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Peek, Benjamin Michael School of English UNSW. "A year in the city." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of English, 2006. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/26278.
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A Year in the City is a mosaic novel set in contemporary an historical Sydney. It is 70, 000 words long, and contains twelve different narratives, with the American author Mark Twain appearing as a fictional character in the opening and closing. A Year in the City seeks to represent the fragmented, multicultural nature of Sydney through a diverse range of narrators and styles. Each of the chapters is linked through the themes of belonging, race, land ownership. The Sydney portrayed in the novel is what Leonie Sandercock called a Mongrel City, a metaphor used to characterise the "new urban condition in which difference, otherness, fragmentation, splintering, multiplicity, heterogeneity, diversity, [and] plurality prevail." A Year in the City intends to celebrate cultural and racial heterogeneity. It is accompanied by a research dissertation of 30, 000 words, that investigates the project of writing about the city and the theme of race. It explores the imagined city through the work of James Donald and Ross Gibson, and addresses the challenge of capturing the lived experience in text, as theorised by Henri Lefebvre. The mosaic structure of A Year in the City borrows from Michel de Certeau's theory of walking the city and Walter Benjamin's flaneur. The issue of race is discussed in relation to the representation of white and non-white characters against the dominant white society.
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Lau, Lik-wing Raymond. "A Cinema(tic City)walk." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25947850.
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Premchand, Resham. "In other worlds cities and elsewhere in modernism /." Thesis, Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2003. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31953815.
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Hammer, Brian David. "New urban spaces for a twenty-first century China /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/5664.
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Chen, Huafang. "Residents' behaviour in community outdoor spaces in Shanghai." Thesis, online access from Digital Dissertation Consortium access full-text, 2007. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?MR34688.
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Coffee, Neil. "Constructing an objective index of walkability /." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 2005. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ARM/09armc674.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Adelaide, School of Social Sciences, Discipline of Geography and Environmental Studies, 2005?Title from screen page (viewed February 24, 2006). Bibliography: leaves 151-159. Also available in electronic version.
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Ge, Liang, and 葛亮. "Urban implications of Wang Anyi's fiction =." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2006. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B37388101.
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Zhang, Qin. "Eat, drink, man, woman modernity and urban lifestyles in China /." Thesis, online access from Digital dissertation consortium access full-text, 2001. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?3021216.
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Walker, Brian. "Walter Benjamin : models of experience and visions of the city." Thesis, McGill University, 1988. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=61769.
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Visser, Robin Lynne. "The urban subject in the literary imagination of twentieth century China." online access from Digital dissertation consortium access full-text, 2000. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?9985970.
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Ge, Liang. "Urban implications of Wang Anyi's fiction Wang Anyi xiao shuo de cheng shi yi yun /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2006. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B37388101.
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Tavanti, Marco. "For God so loves the city- today's big cities as the new frontier of mission /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1996. http://www.tren.com.
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Kavanaugh, Philip R. "Storylines of physical and sexual assault in urban nightlife the impact of individual disposition and social context /." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file, 272 p, 2010. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1992442121&sid=7&Fmt=2&clientId=8331&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Herz, Lorrie A. "Immigration to Norwich, Connecticut : a comparison of three Catholic ethnic communities /." View abstract, 2001. http://library.ccsu.edu/ccsu%5Ftheses/showit.php3?id=1629.
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Thesis (M.A.)--Central Connecticut State University, 2001.Thesis advisor: Heather Munroe Prescott. " ... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in History." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 87-91).
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Shea, Jo Anne. "Productive waste : rhetorical economies in Thomas Middleton's city comedies /." Digital version accessible at:, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
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Chang, Taek-Hyoun. "Living in the city: housing in Washington, D.C./." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/52234.
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This project is an attempt to reconstruct a residential neighborhood in the old downtown Washington, D.C.
The design tries to transform a deteriorated old commercial block to a lively residential neighborhood by introducing attractive urban characters to the area while maintaining the existing context.Master of Architecture
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Matthews, Ryan. "A description of practices of analgesia administration by advanced life support paramedics in the City of Cape Town." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21187.
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Introduction: Emergency Medical Services (EMS) are ideally placed to provide relief of acute pain and discomfort. EMS frequently follow locally prescribed guidelines and have a variety of qualifications each with differing capabilities and scopes of practice. The objectives of this study are to describe prehospital pain management practices by EMS in the Western Cape, South Africa. Methods: A retrospective descriptive survey was undertaken of analgesic drug administration by advanced life support (ALS) paramedics. Patient care records (PCRs) generated in t he City of Cape Town during an 11 month period containing administrations of Morphine, Ketamine, Nitrates and 50% Nitrous Oxide/Oxygen were randomly sampled. Variables studied were drug dose, dose frequency, and route of administration, patient age, gender, disorder and call type as well as qualification and experience level of the provider. Results: A total of 530 PCRs were included (N=530). Morphine was administered in 70% (95% CI 66 - 74, n=371) of cases, Nitrates in 37 %(95% CI 33 - 41, n=197) and Ketamine in 1.7% (95% CI 1 - 3, n=9) of cases. A total of 5mg or less of Morphine was administered in 75% (95% CI 70 - 79, n=278), with the mean dose being 4mg (IQR 3 - 6). Single doses were administered in 72.2% (95% CI, 67 - 77, n=268) of Morphine administrations, 56% (95% CI, 21 - 86, n=5) of Ketamine administrations and 82% (95% CI, 76 - 87, n=161) of Nitrate administrations. Chest pain was the reason for pain management in 43% (n=226) of cases. ALS providers have a median experience level of 2 years (IQR2 - 4). Conclusion: ALS providers in the Western Cape appear to use low doses of Morphine, with most analgesia administered as a single dose. Chest pain is an important reason for drug administration in acute prehospital pain. Paramedics do not appear to be using a weight based nor a titration based strategy.
