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Ndlovu, Sibusiso. "Experiences and perceptions of women involved in food garden projects in Khayelitsha." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13951.
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The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences and perceptions of women involved in food garden projects. This was evaluated against the Community Driven Development approach which is a development initiative to empower community groups by giving them control over resources and decision making in their efforts to improve their living conditions. The context in which the seventeen women who participated in the study live is one of poverty. Many women in the study mentioned lack of employment as their motivation for joining food gardens, which they saw as a way of escaping poverty and providing food for their households. An exploratory and descriptive study was conducted to obtain information from the women involved in food gardens as it allowed the researcher to gain data in an open, flexible and inductive manner. This research design was appropriate for the study as research participants were best understood within their natural setting. Seventeen face-to-face, in-depth interviews were conducted. The participants’ ages ranged from twenty-eight to sixty years old. The majority of the women interviewed were in their fifties. A semi-structured interview schedule was used as a guideline and was however, not followed rigidly. Data was collected through an audio recorder and consent forms were signed by the participants. Transcription was done using Tesch’s (1990) method of analysis. The findings indicated that food gardens provide an opportunity to the women to take action to sustain their livelihoods, providing a form of self employment, food and a means to generate some income. The food gardens also created social networks for these women which resulted in them being included in the community’s activities as they had developed networks which acted as sources of support. However, the women repeatedly iterated that lack of funds and inconsistent support from role players such as government and other agencies hindered the success of their activities. Their main comments on recommendations for assistance and support were directed to the government and other organisations working with people in the grassroots level. Support for these local initiatives may contribute to their success.
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Tembo, Rachael. "The implementation of two garden projects within a community gardening programme : successes and challenges." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5826.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 84-89).<br>This study is a process and short-term outcome evaluation of two garden projects within a community gardening programme. The Abalimi community gardening programme supports individuals and community groups in the Cape Flats to develop and maintain garden projects, which produce vegetables. The goal of the Abalimi community gardening programme is to address the problems of hunger, household food insecurity, malnutrition, and poverty which are affective the poor in the informal settlements of the Cape Flats.
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Lewis, Marc M. "Social dynamics and sustainability in three community garden projects in the City of Johannesburg." University of the Western Cape, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4263.
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Magister Philosophiae - MPhil<br>Social dynamics and sustainability in three community garden projects in the
City of Johannesburg
M. Lewis
MPhil Master’s full thesis, the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS),
Faculty of Economic and Management Science, University of the Western Cape
This Master’s thesis explores the social dynamics of three urban and peri-urban agriculture
(UPA) community projects in the City of Johannesburg (COJ), Gauteng. It explores how these
projects originated, are organised and supported, while describing how these factors impact on
their sustainability and on the livelihoods of the people who work within them. Sayer’s (1984)
combined, extensive and intensive research design was adopted and utilised participant
observation methods, key informant interviews, literature reviews, and surveys to gather data. A
political economy framework was used to situate this data.
The thesis argues that in Johannesburg, UPA has an important role to play as a livelihood
strategy for city residents. Urban food production is typically one of many livelihood strategies
that the urban poor pursue to survive in the city. Support offered to UPA needs to consider these
dynamics and aim to provide the necessary space and assistance to facilitate such varied
livelihood activities. I argue that the current co-operative model that is being promoted for UPA
community projects is not suitable within this multiple livelihood context and that a
reconceptualization of the model should be considered that incorporates an allotment approach.
An allotment model, appropriately tailored to each individual context, could enable multiplelivelihood
strategies to flourish.
The thesis also contends that informal food networks are important food distribution mechanisms
within the South African urban context and that local food producers should be supported in their
efforts to supply to them. I argue that an allotment model would support informal food networks
which could ultimately foster various niche market sectors.
Ultimately, I argue for a better conceived support structure for UPA community projects that is
less prescriptive, more facilitative, and bases its support and development solely in participatory decision-making and community engagement. Successful and sustainable agricultural projects
in urban and peri-urban areas will be key components in ensuring food security in Africa in the
future.
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Dixon, Lee. "Managing domestic gardens collectively to promote biodiversity : opportunities and constraints." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2018. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/managing-domestic-gardens-collectively-to-promote-biodiversity-opportunities-and-constraints(97f99d37-e825-4e5a-b786-cb587616fab1).html.
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Urban environments are typically host to a high level of biodiversity which is important for the provision of ecosystem services, and for facilitating contact between humans and nature. However, accelerating urbanisation precipitates considerable declines in the number of species which inhabit these environments as a greater number of homes and roads are constructed to accommodate a growing global human population. Domestic gardens afford an important opportunity to combat these declines, owing to their capacity to support a high level of biodiversity and the substantial land area which they cover. However, the fine spatial scale of individual isolated domestic gardens constrains their ability to increase biodiversity at larger spatial scales. Consequently, managing domestic gardens collectively, by conjoining multiple neighbouring domestic gardens and managing them as a single larger habitat, has been proposed as a promising approach to increase biodiversity at these scales. Importantly however, the practical implementation of this approach necessitates neighbouring householders to collaboratively undertake biodiversity favourable garden management and to conjoin their domestic gardens. Crucially, this management is performed by householders discretionarily and can be influenced by demographic, perceptual, environmental, and socio-economic factors. Furthermore, householder attitudes towards conjoining domestic gardens may also influence the practicality of this approach. Therefore, this research explores what impact the extent to which householders undertake biodiversity favourable garden management has on the practicality of the collective management approach and how this is influenced by the aforementioned factors. In addition, it explores how this practicality is influenced by householder attitudes to conjoining domestic gardens. Lastly, it investigates how the collaborative undertaking of biodiversity favourable garden management by neighbouring householders could be encouraged, taking into consideration the constraints associated with current projects which promote such management. A survey was used to explore the prevalence of biodiversity favourable garden management, the influences on this management, and attitudes towards conjoining domestic gardens. This was conducted with an online semi-structured questionnaire which was distributed to householders using the social-networking site, Facebook. In addition, a bio-indicator approach was used to analyse the impact of general domestic garden management on biodiversity and birds were selected as a bio-indicator. Accordingly, respondents to the survey were also required to identify which bird species visit their domestic gardens. Seventeen elite interviews were also conducted with representatives from a range of organisations operating domestic garden projects, participants in such projects, and academics with expertise in domestic garden management, in order to explore the constraints associated with current domestic garden projects. The survey yielded 276 responses and provided support to the practicality of the collective management approach. In particular, it indicated that householders commonly undertake biodiversity favourable garden management, by predominantly providing food for birds and planting vegetation, and 60% of householders are willing to conjoin domestic gardens. However, the survey also highlighted that biodiversity favourable garden management is impeded by a number of factors. These included small domestic gardens, which particularly limit vegetation planting, and can be commonplace in urban environments. In addition, householders commonly nullify the benefits afforded by undertaking this management by covering domestic gardens with hard surface and lawns, which eliminate space for vegetation. Moreover, strong desires to retain ownership and privacy of domestic gardens precipitate the unwillingness of a significant proportion of householders to conjoin domestic gardens. This therefore challenges the practicality of the collective management approach. The results from the elite interviews indicated that householders lack commitment to current domestic garden projects, which are constrained by difficulties acquiring sufficient funding. These issues could also be pertinent to approaches which are developed to encourage the collaborative undertaking of biodiversity favourable garden management, further rendering the collective management approach impractical. The practicality of the collective management approach could be enhanced by modifying the design of new housing in a manner which is favourable to biodiversity and which ensures a minimal domestic garden size. In addition, including domestic gardens in green infrastructure strategies could further enhance this practicality. Furthermore, amending planning policy to regulate the covering of domestic gardens with hard surface and lawns more stringently could reduce the prevalence of these features. Householder commitment to approaches which encourage the collaborative undertaking of biodiversity favourable garden management could be promoted by providing feedback regarding the contribution this makes to increasing biodiversity at large spatial scales. Moreover, greater funding for these approaches could be acquired by also focusing on promoting the provision of ecosystem services. Finally, householder collaboration could be encouraged by accommodating desires for ownership and privatisation of domestic gardens. This could be respectively achieved by permitting flexibility regarding the biodiversity favourable garden management undertaken and separating conjoined domestic gardens with hedgerows.
