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Ancín, Itziar. "The Kabir Project. Bangalore and Mumbai (India)." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23290.
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The Kabir Project (K.P.) was born in Bangalore, India, in 2002, after the Gujarat pogrom, which occurred in the same year. In the context of increasing divisions in Indian society, defined by religion, social class, caste and gender, this research explores how this initiative, through live concerts and documentary films, spreads the folk music traditions of the 15th century mystic poet Kabir along with his messages of unity and understanding between confronted identity groups. This study presents the context of violence between Muslims and Hindus since the Indian Partition and the reasons for gendered violence in the conflict. It focuses also on the connections between globalization and minorities’ prosecution in liberal democracies; on the colonial roots and socioeconomic reasons which led to the Gujarat massacre in 2002; and the social role of the mystic as bridging cultural and religious differences. Through two complementary methods: in-depth interviews to audiences and organizers at the K. P. festivals in Bangalore and survey questionnaires distributed to the Kabir Festival Mumbai audiences, this study tries to answer the following questions: What is the potential for social change of the K. P. in the world-views of today's Indian citizens? Are the messages presented by films and folk music capable of generating positive attitudes towards dialogue between confronted identity categories? In which ways?The research reveals the success of the K. P. to challenge audiences’ minds through communication for development events, whose objectives are reached by spreading Kabir values through artistic forms, and by creating shared spaces between confronted identity sections. Festivals in rural areas help to diminish the distance between those antagonized communities. In addition, urban festivals also generate positive attitudes in elites towards dialogue and coexistence, since that is the social profile of the audience.
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Vagale, Uday Kumar. "Bangalore-Future Trends In Public Open Space Usage. Case Study: Mahatma Gandhi Road, Bangalore." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9941.
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From 'Pensioners Paradise' or 'Garden City' to 'Silicon Valley' or 'Garbage City', the city of Bangalore has come a long way. One of the interesting aspects of life in Bangalore is 'public life' and the use of public space. However the quality of public spaces in Bangalore has deteriorated over the years due to several reasons. Rapid development, increase in traffic, encroachment into public spaces and lack of management of public spaces have all contributed to this. The CBD (Central Business District) area, especially M.G. Road has evolved as the de-facto centre of Bangalore. Hence a space that used to cater to a city of 2 million in 1980 has to now cater to a city of 5 million. This has led to congestion on M.G. Road, especially along the sidewalk, where people jostle each other to get to their destinations and one can no longer take a leisure stroll or promenade in comfort. Although the sidewalk has been historically an important public space, it is now slowly being reduced to the function of circulation.
The increase in population has also altered the demands on public spaces in Bangalore. The cosmopolitan image that Bangalore has acquired has resulted in the creation of many eclectic spaces such as pubs, open-air cafés, and food courts. The common man is being left out of this semi-public realm because of affordability, causing a social rift. Also with pressure increasing on the streets it is becoming difficult to cater to these needs in an appropriate manner. The public realm is slowly diminishing and the semi-private realm is filling the void. This calls for a re-evaluation of the role of a street and how it is functioning in Bangalore and exploration of new spatial types of public spaces, which can be introduced in the public realm. Public spaces should reconcile these differences rather than aggravate them. With pressure on land due to increasing population and density a contest for space is inevitable. What is important is to reconcile these differences and evolve a strategy through which public space can be returned to the people irrespective or religion, caste, creed, class or political alignment for the common good without compromising on aesthetics. At the same time the poor and deprived need to feel a sense of belonging and ownership in the city. Public space is one of the few mediums for such expressions and hence the duty of the city to provide it.
Also the absence of iconic public spaces as landmarks has resulted in Bangalore remaining an imageless city, a former middle-class city with no apparent vernacular. Today Bangalore has no real city centre to represent its image and cater to its citizens. The elements of a city centre already exist as observed by Rao & Tewari; it is a matter of giving it structure and a sense of place.
Bangalore today confronts several problems with respect to its public spaces ' lack of an imageable city centre; contest for urban and public space based on class and caste; privatisation / corporatisation of public space. To curtail violent and disruptive demonstration of ideas and aspirations by various interest groups especially those of the suppressed, the city needs a democratic, civic space in the perceived/evolving heart of the city ' M.G. Road. Such a space would attempt to bridge the zoning of Bangalore and the lack of imageability of the city; providing its citizens a space to speak their minds, to protest, to celebrate, to mourn, to recreate and most importantly to unite.
The thesis document comprises three sections. The first section deals with theory pertaining to the design of public spaces that provides a basis to evaluate public spaces in Bangalore, and draw conclusions, which can be applied in the design project. It draws from public space theory pertaining to the issues identified earlier. The second section provides a brief history of urbanisation of Bangalore. It describes the use of public space from colonial times to the present and draws conclusions for future development of public spaces in Bangalore. The last section applies and tests the conclusions arrived at in the previous two chapters through a design project for a site on Mahatma Gandhi Road. The design process and final product comprises the third section.Master of Landscape Architecture
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Michael, Nisha Jacintha. "Educators’ Attitudes towards Inclusive Education in Bangalore, India." Thesis, Griffith University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367160.
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Advocacy of inclusive education is a key part of the United Nations’ broader effort to encourage countries across the world to commit to the provision of 'education for all'. This United Nations educational policy is directed towards promoting social justice and equality and erasing the invisible and tangible barriers that segregate the marginalized sections of society from quality education. The Government of India has endorsed this broad objective and recognized the urgent need to provide equal opportunities to all learners. This commitment becomes complicated when considered within a political and social context that has simultaneously endorsed the significance of education for social development while limiting access to education for various groups, including students with disabilities.
In this complex situation teachers’ attitudes towards the implementation of the inclusive education have a major impact upon how students with disabilities actually experience education. Yet relatively little is known about Indian teachers’ attitudes to inclusive education principles and practices and/or how they believe they are able to take up the United Nations’ and the government of India’s apparent commitment to meeting the needs of students with disabilities.
In response to this gap in literature and policy, the aim of this mixed method study was to investigate pre-service teachers’ and in-service teachers’ attitudes towards the implementation of inclusive education in the city of Bangalore within Karnataka State, India. The project involved the use of a 30 items questionnaire followed by semi-structured interviews with participants from several groups: pre-service teachers with a special education focus; pre-service, generalist teachers; in-service teachers working in general education settings; and in-service teachers working in special education. This data set was analysed by drawing upon the Theory of Planned Behavior advocated by Ajzen (1991). This analysis highlighted teachers’ beliefs and how these shape their attitudes towards, and actions regarding, inclusive education.Thesis (Professional Doctorate)
Doctor of Education (EdD)
School of Education and Professional Studies
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Jayadeva, Sazana. "Overcoming the English handicap : seeking English in Bangalore, India." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2015. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.708998.
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Kalra, Rajrani. "High Technology and Intra-Urban Transformations: A Case Study of Bengaluru,India." [Kent, Ohio] : Kent State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=kent1195648204.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Kent State University, 2007.Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Jan. 6, 2009). Advisor: David H. Kaplan. Keywords: High technology; Urban change; Bengaluru. Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-253).
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Rao, Mala R. "Builders in the private sector : a case study of Bangalore, India /." This resource online, 1990. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02162010-020019/.
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Srinivas, S. "Urban development and the information technology industry : a study of Bangalore, India." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1997. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1339570/.
