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To, Man-hon, and 杜文漢. "Enhancement of competitiveness of commercial building through green building accreditation." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B48343274.
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Environmental protection has become increasingly concerned by from the government, general public and private sector in recent decades. Recently, the concept of green or sustainability, which has come out as a more comprehensive concept than environment conservation, is getting more concern and discussion as well. This dissertation starts with an introduction on the background, scope of study, methodology and data collection. Then, it goes to literature review on concept of green building, environmental management system and marketing strategies as well as development of environmental protection and green building accreditation in Hong Kong. After that, a case study on 248 Queen’s Road East will be conducted for identifying its existing environmental measures and potential for improvement on green management system. Face-to-face interviews and a questionnaire survey were conducted to collect the relevant information or opinions from the property manager and tenants for exploring the progress of improvement in their environmental management and performance as well as its impact to enhancement of competitiveness to the building through achieving green building accreditation.published_or_final_version
Housing Management
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Master of Housing Management
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Stuyt, Michel L. J. M. "Legal aspects of commercial activities of private enterprise in outer space." Thesis, McGill University, 1985. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=65363.
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Seassaud, Eric. "Le capital de l'entreprise publique : aspects juridiques." Paris 12, 1995. http://www.theses.fr/1995PA122009.
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Law, Hau-yee, and 羅巧兒. "An evaluation on the Building Safety Loan Scheme in Hong Kong: a social equality perspective study." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45008176.
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Aarshi, Asmita. "Greenovation : developing a case for "green" retrofitting Hong Kong's existing commercial buildings as a means of achieving economic, environmental and social sustainability." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/207612.
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It is a widely known fact that the only way to achieve sustainable development in the building sector is through green building design. The path to sustainability, however is riddled with the presence of existing buildings that are far from being efficient or environmentally practical. The way to overcome this problem is to deal with existing buildings in each city, and retrofit them to the level of being environmentally, economically and socially sustainable. This paper assesses the complete scope of retrofitting existing buildings in Hong Kong, the economic, social and environmental benefits of it, and the policy reforms to further expand its scope.published_or_final_version
Environmental Management
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Master of Science in Environmental Management
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Li, Yue 1968. "Space between buildings in Beijing's new housing." Thesis, McGill University, 1999. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=29950.
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In China, a standard of "relatively comfortable housing conditions" is set for the nation, but there is still a need for a parallel goal for outdoor spaces. So far, this issue has not received adequate attention from either the government or practitioners.The purpose of this study is to examine the space between buildings in Beijing's new housing developments. The space between buildings has been chosen as a starting point for this research because it covers largest amount of land and due to its close proximity to homes, it is closely related to people's daily lives.
The quality of outdoor space is defined by a combination of factors. This study uses eight criteria to address the notion of quality: spatial hierarchy; usable space; safety and defense; health and comfort; privacy and territoriality; social contact; aesthetic appeal; and maintenance and administration. These correlated aspects are set as evaluation criteria for the six case studies included in this research. Data and analysis of case studies is used to arrive at conclusions for policy-making and further study.
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Tawe, Ngamale Emmanuel. "The making of business news in Africa: a case study of Cameroon Tribune newspaper." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002942.
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Since the emergence of business journalism as a genre within the broad spectrum of news reporting, most of the scholarly works into its development have focused on growth in the western (that is developed) world. This indicates that very limited research has been done in the field of business journalism in the developing economies. Thus there exist gaps in understanding the practice of business journalism in Africa and part of this is rooted in how the practice is defined. This study aims to shed light on the practice of business journalism in this African context. It explores the onset and development of business journalism and its evolution in Africa. The main focus in this case study was to understand the definition of business news in the specific context of the Cameroon Tribune. Individual in-depth interviews were used as the main (primary) data collection method along with observation and cursory reading as complementary (secondary) methods. This study is influenced by the sociology of news production which foregrounds theoretical frames such as news construction and gatekeeping. Findings from this study reveal that business news at the Cameroon Tribune is elitist, essentially defined around personality and, is in the most part, development news. Additional findings indicate that the absence of any editorial guidelines leaves most reporters secondguessing how to please management with socialised values mostly acquired through peer learning. In conclusion, this study advances the necessity for the Africanisation of business news. This would entail reporting financial, economic, consumer, and corporate affairs, from a vocabulary and composition context that unveils much exchange taking place in the lives of many Africans.
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Noori, Susan Alemzadeh. "A Study of Social - Cultural Aspects of Housing The Case of Modern High-Rise Residential Buildings in Tehran." Thesis, Birmingham City University, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.521207.
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Hoe, York Joo. "Feasibility study for a food court in a Kowloon office and commercial complex." Thesis, Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B14038973.
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施偉賢 and Wai-yin Jeffrey Sy. "Territoriality as environment: St. Paul's Co-ed. College." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31985439.
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Da-Wariboko, Biobele. "Investigating the effects of the proliferation of commercial broadcasting on public service broadcasting: the case of Rivers State of Nigeria Broadcasting Corporation." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002876.
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1992 marked a turning point in Nigeria’s broadcasting history as the country formally deregulated her broadcast space. However, it was not until March 2002 that the first commercial radio station was established in Rivers State, a broadcast environment hitherto monopolised by Radio Rivers. The coming of the first independent radio station in Rivers State in March 2002 was followed by the establishment of two other stations in October 2003 and November 2003 respectively. As important as these events in broadcasting in Rivers State are, however, media scholars have argued that in most societies where such change has taken place, public service broadcasters have tampered with their values of being an open space where individuals and groups can come together to be educated, informed, and entertained. This study investigates the extent to which the proliferation of commercial broadcasting outlets has affected Radio Rivers’ public service programming and scheduling. Using a combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods, through in-depth interviews and analysis of the mandate and programme schedules, the study established that while Radio Rivers still maintains some public service values, its current programming policy is driven by the need to compete with the commercial broadcasters. This is evidenced in the decrease in the programme space allocated to current affairs and educational programmes on the schedule, (the genre of public service broadcasting), and the increase in attention to advertisements and entertainment programmes, (the genre of commercial broadcasting). The study also confirms the adverse effects of dwindling financial resources as forcing public service radios to compromise on their public service values, as majority of programmes on Radio Rivers current programme schedules are now geared towards attracting advertisers rather than serving the public good and interests. However, the study proved that it is not in all cases that the entry of commercial broadcasters into Rivers State broadcast space has undermined Radio Rivers public service values. Indeed, in leading to the expansion of interactive, news, and the diversification of entertainment programmes spaces on Radio Rivers’ programming schedules, the proliferation of commercial broadcasters has yielded some positive effects on Radio Rivers public service values and contribution to the public sphere. The study further highlights the need for some policy reforms at Radio Rivers, such as the introduction of licence fees, increased government funding and loosening government’s current control over the station. In addition, there is the need for the edict establishing the station to be amended to reflect the current trends in broadcasting in Rivers State, and above all to reposition Radio Rivers to sustain public good and public interests in its programming.
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Warodell, Emelie, and Victor Lindholm. "Circular economy – the way to a more sustainable urban environment? A study of how conversion and a circular economic business model can benefit the aspects of sustainability." Thesis, KTH, Fastigheter och byggande, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-190344.
