Dissertations / Theses: 'Centre City Development Corporation'

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Hansen, Karsten. "Reclaiming lost space : a centre for sports and education development in the Pretoria city centre." Diss., Pretoria :[s.n.], 2008. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07092008-122108.

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Marconi, Francesco Paulo S. O. "Um catalizador económico em tempo de crise : Brick City Development Corporation : relatório de estágio." Master's thesis, FEUC, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/12048.

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Chambers, Eric, and Manuel Patrocinio. "Business Models and Value Creation : A Case Study of New York City Economic Development Corporation." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet (USBE), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-52335.

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Since its establishment as an emerging area of research in strategic management over a decade ago, business model research has had little consensus towards adopting a single definition or common language for this rapidly growing management concept. However, strong agreement as to the relevance of value creation within organizations underlies existing business model literature. Moreover, applications of business model frameworks outside the private sector have been limited. Recent literature has identified business model innovation and design as a critical tool in effective implementation of organizational strategy, and empirical research in business models from new and alternative perspectives may reveal linkages between strategic management issues and effectiveness in creating value in public and citizen sector organizations. Nevertheless, existing academic literature has not yet explored applications of traditional business model frameworks within a public sector context, nor has the need for empirical research linking the business model concept with public sector management been addressed. The main purpose of this thesis is to contribute to the understanding of how business models can be defined, redefined, and applied in city economic development agencies for application as a strategic public management tool. An analysis of how the business model of a prominent city economic development agency has been employed and how value is created within this model will be undertaken. This empirical study also aims to determine conceptual linkages between business model applications in city economic development and to contribute a theoretical foundation towards development of future research. Given the multi-faceted applications of the business model concept, the authors have conducted exploratory research targeting the application of current business model concepts and frameworks to a city economic development agency representing an influential global center of finance and commerce, the City of New York. The significance of conducting empirical studies on city economic development agencies is due to the influence in which these organizations have on industrial cluster growth, national economic competitiveness, and citywide and regional transformation. In considering this context, The New York City Economic Development Corporation is the primary economic growth engine for the City of New York, and strives to create and deliver value to citizens, businesses, and other stakeholders of New York City. Findings from this study suggest that economic development professionals have not adequately clarified the term ‘business model’ for promoting common language between strategists, project managers, consultants, and executives to support strategic business model design within city economic development agencies. The authors conclude that equally relevant to framing and applying theoretical foundations grounded in the business model concept, is the identification of value-creating activities within economic development agencies and development of citizen-focused value propositions. This empirical study aims to define, clarify and explore the former, while calling upon a need for future research of the latter.

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Whinton, Emma Jean. "Politics and culture in the city 1660-1790 : the corporation and the development of Chester." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.251088.

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This thesis examines the political and cultural development of a 'major English city from the Restoration to the eve of the French Revolution. During this period many English boroughs were to experience the interference of royal regulation in the 1660s and 1680s, face two new regimes, under William III and George I, and two armed rebellions, in 1715 and 1745. By focusing on one important provincial town which felt the direct impact of these events, the influence of the corporation in dealing with these developments will be discussed. The central focus is the role of the corporation, a little studied organ of local government, and the impact it could exert over the city's development. By studying the impact of politics on urban society, the important role of the corporate body can be seen. Several key themes are developed, showing the existence and impact of faction within the corporation, the growth in influence of the Grosvenor family of Eaton Hall and the challenges to the elitist nature of the corporate body. Chester developed socially and culturally during this period and this thesis will chart the changing experience of the city as it responded to both national and local initiatives. This is seen through the development of the town's economy, in trade and communication improvements, and through the development of shops and wholesale facilities. Changes were visible in the fabric of the town, with new roads, public buildings, amenities, the foundation of a charity school and infirmary, and the provision of entertainment for a leisured elite. The corporation was instrumental in some, although not all, of the cultural changes taking place within the city and had an impact on the development of the cityscape. The corporation is examined as an institution of local government, whose membership indicates the workings of the local elite. The corporation's direction of the city's general development and its key role in representing the city's interests, especially in trade, is a continuing theme in the later chapters, showing the connection between Chester's political and cultural development. The bulk of this thesis is covered by a chronologically-based analysis of the city's political development 1660-1790. Of central interest before 1700 is the struggle for the control of the corporation, which was especially fierce 1682-1697. After a period of political stability at the beginning of the eighteenth century, the growth in the influence of the Grosvenors had an impact on both the city of Chester and the corporate body. Analysis suggests, however, that the dominance of this family was not a foregone conclusion, and that the corporate body had a significant role to play in the relationship between the city and the Grosvenors. By the end of the eighteenth century this relationship was seen as oppressive to the freemen of the city, a faction of whom challenged the elitist nature of the corporation in an attempt to free one of the city's parliamentary seats. Throughout the period the corporation dictated the pace of local change, and this thesis illustrates the impact of this organisation upon urban society. In Chester, the corporation had an influence over the development of the city and significantly affected the city's political and cultural life.