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The focus of the study is the city of Bangalore, in India, which has over the years become a centre for high technology industries, and in the mid-i 990s was home to the largest number of Information Technology (IT) firms in India. This has earned it the title of the 'Silicon Valley of India'. The city's comparative advantage in the IT industry in India emanates from various factors, of which favourable government policy, high quality work force, and the availability of research laboratories are some of its crucial determinants. This research aims to understand the reasons for Bangalore's success in attracting both foreign and domestic IT industries (especially between the mid-i 980s, when the Indian economy showed the initial signs of opening up, and the mid-I 990s), and investigates the extent to which the city can continue to be the most preferred location for IT industry in the country. Three research hypotheses have been tested in this research study. The first is directed towards the global IT industry, and contends that the global IT industry's interest in India goes beyond mere price considerations alone. The second proposes that the success of Bangalore in attracting the IT industries is due to a synergy of factors, which include favourable government policies, availability of skilled professionals, and local presence of research institutes and laboratories. The third hypothesis is guided towards the industry-institution linkage, and argues that there exists a strong link between the IT industry and the research laboratories in Bangalore, which has helped underpin growth in the local IT industry. The empirical analysis was conducted at tm, levels. One at the national level of policy making, and another at the city level. The research is based on both secondary sources of data and primary data collection. The study relied on two types of field surveys, a firm-level survey and a policy makers survey. An understanding of the competitiveness of Bangalore is carried out using a set of indicators which include inter ella level of telecommunications infrastructure, government policies, availability of industrial/office space, skilled labour and specialised services. The study finds that initially the main reason for the industrial growth in Bangalore was to be found in the strong industrial tradition of the region, dating back to the earlier part of the twentieth century and later, by government owned electronics and telecommunication industries that were founded in the city immediately after the country's independence (in 1947). Electronics industries continued to base themselves during the 1 960s and through the I 980s in the city. However, when the Indian economic policy was hberalised from the mid-1980s and more perceptibly after 1991, it was the lnfomiation Technology industries that began to establish themselves in Bangalore primarily to tap the available professional skills, and to make use of the city's existing base as a prominent centre for high technology industries. The research also found that there are strong links between the research institutes and laboratories and the private IT companies in Bangalore especially in R&D related activities. While many of the interviewed companies felt that Bangalore would continue to be the preferred location for the IT industry in the country, they do not rule out the possibility that an impending infrastructure crisis in the city will undermine its competitiveness.
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Grönwall, Jenny T. "Access to water : rights, obligations and the Bangalore situation /." Linköping : Department of Water and Environmental Studies, Linköping University, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-11686.
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Asser, Elaine. "The rise of a service class culture in India : the software industry in Bangalore." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.343341.
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Cook, Mitchell J. "Information technology governance and local public financial management reform : the case of Bangalore, India." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/115706.
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Thesis: Ph. D. in Urban and Regional Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 2018.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-235).
Decentralization policy in India has coalesced in recent years around interrelated concerns over the transparency of local government financial management and reporting systems and the capacity of urban local bodies to implement modern performance budgeting and accrual accounting structures. This dissertation examines the relationship between these policy concerns in the case of Bangalore and looks deeply into the role of information technology providers in advocating for greater local government financial transparency and accountability through financial management information system projects. Utilizing the concept of legitimacy games I find that mechanisms to support coordination in project implementation are subject to partially predictable but ultimately uncontrollable contingent interactions of norms, values, and structural arrangements that surround government financial management information systems. The latter are largely unstable over time given frequent changes to administrative personnel and the broader authorizing environment. Consequently, coordination within information technology project implementation spurs competition in legitimacy games between information technology subcontractors and systems. Under such conditions, forms of collective action around political accountability in urban governance spur a double movement of information democratization and information closure in entrepreneurial issue networks. As a result, the extent of effective local government financial transparency becomes increasingly dependent on the internal characteristics and relative power of information gatekeepers. The findings of the case study contribute to new knowledge on the relationship between information technology and local public financial management procedures and practices. The notion of legitimacy games draws stark contrast to conventional assumptions surrounding competition in public sector outsourcing arrangements, namely that it is driven by the desire for larger contracts so as to maximize profits or that it bids down prices in government outsourcing. The case illustrates how behavioral incentives to link financial management information systems to public transparency and accountability mechanisms emerge in highly localized confrontations not as a concerted response to national policy. The real effect of such technologies on local state capacity has been limited in the case of Bangalore. In order to achieve more transformational impact, policymakers, public managers, and technology providers must carefully consider how to handle large volumes of financial information corresponding to irregular transactions.
by Mitchell J. Cook.
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Capilouto, Emily G. "GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND CATEGORIES OF RISK: PHYSICIAN VIEWS OF CERVICAL CANCER IN BANGALORE, INDIA." UKnowledge, 2018. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/anthro_etds/32.
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India has one of the highest rates of cervical cancer morbidity and mortality globally. Despite this, there are no national or state-wide screening efforts for cervical cancer and its prevention in India. In an effort to understand the magnitude of cervical cancer in Bangalore, India, this research draws upon data collected in hospital contexts over a month-long period to explore the ways in which physician attitudes contribute to understandings of cervical cancer and its prevention in the growing urban context of Bangalore.
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Teklemariam, Mekdes. "Cross-Cultural Management: : In case of Germans and Indians working at BOSCH Ltd., Bangalore, India." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för ekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-35128.
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Aim: This study investigates what cultural difference exists between India and Germany and how cross-cultural management is addressed in the German company BOSCH in India. Methodology: A qualitative method is used in this research study. The Study is conducted by assessing different kinds of primary and secondary data. The questionnaire was the main source of primary data. 18 Indian employees and 2 German managers that work in the German BOSCH company located in Bangalore, India have filled out the Questionnaire. Few interviews via Skype have been conducted for further clarification. The secondary sources used were company websites, archives, previous studies on similar subject matter, and country profiles of Germany and India. Result & Conclusions: Through interviews with the Indian and German employees and going over previously written literature on Culture,Cultural dimensions,Cross Cultural management and Cross cultural team, analyzing the empirical findings with the literature reviews,the author of this study have come to the conclusion that there is a siginfican cultural diffrence between India and Germany. And a tailored Cross-cultural management must be designed to address the cultural difference that are observed. By doing so BOSCH can achive retaining of employees, manage frustration of German managers and accelerate innovation. Suggestions for Future Research: Business are being done globally and remote working is becoming a trend. Managing a Cross cultural team working remotely can be challenging. There is a gap in studies about how culture affects people’s communication while working remotely and how it affects performance. Such a study can be helpful by providing insight on how Cross-cultural team working remotely should be managed. Keywords: Culture, Cross-cultural management, Cultural dimensions, Individuality, Cross-cultural teams
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Narayana, Jayashree. "Violations of land use and building regulations : evidence from a case study in Bangalore, India /." Thesis, This resource online, 1996. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06112009-063833/.
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Choi, Stanley Jeonsik. "The Christian school as a means of effective evangelism in India history and evaluation of the Saint Paul Mission School in Bangalore, India /." Lynchburg, Va. : Liberty University, 2009. http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu.
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Grönwall, Jenny T. "Access to water : Rights, obligations and the Bangalore situation." Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, Tema vatten i natur och samhälle, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-11686.
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The city of Bangalore in southern India is undergoing rapid urbanisation and administrative transition. Its growth puts pressure on the available water sources – being mainly the disputed inter-State River Cauvery and the hard-rock aquifers – with ensuing problems of access. These aspects affect how rights to and over water are fulfilled and perceived. Competition for drinking water is intensifying worldwide and over a billion people are estimated to lack safe access to it. Urbanisation and other demographic trends, along with globalisation and climate change, are adding to the changing patterns of water scarcity. The role of rights in attaining and improving access to water is undoubtedly great and often referred to in the general water management debate. The notion is analysed here as having three interlinked dimensions: the right to water as a human right; water in terms of property rights; and water rights. Law treats these rights, and thereby water, differently. For instance, groundwater has traditionally been thought of as invisible and unpredictable. Partly for this reason, it is still left largely unregulated in many parts of the world. In India, according to the proverb, ‘the landlord is a water lord’. This has effects on the claim for water as a human right. The dissertation shows that we cannot talk in terms of water and rights until we are aware of how complex rights apply simultaneously, and how they correspond to obligations.
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Vikström, Jenny. "Motivations behind gardening in a rapidly urbanizing landscape - a case study of urban gardening in Bangalore, India." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Stockholm Resilience Centre, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-148718.
