Thesis (M. L. A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Title proper from title frame. Includes special report study entitled :Artificial habitat for plants. Also available in printed format.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2004. / Advisor: Dr. Janet E. Kodras, Florida State University, College of Social Sciences, Department of Geography. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed June 16, 2004). Includes bibliographical references.

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ABSTRACT PRIVACY AND SEGREGATION AS A BASIS FOR ANALYZING AND MODELLING THE URBAN SPACE COMPOSITION OF THE LIBYAN TRADITIONAL CITY CASE STUDY: THE CITY OF GHADAMES Faraj Abubaker El-Agouri Ph.D., Department of City and Regional Planning Supervisor: Asoc. Dr. Baykan Gunay October, 296 pages The study examines the spatial and visual privacy in different areas within the walled city of Ghadames, where different ethnic communities live in distinct localities. Conceptual and theoretical notions of privacy are tested, whose ultimate value is further refinement of privacy regulation conceptually and operationally. Complexities of privacy as a concept and its regulation are clarified through theory and extracted spatio-cultural information about physical settings created by these communities. The space syntax and isovist field analysis are applied as an integrated methodology. The study demonstrates usefulness and adaptability of this integrated approach, which provides a fairly definitive interpretation (i.e. understanding) of physical settings of the city that residents as well as visitors perceive as regulating privacy, and where privacy fits into the user&rsquo / s perception. The structure of the thesis can be understood as consisting of three parts. Part one includes literature about privacy definition, functions, regulating mechanisms, framework within the context of culture as well as the interface between private and public spaces. Second part introduces theory of space syntax and concept of visibility graph analysis (Isovist field). It also introduces the case study of Ghadames, field survey and observations. It illuminates the inhabitants&rsquo / lifestyle, and show how they label spaces by function, gender and user identity. Part three analyses syntactically and visually the spatial structures for the whole walled city as well as the nine selected ethnic communities as embedded within the city and in isolation. In brief, this study attempts to observe and quantify physical settings as privacy regulation mechanisms that operate within context of culture. Mechanisms are the physical elements that facilitate or impede privacy regulation in the city and/or enable users themselves to regulate privacy through their own locales. The elements are composed of field characteristics and barriers. Field characteristics regulate privacy by perceptually altering the physical context through shape, size, orientation, and environmental conditions. Barriers regulate privacy physically and symbolically through walls, screens, objects, and symbols.

Bibliography: leaves 422-466 / x, 466 leaves : ill., maps ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of History, 1986

Thesis (M. A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Title proper from title frame. Also available in printed format.

Thesis (M.A.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 1997. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 112-123).

Thesis (M.A.)--The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2008. / Directed by Susan Walcott; submitted to the Dept. of Geography. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Aug. 12, 2009). Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-59).

Thesis (M.E.T.)--University of Canterbury, 2006. / Typescript (photocopy). "June 2006." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 189-192). Also available via the World Wide Web.

O presente trabalho aborda a temática da utopia pelo viés do urbano. Utilizando-se do texto no formato de uma viagem, é estabelecido um roteiro que se divide em três momentos principais: a partida, a chegada e o retorno. Parte-se da revisita a alguns dos principais utopistas da história ocidental; chega-se a um novo espaço urbano localizado além das nossas fronteiras - Cabo Polônio - e retorna-se para fazerem-se as relações entre esse inusitado destino e as utopias, seus contextos, épocas e ideários. A pesquisa propõe utilizar-se do pensamento utópico como instrumento de compreensão, reflexão e abordagem para as novas cidades - reais ou ideais. / This work concerns the theme of the utopia through urban bias. By using the text in the form of a trip, is there a roadmap that is divided into three main points: the departure, arrival and return. It starts revisiting some of the major Western utopians of history; it arrives to a new urban area located beyond our borders - Cabo Polonio - and returns it to make the relationship between this unusual destination and utopias, their contexts, times and ideas. The research proposes to use the utopian thinking as a tool for understanding, reflection and approach to the new cities - real or ideal.