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Scafa, Stephanie 1983. "Inch by Inch, Row by Row: Implementing Urban Agriculture Projects in Eugene." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/11519.
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xiv, 85 p. : ill. (some col.)<br>The City of Eugene is advocating for garden projects by expanding their Composting Program to include Urban Agriculture. This research uses 19 in-depth, personal interviews with gardening experts in Eugene to explore the factors that make urban agriculture projects successful and sustainable based on specific areas for capacity building identified by the researcher and City staff. Using qualitative analysis, I found that each identified area for capacity building could be perceived as a barrier to establishing garden space. "Successful" and "sustainable" gardens confront multiple barriers to garden implementation and remain diverse and productive over time. The results of this study provide insight into how and why the City is choosing to remove barriers to people who grow their own food and justification for the need for the City's Urban Agriculture Program.<br>Committee in charge: Yizhao Yang, Chairperson;
Neil Bania, Member;
Anne Donahue, Member
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Pako, Morongoa Rosina. "An investigation into reasons why Mogabane Community Garden Project did not reach its objective of poverty reduction and recommendations for reviving the project." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1012023.
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There are three lines of poverty in South Africa, the first line is that of people living at less than R271 per month and constitute one third of the population (about 33 percent), second being those people living at less than R422 per month (50 percent of the population) and the last group being people living at less than R1 230 per month, constituting 79.1 percent of the population (Oosthuizen. 2008: 7 – 9). The poorest provinces are Eastern Cape and Limpopo with a poverty rate of 68.3 percent and 60.7 percent respectively, Western Cape and Gauteng the poverty rates are 20 percent and 28.8 percent respectively (United Nations Development Programme. 2003) To respond to the poverty challenges the government has come up with poverty alleviation strategies which were later translated into anti-poverty programmes. The Anti-poverty programmes undertaken by Government since 1994 can be grouped into various categories of public expenditure such as (Friedman and Bhengu, 2008:14), Social assistance and grants, Employment generating programmes, enterprise development and income support, Basic household security, Social services, Disaster relief and Employment related social insurance. This study assessed Mogabane Community Project to find out reasons why the project did not reach its objective of poverty reduction in the community. Qualitative Research methodology was used to arrive at the findings.
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Crutchfield, Nicole Boudreaux. "Multi-Disciplinary Review and Comparison of Project Management for Social Engagement Practices." Master's thesis, North Dakota State University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10365/25989.
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This paper explores the practices of natural resources management, community development, and public arts by comparing the integration of social engagement as part of project management. All three of these practices originate from goals of social change and continue to advance in their disciplinary fields. Community-Based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM) is framed in the natural resources management discipline. Community Development (CD) practice is framed in public participation and city planning disciplines. Creative Placemaking (CP) practice is framed in the public art discipline. These disciplines point to the intent to transform existing culture with the goal of becoming more democratic, socially just, transparent, and inclusive. Through the analysis of project management traits, key components are identified for successful project implementation with the goal of resulting in healthy and vibrant communities.
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Strömberg, Ulf. "Project Garden." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för teknokultur, humaniora och samhällsbyggnad, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-1163.
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Denna slutreflektion beskriver mitt arbete med mitt kandidatarbete samt mina tankegånger under och efter projektet samt hur jag arbetat, de problem jag stött på och hur jag löst dem. Delarna av denna reflektion är först en beskrivning av vad jag gjort, därefter en beskrivning av hur detta projekt var tänkt att fungera. Den tredje delen är en beskrivning av hur jag arbetat under projektet, baserat på mina veckorapporter. Den fjärde delen är själva reflektionen och den beskriver mitt arbete i mer detalj samt mina tankar och funderingar och hur jag löst de problem som uppstått. Den sista delen är ett slutord där jag sammanfattar mina tankar om utbildningen och mitt projekt jämfört med de liknande spel som finns idag samt mina tankar kring genren i allmänhet.<br>• Detta är en reflektionsdel till en digital medieproduktion.
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Waddell, Elizabeth Lynn. "Teaching and learning in the school garden." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2001. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2085.
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This project was created to encourage educators to establish school site gardens. Gardens provide the opportunity to introduce environmental topics, and can become hands-on learning centers for subjects across the course of study.
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Thompson, Robert. "A creative project for the US Botanic Garden : an alternative design for the National Garden." Virtual Press, 1993. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/864950.
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A call for design proposals for three features for the National Garden was held in October, 1992 by the National Fund for the U.S. Botanic Garden. The competition called for refinement of an existing master plan developed by EDAW, a landscape architectural firm, or the design of a new concept for the National Garden. This creative project chose to develop a new master and to document the research, process, and assumptions that lead to the final design. The research will focus on the examination of the site and it's history (Washington, D.C.) and examination into the history, evolution, and relevance of botanic gardens.The underlying thesis is that the changing roles that botanic gardens have played in society have had an effect on their built form. The current role of botanic garden as a pleasure garden aswell as an educational experiences is the result of hundreds of years of evolution. By the examination of the history and changing roles of botanic gardens, this creative project will design a space that not only meets the needs of the competition, but will meet the needs of the generation at hand.<br>Department of Landscape Architecture
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Varela, Ana Filipa Silveiro. "A utilização de revestimentos de vegetação intensivos e extensivos em projecto de arquitectura paisagista em cobertura." Master's thesis, ISA/UTL, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/4105.
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Mestrado em Arquitectura Paisagista - Instituto Superior de Agronomia<br>The purpose of this work is the study of roof gardens and its application in landscape architecture project, some bases are made to differentiate the various types of gardens highlighting its history, as long as it has popped up today, the technical as well as specific benefits.
Many types of roof gardens are approached as cases of studies, as the extensive roof garden in a dwelling in Vila Nova de Gaia, designed by Neoturf in January 2011 and the roof garden of the building of Portugal Telecom, in Picoas, project by the landscape architect Manuel Sousa da Câmara done sometime between 1980 and 1982. The latter will also be analyzed in terms of design. The connection between two very distinct works and a lot of stress will be made show the 30 year old gap.
The roof gardens of both houses and commercial buildings, or even small support structures are increasingly used. In addition to all the benefits that are described throughout this dissertation, the parcels of land are turning more scarce and expensive, what makes it more difficult for a landscape architect to create gardens, and gardens are really important in an urban center.
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Newmeyer, Elizabeth Janette. "An integrative and holistic approach to implementing curriculum for a school garden." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2007. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3132.
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The purpose of the project was to develop a curriculum guide that would allow teachers to effectively and efficiently utilize a school garden to teach the required standards while promoting peace among the students. To develop this a thorough review of literature in the following areas was used: school gardening, peace curriculum, and curriculum design.
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Mundel, Erika. "Story-gathering with the Urban Aboriginal Community Kitchen Garden Project." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/2527.
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This research focuses on the work of the Urban Aboriginal Community Kitchen Garden Project (the Garden Project). The Garden Project aims to be a culturally appropriate health promotion project with urban Aboriginal people, drawing on traditional Indigenous approaches to health and healing, and rooted in community food work. The project is situated within the context of colonialism, the destruction of traditional foodways, and subsequent increased need for Indigenous people to rely on a dominant food system that is seen as destructive to human and ecological health.