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Lee, Ka-ho Kent. "The development of secondary urban centre in the globalization era of Hong Kong a comparative study of Kai Tak and Kam Tin to develop the sustainable urban sub-centre /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2009. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42930054.

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Weber, Megan. "The right to the City (Centre): a spatial development framework for affordable inner-city housing in Cape Town's Foreshore." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28145.

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There is a spatial dislocation between jobs and people in Cape Town, which is largely caused by financial exclusion through urban land markets. The majority of low-income households - who also constitute the majority of the city's population - live on the urban periphery, where property is affordable but opportunities are scarce. This places the burden of high transport costs on the shoulders of those least able to pay, and reinforces the patterns of segregation imposed by apartheid. This deep-rooted spatial inequality has recently been brought to the fore through a series of housing-related protests by Reclaim The City and others. These movements prove that the need for well-located, affordable housing is only getting more urgent. If Cape Town is to overcome the spatial legacy of apartheid, it needs more affordable housing in areas of economic and social opportunity. This dissertation demonstrates how affordable housing can be provided in one well-located, inner-city site: The Foreshore. Situated in the City Bowl, the Foreshore is close to the abundance of employment opportunities and social facilities of this established and growing district. Further, the City of Cape Town has recently begun a tender process for development of the Foreshore. This included a request (albeit vague) for affordable housing to be included in the resulting project. Building on the City's intentions, this dissertation presents a spatial development framework for the Foreshore site that prioritises affordable housing and a mix of uses. The need for affordable, inner-city housing was established through an analysis of Cape Town and the City Bowl. Through this analysis, the Foreshore emerged as a prime site for fulfilling this need. A review of housing policy and legislation, together with an assessment of Cape Town's housing market, determined that Social Housing is the best model for achieving sustainable affordability in an urban context. However, it was found that the involvement of private sector is crucial to realising developments that are feasible and diverse. Further, it is important to take a demand-driven approach to housing delivery, which is sensitive to market nuances and which draws on a range of spatial planning principles. This helps to create holistic, liveable neighbourhooods. These principles were demonstrated in the spatial development framework for the Foreshore. This showed that developing the Foreshore presents an opportunity to reintegrate society, and to reconnect the city to the sea. It is possible to develop 8500 residential units in the site, most of which would be affordable to households earning R3500 to R15000 per month. To achieve this, it is vital that the elevated freeways be replaced with ground-level roads, which will in fact reduce traffic congestion. The city's historical connection to the sea should be restored by reconstructing the Adderley Pier and creating a Foreshore promenade. Realising these projects in manner that is feasible, sustainable, and socially just would require an efficient and tactical implementation process. Discussions with experts in the field of affordable housing development revealed some key implementation strategies for this. These included the package of plans process, land value capture, and the strategic use and release of state-owned land. Together, these would enable the controlled involvement of private sector in the Foreshore development, and would help to find the project's infrastructure. These findings are not entirely exclusive to the Foreshore, and could therefore give guidance to affordable housing projects in other parts of the City Bowl. Therefore, developing the Foreshore to prioritise affordable housing could initiate the socio-spatial reintegration of Cape Town's fragmented city centre.

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Broadnax, Keith Gregory. "The impact of developing a community development corporation in a declining inner city African American community." Virtual Press, 1995. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/941696.

