World Cup 2014. In Cearà have as an example the Secretaria Especial da Copa - SECOPA conveyed to the state government and responsible for articulating the actions of other government agencies. The projects related to the mega promote profound changes in the spatial production of Fortaleza. Greater magnitude of the works of urban mobility improvements that involve pathways, VeÃculo Leve Sobre Trilhos - VLT and Bus Rapid Trasit - BRT stand out in the context of the mega event in Fortaleza. In the wake of these changes come into play two more agents: real estate, taking the opportunity to launch their products near the areas benefited by the works of Cup, Populations and Communities Rail calls in the vicinity of the railway project VLT fighting the removals and violations of their rights. Based on this scenario that consolidates the research seeks to understand how projects relate Cup Fortaleza urban planning and possible territorial disputes generated by singularities, the behavior of the housing market works before the mega event and compared with areas of targets removals and replacements possible use. The table is raising changes in the spatial configuration of Fortaleza.
Os megaeventos esportivos vÃm crescendo nos Ãltimos anos no mundo e agilizam projetos urbanos que viabilizarÃo a realizaÃÃo dos jogos e que posteriormente ficarÃo como legado do evento. Tudo isto com o intuito de gerar emprego, renda, exposiÃÃo da imagem do lugar a nÃvel internacional, atraÃÃo de recursos pÃblicos e privados. Neste sentido, a atraÃÃo de megaeventos tem sido vista por planejadores, governantes (estes com um posicionamento de empreendedor) e iniciativa privada como estratÃgia de aquecimento da economia, catalisador de melhorias sociais e inserÃÃo da cidade na economia globalizada. Esta dissertaÃÃo tem, pois, como objetivo geral compreender as implicaÃÃes socioespaciais dos projetos e investimentos em infraestrutura e equipamentos em Fortaleza associadas à este evento esportivo. Estruturas governamentais foram criadas nas esferas federais, estaduais e municipais no intuito de viabilizar a realizaÃÃo da Copa do Mundo de 2014. No Cearà temos como exemplo a Secretaria Especial da Copa â SECOPA vinculada ao governo estadual e responsÃvel por articular as aÃÃes entre outros ÃrgÃos governamentais. Os projetos relacionados ao megaevento promovem transformaÃÃes profundas na produÃÃo espacial de Fortaleza. De maior magnitude, as obras de mobilidade urbana, que envolvem melhorias de vias, VeÃculo Leve sobre Trilhos â VLT e Bus Rapid Trasit â BRT, se destacam no contexto deste Megaevento na capital cearense. Na esteira destas transformaÃÃes entram em cena dois atores: o setor imobiliÃrio, aproveitando a oportunidade para lanÃar seus produtos prÃximos as Ãreas beneficiadas pelas obras da Copa; as comunidades e os movimentos sociais que lutam contra a remoÃÃes e violaÃÃes do seus direitos. Com base neste cenÃrio que se consolida a pesquisa busca compreender: 1- como os projetos da Copa se relacionam com planejamento urbano de Fortaleza e os possÃveis conflitos territoriais gerados pelas suas singularidades; 2 - o comportamento do mercado imobiliÃrio diante das obras do megaevento e a relaÃÃo com as Ãreas alvos de remoÃÃes e as possÃveis substituiÃÃes de uso. O quadro que se constitui suscitam mudanÃas na configuraÃÃo espacial da capital cearense.
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Lowry, John H. Jr. "Spatial Analysis of Urbanization in the Salt Lake Valley: An Urban Ecosystem Perspective." DigitalCommons@USU, 2010. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/746.
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Because urban areas comprise a variety of biotic (e.g. people, trees) and abiotic (e.g. streets, water) components that interact and are often interdependent upon one another, it is helpful to study urban areas as urban ecosystems. Our goal in Chapter 2 is to measure and quantify the spatial and demographic structure of the urbanized portion of Salt Lake County, Utah. We use 18 metrics from four broad categories (density, centrality, accessibility, and neighborhood mix) to measure urban form for three age-based residential neighborhood types. Using analysis of variance (ANOVA) we test for differences in mean values for the 18 urban form metrics. We find measureable differences in the spatial and demographic characteristics of these neighborhoods, suggesting that the rate of urban sprawl in Salt Lake County has been holding steady, if not increasing, during the last 20 years. Chapter 3 seeks to better understand how spatial heterogeneity in urban tree canopy is related to household characteristics, urban form, and the geophysical landscape of residential neighborhoods. We consider neighborhood age a factor that moderates the relationship between these determinants of tree canopy, and the abundance of tree canopy observed. Using linear regression analysis with neighborhood age as interaction term, we assess the relationship between tree canopy and 15 determinants of tree canopy abundance at three neighborhood ages. We find that neighborhood age has a significant moderating effect on the relationship between several determinants of canopy cover and the abundance of canopy cover observed. While the urban forest provides many benefits to human well-being, it also consumes considerable quantities of water. An important question in Chapter 4 is to determine whether a growing urban forest increases overall residential irrigation demand, decreases demand, or has no apparent effect. Using a water demand model borrowed from agronomy, we estimate irrigation water demand based on the area of three residential landscape types and climatic factors. We project future residential water demand by generating residential landscape scenarios based on predicted urban forest canopy growth. We find that urban forest growth has the effect of stabilizing or potentially decreasing overall residential irrigation water demand.
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Kim, Hak-Hoon. "Economic convergence and urban growth: Structural changes in the Arizona urban system." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/186196.
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Despite their fluctuating characteristics, urban economies of the U.S. during the last three decades exhibited relative steadiness in terms of the changing direction of general urban structure. Such changing characteristics of the urban system are expressed as structural convergence because economies of urban places have become more and more alike. This study explores the structural changes and growth factors of the Arizona urban system, using various analytic methods with the U.S. census data for 1970, 1980, and 1990. The results from the factor analyses of Arizona towns indicate that while the Arizona urban system has grown fast through inmigration and urbanization processes since the 1960s, its basic structural properties have been quite stable. It is also found that specific factors affecting urban growth have changed over time, though the general structure of the urban system has been stable. The results from the analyses of urban industrial structure indicate that the economies of Arizona towns have become more diversified and the level of industrial specialization has become increasingly associated with the size of urban population and employment over time. From the analyses of nonemployment income sources, it is found that nonemployment income has become more important in the economic bases of towns over time, and the elderly population and metropolitan proximity are associated with the increase of nonemployment income of the communities. Further, it is revealed that nonemployment income significantly increases nonbasic income. Specifically, nonbasic income of larger town is more affected by investment income and that of smaller town is more affected by transfer income. Along with the industrial diversification trend, the fact that nonemployment income has become increasingly important in urban economies confirms that urban economies are becoming more and more alike.
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Owens, Ann. "The New Geography of Subsidized Housing: Implications for Urban Poverty." Thesis, Harvard University, 2012. http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10372.
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Since the mid-1970s, subsidized housing policy in the U.S. has shifted from providing aid through public housing projects to providing aid through vouchers to be used in the private market and through smaller-scale, often mixed-income developments. These policy shifts are guided by a deconcentration ideology drawn from social science research on the deleterious effects of the concentration of poverty on individuals and neighborhoods. These changes in subsidized housing policy have led to a major geographic redistribution of the urban poor, which has implications for neighborhoods and cities that are not yet fully understood. This dissertation investigates the extent to which the changing location of subsidized housing units accounts for changes in neighborhood poverty and metropolitan poverty concentration. My findings show that while the subsidized housing policies adopted since the 1970s successfully deconcentrated subsidized housing units, they did not deconcentrate poverty in neighborhoods or metropolitan areas. I find that neighborhood poverty rates increase when neighborhoods either gain or lose subsidized housing units. Neighborhoods that gain more subsidized units see larger increases in poverty rates, and because these neighborhoods already have many poor residents, there is a risk of creating new neighborhoods of concentrated poverty. Surprisingly, neighborhoods that lose subsidized units also become poorer, suggesting an enduring legacy of subsidized housing for neighborhood poverty. At the metropolitan level, reducing the concentration of subsidized housing in high subsidy neighborhoods leads to only very small declines in the concentration of poor residents in high poverty neighborhoods. My results suggest that subsidized housing policy may maintain, rather than break, the cycle of neighborhood inequality. Subsidized housing policy is implemented in a context of neighborhood inequality, and as the policies increasingly rely on the private rental market, higher-SES neighborhoods’ interests in keeping low-income subsidized renters out may shape how the policy is implemented, leaving lower-SES neighborhoods to receive more subsidized low-income tenants and thus experience larger increases in poverty rates.