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Today there is a global growing discourse regarding sustainability and the need for ecological responsibility. This in combination with the high level of shortage of accommodation on the market in Sweden and Stockholm, which is the geographically limitation of this study. One strategy to handle the shortage of accommodation and the high vacancy levels is property development through conversion where the change of use is in focus. This study is an exploratory study were the aim is to investigate how the existing property portfolio can be used to benefit the aspects of sustainability by conversion and a circular economic business model. There is also a goal to deepen the understanding of the incentives and market strategies in relation to conversion. The chosen method for this research is to use an abductive research method to ascertain the possibility for changes along projects’ life-time. Qualitative data have been collected with semistructured interviews as the main source where the respondents have been projects managers, and other essential actors, on a few selected companies as well as influential actors within the real estate sector. The three dimensions of sustainability, ecological, social and economic, have different influential roles depending on which explaining model that are studied. Also, there could be a ‘fourth dimension’ of sustainability, the cultural dimension, which widens the perspective. Further, the need for an environmental change have led to the birth of another economic model; circular economy. Here the traditional linear economic model is challenged with a model where recycling together with re-usage are in focus. Conversion is a strategy that is more frequently used now then for example 20 years ago, but the concept could have a larger role in today’s society. This could be seen as a circular economic approach for the construction, and/or real estate, industry, in which there have been investigations whether this new economic business model could have a bright future. Although, the actors on today’s market do believe that the traditional linear economic model is a better fit since it provides them with a larger profit in a shorter amount of time. Furthermore, the actors do believe that a circular economic business model is a good approach, but it is unfortunately not economically defendable in a large scale today. Since the market is full of uncertainties there are few actors that are willing to step into the world of conversion.Diskussionen gällande hållbarhet och ett ekologiskt ansvar är idag ett stort globalt samtalsämne. Detta i kombination med den stora bostadsbristen som råder i Sverige och i Stockholm, för vilken är den geografiska avgränsningen i denna studie. En strategi för att lösa bostadsbristen och höga vakansnivåer är med hjälp av fastighetsutveckling genom konvertering där ändrande av användningsområde står i fokus. Denna studie är utforskande med syftet att undersöka hur det går att använda sig av det befintliga fastighetsbeståndet för att gynna hållbarhetsaspekterna med hjälp av konvertering och en cirkulärekonomisk affärsmodell. Målet är också att få en djupare förståelse för incitamenten och marknadsstrategier i relation till konvertering. Vi har valt att använda en abduktiv undersökningsmetod. Kvalitativ data har samlats genom semistrukturerade intervjuer som huvudkälla där respondenterna har varit projektledare, och andra viktiga aktörer, på diverse utvalda företag såväl som inflytelserika aktörer inom fastighetsbranschen. De tre hålbarhetsdimensionerna, ekologiska, sociala och ekonomiska, har olika inflytelserika roller beroende på vilken förklarande modell som studeras. Det skulle också kunna finnas en fjärde hållbarhetsdimension, den kulturella dimensionen, som breddar perspektivet. Vidare så har behovet för en miljömässig förändring lett till skapandet av en annan ekonomisk modell; cirkulärekonomi. Här utmanas den traditionella linjärekonomiska modellen av en modell där återvinning och återanvändning står i fokus. Konvertering är en strategi som allt mer frekvent används idag än för exempelvis 20 år sedan, men detta koncept skulle kunna ha en ännu större roll i dagens samhälle. Detta skulle kunna ses som ett cirkulärekonomiskt tillvägagångssätt för bygg- och/eller fastighetsbranschen där det funnits undersökningar gällande om denna nya ekonomiska affärsmodell skulle kunna ha en ljus framtid till mötes. Dock tror dagens aktörer på marknaden att den traditionella linjärekonomiska modellen passar dem bättre då den är mer ekonomiskt lönsam på en kortare tid. Vidare tycker dessa aktörer att den cirkulärekonomiska affärsmodellen är ett bra tillvägagångssätt men att den tyvärr inte är ekonomiskt försvarbar i en större utsträckning idag. Eftersom marknaden är full av osäkerhet finns det enbart få aktörer som är villiga att ta klivet in i konverteringsvärlden.
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Yip, Mo-bing, and 葉慕冰. "Housing design as a shaper of dwellers' behaviour: a study of the high density high rise housing in HongKong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31968181.
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Fung, Chi-keung, and 馮志強. "The change of household size in Hong Kong, 1973-1983: projection and implication for private housingdevelopment." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1985. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31263173.
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Bao, Haiyu 1971. "High-rise housing development in Shanghai since 1972." Thesis, McGill University, 2000. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=33261.
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The past three decades have been a time of intensive development for high-rise housing in Shanghai. It has grown from an experimental prototype to the city's predominant form of housing. In this thesis, three periods in the developmental progress of Shanghai's high-rise housing will be examined, beginning in 1972. The interrelationships between the specific socioeconomic contexts, building codes, and design strategies are explored sequentially, and twelve typical high-rise housing projects are discussed, in an effort to trace the evolution of high-rise housing design strategies.The study focuses primarily on three aspects of high-rise housing design: site organization, building design and unit layout. Responses to socio-economic transformation and building code regulations related to architectural design strategies are explored from the macro to the micro level. The experiences and lessons learned from previous works are reviewed, as well as suggestions for improving the performance of future projects, through approaches to architectural design and building-code adjustments.
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Diomandé, Souleymane. "Regards sur les fonctions attribuées au capital social : (Aspects de droit comparé : droit uniforme de l’OHADA et droit français des sociétés)." Caen, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012CAEN0099.
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Traditionnellement, l’on présente le capital social comme remplissant deux fonctions essentielles dans les sociétés : d’une part, une fonction de répartition des droits sociaux parce que c’est sur la base de ce capital social que se trouvent répartis les droits pécuniaires et politiques au sein de la société entre les associés et, d’autre part, une fonction de gage des créanciers sociaux en ce sens que les valeurs apportées par les associés et inscrites à ce poste du bilan doivent demeurer dans la société jusqu’à sa liquidation. Mais, cette étude démontre que le poste capital social d’une société ne sert plus aujourd’hui de référence unique à la répartition des prérogatives pécuniaires et extra-pécuniaires entre les associés et qu’il ne renseigne guère que très imparfaitement les créanciers sur la solidité financière de leur cocontractante. La présentation orthodoxe des fonctions dévolues au capital social ne rend finalement plus compte de la complexité de la société. La répartition des droits entre les associés relève désormais davantage d’aménagements contractuels qui consignent moins le poids de l’apport respectif de chaque associé qu’ils ne sont la consécration de l’équilibre auxquelles sont parvenues des forces de négociation tandis que les sources et modalités de financement en provenance des associés se sont diversifiées et intègrent d’autres postes du bilan. Si certaines de ces évolutions étaient permises par les espaces de liberté que le droit des sociétés offrait à ses utilisateurs, en revanche, nombre d’entre elles sont l’expression de besoins nés de la pratique qui n’ont pu ou su faire l’objet d’une consécration légale spécifiqueTraditionally, the share capital is presented as filling two essential functions in companies : on one hand, a function of distribution of the social rights because it is on the basis of this share capital that are distributed the pecuniary and political rights within the company between the partners and, on the other hand, a function of security of social creditors in the sense that the values brought by the partners and registered on this balance sheet item have to stay in the company until its liquidation. But, this study demonstrates that the post share capital of a company hardly serves as a reference to the distribution of the pecuniary and extra-pecuniary privileges between the partners and that it informs only very imperfectly the creditors about the financial solidity of their cocontracting party today. The orthodox presentation of the functions devolved to the share capital does not report finally any more the complexity of the company. The distribution of the rights between the partners raises henceforth more contractual arrangements which considers less the weight of the respective contribution of every partner than they are the consecration of the balance whom reached strengths of negotiation whereas sources and modalities of financing from the partners diversified and integrating the other balance sheet items. If some of these evolutions were allowed by the spaces of freedom which the company law offered to his users, on the other hand, counts of them are the expression of needs arisen from the practice which were not able to or did not know how to be the object of a specific legal consecration
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Cheung, Wing, and 張嶸. "A review of Hong Kong approach to retail floor space calculation." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1998. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31259613.
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Årnfelt, Theodor. "Risk-benefit perception of AI use : Public perception of AI in healthcare and commercial domains." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för datavetenskap, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-177750.
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AI applications are today implemented in a wide range of settings with the goal of achieving greater efficiency. However, these implementations can not be guaranteed to be free of risks. This study investigated how people perceive these risks and benefits, and whether there were any notable differences to be found between the domains in which they appear, in this case e-commerce/marketing and healthcare. Additionally, the relationship between the perceptions and individual positive and negative attitudes towards AI were examined by utilizing an affect heuristic framework. The findings showed that the two domains did differ from one another, as ratings of both perceived risks and benefits were higher for the healthcare domain compared to the e-commerce/marketing domain. Further, an inverse correlation between ratings of risks and benefits were found within each domain, which is consistent with the affect heuristic framework.
