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Management of small towns water supply, Ghana [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Delivering improved water services in small towns in low-income countries encompasses particular challenges. Often considered too large to be effectively community managed , small towns may also be too small, with too limited economies, to benefit
Braimah, Clifford Abdallah
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Electric lighting modelling in historical areas of small towns in agglomeration area [PDF]

open access: yesITM Web of Conferences, 2019
In the paper authors present the results of research and analysis of the strategy of modelling electric lighting systems in the historical urban space of small towns.
Graczyk Rafał   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Preserving the past, nurturing the future: a systematic literature review on the conservation and revitalization of Chinese historical town environments during modernization

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2023
The rapid urbanization occurring in China has brought increased attention from scholars towards the issue of revitalizing historical conservation of towns and adapting them to meet the needs of a modern city.
Yanbo Wen   +2 more
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“What’s in a name?” Swahili toponymy of past towns on the East African coast

open access: yesKervan. International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies, 2022
For the last century, archaeologists have surveyed and studied archaeological sites on the Swahili coast of East Africa, that represent the remains of past Swahili settlements and, in few cases, living historical towns.
Monika Baumanova, Rosanna Tramutoli
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The role of cultural heritage sites in the creation of tourism potential of small towns in Poland

open access: yesEuropean Spatial Research and Policy, 2019
Historical sites may be found in nearly all small towns in Poland. Some are listed by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites. The purpose of the paper is to discuss the role of these resources in the broader set of elements shaping the tourism potential of towns,
Agnieszka Kwiatek-Sołtys   +1 more
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The Phenomenon of Company Towns: Specific Features of Their Genesis and Development

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Public Administration, 2020
The article analyzes the social phenomenon of single-industry towns (company towns), their role in the modern market economy, their genesis in Russia and other countries.
Maxim A. Ulyanychev
doaj   +1 more source

Considerații geografice privind geneza oraşului medieval în Moldova Centrală

open access: yesArheologia Moldovei, 2022
The emergence and evolution of medieval towns and cities in the central region of Moldavia has its peculiarities, which are mainly due to location, acces to resources and ease of communication.
Cătălin Hriban
doaj   +1 more source

Computing Urban Fabric of a Historical Town

open access: yesEPiC Series in Computing, 2020
Traditional computer simulation is replaced by 3D scans of the temporary urban fabric in a Taiwan heritage site for the quantitative assessment of local evolvement. The transfer of as-built point cloud model to the vertical and horizontal sections enables the inspections of evolved openness types on an old street enclosed by building facades and ...
Naai-Jung Shih   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Geomorphological and Anthropic Control of the Development of Some Adriatic Historical Towns (Italy) Since the Roman Age

open access: yesQuaestiones Geographicae, 2017
The geomorphological analysis of historically urbanized areas is the best scientific way to understand how the extant geomorphological factors conditioned urbanization.
Dall’Aglio Pier Luigi   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Urban Planning Policy in Small Towns of the Krasnoyarsk Territory in 1950s–1960s

open access: yesВестник Кемеровского государственного университета, 2021
The present research featured the development of urban planning policy in small towns of the Krasnoyarsk Territory in 1950s–1960s, when it was designed by the local authorities and included construction, repairs, national, historical, cultural ...
O. V. Kiseleva, L. F. Malyutina
doaj   +1 more source

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