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Li, Ying. "The city in Wang Anyi's novels a comparative perspective /." Diss., UC access only, 2009. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3357002.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Riverside, 2009.Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 190-200). Issued in print and online. Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations.
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Huang, Tsung-yi Michelle. "Amidst slums and skyscrapers the politics of walking and the ideology of open space in East Asian global cities /." online access from Digital dissertation consortium, 2001. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?3051067.
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Ali, Lamine Hashim. "The culture of the Mughal capital cities, 1556 to 1658." Connect to full text, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/4016.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 2005.Title from title screen (viewed January 28, 2009) Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the Dept. of Indian Subcontinental Studies, School of Languages and Cultures, Faculty of Arts. Includes bibliography. Also available in print form.
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劉力榮 and Lik-wing Raymond Lau. "A Cinema(tic City)walk." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31984654.
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Morris, Brian John. "Journeys in extraordinary everyday culture : walking in the contemporary city /." Connect to thesis, 2001. http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00002256.
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Wong, Kit Ping. "Spatiality, governmentality and the production of new town space in Hong Kong." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2005. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/641.
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Stillo, Stephanie Eurich S. Amanda Lynn Kimberly. "Refashioning the past, reforming the present : visual culture and civic life in early modern Seville /." Online access, 2010. http://content.wwu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/theses&CISOPTR=338&CISOBOX=1&REC=8.
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Ali, Lamine Hashim. "The culture of the Mughal capital cities : 1556 to 1658." Phd thesis, Department of Indian Studies, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/4016.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 2005.Title from title screen (viewed January 28, 2009) Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the Dept. of Indian Subcontinental Studies, School of Languages and Cultures, Faculty of Arts. Includes bibliography. Also available in print form.
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Bennett, Jessica. "New Zealand apartment living : developing a liveability evaluation index : a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Building Science /." ResearchArchive@Victoria e-Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1242.
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Thesis (M.B.Sc.)--Victoria University of Wellington, 2010.Accompanying disc (on p. 371) contains: Appendix K: NZ ALI -- Working examples: NZ ALI for existing buildings ; NZ ALI for existing buildings. Includes bibliographical references.
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Marvel, Heather M. SoRelle James M. "The history of African Americans in Fort Worth, Texas, 1875-1980." Waco, Tex. : Baylor University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2104/5100.
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Xia, Si. "Hong Kong in chinese literary sources : perceptions of urban history of daily life, 1945-1949." Thesis, University of Macau, 2012. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b2585599.
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Muchemwa, Kizito Zhiradzago. "Imagining the city in Zimbabwean literature 1949 to 2009." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/85579.
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Thesis (PhD)-- Stellenbosch University, 2013.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: My thesis is on the literary imagining of the city in Zimbabwean literature that emerges as a re-visioning and contestation of its colonial and postcolonial manifestations. Throughout the seven chapters of the thesis I conduct a close reading of literary texts engaged in literary (re)creations of the city. I focus on texts by selected authors from 1949 to 2009 in order to trace the key aspects of this city imagining and their historical situatedness. In the first chapter, I argue the case for the inclusions and exclusions that are evident. In this historical span, I read the Zimbabwean canon and the city that is figured in it as palimpsests in order to analyse (dis)connections. This theoretical frame brings out wider relationships and connections that emerge in the (re)writing of both the canon and city. I adopt approaches that emphasise how spaces and temporalities ‗overlap and interlace‘ to provoke new ways of thinking about the city and the construction of identity. I argue for the country-city connection as an important dynamic in the various (re)imaginings of the city. Space is politicized along lines of race, ethnicity, gender and class in regimes of politics and aesthetics of inclusion and exclusion that are refuted by the focal texts of the thesis. I analyse the fragmentation of rural and urban space in the literary texts and how country and city house politico-aesthetic regimes of domination, exclusion and marginalisation. Using tropes of the house, music and train, I analyse how connections in the city are imagined. These tropes are connected to the travel motif found in all the chapters of the thesis. Travel is in most of the texts offered as a form of escape from the country represented as a site of essentialism or nativism. Both settlers and nationalists, from different ideological positions, invest the land and the city with symbolic political and cultural values. Both figure the city as alien to the colonised, a figuration that is contested in most of the focal texts of the