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Howsley-Glover, Kelly Ann. "Neighborhood Commercial Corridor Change: Portland, Oregon 1990-2010." PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1409.
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Commercial corridors in neighborhoods experiencing change have been relegated to a footnote in research on residential phenomena. It is taken for granted that the process of change experience by businesses within these neighborhoods mirrors that of the residential change. This assumption is often predicated on the underlying model of invasion succession, suggesting that inmovers displace native populations, whether they are residents or businesses. Analyzing time series data on neighborhood commercial corridor change, research attempted to first test data against the invasion succession model to see if it is an effective framework for analysis. Second, through comparison of case study areas and data along the aggregated corridor, insights are advanced to spur development of a valid model for examining neighborhood commercial corridor change as a unique process with regular spatio-temporal patterns. This framework, it is suggested, is the first step towards understanding the impact of external forces, including social actors, on the neighborhood commercial landscape.
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Montano, Edward James. "DJs, clubs and vinyl the cultural commodification and operational logics of contemporary commercial dance music in Sydney /." Phd thesis, Australia : Macquarie University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/19792.
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Thesis (PhD)--Macquarie University, Division of Humanities, Department of Contemporary Music Studies, 2007.Bibliography: p. 291-313.
Introduction -- "Back to this subculture thing": literature review and methodology -- "The crowd went berserk": dance music and club culture in Sydney and Australia -- "Once you find a groove you've got to keep it locked": the role and significance of the DJ -- "There's a great myth about that": DJ culture in Sydney -- "You're not a real DJ unless you play vinyl": technology and formats: the progression of dance music and DJ culture -- "What is underground really?": defining the structure, significance and meaning of dance culture -- "Where are they going to go next?": shifting the focus of dance music studies.
The development of contemporary, post-disco dance music and its associated culture, as representative of a (supposedly) underground, radical subculture, has been given extensive consideration within popular music studies. Significantly less attention has been given to the commercial, mainstream manifestations of this music. Furthermore, demonstrating the influence of subculture theory, existing studies of dance culture focus largely on youth-based audience participation, and as such, those who engage with dance music on a professional level have been somewhat overlooked. In an attempt to rectify these imbalances, this study examines the contemporary commercial dance music scene in Sydney, Australia, incorporating an analytical framework that revolves mainly around the work of DJs and the commercial scene they operate within.--An ethnographic methodological approach underpins the majority of this thesis, with interviews forming the main source of research material. Beginning with a discussion of the existing academic literature on dance culture and dance scenes, an historical context is subsequently established through a section that traces the development of dance culture from an underground phenomenon to a mainstream leisure activity, both within and outside Australia.--The ideas, opinions and interpretations of a selection of local DJs and other music industry practitioners who work in Sydney are central to the analysis of DJ culture herein. Issues discussed include the interaction and relationship between the DJ and their crowd, the technology and formats employed by DJs, and the DJ's multiple roles as entertainer, consumer and educator. The final part of the study gives consideration to the structure of the Sydney dance scene, in regard to the frequently used, but rarely critically analysed, terms 'underground' and 'mainstream'. The thesis concludes with a discussion that challenges the structural rigidity imposed by subcultural theory and scene-based analysis, arguing instead for a greater degree of fluidity in the theoretical approaches taken towards the study of contemporary dance music scenes.
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Laurence-Allen, Antonia. "Class, consumption and currency : commercial photography in mid-Victorian Scotland." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/3469.
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This thesis examines a thirty year span in the history of Scottish photography, focusing on the rise of the commercial studio from 1851 to assess how images were produced and consumed by the middle class in the mid-Victorian period. Using extensive archival material and a range of theoretical approaches, the research explores how photography was displayed, circulated, exploited and discussed in Scotland during its nascent years as a commodity. In doing so, it is unlike previous studies on Scottish photography that have not attended to the history of the medium as it is seen through exhibitions or the national journals, but instead have concentrated on explicating how an individual photographer or singular set of images are evidence of excellence in the field. While this thesis pays close attention to individual projects and studios, it does so to illuminate how photography functioned as a material object that equally shaped and was shaped by ideological constructs peculiar to mid-Victorian life in Scotland. It does not highlight particular photographers or works in order to elevate their standing in the history of photography but, rather, to show how they can be used as examples of a class phenomenon and provide an analytical frame for elucidating the cultural impact of commercial photography. Therefore, while the first two chapters provide a panoramic view of how photography was introduced to the Scottish middle class and how commercial photographers initially visualized Scotland, the second section is comprised of three ‘case studies' that show how the subject of the city, the landscape and the portrait were turned into objects of cultural consumption. This allows for a re-appraisal of photographs produced in Scotland during this era to suggest the impact of photography's products and processes was as vital as its visual content.
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Gwanvalla, Delphine Ngehndab. "A study of women's representation in relation to poverty: a case study of The Post March 2009." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007144.
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The media, specifically tabloids, have the potential to portray poverty-related issues in a manner that informs the public and government about the experiences of people living in poverty so that it can be tackled with urgency. Poverty has blighted the lives of many, especially women, children and widows in Cameroon. The role of the media in reporting the plight and suffering of the ‘masses’ potentially shapes the way in which these issues are handled by those in authority. The study notes that the tabloid press has the potential to expose certain experiences of ordinary people thereby constituting that alternative sphere for the disadvantaged. The study investigates the manner women are represented in The Post which is an English tabloid published in Cameroon. The representation of women in this study looks at the institutional policies which drive the representation of women in news constructs, analyses the news values which shape news production, and uses Thompson’s modes of ideology to unravel the underlying meanings in the reported stories. The study is inspired by the claims that since women make up the majority of the world's poor, so too would media representations depict them as such. It utilises thematic analysis to understand the manner in which women are represented in The Post. It also uses interviews with the regional bureau editor of the North West region to probe what news values and institutional policies drive the stories on women’s poverty. Document analysis is used to better comprehend the institutional guidelines which govern the representation of women during the month of March 2009.
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Kula, Momelezi Michael. "How the South African print media cover economics news: a study of inflation news in four newspapers, 1999-2001." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002904.
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There is a considerable amount of literature arguing that economics and business journalism is growing. This subfield of journalism is important as economics issues impact on everyday lives of the people. Media have an important role to inform people about the economy and give them a voice to take part in public debates. The down side though is that economics journalism is criticised for not serving the public well in this aspect. Evidence suggests that economics journalism lost its critical character and that there is closer in economics debates. Using content analysis, this study examines coverage of inflation as reported by South African print media. Three major findings emerged: 1) Evidence shows that there are a variety of cases of inflation. 2) There are also similarities among newspapers on what they view as causing inflation. 3) However, media do not draw sources from all sectors of society. The elite, who are educated people and government officials, are over-accessed while the ordinary citizens - although also affected by inflation – are marginalized. Company and government sources top source lists in the media. It is argued that sources play an important role in shaping the news content. They do so by identifying problems and prescribing potential solutions. They set parameters and define terms of reference. However, media also play a mediating role. They do so by selecting sources and structuring sources in stories. They may chose to quote or report what their sources say and even comment on it. This study concludes that in South Africa ordinary citizens have no voices in economics debates. Media used bureaucratic sources only and that is a consonant agenda on inflation coverage amongst newspapers. The heavy reliance on bureaucratic sources and the exclusion of some sectors of society in sources lists raises questions about impartiality of these sources on issues relating to their organisations and institutions. These are not viable sources that could provide information that could expose abuse of power.
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Böhmke, Werner. "A decade of changes : Eastern Cape white commercial farmers' discourses of democracy." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2005. http://eprints.ru.ac.za/167/1/bohmke-ma.pdf.