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India’s IT-capital Bangalore is experiencing rapid urbanization causing diminishing greenery and biodiversity. Urbanization contributes to disconnecting humans from nature, further contributing to environmental degradation, since connecting with nature is crucial for fostering pro-environmental behaviour and stewardship which is required for urban resilience. The city’s long legacy of home gardening has been threatened by the city growth, however, Bangaloreans are finding new ways of engaging in gardening. This study gives an inside perspective of how and why middle class Bangaloreans choose to engage in gardening, building on interviews with 24 terrace and community gardeners, and identification of 6 community garden initiatives. The terrace gardening movement emerged during the 1990s, and have now spread to engage several thousands of citizens, growing on their rooftops across the city, however, community gardening is a ‘new’ phenomenon. The motivations expressed by gardeners are, in this study, categorised in motivational drivers and direct benefits. Motivational drivers affect the gardener’s desire to engage and these drivers are identified as memories, cultural values and beliefs, experiences of urbanization, perception of risk and external influence. Direct benefits are the benefits they get from gardening, identified as material, psychological and social benefits. The main motivations stated were the benefits of healthy food and connecting with nature. Terrace gardeners have a strong network and the main platform for interaction is social media, and many community gardeners are also part of that forum, where experiences and knowledge are shared. Gardeners use natural and organic practices and many have a desire to preserve traditional species and methods. This indicates that urban gardening is a way of stewardship of urban (agro)biodiversity and thus requires increased attention, for overcoming challenges related to management and lack of perseverance, and for contributing to city resilience through human and nature connections through gardening.FOR 2432
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Leeuwen, J. A. G. Gerwin van. "Fully Indian - authentically Christian : a study of the first fifteen years of the NBCLC (1967-1982), Bangalore, India, in the light of the theology of its founder D. S. Amalorpavadass /." Kampen : Uitgeversmaatschappij J.H. Kok, 1990. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb35537632h.
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Bognäs, Désirée. "To save water or not? : A study of water scarcity at multiple levels, and people's attitudestowards it in Bangalore, India." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för naturgeografi och kvartärgeologi (INK), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-59320.
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In a situation where population growth and development is to be sustained throughnaturally limited water resources, something needs to be done to either render waterusage more effective or make more water available. This is the situation in Bangalore Urban District (BUD), an ever growing city lying far from perennial water sources. This thesis presents the water situation in BUD, and aims to analyze the current status of water resources on multiple levels in BUD. Further the aim is to look at people‘s attitudes towards water scarcity. The methods used are literature studies and semistructured interviews. The study shows that there is a lack of water in relation to the population on basin level, creating the perquisites for water scarcity. Even so, the water stress on city level does not seem to be a direct effect off the water scarcity on basin level, but rather a result of inefficient governance and inadequate infrastructure. This means that to solve the issue, the governing entities in BUD must firstly look at improving the situation on city level rather than focusing on Water Supply Managementon basin level. The perception of this problem varies among people in BUD, and the perception of water stress in relation to the most favorable incentives to care which are a combination of personal and common good incentives, can affect household‘s water behavior. The significance of these results is that people‘s attitudes towards water resources will affect how they handle and use water. Through further research this knowledge can be vital to understanding how to achieve behavioral changes that can lover usage in a growing city like Bangalore.
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Virkar, Shefali Vidya. "The politics of implementing e-government for development : the ecology of games shaping property tax administration in Bangalore city, India." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2016. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:1bf0c6ae-213a-4d40-852e-5c0186099644.
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The purpose of this thesis is to examine the role of government in encouraging fiscal compliance from the theoretical perspective of the ‘Ecology of Games’; and, both, in tandem with, as well as nuanced by, the analytical model of the ‘Design-Actuality Gap Framework’. Conceptual representations of human behaviour in formal complex institutions, located within Behavioural Economics and Political Game Theory, presuppose that it is possible for government agencies to strategically influence the behavioural preferences and the consumption patterns of individual actors and groups within society. This study, to illustrate the applicative value of the central theoretical precepts and constructs arrived at within the work, presents an empirical case concerned with the implementation and the use of an electronic property tax collection system in Bangalore, India developed between 1998 and 2008.
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Nair, Roopa. "Caught in the digital divide : transforming meanings of space, gender and identity for high-tech professionals in Bangalore City, India." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.431518.
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Rouanet, Hortense. "Quand les grands promoteurs immobiliers fabriquent la ville en Inde : regards croisés sur Bangalore et Chennai." Thesis, Paris Est, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016PESC1187/document.
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La thèse s'intéresse à la place encore méconnue des promoteurs immobiliers privés dans la fabrication des espaces urbains en Inde, en prenant pour terrain de recherche les régions métropolitaines de Bangalore et Chennai. L’enjeu de cette recherche doctorale est d’observer et d’expliquer comment des promoteurs immobiliers contribuent à la transformation de l’organisation spatiale des villes et de leurs paysages, mais également de la manière de les représenter et de les concevoir ainsi que de les aménager et de gouverner leur développement. En sondant ces dimensions matérielles, symboliques et politiques, nous explorons les mécanismes qui aident à comprendre l'essor plus rapide de certains promoteurs à un moment récent de l'histoire urbaine. Ceci nécessite alors de prendre en compte les spécificités de l’activité de promotion en scrutant les modalités par lesquelles les entreprises accèdent aux ressources qui leur sont nécessaires (le foncier, les capitaux et le pouvoir réglementaire) tout en prenant soin de les historiciser. Dans le contexte de l'Inde libéralisée, nous remarquons que l'essor des entreprises de promotion immobilière tient à trois aspects conjugués : 1) une demande importante en nouvelles constructions qui reflète la consommation immobilière d’entreprises recherchant des locaux modernes pour héberger leurs salariés et d’une classe moyenne supérieure croissante; 2) un environnement socio-règlementaire assoupli sur tous les aspects importants pour l’activité de promotion immobilière, et en particulier les modalités d'accès aux matériaux de construction et à la main-d’œuvre, mais également au foncier urbain et aux capitaux pour préfinancer les opérations de promotion ; 3) enfin, la disponibilité de ces capitaux à partir de diverses sources (marchés financiers, banques commerciales, investisseurs particuliers). Ainsi, au milieu des années 2000, certains promoteurs sont parvenus à se développer très rapidement, tout en parvenant à conserver une autonomie forte vis-à-vis des investisseurs qui sous-tendent leur essor. Cette autonomie relative des promoteurs, doublée de la puissance de feu apportée par les marchés financiers leur a permis de mettre en œuvre une stratégie de conquête de marchés immobiliers à la fois dans leurs espaces d’origine et par l'implantation dans d'autres villes d’Inde du sud. Ils ont ainsi pu accroître leur volume de production, multipliant des projets caractérisés par leur taille croissante. Les promoteurs immobiliers étudiés se trouvent en position de force pour énoncer des visions sur le développement urbain, la gouvernance des métropoles et pour société urbaine indienne. Ces visions retrouvent celles proposées par d'autres grands entrepreneurs indiens et des cabinets d'audit internationaux : la ville indienne doit être transformée afin de répondre à un idéal de ville de classe mondiale, caractérisée notamment par des infrastructures et services urbains efficients. Les promoteurs disqualifient les acteurs publics en raison de leur incompétence et de leur recours à des pratiques de rémunération frauduleuse. A contrario, les promoteurs se targuent de produire des formes urbaines répondant à cet idéal de ville de classe mondiale, d’apporter des services efficaces au sein de leurs complexes immobiliers, de démontrer leur probité et leur intégrité professionnelles notamment en répondant aux exigences de transparence en matière de communication financière et de bonne gouvernance, et plus généralement d’œuvrer au bien commun par la production de logements et d’immeubles de bureaux adapté à la modernisation économique de l’Inde. Discours d’auto légitimation qui les incitent à rêver tout haut de se substituer aux autorités publiques en charge de l'aménagement des métropoles, ou du moins, à assumer une responsabilité plus importante encore dans leur transformationThe thesis focuses on the little-known role of private developers in making of urban spaces in India, in the metropolitan regions of Bangalore and Chennai. The aim of this doctoral research is to observe and explain how developers contribute to the transformation of the spatial organization of cities and their landscape, but also the way of representing and designing as well as develop and govern the development. By probing the physical, symbolic and political, we explore the mechanisms that help explain the more rapid growth of some promoters to a recent moment in urban history. This then needs to take into account the promotion of the activity of specific scrutinizing the ways in which businesses access to the resources they need (land, capital and regulatory power) while taking care of the historicizing. In the context of liberalized India, we note that the growth of real estate development companies due to three aspects combined: 1) a significant demand for new construction that reflects the real estate consumer companies seeking modern premises to house their employees and a growing upper middle class; 2) a socio-relaxed regulatory environment on all important aspects of the property development business, and in particular the arrangements for access to building materials and labor, but also to urban land and capital to pre-finance development operations; 3) finally, the availability of capital from various sources (financial markets, commercial banks, private investors). In the mid 2000s, some developers have managed to develop very rapidly, while managing to maintain a strong autonomy vis-à-vis investors that underpin their development. This relative autonomy of developers, coupled with the firepower provided by the financial markets allowed them to implement a strategy to conquer real estate markets in both their original spaces and by implanting in other cities of south India. They were able to increase their production volume, multiplying projects characterized by their increasing size. Real estate developers surveyed are in strong position to articulate visions on urban development, the governance of cities and urban Indian society. These views reflected those proposed by other leading Indian business leaders and international audit firms: the Indian city should be transformed to meet a world-class city ideal, characterized by efficient urban infrastructure and services. Proponents disqualify public players because of their incompetence and their use of fraudulent compensation practices. Conversely, proponents boast of producing urban forms responding to this world-class city ideal, provide effective services in their housing complexes, demonstrate probity and professional integrity including meeting the requirements of transparency in financial communication and good governance, and more generally to work for the common good through the production of housing and office buildings adapted to the economic modernization of India. These self-legitimation discourse encourage them to dream aloud to replace public authorities in charge of the development of cities, or at least to assume even greater responsibility in their transformation
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Violett, Edward A. "Faith based development : the social development perspective in Catholic social teaching : with an illustrative case study of the Ranchi Archdiocese, India." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2003. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2886/.