thesis. Travel from the country to the city through halfway houses is presented as a way of negotiating location in new spaces, finding new identities and contending with the multiple connections found in the city. The relentless (un)housing in Marechera‘s writing expresses a refusal to be bounded by aesthetic, nationalist and racial houses as they are constructed in the city. In Vera‘s fiction, travel – in multifarious directions and in a re-racing of the quest narrative in Lessing – becomes a critical search for a re-scripting of gender and woman‘s demand for a right to the city. The nomadism in Vera‘s fiction is re-configured in the portrayal of the marginalised as the parvenus and pariahs of the city in the fiction of Chinodya and Tagwira. In the chapter on Chikwava and Gappah, in the contexts of spatial displacement and expansion, the nationalist nativist construction of self, city and nation comes under stress. I interrogate how ideologies of space shape politico-aesthetic regimes in both the country and the city throughout the different historical phases of the city. In this regard I adopt theoretical approaches that engage with questions of aesthetic equality as they relate to the contestation of spatial partitioning based on categories of race, gender and class. In city re-imaginings this re-claiming of aesthetic power to imagine the city is invoked and in all the texts it emerges as a reclaiming of the right to the city by the colonised, women, immigrants and all the marginalised. I adopt those approaches that lend themselves to the deconstruction of hegemonic figuration, disempowerment and silencing of the marginalised, especially women, in re-imagining the city and their identities in it.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: My tesis se onderwerp is die literêre voorstellings van die stad in Zimbabwiese letterkunde wat ontstaan as ‗n herverbeelding van en teenvoeter vir beide koloniale en postkoloniale manifestasies. Regdeur die sewe hoofstukke van die tesis voer ek deurtastende interpretasies van literêre tekste aan, wat die stad op nuwe maniere uitbeeld. My fokus val op tekste deur geselekteerde skrywers van 1949 tot 2009 ten einde die sleutelelemente van hierdie proses van stadverbeelding en die historiese gesitueerdheid daarvan te ondersoek. In die eerste hoofstuk bied ek die argument aan betreffende die voor-die-hand liggende in- en uitsluitings van tekste. Deur hierdie historiese strekking lees ek die Zimbabwiese kanon en die stad wat daarin figureer as palimpseste, ten einde die (dis-)konneksies te kan analiseer. Hierdie teoretiese beraming belig die wyere verhoudings en verbindings wat na vore kom in die (her-) skrywe van beide die kanon en die stad. Ek gebruik benaderings wat benadruk hoe ruimtes en tydelikhede oormekaarvloei en saamvleg om sodoende nuwe maniere om oor die stad en oor identiteitskonstruksie te besin, aanmoedig. Ek argumenteer vir die stad-platteland konneksie as ‗n belangrike dinamika in die verskillende (her-)voorstellings van die stad. Ruimte word só verpolitiseer met betrekking tot ras, etnisiteit, gender en klas binne politieke regimes asook ‗n estetika van in- en uitsluiting wat deur die kern-tekste verwerp word. Ek analiseer verder die fragmentasie van landelike en stedelike ruimtes in die literêre tekste, en hoe die plattelandse en stedelike ruimtes tuistes bied aan polities-estetiese regimes van dominasie, uitsluiting en marginalisering. Die huis, musiek en die trein word gebruik as beelde om verbindings in die stad te ondersoek. Hierdie beelde sluit aan by die motif van die reis wat in al die hoofstukke manifesteer. Die reis word in die meeste tekste gesien as ‗n vorm van ontsnapping uit die platteland, wat voorgestel word as ‗n plek van essensie-voorskrywing en ingeborenheid. Beide intrekkers en nasionaliste, uit verskillende ideologiese vertrekpunte, bekleed die platteland of die stad met simboliese politieke en kulturele waardes. Beide verbeeld die stad as vreemd aan die gekoloniseerdes; ‗n uitbeelding wat verwerp word in die fokale tekste van die studie. Reis van die platteland na die stad deur halfweg-tuistes word aangebied as metodes van onderhandeling om plek te vind in nuwe ruimtes, nuwe identiteite te bekom en om te leer hoe om met die stedelike verbindings om te gaan. Die onverbiddelikke (ont-)tuisting in die werk van Marechera gee uitdrukking aan ‗n weiering om deur estetiese, nasionalistiese en rassiese behuising soos deur die stad omskryf en voorgeskryf, vasgevang te word. In die fiksie van Vera word reis – in telke rigtings en in die her-rassing van die soektog-motif in Lessing – ‗n kritiese soeke na die herskrywing van gender en van die vrou se op-eis van die reg tot die stad. Die nomadisme in Vera se fiksie word ge-herkonfigureer in uitbeelding van gemarginaliseerdes as die parvenus en die uitgeworpenes van die stad in die fiksie van Chinodya en Tagwira. In die hoofstuk oor Chikwava en Gappah word die nasionalistiese ingeborenes se konstruering van die self, stad en nasie onder stremmimg geplaas in kontekste van ruimtelike verplasing en uitbreiding. Ek ondervra hoe ideologieë van spasie vorm gee aan polities-estetiese regimes in beide die platteland en die stad regdeur die verskillende historiese fases van die stad. In hierdie opsig maak ek gebruik van teoretiese benaderings wat betrokke is met vraagstukke van estetiese gelykheid met verwysing na kontestasies oor ruimtelike verdelings gebaseer op kategorieë van ras, gender en klas. In herverbeeldings van die stad word hierdie reklamering van die estetiese mag om die stad te verbeel, bygehaal in al die tekste as herklamering van die reg tot die stad deur gekoloniseerdes, vroue, immigrante en alle gemarginaliseerdes. Ek maak gebruik van benaderings wat hulself leen tot die dekonstruksie van hegemoniese verbeelding, ontmagtiging en die stilmaak van gemarginaliseerdes, veral vroue, in die herverbeelding van die stad en hul plek binne die stadsruimte.
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Laurier, Eric. "City of Glas/z." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683136.
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Pu, Fangzhu, and 濮方竹. "A critical study of Chi Li's urban fiction." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B4961812X.
