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Are There Alternatives to Greenbelts? Evidence from a New Land-use Transport Interaction Model for Greater Beijing
(2017-06-01)Urban greenbelts are considered a key instrument for shaping sustainable urban growth and protecting the environment in a large number of cities in the world. In most cities, there is a widely shared belief that urban ... -
Sustainability and Heritage Conservation: A Study of the Problems of Heating and Thermal Comfort in Churches in the UK
(2017-06-01)This PhD thesis looks at the issue of heating historic churches. These structures pose particular challenges: they consist of large high volumes, they are composed of materials that are vulnerable to changes in indoor ... -
Shear Capacity of Reinforced Concrete Subjected to Tension: Experimental Results and Analysis
This study applies a plastic approach to the analysis of shear at a joint or interface in reinforced concrete. Push-off tests have been used historically to investigate combinations of shear and compression across an ... -
Transnational urban heritage? Constructing shared places in Polish-German border towns
This paper focuses on the urban context and spatial manifestations of the construction of shared heritage sites resulting from cross-border interactions in Polish-German border towns. A comparison of the three border towns ...
