This paper explores the concept of resilience through the planning, development and management history of one of London’s Great Estates. The Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair and Belgravia was developed incrementally from the 1720s and continues to be managed on behalf of the aristocratic Grosvenor family. The Great Estates have been described as exemplars of resiliently managed evolution in response...

This paper assesses the role of social affiliation, measured by caste, in shaping investments in child health. The special setting that we have chosen for the analysis - tea estates in the South Indian High Range - allows us to control nonparametrically for differences in income, access to health services, and patterns of morbidity across low caste and high caste households. In this controlled ...

Low density suburban development and excessive use of automobiles are associated with serious urban and environmental problems. Master planned development suggests itself as a possible palliative for these ills. This study examines the patterns and dynamics of movement in a selection of master planned estates in Australia with the aim of developing new approaches for assessing the containment o...

The tea estates under consideration are located in the Sylhet District which is situated in the south-western portion of the Province of Assam, bordering on Eastern B.engal. These tea estates are in an area about twenty-five miles longand about fifteen miles wide, all being on fairly high ground which is intersected by rice paddy fields. The rainfall in the district averages about one hundred a...

ORIGINAL ARTICLES Successful control of schistosomiasis in large sugar irrigation estates of Zimbabwe.................... MJ Chimbari, B Ndlela........................................ 169 Antibiogram of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from Buea, Cameroon............................................. Model for assessment of endothelial cell function and viability using the MTT dye test and [3H ].....

This study aims to capture the compositional practices and ideas of boundaries Chinese high-rise commercial housing estates through an examination physical boundary modern enclosed estates, gates that link inner outer parts 'Domain gate' they form. By examining classifying spatial layout, composition relationship with surrounding realm facade, seven types field diverse character characteristics...

Purpose – Agenda for Change is set to be the biggest reform of pay since the National Health Service (NHS) began in 1948. As well as introducing a standardised pay structure; it also aims to improve recruitment, retention and staff morale. Staff groups identified as having recruitment and retention problems include estates/works officers, qualified maintenance crafts persons and qualified maint...