The purpose of my research is to describe the Garden Project’s main goals and achievements from the perspective of project leaders, project participants as well as through my own observations and experiences. The research methodology was guided by participatory and community based approaches to research and qualitative methods were employed, focusing primarily on semi-structured interviews with project participants and project leaders. I also participated in and observed the project for two years, from September 2006-September 2008. Data collection and analysis happened through an iterative process of action and reflection.
Based on my time with the Garden Project, I suggest that it can be seen simultaneously as a community food security, health promotion, and Indigenous health project. It connects participants with food as a natural product, builds skills around cooking and growing food, and increases knowledge about food system issues. Drawing on the health promotion discourse, it can be seen building community and social support networks, treating the whole person, and empowering participants to take actions around their own health needs. It is rooted in Indigenous approaches to health and healing in the way it promotes individuals’ physical, mental/emotional and spiritual health, the health of the community through cultural revitalization, and the health of the Universe through the opportunity it provides for awareness about ecosystem health.
This research project was very site specific. Nevertheless, the findings suggest that food work with urban Indigenous people, carried out in a culturally sensitive manner, may be a powerful leverage point for promoting health with this population. These types of projects can also be vehicles for social change.
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Shi, Zuoming. "Little Garden: A Postmortem for an Interactive Project for Children's Hospitals." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/577320.
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Little Garden is an endless survival game that utilizes the Microsoft Kinect as its only input method. The game started near the end of the Spring 2014 semester as an interactive display to be installed at University of Arizona Medical Center, Children's Ward. Currently, an instance of the game is installed in the ward. Among the unique challenges facing this project is its intension as a public display, the unique location of the Children's Hospital, and utilization of Microsoft Kinect as the input method. This paper details the design process behind the game, obstacles encountered during production, the result of the project, and lessons learned during the process.
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Ferreira, Manuel Maria Esteves Lopes. "Evolução do projecto de jardins zoológicos em arquitectura paisagista - Conceitos e critérios. Caso de estudo: Projecto para os habitats dos gorilas ocidentais das terras baixas, dos colobos guereza kikuyu e dos chimpanzés no Jardim zoológico de Lisboa." Master's thesis, ISA/UTL, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/4181.
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Mestrado em Arquitectura Paisagista - Instituto Superior de Agronomia<br>From the earliest civilizations that Man collects and displays wild animals for entertainment, for educational purposes or just
to mark their social status, but the main reason is that it helps him to find his position in relation to the rest of the world,
mainly to the Nature. In today’s context, mainly focused in environment conservation and protection and therefore in a
approach to the Nature matters, public’s awareness to those matters is essential for the success of institutions like zoological
gardens. Landscape architecture should have an important role in the connection between these institutions and the public,
giving answers to their demands, animal’s demands and today’s world demands. This word pretends to study zoological
gardens’ evolution in parallel with the evolution of gardens’ design and Landscape architecture from earliest times until
today, with the intent to show the close and indispensable connection between those two areas to contemporary zoological
gardens’ planning and design. As result of this study is presented at the end a previous study of a project for gorillas, colobus
and chimpanzees habitats in Lisbon’s Zoological Garden.
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Andersson, Rebecka, and Erica Söder. "Minnesträdgården : En kvalitativ intervjuundersökning om hur ett trädgårdsprojekt påverkar äldre boende på Djuröhemmet avseende välbefinnande och delaktighet." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för socialt arbete - Socialhögskolan, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-90458.
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This study aims to explore how a gardening project with elderly living in Djuröhemmet, a nursing home outside Stockholm, affected them regarding psychological well-being and their experience of participation during the planning and construction of the memory garden. The gardening project is new in its kind by allowing the residents to influence the design of the garden by sharing the project leader their gardening memories from previous parts of their life and by wishing for specific plants and items. The method being used was qualitative interviews where we interviewed seven people living in Djuröhemmet who participated in all or parts of the project. The theoretical framework is Molins (2004) definition of participation, but also theories of meaningfulness, social needs and gerotranscendence were applied. The results indicate that the participants did not realize that their involvement during the planning helped developed the garden. Also, they did not feel that their participation during the gardens construction by attending and commenting the work was considered to be participation as they lacked the ability to be physically active. Their view of participation differs from the theoretical definition. Nevertheless, we found several benefits of the garden regarding its impact on psychological well-being.
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Martyn, Steven Elliot. "Integrated land use in the southern Algonquin bioregion, the Madawaska Forest Garden project." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape2/PQDD_0021/MQ48581.pdf.
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Suntree, Lorie Susan. "Integrated agriscience and career awareness curriculum for elementary and middle school utilizing school gardens." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2070.
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Agriculture is a one billion dollar industry in the state of California, yet science and agriculture are overlooked in elementary and middle schools. Instead, an emphasis is placed on writing, reading, and math, subjects that are tested at the state level. As a result, fourth and eighth graders in California placed 38th out of 41 in a National Science Assessment Test. In the spring of 2003, science will be included in the statewide test; therefore, elementary and middle school will have to address the subject of science and its impact on the school day. In 2002 the California State Board of Education approved a new California Science Framework, which suggests implementing an integrated approach to teaching science in the classroom.
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Noble, Charlotte Ann. "Small Plots, Big Hopes: Factors Associated with Participation in an Urban Garden Project in Lesotho." Scholar Commons, 2010. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3617.
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Studies of food insecurity have frequently focused on rural dwellers as vulnerable
populations. However, during the ‘global food crisis’ of 2007-2008, riots in more than
50 countries visibly demonstrated the vulnerability of urban populations to food
insecurity due to rapidly rising food prices. This study examines factors associated with
participation in an urban garden project (UGP), utilizing surveys (n=61) and in-depth
household interviews (n=37) to examine food security and dietary diversity of households
in urban Lesotho.
Households that participated in the garden project were more food insecure and
had lower dietary diversity than those that did not participate. However, it cannot be
determined if participation in the project caused this difference, or if households already
experiencing these issues self-selected to participate. Factory workers households, which
make up a large part of the target population, did not appear to be much difference
between factory worker and non-factory worker households. More female-headed
households than male-headed households were categorized as severely food insecure and
experienced lower levels of dietary diversity, though this difference is not statistically
significant. Because the study did not utilize random sampling, the findings cannot be
generalized. Nonetheless, they provide important direction for future studies.
Lack of awareness was the primary barrier to participation in the project. Another
barrier was not having enough time to attend demonstrations, to plant, or to tend a
garden. Time constraints were often work-related but sometimes included to other
obligations such as attending funerals. Participants in the urban garden project were very
knowledgeable about the costs and benefit of participating, reported having taught others
how to replicate the gardens, and had even shared seeds with friends and neighbors.
Despite the project having started a mere six weeks before the time of this study, and the
fact that the garden demonstrations were being held during the winter season in Lesotho,
UGP participants reported having already eaten and sold leafy greens from their gardens.
Key areas for follow up study include a randomized, longitudinal examination of
participation in the garden program, as well as an evaluation of the effectiveness of the
project. Further, an examination of coping strategies such as the use of funerals as a
source of food also deserves systematic study. Finally, there should be consideration of
how information is disseminated to communities, with careful examination of what
defines “community” and how social networks strongly influence the distribution of
knowledge about such projects.
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Holman, Lauren Anne Trish. "Discovering the path to Indian uses of native California plants: A family activity guide for the native plant garden at the San Bernardino County Museum." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2859.
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The objective of this project is to develop an activity guide for the California native plant trail located adjacent to the San Bernardino County Museum that allows families to discover native California plants while increasing environmental and cultural sensitivity.
