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Conzenian Tradition in Polish Urban Historical Morphology [PDF]
, 2015 The scientific heritage of M. R. G. Conzen, who is considered one of the most outstanding historical geographers and urban morphologists in the world, has made a huge impact on the contemporary urban historic morphology. Nowadays it would be very hard to
Kulesza, Mariusz
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Solid Biofuel Usage and Households' Behavior Toward Energy Choice in Northwest Ethiopia
Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.This study analyzed household energy choice behavior in northwest Ethiopia using an integrated energy stacking and decision‐making framework. Evidence shows dominant reliance on solid biomass and a fuel‐stacking pattern, while urban residences, higher income, and education increase clean energy adoption, highlighting the need for pro‐poor, context ...
Habtamu Setargachew Molla +3 more
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Ahmadi Town o la nascita del modernismo in Ku-wait /
Restauro ArcheologicoIn 1947, architect James Mollison Wilson, founder of Wilson Mason & Partners, was commissioned by the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) to design the city plan, headquarters, housing, and staff facilities for the company in Al-Ahmadi Town, located south of ...
Maurizio De Vita
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Morphological design control for large-scale city development: A new proposal [PDF]
, 2011 Whereas many good examples can be found of the study of urban morphology informing the design of new residential areas in Europe, it is much more difficult to find examples relating to other land uses and outside of Europe.
Hall, Tony, Sanders, Paul
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The Emergence of a Climate Change Signal in Ireland's Rainfall Extremes
International Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.Analysis of Irish precipitation records (1930–2019) shows significant relationships between rainfall extremes and global mean surface temperature (GMST), with increases of 12%–27% per °C of warming. Emergence of unusual climate conditions is already evident at several stations, most notably in the west during winter and the southeast during summer ...
Saoirse Fordham, Conor Murphy
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Strategic Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Digital platform (DP) enterprises have risen to the top of the global economy by inverting traditional business models. They earn money through matchmaking, transaction facilitation, and efficient orchestration of other stakeholders' resources.
Lukas R. G. Fitz, Jochen Scheeg
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The Bazaar as a Model for Knowledge Work
Knowledge and Process Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper presents fieldwork that extends existing metaphors of knowledge work as a process shaped by hierarchical or market forces. A qualitative, ethnographic study of six knowledge‐intensive businesses in two countries identifies striking parallels with the Middle Eastern bazaar in contrast to Western impersonal markets and hierarchies. We
Reed Elliot Nelson +2 more
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Land Use Transformation and Climate Resilience in Smart Cities: Role of ICT in Modern Urban Planning
Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Modern urban planning is experiencing a transition from traditional planning to the integration of information technology, which defines the concept of a “smart city”. The study analyses the evolution of urban planning practices with an emphasis on the role of engineering and architecture in the process of urbanization, the transition to the ...
Dariusz Cichoń
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RUDN Journal of Engineering Research, 2012 In article modern problems of space-planning, constructive solutions of modern perspective multipurpose housing estates in the conditions of a hot arid climate, with emphasis on national features of the United Arab Emirates are considered.
N N Korshunova, Akhmed Ahmed Inshasi
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Contree, 2018 This article calls for a shift of attention from the colonial urban planning methods to a focus on the post-colonial planning methods being adopted in new towns such as Ruwa.
Terence T. Muzorewa +2 more
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