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Bailey, Sharon Kimberley. "Creating sustainable communities." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29922.

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The objective of this thesis is to explore the procedural and substantive changes that are required to create communities that are sustainable in ecological and social terms, both on a global and local level. Current environmental problems such as global warming, ozone depletion, acid rain and deforestation indicate that human activity is changing the biosphere at an unprecedented rate. While the western world celebrates the apparent triumph of the capitalist industrial free market system, the by-products of industrialization, including the deteriorating health of the biosphere and the increa

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Armstrong, Andrea Elizabeth. "Creating sustainable communities in 'NewcastleGateshead'." Thesis, Durham University, 2010. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/393/.

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This thesis focuses on one of the most controversial and ambitious urban regeneration policies of recent years – the plan to create sustainable communities via Housing Market Renewal Pathfinders (HMRP). Announced as a ‘step change’ in urban policy to overcome problems of low demand and abandonment experienced most acutely in nine former industrial towns and cities in the north and midlands of England, the Sustainable Communities Plan (SCP) (ODPM, 2003a) involves the demolition and relocation of mainly white, working class inner-urban communities. This thesis focuses on a year long moment in th

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Brown, Jerri. "Sustainable Systems| Designing Sustainable Communities That Include Consideration of Human Health." Thesis, Prescott College, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1590402.

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<p> As societies work toward more sustainably functioning systems, it is important to study those systems that currently operate unsustainably. While unsustainability can take many forms, in general, when the natural world or human welfare are neglected, the outcome is an unsustainable system. Moving from unsustainable to sustainable systems requires dialogue and coordination between disparate disciplines. Understanding the complex hurdles associated with this emerging dialogue is essential. Current examples of the implementation of sustainability and healthy living initiatives have focused on

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Carballo-Sandoval, Arturo. "Community involvement in sustainable ecotourism." Thesis, University of Reading, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.250608.

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McKeown, Paul J. "Water resilient communities (sustainable water evaluation process)." Thesis, University of Ulster, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.603577.

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Water Resilience and Water ' Security is of primary importance to society, the economy and the environment at both global and local levels and Sustainable Water Management Systems (SWMS) are acknowledged as the way forward to deliver a multifaceted approach to managing the environmental, economic, and social resource aspects of design for land development. Therefore, a process model is required to explore the linkages and implications of utilising existing ad-hoc water saving technologies such as Rainwater Harvesting, Greywater Reuse and Sustainable Drainage Systems. This study provides a bala

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Fahmy, Bassem M. "Local communities as sustainable tourism development partners." Thesis, Oxford Brookes University, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.496017.

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The Egyptian Strategic Tourism Development Plans are trying to play an increasingly important role in supporting the hoped-for transformation of Egypt's undeveloped areas into world-class tourism destinations. This research investigated the relationship between mass-tourism development and local communities in the southern part of the Red Sea region. It has been undertaken to investigate barriers to change and assess means of promoting local communities' involvement and evaluate roles and values of their participation. The study sought to clarify the conflicts between local communities and gov

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Kerr, Sandy Andrew. "The sustainable development of small island communities." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10399/434.

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Cohen, Paul Anthony. "Design for sustainable communities : an integral perspective." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/4302.

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Thesis (MPhil (Sustainable Development Planning and Management))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Given the complexities facing humanity in the light of impending social and environmental collapse, it is the design of sustainable communities at all levels of our society that must be achieved to limit this potential outcome. Attaining such a goal, it is known, requires that humanity ‘consciously evolve’. Furthermore I suggest that Integral Theory, because it is grounded in the evolution of consciousness, provides an important map to help navigate this tremendous jo

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Deakin, Mark. "Sustainable urban development." Thesis, Edinburgh Napier University, 2011. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/4660.

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This submission for PhD by publication aims to capture, reflect upon, analyse and offer critical insights into how the use of land and exchange of property can help serve the search for sustainable urban development (SUD). This aim is subsequently met by: • hypothesising how the applicant's publications provide a representation of SUD able to get beyond the state-of-the-art and offer a conceptual framework capable of uncovering the positive role land and property can play in sustaining urban development; • reviewing the research undertaken by the applicant to define SUD and develop a framework

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McGinley, Tim. "A community architecture framework for designing sustainable communities." Thesis, University of Reading, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.602704.