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This thesis is a study of how one faith based institution, the Roman Catholic Church, has evolved over the last century, a set of principles to bring about and guide its efforts in the promotion of human welfare. The study is driven by and derives its theoretical framework from the approach to social welfare known as social development. The social development approach is characterized as a process of intentional social change to bring about sustainable human well-being. This change is envisaged as harmonizing human development in all its facets: social, political, personal cultural, spiritual and economic. Using historical analysis, the thesis develops and delineates from social development a set of components with which to examine the principles in the Church's Social Teaching allied to the promotion of human welfare. The study demonstrates striking common conceptual foundations, mutuality of purpose and influence between 'secular' social development and that of the Church's approach to social development and illustrates a convergence and congruence in methodology between the two approaches. Foremost among the similarities is that the Church, in accord with 'secular' social development, holds as normative an integrated developmental process that joins all dimensions of human experience-social, economic, spiritual, political and cultural-to enhance and promote human well-being. The similarities notwithstanding, the analysis also points to fundamental divergences between the two approaches that largely emanate from the Church's institutional structure and its faith orientation to social development, which are in some senses irreconcilable with 'secular' social development. These conclusions are reached through careful historical and textual analysis as well as through the development of an illustrative case of the Catholic Archdiocese of Ranchi. This local level study, which also used interview methods, provided an opportunity to examine how the Church's social development principles emerged, were influenced and have been applied in Church action for human well-being in one local development context of India.
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Chinnaswamy, A. "An environmental health information system model for the spatiotemporal analysis of the effects of air pollution on cardiovascular diseases in Bangalore, India." Thesis, Coventry University, 2015. http://curve.coventry.ac.uk/open/items/ffbc058e-2a6a-4760-b301-8bdbe6a56a33/1.
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This study attempts to answer the research question ‘Can a novel model of health information system strengthen process for conducting research to understand the effects of air pollution on CVD in developing countries?’ There is limited research output from Asia and in particular, from India on studies of the deleterious effects of air pollution on CVD. This research aimed to investigate the barriers in developing countries and proposed the use of a spatiotemporal methodology to assess the effects of air pollution on CVD by developing an application based on a GIS platform. Choosing Bangalore as a case study area, secondary data from various governmental departments that included demographic data, air pollution data and mortality data were obtained. An Environmental Health Information system application based on GIS platform was developed specifically for Bangalore and with the characteristics of the datasets available. Data quality assessment was carried out on these datasets that resulted in the recommendation of a generalisable data quality framework to enable better data collection that will aid in strengthening health development policies. The data was analysed using spatial and non-spatial techniques. Results showed that levels of PM10 were of concern to the city with all areas having either high or critical levels of pollution. CVD deaths also were of concern contributing to almost 40% of total mortality. The potential years of life lost (PYLL), which is an estimate of the average years a person would have lived if he or she had not died prematurely was calculated for the years from 2010 to 2013; this revealed that 2.1 million person years were lost in Bangalore due to CVD alone. These potential years lost is an important factor to consider, as preventive measures taken by the Government will result in a significant economic impact on the city. The limitations of few monitoring stations were overcome by using spatial interpolation techniques such as Inverse Distance Weighted interpolation technique. The performance of the interpolation was tested using cross-validation techniques and the results revealed that Bangalore city would benefit from increased measuring stations for PM10. The logistic regression conducted showed that pollution especially PM10 was a likely predictor of CVD in the city. Spatial analysis was conducted and included buffering, overlay maps, queries and Hotspot analysis highlighting the zone hotspots. The results from the research guided the development of the novel 5-I model that would assist other similar developing cities to assess the effects of air pollution on CVD. The impetus is that based on evidence, intervention policies and programs may be implemented to inform research and practice which will ultimately have social, economic and health impact on the population. On implementation of the model, hotspots will be identified in order to roll out interventions to priority areas and populations most at risk that will ultimately prevent millions of deaths and enhance overall quality of life.
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Enqvist, Johan. "Urban environmental stewardship : Roles and reasons for civic engagements in governance of social-ecological systems." Licentiate thesis, Stockholms universitet, Stockholm Resilience Centre, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-116582.
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Stewardship as a concept is increasingly brought forward as a goal to reach sustainability goals of ensuring human wellbeing within the limits of Earth’s life support systems. Scholarship on the required capacities for planetary stewardship is growing rapidly, as are the insights. This thesis focuses on contributing with knowledge about what stewardship implies in terms of civic engagement in environmental issues, particularly in contexts where these can be particularly challenging: rapidly changing cities. Paper I describes the internal functioning of a citizen network engaged in various environmental issues in Bangalore, India. Analyzing social network structure and desired outcomes, it shows that while the loose structure inhibits efficiency, it encourages inclusiveness and builds legitimacy among members. Despite a reduced capacity to actively mobilize members, the network facilitates ecosystem monitoring and serves as an information platform to connect diverse groups across the city. Paper II describes how local engagement to restore Bangalorean lakes can influence city-level governance of water supply. Following key events in the 1960s, Bangalore has become increasingly dependent on a single source of water and seems unable to explore other supply approaches for its rapidly growing population. The study shows that the system’s trap-like dynamics can be rewired by citizen-based lake groups by incentivizing authorities to break long-standing centralization trends. By re- acknowledging the water bodies’ multifunctional role as man-made water harvesting units, groups have gathered local support and improved monitoring to protect lakes after restoration. Together, the two papers show that civic involvement in urban environmental stewardship can improve governance by complementing and acting as a watchdog over public authorities.
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Botelho, Jude. "Using the Internet for religion : a study of the possible use of the Internet for religious purposes among the Catholics of the Archdiocese of Mumbai, India." Thesis, University of Westminster, 2005. https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/item/92v4z/using-the-internet-for-religion-a-study-of-the-possible-use-of-the-internet-for-religious-purposes-among-the-catholics-of-the-archdiocese-of-mumbai-india.
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It has been claimed that the Internet is influencing not only ways of doing business and modes of communication and recreation, but also the ways human beings practice religion. Most studies undertaken on how people are using the web for their religious needs are done in North America, largely among Christians. This study was aimed at testing whether this was true of Catholic users of the Internet from the Archdiocese of Mumbai, India. In order to verify the religious use of the Internet, focus groups were conducted among various sectors of Catholic users to explore whether differences in age, sex and religious groupings resulted in significant variations in net usage. The data obtained from the focus groups was further tested with a survey questionnaire, administered to a representative sampling of Catholics from the Archdiocese of Mumbai. The data provides not only general trends of net use among the Catholics, but also nuanced perceptions of the net in relationship to its religious use. Research evidence indicated that the Internet was not being used for religion by the Catholics of Mumbai. The fact that there was an inclination towards and ambivalence to using the net shows that there are deeper issues that are influencing net usage. These issues could relate to the free-for-all style of the net and the authority-bound character of the Catholic faith; the interactive character of the net in contrast to the top-down style of communication of the Catholic church; and the global virtual community of the net in comparison with the tangible faith commitment to the local parish community in worship and practice. In conclusion hypotheses proposed to explain the poor usage of the Net are substantiated and new issues suggested, that require further research in the context of net use for religion.