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This creative project has explored and analyzed the creation and development of Community Development Corporations (CDCs) from a historical perspective. This project also explores various CDC models and paradigms using people and place strategies; and the technical and empowerment paradigms. This project then traces the effects of urban policies, such as Urban Renewal and Model Cities, on the community development movement.In addition, this project examines the relationship of CDCs and the African American community. The project discusses power and powerlessness in the African American community, and explores self help community development models developed by individuals such as Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois.Finally, this project concludes with a case study on the Industry Neighborhood Council, Inc., Muncie, Indiana. It examines this CDCs activities from past to present, and suggests solutions for the growth and longevity of the CDC. To end, this project gives a synopsis of the community development movement and the opportunities and threats that lie ahead for CDCs.
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Saito, Asato. "The politics of urban development in a global city : Tokyo and Waterfront Sub-Centre Project." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2003. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2653/.

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It is widely believed that globalisation of economic production and emergence of an integrated world order is the main rational behind many urban development projects in the world cities. The other major phenomenon concerning urban development in the advanced industrial countries is wide spread use of public private partnership in the project as a result of state-market realignment since the end of the 1970s. These two discourses were combined together and have created a particular image of the city in the global economy. That is cities are competing each other to attract mobile trans-national capital by, for instance, the urban infrastructure project carried out by public private partnership in entrepreneurial manner. The author believes that the argument is leaned toward economic determinism without giving proper attention to the role of national and local government, and argues that this image is by no means universal. The thesis explores how public bodies and the business community in Tokyo saw the opportunity and potential danger of the globalisation of Tokyo and devised strategic development policy. The case study of Tokyo Waterfront Sub-centre, one of the flagship project for globalisation of Tokyo, illustrate unique relationship between national government, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and the business community behind the project. The author analyses power relations between them in the framework of Urban Regime Theory with additional parameters which are the position of Tokyo in global economy, and its integrated inter-governmental system. The author concludes that contrary to the popular argument of globalisation and urban development which emphasises the power of global economic forces to determine the fate of the city, Japanese government set the framework of the strategic action, and Tokyo Metropolitan Government was a main agent to carry out the project. The author also attributed the relative strength of state policy to historically constructed relations between public and private sectors in Japan known as Capitalist Developmental State.

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Lee, Ka-ho Kent, and 李家豪. "The development of secondary urban centre in the globalization era of Hong Kong: a comparative study of Kai Tak andKam Tin to develop the sustainable urban sub-centre." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42930054.

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Shrestha, Amit. "Optimal Strategic Plan for Sustainable Urban Transport System in Kathmandu City Centre : Using Decision Support Systems." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-176159.

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There are many factors associated with an urban environment that enrich or diminish the experience of the environment. These factors have a significant influence on how an urban morphology is appraised within the social, economical, and environmental framework. One of such factors is the urban transport system that represents the mobility of the people and accessibility to public services. This thesis is an assessment of a current transport system in Kathmandu city centre in comparison to Kathmandu Sustainable Urban Transport Project (KSUTP) promoted by Ministry of Physical Planning and Works in cooperation from Asian Development Bank (ADB). The study aims to find the optimal strategic alternative between the current system and KSUTP. The focus area is the historic city centre, because of its cultural, historical, architectural, and aesthetical significance. Two methods are used for two different purposes; first to measure people’s appraisal and second, to evaluate action alternatives. Measurement of Experience in Environment from Results of Core affect Investigation (MEERCI) is used to measure people’s appraisal and experience of the urban characters of Kathmandu city centre. The results from this survey will provide a background on people’s assessment of the city environs, and collected data from field work will be used in Generic Multi-Attribute Analysis (GMAA) model to determine the best strategic plan for developing sustainable urban transport system for Kathmandu city centre. The hard facts and figures are collected from authorities, ministries, and previous researches, which is then entered into the model to evaluate the optimal alternative. It is concluded that improvements in the current transport system in Kathmandu city centre, with the implementation of KSUTP, will result in better environment for the local population, local economy, public services, and transport facilities. In short, the quality of life will be enhanced with an upgrade in the urban transport system.

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Visser, Helouise. "Shopping centres : investigating the need for a regional shopping centre in Klerksdorp, City of Matlosana / H. Visser." Thesis, North-West University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4386.

