The ambiguity of business support interventions for home-based enterprises that are re-shaping residential urban spaces in Durban, South Africa

Positive developmental consequences for home-based enterprises (HBEs) are diminished in South African townships, due to insufficient alignment of business support interventions (BSI).There is limited urban planning knowledge on how HBEs in townships operate within residential zones and how spatial and regulatory challenges affect their development.

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Study on the influence of structural spacing on the deformation caused by the excavation of shield underpass socket pipe gallery

In a prefabricated composite pipe gallery with socket joints, the repeated loading and unloading effect of BNF shield construction on the overlying soil and the existing pipe gallery may cause considerable deformations to the pipe gallery at the joint while ensuring its own bearing capacity.The shield tunnelling underneath the existing pipe gallery

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