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Lasrado, Reena Anitha. "A qualitative study of the cultural implications of attempted suicide and its prevention in South India." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2014. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/a-qualitative-study-of-the-cultural-implications-of-attempted-suicide-and-its-prevention-in-south-india(90335082-db3a-4a0a-a853-5193cbd90f41).html.
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Suicide in India is a complex social issue and a neglected area by the state. Research has focused on risk factors and the epidemiology of suicide; studies concerning the intersection of culture with attempted suicide are limited. The aim of this study is to explore cultural implications of attempted suicide and its prevention in Southern India by means of comparing and contrasting the accounts of survivors of attempted suicide, mental health professionals and traditional healers engaged in treating people with suicidal behaviour. Methodology: A qualitative design is used drawing on constant comparison method and thematic analysis. The analysis of the data is underpinned by the theoretical concepts of Bourdieu’s work. In-depth interviews were conducted with fifteen survivors of attempted suicide, eight mental health professionals and eight healers from Southern India. Results: Application of Bourdieu’s theory of symbolic power and violence, cultural capital and habitus to the analysis of data revealed the process of constant interaction among visible and invisible fields such as faith, power, control, family, religion and social systems which impact survivors’ disposition to situations. Disparities in gender and role structures within families, financial challenges, health concerns, abuse, and violence were commonly cited factors by all three groups of participants. A few survivors and healers attributed misfortunes and distress to magic, spells and ‘bad times’. Healers and professionals were particularly of the opinion that cultural transition has added to stress among people. Survivors considered religious and traditional methods of support as socially accepted norms. Medical assistance was sought only during apparent ill health. Psychosocial support was very rarely accessed and availed. A lack of awareness among family members and friends to identify mental health concerns and a wide gap between identification of severe stressors and treatment increased the risk of suicide and limited timely intervention. Conclusion: This study identified a set of cultural mechanisms that produced negative impact and led to attempted suicide. The role of culture in causing suicide and attempted suicide is explained by unraveling the dynamics of cultural mechanisms and support processes that survivors experienced and as reported by professionals and healers. This research evidence presents pathways into attempted suicide and a life away from suicide.
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Burns, Emily K. "Selling Sex To Survive: Prostitution, Trafficking And Agency Within The Indian Sex Industry." Ohio University Art and Sciences Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouashonors1391174022.
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Andreasson, Lisa, and Jönsson Johanna Olsson. "I am still unlearning it : A qualitative study of how Indian journalists perceive their reality from a gender perspective." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för medier och journalistik (MJ), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-52167.
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India experienced huge media coverage from all over the world associated with the Nirbhaya-case in 2012, when a young middleclass girl was brutally raped in a bus by five men in Delhi. After this horrifying incident a lot of demonstrations followed all over India. Women in the urban areas was arguing for the same rights as men and was standing up for a more equal society where everybody is able to live as freely as someone else, no matter what gender you was born with. This study aim to examine what experiences, perceptions and opinions Indian journalists in English written press have of their reality from a gender perspective. We wanted to know how and when Indian journalist represent women and if there is a certain way of thinking about representation of women in the media content. In interviews with a total of eleven journalists and ethnographic observations in two of India’s largest cities we tried to examine the structures and perceptions that influenced the journalist’s worldview and thus also the messages that appears in the news. By using the theory of structuration, agenda setting, performativity and intersectionality we examined what structures that the journalists live and operates within and how this is affecting the media content.
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Booth, Judith, and edu au jillj@deakin edu au mikewood@deakin edu au kimg@deakin. "A critique of "cultural fit" in relation to the recruitment of Indian Information Technologists for the Y2K project in Australia." Deakin University. School of Communication & Creative Arts, 2002. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20040617.142627.
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In this study of intercultural communication, I investigate the multi-faceted meaning of the expression " cultural fit " in the sense that it is used by recruiters when shortlisting Indian information technologists to fill skills shortages for the Y2K project in Australia. The data is in the form of ten videotaped interviews in Bangalore and the recruiter commentary on those tapes in Melbourne. A crucial decision to be made by recruiters in any shortlisting process is " How will the candidate fit into the workplace?" This question becomes more problematical when applied to overseas-trained professionals. I take a critical approach, drawing principally on the research traditions of linguistics where studies of intercultural communication and workplace interaction intersect, employing chiefly the tools of Critical Discourse Analysis and Interactional Sociolinguistics and the more abstract notions of Bourdieu. A bridge between these different discourse approaches is provided by Sarangi & Roberts < 1999 < who show the connection between the larger institutional order and interactional routines, through an elaboration of frontstage talk and backstage talk following Goffman < 1959 < .
An analysis of the interviews < frontstage talk < reveals "cultural fit" to involve a knowledge of institutional talk, in particular, directness. The recruiter commentary < backstage talk < draws attention to issues of intelligibility, body language, technical expertise and workplace values. the study shows that Indian Information Technologists have "partial fit" in that they possess technical fit but do not demonstrate, or lack the opportunity to demonstrate in the interview, Australian workplace values such as small talk, humour and informality. The recruiter judgments were fleeting and apart from checking for intelligibility, were made on the basis of candidates' body language thus highlighting its importance and its relative absence from the discourse approaches mentioned above. This study shows clearly that there is room for more communicative flexibility on the part of all the stakeholders.
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Nair, Sreelatha. "Sustainable city park vision for Cariappa Park, Bangalore, India." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/18091.
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The concept of sustainable development emerged as a consequence to a growing awareness of the global environmental crisis. People all over the world are working towards sustainable development. In addition to environmental criteria, quality of life is an important indicator of the health of a city. Urban parks fulfill many social functions and address the psychological needs of citizens, making them a very valuable resource and a key ingredient for a sustainable city. Despite many challenges, countries like India are slowly adopting measures to increase sustainability within their cities. Located in the South Indian city of Bangalore, Cariappa Park is a small urban park. In its present state, it fails to live up to its role as a provider of social, ecological and economic services to its users. In this study, an attempt is made to look into the factors that have led to the failure of this park. The study further proposes an alternative design for the park. The aim of the proposed design is to inspire environmental consciousness and sustainable design construction through example. The new design will fulfill many social, economic and environmental functions, rendering Cariappa Park into a valuable municipal resource that contributes to the well-being of its citizens and to the sustainability of the city of Bangalore.Applied Science, Faculty of
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Sudhira, H. S. "Studies On Urban Sprawl And Spatial Planning Support System For Bangalore, India." Thesis, 2008. https://etd.iisc.ac.in/handle/2005/893.
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Urban sprawl is the uncontrolled and uncoordinated outgrowth of towns and cities. Noting the various studies, the pattern of urban sprawl is characterised by using spatial metrics based on the extent of paved surface or built-up areas. The process of urban sprawl can be described by change in pattern over time, like proportional increase in built-up surface to population leading to rapid urban spatial expansion. With an understanding of the patterns, processes and causes of urban sprawl, the consequences of sprawl can be explored which are reflected by the patterns, thus eventually aiding in the design of spatial planning support system. Following the sequence of patterns, process, causes and consequence, sets the research agenda as the framework for this research.