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Binnie, Jonathan Robert. "A geography of urban desires : sexual culture in the city." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.263257.
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Hall, Timothy Ross. "Urban regeneration and cultural geography : the International Convention Centre Birmingham." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.633124.
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This thesis examines issues of cultural geography arising from a major flagship project of urban regeneration, the International Convention Centre Birmingham. The thesis is specifically concerned with the reorientation of various cultural systems of space around Birmingham as part of the media discourses associated with the Centre. This is examined through the three media most associated with urban regeneration, the local press, promotional materials and public art, and the agents and institutions associated with these media. The project is particularly concerned with the ways in which these media challenge the prevailing structures of expectation that have evolved as part of a cultural system of space deeply embedded within national culture. The evolution and reproduction of the geographical dimensions of British culture, the North - South divide and the urban - rural divide are examined. The extent to which Birmingham has been ascribed an identity based on notions of peripherality derived from this cultural system of space is assessed, as well as the degree to which it has sought to redefine itself as centre by challenging the prescriptions of these dimensions. The thesis concludes that challenging these prescriptions has been a vital part of the parallel promotion of the International Convention Centre and the re-imagination of the City of Birmingham. The thesis concludes further that reference to a number of other cultural dimensions, particularly wider European and international cultural systems of space have also been important.
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Rohrmeier, Kerry D. "Welcome Home to Black Rock City| Urban Geography of the Burn." Thesis, University of Nevada, Reno, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3566289.
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In its short but vibrant history Burning Man evolved from spontaneous bohemian solstice celebration into a global intentional community anchored by ephemeral Black Rock Desert burns. Participants practice Ten Principles to embody an ethos that radically challenges mainstream culture through manifested Black Rock City (re)formation, negotiation, and deconstruction. The resulting paradoxical heterotopia originates from modernist garden city philosophy and is centered annually on a symbolic towering effigy, but the playa canvas provides ample room for communal architecture and services. Citizen engagement occurs do-ocratically in an environment without economic and administrative limitations to encourage creative productions that are interactive and gifted for public enjoyment.
Though Burning Man Project and Bureau of Land Management are organizations that maintain key functional planning roles in Black Rock City by mitigating human environmental impact, examination reveals how participant-built environments freely endeavor to mock, reverse, and reconceptualize external society through unique, sometimes conflicting, but peacefully coexisting self-expressions. As fanatical demand for Black Rock City's perceived urban counterculture grows, research findings from longitudinal participant-observation suggests that doxic city life is not only present at Burning Man, it trends along an elite postwar suburban trajectory opposed to many guiding principles, and is specifically at odds with the principle of radical inclusivity.
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Feitosa, Jardel Pontes. "Industrialização e Urbanização em São Carlos nas décadas de 1930 a 1960." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/102/102132/tde-31072015-103134/.
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Essa dissertação tem por objetivo analisar as relações entre os processos de industrialização e de urbanização no município de São Carlos, localizado no Centro- Oeste paulista, entre as décadas de 1930 e 1960. O recorte temporal enquadra-se na etapa de desenvolvimento industrial brasileiro marcado pela concentração da produção no estado de São Paulo. Nesse período, o nexo econômico da industrialização se impõe à dinâmica urbana. As relações entre industrialização e urbanização da área urbana em São Carlos, no período em tela, foram estudadas em três dimensões: em relação aos processos territoriais; em relação à atuação do poder público no controle e/ou incentivo à instalação de indústrias e em relação à participação dos industriais no processo de expansão urbana. Os objetivos acima expostos foram atingidos através de pesquisa bibliográfica, levantamento de dados estatísticos, dados secundários, bases cartográficas, entrevistas com empresários, pesquisa em jornais e pesquisa documental nos arquivos da Prefeitura de São Carlos, em especial na Fundação Pró-Memória de São Carlos.This dissertation aims to examine the relationships between the processes of industrialization and urbanization in São Carlos, located in the Central West of the state of São Paulo, between the 1930s and the 1960s.The period in focus refers to Brazilian stage of industrial development, which is characterized by the concentrate of production in the state of São Paulo. In this period, the nexus of industrialization is imposed on urban dynamics. The relations between industrialization and urbanization in São Carlos, were be studied in three dimensions: in relation to territorial processes, in relation to the performance of the government in controlling and / or encouraging the installation of industries and in relation to the participation of the industrial agents in the urban expansion process. The objectives above were achieved through a bibliographical review, statistical and secondary data survey, cartographic databases, interviews with entrepreneurs and research in papers and documental research in the archives of the city of São Carlos, in particular at Fundação Pró-Memória de São Carlos.
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Xiao, Yang. "Urban morphology and housing market." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2012. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/44866/.
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Urban morphology has been a longstanding field of interest for geographers but without adequate focus on its economic significance. From an economic perspective, urban morphology appears to be a fundamental determinant of house prices since morphology influences accessibility. This PhD thesis investigates the question of how the housing market values urban morphology. Specifically, it investigates people’s revealed preferences for street patterns. The research looks at two distinct types of housing market, one in the UK and the other in China, exploring both static and dynamic relationships between urban morphology and house price. A network analysis method known as space syntax is employed to quantify urban morphology features by computing systemic spatial accessibility indices from a model of a city’s street network. Three research questions are empirically tested. Firstly, does urban configuration influence property value, measured at either individual or aggregate (census output area) level, using the Cardiff housing market as a case study? The second empirical study investigates whether urban configurational features can be used to better delineate housing submarkets. Cardiff is again used as the case study. Thirdly, the research aims to find out how continuous change to the urban street network influences house price volatility at a micro-level. Data from Nanjing, China,is used to investigate this dynamic relationship. The results show that urban morphology does, in fact, have a statistically significant impact on housing price in these two distinctly different housing markets. I find that urban network morphology features can have both positive and negative impacts on housing price. By measuring different types of connectivity in a street network it is possible to identify which parts of the network are likely to have negative accessibility premiums (locations likely to be congested) and which parts are likely to have positive premiums (locations highly connected to destination opportunities). In the China case study, I find that this relationship holds dynamically as well as statically, showing evidence that price change is correlated with some aspects of network change.
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Gokariksel, Pervin Banu. "Situated modernities : geographies of identity, urban space and globalization /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/5655.
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Vieira, Sidney Gonçalves. "O centro vive. O espetáculo da revalorização do centro de São Paulo : sobrevivência do capitalismo e apropriação do espaço /." Rio Claro : [s.n.], 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/104458.