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The dissertation attempted to study the urban fiction of Chi Li (1957- ) through a detail analysis of her texts. Being one of the leaders of Chinese New Realism, Chi Li always tried to write about the real life and living conditions of urban people, which actually expressed her understanding and interpretation of city. This thesis would like to discuss the images of cities in Chi Li’s writings, her feelings on urbanization, and also try to evaluate her contribution to the evolution of contemporary Chinese urban fiction.
The thesis consisted of five chapters. Chapter one clarified the basic concepts of urban literature and reviewed the development of Chinese urban fiction. Besides, previous research works on Chi Li were briefly introduced.
The second chapter studied the urban-rural relations in Chi Li’s textual depiction. City and countryside, bearing two different characteristics of social life and culture, had met and influenced each other in a large scale twice after
The thesis consisted of five chapters. Chapter one clarified the basic concepts of urban literature and reviewed the development of Chinese urban fiction. Besides, previous research works on Chi Li were briefly introduced.
The second chapter studied the urban-rural relations in Chi Li’s textual depiction. City and countryside, bearing two different characteristics of social life and culture, had met and influenced each other in a large scale twice afterpublished_or_final_version
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Thompson, Eric C. "In K.L.-and-Kampung : urbanism in rural Malaysia /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/6571.
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Ederies, Carla. "A qualitative study of the experiences of outpatient substance abuse treatment in the City of Cape Town, 2010-2015 : a service user's perspective." University of the Western cape, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5561.
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Masters in Public Administration - MPAGlobally, substance abuse has had a profound impact on society, compounding factors around public health and safety, as well as the social fabric of family systems and communities. The substance abuse problem is complex and requires a comprehensive approach to addressing the phenomenon. Treatment for substance abuse is one aspect of addressing the problem and aims to reduce the harm associated with the use thereof. Treatment demand has increased consistently in South Africa over the past few years and the need for services has been articulated in key legislative and policy documents. Substance abuse is a well-researched field in South Africa; however, limited research exists that captures the experience and perceptions of service users that received outpatient treatment. Various studies conducted in Cape Town in the Western Cape have confirmed an inextricable link between substance abuse and the structural challenges present in historically disadvantaged communities. This study explores the experiences of service users who had completed an outpatient substance-abuse treatment programme in the City of Cape Town's health clinics in Parkwood and Delft South. The objectives of the study are to explore the individual-level and service-level factors impacting on service users' experiences of outpatient substance-abuse treatment, to explore the outcomes of outpatient substance-abuse treatment for service users and to make service-level recommendations and recommendations for further study. Nine research participants for the qualitative study were purposively sampled, as they required certain attributes to respond to the area of study. Data was collected in the form of semi-structured interviews in order to allow for the in-depth exploration into the experiences of service users. Data was analysed with the use of conceptual analysis, where themes were thematically grouped and analysed. Key findings in the study were that the City's outpatient treatment programme is designed exclusively for adult service users. It was, however, found that the age of substance use and the onset of abuse occurred between the ages of 11 and 17-years. The study highlighted the need for the City to modify its outpatient programme to address the needs of youth service users and children of service users to facilitate their adjustment to a parent in recovery. A further finding in the study was the challenges experienced by service users, particularly female service users. It emerged that female service users experienced more stigmatisation than males accessing the service. The need for aftercare treatment post-treatment was a gap identified in the study. In the exploratory study, participants' experiences and perceptions of the City's outpatient programme were positive. The scope of the study was therefore narrow. Recovery, however, remains a challenge for service users due to triggers brought on by structural challenges present in disadvantaged communities, again highlighting the need for coordinated efforts by all government spheres to address the scourge of substance abuse. As a prospect for further study, it is proposed that the long-term impact of the City’s outpatient programme be considered with a larger sample of participants.
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Tierney, Elaine Alice. "Strategies for celebration : realising the ideal celebratory city in London and Paris, 1660-1715." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2012. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/39630/.
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Urban festival actively sought to transform the early modern city, creating an idealised space that was deemed to be a more suitable site for celebration. This dissertation shows how urban festival marked both the conjuncture and disjuncture between a rhetorical ideal and the challenges inherent in its practical realisation in London and Paris between 1660 and 1715. Celebrations were located in the real early modern city‐ a space that posed all manner of design problems for those responsible for designing, devising and choreographing festival. While the ideal celebratory city did exist in the rhetoric that informed preparations for events and their representation, festival also constituted a series of performances in real space and time that were subject to uncontrollable factors, such as poor weather, injury, uncooperative workforces and imperfect audience response. Only those charged with commemorating festival had full control over the event, producing the books, chronicles and illustrative material that are most often consulted as sources by festival historians. By means of a tripartite structure, this dissertation will interrogate how the deployment of the spectacular aspired to create the ideal celebratory city at three key moments in the narrative of every celebration. The first section focuses on the practical and legislative preparations made before events. The second section considers the evidence of what actually happened during the performance or realisation of the events. The third, and final, part of the dissertation looks at the representation of celebrations in printed textual descriptions and visual images. Starting from the evidence of objects, including viewing platforms, fireworks, temporary architecture and bonfires, it will suggest the extent to which the ideal was achieved and the ways in which it influenced the practice of those involved in its production. Moreover, as a single event could be informed by more than one version of the ideal celebratory city, evidence of preparation, performance and representation will also demonstrate how far celebrations were the product of contested ideals.
