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| Author(s): |
Kelly Paiva Inouye
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Politécnica (EP/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2008-11-26 |
| Examining board members: |
Ubiraci Espinelli Lemes de Souza;
Alex Kenya Abiko;
Luiz Reynaldo de Azevedo Cardoso;
Ricardo de Sousa Moretti;
Eduardo Trani
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| Advisor: | Ubiraci Espinelli Lemes de Souza |
| Abstract | |
This thesis develops a method that will help to forecast urbanization costs for horizontal inhabitation human settlements. It considers that each part of a settlement that means costs can be evaluated in terms of quantitative indicators. Moreover, for such indicators, it is considered to be possible to understand the effect of terrain and design options features on them. The method was developed based both on a theoretical approach (using knowledge coming from literature and interviews of specialists) as on case studies (51 Human settlements were studied and provided the basis to collect data to be processed and analyzed). The paper firstly describes the research methodology and the main concepts related to the subject. Then it describes the human settlements urbanization parts and the indicators that evaluated each of them. The main settlements features influencing each indicator are discussed. Method validation is the focus at the end of the text. Several appendixes are provided with information about: the human settlement parts and design; the adopted indicators; other cost forecast methods described in the literature. The information provided by the method will be helpful in terms of defining the relationship between design directives and costs. Then, it will help to find ways to reduce costs; on the other hand, it also allows forecasting costs related to a group of directives that one have to attend. (AU) | |