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Clarke, John Wedgwood. "Louis Zukofsky and the Objectivist project, 1927-1934." Thesis, University of York, 2000. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/14030/.
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Urueta, Ortiz Tathali. "Exploring practice-linked identities construction in culturally diverse urban youth through an intergenerational garden-based learning project." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/57081.
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In the last two decades, there has been a growth in garden-based learning (GBL) practices at school grounds and in garden-based programs in North America. An interest in GBL has been propelled by concerns regarding the health of individuals and the health of the planet. Research conducted in this area has mainly focused on the short-term learning outcomes of GBL in areas such as nutrition education and science education. However, little is known about the long-term impact of GBL experiences in students’ lives and identities.
The present qualitative case study explored student alumni and parents’ memories about participation in the Intergenerational Landed Learning on the Farm for the Environment Project (ILLP), a one-year intergenerational GBL program. The study focused on a longitudinal investigation of the practice-linked identities that culturally diverse, urban, elementary students constructed through participation in the ILLP, and inquiring into which elements of this GBL experience appear to play a role in supporting the construction of these identities.
This study is rooted in several areas of theory including: current sociocultural discourses in science education literature on identity; garden-based learning literature; and the ‘new’ sociology of childhood. Data collection was carried out through focus group and individual interviews.
The key finding of this study was the identification of six practice-linked identities related to children’s participation in the ILLP: 1) Identities constructed through relationships with non-parental adults: Farm Friends; 2) Identities constructed through relationships with more than-human-world: Interacting with other non-human animals and systems; 3) Identities constructed through new relationships with food and culture: Intercultural and intergenerational discoveries and frictions ; 4) Identities constructed around the ideas of freedom and agency: Taking risks, taking ownership, taking control; 5) Identities as learners: Expanding the sense of what learning is and where it takes place; and 6) Identities constructed through play: Imagination and pretend play in the forest. Particular aspects of the ILLP experience were identified as supporting the construction of these identities.
This study helps to bridge the gaps between GBL theory and practice. Other implications and limitations of the study are discussed, along with suggestions for future research.<br>Education, Faculty of<br>Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP), Department of<br>Graduate
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Rembold, Heather Lynn. "Cahuilla ways: An investigation of the Cahuilla Indians." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1998. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1446.
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Ekelund, Bo G. "In the pathless forest : John Gardner's literary project /." Stockholm : Almqvist & Wiksell international, 1995. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb36153632d.
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Devor, Bryan William. "Controlling gang crime: The Santa Nita gang injunction." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/138.
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The purpose of this study will explore increasing gang membership, gang structure, and strategies utilized by the criminal justice system in attempting to curb gang-related crime and activities. Through a quantitative research study, the researcher examined crime in the cities of Garden Grove, California and Santa Ana, California in an attempt to determine the success of the Santa Nita Gang Injunction in reducing crime within the injunctions "safety zone."
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Mtshisazwe, Mvuyisi Steven. "Investigation of the failure of critical food security community gardens as poverty alleviation projects in Cape Town." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2678.
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Thesis (MTech (Business Administration in Project Management))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018.<br>The purpose of this study was to investigate the failure of critical Food Security
Community Gardens as poverty alleviation projects in Cape Town. Community garden
projects have been used as poverty alleviation many years ago and as it are today.
Community garden projects provide food like, fresh vegetables, fruits, grain, and other
natural products such as wood, flowers and herbs for poor communities. The
unemployment rate in South Africa is an ongoing issue; however this has made the
South African government to an emphasis on community garden projects. Although
there has been a commitment by South African government to promote use of
community garden projects to address food insecurity, however food security still remain
a major developing problem in this country. The objectives of this study were to identify
aspects that may contribute to failure of critical Food Security Community Gardens as
poverty alleviation projects. To identify critical success factors related to community
garden projects. To address the issue of food insecurity cape flats residents in Cape
Town. To find a solution to failure of critical Food Security Community Gardens as
poverty alleviation. A questionnaire was developed and used as a tool to acquire inputs
to satisfy the research questions. This study was based on material that was collected
from school, churches, clinics, and community residents. The findings were:
identification of the project risk, horticultural skills, project leadership, and land tenure
and water accessibility is critical for project success. Households sometimes spend a
day without eating any vegetable. The households are not always got their vegetable
from community garden projects. There is a lack of project leadership skills and effective
communication. Community members are educated on garden skills, Opportunity are
given to children to apply gardening skills, Community parks and gardens are used to
share knowledge. The analysed data has led to recommendations that it is most
important to identify critical success factors that are specifically to community garden
projects in order to succeed. The results from the study could enable community
members, professionals and assist government officials who are involved in addressing
food insecurity in order to alleviate poverty.
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Mikosi, Khathutshelo. "“Exploring the contribution of alternative food systems towards food security: a case study of the siyazenzela food garden project”." Master's thesis, Faculty of Science, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31545.
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In South African urban centres the development of Alternative Food Systems (AFS) have been partially attributed with seeking to overcome the exclusion enforced through the apartheid regime’s racial planning policies. It was during this period that poor African households were forcibly relocated to the periphery of urban areas, creating even greater distances between themselves and everyday amenities, such as food retailers, which were typically found in more affluent zones. As a result, AFS emerged through informal activities to reduce the lack of access to necessary resources that these underserved communities experienced. Even at the end of the apartheid regime and the subsequent increased expansion of formal food retailers in many of these low-income communities, access to food continues to be major challenge. Consequently, AFS fulfil an essential role by providing low income neighbourhoods with alternative and affordable sources of food. This research examines the extent to which AFS, such as the Siyazenzela food garden project, contribute to food security for the Phiri community in Soweto and if it is feasible for the project to meet these needs single-handedly. The results indicate that the project plays an important role by providing locals with accessible, fresh, diverse, affordable and culturally acceptable foods. However, one of the considerable challenges for the initiative is its inability to maintain a constant supply of produce throughout the year. This leaves many of its patrons having to seek food from other sources, which may not necessarily offer the same quality and affordable goods, or they resort to consuming less fresh produce. Therefore, the study brings to the surface the need to question how such systems function and if their methods always result in safe, healthier and environmentally friendly grown produce as the literature assert.
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Funk, Christina Lynn. "An Internship with Project Dragonfly." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1271901813.
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Burney, Jennifer, Halimatou Alaofè, Rosamond Naylor, and Douglas Taren. "Impact of a rural solar electrification project on the level and structure of women’s empowerment." IOP PUBLISHING LTD, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/625821.
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Although development organizations agree that reliable access to energy and energy services-one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals-is likely to have profound and perhaps disproportionate impacts on women, few studies have directly empirically estimated the impact of energy access on women's empowerment. This is a result of both a relative dearth of energy access evaluations in general and a lack of clarity on how to quantify gender impacts of development projects. Here we present an evaluation of the impacts of the Solar Market Garden-a distributed photovoltaic irrigation project-on the level and structure of women's empowerment in Benin, West Africa. We use a quasi-experimental design (matched-pair villages) to estimate changes in empowerment for project beneficiaries after one year of Solar Market Garden production relative to non-beneficiaries in both treatment and comparison villages (n=771). To create an empowerment metric, we constructed a set of general questions based on existing theories of empowerment, and then used latent variable analysis to understand the underlying structure of empowerment locally. We repeated this analysis at follow-up to understand whether the structure of empowerment had changed over time, and then measured changes in both the levels and likelihood of empowerment over time. We show that the Solar Market Garden significantly positively impacted women's empowerment, particularly through the domain of economic independence. In addition to providing rigorous evidence for the impact of a rural renewable energy project on women's empowerment, our work lays out a methodology that can be used in the future to benchmark the gender impacts of energy projects.