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This paper deals with an analysis of the discursive accounts of Eastern Cape white commercial farmers on the subject of Democracy. Drawing on the theoretical perspectives of Social Constructionism and Discourse Analysis – which view individuals’ accounts of their realities as produced and informed by their particular social and historical context – the paper seeks to provide an analysis of the content of, and rhetorical strategies within the participants’ accounts and explanations. Such accounts of the social, historical and political circumstances in which Eastern Cape commercial farmers find themselves are thought to provide valuable insights into the manner in which the process of democratisation has been received by members of the agricultural sector. Data collection was conducted via brief, audio taped, semi-structured interviews. The participants were all white men and women, living in a commercial farming region of the Eastern Cape Province. Responses to the interviews were subjected to the Discourse Analytical procedure advanced by Ian Parker. Analyses reveal that participants are critical of the notion of democracy; utilize specific rhetorical and argumentation strategies; make use of notions and techniques of ‘Othering’; and subscribe to a colonial / patriarchal ideology which attempts to idealize pre-democratic South Africa. These findings illustrate what is in many ways still an ongoing political and ideological struggle in the rural regions of the country.
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Yang, Qingqing. "In and around Beijing with Mr Yang and others : space, modernisation and social interaction." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/3455.
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The aim of my PhD project has been to understand how Hutong residents' ideas about living space have been different from those living in the high-rise compound and how their concept of living space has been changed by both internal and external factors, meaning additional affiliated functions and governmental city-planning. I conducted my fieldwork in Beijing between July 2009 and September 2012: fourteen months in total, interspersed with trips to St. Andrews. I spent ten months from July 2009 to May 2010 living in a Hutong called Xingfu Street (the word translates as ‘happiness'). Then I moved into a high-rise apartment outside the inner city, called Suojiafen Compound, for a further four months. This study concerns space in the contemporary city of Beijing: how space is humanly built and transformed, classified and differentiated, and most importantly how space is perceived and experienced. In the end I have developed the concept “overlapped” space as a way to detect the “personality” of space in both Hutong and high-rise apartment: how they differentiated from each other and how they have been transformed in different way by the residents inside.
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Nanabawa, Sumaiya. "A discourse analysis of print media constructions of 'Muslim' people in British newspapers." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006767.
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This research study aimed to examine how the identity of ' Muslim' people is constructed in British print media today, and whether or not these constructions promote or undermine a xeno-racist project. The research draws on the idea that identity is partly constructed through representation, with an emphasis on how language can be used to construct and position people in different ways. Using a social constructionist paradigm, the study further considers the role that print media has in providing a discursive field within which the construction and reproduction of racist attitudes and ideologies in contemporary global society can take place. Sixty-five newspaper articles were selected from the online archives of British newspapers, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph using systematic random sampling. These were analysed using the six stages of Foucauldian discourse analysis outlined by Carla Willig. To provide a more fruitful account, the analysis also incorporated the methods of Potter and Wetherell whose focus is on the function of discourse, as well as van Langenhove and Harre's focus on subject positioning, and Parker's use of Foucauldian analysis which looks at power distributions. The analysis revealed that Muslims are discursively constructed as a direct politicised or terror threat, often drawing on discourses of sharia law, and Muslim-Christian relationships. They are also constructed as a cultural threat, drawing on discourses of isolation, oppressed women, the veil/headscarf, identity, visibility and integration. The analysis also showed some variation in constructions, and these extended from the racialization of Muslims to showing the compatibility between Islamic and western values. This study discusses the form these different constructions take and the possible implications these constructions might have in contributing toward a prejudiced and largely negative image of Islam and Muslims.
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Devi, Bernadetta Puspita. "Governing the interface of commercial mining and artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) in Indonesia." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2021. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/209570/1/Bernadetta_Devi_Thesis.pdf.
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This thesis examines the governance of the interface between commercial mining and artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Indonesia. It does so from the under-addressed perspective of artisanal and small-scale gold mining. Using a critical governmentality lens, the research discovered artisanal and small-scale gold miners are neglected because of governmental techniques adopted by global and national bodies to eliminate mercury use. Concurrently, these miners have created alternative knowledge and practices through counter-discourses, conduct and strategies to ensure their mining agenda can progress. This research advocates for inclusion of artisanal and small-scale miners in mining governance to promote mining sustainability.
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Hellsing, Edvin, and Joel Klingberg. "It’s a Match: Predicting Potential Buyers of Commercial Real Estate Using Machine Learning." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informatik och media, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-445229.
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This thesis has explored the development and potential effects of an intelligent decision support system (IDSS) to predict potential buyers for commercial real estate property. The overarching need for an IDSS of this type has been identified exists due to information overload, which the IDSS aims to reduce. By shortening the time needed to process data, time can be allocated to make sense of the environment with colleagues. The system architecture explored consisted of clustering commercial real estate buyers into groups based on their characteristics, and training a prediction model on historical transaction data from the Swedish market from the cadastral and land registration authority. The prediction model was trained to predict which out of the cluster groups most likely will buy a given property. For the clustering, three different clustering algorithms were used and evaluated, one density based, one centroid based and one hierarchical based. The best performing clustering model was the centroid based (K-means). For the predictions, three supervised Machine learning algorithms were used and evaluated. The different algorithms used were Naive Bayes, Random Forests and Support Vector Machines. The model based on Random Forests performed the best, with an accuracy of 99.9%.Denna uppsats har undersökt utvecklingen av och potentiella effekter med ett intelligent beslutsstödssystem (IDSS) för att prediktera potentiella köpare av kommersiella fastigheter. Det övergripande behovet av ett sådant system har identifierats existerar på grund av informtaionsöverflöd, vilket systemet avser att reducera. Genom att förkorta bearbetningstiden av data kan tid allokeras till att skapa förståelse av omvärlden med kollegor. Systemarkitekturen som undersöktes bestod av att gruppera köpare av kommersiella fastigheter i kluster baserat på deras köparegenskaper, och sedan träna en prediktionsmodell på historiska transkationsdata från den svenska fastighetsmarknaden från Lantmäteriet. Prediktionsmodellen tränades på att prediktera vilken av grupperna som mest sannolikt kommer köpa en given fastighet. Tre olika klusteralgoritmer användes och utvärderades för grupperingen, en densitetsbaserad, en centroidbaserad och en hierarkiskt baserad. Den som presterade bäst var var den centroidbaserade (K-means). Tre övervakade maskininlärningsalgoritmer användes och utvärderades för prediktionerna. Dessa var Naive Bayes, Random Forests och Support Vector Machines. Modellen baserad p ̊a Random Forests presterade bäst, med en noggrannhet om 99,9%.
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Agaba, Grace Rwomushana. "An exploration of the effect of market-driven journalism on The Monitor newspaper's editorial content." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2005. http://eprints.ru.ac.za/193/1/grace's_thesis.pdf.
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The media today are under pressure from various fronts including governments, businesses as well as cultural interests. In the developed world, this pressure that led to the emergence of a new form of journalism that puts the demands of the market at the forefront. This commercial oriented journalism gives priority to articles that attract mass audiences like entertainment while it downplays information that promotes debates that is necessary for citizens to be able to have a voice on the issues that affect them. And since participation and discussion are cornerstones of a democratic process, market-driven journalism undermines democracy because it narrows down the forum for debate. As a result, active citizens are turned into passive observers in society. Although several studies about this phenomenon have been done in the western world, the same is happening in Africa because the media face similar challenges as in the West; challenges of globalisation and media conglomeration facilitated by the rapid advancing technology. This study, which is informed by political economy and market-driven journalism theories, notes that the media in Uganda are also faced with these challenges. The study is focused on Uganda’s only independent newspaper, The Monitor. The findings indicate that market-driven journalism is taking root at the expense of journalism that promotes citizenship and debate such as political reporting and opinions. For example, there has been an increase of entertainment, sports and supplement articles in The Monitor as compared to declining political reporting and opinions. More so, investigative reporting has dwindled over the years at the expense of increasing use of press releases. This is because entertainment and sports articles can attract big audiences that the newspaper needs to sell to advertisers. Advertisers are important because they provide financial support to the newspaper. However, in a country where democracy is in its formative stages, public information is necessary not only for citizens to make informed decisions but also to spur economic as well as social development.