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Resumo: O objetivo deste trabalho é fazer uma análise do processo de revalorização do centro da cidade de São Paulo. Parte do pressuposto de que as transformações preconizadas para que o centro retome sua importância se traduzem em melhorias urbanísticas e arquitetônicas que visam conferir uma imagem mais limpa e bela para a área. Analisa-se o fato de que tais transformações representam também uma revalorização imobiliária, que incorpora objetivamente valor aos imóveis a partir de condicionantes subjetivos, como o significado histórico e o poder da imagem do centro. Assim, o processo assume as características de produção de um espaço considerado como mercadoria, produzido como espetáculo, transformado para não parecer como tal, a fim de perpetrar a permanência do modo de produção capitalista, metamorfoseado. Nesta perspectiva, assume grande relevância o patrimônio arquitetônico representado pela obra de Ramos de Azevedo e as transformações urbanísticas impetradas por Prestes Maia, que conferiram ao centro uma identidade e uma imagem específicas. Fundamentado em metodologia proposta por Henri Lefebvre segue-se um caminho dialético na análise, considerando a cidade a partir de seu presente, onde a sua condição de hegemonia sobre o território nacional e sua importância internacional lhe confere destaque. Depois, se busca no passado, marcado pelas intervenções mais significativas que perduram no presente, as relações sociais de produção que explicam a permanência de determinadas formas. Por fim, vislumbra-se por intermédio dos usos e das funções as possibilidades colocadas para o futuro. Leva-se em conta na análise a atuação de diversos atores sociais, tanto públicos como privados, a exemplo da Associação Viva o Centro e do Fórum Centro Vive. Considera-se que o processo atualmente em curso para revalorização...(Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
Abstract: The aim of this work is to do an analysis of the process of revalorization of São Paulo's downtown. It comes from the presupposition that the commended transformations, in order to recover downtown's are importance, are better translated into urban and architectural improvements that aim at obtaining a cleaner and more beautiful image to the area. It is analyzed the fact that such transformations also represent housing revalorization that incorporate aimly valorization of the residences from subjective conditions such as historical meaning and downtown's power Image. Thus, the process assumes the characteristics of reproduction of a space considered merchandise, produced as a show, transformed not to look like one, in order to perpetuate the permanence of capitalist way of production, metamorphosed. In this perspective, assumes great relevance the architectural inheritance represented by Ramos de Azevedos's work and impetrated by Prestes Maia's town planning transformations, which conferred to downtown specific identity and image. Founded on methodology proposes by Henri Lefebvre it is followed a dialectic approach in the analysis, considering the city from its present time, where its hegemony condition upon national territory and its international importance result in projection. Then, it is searched in the past, marked by the most significant interventions which last nowadays, the social relations of production which explain the permanence of certain shapes, At last, it is seen ahead, by the usage and functions, the possibilities set in the future time. It is taken into account in the analysis the perfomance of many social factors, public as well as private ones, such as "Associação Viva o Centro" and "Forum Centro Vive". It is considered that such a process, which is nowadays being developed, privilege the production of the space as a reproduction of the domination in other words, from the power and dominant politics will, and it is aimed.
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Nascimento, Alan Faber do [UNESP]. "A ilusão urbanística: análise crítica sobre a (re)produção do espaço urbano no município de Ilha Bela - SP." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/104390.
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Este trabalho tem como objetivo fazer uma análise crítica sobre o planejamento do espaço urbano, numa tentativa de ir além dos estudos que o avaliam apenas sob o aspecto dos seus limites e, desse modo, apreender o que tem sido iludido em nome de sua pretensa objetividade. Para isso, tomando como referência o município de Ilhabela, arquipélago oceânico localizado no litoral norte paulista, problematizam-se duas questões que já há um bom tempo, aos olhos do Estado, somente podem ser resolvidas por meio do ordenamento territorial, a saber: a proteção de um dos últimos remanescentes de Mata Atlântica do estado de São Paulo, bem como dos ecossistemas a ela associados e de sua biodiversidade, e a preservação do modo de vida tradicional das populações caiçaras, tendo em vista as interferências oriundas de fora, diga-se, do mundo ocidental capitalista. Todavia, no decorrer da pesquisa, demonstrar-se-á como tais questões são ilusórias. Assim, o ordenamento territorial visando à preservação da natureza nada mais é que um álibi para a reprodução de um mercado imobiliário local de alta renda, num processo em que a “ameaça ao verde” é pretexto, a um só tempo, para privilegiar alguns poucos e punir muitos outros. Do mesmo modo que as medidas de proteção às comunidades tradicionais, além de imobilizar o caiçara a um passado idealizado, têm criado padrões urbanísticos e arquitetônicos cada vez mais restritivos e, consequentemente, mais exclusivos, bem ao gosto de um consumo turístico elitizado
This study aims at critically analyzing the planning of urban space, attempting to go beyond studies that assess this planning solely under the aspects of its limits and, therefore, apprehend what has been deluded on behalf of its supposed objectivity. In order to do so, having the city of Ilhabela as reference – an island located on the northern shoreline of the state of São Paulo – two issues that can only be solved with territorial planning arise: the protection of one of the last areas of Atlantic Forest (Mata Atlântica) still remaining in the state of São Paulo, as well as its ecosystems and biodiversity; and the preservation of the traditional lifestyle of the Caiçara populations, with regards to the interference from the western capitalist world. However, throughout the research process, such issues will prove to be delusive. Thus, territorial planning aiming at the preservation of nature is nothing but an alibi for the growth of a high-income, local real estate market, in a process in which the “threat to green” is a pretense meant to benefit a few and punish many others. Also, protection measures designed for traditional communities, apart from leaving the Caiçara stranded in an idealized past, have also spawned ever-restricting and consequently more exclusive urban and architectural standards, fitted for elite touristic consumerism
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Cunha, Fábio César Alves da. "A metrópole de papel : a representação "Londrina Metrópole" na institucionalização da região metropolitana de Londrina /." Presidente Prudente : [s.n.], 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/102965.
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Orientador: Raul Borges GuimarãesResumo: Com a constituição de 1988, os estados federados passaram a ter a prerrogativa de instituir suas próprias regiões metropolitanas. Na década de 1990 deu-se o início da institucionalização dessas novas regiões metropolitanas. A Região Metropolitana de Londrina, instituída em 1998, fez parte deste processo. No nosso entender, esta institucionalização ocorreu influenciada pela representação "Londrina metrópole" que teve sua origem, na década de 70, com o projeto Metronor. Este projeto, que visava o desenvolvimento do Eixo Londrina-Maringá e previa a constituição de uma metrópole linear, fez parte do próprio processo de desenvolvimento histórico da cidade de Londrina e região, desde sua fundação na década de 30. Desta forma, a representação "Londrina Novo Eldorado", o discurso "Capital Regional" e o crescimento demográfico do aglomerado urbano Londrina-Cambé-Ibiporã, são resgatados como parte constituinte desses vários discursos que vão culminar com a representação "Londrina Metrópole". O trabalho objetivou também desvendar a imagem pública que os habitantes de Londrina fazem de sua cidade e as implicações políticas envolvidas no processo de instituição de regiões metropolitanas no Brasil nos últimos 30 anos.
Abstract: Based on the constitution of 1988, the federate states were given the prerogative to establish their own metropolitan regions, which happened in the 1990s. The metropolitan region of Londrina, established in 1998, took part in this project. In our opinion, this establishment happened influenced by the representation "Londrina metrópole" ("Londrina metropolis") that had its origin in the 70s with the Project Metronor. This project, which aimed at the development of the axis Londrina-Maringá and foresaw the creation of a linear metropolis, was part of the historical development process of Londrina and its surrounds, since its foundation in the 30s. Therefore, the representation "Londrina Novo Eldorado" ("Londrina the new Eldorado"), the discourse "Regional Capital" and the demographic growth of the urban agglomerate Londrina-Cambé-Ibiporã, are considered a constituent part of these several discourses that will culminate in the representation "Londrina Metropole". The purpose of this work was also to reveal the public image that the inhabitants of Londrina have of their city and the political implications involved in the establishment process of the metropolitan regions in Brazil in the last 30 years.
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Azevedo, Juliana Antunes. "Urban heat and energy demand : application of an urban meteorological network." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2016. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/6961/.