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The Localism Act 2011 in England, provides a legislative mechanism to support participation in the planning process. Additionally, public participation geographic information systems (PPGIS) provide one approach to support public participation in planning. However, their ad hoc and context specific development approaches have resulted in tools that do not easily adapt to the needs of different communities and their diverse stakeholders. Therefore the aim of this research is to design a framework for the systematic development of an information system (IS) that can adapt to the perspective of t

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Haight, T. Dawn. "A process for the development of sustainable Canadian communities." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/MQ61899.pdf.

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Thinagul, Chongrak. "Modelling sustainable living indicators in Thailand's cities and communities." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.501862.

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Larsson, Sara. "Speculative futures of sustainable communities : Utilizing the resources of collective living to speculate sustainable futures." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för design (DE), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-87931.

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The purpose with this report is to speculate how our neighborhoods could look like in the future, looking at modern collective living due to the housing crisis is Sweden today. This paper will look att different forms of collective housing, to challenge the conventional way of living. Connecting sustainability to the act of sharing space and resources, in creating a collaborative lifestyle. The research methods used in this speculative project looks at three case studies of collective housing to analyse and define different levels of sharing. During the design process one intervention was exec

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Gao, Hongzhi. "Towards sustainable communities, environmental and resource management in Lijiang, China." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0015/MQ37533.pdf.

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Juckes, Maxey I. A. F. "One path forward? : three sustainable communities in England and Wales." Thesis, Swansea University, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.637741.

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Governments the world over are now committed to sustainability. The practical changes required to move us in a more sustainable direction are generally known. However, whilst we have the technical and financial ability to begin the shift towards sustainability, current trends continue to reverse this, exacerbating what I term the sustainability crises. There are clearly political, economic, social and cultural factors that need to be addressed if we are to approach sustainability. This study explores some of these social and cultural factors by looking at life within three case study communiti

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Moreno, Elizabeth Hoffecker. "Growing sustainable business communities : lessons from cities leading the way." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/87520.

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Thesis: M.C.P., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 2014.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-177).<br>A new phenomenon has emerged over the past decade in a rising number of cities across America: what I am calling "sustainable business communities." These are place-based networks of independent, locally-owned businesses committed to generating social and environmental value in addition to economic value. They are prominent and increasingly influential players in the cities where they are large

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Yousefzadeh, Moslem. "Integrated sustainable energy solutions for large- and small-scale communities." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/25876.

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Devising sustainable energy for large- and small-scale communities requires two different perspectives. While, in the former, the main challenge is the allocation of relatively abundant resources to meet the supply for generic demands, in the latter, the detailed properties of the resources and demands should be identified and matched. First, this thesis focuses on one of the challenges of energy development simulations for large-scale communities. A novel CSP performance model is proposed for whole-of-grid simulations, that despite the usual simplified models in the literature does not compro

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Yang, Tian. "Towards a sustainable knowledge sharing environment for online research communities." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2005. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/1333/.

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Sustainability of online knowledge-sharing communities is a major challenge at the present time. Many approaches to knowledge-sharing communities have suffered from the lack of active user participation. To explore this problem it is necessary to study both social and technical issues. In this thesis, social and economic theories have been employed to investigate users' demand and behaviour in an online knowledge-sharing environment. An empirical study was carried out using the Virtual Knowledge Park (VKP) to analyse the relationship between the level of users' participation and their perceive

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Stokes, Debra Mary. "Indigenous communities sustainable development framework for LNG developments in Northwest B.C." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/63268.

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The extractives sector has the obligation to contribute to sustainable development in areas where resource exploitation occurs. Fulfilling this expectation is challenging in resource-dependent towns, that are periodically exposed to boom-bust dynamics. In northwest British Columbia, several large Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal projects have been proposed, involving high capital costs and several thousand workers for the construction phase. Indigenous Peoples are often negatively affected by such large developments, as their culture and sustenance is tied to the land and water. Many of th

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Greenius, Leigh, Elsa Jagniecki, and Kati Thompson. "Moving Towards Sustainable Community Renewable Energy : A Strategic Approach for Communities." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för ingenjörsvetenskap, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-2609.

