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Dissertation
Another day spent working on my dissertation. Made considerable progress, 978 words completed, and 9022 words to go! Continuing my work tomorrow… Counting my last academic days is shaping to be like counting the remaining words needed for my dissertation!
tagged: dissertation, project, school
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Dissertation
Continuing the work on my dissertation day and night, and on a Saturday too! Took almost a week to hunt and synthesize all the data to plot the graphs. Seems like I’ll have an interesting story to tell, will start the actual writing next week. I still remember the time my good friend reminded me […]
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The Last Lecture
Attended the last lecture for my entire 2-year part-time study, it was delivered by a very nice professor from CMU, reminded me of the touching presentation of the Last Lecturer. All I’m left with now is a dissertation and a case-study project to complete my degree. Need to lock myself up for another couple of […]
tagged: dissertation, project, school, thankful
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Ecological Footprint of Cities
Finally gathered enough data to plot the ecological footprint (EF) of 30 cities against their population density. It’s reassuring to see the trend of decreasing EF as population density increases. It also shows that I’ve lowered my EF from 7.36 to 4.4 gha (avg.) by moving from Toronto to HK!
tagged: canada, dissertation, hk, project, school
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Revisited this book, Ecological Footprint can be an interesting tool to measure the sustainability of cities, will try to gather data and plot some graphs for my dissertation tomorrow. Was a bit sleep deprived over the weekend because of sleeping problems and two long day lectures (not sure if the 2 were related). Anyway, felt […]
tagged: dissertation, project, school, thankful
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Learned a bit about Sustainable Development Indicators (SDI) through this book. Can sustainability actually be measured?! If not, how else can I define a sustainable city?! Need to go full speed on my dissertation starting next week. I’ve already declined most of my social activities till the end of March. Looking at my progress, I’m […]
tagged: books, dissertation, project, school, sustainability
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Nature is a limitless source of design inspirations. Can cities be designed to be sustainable by mimicking natural ecosystems that is inherently healthy, zero waste, self-regulating, resilient and self-renewing, and adaptable? A very appealing concept, but seems to be lacking concrete measurable progress indicators. Played soccer with my highschool friends tonight, perhaps my last social […]
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Feeling the urgency of my dissertation, I started rejecting social gatherings like soccer last night and badminton tonight. Continued my readings for the dissertation. Learned about Sustainable Urbanism – an attempt to unify concepts of Smart Growth, New Urbanism, and Green Buildings.
tagged: books, dissertation, project, school, sports
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A Gloomy Day
After a couple of hot sunny days, the thick clouds returned, together with strengthening wind and appreciably cooler temperature. Weather seems to have its own way of showing empathy to the victims of Japan’s earthquake. Went to the university library and borrowed the last batch of books (possibly) for my dissertation. About 2 weeks left […]
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A rather hot day, but managed to finish reading a relatively short book in my steamy studio. The subject of the book isn’t quite directly related to my dissertation, but it introduced many interesting concepts such as the EKC curve, which could come in handy when I start composing my manuscript.
tagged: books, dissertation, project, school
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