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The urban heat island (UHI) effect is an inadvertent modification of climate which leads to increased temperatures in urban areas. This in turn increases localised demand for air conditioning and refrigeration which can be a significant drain on energy resources. At a time of increasing economic, political and environmental concerns with respect to energy policy, security, efficiency and climate change, there is a need to focus efforts to understand energy usage in cities for current and future climates. Using data from an Urban Meteorological Network (UMN) along with a critiqued degree days methodology, this thesis analyses the UHI and estimate current and future cooling demand in Birmingham-UK. From the results it was possible to identify that currently the main factor in energy consumption is income, however when isolating income influence through normalization process it is possible to identify the impact of the UHI. A significant finding was that the distribution of the surface UHI appears to be clearly linked to landuse, whereas for canopy UHI, advective processes appear to play an important role. Analysing Tair data available from the UMN the cooling demand for summer 2013 and future climate scenarios were calculated and demonstrated the importance of high resolution air temperature measurements in estimating electricity demand within urban areas.
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Karlsson, Ida. "Rural-Urban Migration in Babati District, Tanzania." Thesis, Uppsala University, Department of Social and Economic Geography, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-9119.
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Baker, Nigel. "Towns, tenements and buildings : aspects of medieval urban archaeology and geography." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1990. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11087/.
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This thesis will argue that the most effective way of understanding the physical development of medieval towns, particularly the larger, more complex, towns and those which lack extensive and detailed contemporary documentation is by a structured integration of the data derived from the archaeological investigation of individual sites with detailed town-plan analyses following the methodology introduced and developed by Conzen. This will be demonstrated by two case-studies, designed to explore the Interaction of the different sources of evidence at two different scales of investigation. The first case-study is a detailed analysis of the plan and development of the whole of a large medieval town,(Worcester), the second is a study of a single street (Pride Hill) in Shrewsbury. The analysis of Worcester illuminates, in particular, the boundaries and internal layout of the late 9th-century burh, suggesting that it was an extension to the pre-existing Roman earthwork circuit and incorporated an area subject to regular town planning, possibly following Wessex models, and an area of irregular settlement that included the bishop of Worcester's haga recorded in 904. The defences were, it is argued, partly dismantled for the extension of urban settlement. The Shrewsbury case-study examines an unusually concentrated building pattern of halls behind the street frontage, and sets this in its contemporary context by an analysis of the contemporary plot-pattern, identified in part by its association with surveyed medieval undercrofts. The earlier history of the area is explored through further analysis of the plot-pattern which predates and is cut by the town wall. It is suggested that the area in question was, like other sectors of the early medieval urban fringe, possibly subject to some type of regular land-allotment for grazing and access to the riverbank. Issues, illustrating the mutually-illuminating character of town plan analysis and urban archaeology, arising from the two case-studies, are discussed. These include the role of archaeology in reconstructing morphological change, the problems of the chronology of urban extensions, archaeology and the interpretation of cartographically-recorded features, and the role of plan-analysis in establishing a contemporary spatial context for individual and multiple archaeological investigations in early medieval towns.
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Cameron, Caitlin. "Geography of urban food access : exploring potential causes of food deserts." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/73811.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2012.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 82-86).
We believe we understand food deserts, but we do not. In the last decade the phenomenon of food deserts has been often discussed, and many solutions are proposed to alleviate food access issues in American cities. However, I argue that the efficacy of these solutions is questionable until the causes of urban food deserts are better understood. Beyond the economics of retail grocery exist systemic, physical factors which contribute to the gaps in food access. Although grocery retailers have different models and consider varying factors when choosing where to locate, it is true that the built environment plays a part in whether a city is hospitable or hostile to grocery stores, especially of the types that sell healthy, fresh food.
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Weiss, Lisa A. "Writing Paris : transformations of urban geography from Haussmann to the medina /." Diss., Digital Dissertations Database. Restricted to UC campuses, 2007. http://uclibs.org/PID/11984.
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Ferreri, Mara. "Occupying vacant spaces : precarious politics of temporary urban reuse." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 2013. http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/8460.
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Temporary urban projects are often portrayed as offering innovative and experimental solutions to the challenges of countering the negative perceptions associated with vacancy, and of providing rent-free open spaces for non-commercial activities in inner city areas. The political implications of temporary use, however, are controversial, being both celebrated as a form of participatory and emancipatory spatial re-appropriation and critiqued as a new frontier of experiential place marketing and a symptom of urban gentrification. This thesis aims to provide a situated investigation of the tension between the potential of reappropriation and its wider material conditions, to discuss the precarious politics of temporary use as a form of urban action at a time of austerity. My reflections are grounded in an ethnographic approach to practices of temporary use in contemporary London and in an in-depth study of a selection of cultural and activist projects that reclaim vacant shop fronts for community uses. In this thesis I address three main issues. The first concerns the development of the discourse of temporary reuse, and particularly of pop-up shops, between 2009 and 2011. By analysing media coverage, public events and forms of self-representation of London-based practices and practitioners, I attend to official and unofficial narratives mobilised and performed by a range of urban actors. The second issue concerns the material conditions of temporary vacant shop front reuse. In order to ‘re-materialise’ temporary reuse I engage with the often overlooked questions of access, diverse economies, and labour. Lastly, my investigation is concerned with the potential of these practices to engender radically different socio-spatial relations. Drawing on recent debates around the ‘affective turn’ in social sciences, I analyse the emotionally-charged performative openness of community-oriented shop fronts as capable of creating places where meanings and subject-positions are challenged and negotiated, offering insights into their potential for transformative urban encounters.
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Rowland, Jennifer. "Conceptualizing Urban Green Space within Municipal Sustainability Plans| Parks, Tree Canopy, and Urban Gardens." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1556725.
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As the concept of sustainability gains prominence in the U.S., municipal governments have begun adopting official sustainability plans to outline their goals for a sustainable future. However, with an absence of national guidelines or a streamlined definition of sustainability, these plans contain infinitely diverse goals, policies and motivations. One aspect of sustainability which has a diverse array of benefits and challenges is urban green space. This research uses content analysis and coding of municipal sustainability plans to gain insight into how U.S. cities conceptualize urban green space in the forms of parks, tree canopy and urban gardens and in the greater context of sustainability. This thesis specifically looks at the creation of municipal sustainability plans, how cities organize green space, how cities value green spaces, the kinds of green space goals and benchmarks that cities set, and the inclusion of equity in the realm of green spaces. The 20 case study cities have shown green spaces are an important component of sustainability planning and are conceptualized and included in varying and unique ways. The way a plan is created, the people involved or excluded from the plan creation process and the agreements or groups that cities join can impact how cities envision sustainability and how they conceptualize green space within the plan. The concepts of sustainability and green space appear to be best articulated and operationalized in the context of many voices, viewpoints and opinions. In the categorization of green space, this research found that only a few cities had headings specific to green space, but instead associated it primarily with other aspects of the natural environment. This research also found that the language used to describe green space is broad and varied. Standardization or concrete definitions of these terms may make plans more accessible. Cities discussed environmental, economic and social benefits of green spaces in their plans. Overall, cities valued environmental benefits the most and the majority of benefits identified in the plans are anthropocentric in nature. Some of the best practice green space goals identified within the plans were the inclusion of green corridors, native vegetation, increasing the tree canopy, changing zoning codes to include urban agriculture and goals related to equity and access. Overall, both the goal setting and measurement processes of urban green space serve as beneficial ways for cities to achieve their broader sustainability goals. However, these goals cannot be fully realized when their distribution and access are unequal across the city and when decisions are made without the input of local residents. This research found that there is a gulf between equity being mentioned in a plan, and the depth to which it is explored in the context of green space, leaving room for cities to improve their incorporation of equity in their planning for green spaces. This research has shown that cities conceptualize green spaces in a variety of ways and while there are several successes, there is also a lot of room for improvement in both green space planning and sustainability planning.
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Craig, Thomas R. "The Utility of Standardized Achievement Test Scores as a Predictor of Geographic Knowledge and Abilities in Undergraduates at an Urban Ohio University." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1213040235.
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Szewczyk, Joanna. "Urban agriculture and the youth: The youth's responses to urban agriculture projects in both the Du Noon and Joe Slovo Park townships (Milnerton)." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13953.