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The shopping centre was born in Europe and matured in North America, and it now exists in cities with a wide variety of cultures and politics (Dawson, 1983: 1). According to Casazza et al. (1985:1), the shopping centre is probably the most successful land use, development, real estate, and retail business concept of the 20th century. According to Casazza et al. (1985: 2), the shopping centre is a specialised, commercial land use and building type that previously thrived primarily in suburbia, but today is found throughout the country. When using the term ?shopping centre? accurately, a shopping centre refers to: ?A group of architecturally unified commercial establishments built on a site that is planned, developed, owned and managed as an operating unit related in its location, size, and type of shops to the trade area that it serves. The unit provides on-site parking in definite relationship to the types and total size of the stores? (Casazza et al., 1985: 2). This study investigated the need for a new shopping centre in Klerksdorp. Therefore, this study determined whether a new shopping centre in Klerksdorp would be viable. Klerksdorp and its district are quite unique in certain ways, especially due to the farming and mining activities that are found there. Klerksdorp provides goods and services especially for the people residing in Klerksdorp itself, Kanana, Alabama, Jouberton, Hartbeesfontein, Orkney, Vaal Reefs and Stilfontein. The main shopping activity is generally found in the Central Business District (CBD) of Klerksdorp and its surrounding areas. Klerksdorp has only one major shopping centre (the City Mall) that provides goods and services for the people in an enclosed surrounding area. This causes an over concentration in the CBD and too much traffic in an already limited space. The need for Klerksdorp to provide a bigger centre for the citizens of the town, as well as the surrounding areas, is high. Another regional shopping centre close to Klerksdorp is found in Potchefstroom, namely the Mooirivier Mall, and mainly provides in the extra shopping needs of the people living in Klerksdorp and its surrounding areas. This study therefore determined whether there is a need for a shopping centre from a retail and consumer point of view, and also whether it will be viable. The empirical study revealed that approximately half of the respondents are not satisfied with the current shopping centres in Klerksdorp and that more than half of the respondents feel that the shopping centres do not cater for enough parking. The study revealed that, from a consumer point of view, there is definitely a need for a new shopping centre in Klerksdorp. Urban-Econ Development Economists (2009: 56) concluded that the retail market has been fairly buoyant, and although the effects of interest rate hikes and increased inflation and global recession have become visible, fair growth is still expected in the following years, once the economy starts to recover. This indicates that Klerksdorp has a need for a new shopping centre, as 89,705 m2 GLA is available. This shows that if a new shopping centre is built, the other shopping centres in Klerksdorp will still be sustainable, and a new shopping centre will be sustainable and viable.
Thesis (M.Art. et Scien. (Town and Regional Planning))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.

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Melvin-Campbell, Kelly Marie. "Who Is Talking With Whom? Community Policing and Inter-Agency Collaboration In A Rustbelt Secondary City: A Case Study." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1544129825644603.

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Kabaka, Martha Nthambi. "Disaster preparedness and administrative capacity of the disaster risk management centre of the city of Cape Town." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4096.

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The occurrence of disasters around the world has in the past few decades increased at an alarming rate, which has necessitated an urgent need for mitigation strategies. As part of its planning and precautionary measures in responding to disasters, the City of Cape Town(CoCT) established a Disaster Risk Management Centre (DRMC) to co-ordinate such occurrences. This study is focused on investigating to what extent the CoCT’s DRMC has prepared individuals and communities to stay resilient.South Africa lies within a region of Southern Africa that has a semi-arid to arid climate,thereby making most parts of the country vulnerable to numerous disasters. Given the prevalence of the localised disasters in the country, they have the potential to overwhelm the capacity of any affected community. Furthermore, in 2011, the CoCT was approached by the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives(ICLEI) to sign up as a Role Model City for the “Making Cities Resilient--My City is Getting Ready’’ Campaign, in collaboration with UNISDR. It became the first in South African City to be granted “Role Model City’’ status, becoming the second African city to be designated as a ‘‘Role Model City’’.The findings of this study indicate that the CoCT, through its DRMC, has tried to heighten awareness in communities to prepare them against disasters. Another important finding is that there is inadequate involvement of communities in CoCT training programmes. Poorer communities, which are mostly affected by disasters, barely receive any form of capacity building, that is, through training. In addition, the language of communication used in brochures, leaflets and other forms of media is mostly in English and Afrikaans, while the majority of people living in informal settlements speak isiXhosa. The study provides an insight into the need to consolidate strategies to address disaster management

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Abdel-Rahman, Osama M. "A systematic approach for the visual impact analysis and assessment of urban development schemes : an application to the city centre of Alexandria, Egypt." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.239990.

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Roy, Jean-Baptiste. "Gouvernance et innovation sociale : le centre communal d'action sociale de Besançon (1972-2016)." Thesis, Besançon, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016BESA1014/document.