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Klimasmith, Elizabeth. "At home in the city : networked space and urban domesticity in American literature, 1850-1920 /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/9372.
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Reinhardt, Thomas. "Die Darstellung der Bereiche Stadt und Land bei Theokrit." Bonn : R. Habelt, 1988. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/20489531.html.
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Vossberg, Cherilyn. "A life cycle based energy and greenhouse gas emission assessment of C&D waste and container glass recycling in the City of Cape Town." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11922.
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The rate at which the world is consuming energy is growing, and with climate change an immediate concern (Stern, 2006), it is incumbent for the global society to find alternate ways of fuelling human activity. Along with greater energy use, global development is also generating ever-greater quantities of waste. Landfill space is becoming increasingly scarce and the assimilative capacity of Earth is reaching its limits. Society's current approach to the production, consumption, and disposal of goods is likely unsustainable. The goal of this research was to assess the difference in cumulative energy demand (CED) and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for two waste management options: landfilling and recycling for the two materials of Construction and Demolition (C&D) rubble and container glass in the City of Cape Town (CCT) in order to determine which option has the lower climate impact.
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Liu, Zhangzhang. "Tang dai Chang'an de ju min sheng ji yu cheng shi zheng ce /." Taibei Shi : Wen jin chu ban she, 2006. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/chi0701/2007320257.html.
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Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Hong Kong) under the title: Tang dai shou du Chang'an de ju min sheng ji yu cheng shi zheng ce yan jiu.Includes bibliographical references (p. 330-390).
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Cosby, Kerri L. "From Mission to Megacity: The Changing Concentration of the Los Angeles City-system." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2004. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd415.pdf.
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Schlör, Joachim. "Das Ich der Stadt : Debatten über Judentum und Urbanität 1822-1938 /." Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2005. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0608/2005481418.html.
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Jacobs, Sunell Human. "Constructing a web of culture: the case of akKOORd, an Overberg community choir." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1254.
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akKOORd, a community choir in the relatively small southern region of the Overberg, was formed in 2006, and although the choir has only a brief history, its spirit, activities, and concerts have inspired and touched many people. This qualitative study pays attention to aspects of the choir’s history, its performance practice and of the “web” of community members connected to and involved in its activities. Through interviews and personal notes this in-depth study provides a “micronarrative” of this choir within the “web” of the Overberg community itself. It aims to not only interpret this narrative with regard to the meaning behind actions and their symbolic importance in society, but also to explore its relevance in the broader context of current South African cultural discourse. During this research it became evident that policy makers and potential funders regard this predominantly white choir with its Western repertoire as a form of undesirable exclusivity and elitism. This study opposes such a point of view, contending instead that elitism in the form of excellence has the power to defy barriers of social standing and ethnicity, and to unite people through a collective sense of ownership.
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Kreutzer, Eberhard. "New York in der zeitgenössischen amerikanischen Erzählliteratur." Heidelberg : Winter, 1985. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/14520024.html.
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Ganis, Mary. "The nurturance of the urban village." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1991. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36253/1/36253_Ganis_1991.pdf.
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To propose the nurturance of the urban village
requires an understanding and recognition
background to the village form and process.
It is considered that the emergence of the urban village
is part of a continuing process of urbanization.
However, the urban village is seen as an opportunity
rather than an inevitability.
1. 00 Origins of the Urban Village
The investigation village seeks to into the origins of
recognize the initial the urban process of urbanization. Therefore, an historical reference is
made of the earliest forms of urban centres. The
intent is to recognize the process towards the
morphological product.
2.00 Urban Social Organization
It is proposed that social organization is the
vehicle of the process of urbanization. Ideas have
emerged as to the effects of urbanization upon
social organization. An understanding of these
various ideas can give an insight into the reasons
behind social and political responses in the urban
environment. 3.00 The Impact of Property Development
The discussion will centre upon the issues of
revitalization and gentrification of slum districts.
The impact of property development is seen as not
only physical but also encompasses community issues.
4.00 The Process of Community Development
Just as urban social organization is the vehicle of
the process of urbanization, community development
is seen as the machinery behind the nurturance of
the urban village. Community development is
regarded within the territoriality. "Ownership"
issue which directs the development.
concepts of social of a territory is the process of community
5.00 The Role of Local Government
The structure of local government is considered to
play a major role in facilitating the emergence of
the urban village. A self-reliant community is the
basis for the urban village. Therefore, a restructuring
of the monolithic scale of local
government is proposed.
6.00 The Inclusive Nature of Urban Design
The role of urban design is seen as one which is
bound to regard a breadth of issues. Therefore, the
quality of urban design must be a process based upon
its capacity to respond to those issues.
7.00 Case Study: Fortitude Valley
A study of Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, is to be the
reference for ideas and issues which are discussed
on either a theoretical or practical level.
Although Fortitude Valley is not an urban village,
the potential for nurturance is seen as existing
within the following dissertation.
All information in this study is confined to the
period up to December, 1990.
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Bodiba, Lesiba James. "Determining training needs in the registry/messengers' division of the Cape Town City council: The application of a negotiated model." University of the Western Cape, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7776.