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Urban agriculture has been advocated by NGOs and development agencies as being a food security strategy, and an effective poverty alleviation measure. This view is reflected within the City of Cape Town, as the City's 2007 Urban Agriculture Policy illustrates. Since the initiation of the Policy, many urban agriculture projects have been established by the local government in the low income areas of Cape Town. The urban agriculture projects set up in the townships of Du Noon and Joe Slovo Park are two of the projects established by the city. While these projects have provided primary livelihoods for some participants, the City has expressed concern regarding the age demographic of this practice, as a lack of youth involvement is noticed. Academic literature within this discourse highlights a gap in knowledge concerning the urban youth, and this increases the importance of understanding why the younger generation is hesitant to partake in this activity. The main aim of the study is to explore two City established urban agriculture projects, one in which youth involvement is visible, whilst in the other it is not. The study interrogates whether there are any barriers which could prevent the youth from participating within this activity. The City of Cape Town's Urban Agriculture Policy and projects were examined in order to explore how they engage with urban agriculture, and in turn how they understand the youth and their lived experience. In addition, the existing urban farmers' perceptions of the youth were examined in order to explore what role these perceptions play in youth involvement. Lastly, the study narrowed its focus onto the youth themselves in an attempt to understand their own opinions of urban agriculture, and explore what underlies these perceptions.
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Altinkaya, Genel Ozlem. "Shifting Scales of Urban Transformation: The emergence of the Marmara Urban Region between 1990 and 2015." Thesis, Harvard University, 2016. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:30121940.
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Provincial borders and metropolitan theories are insufficient to explain the scale and dynamics of İstanbul’s contemporary urban development. The mega projects of the Justice and Development Party (JDP) such as the İzmit Bay Bridge, the Northern Projects, the Marmaray Project and the İstanbul-Ankara High Speed Train point to a scalar shift. Triggered by mega projects, these emerging spatio-temporal relations transcend İstanbul’s administrative borders.
In the light of these developments, this study will use the term “region” to explain the emerging scale in and around İstanbul; and therefore will propose a new terminology and method to represent this new scale. The study will begin with an introduction to urban theories and concepts that explain contemporary “planetary urbanization” (Lefebvre, 2003; Brenner 2014) beyond fixed-monocentric models and constructed dichotomies such as urban-rural or built environment-nature. This theoretical framework will be followed by a discussion on the method and will then continue with a summary of the urban governance structure in Turkey and the urban planning history of the Marmara Region. Subsequently, the land-use-based analyses which enabled the researcher to demonstrate the transformation of the Marmara Region between 1990 and 2015 from different angles will be discussed. The dissertation will conclude with an overall evaluation of the findings.
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Silva, Veridiana Lima da. "Mudanças na forma de ocupação do espaço urbano em Valinhos, SP : a expansão dos condominios fechados." [s.n.], 2008. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/287110.
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Orientador: Regina Celia Bega dos SantosDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Geociencias
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Resumo: Esta dissertação, baseada em pesquisa empírica e bibliográfica, discute aspectos da dinâmica espacial no município de Valinhos, relacionados à instalação e expansão dos condomínios fechados como novas formas de morar. Para isso foram enfocados a atuação do Estado, da sociedade e dos agentes imobiliários frente às novas dinâmicas, considerando a formação socioespacial do território. Localizada na Região Metropolitana de Campinas, Valinhos, além de suas próprias dinâmicas, ainda é influenciada pela metropolização de Campinas, bem como por São Paulo. A formação do sitio e a expansão urbana são analisadas sob a perspectiva de autores como Lefebvre, Santos, Jacobs e Corrêa. É destacada a ação dos agentes imobiliários responsáveis pela oferta desses empreendimentos e a negligência do Poder Público municipal frente às manobras irregulares aplicadas no solo urbano. Uma dessas manobras é a transformação de loteamentos em condomínios fechados. São apresentados e discutidos os conceitos de condomínios fechados, de loteamentos fechados e de bolsões de segurança utilizados pela administração pública municipal de Valinhos. A questão do habitar e do habitat discutida através da visão de Lefebvre (2001) apresenta-se aqui relacionada ao processo de expansão dos condomínios fechados e serve como ponte para o aprofundamento conceitual feito sobre a questão da alienação e da segregação
Abstract: This dissertation, based on empirical research and literature, discusses aspects of spatial dynamics in the city of Valinhos, related to the installation and expansion of condominiums as new ways of living. Thereunto were focused the actions of the State, society and real estate agents meeting the new dynamics, considering the formation of territory¿s social space. Located in the metropolitan region of Campinas, Valinhos, in addition to its own dynamics, it is still influenced by metropolization of Campinas, as well as São Paulo. The formation of the site and urban sprawl are analyzed from the perspective of authors such as Lefebvre, Santos, Jacobs and Corrêa. It¿s highlighted the action of real-estate agents responsible for the provision of such ventures and negligence of the municipal Government front of irregular applied maneuvers in urban soil. One of these maneuvers is the transformation of territorial lots into condominiums. Presented and discussed are the concepts of condominiums and guarded terrain lots used by the municipal government of Valinhos. The question of live and habitat discussed through the vision of Lefebvre (2001) presents itself here related to the process of expansion of condominiums and serves as a bridge for conceptual deepening done on the question of alienation and segregation
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Análise Ambiental e Dinâmica Territorial
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Alves, Adriana Corrêa [UNESP]. "Qualidade de vida e processos sócio-ambientais em Indaiatuba - SP: estudo de caso do bairro Jardim Morada do Sol." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/95653.
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O presente trabalho analisa questões relacionadas ao crescimento demográfico e planejamento do ambiente urbano em Indaiatuba, São Paulo, e a influência destes aspectos na qualidade de vida dos moradores do bairro Jardim Morada do Sol. Este bairro apresenta características relevantes no contexto da cidade, destacando-se, entre elas, o processo de rápida ocupação territorial, alta concentração populacional e a predominância de população migrante. Mediante a análise das informações coletadas na pesquisa de campo, pôde-se conhecer as percepções dos moradores com relação ao acesso e à qualidade dos serviços de infra-estrutura além da identificação de problemas decorrentes de impactos ambientais. Os resultados obtidos mostram que, apesar dos moradores identificarem vários problemas no bairro, eles declararam estarem satisfeitos com o entorno onde vivem. Observou-se a presença de uma forte identidade dos moradores com o bairro e uma rede social bem estabelecida. Verificou-se a necessidade de um plano de desenvolvimento urbano, com proposições de soluções referentes às carências e problemas específicos do bairro, tais como o controle efetivo da expansão urbana e o melhoramento das redes de serviços públicos, objetivando um desenvolvimento sustentável para o futuro.
The current work analyzes issues related to the demographic growth and urban planning in Indaiatuba, São Paulo, and the influence of these aspects in the life quality of the residents of the Jardim Morada do Sol neighborhood. This neighborhood has relevant characteristics in the city context, standing out, among them, the process of fast territorial occupation, high demographic concentration and the predominance of migrating population. Analyzing the information collected during the interviews, the perceptions of the residents regarding the access and quality of the infrastructure services could be understood, as well as the identification of problems happening due to environmental impacts. The obtained results show that, in spite of the residents having identified several problems in the neighborhood, they seemed satisfied with the place they live. The presence of a strong identity between the residents and the neighborhood was also observed, and a very established social network has been found. It was verified the necessity of a urban development plan containing proposals to solve the specific problems of the neighborhood, such as the effective control of the urban expansion and the improvement of the public services network, aiming at a sustainable development for the future.
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Moraes, Weslei Reghini de. "O estudo geoecológico como proposta para a criação de parques lineares em microbacias urbanas : um diagnóstico nas paisagens dos córregos Águas da Veada e Furnas do município de Ourinhos/SP /." Rio Claro, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/180233.