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Les Centres communaux d’Action sociale (CCAS), outils principaux des politiques de solidarité mises en œuvre par les municipalités, dispensent ce qu’il est convenu d’appeler une "aide facultative", en regard de l’aide traditionnelle des Conseils départementaux, chefs de file en ce domaine sur leurs territoires. À Besançon, depuis 1972, le CCAS est reconnu comme très en avance et très innovant. Mais, depuis quelques années, le sentiment d’un amenuisement de son champ d’action et de son influence se fait sentir : c’est dans ce contexte d’incertitude que l’institution a fait vœu de disposer d’un travail d’analyse et d’expertise prenant appui sur la sociologie des politiques sociales. L’organisation interne (les relations entre directions, les liens entre élus et techniciens…) et l’environnement externe (les rapports avec la mairie, le département, et l’ensemble des partenaires) posent la question de la place de l’intervention communale, en termes de prérogatives et de frontières. En partant de l’exemple bisontin, un regard plus général permet de mettre au jour les similitudes et les contrastes de structures comparables. Cette étude, appuyée par un financement CIFRE et reposant sur un paradigme interactionniste, allie à la fois approche technique et point de vue scientifique : elle propose des préconisations pratiques et des perspectives théoriques
The Municipal Centers of Social Action (MCSA), main tools implemented and used by municipalities in promoting solidary policies, is providing what is well known under the name of a "facultative assistance", regarding the traditional help of Departmental councils, the leader in this domain on their territories. In Besançon, since 1972, the MCSA is recognize as well advanced and innovative. However, in the last couple of years, the MCSA usage has declined and its influence has been increasing. In this context of doubt, the institution has made the wish to provide the framework for the analysis and an expertise expanding on the sociology of social policies. The nature of the working relationships within the internal organization (relationships between the team Management, relationships between the elected officials and the technicians…) and the external environment (Relationships with the City, the Department, and the whole partner’s assembly), raise the question about the status of the municipal intervention, regarding the prerogatives and the boundaries. Referring to Bisontin’s example, a general vision allows enlightening of the similarities and the contrasts of comparable structures. This study, approved by an "ICFR" (Industrial Convention of Formation by the Research), and laying on an interactional paradigm, allies at the same time technical approach and scientific point of view: it suggests practical recommendations and theoretical perspectives

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Ovesson, Oskar, and Gus Strand. "Attraktiva handelsgator - Strategier för en starkare konkurrensposition." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23846.

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Denna fallstudie i Helsingborg har genomförts med en kvalitativ metod där det gjorts sex intervjuer med både fastighetsägare, samverkansorganisationen och butiksägare för att få en bild från flera perspektiv. Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur fastighetsägare arbetar med att fortsätta hålla Helsingborgs stadskärnan attraktiv med hänsyn till hotet från e-handel och externa handelsplatser. Samt vilka effekter dessa faktorer har på vakansnivåer och hyresnivåer. I studien presenterar vi teorier kring utbud, efterfrågan, platsmarknadsföring, platsutveckling och hyror. Resultatet i studien visar den huvudsakliga strategin är för att möta hotet från e-handel och externhandel och hur strategin ser ut för att utveckla värdet på en plats. Vakansgraden speglar hur attraktiv en stadskärna är, det är viktigt att platsen erbjuder något unikt som andra handelsplatser har svårt att efterlikna. För att utveckla en attraktiv stadskärna behöver alla aktörer arbeta tillsammans, vilket är Citysamverkans huvudsakliga mål. Fastighetsägare har också en stor roll i hur området utvecklas eftersom det är de som väljer vilka verksamheter som placeras i ett område. I studien kommer det fram att samverkan är en stor faktor för att behålla och utveckla värdet av en plats.
This case study in Helsingborg, Sweden is done with a qualitative method where six interviewers were made with both property owner, cooperative organization and shop owners to get the picture from several perspectives. The purpose of the study is to investigate how property owners work to keep the city centre of Helsingborg attractive in contest of the threat from e-commerce and shopping centres, as well as the effects it has on vacancy and rental levels. I this paper we present theories of supply, demand, place marketing, place development and rents. The results of the study show that the main strategy to meet the threat from e-commerce and external commerce and how the strategy is to develop the value of a location. The vacancy rate reflects how attractive the city centre is, which makes it important for the locations to possess something unique that other commercial locations have a hard time to mimic. To develop an attractive city centre, every stakeholder must work together, which is something that the cooperative organization strives for. The property owners also have a major role in how the area is being developed since they are the ones who decides what businesses is placed in an area. The result of the study is that the cooperative organization is a big factor in maintaining and developing the value of a location.