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Wong, Yik-fan Frank, and 黃翊芬. "The multi-storey buildings (owners incorporation) (Amendment) Ordinance 1993: an evaluation of thegovernment's intervention in the management of private housing in HongKong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1997. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3196817X.
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Swift, Davron. "Balancing legislative and contractual obligations with government policy objectives and the commercial and economic sustainability of the Amathole Forestry Company (Pty.) LTD: a community benefit model designed for implementation by Amathole Forestry Company (Pty) Ltd." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/3185.
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The fundamental objective of this research is to design and propose an appropriate community benefit model that can be implemented by a forestry company in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. De Beer, Rutsch and Eliffe (1998) describe community benefits as a collection of social and economic opportunities through which people are able to improve the quality of their lives or the lives of others. This study proposes a model that can be implemented in a manner that is mutually beneficial to the forestry company concerned and its community stakeholders.
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Erickson, Thor. "The Process of Design for Affordable Housing in the Non-Profit Sector." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1277003380.
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Outsios, Georgios. "The emergence of UK environmental entrepreneurs : a practice theory view on mindset and constraints." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/17145.
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This thesis contributes to our knowledge on the emergence of environmental entrepreneurs. The study is guided by the research question, “how do UK environmental entrepreneurs start to form their distinctive environmental entrepreneurial thinking” and analyses the development of the environmental entrepreneurial mindset in the UK, through a theory of practice perspective. Based on a three-stage data collection process (preliminary focus group, semi-structured interviews and life stories), the study (1) conceptualises the construction of the environmental entrepreneurial mindset, (2) investigates the experiences of constraints for practice and (3) analyses differences in habitus and constraints on the basis of the sampling dimensions, type (social environmental and commercial) and gender (male and female). The study was undertaken under a social constructivist perspective and follows the naturalistic paradigm (Guba, 1978). The rigour (or trustworthiness) of the qualitative approach has been established according to perspectives by Mason (2001) and Guba and Lincoln (1985). The empirical basis of the study is comprised of a three stage design of discursive interviews, involving overlapping collective (focus group) and individual (life stories, in-depth interviews) data collection techniques, with a partly gathering structure (through semi-structured questions). A preliminary focus group identified key themes relevant to the study’s objectives and the concepts of the theory of practice (field, capital, and habitus). Three life stories refined the themes and analysed them within the context of entrepreneurs’ lives. The two stages enabled the development of questions targeting themes for the in-depth interviews and the cross case content analysis. For sampling purposes, the Maximum Variation Sampling (MVS) strategy was employed, which enabled identification and analysis of common and divergent themes (Miller & Crabtree, 1999) and by over-coming the limitations of the sample size, it provided a conditional representativeness. The findings show that environmental entrepreneurs accumulate divergent forms of cultural, social and economic capital, which shapes their entrepreneurial and environmental mindsets, triggering the creation of a disposition (habitus) towards setting up an environmental enterprise. Studying the formation of the environmental entrepreneurial mindset addresses a relevant knowledge gap and offers theoretical and methodological contributions. It also confers implications for practice, with a particular reference to entrepreneurial education and policymaking.
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Gollock, Aboubakry. "Les implications de l'Accord de l'OMC sur les Aspects de Droits de Propriété Intellectuelle qui touchent au Commerce (ADPIC) sur l'accès aux médicaments en Afrique subsaharienne." Phd thesis, Grenoble 2, 2007. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00267310.
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L'incitation à la recherche et développement, l'innovation et le prix sont au coeur de la problématique de l'accessibilité aux médicaments dans les pays en développement en général et dans les pays d'Afrique subsaharienne en particulier. La question centrale que pose cette thèse est de savoir dans quelle mesure l'Accord de l'OMC sur les Aspects des droits de propriété intellectuelle (DPI) qui touchent au Commerce (ADPIC) favorise l'innovation sans détériorer l'accessibilité aux médicaments dans ces pays. La thèse revient sur les fondements historique et théorique de l'Accord, analyse sa dynamique et examine sa rétroaction sur les lois nationales, les accords bilatéraux, régionaux et multilatéraux. Il semble in fine difficile de partager l'optimisme des partisans du renforcement et de l'harmonisation de la protection des DPI. Leurs effets sont doublement décevants pour les pays en développement. L'élévation des standards dans le domaine de la protection des brevets pharmaceutiques n'a pas induit une augmentation qualitative et quantitative des nouvelles molécules contre les maladies du type I et II qui touchent aussi bien les populations des pays pauvres que les populations des pays riches. Elle n'a pas stimulé les dépenses de R&D consacrées aux maladies du type III qui sévissent essentiellement dans les pays pauvres. Par ailleurs, l'accessibilité totale aux médicaments est contrariée. La baisse de l'accessibilité financière engendrée par des prix plus élevés n'est pas compensée par une hausse de l'accessibilité qualitative. En définitive, les effets pervers se cumulent. Nous formulons quelques propositions alternatives et complémentaires à l'Accord de l'OMC sur les ADPIC.
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Saniotis, Arthur. "Sacred worlds : an analysis of mystical mastery of North Indian Faqirs." Title page, contents and abstract only, 2002. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phs227.pdf.
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Dirodi, Morgan. "Space, monuments, and religion : the Christianisation of urban space in the Late Antique Levant." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:67edfa1b-532b-4926-b010-6fd878c235c6.
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This thesis investigates the relationship between Christianity and urban monumental space in the late antique Levant. Through the analysis of both textual and archaeological evidence it seeks to clarify both the motives and the stages of the process of Christian takeover of the urban space of Levantine cities from the 4th to the 7th century AD. In doing so Christians were in essence both projecting their growth as the predominant religion and, at the same time, creating an entirely new monumental landscape. The case studies are presented in three separate groups, selected on the basis of the principal strategy that was chosen in the process of Christianisation of urban space. The first section analyses the cases of Gerasa, Jerusalem, Heliopolis, and Petra to illustrate the first of these strategies: the main method for occupying the symbolic space of the city was the construction of a contrast between the surviving ruins of the earlier, Hellenic, temples and the new Christian churches. The second group of case studies includes Scythopolis, Caesarea Maritima, Gaza, and to a certain extent Heliopolis. This section deals with those cities where the main strategy was the physical demolition of all or at least the most pre-eminent Hellenic buildings and their direct replacement with a new, and often grand, church. The third group, and the last, consists of the cities of Bostra, Gadara, Apamea, where rather than having to engage with a major Hellenic monument the main competitor was the secular state whether local or imperial. This is found to have resulted in a search for integration into the landscape rather than active competition.
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Boucher, Denis. "Sauvegarde du patrimoine, commémoration du passé et construction d'une mémoire locale : Rivière-du-Loup et le manoir Fraser." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/MQ61332.pdf.
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"New monumentality: architecture of money." 2011. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5894572.
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Mo Kar Him."Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2010-2011, design report."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 440).
