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    1. What is the perceptual map for the gas station companies in France (Elan‚ Elf‚ Total‚ and the hypermarkets)? What would be the two dimensions you would use to best describe the portfolio of brands that Total Group has in its market? Convenience Total-Bonjour Convenience Total-Bonjour Rural Elan Rural Elan Price Hypermarkets Elf Price Hypermarkets Elf Urban Hypermarkets Elf Urban Hypermarkets Elf I would use Convenience and price to describe

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    of abusing of power and violence enforcement of City Urban Management officers City Urban Management Enforcement Bureau is a local government agency in mainland China that is in charge of maintaining the order of daily business activities of markets and streets in cities. This Bureau was established to deal with the increasing problems when China is in the process of rapid urbanization in these years. However‚ it’s notorious

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    Construction is an example of a multitasking activity. The lifecycle of construction can be broken into phases. Achieving building sustainability in modern environment requires a better understanding of environmental impacts. Impacts such as climate change‚ associated costs‚ as well as utilising benchmarking scale to measure across a whole range of building types and occupancies. This report will discuss building sustainability‚ the constraints that stake holders of built environment face‚ and the role

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    The world was aglow with change during the mid-nineteenth century. Revolutions‚ both political and industrial‚ were in full force by the late 1840’s throughout much of continental Europe and the United States. In 1848‚ the ‘Spring of Nations’‚ or ‘Springtime of the Peoples’‚ consumed France‚ Austria‚ Hungary‚ Russia‚ Denmark‚ Poland‚ and many nation-states within what is now present-day Germany and Italy. With nationalist movements at the core‚ the peoples of Europe--in almost one singular voice--sought

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     SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION        THE PATTERN OF URBAN LIFE IN HONG KONG: A DISTRICT  LEVEL COMMUNITY STUDY OF SHAM SHUI PO      THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG    FEBRUARY 2012  i     Executive Summary 1. Introduction This research was commissioned by the Central Policy Unit of the HKSAR Government in response to the growing public concern over the socio-economic problems and urban decay in Sham Shui Po (hereafter as SSP). Studies on the urban life revolving SSP have been spasmodic. It is only

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    Chapter One: Introduction 1.1 Background of the Study In Khulna city‚ there are about 102 slums and 66 squatters. Nearly 20 percent of the total population is currently living in these slums and squatters. The number of slums is almost twice (106) the number of squatters (66). The major slum areas are Rupsha‚ Khalishpur and Sonadanga area. The two slums in Khulna city are selected for study areas such as Rupsha Ferighat of Rupsha‚ and Shekpara basti in Shekpara. The background concentrated around

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    the period 1798 to 1867 Word count 1592 The nineteenth century was a revolutionary and constitutional period in Irelands history‚ that somewhat shaped the Ireland that we live in today. This essay will explore the political developments‚ within revolutionary and constitutional Irish nationalism in the period 1798 to 1867. The late eighteenth century marked the beginning of what was to map Ireland’s future through the nineteenth century and to the present day. Ireland at this time was a

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    The Skyline and Urban Development ——with Hong Kong for example Nanjing Forestry University 2013 Congru Zhang Abstract: Skyline as a new symbol of the city and the characteristics of the landscape‚ along with the development of the city‚also witnessed the changes in urban history. Scientific and technological development and the psychology of human behavior have become an important factor of city’s skyline. This paper analyzes the Hong Kong; for example‚ explore internal and external causes; space

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    The typical American city has gone through quite a few changes in its short history. These changes range from aesthetics to planning to size. Many of these changes then have occurred within the past hundred years. In Joel Garreau’s Edge City‚ though‚ he asserts that today’s image of cities is essentially still a nineteenth-century one. For while American cities have come a long way since their founding and first construction in the 1600’s‚ much of their layout‚ organization‚ divisions‚ and building

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    In the nineteenth century Americans had visions of how life was going to be good‚ by having a small farm with workers that was self-directed which would make them small producers. During this time there were specific strains that were emerging the movement of the working class. This would help transform the artisan republican ideology in to the “wage slavery.” In between the years 1870 to 1920 “focuses on the reform unionist‚ populist‚ socialist‚ and syndicalist movements in the US labor history

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