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The developed world relies on an enormous supply of electricity and heat energy to power countless daily activities, predominantly using non-renewable fossil fuels. Although this energy assists people in meeting their basic human needs, the way in which it is produced is at odds with the ability of people to continue to meet their needs in the future. The current trend towards renewable energy generation in the developed world that involves community members is a positive step away from current unsustainable energy practices. A Strategic Sustainable Development (SSD) approach helps to guide pl

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Barnes, Rebecca Ruth Civil &amp Environmental Engineering Faculty of Engineering UNSW. "Planning for sustainable water and sanitation projects in rural, developing communities." Awarded By:University of New South Wales. Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2009. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/44507.

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Premature failure or abandonment of water or sanitation interventions in developing communities is a common phenomenon and one which is preventing potential benefits from being fully realised. While the causes of project failure are complex and varied, the literature addressing project failure implicates poor planning in many unsustained small-scale projects. In particular, a number of authors criticise planning that fails to include consideration of key sustainability areas. This thesis explores the relationship between planning for rural water and sanitation development projects and their s

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Atwood, John. "Building a sustainable learning and development culture through communities of practice." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1541700.

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<p> The world has become considerably smaller through the effects of technology, media, science, transportation, the Internet, and the spread of global commerce. There has been a great deal of discussion about how to manage knowledge and foster individual, group, and organizational learning. The purpose of this study was to investigate the practices and behaviors that led to the formation of communities of practice (CoPs) in a multinational corporation, their impact on distributed global offices, and their influence on a learning and development culture. The study addressed the following quest

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Fung, Tak Ching. "Sustainable fisheries and the diversity of marine communities : a theoretical investigation." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.602508.

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Effective implementation of an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EA FM) is predicated upon scientific knowledge of how fishing affects biodiversity in large marine communities with > 1 ,000 species, and how changes in biodiversity translate into changes in marine ecosystem functioning. However, existing theoretical and experimental studies have both used systems with orders of magnitude fewer species. Thus, there is a critical need for research using larger, more species-rich systems. The presented thesis addresses this key knowledge gap by developing a unique model capable of produc

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Winther, Anne M. "Survive or thrive : creating options for sustainable communities in rural Scotland." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/21186.

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Environmental and socio-economic crises are creating compelling needs for radical social change. This project investigated the options and barriers for three Scottish rural communities (Fintry, Killin and Kinlochleven) to become sustainable and thrive in a future resource-constrained world. A unique, holistic and mixed methods approach was used to assess baseline sustainability, envision and model futures and develop possible options for sustainability. Central to this investigation was the development of a strong and holistic model of a sustainable community: the sustainable community design

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Bergstrom, Ryan Dennis. "Sustainable development in amenity-based communities of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem." Diss., Kansas State University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/13592.

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Doctor of Philosophy<br>Department of Geography<br>Lisa M.B. Harrington<br>The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) is a large, nearly intact ecosystem with significant protection that has often been considered an ideal location to examine coupled human-environment interactions due to the region’s complex mosaic of private and public lands, competing natural resource uses, and rapid population growth. A transition toward sustainability suggests that current societal and economic needs can be met while simultaneously maintaining the planet’s life support systems for future generations. To facil

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Stanton, John Sebastian. "Democracy in sustainable development : accountability and participation in Britain's local communities." Thesis, Kingston University, 2010. http://eprints.kingston.ac.uk/20288/.

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Aliyu, Ramatu. "Designing for sustainable communities : the Abuja Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria." Thesis, De Montfort University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2086/13115.

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The planned Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria - Abuja is the context of this research. Abuja was conceived and conceptualised under a Master Plan designed by Kenzo Tange and Utec to replace Lagos as the new Capital City for the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 1977. This came about because of the unstructured and unplanned facilities characteristically evident in buildings, communities and some critical infrastructure in Lagos. These have combined, with the rapid rates of urbanisation, and relative to lack of supporting infrastructure and services, to render Lagos as one of the most overcrowd

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Myers, Gail Patricia. "Sustainable communities : traditions, knowledge, and adaptations among Black farmers in Ohio /." The Ohio State University, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1486402544589091.