Chapter i. --- Report Structure
Acknowledgements --- p.01
Contents --- p.02
Abstract --- p.00
Chapter 00. --- """Thesis Structure.""" --- p.05
Chapter ii. --- Theory
Chapter 01. --- """What you see is What you get.""" --- p.12
Chapter 01.01 --- The World of Image --- p.14
Chapter 01.02 --- Inferiority vs Exteriority --- p.16
Chapter 01.03 --- Programmatic Architecture --- p.20
Chapter 01.04 --- Internal and External Functions --- p.30
Chapter 01.05 --- Absolute Architecture --- p.32
Chapter 01.06 --- Definition --- p.33
Chapter iii. --- Methodology
Chapter 02. --- """Return to Functions.""" --- p.36
Chapter 02.01 --- From Programmes to Functions --- p.38
Chapter 02.02 --- Programmatic Mapping --- p.40
Chapter 02.03 --- Understanding of Spatial Setting --- p.46
Chapter 02.04 --- Categorization of Spaces --- p.54
Chapter 02.05 --- Conclusion and Definition --- p.56
Chapter 03. --- " ""More is More.""" --- p.58
Chapter 03.01 --- "The ""Old"" Monumentality" --- p.60
Chapter 03.02 --- Aggregation of Spaces --- p.62
Chapter 03.03 --- Aggregation of Functions --- p.66
Chapter 03.04 --- Definition --- p.67
Chapter 04. --- """Space is to Communicate.""" --- p.68
Chapter 04.01 --- Hong Kong's Commercial Vernaculars --- p.70
Chapter 04.02 --- Discovering Spatial Setting --- p.71
Chapter 04.03 --- Case Studies --- p.72
Chapter 04.04 --- Comparison and Definition --- p.120
Chapter 05. --- """Consumption of Time.""" --- p.122
Chapter 05.01 --- Programme vs Time --- p.124
Chapter 05.02 --- Observation and Definition --- p.146
"""Theory & Methodology.""" --- p.148
Summary and Conclusion --- p.150
Manifesto --- p.150
Definition Directory --- p.152
Chapter N1 --- Research Book
Chapter iv. --- Design Research
Chapter 06. --- """History of Architecture of Money.""" --- p.156
Chapter 07. --- """The Stock Exchanges - Case Studies.""" --- p.164
London Royal Exchange (1667 - 71) --- p.166
The Exchange of Bristol (1741 - 43) --- p.170
Frankfurt Stock Exchange (1845) --- p.174
"Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam (1898 - 1903)" --- p.178
The Chicago Slock Exchange (1893 - 94) --- p.182
Tokyo Slock Exchange (2000) --- p.186
Hong Kong Stock Exchange (2006) --- p.190
Chapter 08. --- """Functions of Money,""" --- p.194
Chapter 08.01 --- Five Functions of Money --- p.196
Chapter 09. --- """Symbolic Function of Money.""" --- p.198
Chapter 09.01 --- Hang Seng Index vs Historical Incidents --- p.200
Chapter 10. --- """Programmes and Time.""" --- p.202
Chapter 10.01 --- Exchange for Goods --- p.204
Chapter 10.02 --- Exchange for Services --- p.206
Chapter 10.03 --- Exchange for Derivatives --- p.208
Chapter 10.04 --- Exchange for Moral Value --- p.210
Chapter 11. --- """ Functions of Space.""" --- p.212
Chapter 11.01 --- Consumption Space Study --- p.214
Chapter 11.02 --- Spatial Typology Study's Manual --- p.215
Chapter 12. --- """ Functions and Time.""" --- p.230
Chapter 12.01 --- Study of Situation vs Time --- p.232
Chapter v. --- Design Strategy
Chapter 13. --- """Argumentation.""" --- p.236
The Duck --- p.235
The Decorated Shed --- p.240
The Icon --- p.242
Image and Architecture --- p.244
Chapter 14. --- """Design Strategy - New Monumentality.""" --- p.246
Internal Monumentally
[past] --- p.248
[New] --- p.250
External Monumentality
[past] --- p.252
[New] --- p.254
Chapter 15. --- """Un-Thinking Architecture.""" --- p.256
Chapter 15.01 --- Understanding of Spatial Practice --- p.256
Chapter 15.02 --- Schedule of Accommodation --- p.260
Chapter 15.03 --- Matrix of Space vs Function --- p.262
Chapter 16. --- """Programmes and Share.""" --- p.284
Chapter 16.01 --- The Business Model --- p.286
Chapter vi. --- Special Study
Chapter 17. --- Special Study[i]-The Context --- p.290
Chapter 17.01 --- The Site
Chapter 17.02 --- Media and the City
Chapter 17.03 --- Summation of Elevations
Chapter 18. --- Special Study --- p.298
Chapter 18.01 --- Media Typology Study --- p.300
Type 01 --- p.302
Type 02 --- p.304
Type 03 --- p.306
Type 04 --- p.308
Type 05
Type 06 --- p.311
Chapter 19. --- " ""Special Study [iii]-Media Application.""" --- p.314
Chapter 19.01 --- Screen Resolution Study
Slock Exchange
Gambling (Horse Racing)
Charity Show
Auction House
Shopping Mall
Chapter 20. --- Special Study[iv]-Media Arcthitecture. --- p.322
Chapter 20.01 --- Media as Architecture. --- p.324
Chapter 20.02 --- Media is the Message --- p.326
Chapter 21. --- Special Study [v]-THe Media Facade. --- p.328
Chapter vii. --- Design Demonstration
Chapter 22. --- """The Architecture.""" --- p.344
Chapter 22.01 --- Architecture of Money --- p.346
Chapter 22.02 --- The Spatial Organization --- p.348
Chapter 22.03 --- The Stacking --- p.350
Chapter 22.04 --- The Nine Functional Plans --- p.352
Chapter 22.05 --- Site Plan --- p.362
Chapter 23. --- """Representation.""" --- p.364
Chapter 24. --- """Design Exploration,""" --- p.380
Chapter 24.01 --- Urban Schematic Exploration --- p.382
Contextual Models 1:2000 --- p.383
Schematic Models 1:1000 --- p.392
Chapter 25. --- """Final Models.""" --- p.398
Chapter N2 --- Design Book
Chapter iix. --- Essay --- p.424
Chapter ix. --- References --- p.440
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Tau, Molikuoa. "The paradox of nation-building and commercially driven broadcasting : the case of Lesotho television." Thesis, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/5264.
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Nation-building has always been considered the responsibility of a public service broadcaster while, on the other hand, commercial broadcasters are associated with profitmaking. This study was designed to investigate whether a commercially driven broadcasting venture could be used for the purposes of nation-building; The case of Lesotho Television. Established by the Lesotho Government in partnership with M-net, Lesotho Television
informs, educates and entertains, thus attempting to follow the tenets of public service broadcasting. Upon its establishment in 1988, Lesotho Television was mandated to contribute in the nation-building initiatives of the Lesotho leaders. The station, which is embedded within the South African based pay-channel M-Net, was expected to positively contribute in the Lesotho Government's endeavours to re-build the nation divided along
political lines. In the discussion I highlight the fact that Lesotho Television encounters some problems due to the paradoxical relationship between it and M-Net (The former aspiring to serve as a public service broadcaster while the latter is a commercial television service). Nevertheless, considering its programming and activities, Lesotho Television contributes
in nation-building. Therefore, I conclude that the potential for Lesotho Television to inform, educate and entertain would seem to outweigh the limitations.Thesis (M.A.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2001.
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Smurthwaite, Michael. "Two commercial music radio stations and their use of Twitter." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/21993.
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A research report submitted to the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts (Journalism and Media Studies), 2016This research report is an exploratory study into two regional commercial music stations (YFM and 947) and their use of Twitter as a tool to relate to, interact with and enable participation from their audiences. Of particular interest was why they are using it, what they are doing with it and how this affects the on-air content pre, during and post broadcast, if at all it does. [Abbreviated Abstract. Open document to view full version]
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"Gaidong (performance gigs) in Hong Kong: the ecology of commercial Chinese instrumental music performance." 2006. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5892783.
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Lung Man Wai.Thesis submitted in: December 2005.
Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006.
Includes bibliographical references.
Abstracts in English and Chinese.