The current research addresses the issue of urban sprawl in the context of Bangalore, India. We propose a theoretical framework to analyse the interaction of planning and governance on the extent of outgrowth and level of services. Reviewing the different indicator frameworks, we also propose urban sprawl indicators and operationalise the same for Bangalore. The indicators comprise spatial metrics (derived from temporal satellite remote sensing data) and other metrics obtained from a house-hold survey. The interaction of different indicators with respect to the core city and the outgrowth is determined by multidimensional scaling. The analyses reveal the underlying patterns -similarities (and dissimilarities) that relate with the different governance structures that prevail here. Subsequently, we attempt to understand the process of sprawl. This might help one to understand the dynamics that lead to such outgrowths. An attempt was made to capture the dynamics using systems approach and finally the insights gained were translated into agent-based land-use model. Noting the evolution of spatial planning support system (SPSS), the consequences of sprawl are explored. The SPSS developed on an agent-based modelling environment, is essentially a process-based land-use model. We highlight the need for an integrated SPSS, illustrating its development and evaluation. The policy analysis carried out using the SPSS offers insights into areas of concern. It is concluded by noting the drawbacks and challenges for future research for managing urban sprawl. In the present context, with the escalating problem of urban sprawl, the evolution of a SPSS in the form of the BangaloreSim model is the first step in this direction. The SPSS aids in undertaking policy analysis for certain policy measures and its consequences on urban land-use. The research concludes outlining the challenges in addressing urban sprawl while ensuring adequate level of services that planning and governance have to ensure towards achieving sustainable urbanisation.
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Sudhira, H. S. "Studies On Urban Sprawl And Spatial Planning Support System For Bangalore, India." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2005/893.
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Urban sprawl is the uncontrolled and uncoordinated outgrowth of towns and cities. Noting the various studies, the pattern of urban sprawl is characterised by using spatial metrics based on the extent of paved surface or built-up areas. The process of urban sprawl can be described by change in pattern over time, like proportional increase in built-up surface to population leading to rapid urban spatial expansion. With an understanding of the patterns, processes and causes of urban sprawl, the consequences of sprawl can be explored which are reflected by the patterns, thus eventually aiding in the design of spatial planning support system. Following the sequence of patterns, process, causes and consequence, sets the research agenda as the framework for this research.
The current research addresses the issue of urban sprawl in the context of Bangalore, India. We propose a theoretical framework to analyse the interaction of planning and governance on the extent of outgrowth and level of services. Reviewing the different indicator frameworks, we also propose urban sprawl indicators and operationalise the same for Bangalore. The indicators comprise spatial metrics (derived from temporal satellite remote sensing data) and other metrics obtained from a house-hold survey. The interaction of different indicators with respect to the core city and the outgrowth is determined by multidimensional scaling. The analyses reveal the underlying patterns -similarities (and dissimilarities) that relate with the different governance structures that prevail here. Subsequently, we attempt to understand the process of sprawl. This might help one to understand the dynamics that lead to such outgrowths. An attempt was made to capture the dynamics using systems approach and finally the insights gained were translated into agent-based land-use model. Noting the evolution of spatial planning support system (SPSS), the consequences of sprawl are explored. The SPSS developed on an agent-based modelling environment, is essentially a process-based land-use model. We highlight the need for an integrated SPSS, illustrating its development and evaluation. The policy analysis carried out using the SPSS offers insights into areas of concern. It is concluded by noting the drawbacks and challenges for future research for managing urban sprawl. In the present context, with the escalating problem of urban sprawl, the evolution of a SPSS in the form of the BangaloreSim model is the first step in this direction. The SPSS aids in undertaking policy analysis for certain policy measures and its consequences on urban land-use. The research concludes outlining the challenges in addressing urban sprawl while ensuring adequate level of services that planning and governance have to ensure towards achieving sustainable urbanisation.
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Canário, Lúcia Ferreira. "Bangalore as a brand - is it - BPO outsourcing industry slowing down?" Master's thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/4898.
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Bangalore pode ser considerada a cidade de marca do Outsourcing. Depois de vinte e cinco
anos a investir na área de Tecnologias de Informação, Bangalore é hoje considerada a
cidade tecnológica do Oriente. Desde pequenas e médias empresas (PME) a Multinacionais
(MNC), muitos são os países que a escolhem como primeiro destino na escolha de offshore
de tecnologia. Durante mais de duas décadas Bangalore ganhou o seu prestígio nesta
indústria. Para além de oferecer talentosos recursos humanos, a cidade é possuidora de
uma excelente rede de consultores e fornecedores. Tendo começado como um país de
oportunidade na redução de custos, hoje, é sinónimo de uma cidade que oferece um
enorme volume de trabalho e onde são oferecidos todo o tipo de serviços nas mais diversas
áreas. No entanto, o talento de recursos humanos em Bangalore já foi considerado mais
acessível. Hoje em dia, estas habilitações estão a tornar-se mais caras. Adicionalmente, a
valorização da moeda indiana e a aproximação de uma forte concorrência como a China e
as Filipinas, podem desacelerar a taxa de crescimento indiana.
A cidade tornou-se um exemplo para outros destinos que são fortes na entrega de serviços
de Outsourcing e hoje, Bangalore é também visto como uma crescente fonte de inovação.
No entanto, o legado da Índia como sendo o país da indústria de IT-BPO Outsourcing,
jamais poderá ser substituído.Bangalore is considered the city's brand of Outsourcing. After twenty-five years researching in the area of Information Technology, Bangalore is now considered the technological city of the East. Since small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to multinationals (MNC), there are many countries that choose it as the first choice destination in offshore technology. For over two decades, Bangalore gained its reputation in this industry. Besides providing talented human resources, the country is owner of an excellent network of consultants and suppliers. Having started as a country of opportunity to reduce costs, today characterizes a city that offers a huge amount of work and where there are being offered all kinds of services in several areas. However, the talent of human resources in Bangalore was previously considered more affordable. Nowadays, these qualifications are becoming more expensive. Additionally, the appreciation of Indian currency and the approximation of strong competitors such as China and the Philippines can decelerated the growth rate of India. The city became an example for other destinations that are strong in delivering outsourcing services and today, Bangalore is also seen as a growing source of innovation. However, the legacy of India as the country of IT-BPO services can never be replaced.
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"Municipal Solid Waste Management In India: Finding Sustainable Pathways For The City Of Bangalore." Master's thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.18776.
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abstract: During the months from June to November 2012, the city of Bangalore was faced with a serious solid waste management (SWM) crisis. In the wake of the upheaval, the state court declared source segregation to be mandatory. Yet, while the legislation was clear, the pathway towards a course of action for the transition was not clear and hence, Bangalore was stuck in a state of limbo. The objectives for this thesis spiraled organically from this crisis. The first objective was to examine the gaps in Bangalore's transition to a more sustainable SWM system. Six particular gaps were identified, which in essence, were opportunities to re-shape the system. The gaps identified included: conflicting political agendas, the exclusion of some key actors, and lack of adequate attention to cultural aspects, provision of appropriate incentives, protection of livelihoods and promotion of innovation. Opportunities were found in better incentivization of sustainable SWM goals, protecting livelihoods that depend on waste, enhancing innovation and endorsing local, context based SWM solutions. Building on this understanding of gaps, the second objective was to explore an innovative, local, bottom-up waste-management model called the Vellore Zero Waste Model, and assess its applicability to Bangalore. The adaptability of the model depended on several factors such as, willingness of actors to redefine their roles and change functions, ability of the municipality to assure quality and oversight, willingness of citizen to source segregate, and most importantly, the political will and collective action needed to ensure and sustain the transition. The role of communication as a vital component to facilitate productive stakeholder engagement and to promote role change was evident. Therefore, the third objective of the study was to explore how interpersonal competencies and communication strategies could be used as a tool to facilitate stakeholder engagement and encourage collective action. In addressing these objectives, India was compared with Austria because Austria is often cited as having some of the best SWM practices in the world and has high recycling rates to show for its reputation.Dissertation/Thesis
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Nagendra, M. P. "Solid waste management and public health in urban India: A case study of Bangalore City." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2009/4405.
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Robert, Louise, and 陸奕. "The Role of Intermediaries in Promoting Regional Innovation System: A Case Study of Bangalore in India." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/v2vxqc.
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The role of innovation intermediaries or innovation brokers has been studied by scholars for more than two decades. This thesis will explore the roles of intermediary in regional innovation system of Bangalore, India. The main concepts of Regional Innovation system, Innovation Intermediaries and their roles are defined through Literature review. Practical research was aimed at observing and understanding the different roles performed by Innovation intermediaries in Bangalore regional innovation system. So it was not conducted on the basis of exhaustive statistical data, rather carried through in-depth case studies. Innovation Alchemy and Innomantra are two of the leading Innovation intermediary firms which were selected for case studies. Insights from these case studies reveals the significance of the role played by these intermediaries in Bangalore and effects of globalizations on the dynamics of Innovation systems. These findings also acknowledges the scope of further research in this area.