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Sloan, Connor J. "Destination education: A place-based look at the influences of school gardens." Scholarly Commons, 2014. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/15.
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Teachers in elementary schools have increasingly been required to follow pacing guides, given directives on what curriculum to use, and are provided standardized assessments to measure student learning. Curricula used by elementary teachers rarely address the environmental degradation plaguing the planet. School gardens have been used for over a century by educators as a place to promote students learning about the environment, science, and health. However, few studies have been conducted exploring the ways teachers have been influenced by teaching within school gardens. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to better understand the role of school gardens as a learning place, while exploring the lived experiences of teachers' interactions and experiences within school gardens and ways place-based education influenced teachers' pedagogical approaches and curriculum decisions. The four participants who took part in this study were all elementary school teachers at a Central California school. The guiding research question was stated as: How do school gardens function as learning places? Phenomenological methodology was used to explore the shared experiences teachers had with utilizing the school garden as a learning place. From analysis of interviews, classroom and garden observations, and supplemental curricula used by participants, three themes emerged illuminating ways participants' pedagogy and curriculum decisions had been influenced. Interactions and experiences with school gardens inspired participants to integrate project-based learning and interdisciplinary supplemental curriculum into their lessons. Place-based learning helped to build relationships, and the importance of teachers integrating emotional connections in their instructional practices. By teaching content disciplines using interdisciplinary curricula with lessons taught in the school garden, participants were able to integrate project-based learning activities that increased student responsibilities in the learning process and provided service learning opportunities. Conclusions drawn from the findings were that direct interactions and experiences with elements of place-based learning in a school garden influenced the ways in which participants perceived the purpose of their pedagogical approaches and curriculum decisions. Literature supported these findings and reinforced the influence of lessons in school gardens promoting environmental and health education. Connected with the results of this study, implications for practice and recommendations for future research are also presented.
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Pessoa, Rute. "Projetos de arquitetura paisagista: o mundo privado, da teoria à prática." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/11134.
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O presente relatório descreve as atividades desenvolvidas durante o período de estágio curricular, realizado numa entidade privada – o Atelier Jardins do Sul, no âmbito do Mestrado em Arquitetura Paisagista da Universidade de Évora.
Este relatório consiste numa abordagem prática de projetos e atividades realizadas no distrito de Évora, refletindo sobre os conhecimentos adquiridos e o conhecimento apreendido ao longo do percurso académico, bem como da sua relevância e aplicabilidade, na prática profissional.
Conclui-se que a realidade da prática da profissão apresenta algumas adversidades, para as quais os estudantes de Arquitetura Paisagista não estão devidamente preparados, após uma aprendizagem meramente académica, tornando-se por isso essencial o período de estágio e o contacto com a prática da profissão; ABSTRACT:
Landscape Architecture Projects – The private world, from theory to practice
The present report describes the developed activities during the curricular internship period, accomplished at a private entity – the Studio Jardins do Sul, under the Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture at the University of Évora.
This report consists in a practical approach of projects and activities performed in the district of Évora, using the acquired knowledge and the one acquired along the academic degree, as well as its relevance, applicability, and the direct contact with professional practice.
It was concluded that the reality of practicing the profession presents some adversities, to which students of Landscape Architecture are not appropriately prepared, for example after a merely academic apprenticeship, showing how essential the Internship is and the utility that comes from the contact with professional practice.
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Trevisan, Ricardo. "Incorporação do ideário da Garden-City inglesa na urbanística moderna brasileira: Águas de São Pedro." Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2003. https://repositorio.ufscar.br/handle/ufscar/4320.
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Previous issue date: 2003-10-24<br>Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais<br>This work, entitled Inclusion of anthology of ideas from the english Garden-City into Modern Brazilian
urban design: Águas de São Pedro developed in the Graduate Course in Urban Engineering at the
Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), presents a study of the urban plan of Águas de São Pedro
town, state of São Paulo, and its relation to the Garden-City s concepts, structured in four different
parts.
In its first part is given a brief overview of the history of post-Industrial Revolution urbanism, identifying
the main urban typologies originating during this time and focusing especially on the Garden City
typology from its English origin to its worldwide diffusion.
From here, the study delves in the appropriation of this typology by brazilian designers (architects and
engineers), articulated with economic, political, social and cultural analysis of this country in the first
decades of the XXth Century.
The third part analyses the universe of professional responsible for the creation of the city plan of
Águas de São Pedro, urban engineer Jorge de Macedo Vieira, identifying his main influences and his
productive evolution. Also, others professionals involved with this project are included.
Finally, in the fourth part is done a comprehensive study of the adopted plan for the Watering town,
along with its due empirical analysis, electing, from there, the elements that relate it to the Garden-City
typology.
This research therefore adds itself to others that study the use of the Garden-City urban typology in
Brazil, contributing in this manner to extend knowledge about a school that participated actively in the
history of brazilian urbanism.<br>Este trabalho intitulado Incorporação do ideário da Garden-City inglesa na urbanística moderna
brasileira: Águas de São Pedro , desenvolvido no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia
Urbana (PPG-EU) da Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), apresenta o estudo do plano
urbanístico da cidade de Águas de São Pedro (São Paulo) e sua relação com os conceitos da
Garden-City inglesa, estruturando-se em quatro partes diferentes.
Na primeira parte do trabalho, procura-se percorrer, através de um breve panorama, a história do
urbanismo pós-Revolução Industrial, identificando as principais tipologias urbanísticas originárias
desta época e atentando-se, especialmente, à tipologia Cidade-Jardim, desde a origem na Inglaterra
à sua difusão mundial.
Na parte subseqüente, recorre-se ao estudo da apropriação desta tipologia em solo nacional
articulado com uma análise econômica, política, social e cultural do Brasil nas primeiras décadas do
século XX.
A terceira parte adentra no universo do profissional responsável pela criação do projeto urbano de
Águas de São Pedro, o engenheiro urbanista Jorge de Macedo Vieira, identificando suas principais
influências assim como sua evolução produtiva. Do mesmo modo, outros profissionais envolvidos no
projeto foram analisados
E, finalmente, na quarta parte, faz-se o entendimento do plano adotado no balneário, com devida
análise empírica, elegendo-se, a partir daí, os elementos que o aproximem dos conceitos
procedentes da tipologia Cidade-Jardim.
Assim, essa pesquisa agrega-se a outras que estudam a utilização da tipologia urbanística Garden-
City (Cidade-Jardim) no Brasil, contribuindo para ampliar os conhecimentos sobre uma escola que se
fez presente na história do urbanismo nacional.
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Castro, Inês Manuel Coelho de. "O estuário do tejo em 2100: projectar a frente ribeirinha urbana em cenários de alterações climáticas. The garden that climbs the city." Master's thesis, Faculdade de Arquitetura de Lisboa, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/5854.
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Finiza, Tabisa Nomava. "Assessing farmers’ aspirations and goals to expand irrigation crop production from homestead gardens to irrigation plots in Mhlontlo Local Municipality." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1016173.
