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Multivariate Interactive Visualization of Data in Generative Design
(2016-02-29)
In this paper we describe our work on providing support for design decision making in generative design systems producing large quantities of simulation data. The work is motivated by the continuing challenge of making ...
The Chawls and Slums of Mumbai: Story of Urban Sprawl
(2018-04-14)
In Mumbai, informal dwellings such as slums and tenement housing, or chawls, are an
outcome of the exponential increase in the city’s population after the upsurge of mills
and industries during 19th-century British rule ...
Aspirations of Economic Resilience: An Analysis of the Infuriating Logic of Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena Development
(2018-04-14)
The narrative of deindustrialization and urban decline has been well-documented
in literature. Local governments in the United States have responded to structural
inequities in the use and generation of capital with some ...
Multivariate explanation of the 1985–1990 and 1995–2000 destination choices of newly arrived immigrants in the United States: the beginning of a new trend?
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2007-09)
This paper identifies the salient features in the 1985–1990 and 1995–2000 destination choices of newly arrived immigrants, and performs multivariate explanation of these choices, based on an application of a multinomial ...
Conceptual modeling applied to computer-aided architectural design
(Elsevier, 1992-04)
A possible approach to inter-system integration is proposed using a neutral file format and application protocols. Structural information is modeled in a relational database system which in turn converts the data to an ...
A Geometric Comparison of Branching Structures in Tension and in Compression versus Minimal Paths
(International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures, 2007-12-03)
Branching structures are based on geometric systems that expand through bifurcation without returning to form closed cells. In this sense, branching structures resemble the structure of trees that branch continually outward. ...
Racially Restrictive Covenants in the United States: A Call to Action
(2018-04-14)
This paper examines the history and structure of racially restrictive covenants in the
United States to better comprehend their continued existence, despite their illegality.
While unenforceable, racially restrictive ...
Rural parents with urban children: social and economic implications of migration for the rural elderly in Thailand
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2007-05)
The present study explores the social and economic consequences of the migration of adult children to urban areas for rural parents in Thailand. Attention is given to the circumstances under which such migration takes ...
The City of Tomorrow . . . Today
(2018-04-14)
First published in 1961, Lewis Mumford’s classic macrohistorical work "The City
in History" follows human civilization from its paleolithic origins to modern-day
metropolises. Mumford was both a historian and social ...