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Franceys, Richard W. A. "Infrastructure for low-income communities : an investigation into the provision of sustainable physical infrastructure for low-income communities in low-income countries." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1991. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/28052.

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Physical infrastructure is required for health and security. Physical infrastructure also plays a significant role in development and economic growth. It may be seen as the foundation on which the expansion of agricultural production and subsequently industrial production takes place. Both of these are required to generate sustainable economic growth to support social welfare. This thesis examines methods of enabling low-income households and communities in low-income ('developing') countries to benefit from physical infrastructure.

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Cohen, Samantha Rebecca. "Ecovillages as models for sustainable urban neighborhoods : design guidelines and methods for understanding, analyzing and designing sustainable communities." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/111380.

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Thesis: M.C.P., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 2017.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages 98-101).<br>Ecovillages, which are grassroots intentional communities focused on the shared values of environmental sustainability and community-building, offer an alternative to traditional development primarily focused on developer profit, which creates incentives to build cheaply with little consideration for sustainability, reducing operating costs, creation of community or innovation in building techni

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Seyfang, Gill. "Green money from the grassroots : local exchange trading schemes and sustainable development." Thesis, Leeds Beckett University, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.263996.

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Cleary, Shawn A. "Sustainable Drinking Water Treatment for Small Communities Using Multistage Slow Sand Filtration." Thesis, University of Waterloo, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/926.

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Slow sand filtration is a proven and sustainable technology for drinking water treatment in small communities. The process, however, is sensitive to lower water temperatures that can lead to decreased biological treatment, and high raw water turbidity levels that can lead to premature clogging of the filter and frequent cleaning requirements, resulting in increased risk of pathogen breakthrough. Multistage filtration, consisting of roughing filtration followed by slow sand filtration, can overcome these treatment limitations and provide a robust treatment alternative for surface wat

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Ebeneku-Anim, Frederick, Ingrid Jacobson, Margaret McRoberts, and Pierre Munyura. "Building Sustainable Urban Communities : Can a common participatory space offer a solution?" Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Avdelningen för maskinteknik, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-4114.

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Globalization and rapid urbanization in the developing world have been contributing greatly to a current unsustainable reality. In order to move towards a sustainable society, the strength of people working collectively as a community must be recognized and harnessed to begin making changes from the bottom up. This thesis will examine how a common participatory space has the potential to become a community hub, and to foster participatory dialogue, negotiation and decision-making within urban communities of poverty. After examining the current reality, including present development practices,

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com, jpayakpate@gmail, and Janjira Payakpate. "Knowledge Management Platform for Promoting Sustainable Energy Technologies in Rural Thai Communities." Murdoch University, 2008. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20081203.115333.

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Sustainable energy services aim to meet the energy demands and to improve the living standards of rural communities with the utilization of sustainable energy technologies. Such services are becoming increasingly important due to the reduction of traditional energy resources and the ongoing increase in the demands. The demands are mainly due to the growth of population, domestic consumptions and industrial uses. In addition, increasing awareness of issues such as global warming, carbon emission, peak oil and the need for a sustainable environment has kindled keen interests in sustainable energ

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Cameron, Lewis J. "Energy 'access' for sustainable development : enabling modern energy practices in rural communities." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2017. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/18337/.

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Modern energy services are a foundation for sustainable development. As recently acknowledged by the multilaterally supported UNDP’s ‘energy access for all’ objective, it is a missing cog for the socio-economic, empowerment, livelihood enhancement and sustainability of more than 2 billion people in developing and less developed countries. Efforts to provide modern energy services, however, face pervasive challenges reflective of wider development efforts, establishing the imperative for greater understanding of their underlying dimensions as a basis for enhancing sustainable development pathwa

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Kusakabe, E. "Renascent social capital in Japanese communities : networks for building a sustainable society." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2011. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1306760/.