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Masters in Public Administration - MPAThis study is about the application of a negotiated model of training needs analysis in the Registry/Messengers" Division of the Cape Town City Council. The negotiated model of training needs analysis is predicated on the formation of the performance evaluation committees. These committees comprise the assessees, the line managers, the peers and the trainers. Their primary responsibility is to address issues of performance ratings, causes of performance discrepancies, training solutions and/or non-training solutions in the key performance areas of individual employees who belong to the various job families. The study argues that the current application of the traditional model of training needs analysis in the RegistryfMessengers' Division which is both "menu-driven" and "line management-driven", is not scientific and participatory in form and nature. The study has four objectives. The first was to give some background to the RegistryfMessengers' Division. This painted a picture of the organisation, management and functions of the RegistryfMessengers' Division. The second objective was to provide a conceptual framework of the study by examining the existing literature on the contending models of training needs analyses, namely, the traditional model of training needs analysis and the negotiated model of training needs analysis, in public organisations. The third objective was to adopt and apply the negotiated model of training needs analysis in the RegistryfMessengers' Division. The fourth objective was to recommend the institutionalisation of the negotiated model of training needs analysis in the RegistryfMessengers' Division in “particular and the Cape Town City Council in general- given the fact that its strengths far outweigh its weaknesses. The study concludes inter alia, that th~ current application of the traditional model of training needs analysis in the Registry/ Messengers' Division should be replaced by the negotiated model of training needs analysis considering the fact that the latter allowed the collective and scientific determination of the training needs of the employees. The study then recommends the adoption of the negotiated model of training needs analysis in the Registry/ Messengers' Division in particular and the Cape Town City Council in general. However, the following factors and issues need to be taken into account to ensure the effective implementation of the negotiated model of training needs analysis in the organization, for example, educating the employees about the new approach to training needs analysis; identification of key performance areas; conducting an organization wide training needs analysis; development of performance standards for the key performance areas; formation of performance evaluation committees in the various job families; and agreement upon the performance rating scale
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Teberg, Lisa Marie. "Show Me the Way to Go Home." PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1047.
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In the following nine linked stories, characters from disparate backgrounds and socio-economic strata converge in a rural community along the Missouri river in central Montana. A Texas-based oil exploration and production company takes up residence in the area, causing a stir in the neighborhood. Long-time local residents experience their daily lives amid a tourist driven economy and reaffirm their aspirations to leave despite significant obstacles and limitations. In "Show Me the Way to Go Home," a young waitress is stranded after a car accident and seeks help from residents living on the single row of houses in the area. In "Give Death Grace," a resident artist leaves to resolve her tumultuous past with her father. In "A Good Little Fisherwoman," a woman deals with the repercussions of her recent reproductive decisions during a fishing trip. In "Little Fires," a local man deals with the tragic burn injury of a child while also facing deeply rooted resentments with his mother. In "Dwelling," an aging local must decide whether or not she will sell her home to two strangers. In "Other Important Areas of Functioning," a woman decides to discontinue her mood stabilizing medications in favor of a more natural lifestyle. While this place means something different to each of these characters, they all coexist while facing individual challenges.
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Turner, Anna Jacomina Carolina. "Assessing the value of a South African-developed educational nutrition board game in selected Grade 4 primary school learners and their life orientation educators in the City of Cape Town district." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/96060.
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Thesis (MNutr)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Objectives: To measure the impact on nutrition knowledge; to ascertain the opinions and practices related to nutrition and physical activity, tuck shop visits, and dietary quality of Grade 4 learners; as well as the perceptions on and acceptability of the ‗Fun Food Game‘ (FFG) as nutrition education tool as evaluated in selected Grade 4 learners and educators. Design: A before-after, experimental study with analytical components. Setting: A purposive sample of four schools in the City of Cape Town district of the Western Cape province. Schools A and B in a higher socio-economic area served as intervention school (HIS) and control school (HCS), whereas schools C and D were in a lower socio-economic area and served as intervention school (LIS) and control school (LCS). Subjects: Grade 4 English-speaking boys (n=85), girls (n=90) and Life Orientation educators (n=10). Methods: Pre-tested questionnaires were used to determine change in nutrition