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Most land is still state owned and is granted to users through traditional authorities. Even though the government has undertaken some programmes to reduce rural poverty and has initiated land reform programmes, improved service delivery and formed new water rights legislation in rural areas, the problem of low crop production still persists among South African farmers. The study was undertaken to identify different farmers’ aspirations and goals for expanding their crop production from homestead gardening to irrigation plots in Mhlontlo Local Municipality, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The central problem is that smallholder farmers are not expanding their scale of crop production even though they have access to natural capital which includes land and water. The broad objective of the study was to determine the aspirations and goals of farmers to expand irrigation crop production from homestead gardens to irrigation plots. The specific objectives of the study were to assess factors that addressed smallholder farmers’ aspirations and goals to expand crop production, to identify challenges that smallholder farmers encountered in expanding from homestead gardens to irrigation plots and to determine the current state of homestead gardens and irrigation plots. A list of 20 goals were identified from the field survey with 54 homestead food gardeners and 50 smallholder irrigation farmers in the different villages of the Mhlontlo Local Municipality. Random sampling was used to select the farmers who were asked to score the identified farm enterprise goals in terms of their relative importance. The goals were categorised into five factors using Gasson goal ranking methods which ranked goals on the basis of intrinsic, expressive, instrumental, and social criteria. The next step was to determine the standard deviations and means of the ranked goals. Descriptive statistics was then used to profile the farmers according to such factors as age, gender, years of farm experience, types of plot, the availability of water and land for crop production, the income farmers generate from the sale of crops produced and these are cross-tabulated with their goal rankings. The Logit model was used to estimate the probability that farmers would belong to a particular goal ranking and performance category. The logit model was also used to identify the factors that influence the expansion of the cropped area. The results revealed that maize production and land size where significant at 1%. Age and type of irrigation used were also positively significant at 1%. The results also revealed that the adoption of agricultural technology by smallholder irrigation farmers and homestead food gardens contributed to better quality produce.
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Matshotyana, Ntombizodwa. "Investigating sustainability of community gardens as a mechanism to poverty alleviation in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1015668.
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Poverty is one of the social problems plaguing South Africa. In South Africa it is required of municipalities as entities in the socio-economic and political transformation process and agents of change, to eradicate poverty and unemployment by facilitating local economic development in their respective areas. Local economic development has to be implemented in a way that takes cognisance of the different challenges that exist within various areas and contexts. Various district and local municipalities have initiated an array of agricultural programs such as community or food gardens as aspect of their Local Economic Development strategies. In this study I investigated the sustainability of community gardens as a mechanism to poverty alleviation in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality. The study focused exclusively on community gardens in Bloemendal, KwaZakhele, Motherwell and Walmer. A mixed methods research approach was employed to gather data from the community garden members and municipal official who administers the community gardens. Semi-structured interview was conducted with the municipal official administering community gardens in Nelson Mandela Bay. A structured questionnaire was used to gather data from the community garden members. Observations were made on types of crops grown in the gardens, in order to supplement and validate data collected and information gathered during interviews. Community garden members identified funding as their main challenge. Community gardens have a potential to be sustainable if the requisite support structures that need to exist to support the micro-farmers are in place.
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Ingle, Kim. "Application of cost-benefit analysis as a project appraisal technique for local government in South Africa: The case of the proposed developments at the Garden Route dam." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8513.
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Includes bibliographical references.<br>Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is widely applied as an appraisal technique particularly for use as an input into public decision-making processes. Done properly CBA both helps inform decision-makers and helps hold them accountable for their decisions. While it has the advantage of being systematic and rule-based, CBA has practical limitations regarding what it can reliably show; particularly in situations of limited information, data or resources. Those that commission CBAs may not be aware of these limitations, and CBAs are often requested, or required by regulations in these circumstances. These and other considerations for the use of CBA for local government decision-making in South Africa are illustrated with reference to the case study of the CBA of the proposed development at the Garden Route Dam in George.
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Smith, Emily Rene 1981. "Putting Down Roots: A Case Study of the Participation of Somali Bantu Refugees in the Global Gardens Refugee Farming Project in Boise, Idaho." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/11496.
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ix, 86 p.<br>Using interviews with refugee farmers and insights gained through participant-observation at farms and at farming events, this thesis explores how Somali Bantu refugees interact with the Global Gardens resettlement project in Boise, Idaho. Somali Bantu refugees' engagement with the agricultural integration program reveals that the United States refugee resettlement system often focuses on economic integration goals and measures to the exclusion of alternative development or integration options. Refugee farmers' common and differing experiences and evaluations of the farm project challenge the wisdom of a purely neoliberal, economics-focused approach to resettlement. This study suggests that refugee-farming participants were not uniformly and principally motivated to farm by potential financial gain: in addition to viewing the farms as an economic resource, participants valued the farms as important social, cultural, and civic resources.<br>Committee in charge: Stephen Wooten, Chairperson;
Lynn Fujiwara, Member;
Dennis Galvan, Member
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Simões, Inês Lobato. "A construção da cidade pós-Quioto.Um projecto urbano para Sete Rios, Lisboa ; mobilidade, intensidade e verde." Master's thesis, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa. Faculdade de Arquitectura, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/3467.
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Tese de Mestrado em Arquitectura<br>Na sequência de receios quanto ao curso do processo de aquecimento global, em 1989 criou-se o Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Subsequentemente realizam-se diversas conferências, a mais importante das quais a de Quioto em 1997. Nesta apuraram-se objectivos gerais e metas concretas para a redução da emissão de gases com efeito de estufa, considerados a causa principal do aquecimento global. A União Europeia, Portugal e Lisboa, comprometeram-se com os objectivos de Quioto, tendo a Câmara Municipal de Lisboa (CML), através da Estratégia Energético-Ambiental, definido objectivos gerais tais como a melhoria da qualidade do ar exterior, redução do ruído, optimização do desempenho energético e da mobilidade urbana; metas ambiciosas para a redução de emissões e melhoria da eficiência energética. Reconheceu-se ser prioritário actuar no sector dos transportes, no sentido de alterar o actual padrão de mobilidade, excessivamente dependente do automóvel. O Plano Director Municipal considera a expansão da rede de eléctricos e a valorização da mobilidade suave, sendo que o Governo considera a expansão do Metro e a implementação do Carro Eléctrico (Mobi.e). Apesar das acções delineadas convergirem para a prossecução dos fins a alcançar, do estudo comparado de casos congéneres (sobretudo Paris e Freiburg), apurar-se-á alguma falta de ambição por parte de Lisboa. Com efeito, não basta privilegiar os meios de transporte próprios da cidade pós-Quioto, é ainda necessário que a cidade se desenvolva prioritariamente em torno dos “nós” já existentes do sistema metropolitano de transporte sobre carris (comboio, metro, eléctrico que, a par da mobilidade suave, são os meios de transporte mais amigos do ambiente). Assim, em alternativa ao Estudo Urbanístico encomendado pela CML em que se propõe a transformação da zona expectante de Sete Rios num nó rodoviário conjugado com espaços verdes, e considerando que esta zona constitui um dos principais nós do sistema metropolitano de transportes, propusemo-nos desenvolver um "pólo de urbanidade" multifuncional e denso, tanto no plano ambiental, como social e cultural – no espírito do que Jean Nouvel e outras equipas propõem para Paris – grande opção estratégica que se procurou compatibilizar com, entre outras, o desenvolvimento do espaço público (sem o qual a adopção da mobilidade suave certamente será residual), a clarificação da estrutura verde e reforço da dotação de verde, factor essencial para melhor preparar a cidade para expectáveis impactos do aquecimento global, tais como picos de calor e de pluviosidade. O tema do "verde", desempenha um papel central no relatório e na proposta projectual desenvolvida.<br>Amidst concerns about the global warming process the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was constituted in 1989. Subsequently a number of conferences were held, namely in Kyoto, were general objectives and specific goals were defined for the reduction of greenhouse gases, considered the main cause of global warming. European Union, Portugal and Lisbon are committed to the objectives of Kyoto in 1997. The City of Lisbon (CML) adopted an Environmental and Energetic Strategy establishing general objectives such as the improvement of air quality, noise reduction, improvement of energy and of urban mobility efficiency; demanding goals for the reduction of greenhouse gases and energy efficiency. It was acknowledged the urgent necessity of acting on the urban transportation sector. The Master Plan (PDM) considers the development of the network of tramways and of light mobility, and the Government considers the development of the subway and the implementation of the Electric Car (Mobi.e). Although such projects converge towards the sought objectives, on the grounds of the research on case studies (mainly Paris and Freiburg), we will consider that the Lisbon lacks ambition. Indeed, it is clearly insufficient to develop the means of transportation congenial to the post-Kyoto city, it is also necessary that the city will develop in the near future close to existing nodes of the metropolitan network on tracks (train, subway and tramway, alongside light mobility, the most eco-friendly means of transportation). As an alternative to the Urban Project commissioned by the City for the Sete Rios area where a new traffic roundabout and green spaces is proposed, and considering that this arguably is the city's main transportation network, we are proposing an "urban pole", multifunctional and dense, both environmentally and socially and culturally -in line with the propositions put forward by Jean Nouvel and other teams for Paris -, a strategic guideline that we sought to combine with, among others, the clarification of the green structure and the development of the green endowment, a crucial factor in order to cope with the foreseeable impact of heat and rain impacts. In this report and in the respective urban project the focus is placed on the topic of "green".
