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2021
This chapter looks at the aftermath of the 1972 earthquake that destroyed Managua. It demonstrates how the planners, who implemented Managua's reconstruction, planned a new city modeled on US urban space even though the US government under President Nixon turned away from the developmental premises of the Alliance for Progress.
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This chapter looks at the aftermath of the 1972 earthquake that destroyed Managua. It demonstrates how the planners, who implemented Managua's reconstruction, planned a new city modeled on US urban space even though the US government under President Nixon turned away from the developmental premises of the Alliance for Progress.
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Cities, 1996
Managua shares a number of similarities with other Third World and Central American capital cities. However, its history and geographic setting are unique and present planners with some unusual problems, but also interesting potential. The country's overall political situation continues to play the most important role in determining the city's future ...
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Managua shares a number of similarities with other Third World and Central American capital cities. However, its history and geographic setting are unique and present planners with some unusual problems, but also interesting potential. The country's overall political situation continues to play the most important role in determining the city's future ...
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The Earthquake of Managua, Nicaragua, 1972
Nature, 1973THE earthquake occurred on December 23,1972, at 0630 GCT. It had a magnitude Mb=5.7 (Ms=6.1) and a superficial focus of about 5 km. The epicentral region, which did not exceed in diameter more than a few kilometres, comprised the central part of the city of Managua where, out of a population of 400,000, about 10,000 were killed.
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Aerial photo interpretation in Managua
Cities, 1983Abstract World-wide urbanization tendencies require new techniques for problem solving which have to be adapted to the regional context as far as degree of urbanization, socioeconomic conditions, resources, technology, etc are concerned. Each planning decision needs basic regional data which have to meet the requirements of the actual problem.
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Formality strategies in Managua, Nicaragua
Spanish in Context, 2015Nicaraguan Spanish is characterized by the reduction of coda /s/ to glottal frication, elision, and glottal constriction, but the latter variant has never been explored in depth. The present study fills this void by analyzing the word-final, intervocalic /s/ environment in sociolinguistic interviews, reading tasks, and image identification tasks ...
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