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Visions of a Martian Future [PDF]

, 2020
As we look beyond our terrestrial boundary to a multi-planetary future for humankind, it becomes paramount to anticipate the challenges of various human factors on the most likely scenario for this future: permanent human settlement ...
Abood, Steven, Braddock, Martin, Capova, Klara Anna, Corbally, Christopher, Haqq-Misra, Jacob, Impey, Chris, Oviedo, Lluis, Persson, Erik, Rappaport, Margaret Boone, Shelhamer, Mark, Szocik, Konrad   +10 more
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A Study on the Perception of Local Characteristics in Cultural Street Vending Spaces, Taking Xi’an Baxian Temple as an Example

Buildings
The mode of urban renewal in China has changed from incremental expansion to a value-added stage, and the development of cities has increasingly focused on the human experience and quality improvement.
Yingtao Qi, Liping Yue, Tie Guo, Dian Zhou, Yulin Ren, Mengying Wang, Yujia Liu, Yujun Yang   +7 more
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Assessing urban fire risk in the central business district of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Jàmbá, 2010
Buildings as infrastructure along with people’s lives need protection against fire outbreaks. Knowledge on the use of installed facilities is essential in tackling There emergencies, otherwise their installation becomes meaningless.
Yohannes Kachenje, Jacob Kihila, Huba Nguluma   +2 more
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Systems approaches to human settlements [PDF]

Papers of the Regional Science Association, 1977
Regional and urban policies always have consequences for the whole of the national territory, whether or not they were intended to do so. Thus policy makers should have a reasonably good grasp of the structure of human settlement systems and of the nature of the processes that underlie evolving settlement patterns.
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Mechanical Properties of Adjacent Pile Bases in Collapsible Loess under Metro Depot

Applied Sciences
Metro transit construction has begun to develop rapidly in northwest China because of the acceleration of urbanization. Accordingly, metro depots are also regarded as an essential auxiliary facility for stopping, operation, and maintenance of trains ...
Xiaohua Liu, Mingze Li, Hongjian Liao, Bingyan Huang, Shaohua Liu   +4 more
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Explaining Anglo-German productivity differences in services since 1870 [PDF]

, 2004
Germany overtook Britain in comparative productivity levels for the whole economy primarily as a result of trends in services rather than trends in industry.
Broadberry, Stephen
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Investigating shellfish deposition and landscape history at the Natia Beach site, Fiji [PDF]

, 2008
The relationship between environmental variation and subsistence practices is a central point of discussion in much Oceanic archaeology. While human predation can significantly reduce prey populations, environmental variation also contributes to ...
Cochrane, E.E., Morrison, A.
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Joint Ventures in the South African Construction Industry: Factors Militating against Success

Buildings, 2023
Joint construction ventures are a global business partnership approach to accomplishing jointly executed construction objectives. The success of joint ventures is not achieved without militating factors and complexity affecting the process.
Modisaotsile Patrick Seiso, Babatunde Fatai Ogunbayo, Clinton Ohis Aigbavboa   +2 more
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Mars climate engineering using orbiting solar reflectors [PDF]

, 2009
The manned mission is seen as a first step towards a Mars surface exploration base-station and, later, establishing permanent settlement. The location and use of Mars's natural resources is vital to enable cost-effective long-duration human exploration ...
C. Sagan, C. Sagan, C.P. McKay, C.R. McInnes, C.R. McInnes, C.R. McInnes, C.R. McInnes, C.R. McInnes, J.E. Oberg, J.T. Early, M. Fogg, M.F. Gerstell, P. Birch, R. Angel, R. Zubrin, R.L. Forward, T. Gehrels, V. Badescu   +17 more
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Research on the Vibration Fatigue Characteristics of Ancient Building Wood Materials

Buildings
In this study, we selected ancient building timber as the research object. A series of static load tests were conducted to analyze the different performances of timber under tensile and compressive loads.
Chunyu Qian, Mingze Li, Hongjian Liao, Chenhe Zhang, Hangzhou Li   +4 more
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