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For efforts to build ‘sustainable cities’, citizens’ broad and deep involvement is required in addition to an institutional incentive structure provided by central government. In Japan machizukuri (local community making) is a contemporary development in social movements which tries out various ways of sustainable-community making. This thesis explores the process of social capital accumulation in the Japanese context and investigates through machizukuri case studies: 1. whether active citizen participation makes a difference in the progress towards sustainability; 2. what role local governmen

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Payakpate, Janjira. "Knowledge management platform for promoting sustainable energy technologies in rural Thai communities." Thesis, Payakpate, Janjira (2008) Knowledge management platform for promoting sustainable energy technologies in rural Thai communities. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2008. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/426/.

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Sustainable energy services aim to meet the energy demands and to improve the living standards of rural communities with the utilization of sustainable energy technologies. Such services are becoming increasingly important due to the reduction of traditional energy resources and the ongoing increase in the demands. The demands are mainly due to the growth of population, domestic consumptions and industrial uses. In addition, increasing awareness of issues such as global warming, carbon emission, peak oil and the need for a sustainable environment has kindled keen interests in sustainable energ

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Payakpate, Janjira. "Knowledge management platform for promoting sustainable energy technologies in rural Thai communities." Payakpate, Janjira (2008) Knowledge management platform for promoting sustainable energy technologies in rural Thai communities. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2008. http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/426/.

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Sustainable energy services aim to meet the energy demands and to improve the living standards of rural communities with the utilization of sustainable energy technologies. Such services are becoming increasingly important due to the reduction of traditional energy resources and the ongoing increase in the demands. The demands are mainly due to the growth of population, domestic consumptions and industrial uses. In addition, increasing awareness of issues such as global warming, carbon emission, peak oil and the need for a sustainable environment has kindled keen interests in sustainable energ

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Hay, Naomi D. "The Role of Design in Strengthening Communities of Resilience for Sustainable Futures." Thesis, Griffith University, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/411265.

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A rapidly deteriorating climate in conjunction with escalating geopolitical tensions, and social and ecological injustice, has created heightened conditions of vulnerability and displacement for millions of people around the globe. In such times of unsettlement, the necessity to increase the resilience of communities towards viable and sustainable futures becomes imminent. This research aims to reconceptualise the relationship between resilience, community, and design, by recognising, framing, and applying design thinking and the role of design to strengthening communities of resilience. Again

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Díaz, Pacia. "Pursuing Resilience of Coastal Communities Through Sustainable and Integrated Urban Water Management." Scholar Commons, 2018. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7497.

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Reliability of water supply in the urban setting has become essential for communities to function and thrive. It is needed for more than mere human consumption and well-being. Although modern cities have water treatment and distribution systems, pressures from urbanization, population growth and the anticipated pressures of climate change are affecting the quality of water supply and the reliability of treatment and distribution systems. There is therefore an urgent need to take appropriate measures to improve the resilience of water supply systems before the impacts are irreversible. Impro

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Walters, Melvin. "Repercussions of the Mechanistic Dehumanization of Muslim Americans, Resilience, and Sustainable Communities." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7767.

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There is a lack of research on the relationship between dehumanization of minority religious groups and affiliation with terrorism, which suggests a need to consider the consequences of dehumanization perceptions beyond promoting aggression. This qualitative case study addresses whether dehumanization embedded in public policies influences Muslim Americans 18 to 25 years of age, native and nonnative, to engage in homegrown terrorism. Using Schneider and Ingram’s social constructions of target populations as the foundation, research questions focused on how perceptions of mechanistic dehumaniza

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Teferi, Zafu Assefa. "Slum Regeneration and Development of Sustainable Communities: A Case of Addis Ababa." Thesis, Curtin University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69386.

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Slum settlements in Addis Ababa are examined in this thesis through a sustainability lens. The Modernist slum clearance approach improves physical and economic conditions but removes the community fabric. An Organic approach using ‘leapfrog’ technologies and in-situ upgrading of infrastructure is suggested to resolve this dilemma and help to create a more inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable settlement in emerging cities.

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IODICE, FILIPPO. "Pollution and climate changes. Feedback from space for sustainable cities and communities." Doctoral thesis, Università IUAV di Venezia, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11578/301641.