knowledge, opinions and practices, both related to nutrition and physical activities in a pre-and post-setting, as well as the perceptions on and acceptability of FFG as a nutrition education (NE) tool for Grade 4 learners and educators. A ‗Dietary Diversity Questionnaire‘ was used to establish the ‗Dietary Diversity Score‘ (DDS), and to note tuck shop visits. Questionnaires were pre-tested in a pilot study. Results: Increased nutrition knowledge and improved opinion on nutrition and physical activities were measured in all schools, but practices related to nutrition and physical activities as well as visits to the tuck shop showed mixed results. In the pre- and post-setting, a DDS of 5 was measured in the HIS and HCS, with a DDS of 5 in the pre- and 6 in the post-setting in the LIS and LCS. Fewer learners had a DDS<4 in the post-setting. Consumption of most food groups and eating breakfast were higher in the post-setting. Bringing lunch boxes to school scored lower in the intervention schools. More tuck shop visits were reported in the LIS and LCS. Most (80% n=8) educators indicated a strong need for NE for themselves. All educators indicated self-learning as a means of familiarising themselves with the content of NE. Sources of nutrition advice included magazines (90% n=9), the Internet (80% n=8) and textbooks (70% n=7). A strong need for NE was expressed by all educators; however, they stated that it should not increase their work load. Educators ‗strongly agreed‘ that the educational nutrition board game FFG can be classified as ‗Health Promotion‘. Overall, learners indicated that playing FFG was a positive experience. Conclusion: Playing FFG and/or having an increased awareness regarding nutrition and physical activities at schools could have had a positive impact on nutrition knowledge and behaviour that could have resulted in positive behaviour, but no definite conclusion can be made in this regard. Nutrition behaviour was more positively influenced in the lower socio-economic schools. Implementing the Health Promoting Schools concept, where Nutrition Education Programmes form part of a multi-component strategy, is recommended.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Doel: Om die impak van voedingskennis, opinies en praktyke verwant aan voeding en fisiese aktiwiteite, snoepiebesoeke asook dieetkwaliteit van Graad 4 leerders te bepaal, sowel as die persepsie en aanvaarbaarheid van ‗Fun Food Game‘ (FFG) as hulpmiddel in voedingsopleiding soos geëvalueer deur geselekteerde Graad 4 leerders en -onderwysers. Ontwerp: ‗n Voor-na, eksperimentele studie met analitiese komponente Omgewing: ‗n Doelbewuste groepskeuse van vier skole. Skole A en B in ‗n meer gegoede area het as intervensie skool (HIS) en kontrole skool (HCS) gedien, terwyl skole C en D in ‗n minder gegoede area as intervensie skool (LIS) en kontrole skool (LCS) gedien het in die Stad Kaapstad distrik van die Westelike Provinsie. Deelnemers: Graad 4 Engelssprekende seuns (n=85), dogters (n=95) en Lewensoriënteringsonderwysers (n=10) Metodes: Voorafgetoetsde vraelyste is gebruik om te bepaal of voedingskennis, opinies en praktyke beide verwant aan voeding en fisiese aktiwiteite, voor en na die studie verander het, asook die persepsie en aanvaarbaarheid van FFG as ‗n hulpmiddel in voedingsopleiding vir geselekteerde Graad 4 leerders en onderwysers. ‗n Dieetdiversiteit Vraelys (‗Dietary Diversity Questionnaire‘ – DDQ) is gebruik om ‗n Dieetdiversiteit Telling (‗Dietary Diversity Score‘ – DDS), sowel as snoepiebesoeke te bepaal. ‗n Loodsstudie is uitgevoer om die vraelyste te toets. Resultate: ‗n Toename in voedingkennis en verbeterde opinies oor voeding en fisiese aktiwiteite is in alle skole gevind, maar praktyke oor voeding en fisiese aktiwiteite, asook snoepiebesoeke het gemengde resultate getoon. In die voor- en na-toetsing is ‗n DDS van 5 in HIS en HCS bepaal, met ‗n DDS van 5 in die voor- en 6 in die na-toetsing in LIS en LCS. Minder leerders het ‗n DDS<4 in die na-toetsing gehad. Inname van die meeste voedselgroepe sowel as ontbyt het in die skole toegeneem. Die bring van kosblikke het in die intervensie skole verminder. Die hoogste frekwensie snoepiebesoeke kom voor by die LIS en LCS. Meeste (80% n=8) onderwysers het ‗n sterk behoefte aan voedingsopleiding vir hulself aangedui. Alle onderwysers dui aan dat die inhoud van voedingskennis deur selfleer verhoog word. Tydskrifte (90%, n=9), Internet (80%, n=8) en handboeke (70%, n=7) word as bronne van voedingsadvies beskryf. ‗n Sterk behoefte vir opvoedkundige voedingsopleiding is deur al die onderwysers aangedui, maar sonder dat dit hul werkslading moet verhoog. Die onderwysers is ―sterk oortuig‖ daarvan dat die opvoedkundige voedingsbordspeletjie FFG, as ―Gesondheidsbevordering‖ geklassifiseer kan word. In die algemeen het leerders dit baie positief ervaar om FFG te speel. Samevatting: Die speel van FFG en/of ‗n groter bewusmaking van voeding en fisiese aktiwiteit wat by die skole plaasgevind het, kon ‗n positiewe impak op voedingskennis en -gedrag gehad het, wat kon lei tot positiewe gedrag, maar geen definitiewe gevolgtrekking kan gemaak word in die verband nie. Voedingsgedrag in die mindergegoede skole is meer positief beïnvloed. Implimentering van die Gesondheidsbevorderende Skole konsep, waar Voedingsopleidingsprogramme deel vorm van ‗n multi-komponent strategie, word aanbeveel.
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羅景強. "城市、日常生活與規訓 : 在沙田新市鎮長大的年青世代的生命故事 = City, everyday life and discipline : life stories of young people brought up in Shatin new town." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2008. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/903.
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Passos, Elayne Messias. "Intervenções urbanas e ressignificações no centro de Aracaju : um estudo acerca do Beco dos Cocos." Pós-Graduação em Antropologia, 2013. https://ri.ufs.br/handle/riufs/3159.