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Wisel, Wilford L. "A project to develop and implement a strategy for growth in membership and attendance at the First Baptist Church of Garber, Oklahoma." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.
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Kusnaman, Djeimy. "Development planning and project cycle analysis for sericulture in Central Java." Doctoral thesis, Saarbrücken VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2004. http://d-nb.info/988874725/04.
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Boampong, James Kwadwo. "Solar thermal heating of a glasshouse using phase change material (PCM) thermal storage techniques." Thesis, Brunel University, 2015. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/12863.
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The Royal Botanic Gardens (RGB) is used as an umbrella name for the institution that runs Kew and Wakehurst Place gardens in Sussex The RBG has a large number of glasshouses at Kew and Wakehurst sites that consume lots of heating energy which is a major concern and the group is looking for an alternative heating system that will be more efficient and sustainable to save energy, cost and reduce CO2 emissions. Glasshouse due to greenhouse effect trap solar energy in the space with the slightest solar gains but the energy trapped in the space most often is vented through the roof wasted to keep the space temperature to the required level. An environmental measurement was carried out in twenty one zones of the glasshouse to establish the temperature and humidity profiles in the zones for at least three weeks. The investigation established that large amount of heat energy is vented to the atmosphere wasted and therefore need a heating system that could absorb and store the waste thermal energy. Phase change material (PCM) thermal energy storage technique was selected to be the best options compared to the others. It has been established that active and passive solar systems could provide enough thermal energy to meet the glasshouse heating requirements. PCM filled heating pipes will be installed to absorb the heat energy trapped in the glasshouse and use it when needed. The research analysis established that 204 MWh of the trapped energy wasted could be saved. The space temperature of the glasshouse could be maintained through melting and freezing of the PCM filled in the heating pipes. The site CHP waste heat could be useful. The research results have shown that nearly zero CO2 emission heating system could be achieved and the project is technically, economically and environmentally viable.
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Gonçalves, Cláudia Monteiro. "Proposta de requalificação paisagística do Jardim do Areal, em Alenquer." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/15841.
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O presente relatório apresenta o trabalho desenvolvido no decorrer do estágio na Câmara Municipal de Alenquer (CMA), entre Janeiro e Julho de 2014. O objetivo desta colaboração foi a elaboração de uma proposta de requalificação do jardim do Areal, localizado na envolvente nordeste do rio de Alenquer, em Alenquer. A metodologia seguida neste relatório parte de uma brevíssima contextualização da vila de Alenquer, de modo a uma mais adequada compreensão da área de intervenção, no contexto da paisagem em que se inscreve. Segue-se, depois, a apresentação da proposta, que compreende dois momentos: o estudo prévio para toda a área em estudo e o projeto de execução, para uma área mais restrita da mesma, identificada pela CMA como prioritária à intervenção; Abstract:
The present report describes the work carried out during the internship at the Câmara Municipal de Alenquer (CMA), between January and July 2014. The objective of this cooperation was the preparation of a proposal for reclassification of the sand garden, located in the northeast of the river environment of Alenquer in Alenquer. The methodology followed in this report is based on a very brief contextualization of Alenquer town, so a more adequate understanding of the intervention area, in the context of the landscape in which subscribes. It follows, then, the presentation of the proposal, which comprises two phases: the preliminary study for the entire area under study and the project execution, to a more restricted area of same, identified by the CMA as a priority for intervention.
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Blanchard, Arnaud. "Les témoins de Jéhovah à l'épreuve du jugement ordinaire : étude des trajectoires socio-politiques de deux projets immobiliers menés par le mouvement de la Tour de garde en France et aux Etats-Unis." Cachan, Ecole normale supérieure, 2003. http://www.theses.fr/2003DENS0031.
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Mokoena, Peter Mokhachane. "Exploration of effective management of healthy school environments in the Gert Sibande district / Peter Mokhachane Mokoena." Thesis, North-West University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/10465.
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The main aim of this study was to investigate how effective School Management Teams were in the management of healthy school environments in the Gert Sibande District. This was a qualitative study which employed two data collection strategies: face to face interviews and photographs. A literature review on this study revealed vital aspects, that a healthy school environment: can directly improve children’s health and effective learning; the school is strategically positioned to reach large numbers of the population to teach them to understand the importance of investing in health. Literature indicated collaboration and synergy as essential aspects, and policies as cornerstones that underpin the health promotion initiatives. Selection of sites was purposefully done as three of the four schools in this study were part of the Eco Schools programme. The study revealed that there was disconnect between the SMTs and committees that were involved in health promotion: in coordinating plans; and monitoring and evaluating the implementation of programmes. This therefore, means that there was no support for the committees from the SMT. It was also found that there were committees that: did not have plans; did not sit for meetings and the reluctance of the SMT to address these challenges compounded the situation and contributed to some committees being dysfunctional. The failure of the SMT to guide and provide leadership in their engagement with community members who provided assistance in terms of basic needs to learners indicated a need for the development of a cadre of leaders that are capable of working beyond the borders of schools. In all the committees that were interviewed, the Environmental Committee came up to be more effective and organized than others in three schools. The health committee was lacking in the area of training especially in the prevention of communicable diseases. The study provided recommendations to assist the SMT in their endeavors to promote healthy environments in their schools.<br>MEd, Education Management, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2012
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Stromecký, Jiří. "Hotel." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-227495.
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My thesis project addresses a newly built hotel in the city of Brno. This work aims to describe the project documentation for the building construction. It is a freestanding building on flat terrain. The building has four floors and a basement. Located in the basement is a parking garage, technical equipment, and an area for sports and recreation. On the first floor there is a reception area, a restaurant, a cafe, retail space, and an outdoor terrace. The second and third floors are designed to accommodate guests with single and double rooms. In addition to the guest rooms there are two apartments, two rooms with handicapped access, children's play areas, and open common areas. The fourth floor includes guest room accommodations (single and double rooms), two board room offices, and two individual offices. The hotel management office is also located there along with a snack bar and an additional meeting room. The outer structure of the hotel consists of reinforced concrete skeleton, with bricked envelope of liaporbetonovým blocks. The skeleton is based on the footings. The building is covered with two mA single pass roofs, one of which is designed as vegetation. The building is insulated.
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Paint, Estelle. "Les projets Luther Blissett et Wu Ming : les prémices d'une nouvelle ère de la littérature ? Ou comment, à l'heure d’Internet et de la mondialisation, un collectif d'auteurs italiens remet en cause le façonnement de l'œuvre littéraire, les modalités de sa diffusion, et le statut de l'auteur." Thesis, Paris 10, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012PA100196/document.