Abstract --- p.ii
Acknowledgements --- p.v
"Figures, Tables, and Examples" --- p.viii
Romanization --- p.ix
Abbreviations --- p.x
Chapter Chapter I --- Introduction --- p.1
Chapter a. --- Related Studies --- p.10
Chapter b. --- The Model --- p.17
Chapter c. --- Methodology --- p.19
Chapter d. --- Chapter Summary for the Thesis --- p.20
Chapter Chapter II --- "Musicians, Service Seekers and Agents" --- p.23
Chapter a. --- Training Backgrounds of Musicians --- p.25
Chapter b. --- "The Network of Musicians and the ""Key Musicians""" --- p.33
Chapter c. --- Discipline --- p.39
Chapter d. --- Summary: How Can Musicians Obtain More Gaidong Performing Opportunities? --- p.45
Chapter e. --- "Money vs. Dignity, Professional Ethics, and Competitions" --- p.46
Chapter f. --- Service Seekers and Agents --- p.49
Chapter Chapter III --- The Music of Gaidong --- p.56
Chapter a. --- Repertoire --- p.57
Chapter b. --- "Collections of Pieces - The Gaidong ""Fake Books""" --- p.67
Chapter c. --- Choices of Music --- p.78
Chapter d. --- Combinations of Instruments --- p.89
Chapter e. --- Performance Practice and Improvisation --- p.92
Chapter Chapter IV --- "Venue, Occasion and Audience" --- p.105
Chapter a. --- Venue: Outdoors vs. Indoors --- p.107
Chapter b. --- Occasion: Center of Attention vs. Background Music --- p.109
Chapter c. --- The Role of the Host --- p.111
Chapter d. --- The Audiences --- p.115
Chapter e. --- Requests for Songs by Audience Members --- p.117
Chapter Chapter V --- Influence from the Environment -Two Case Studies and the Impact of the Twelve Girls Band --- p.124
Chapter a. --- "Case Study One: Chinese New Year Celebration at Hong Kong International Airport,2004" --- p.125
Chapter b. --- Case Study Two: The Standard Chartered Bank Board Visit Staff Dinner --- p.129
Chapter c. --- Other Examples of Gaidong Affected by the Twelve Girls Band --- p.139
Chapter d. --- The Twelve Girls Band --- p.144
Chapter e. --- Other Environmental Factors --- p.149
Chapter Chapter VI --- The Model: The Ecology of Gaidong --- p.155
Chapter a. --- Mutualism and Competition --- p.160
Chapter b. --- The Extended Model --- p.161
Chapter Chapter VII --- Conclusion --- p.164
Appendix 1 List of Gaidong Performances in which the Author Participated --- p.170
Appendix 2 Contents of the Gaidong Po --- p.175
Appendix 3 Contents of the Blue Score --- p.181
Appendix 4 Contents of the MLCO Gaidong Score Album --- p.183
Appendix 5 Music Pieces Used in Gaidong: The Combination of Contents of Three Gaidong Scores --- p.184
Appendix 6 Selected Scores from the MLCO Gaidong Score Album --- p.192
Appendix 7 Agenda for Standard Chartered Bank Staff Dinner gaidong (Case Study2) --- p.196
Appendix 8 Selected Scores Used in the Standard Chartered Bank Staff Dinner gaidong (Case Study2) --- p.198
Appendix 9 A Copy of the Audience Members' Handwritten Requests for Gaidong No.84 --- p.200
Character List and Glossary --- p.201
References Cited --- p.205
Websites --- p.210
Supplementary Materials:
Chapter a. --- The Blue Book Scores
Chapter b. --- The Gaidong po Scores
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Gwala, Tholakele Celinhlanhla. "Information networks within information networks." Thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10530/235.
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A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of MA (cum laude) in Communication Science University of Zululand, 2002.In this thesis I characterise South African Infomercials as forms of persuasive mass media messages. After outlining the general nature of persuasive communication, and the rela¬tionship between persuasion and propaganda, I explain which communication codes adver¬tisers use to promote their products, particularly which codes Infomercial advertisers use. After characterising a range of South African TV Infomercials I give a detailed analysis of the pioneering serial radio and TV Infomercials used by the company SA Natural Products (SANP) in their extremely successful campaign over the past two years to make the natural health food supplement Spirulina by Marcus Rohrer® the best known and most used nutri¬tional supplement in South Africa today. 1 in particular look at the forms of communica¬tion used by managers at SANP to create information networks within their organisational network to sustain the popularity of the product in the public mind, and to keep it supplied to pharmacies, health food shops and chain stores that sell it.
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Fell, Bruce G., University of Western Sydney, College of Arts, and School of Education. "The question concerning commercial television and the more-than-human world." 2008. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/32790.
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This thesis examines the relationship between commercial television and the more than-human world at a time when global ecological degradation challenges human well-being and the survival of other species. In the latter half of the twentieth century, television became the means by which most people got to know about society and publicly important events or issues. As billions of people the world over regularly view television the planet’s ice caps, rainforests, soil and oceans continue to be depleted. The research considers three questions aimed at a fuller understanding of the role of commercial television in Western society’s approach to global ecological degradation. What arises from being immersed in the more-than-human world? What arises from encountering the broadcast of commercial television? What arises from being immersed in the world of producing commercial television? The literature on global ecological degradation is substantial; the reasons why Western society is having difficulty coming to terms with the issue is less understood. While quantitative studies of the environmental content of television output have been undertaken, there has not been research into understanding the relationship between ecological awareness, television viewing and commercial television production. This research takes a hermeneutic phenomenological approach to the questions above. Firstly, the researcher immerses himself in the native woodlands and creeks of his immediate vicinity and gradually peels back layers of his perception. He then immerses himself in the world of watching contemporary commercial television and reflecting on his memories of Australian television since 1956. He juxtaposes the content of twenty-four hours of commercial television with personal recollections that reflect both the invisible and sedimented experiences of commercial television. Thirdly, the researcher observes a range of commercial television production environments (News, Advertising and Drama). In doing so he reflects on conversations with and between television executives, directors and scriptwriters who occupy this world. The main findings are that commercial television scriptwriters and personalities hold the most available tools for delivering an Australian-based ecological message through the plot and actions of characters, via a ‘green mise-en-scène’. However, there are severe constraints on this process because of the over-riding importance of ratings. Commercial television is a ratings hungry ‘third parent’ that has increasingly occupied the everydayness of Australian homes since 1956. The invisible technological nature of television has created a particular distance between the production of commercial television and how its mise-en-scène is perceived in domestic Australia, by a population that is technologically and procedurally removed from the more-than-human world.Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Meyers, Cynthia Barbara. "Admen and the shaping of American commercial broadcasting, 1926-50." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/1632.
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Monteyne, David P. "The construction of buildings and histories: Hudson’s Bay Company department stores, 1912-26." Thesis, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/4102.
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Between 1913 and 1926, the aged British commercial institution, the
Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), built four monumental department stores across
Western Canada in Calgary, Vancouver, Victoria, and Winnipeg. In this thesis
extensive archival research on the buildings and the HBC's architectural policies is
analyzed within the contexts of Canadian social history, and of Company business
history. The HBC was making new advances into the department store field, and
the stores were clad in a standardized style intended to create a particular image of
the Company in contrast to its competitors. Popular in Britain at the time, this
Edwardian Classicism emphasized the HBC's history as the official representative
of the British Empire across the hinterlands, a history largely defunct by the turn of
the century. The opulent style also helped to establish the stores as key cultural
institutions and as palaces of consumption. After World War One the HBC also
began to stress its specific historical role in the Canadian fur trade and the
settlemehtof the nation, through the use of various other architectural features
such as the display windows, art galleries and museums set up inside the new
stores, and by the historical sites of Company buildings.
The competition between historical themes -British Imperial and Canadian
frontierist- evidenced in the HBC department stores were tied to social factors.
Demographic changes and nationalist sentiment after WWI forced the HBC to
recognize Canada's particular pluralist society, and to mediate its image as a purely
British organization. Many staff members and customers had no ties to the
Company or the Empire, so the HBC invented a tradition that the public could
relate to and participate in. The codification of a representational strategy was
complicated by the differing agendas of the Company's London Board and its
Canadian management. The study of architectural issues such as urban context,
style, and building use establishes how the modern HBC employed history through modes of representation in the built environment, to justify its claims to the loyalty
of a diverse population of workers and customers.
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Gray, Lyndon Robert. "Kwanalu commercial farmers' perceptions of and management responses to the HIV/AIDS pandemic." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/6095.
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In South Africa commercial agriculture employs approximately 8.5% of the national workforce. Therefore, information about commercial farmers’ perceptions of and management responses to the HIV/AIDS pandemic are likely to be of interest to policy makers and non-governmental
organisations (NGOs) in the health sector, as well as practitioners in rural development and
commercial agriculture. HIV/AIDS affects businesses such as commercial farms by decreasing
productivity, increasing costs and therefore decreasing overall profitability. Farm business’
responses to the challenges posed by HIV/AIDS may advantage or disadvantage farm workers.
