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Urbanization: Planting Forests in Pots

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Journal Articles & Books
December, 2017
Global

Taking plants from their original habitat and keeping them in pots is an illustrative example of manmade poweroriented and unnatural habitation Naturally a plant cannot survive in a segregated environment of a pot For this reason diverse supportive activities such as watering feeding or protecting must be planned These supplying infrastructures create a great power for the caretaker over the li

The Impact of Peri-Urbanisation on Housing Development: Environmental Quality and Residents' Productivity in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos

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Journal Articles & Books
December, 2017
Nigeria

This paper assesses the impact of periurbanisation on housing environmental quality and residents sociodemography in IbejuLekki periurban in Lagos Nigeria Primary data was collected through administration of 370 questionnaires to household heads in purposively selected sixteen settlements in the study area while secondary data was sourced from spatial images land use maps and satellite images o

A Discussion on Affordable Housing Projects; Case Study Mehr Housing, Iran

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Journal Articles & Books
December, 2017
Global

Housing is one of the basic needs of humans Families in different countries with various cultures who have different lifestyles respond to their individual needs including physical and mental in a safe place that is called house The world population is increasing day by day In parallel to this population growth housing demand increases rapidly Iran is also a country which has a rapid population

Opportunities for Practicing Sustainable Building Construction in Kurdistan Region, Iraq

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Journal Articles & Books
December, 2017
Iraq

The construction sector of the Kurdistan region of the Republic of Iraq has witnessed a huge development in the construction sector last ten years However there is a lack of awareness and legislation regarding sustainable construction in the buildings sector The aim of the paper is to find the required mechanism to introduce sustainable practice and implement sustainable construction in the bui

Some Notes about Architecture, Urbanism and Economy

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Journal Articles & Books
December, 2017
Bosnia and Herzegovina

The economy can be considered as the transversal component of human activities over territories This fact can be observed from a diachronic perspective the way how architectural typologies arose through history But the relations between Economy and Architecture are not only established by the small scales but the larger ones Cities and territories evolved from compact forms till spread ones in

Developing a Sustainable Plantation Wood Supply through Successful Community-Company Partnerships in Indonesia

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Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2017
Indonesia
Eastern Asia
Oceania

Since the early 1990s, the industrial timber plantation (Hutan Tanaman Industri - HTI) scheme has been intended to serve as a major source of timber to meet domestic and export demand. The need to meet a large gap between legal wood supply and demand for forests products has been the recent years as high as 50 million

Customary Tenure in the Mekong Region: Workshop Outcomes

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Conference Papers & Reports
December, 2017
Cambodia
Myanmar
Vietnam

The Mekong Region Land Governance (MRLG) project and the Forestry Department of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (MONREC) co-hosted the “Mekong Region Customary Tenure Workshop” on 7-9 March 2017 in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. This report outlines the main findings of the workshop, illustrated by some statements and case studies as presented by participants.

Factores que influyen en la dinámica de la cobertura arbórea en fincas agrícolas familiares en Costa Rica

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Reports & Research
December, 2017
Costa Rica

Tesis (Doctorado en Ciencias Naturales para el Desarrollo con énfasis en Gestión de Recursos Naturales) Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica; Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica; Universidad Estatal a Distancia, Doctorado en Ciencias Naturales para el Desarrollo. 2017

Transformaciones territoriales en la Amazonía: indígenas, campesinos, fronteras y colonización

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Journal Articles & Books
December, 2017
Ecuador

El artículo hace un balance sobre los aspectos principales que se deducen del proceso de expansión de la frontera agrícola en la Amazonía ecuatoriana con énfasis en el nororiente en donde se desarrollan actividades de explotación petrolera desde la década de 1960.

Demografía y transformación territorial: medio siglo de cambio en la región amazónica de Ecuador

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Journal Articles & Books
December, 2017
Ecuador

Una población numerosa puede favorecer el crecimiento económico (un bebé puede ser un futuro aportador de impuestos), generar oportunidades para la innovación tecnológica (un bebé puede ser un futuro genio e innovador) y dinamizar la economía (más consumidores y más costos compartidos). Pero esto solo puede ser posible si el tejido social y económico de una sociedad es el propicio.