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Dash, Nibedita. "Benchmarking and Modelling the Sustainability of Urban Mobility System : A Case Study of Bangalore City, India." Thesis, 2017. https://etd.iisc.ac.in/handle/2005/4120.
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Indian cities have dealt with the problem arising from the discordance between urbanization due to rapidly growing economies and the demand for increasing mobility services and infrastructure. However, they have failed to address the societal requirements like convenient accessibility, reasonable choice of transport modes, safety, economic requirements like cost effective mobility, financial affordability and environmental compliances requiring optimum use of natural resources, lower emission of wastes and atmospheric pollution in the purview of sustainability. In the present work, we conceive and define the concept of sustainability in the context of urban mobility and decipher it for Indian cities, in general, and Bangalore, in particular, through performance assessment framework, indicator-based hierarchical benchmarking framework and urban mobility dynamics framework respectively. The performance assessment framework evaluates efficiency of urban mobility by measuring drivers of urban system against energy used towards mobility. The assessment applies Data envelopment analysis approach to evaluate and compare performance of Indian cities through efficiency. The analysis finds that most Indian metropolitan cities perform poorly with low efficiency scores across various subsystems in the urban system.
Next, an exhaustive indicator-based hierarchical framework is proposed to represent, assess, measure and track sustainable urban mobility. The approach necessitates prioritization, quantification and aggregation of multi-dimensional indicators of sustainability. Bangalore’s urban system is evaluated using this framework requiring benchmarking of the actual dimensional indicator values against upper and lower threshold levels to compute a sustainability index at subsystem level, which is further aggregated to highlight the sustainability performance of urban mobility. The estimated index values at subsystem level for Bangalore in 2011 are 0.44, 0.42, 0.46, 0.43 and 0.59 for residential, employment, commercial, industrial and transport subsystems respectively while the overall impact of these subsystems on urban mobility is expressed through the aggregated Sustainable Urban Mobility Index (SUMI) value of 0.47 for Bangalore. It suggests that Bangalore has a substantial sustainability gap to bridge.
Further, we propose to study the transition of sustainability of urban mobility over a period of time by replicating urban dynamics of its’ subsystems and representing them quantitatively. The dynamic relationships are integrated into a comprehensive causal framework and simulated for multiple scenarios for a planning horizon of 39 years from 2011 to 2050 using System Dynamics approach. The urban system is evaluated on selected indicators under three dimensions of sustainability for each year under baseline and other policy scenarios to implicate its’ impact on mobility. These policy scenarios show that the transport subsystem sustainability does not improve substantially for the period of simulation. It thus suggests that imposition of urban transport policies are not enough deterrent to improve sustainability by reducing preference for personal mode of transport and needs to be augmented by other policy measures. However, residential subsystem index value increases over time suggesting that urban residential policies could be identified as a measure to improve urban residential sustainability and thereby having a positive influence on sustainable urban mobility. Through this thesis, we attempted to clearly understand urban mobility, concerns of sustainability, their implications for society, economy and environment, factors contributing to it and how to enable a transition over time towards sustainable urban system in the context of mobility.
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Sethi, Nandini. "ADHD in Indian schools : a study of students with ADHD and their teachers in twenty primary schools in New Delhi and Bangalore." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/150543.
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Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has been identified as a worldwide problem. However, questions remain regarding its expression, recognition and management in different cultures. In India, ADHD is a very under-researched topic. Only four studies could be found in the research literature, two of which reported high prevalence rates. This thesis presents two studies, a broad pilot study and an investigation focussed on teachers and their experience with ADHD in their classes. The pilot study was conducted to gain initial insights into the awareness, recognition, diagnosis and management of ADHD in India. Key people in the child's ecological system (teachers, principals, parents, mental health professionals and school counselors) were chosen to be interviewed for this purpose. These "stakeholders" commented on a wide range of issues, based on their involvement with children with ADHD and their ability to influence the children's outcomes, either directly or indirectly. The findings indicated that in many cases, ADHD was probably left unrecognized. In addition, the impression was gained that many schools were not supporting these children adequately because of limited teacher knowledge, lack of well, developed referral and intervention systems and limited resources. The second study was conducted to investigate more systematically a number of issues related to ADHD, this time with a narrower focus on children and their teachers. One hundred and ten teachers reported on 110 children with ADHD symptoms in their classrooms as well as 110 comparison children whom they regarded as "average" children. Teacher identified children with ADHD symptoms displayed significantly more inattentive, hyperactive and/or behaviour problems than "average" children in the same classrooms. However, in spite of being significantly more symptomatic, fewer than one fourth had received a diagnosis of ADHD and only 7.2% were on medication. In addition, only 10% of children had Individual Education Plans. This extended impressions gained in the pilot study that this may be an underserviced population in India. An analysis of the demandingness of these children, teacher stress, burnout and efficacy was conducted. Not only were these children more demanding, but they also stressed teachers more than comparison average children. The sheer frequency of inattention, hyperactivity/impulsivity and/or behaviour problems played a major role in stressing teachers. However, stress associated with children with teacher identified ADHD was not found to be uniquely predictive of teacher burnout or lowered self-efficacy. Investigation of the supports for teachers in the schools revealed that teachers in Indian schools wanted more support with children with ADHD, including professional development and the school's support and understanding. This research brings into focus and highlights the needs of children with ADHD and their teachers. These children need to be adequately diagnosed and managed in schools, which does not appear to be the case at the moment. The current processes of recognition and intervention in schools have the potential to leave many children undiagnosed and/or not supported. This research also brings into focus the perspectives of teachers and the need to support them. Lastly, the results make a case for professionals and school personnel to invest in children with ADHD to ensure that Indian schools will be truly inclusive.
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Erler, Mirka. "Food and the middle class." Doctoral thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/21.11130/00-1735-0000-0005-13A8-8.
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Rahul, T. M. "Non Motorized Transport Planning for an Indian City." Thesis, 2015. http://etd.iisc.ac.in/handle/2005/2767.
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Indian cities are currently facing various transportation issues like congestion, pollution, urban inequity, high fatality rate due to accidents etc. because of an increase in the ownership of private motor vehicles and their usage. This has prompted many policy makers to search for alternate modal options that are more sustainable than motorized modes. Non Motorized Transport (NMT), which includes mainly walking and cycling in an urban context, do not produce many of the issues associated with motorized modes like congestion, pollution, fatal accidents etc. But, promotion of NMT requires a clear-cut planning strategy, with a lucid understanding of various strategies and their effect on the NMT usage.
Present study tries to answer certain pertinent questions, particularly with respect to walking and cycling, which can arise while preparing a plan for promoting NMT in Indian cities. The following are the questions that the author seeks to answer in the present study.
1) Which are the areas inside a city that a planner shall target for promotion of NMT?2) Where shall a planner locate the infrastructures for NMT in these areas?3) What may be the possible impacts of providing these NMT facilities?4) What may be the possible effect of built environment factors on the choice of NMT?
Providing NMT infrastructures requires knowledge of location characteristics such as the trip distance of NMT. Present study tries to elicit the existing distance characteristics of walking and cycling in terms of an acceptable trip distance. The household travel data of Bangalore city, for the year 2009, are used in the study. First, a description and a statistical analysis of the walking and cycling trip distances across the subcategories of socio-demographic and regional factors is done. Secondly, the acceptable distance is computed from the cumulative trip length distribution based on the results of the statistical analysis. The socio-demographic and regional factors used in the study include purpose, age, gender, educational level, occupational status, and motor vehicle ownership. The major results include a significant difference between the mean trip distances on foot for the subcategories of variables such as gender (z value, 4.94), whether the respondent owned a private vehicle (z value, -21.2), and whether the trip was made inside the Central Business District (CBD) (z value, -3.93). One of the major implications of this study pertains to requirement of a footpath around main activity centers like bus stations, at least up to a distance of 1385 meters (maximum value for walking as the main mode) and around the bus stops, at least up to a distance of 750 meters (maximum value for walking as the access mode).