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Cities represent more than 50% of global population and are the main responsible of energy consumption in the world, accounting for more than 70% of CO² emissions deriving especially from energy and transportation sectors (Global Covenant of Mayors, 018). At the same time, also cities are negatively affected by Climate Change in terms of infrastructure, economy (e.g. agriculture), public services, urban planning and food security, all crucial dimensions for sustainable development. In this scenario, urban planners and policy makers are called to identify innovative solution against crucial cha

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Bernstein, Autumn Rachel. "Technical Assistance for Disadvantaged Communities Seeking Grant Funding| A Case Study of the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program." Thesis, University of California, Davis, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10681478.

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<p> Disadvantaged communities in California and across the US encounter unique barriers to attracting competitive funding for affordable housing, economic development, sustainability initiatives and other needs. This paper examines an effort underway in California to overcome these barriers by providing subsidized technical assistance to disadvantaged communities that apply for certain cap and trade-funded grant programs. Specifically, we evaluate the effectiveness of California’s technical assistance (TA) pilot run by the California Strategic Growth Council (SGC) for the Affordable Hous

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Massart, Frédéric, and J. B. Matthews. "Pieces to a Puzzle : – Towards a Synergy of Sustainable Community Development Frameworks." Thesis, Umeå University, Umeå School of Business, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-1250.

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<p>In response to the myriad of problems confronting society including climatic changes on our planet numerous individuals, organizations, and governments are reinventing themselves forging a new pathway towards a more sustainable future. Facilitated by a variety of different conferences, initiatives, and strategies an increasing global trend has focused on the urban context addressing environmental, economic, and economic issues by developing sustainable communities. Sustainable communities are commonly guided in this process by a pre-existing framework formed on an underlying set of principl

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Collis, John Trifon. "The sustainable development of Benoa Bay an ecosystem approach /." Waterloo, Ont. : University Consortium of the Environment, 1993. http://books.google.com/books?id=qUkoAAAAMAAJ.

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Silk, Victoria. "Social capital and sustainability in a Newfoundland fishing community." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/349.

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The intent of this thesis is to conduct an empirical study of social capital in a single resource dependent fishing community, Petty Harbour, Newfoundland. The community under study, Petty Harbour, has a 335 year attachment to what was its primary fishery, Northern cod (Gadus morhua). This ended in 1992 when the Canadian government implemented an indefinite moratorium on Northern cod. Historically the community has exhibited high levels of activism aimed for the most part at protectionism of its primary economic mainstay, the fishery. Social capital by definition implies available resources em

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Preston, Sheila. "Theatre for development in context : exploring the possibilities and contradictions of visions of theatre and development within the action of community." Thesis, University of Winchester, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.341380.

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This study is research into practice, concerned with locating a critical perspective into the possibilities of drama in achieving sustainable development within communities. This qualitative research approach draws on action-research paradigms, ethnographic techniques and drama methodologies to create in depth analysis of the facilitation and action of community drama within case study contexts. The case study contexts were drawn from the field of mental health provision and the context of self-advocacy for people with learning difficulties. Drama and video workshops were facilitated within th

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Castro, Carlos J. "Contesting sustainable development : capitalist underdevelopment and resistance in the fishing communities of Pearl Lagoon, Nicaragua /." view abstract or download file of text, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3120614.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2004.<br>Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 247-261). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

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McKee, Andrene Jane. "The role of private landownership in facilitating sustainable rural communities in upland Scotland." Thesis, University of the Highlands and Islands, 2013. https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/portal/en/studentthesis/the-role-of-private-landownership-in-facilitating-sustainable-rural-communities-in-upland-scotland(6f5ee64b-f989-4786-afbc-9c412129670c).html.

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Privately-owned estates dominate Scotland's uplands, and their owners' decisions greatly influence rural communities. While the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 has altered power relations in rural areas, its impact on landowner-community dynamics has received little attention. Discourse on the contemporary ‘estate community' and factors determining its ‘sustainability' has also been minimal. The research reported here, involving in-depth case studies on six, upland, private estates, aims to address these knowledge gaps and contribute to Scottish policy on sustainable land use and community dev

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