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Orientador: Andrea Aparecida ZachariasBanca: Luciene Cristina Risso
Banca: Paulo Fernando Crinio Mourão
Resumo: Este trabalho propõe um estudo sobre a viabilidade da criação de parques lineares na paisagem urbana dos córregos Águas da Veada e Furnas no município de Ourinhos/SP. Em 2006 o plano diretor, instrumento fundamental do planejamento urbano, apresentado pelo Poder Público previa a criação de parques lineares no entorno dos recursos hídricos urbanos, surgiu então a oportunidade de pesquisar sobre este tema, buscando soluções para os problemas socioambientais e econômicos relacionados à questão dos parques lineares. A partir de 2008, empregando verbas federais do Programa de Aceleração do Crescimento, Ourinhos canalizou parte de seus cursos hídricos urbanos, dentre eles o córrego Furnas, porém, os parques lineares não foram implantados. A partir da Abordagem Sistêmica da Paisagem, como fundamentação teórica, foi conduzida a pesquisa para propor ações concretas no sentido de criar os referidos parques. Ao longo do trabalho constatou-se que estes fazem parte dos espaços livres urbanos e têm capacidade de proporcionar benefícios como recuperação paisagística e ambiental, conectar fragmentos de vegetação nativa e favorecer o lazer conjugado ao desenvolvimento de atividades econômicas. Todo material bibliográfico básico ao desenvolvimento da pesquisa foi levantado e, mapeamentos sobre a evolução da mancha urbana, uso e ocupação do solo, espaços livres e seus raios de influência, arborização urbana e verde viário foram elaborados a fim de averiguar as potencialidades e fragilidades pai... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
Abstract: This work proposes a study on the viability of the creation of linear parks in the urban landscape of the streams Águas da Veada and Furnas in the municipality of Ourinhos/SP. In 2006, the master plan, a key instrument of urban planning, presented by the Government provided for the creation of linear parks in the vicinity of urban water resources, the opportunity arose to research on this topic, seeking solutions to the socio-environmental and economic problems related to the issue of linear parks. From 2008, using federal funds from the Programa de Aceleração do Crescimento (PAC), Ourinhos channeled part of its urban waterways, including the Furnas stream, however, the linear parks were not implemented. From the Systemic Approach to the Landscape, as a theoretical basis, research was conducted to propose concrete actions to create such parks. Throughout the work it was found that these are part of the urban spaces and have the capacity to provide benefits such as landscape and environmental recovery, connecting fragments of native vegetation and favor leisure combined with the development of economic activities. All basic bibliographical material for the development of the research was collected and mappings on the evolution of the urban spot, land use and occupation, free spaces and their influence rays, urban greening and road green were elaborated in order to ascertain the potentialities and landscape fragilities of the studied microcatchments. After the cabinet stage, fi... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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Zandonadi, Júlio César 1980. "Cidades médias e cidades de porte médio : distinção a partir de situações geográficas interurbanas e dinâmicas da centralidade intraurbana : uma análise comparativa de Taboão da Serra (SP), São Carlos (SP) e Marília (SP)." [s.n.], 2013. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/287745.
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Orientador: Regina Célia Bega dos SantosTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Geociências
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Resumo: Muitas das análises contemporâneas da urbanização contemplam a formulação de tipologias de cidades, tendo a preocupação com os espaços metropolitanos, as cidades médias e as pequenas. Tais tipologias, muitas vezes, classificam as cidades a partir do porte populacional, o qual, não representa a real hierarquização entre os espaços urbanos. Nesta tese, buscamos através da análise crítica de outros aspectos, apontar a complexidade que é a classificação hierárquica de cidades, principalmente no tocante às cidades médias, cuja classificação por porte populacional inclui cidades que não exercem tais funções no âmbito da rede urbana. Partindo deste contexto, destacamos como determinantes, para se realizar a classificação hierárquica das cidades, a situação geográfica e a estrutura das mesmas, associada à distribuição das expressões de centralidade voltadas ao consumo de bens e serviços no bojo do espaço intraurbano. Deste modo, realizamos a análise de três situações geográficas distintas: metropolitana, não-metropolitana e um centro urbano regional, com cidades do mesmo porte populacional, buscando identificar se estas cidades exercem as mesmas funções no âmbito da rede urbana e desenvolvem características estruturais semelhantes no âmbito do espaço intraurbano. Partindo deste princípio, realizamos uma análise da estrutura das cidades com porte populacionais médios com situações geográficas distintas, sendo elas: Taboão da Serra em uma situação metropolitana; São Carlos em uma situação de aglomeração não-metropolitana e; Marília em uma situação de centro urbano regional. Diante da análise da distribuição das expressões da centralidade pelo espaço intraurbano e suas características, observamos que as cidades de porte médio em situações não-metropolitanas e que exercem funções médias no âmbito de sua rede urbana regional, têm em sua estrutura maior complexidade, com a ocorrência de múltiplas formas de expressões da centralidade, enquanto cidades de porte-médio em situações metropolitanas, apesar da complexidade de sua estrutura, apresentam menor quantidade e diversificação de expressões da centralidade. Deste modo, esta tese considera que é essencial à classificação hierárquicas de cidades relacionar características e aspectos interurbanos e intraurbanos, bem como, considera que são essenciais para tal classificação evidenciar a função que a cidade exerce no conjunto de sua situação geográfica, além da associação com a estrutura da cidade e sua morfologia, o que pode ser realizado através da identificação e caracterização da distribuição das expressões da centralidade no âmbito de seu espaço intraurbano
Abstract: Many contemporary analysis of urbanization include the formulation of cities typologies, concerned with metropolitan areas, medium-sized cities and small towns. Such typologies often classify cities from population size, which does not represent the real hierarchy between urban spaces . Through critical analysis of other aspects, in this thesis we seek to point out the complexity that is the hierarchical classification of cities, especially with regard to medium-sized cities classified by population size, what includes cities that do not perform such functions within the urban network. In this context, we highlight as determinants to perform the hierarchical classification of cities the geographical location and its urban structure, associated with the distribution of centrality expressions geared to consumer goods and services on intraurban space. This way, we analyze three different geographical situations: a metropolitan, a non- metropolitan and a regional urban center with cities of the same population size, in order to identify whether these cities perform the same functions within the urban network and develop similar structural features in under the intraurban space. With this assumption, we conducted an analysis of these cities structures, with medium population size but with different geographical situations, namely: Taboao da Serra, in a metropolitan situation; São Carlos, in a situation of non-metropolitan agglomeration; and Marilia, in a situation of regional urban center. After analyzing the distribution of the expressions of the intraurban centrality and their characteristics, we observe more complexity in structure of non-metropolitan medium-sized cities with medium functions on its regional urban network, with the occurrence of multiple forms of centrality expressions, while medium-sized cities in metropolitan situations, despite the complexity of its structure, showed a smaller amount and diversity of centrality expressions. Thus, in this thesis we consider it¿s essential to the hierarchical classification to relate intraurban cities features, aspects and intercity; as well, we consider essential for such classification to highlight the role a city plays in all of its geographic situation, besides this association with the city structure and morphology, which can be realized through the identification and characterization of the central expression distribution within its intraurban space.
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Análise Ambiental e Dinâmica Territorial
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Nascimento, Alan Faber do. "A ilusão urbanística : análise crítica sobre a (re)produção do espaço urbano no município de Ilha Bela - SP /." Rio Claro : [s.n.], 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/104390.