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Alotaibi, Talal. "La formation professionnelle des formateurs en Arabie Saoudite : Le cas du secteur informatique." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019SACLV076.

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Résumé : Pays en voie de développement, l’Arabie Saoudite investit de plus en plus dans le capital humain pour donner un nouvel essor à son économie, moderniser ses institutions et les secteurs productifs. Pour atteindre cet objectif, les pouvoirs publics misent beaucoup sur le système éducatif et la formation technique pour réaliser les objectifs tracés en matière de développement.Néanmoins, malgré les réformes multiformes que le secteur de l’éducation, de l’enseignement supérieur et de la formation technique subit ces dernières décennies, la qualité des ressources humaines formées au niveau local demeure en deçà des attentes du marché du travail.En effet, mises sous la tutelle d’un Organisme public (TVTC), conçu et doté de prérogatives d’une autorité exerçant un pouvoir décisionnel et un contrôle direct sur les programmes pédagogiques, les institutions de formation technique, que ce soit les facultés techniques du secteur public ou les instituts de formation du secteur privé, n’ont pas une marge de manœuvre suffisante pour adapter les programmes de formation qu’elles proposent aux nouvelles exigences que dictent les innovations technologiques, notamment dans les domaines techniques et des nouvelles technologies de l’information et la communication. Dans l’ensemble des obstacles qui freinent l’élan de la formation technique en Arabie Saoudite, le développement des compétences des formateurs demeure problématique. Pourtant, il a été prouvé depuis plusieurs décennies que la mise à jour des connaissances des personnels en activité et leur incitation à acquérir de nouvelles compétences est incontournable pour maintenir le niveau de leur productivité et la qualité des services qu’ils fournissent. Ainsi, pour mieux cerner cette question de la qualité des services fournis dans les institutions de la formation technique, nous nous sommes penchés dans le présent travail de recherche sur la problématique de développement des compétences des formateurs techniques en Arabie Saoudite pour en identifier les facteurs qui empêchent l’amélioration de la qualité des programmes pédagogiques, des formateurs qui les dispensent et proposer des pistes à même d’aller vers le progrès dans ce domaine à l’avenir
The training of trainers in Saudi Arabia: The case of the computer science sectorKeywords: Continuing education, Saudi Arabia, self-study, skills, technical faculties, training of trainersSummary: Saudi Arabia, who is a developing country, invests more in human capital to revitalize its economy, modernize its institutions and productive sectors. To reach this goal, the public authorities rely heavily on the education system and technical training to achieve the goals set for its development.Nevertheless, despite the multifaceted reforms that the education, higher education and technical training sector has undergone in recent decades, the quality of locally trained human resources remains below the expectations of the labor market.Under the supervision of a Public Body (TVTC), conceived and endowed with the prerogatives of an authority exercising decision-making power and direct control over educational programs, technical training institutions, whether technical faculties public sector or private sector training institutes, do not have sufficient room for maneuver to adapt the training programs they offer to the new requirements of technological innovation, particularly in the technical fields and new technologies of information and communication.In all obstacles that slow down the momentum of technical training in Saudi Arabia, developing the skills of trainers remains problematic. However, it has been proven for several decades that the updating of the knowledge of working personnel and their incentive to acquire new skills is essential to maintain the level of their productivity and the quality of the services they provide.Thus, to better understand this question of the quality of the services provided in the institutions of technical training, we looked into the present research work on the issue of skills development of technical trainers in Saudi Arabia to identify the factors that prevent the improvement of the quality of the educational programs, of the trainers who provide them, and to suggest ways in which progress can be made in this area in the future

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Kenna, Therese E. "Private community? : the lived experiences of privatism and community in the development and management of a private residential estate in Sydney, Australia." Thesis, View thesis, 2009. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/43635.