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Aracaju, capital of Sergipe, was inaugurated on March 17, 1855, from a unique architectural design, which structured the city just like a chessboard, with the aim of favoring the wealthier social classes, at the expense of disadvantaged groups excluded from the main spaces of the metropolis. That same historical horizon came the Beco dos Cocos, alleyway which functioned primarily as a transit route for landing and supply of coconuts in the fledgling central trade of Aracaju. In the course of time, the alley became a simple crossing point loads to a bohemian enclave, address famous cabarets, becoming then one of the largest areas of prostitution and drug trafficking of the capital of Sergipe, until become what it is today, almost an open bathroom. The central issue guiding this work is, from a microscopic cut, a category scarcely studied in Urban Anthropology, the alley, analyze and understand a variety of precious objects and questions about the functioning of a city, the relationships that may exist and constitute over a platter, its history, and as such movements reveal the daily life of contemporary urban life. From this premise, this research attempts to explain the aesthetic and social transformations occurring in the Beco dos Cocos, the historical process of marginalization of a place so culturally rich and the consequences of interventions and new meanings in this place and to examine to what extent the presence of Government was instrumental in that. In this context, the study turns to build the story of Beco dos Cocos concomitant building of Aracaju, known by some as the first planned city of the country, in order to reducing the size of the city to the heterogeneous micro, untangling the most images of varied social and cultural life of certain times, to understand the phenomenon and urban forms of sociability in the metropolis.Aracaju, capital sergipana, foi fundada em 17 de março de 1855, a partir de um projeto arquitetônico peculiar, que estruturava a cidade tal qual um tabuleiro de xadrez, com o suposto intuito de privilegiar as classes mais abastadas socialmente, em detrimento dos grupos menos favorecidos, excluídos dos espaços principais da urbe. Nesse mesmo horizonte histórico, surgiu o Beco dos Cocos, travessa que funcionava, primordialmente, como rota de passagem para o desembarque e abastecimento de cocos no incipiente comércio central aracajuano. No curso dos tempos, o Beco transformou-se de um simples local de passagem de cargas a um reduto boêmio, endereço de famosos cabarés, convertendo-se, depois, também em uma das maiores zonas tráfico de entorpecentes da capital sergipana, até se tornar o que é hoje, quase que um banheiro a céu aberto. A problemática central deste trabalho é, a partir de um recorte microscópico, de uma categoria pouco estudada na Antropologia Urbana, o beco, analisar e compreender uma variedade preciosa de objetos e indagações acerca do funcionamento de uma cidade, das relações que podem existir e se constituir ao longo de uma travessa, de sua história e, como tais movimentos revelam o cotidiano da vida urbana contemporânea. Partindo dessa premissa, esta pesquisa pretende explicar as transformações estéticas e sociais ocorridas no Beco dos Cocos, o processo histórico de marginalização de um lugar tão rico culturalmente e as respectivas consequências das intervenções e ressignificações no local; e examinar até que ponto a presença do Poder Público foi determinante nesse processo. Sob esse aspecto, o estudo volta-se a construir a história do Beco dos Cocos concomitante à edificação de Aracaju, conhecida por alguns, como a primeira cidade planejada do país, a fim de, reduzindo a dimensão heterogênea da cidade ao micro, destrinchar as mais variadas imagens da vida social e cultural de determinadas épocas, compreender o fenômeno urbano e as formas de sociabilidade presentes na urbe.
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Rojas-Quispe, Christopher-Dante. "Sobre la dinámica interactiva y el hacinamiento de los viajeros en dos líneas de buses de Lima." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad de Lima, 2017. http://repositorio.ulima.edu.pe/handle/ulima/4026.
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A lo largo del trabajo entonces notarán un análisis constante desde el corazón mismo de la observación, así, son las categorías y definiciones surgidas desde el terreno mismo las que interpelan al lector y promueven una lectura activa y no pasiva, son las grietas de la propia naturaleza de lo observado, los limites que toda participación observante conlleva y lo complejo de reflejar una realidad siempre en movimiento, lo que hará las veces de puntales de acceso al texto. El trabajo está dividido en tres segmentos. El punto de partida son nociones más o menos fijas que sirvan de soporte para el surgimiento de las categorías de la segunda parte, las cuales darán paso a un zoom out que permita tener un plano general de lo analizado y reverberar aquello que podría haber sido omitido en la primera y segunda parte, así como presentar matices dentro de ellas.Trabajo de investigación
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Bryce, Sylvia. "Tracing the shadow of 'No Mean City' : aspects of class and gender in selected modern Scottish urban working-class fiction." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/14803.
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This Ph.D. dissertation examines the influence of Alexander McArthur and H. Kingsley Long's novel No Mean City (1935) on the representation of working-class subjectivity in modem Scottish urban fiction. The novel helped to focus literary attention on a predominantly male, working-class, urban and realistic vision of modern Scotland. McArthur and Long explore - in their representations of destructive slum-dwelling characters - the damaging effects of class and gender on working-class identity. The controversy surrounding the book has always been intense, and most critics either deplore or downplay the full significance of No Mean City's literary impact. My dissertation re-examines one of the most disliked and misrepresented working-class novels in modern Scottish literary history. McArthur and Long's literary legacy, notwithstanding its many detractors, has become something to write against. Through examination of works by James Barke, John McNeillie, Edward Gaitens, Robin Jenkins, Bill McGhee, George Friel, William McIlvanney, Alan Spence, Alasdair Gray, James Kelman, Irvine Welsh, Janice Galloway, Agnes Owens, Meg Henderson and A.L. Kennedy, the thesis outlines how the challenge represented by No Mean City has survived the decades following its publication. It argues that contrary to prevailing critical opinion, the novel's influence has been instrumental, not detrimental, to the evolution of modern Scottish literature. Ultimately I hope to pave the way toward a fuller, more nuanced understanding of No Mean City's remarkable impact, and to demonstrate how pervasive its legacy has been to Scottish writers from the 1930s to the 1990s.