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Orientador: Silvana Maria PintaudiBanca: Arlete Moysés Rodrigues
Banca: Isabel Aparecida Pinto Alvarez
Banca: Glória da Anunciação Alves
Banca: Carlos Henrique Costa da Silva
Resumo: Este trabalho tem como objetivo fazer uma análise crítica sobre o planejamento do espaço urbano, numa tentativa de ir além dos estudos que o avaliam apenas sob o aspecto dos seus limites e, desse modo, apreender o que tem sido iludido em nome de sua pretensa objetividade. Para isso, tomando como referência o município de Ilhabela, arquipélago oceânico localizado no litoral norte paulista, problematizam-se duas questões que já há um bom tempo, aos olhos do Estado, somente podem ser resolvidas por meio do ordenamento territorial, a saber: a proteção de um dos últimos remanescentes de Mata Atlântica do estado de São Paulo, bem como dos ecossistemas a ela associados e de sua biodiversidade, e a preservação do modo de vida tradicional das populações caiçaras, tendo em vista as interferências oriundas de fora, diga-se, do mundo ocidental capitalista. Todavia, no decorrer da pesquisa, demonstrar-se-á como tais questões são ilusórias. Assim, o ordenamento territorial visando à preservação da natureza nada mais é que um álibi para a reprodução de um mercado imobiliário local de alta renda, num processo em que a "ameaça ao verde" é pretexto, a um só tempo, para privilegiar alguns poucos e punir muitos outros. Do mesmo modo que as medidas de proteção às comunidades tradicionais, além de imobilizar o caiçara a um passado idealizado, têm criado padrões urbanísticos e arquitetônicos cada vez mais restritivos e, consequentemente, mais exclusivos, bem ao gosto de um consumo turístico elitizado
Abstract: This study aims at critically analyzing the planning of urban space, attempting to go beyond studies that assess this planning solely under the aspects of its limits and, therefore, apprehend what has been deluded on behalf of its supposed objectivity. In order to do so, having the city of Ilhabela as reference - an island located on the northern shoreline of the state of São Paulo - two issues that can only be solved with territorial planning arise: the protection of one of the last areas of Atlantic Forest (Mata Atlântica) still remaining in the state of São Paulo, as well as its ecosystems and biodiversity; and the preservation of the traditional lifestyle of the Caiçara populations, with regards to the interference from the western capitalist world. However, throughout the research process, such issues will prove to be delusive. Thus, territorial planning aiming at the preservation of nature is nothing but an alibi for the growth of a high-income, local real estate market, in a process in which the "threat to green" is a pretense meant to benefit a few and punish many others. Also, protection measures designed for traditional communities, apart from leaving the Caiçara stranded in an idealized past, have also spawned ever-restricting and consequently more exclusive urban and architectural standards, fitted for elite touristic consumerism
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Webb, Michael David. "Urban Revitalization, Urban Regimes, and Contemporary Gentrification Processes." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1383148654.
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Grotta, Carlos Alberto Diniz [UNESP]. "O transporte urbano e a circulação na abordagem espacial: análise do transporte coletivo urbano da região do ABCD, grande São Paulo." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/104379.
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O presente trabalho busca estudar o transporte público urbano da região do ABCD, área metropolitana de São Paulo, aplicando-se a abordagem espacial sobre seu espaço da circulação, utilizado por este tipo de transporte. Por esta região ser parte da maior área metropolitana do país, e onde se concentra sua maior produção industrial, o estudo deste sistema de transporte é significativo para o conhecimento da sua inserção num contexto histórico e sócio-econômico importante. Para isto, foi necessário o levantamento dos meios de transporte utilizados na região e seu emprego pela população. Igualmente, buscou-se estudar o histórico do transporte público urbano, vinculando-o à Geografia urbana da região. Com base na aplicação da abordagem espacial, verificou-se que o elo de ligação entre o transporte e a geografia reside, sobretudo, na acessibilidade, apesar da importância quantitativa da mobilidade. E, a acessibilidade, se vincula diretamente ao conceito de redes. Assim, com base nestas premissas, elaboramos uma teoria da acessibilidade espacial, e a aplicamos a um modelo de transporte público para a região, visando melhorar o atendimento oferecido à população. Duas teses, uma de cunho metodológico, foram apresentadas, referentes à aplicação da teoria espacial ao transporte urbano e ao padrão de rede celular para a configuração do transporte coletivo.
The present work searches to study the urban public transport in the ABCD region, inserted in São Paulo metropolitan area, applying a spacial approach upon the circulation space, by where this means of transportation circulates. Due to this region being part of the largest metropolitan area of the country, and where the major industrial production is concentrated, the study of this transportation social system is significant to the knowledge of its insertion in an important historic and socioeconomic context. So, it was necessary the acquaintance of the existing means of transportation in the region and its use by the people. Included, one search to study the urban public transportation history, related to the urban geography of the area. Based on the space approach application, one verified that the linkage between transport and geography lies, mainly, in the acessibility, despite the importance of mobility. And the acessibility relates directly to the network concept. Though, based on these premisses, one elaborated a space acessibility theory, trying to apply to a public transport model in the region, aiming to improve the service offered to the people. Two thesis (one methodological) were presented, referring to the application of the spatial theory to urban transport e to the pattern of a celular network for the purpose of public transport configuration.
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Nunes, Monica Balestrin. "Paisagens clandestinas: a estrutura fundiária como componente da paisagem da zona leste paulistana." Universidade de São Paulo, 2014. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8136/tde-26052015-101028/.
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Este trabalho tem por objetivo principal explicitar a relação entre estrutura fundiária e paisagem, tendo como pressupostos teóricos os conceitos de paisagem segundo a Geografia Cultural Humanista, as relações entre norma e território e o papel da cartografia na representação da paisagem. O estudo de caso está situado na zona leste de São Paulo. Partindo dos antecedentes históricos da formação e expansão da cidade de São Paulo do ponto de vista da apropriação privada do território e sua normatização, o estudo buscou discutir os processos que levaram à atual configuração fundiária urbana e as razões de suas irregularidades. Como método de trabalho, foram analisados os loteamentos aprovados e implantados na década de 1960, sob a vigência do Decreto-Lei 58 de 1937, primeira norma federal sobre parcelamento do solo. Os elementos a analisados foram: o traçado do sistema viário, a destinação de áreas para espaços públicos e os lotes privados, à luz das características do sítio físico considerando elementos como topografia e hidrografia. Mais do que uma sucessão de parcelamentos de terra ou uma justaposição desconexa de loteamentos, verificou-se no caso em estudo, que a estrutura fundiária urbana, , sua normatização e representação revelam lógicas de apropriação do território, da produção do espaço e da configuração da paisagem. Nesse sentido a paisagem é considerada uma construção social, organizada segundo as práticas sociais. As paisagens produzidas no contexto da periferização da cidade e da exclusão sócio territorial que caracterizaram a expansão da cidade a leste são paisagens da exclusão, não necessariamente ilegais, mas clandestinas no sentido de marginais ou secundárias. Conhecer essas paisagens e seus processos de construção permite relativizar conceitos pré estabelecidosThe main purpose of this work is to clarify the relationship between land structure and landscape, based on the theoretical framework of landscape concepts according to the Humanist Cultural Geography, the relationships between norms and land, and the role of cartography in the representation of the landscape. This case study is situated on the east side of São Paulo city. Taking into consideration the historical background of the formation and expansion of the city of São Paulo from the point of view of private ownership of land and its [A1]regulation, the study sought to discuss the processes, which led to the current urban land configuration and the reasons for its irregularities. As a research method, this study analyzed the approved and implemented land lots in the 1960s, under the Decree Law 58 of 1937, the first federal regulation of soil subdivisions. The following factors were investigated: the layout of the road system, the allocation of areas for public spaces and private lots, in the light of the characteristics of the physical site considering elements such as topography and hydrography. More than just a succession of subdivisions of land or a disjointed juxtaposition of land lots, it was found in this case study that the urban land structure, its regulation and representation revealed a logical ownership of land, space production and landscape setting. In this sense, the landscape is considered a social construct, organized according to social practices. The landscapes produced in the context of periferization and social land exclusion, which characterized the land expansion of the city to the east side, are landscapes of exclusion, not necessarily illegal, but clandestine in a sense of marginal or secondary. To understand the processes of construction of those landscapes can lead to reconsider previous concepts, incorporating new ways of addressing the urban and thinking of the city
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Grotta, Carlos Alberto Diniz. "O transporte urbano e a circulação na abordagem espacial : análise do transporte coletivo urbano da região do ABCD, grande São Paulo /." Rio Claro : [s.n.], 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/104379.
