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Pullman Moscow Water Resources Committee Status Report
No full textThe report provides an update of the ground water supply in the Pullman Moscow basin, further development of the water resources of the basin, and the possible alternatives
Lomonosov Moscow State University: The Major Centre for Russian Research and Education Into Tourism and Recreation
Full text linkThe author discusses the tourism geography research which has been undertaken at Lomonosov State University in Moscow over many years. This academic institution is one of the most famous research centres dealing with spatial recreation systems. At first (from the 1960’s), research was mainly on geographical and technical issues, but the research area was gradually enlarged for example to include social and humanistic elements. The best known research has been done on ‘spatial recreation systems’, ‘polarized landscapes’, the ‘recreational economy spatial complex’, and the ‘environmental model of a spatial system
The price of Moscow apartments
Full text linkWe present a simple hedonic model for apartment prices in Moscow in the year 2003. Based on some 15,000 observations we estimate the model and use the estimates for prediction. Pretest issues are explicitly taken into account.Hedonic prices; Moscow; pretesting
Carnegie Moscow Center
No full textThe Carnegie Moscow Center was established as a subdivision of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Washington, DC) and started its activities in 1994. Beyond the Moscow center, the Carnegie Endowment maintains offices in Beijing, Beirut, and Brussels, making it the world’s first global think tank.
In 2014, Carnegie Moscow Center celebrated its 20th anniversary. During all these years, the Center has produced expert research and nonpartisan analysis independent of government or commercial interests. Committed to the principles of international scholarship and objectivity, the Center pursues a three-fold mission: To embody and promote disinterested social science research and the dissemination of its results in Russia and Eurasia; To provide a free and open forum for the discussion and debate of critical national, regional, and global issues; To further cooperation and strengthen relations between Russia and the United States by explaining the interests, objectives, and policies of each.https://repository.upenn.edu/aboutthinktanks/1005/thumbnail.jp
Monks and Icon Painters from the Spaso-Andronikov Monastery, Moscow
Full text linkIn the Monastery of Our Saviour and St. Andronicus in Moscow, skeletal remains of clerics and of (possibly) famous icon painters were discovered. The bones were radiocarbon dated, and concentrations of trace elements in bone tissues were measured. From tombs 1–4, the 14C dates obtained from human bones (likely monks) and from associated wood date to the 14th–15th centuries AD, as expected. Trace element concentrations indicate signs of fasting. Tomb 5 contained 2 burials; these could belong to the famous icon painters Rublev and Chernyi. Indeed, the bones show high concentrations of lead, zinc, and copper, which is typical for remains of artists and metallurgists. The 14C dates of the 2 skeletons, however, differ by 200 yr, and seem to be too old for Rublev and Chernyi. At this stage, it is not clear if the burials can be assigned to these painters.
The housing market in the Russian Federation : privatization and its implications for market development
Full text linkThe author reviews sociological data on privatization and the development of a housing market in Russia through 1996. Using data from urban surveys largely unknown outside Russia, she also considers demand for housing and household mobility in Russia. Since early 1997 the Russian government has increasingly focused on housing reform. Current policy calls for a reduction (in stages) of housing subsidies (for which both owners and tenants of privatized apartments are eligible), with the goal of 100 percent cost recovery by 2003. But household incomes are not expected to rise commensurately, so housing's share of the household budget is likely to grow for most Russians. By the end of 1996 about 55 percent of Russian housing was privately owned. The rate of privatization peaked in Moscow in 1993 and has since abated considerably, essentially coming to a halt in 1996. The pattern was the same in smaller cities, but with a later starting date. Not surprisingly, high-quality apartments in city centers have much higher rates of privatization than lower-quality housing some distance from the center. Also affecting the decision to privatize are demographic characteristics of the occupants and household incomes, values, and education levels. Privatization has produced a far-from-uniform class of owners. The two groups most likely to have privatized their apartments--pensioners and the relatively well-off--have quite different effects on the housing market . Pensioners--the larger group--are generally not inclined to move and thus exert a negative effect on housing mobility. The well-off--a much smaller group--can be expected to participate actively in the housing market. There has been some movement toward a more efficient allocation of housing. Because of economic forces, part of the mover households moved from their original apartments to apartments that were somehow inferior. Moreover the housing market allows poorer households to find housing more in keeping with their ability and willingness to pay for it. Many renters in Russia have chosen not to privatize their apartments, influenced largely by the sense of"occupation rights"inherited from the former Soviet Union. Many Russians have little incentive to privatize their housing, but data from Moscow and two smaller cities indicate that market ideas about searching for housing are beginning to penetrate the Russian public's mentality.Real Estate Development,Land andReal Estate Development,Municipal Housing and Land,Banks&Banking Reform,Housing&Human Habitats,Housing&Human Habitats,Urban Housing,Municipal Housing and Land,Real Estate Development,Land and Real Estate Development
International Competition for the Expansion of Moscow
No full textIn 2012, the Government of Moscow staged an international competition to consider the expansion of the city of Moscow. Ten International/Russian teams of urbanists, architects and landscape architects were selected to participate. The task involved preparing a strategy for Moscow Region, for the expansion of the city and for the design of a new capital centre to the south-west of the city. The Capital Cities Planning Group consisting of Beasley Associates (Vancouver), Urban Design Associates (Pittsburgh), Gillespies (Glasgow), John Thompson & Partners (London) and Group Ark (Moscow) won the design competition supported by a team of engineers and economists - Nelson Nygaard (San Francisco), Buro Happold (Glasgow) & Prof Stuart Gulliver (Edinburgh)
Moscow-designs
No full textThis is a beautiful scenery of a sunset in Moscow, but the main focus is the architectural designs of the buildings
Preservation Moscow 2014
No full textAnnual Newsletter for the Moscow Historic Preservation Commission, began in 1995. Newsletter outlines historic preservation practices and National Register for Historic Preservation properties across Latah County. This publication was printed on Newsprint and contains text and photos. The publication contains color
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