For example, farm workers are highly vulnerable to burden-shifting activities (practices which
reduce the cost of HIV/AIDS to the employer, such as the outsourcing of low-skilled jobs).
However, farm businesses may also play a substantial role (e.g., by providing formal adult
education or access to clinics) in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in rural commercial farming
areas of KwaZulu-Natal and in South Africa generally.
This study presents an analysis of KwaZulu-Natal commercial farmers’ perceptions of and
management responses to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. This analysis identifies the farm, business
and personal characteristics of the various respondents. It is important to know this information
because it assists in understanding why commercial farmers are responding as they are, which
will in turn assist in future HIV/AIDS policy planning. The analysis is based on a postal census
survey of Kwanalu (KwaZulu-Natal Agricultural Union) commercial farmer members in April
and May 2007. Results suggest that, on average, Kwanalu members are highly concerned about
the impact of HIV/AIDS on their businesses. A majority of respondents perceived HIV/AIDS to
negatively affect the current and future profitability of farming, increase labour absenteeism and
staff turnover rates, and reduce labour productivity. An analysis of variance (ANOVA) of the
data shows that respondents’ management responses to the HIV/AIDS pandemic varied by farm
size and enterprise type, but include paying higher than average wage rates to attract and retain
healthy and productive workers, multi-skilling staff to provide back-up skills, and mechanisation
to defer costs of HIV/AIDS. Respondents tended to believe that effective HIV/AIDS treatment
and prevention programmes require an integrated approach between government, employers and
employees. Two response indexes were calculated: (1) ranking by adopters only (only those who use a
certain response are included) and (2) ranking by all respondents (a response is not used by a
respondent automatically scores zero). The response indexes showed that resource-intensive
HIV/AIDS services such as provision of antiretrovirals (ARVs) and nutritional supplements are
ranked high by actual adopters, but relatively low overall (as only a small proportion of
respondents are adopting these strategies) in the ranking by all respondents. Burden-shifting
practices (e.g. mechanisation) are ranked relatively high in both rankings, indicating that
respondents rate them as important in managing HIV/AIDS, and that many respondents are
utilising them. Relatively inexpensive HIV/AIDS services (e.g. informal communication) are
ranked low by actual adopters but high on the overall index as many respondents are using them
(but doubt their effectiveness).
A linear regression analysis was conducted on principal components from the response indexes to
identify characteristics of “high” and “low” responders and of those who utilise burden shifting
activities or HIV/AIDS services. The characteristics of “high” responders are that they perceive
HIV/AIDS to impact on costs; they employ a high proportion of skilled labour; and they have
high turnovers and high debt servicing obligations. Responders who employ large amounts of
labour (particularly permanent labour); who perceive HIV/AIDS as the responsibility of the
employer; who are older and more experienced; and who have a relatively high debt: asset ratio
tend to use HIV/AIDS services to manage the impacts of HIV/AIDS. Many respondents already
play an important but inexpensive role in HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment through
encouraging voluntary HIV testing and providing staff with information and transport to clinics.
Policy makers should take this into consideration when formulating HIV/AIDS policies to
combat the pandemic.
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Okyere-Manu, Beatrice Dedaa. "The livelihood challenges posed by the commercial sex industry to Christian concern for poor women in Pietermaritzburg." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/3712.
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The genocide of April 1994 left the Rwandan society completely ruined and the survivors totally disoriented with numerous problems ranging from material deprivation to bodily and psychological injuries. As in other conflicts, especially in Africa, women and children were the most affected by the Rwandan genocide; consequently Rwanda has a sizeable number of widows and orphans. After the genocide, Rwanda witnessed an influx of many non-governmental organizations, which came with the aim to help the Rwandans in general, and genocide survivors in particular, as part of a program to put the Rwandan society back on its feet. Rwanda claims to be overwhelmingly a Christian nation, which theoretically gives the Christian community in Rwanda a prominent hand in all efforts of rebuilding the Rwandan society. This work therefore, is a Case Study, which seeks to investigate the role of Christian Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in responding to the needs of genocide widows residing in Kigali-Ville province-Rwanda. The study thus aims to assess efforts of the above-cited Christian NGOs and highlights their success and shortcomings in the light of a Christian model of understanding and responding to human needs. The investigation also surveys the background to the genocide. It focuses on the interpretation of the history of the people of Rwanda, the role impact of the colonial rule and Christian missionaries, and the role of the civil war of early 1990s. The study also investigates the plight of genocide widows from fives angles: economic loss, personal and social relationships, bodily injuries, psychological damage and spiritual welfare. The assessment was carried out through the analysis of the data collected mainly from selected Christian NGOs, genocide widows, churches, and written materials. The paradigm used to critically analyze the response of Christian NGOs has stemmed out of a body of literature that focuses on Christian response to human need, with particular emphasis on the distinctiveness of the Rwandan context. The findings, conclusion, recommendations of this study are of cardinal significance not only to Christian NGOs operating in Kigali-Ville province but also to other groups involved in the ministry to the needy in other parts of Rwanda and beyond her boundaries.Thesis (M.Th.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2005.
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"Social cohesion : the use of socially conscious infrastructure to link the residents of Lenasia, Lehae and Thembilihle." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14122.
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Baloyi, Gugulethi N. "Foundation Phase reading materials: what do commercial publishers and educational NGOs offer African language speakers?" Thesis, 2017. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/24587.
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A research report submitted to the School of Literature, Language and Media, Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Publishing Studies, 2017This study has aimed to investigate what reading materials commercial publishers and education NGOs currently offer to Foundation Phase learners in the nine official African languages and also the extent to which these materials are marketed and made available to the general public by the publishers. It has been guided by two research questions. The first is as follows: What is available for early readers (learners) to read in their home languages? This question seeks to address the issue of what kind of reading material is available for Foundation Phase learners to use in early literacy, in the nine indigenous South African languages, ranging from readers, to fictional and non-fiction information books which are likely to develop their interest in reading and their literacy skills. In addition to what is available for learners, the second main question is: How do people find out about materials that are being published? How are the materials being marketed by the publishers? Who knows about them and how do they know about them? How would people get access to the materials if they wished to purchase them? The study is in two parts. The first part involved a survey of published reading materials and the second part was a personal investigation of accessibility, in terms of ease or difficulty of finding and/or purchasing these reading materials. One of the main findings is that outside the mainstream educational publishers there is reluctance on the part of many publishers to publish texts in African languages for young readers. At present, much of the reading material published by the mainstream educational publishers for Foundation Phase readers conforms to the requirements of the CAPS curriculum. The limited variety may discourage children from reading in their home languages. The limited availability to the general public of existing texts in African languages is another of the key findings of this study and the lack of information about freely available texts is third. One encouraging development is that education NGOs are finding creative ways to make interesting texts available to young readers in a range of languages.
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Sharkey, David Michael. "Social interaction and well-being in architectural environments : the design of a multi-use-facility." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/9170.
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The urban architectural environment in modern day life places a variety of additional unnecessary
stresses upon people which affects social interaction and well-being. This
dissertation is aimed at developing an understanding of what social interaction and well-being
is in architecture and how important it is to design architectural environments that enhance
these two principles.
The research investigates the benefits and design tools of a more appropriate approach to the
built environment through the exploration of the theories of Biophilia, Image Of The City and
New Urbanism. The theories seek to provide architects and the designers of the built
environment with tools that can be used to create architectural environments that enhance
social interaction and the well-being of building users.
It further endeavours to highlight the destructive qualities that affect well-being and social
interaction in the architectural environment on both a macro (city context) and a micro level
(the building) to create an awareness in those responsible for the design of these
environments and the impact they have on society.
The designers of the built environment should consider the social and well-being needs of the
people as this will convert architectural environments into spaces that have physical and
physiological benefits to its users.Thesis (M.Arch.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2012.