Next, the present study analyzes the influence of built environment factors –density and diversity -on the mode choice and trip distance of the residents in the Bangalore city. The built environment factors are analyzed, for their marginal effects in the presence of various socio-demographic and alternative attributes, for the two segments -respondents owning at least a personal vehicle and respondents not owning any personal vehicle. The density used is the total density, which was the sum of population density in a zone and employment density in a zone. The diversity index, which was an explainer of the land-use mixture, was set such that, when a zone with small area had employment opportunities comparable with its population, the diversity index would be high. When tested on a holdout sample other than the ones used in the estimation of the mode choice model, for the vehicle-owning group, the model estimated produced a validation accuracy of 93% and 91% respectively for two-wheelers and walking. For the vehicle non-owning group, the prediction success rate was highest for walking (97%), and lowest for public transit (84%). For the vehicle non-owning group, an increase in the density increased the trip distance (parameter values of 0.016 for total density at origin and 0.002 for total density at destination) and decreased the NMT usage (parameter values of -0.036 and
0.038 respectively for cycling and walking for total density at origin, and -0.092 and
0.073 respectively for cycling and walking for total density at destination), but for the vehicle-owning group, the inverse was true. The results for the vehicle non-owning group highlighted the requirement of a policy framework to control the employment and housing location of them in order to reduce their trip distance. In the mode choice model for the personal vehicle-owning group, the similarity between the parameters of the built environment factors across the two-wheeler and NMT reflected the need for adopting policies that would change the attitude of people towards NMT. Also, the trip distance model determined that females preferred a shorter working distance, with a parameter value -0.109 for the vehicle-owning group and -0.04 for the vehicle non-owning group, when compared with males.
Lastly, the study develops a methodological framework to determine the sustainability impact on providing NMT infrastructures using a Composite Sustainability Index (CSI). More specifically, the study develops a methodological framework to determine the variation in the CSI on providing NMT -walking and cycling – infrastructure. The methodology establishes a link between the proposed NMT infrastructures and the CSI using two explanatory indicators: 1) number of motorized vehicles and 2) vehicle-kilometers travelled by the motorized modes. The main components of the framework include the estimation of a mode choice model for a study area, calculation of the explanatory indicators for the scenarios before and after providing NMT infrastructures, and determination of the sustainability impact. The proposed framework, along with the acceptable distance determined in the earlier step, is then used to determine the sustainability impact on providing NMT facilities, for a future scenario, inside the CBD of Bangalore and around the bus stops carrying trips to the CBD. Three case studies are presented with the first one considering only intra zonal (CBD) trips, the second one considering only inter zonal trips having CBD as destination, and the third one considering both above mentioned the trips. The results of all the three case studies found an increase in the CSI (0.002 for the first case study, 0.076 for the second case study, and 0.100 for the third case study) for the peak-hour trips inside the CBD, on providing NMT infrastructures. This increase showed an improvement in the sustainability. Further, for the case study 1, which consisted of high percentage of short distance trips, the major beneficiaries of the NMT infrastructures were the low-income group. There was a reduction in public transport trips, of which the main contributors were the low-income group, from 142706.2 to 96410.2.
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Rahul, T. M. "Non Motorized Transport Planning for an Indian City." Thesis, 2015. http://etd.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2005/2767.
Full textAbstract:
Indian cities are currently facing various transportation issues like congestion, pollution, urban inequity, high fatality rate due to accidents etc. because of an increase in the ownership of private motor vehicles and their usage. This has prompted many policy makers to search for alternate modal options that are more sustainable than motorized modes. Non Motorized Transport (NMT), which includes mainly walking and cycling in an urban context, do not produce many of the issues associated with motorized modes like congestion, pollution, fatal accidents etc. But, promotion of NMT requires a clear-cut planning strategy, with a lucid understanding of various strategies and their effect on the NMT usage.
Present study tries to answer certain pertinent questions, particularly with respect to walking and cycling, which can arise while preparing a plan for promoting NMT in Indian cities. The following are the questions that the author seeks to answer in the present study.
1) Which are the areas inside a city that a planner shall target for promotion of NMT?2) Where shall a planner locate the infrastructures for NMT in these areas?3) What may be the possible impacts of providing these NMT facilities?4) What may be the possible effect of built environment factors on the choice of NMT?
Providing NMT infrastructures requires knowledge of location characteristics such as the trip distance of NMT. Present study tries to elicit the existing distance characteristics of walking and cycling in terms of an acceptable trip distance. The household travel data of Bangalore city, for the year 2009, are used in the study. First, a description and a statistical analysis of the walking and cycling trip distances across the subcategories of socio-demographic and regional factors is done. Secondly, the acceptable distance is computed from the cumulative trip length distribution based on the results of the statistical analysis. The socio-demographic and regional factors used in the study include purpose, age, gender, educational level, occupational status, and motor vehicle ownership. The major results include a significant difference between the mean trip distances on foot for the subcategories of variables such as gender (z value, 4.94), whether the respondent owned a private vehicle (z value, -21.2), and whether the trip was made inside the Central Business District (CBD) (z value, -3.93). One of the major implications of this study pertains to requirement of a footpath around main activity centers like bus stations, at least up to a distance of 1385 meters (maximum value for walking as the main mode) and around the bus stops, at least up to a distance of 750 meters (maximum value for walking as the access mode).
Next, the present study analyzes the influence of built environment factors –density and diversity -on the mode choice and trip distance of the residents in the Bangalore city. The built environment factors are analyzed, for their marginal effects in the presence of various socio-demographic and alternative attributes, for the two segments -respondents owning at least a personal vehicle and respondents not owning any personal vehicle. The density used is the total density, which was the sum of population density in a zone and employment density in a zone. The diversity index, which was an explainer of the land-use mixture, was set such that, when a zone with small area had employment opportunities comparable with its population, the diversity index would be high. When tested on a holdout sample other than the ones used in the estimation of the mode choice model, for the vehicle-owning group, the model estimated produced a validation accuracy of 93% and 91% respectively for two-wheelers and walking. For the vehicle non-owning group, the prediction success rate was highest for walking (97%), and lowest for public transit (84%). For the vehicle non-owning group, an increase in the density increased the trip distance (parameter values of 0.016 for total density at origin and 0.002 for total density at destination) and decreased the NMT usage (parameter values of -0.036 and
0.038 respectively for cycling and walking for total density at origin, and -0.092 and
0.073 respectively for cycling and walking for total density at destination), but for the vehicle-owning group, the inverse was true. The results for the vehicle non-owning group highlighted the requirement of a policy framework to control the employment and housing location of them in order to reduce their trip distance. In the mode choice model for the personal vehicle-owning group, the similarity between the parameters of the built environment factors across the two-wheeler and NMT reflected the need for adopting policies that would change the attitude of people towards NMT. Also, the trip distance model determined that females preferred a shorter working distance, with a parameter value -0.109 for the vehicle-owning group and -0.04 for the vehicle non-owning group, when compared with males.
Lastly, the study develops a methodological framework to determine the sustainability impact on providing NMT infrastructures using a Composite Sustainability Index (CSI). More specifically, the study develops a methodological framework to determine the variation in the CSI on providing NMT -walking and cycling – infrastructure. The methodology establishes a link between the proposed NMT infrastructures and the CSI using two explanatory indicators: 1) number of motorized vehicles and 2) vehicle-kilometers travelled by the motorized modes. The main components of the framework include the estimation of a mode choice model for a study area, calculation of the explanatory indicators for the scenarios before and after providing NMT infrastructures, and determination of the sustainability impact. The proposed framework, along with the acceptable distance determined in the earlier step, is then used to determine the sustainability impact on providing NMT facilities, for a future scenario, inside the CBD of Bangalore and around the bus stops carrying trips to the CBD. Three case studies are presented with the first one considering only intra zonal (CBD) trips, the second one considering only inter zonal trips having CBD as destination, and the third one considering both above mentioned the trips. The results of all the three case studies found an increase in the CSI (0.002 for the first case study, 0.076 for the second case study, and 0.100 for the third case study) for the peak-hour trips inside the CBD, on providing NMT infrastructures. This increase showed an improvement in the sustainability. Further, for the case study 1, which consisted of high percentage of short distance trips, the major beneficiaries of the NMT infrastructures were the low-income group. There was a reduction in public transport trips, of which the main contributors were the low-income group, from 142706.2 to 96410.2.