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En 1999, un roman intitulé L’œil de Carafa et signé Luther Blissett connaît un vif succès. L'ouvrage présente la particularité de comporter une mention dite de “copyleft”, autorisant sa reproduction libre et gratuite. Derrière le pseudonyme se dissimule un collectif ouvert et international, porté par de nombreux artistes et activistes médiatiques, qui s'illustre également par diverses actions et happenings. Un an plus tard, les auteurs du roman créent un nouveau projet littéraire, sous le pseudonyme Wu Ming (“anonyme” en chinois). Le collectif prône la libre diffusion de l'écrit et à travers ses publications de théorie littéraire, il suscite la polémique dans le monde des lettres italiennes. En rupture avec la figure de l'écrivain qui s'est imposée depuis une trentaine d'années, Wu Ming prend appui sur le développement des nouvelles technologies, et plus particulièrement sur l'essor d’Internet, pour imposer une nouvelle conception de la création littéraire et de la diffusion des œuvres.L'analyse ici proposée interroge le caractère novateur du positionnement éthique et littéraire de Luther Blissett et de Wu Ming, en examinant leurs productions à l'aune de trois modèles de référence : l'avant-gardisme, le postmodernisme et la littérature engagée. En confrontant les engagements des deux collectifs à leur fonctionnement concret et, in fine, à leurs œuvres, elle vise à déterminer si les projets Luther Blissett et Wu Ming sont annonciateurs d'un changement de paradigme en littérature, rendu possible notamment par les nouveaux moyens de communication, ou si au contraire ces auteurs, en dépit de leurs singularités, s'inscrivent dans des schémas littéraires déjà existants<br>In 1999, the novel Q, authored by Luther Blisset, enjoyed considerable success. One of its special characteristics is that it bears a copyleft notice allowing free reproduction of the work. Indeed, an open, international group artists and media activists hides behind this peculiar nom de plume and has distinguished itself at various public actions and happenings. About a year later, the authors of the novel set out a new project under the pseudonym Wu Ming (a Chinese translation of “anonymous”) and advocated free circulation of written works. Their publications in literary theory have given rise to controversy in the Italian literary circles. Breaking with the figure of the author that has reigned supreme over the past three decades, Wu Ming is building on new technologies and more specifically on the Internet in order to enforce a new conception of both literary creation and the circulation of works.This dissertation investigates the novelty of the ethical and literary position of Luther Blissett and Wu Ming and looks into their productions in relation to avant-gardism, postmodernism and littérature engagée. In cross-examining the stakes and functioning of both projects with their actual creations, we aim to determine whether Luther Blissett and Wu Ming are heralding a change in literary paradigm or if, in spite of their singularities, these authors do not actually fit into existing patterns
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Románek, Michal. "Mateřská škola ve Zlíně." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-240431.
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The subject of this thesis is a new building of kindergarten in Zlin-Malenovice. It is a two-storey building without a basement and with a flat roof. For the construction was chosen flat land amidst residential area with good access. One of the main goals is to create a functional layout for daily operation. Kindergarten consists of four departments, each with capacity of 20 children. The building also has a kitchen, where hot meals will be prepared. The building is made of sand-lime bricks and it is based on footings. A car park for parents and kindergarten staff will also be built on the property.
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Němec, Ondřej. "Energeticky efektivní horská chata." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-227148.
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Master´s thesis is based on the design of energy efficient huts in the mountain resort Čenkovice . The specified property is currently located existing building mountain rescue . Land is the bigger size , medium steep , overgrown with trees higher . The existing building is of timber construction and is already inadequate to the needs of mountain rescue . The concept of the new HS object is to achieve the lowest power consumption of utility power to operate the building and to endeavor the least possible burden on the environment during construction. The new building is designed largely from natural materials , mostly of wood that form the supporting structure and it is well insulated. The house is rectangular in shape , with 2 floors and galleries. The first floor serves HS , second floor stay for ski school instructors . The rooms are oriented to the southwest side . The building uses solar energy to power and ventilation is forced.
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Burianová, Lenka. "Mateřská škola." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-226403.
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The subject of this master´s thesis is lately erected building of kindergarten. It is a two-storied building, without cellar and with flat roof. Object is based on the strips foundation. This kindergarten is formed by three departments with capacity fot twenty children. The part of this building is the kitchen, where cooks can prepare hot meals. On this piece of land there is situated the parking with seven parking spaces. The master´s thesis includes a project documentation and specialisation.
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Aguiar, Clarissa Martins de Lucena Santafe. "Terraço-jardim : uma ideia para (re)inventar." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/132117.
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A presente tese tem como objetivo o resgate do estudo do terraço-jardim de Le Corbusier como projeto na arquitetura moderna gaúcha de 1940 a 1959 e a identificação de quais são os usos múltiplos de hoje. O terraço-jardim é considerado não só como um elemento compositivo, mas também ambiental. Com a densificação das cidades, cresce a importância da utilização dos espaços nas coberturas das edificações. A implantação do terraço-jardim traz soluções para o uso do teto plano, promovendo melhorias para a habitabilidade, a multifuncionalidade e a sociabilidade. A pesquisa enfoca os aspectos físico-compositivos e ambientais das edificações em estudo. Por outro lado, procura entender o que ocorreu na legislação urbana para estimular ou não a implantação do terraço-jardim em Porto Alegre. Nas considerações finais, identificou-se que a hipótese defendida no trabalho, de que o terraço-jardim, um dos cinco pontos da arquitetura moderna, sistematizado por Le Corbusier e preconizado nos planos modernos de Porto Alegre, efetivamente não se estabeleceu na capital gaúcha. Durante a investigação, verificou-se que a ideia corbusiana existiu apenas como conceito de projeto. Embora não se tenha identificado, nos exemplares analisados, aquele espaço de qualificação estética proposto pela arquitetura moderna, houve uma preocupação em deixar a laje plana na cobertura. Na análise da legislação, o Plano Diretor de 1959/61 demonstrou ser desfavorável à materialização do terraço-jardim ao rebaixar a altura dos edifícios e o índice de aproveitamento. Hoje, o Plano Diretor de Desenvolvimento Urbano e Ambiental – I PDDUA, traz a oportunidade de utilizar a última laje, o que pode ser um incentivo para o (re)inventar do terraço-jardim.<br>The present work aims at recovering the study of Le Corbusier’s design of the roof garden as a project in modern architecture in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, from 1940 to 1959, as well as identifying the current uses of this design. The roof garden is considered both a composition and an environmental element. As urban densification increases, it becomes even more important to utilize the spaces in penthouses. The construction of roof gardens would bring solutions regarding the use of flat roofs, improving habitability, multifunctionality, and sociability. This research focuses on environmental and physical composing aspects of the buildings hereby studied. This research also aims at understanding what has occurred to the urban legislation in Brazil to stimulate or not the construction of roof gardens in the city of Porto Alegre. In the concluding remarks, the hypothesis of this work has been confirmed: the roof garden, one of the five points of modern architecture developed by Le Corbusier and advocated in modern planning in Porto Alegre, has not established itself in this city. During the analysis, it was verified that the Corbusian idea existed only as a project concept. Even though that space of aesthetic qualification proposed by modern architecture has not been identified in the analyzed examples, there was a concern about keeping flat slabs. In the analysis of the Brazilian legislation, the 1959/61 Master Plan appeared to be contrary to the materialization of roof gardens, as it lowered the height of buildings and the utilization rate. In present times, the Plano Diretor de Desenvolvimento Urbano e Ambiental – I PDDUA (Master Plan for Environmental and Urban Development) brings the opportunity of utilizing the final slab, which may be an incentive to (re)invent the roof garden.