The aim of our study is to understand Chinese attitudes towards occupational prestige in order to be able to counsel families and youth in career goals, and to maximize potentials and enhance life chances. Our purpose is.to arrive first at an occupational ranking or rating since there is none to be found in the literature/on which more specific studies could later be compared. Another purpose is to see whether there I were major differences between traditional and modern Chinese, and find what traits were associated with differences in attitudes and expectations, as further indices of appropriate approaches to social services.

Texte remanié de: Ph. D. / Bibliogr. p. 303-312. Index.

In light of the civil unrest surrounding the tech industry’s corporate shuttle buses, this paper examines factors that determine the percentage of commuters from Greater San Francisco to Silicon Valley. By using aggregate characteristics of two departing cities (San Francisco and Oakland) and 34 receiving cities in Silicon Valley in 2006 and 2011, the study shows that distance alone is statistically significant across various specifications. Relative median housing values and relative unemployment rates mattered at times. These findings can help businesses and governments in the area make educated decisions regarding employment and residential locations.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, 1937. / Vita. Published without thesis note. Bibliography: p. [269]-272.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2008. / Also available on the Internet. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1975. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 330-373).

Η περιοχή του κόλπου του San Francisco είναι μια πολύ σεισμογενής περιοχή.Η σεισμικότητα οφείλεται στις τεκτονικές πλάκες (πλάκα του Ειρηνικού Ωκεανού και η πλάκα της Βόρειας Αμερικής) που κινούνται η μία σε σχέση με την άλλη. Τα όρια αυτών των πλακών ή η αλληλεπίδρασή τους εκφράζεται από τα ρήγματα της περιοχής, όπως το ρήγμα του Αγίου Ανδρέα και το ρήγμα του Hayward, τα οποία είναι ενεργά.Η ενεργός τεκτονική της περιοχής έχει σαν απότέλεσμα την εντυπωσιακή μορφολογία της περιοχής του κόλπου του San Francisco. Σειρά ισχυρών σεισμών έχουν πλήξει την περιοχή με βάση στοιχεία παλαιοσεισμολογίας κατά τους ιστορικούς χρόνους. Με βάση τα δεδομένα αυτά και την αρχή του ομοιομορφισμού εκτιμάται ότι παρόμοιου μεγέθους σεισμοί θα πλήξουν την περιοχή και στο άμεσο μέλλον. Οι προβλέψεις των επιστημόνων συγκλίνουν στο συμπέρασμα ότι στα επόμενα χρόνια, οι άνθρωποι θα ξαναδοκιμαστούν από τη σεισμική δράση στην περιοχή του San Francisco. Η ερευνητική δραστηριότητα των επιστημόνων στοχεύει στο να μετριασθούν οι επιπτώσεις αυτές οι οποίες είναι πολυποίκιλες και απαριθμούνται στη συνέχεια. Οι καταστροφές από τους σεισμούς διαχωρίζονται σε πρωτογενείς και δευτερογενείς. Στις δευτερογενείς που είναι και οι πιο καταστροφικές για το δομημένο περιβάλλον συγκαταλέγονται οι αστοχίες του δικτύου ύδρευσης, οι καταρρεύσεις ή οι βλάβες των σπιτιών και η υποβάθμιση στην ποιότητα των αποθεμάτων του πόσιμου νερού της μητροπολιτικής περιοχής. Επίσης οι σεισμοί προκαλούν τσουνάμι, ρευστοποιήσεις εδάφους, πυρκαγιές, θανάτους ανθρώπων, αλλά και υλικές ζημιές σε όλες τις κατασκευές του ανθρώπου. / The region of the Gulf of San Francisco is a very activity region. Seismicity is owed in the tectonic plates (plate of Pacific Ocean and the plate of Northern America) that they are moved the one concerning the other. The limits of these plates or the interaction to them it is expressed by the faults of region, as the fault of San Andreas and the fault of Hayward, which are active. The active tectonics of region have as result the impressive morphology of San Francisco bay region. Many earthquakes have affected the region. scientists appreciate that similar size earthquakes will also affect the region in the direct future. The inquiring activity of scientists aims in are moderated this repercussions. Τhe destructions by the earthquakes are separated in primary and secondary. In secondary that are also most devastating are included damages of water supply, collapse or the damage of houses and the devalorisation in the quality of reserves of potable water of metropolitan region. Also the earthquakes cause tsoynamis, liquidations of ground, fires, deaths of persons but also material damage in all the human manufactures.

This thesis proposes an urban hybrid within the historical district of downtown San Francisco. The design develops a new typ of urban housing introducing the architectural concept of the house to the highrise. / Master of Architecture

Six pedons derived from volcanic cinders from the San Francisco Volcanic Field near Flagstaff, Arizona, were studied to evaluate their physical, chemical, and mineralogical properties for inclusion in the proposed soil order Andisol. All the pedons meet the requirements for the Andic soil properties and they are thus classified as either Typic Ustivitrand or Melanic Ustivitrand Subgroups of Andisol Order. The proposed classification is discussed with respect to the guidelines presented in the ninth International Committee of Classification on Andisols (ICOMAND) letter.

Thesis (M.S. and M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1982. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. / This study is an exploration of the relationship between understanding and transforming an architectural context. The question asked is; What formal lessons can be learned from an existing context? The discussion is limited to issues of form and rule structure, particularly in reference to the zone of exchange between outside/inside and public/private. The Victorian residential form in San Francisco is used as a case study. There are four parts to the study: 1. An observational study of existing residential facade zones which consists of measured drawings in plan and elevation of a four block area in San Francisco. 2. A design projection of a support infill building based on intuitive interpretation of the observed context. 3. A methodological analysis of the context to derive the implicit generating rules and principles. 4. Based on a comparison of the analysis and projection, a discussion of the lessons to be learned from the context. / by R. Thomas Hille. / M.S.and M.Arch.