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Orientador: Sílvia Selingardi SampaioBanca: Juergen Richard Langenbuch
Banca: José Bernardes Felex
Banca: Eliseu Savério Sposito
Banca: Paulo Roberto Joia
Resumo: O presente trabalho busca estudar o transporte público urbano da região do ABCD, área metropolitana de São Paulo, aplicando-se a abordagem espacial sobre seu espaço da circulação, utilizado por este tipo de transporte. Por esta região ser parte da maior área metropolitana do país, e onde se concentra sua maior produção industrial, o estudo deste sistema de transporte é significativo para o conhecimento da sua inserção num contexto histórico e sócio-econômico importante. Para isto, foi necessário o levantamento dos meios de transporte utilizados na região e seu emprego pela população. Igualmente, buscou-se estudar o histórico do transporte público urbano, vinculando-o à Geografia urbana da região. Com base na aplicação da abordagem espacial, verificou-se que o elo de ligação entre o transporte e a geografia reside, sobretudo, na acessibilidade, apesar da importância quantitativa da mobilidade. E, a acessibilidade, se vincula diretamente ao conceito de redes. Assim, com base nestas premissas, elaboramos uma teoria da acessibilidade espacial, e a aplicamos a um modelo de transporte público para a região, visando melhorar o atendimento oferecido à população. Duas teses, uma de cunho metodológico, foram apresentadas, referentes à aplicação da teoria espacial ao transporte urbano e ao padrão de rede celular para a configuração do transporte coletivo.
Abstract: The present work searches to study the urban public transport in the ABCD region, inserted in São Paulo metropolitan area, applying a spacial approach upon the circulation space, by where this means of transportation circulates. Due to this region being part of the largest metropolitan area of the country, and where the major industrial production is concentrated, the study of this transportation social system is significant to the knowledge of its insertion in an important historic and socioeconomic context. So, it was necessary the acquaintance of the existing means of transportation in the region and its use by the people. Included, one search to study the urban public transportation history, related to the urban geography of the area. Based on the space approach application, one verified that the linkage between transport and geography lies, mainly, in the acessibility, despite the importance of mobility. And the acessibility relates directly to the network concept. Though, based on these premisses, one elaborated a space acessibility theory, trying to apply to a public transport model in the region, aiming to improve the service offered to the people. Two thesis (one methodological) were presented, referring to the application of the spatial theory to urban transport e to the pattern of a celular network for the purpose of public transport configuration.
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Simons, Kent Lowell. "A Comparison of Two Common Classification Procedures for Economical Urban Land Cover Mapping Using NAIP Imagery." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2009. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2843.pdf.
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Hanson, John William. "An urban geography of the Roman world, 100 B.C. to A.D. 300." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2016. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:f7f02498-4ae1-4ff0-81f6-aad909f041b1.
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Although there have been numerous studies of individual cities or groups of cities, there has never been a study of the urbanism of the Roman world as a whole, meaning that we have been poorly informed not only about the number of cities and how they were distributed and changed over time, but also about their sizes and populations, monumentality, and civic status. This thesis provides a new account of the urbanism of the Roman world between 100 B.C. and A.D. 300. To do so, it draws on a combination of textual sources and archaeological material to provide a new catalogue of cities, calculates new estimates of their areas and uses a range of population densities to estimate their populations, and brings together available information about their monumentality and civic status for the first time. This evidence demonstrates that, although there were relatively few cities, many had considerable sizes and populations, substantial amounts of monumentality, and held various kinds of civic status. This indicates that there was significant economic growth in this period, including both extensive and intensive economic growth, which resulted from an influx of wealth through conquest and the intrinsic changes that came with Roman rule (including the expansion of urbanism). This evidence also suggests that there was a system that was characterised by areas of intense urban demand, which were met through an efficient system for the extraction of necessity and luxury goods from immediate hinterlands and an effective system for bringing these items from further afield. The disruption of these links seems to have put this system under considerable strain towards the end of this period and may have been sufficient to cause its ultimate collapse. This appears to have been in marked contrast to the medieval and early modern periods, when urbanism was more able to respond to changes in supply and demand.
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Bao, Yang, and Yang Bao. "The Geography of Urban Food Access: Exploring the Spatial and Socioeconomic Dimensions." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/624548.
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Adequate access to affordable, healthy food has long been a public health concern and has become a more pressing societal issue following the Great Recession and rising incidents of diet-related diseases. In response, research and government efforts have largely focused on identifying disadvantaged areas with poor food access and formulating policies to improve accessibility. However, the approaches that have been widely relied upon by researchers and practitioners for food access assessment are severely flawed, which may lead to inconsistent research findings or neglect of the needs of under-served/un-served neighborhoods. This dissertation identifies three important aspects of food access for improvement: the appropriate scale/neighborhoods for analysis, the use of food outlets as a proxy for affordable, healthy food; and the assessment method. In particular, three studies are conducted to: (1) examine how varying spatial scales and aggregation methods affect accessibility assessments; (2) explore the role of independent grocers, which have been neglected in previous food access studies as elements of the food landscape that may change the perception of food deserts; and (3) investigate how individual-level food access patterns compare to the widely used, area-based neighborhood measures of expected accessibility. While the dissertation discusses and addresses theoretical challenges in food access, the empirical studies conducted in the Tucson, Arizona metropolitan area contribute to a better understanding of the real-world complexity of food access. The results shed light on some predicaments identified in recent studies and have important policy implications for how best to efficiently and effectively design strategies and initiatives to enhance food-provision access.
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Alshebli, Abdulmohsen. "Towards making urban planning practices more effective amid rapid urban growth in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2018. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/8472/.
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This thesis explores the area of urban planning practices examining the rapid urban growth in Riyadh. The research was motivated by the fact that Riyadh continues to suffer from rapid uncontrolled urban growth, with resultant problems in its infrastructure. These problems are associated with the urban planning path failures, both in terms of the discourses and the practices. As result, the urban plan did not help to control the city growth. The research firstly analyses the driving forces that influence urban planning, focusing on three issues as the main reasons for ongoing expansion: planning law, planning structure, and how planning relates to energy discourses in Saudi Arabia. Secondly, it evaluates spatial planning practices revealing four themes for developers and planners to consider: settlement patterns, urban design, land use patterns and transport. Thirdly, by revealing the mechanisms underlying the planning environment it demonstrates how the structures in place affect urban planning practices. Finally, based on the literature review and the findings of the empirical chapters and interviews with those who work in urban planning the thesis offers an understanding of planners’ practices, how they contribute to continued unsustainable growth and, offers policy recommendations for a more sustainable planned future for Riyadh and other cities in Saudi Arabia.
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Rahman, Md Maksudur. "Urban environmental problems in Bangladesh : a case study of Chittagong City." Thesis, University of Hull, 2008. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:1617.
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Managing urban environmental problems is an immense challenge for cities in developing countries. Research on inter-urban environmental problems suggests that the dominant environmental problems in developing or low-income cities are localised, immediate and health threatening. Based on a broad spectrum household survey this thesis explores the residential environmental problems both at the household and neighbourhood levels in different residential areas of Chittagong, the second largest city in Bangladesh, which is associated with a range of environmental concerns not least due to its hilly and coastal setting. The qualitative survey adopted for this study reveals fresh insights into the nature, causes and consequences of residential environmental management problems. Intra-urban differences in environmental problems among households located in higher-, middle-, and lower-income residential areas are revealed in some details. The household survey shows that households in lower-income neighbourhoods were more likely to be susceptible to local environmental problems, compared with those in middle- and higher-income residential areas. Analysis of the gender relations and intra-household division of labour finds women and children, particularly in the households of lower-income neighbourhoods, are the major victims of residential environmental problems as they undertake home management responsibilities and spend most of the time in and around home and neighbourhood. The key factors, which contribute to the different environmental problems at household, neighbourhood plus citywide level, identified by both household and qualitative surveys are analysed to suggest steps towards a more effective local urban environmental management framework for Chittagong.