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Private residential estates are becoming a mainstream product in urban residential development in Australia. While this urban residential form has attracted attention because of its possible contribution to processes of segregation in metropolitan regions, there has been little empirical research that has examined social life and community formation within these neighbourhoods. Thus, one of the main aims of this thesis is to understand the nature of social life, interactions and community formation within a private residential estate in Sydney, Australia – Macquarie Links. Of particular interest is the ways in which community is understood by the residents and how this community is managed and negotiated given the private governance structure of the neighbourhood. In this thesis I develop an understanding of the role of the private structure in the formation, negotiation and management of community. With the promise of privatism and community being actively marketed and sold to residents of private residential estates by developers and real estate agents, they appear at once both contradictory and dependent. This thesis argues that community formation relies on the private structure of the neighbourhood with the two being intertwined and co-dependent, rather than contradictory or mutually exclusive as is usually viewed in the urban studies literature. The thesis argues that the formation of community in Macquarie Links relies on the identification of commonalities and complexities, consent and disagreement, private and community, which in turn allows for a consideration of the ways in which community and privatism are intertwined and sustain each other. Common bonds and disagreements have continually sustained the community of Macquarie Links such as that between owners and renters, adults and young people, the community and the individual. These disagreements, differences and ‘dramas’ within the estate are frequently managed by the community association (through the private structure), which in turn sustains community. For the residents of Macquarie Links, the structure of the neighbourhood and community relations, with private governance and neighbourhood committees, allowed for a more encompassing protection of the residential environment, or indeed, control. Physical security and gating is thus not the most significant element of private gated residential estates. Control, through restrictive covenants and community management offers order and stability in the residential neighbourhood. The structure of the community is important for controlling the quality of the neighbourhood. Restrictive covenants and community-led management of the estate are very communal tactics for maintaining the private structure and privatism within Macquarie Links. The thesis challenges the assumptions that privatism and community are the anti-thesis to each other. Further, neoliberal, private and individual ‘subjects’ are often coupled together and considered to be one in the same. However, being ‘private’ in Macquarie Links also requires being communal. The individual is a threat to solidarity in the belief in the private structure of the neighbourhood that aids social and communal life. This thesis demonstrates that in the context of private residential estates the private subject is different from the neoliberal subject. There are a number of emerging concerns regarding the long term economic viability of private residential estates internationally. So as well as providing original and important insights into the lived experiences of life in a private residential estate, the thesis contributes to emergent understandings of the structure, functioning and legalities of privately governed residential developments. This thesis also points to the lack of transparency in the contractual arrangements for purchasing property within a private estate. Finally, this thesis contributes to key debates in urban geography and urban sociology in three ways. First, through a detailed qualitative study of social life within private residential estates, this thesis contributes to broader understandings of the complexities of urban differences and divisions. Second, this thesis challenges some of the established assumptions regarding the development of private residential estates as purely an outcome of the neoliberal agenda and neoliberalist project in many western cities through an identification of the local nuances and lived experiences of privatism, which demonstrates how privatism, individualism and neoliberalism are subtly different in reality. Finally, this thesis engages with the notion of community through a recasting of theories of community to encompass commonalities and disagreements within community. This thesis demonstrates how this conceptualisation of community creates a space for understanding different types of community within cities.

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Dvořák, Pavel. "Centrum trvale udržitelného rozvoje." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta architektury, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-215575.

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Ostrava city as lost it's relationships to the medieval history of the city centre. There are not any historical places, spaces or palaces, with free public spaces like the old castles and palaces in the cities. In the place of the former German House, destroyed after the the World war II is a rest of public space, which could be a part of the city sustainability concept. The project let's the rest of the historcial garden there like a countryard between two houses of the new Sustainable Development Centre. The sustaiable concept is to let there be a free space in the highly dense block structure of the modern city.

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Kinuthia, Wanyee. "“Accumulation by Dispossession” by the Global Extractive Industry: The Case of Canada." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/30170.

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This thesis draws on David Harvey’s concept of “accumulation by dispossession” and an international political economy (IPE) approach centred on the institutional arrangements and power structures that privilege certain actors and values, in order to critique current capitalist practices of primitive accumulation by the global corporate extractive industry. The thesis examines how accumulation by dispossession by the global extractive industry is facilitated by the “free entry” or “free mining” principle. It does so by focusing on Canada as a leader in the global extractive industry and the spread of this country’s mining laws to other countries – in other words, the transnationalisation of norms in the global extractive industry – so as to maintain a consistent and familiar operating environment for Canadian extractive companies. The transnationalisation of norms is further promoted by key international institutions such as the World Bank, which is also the world’s largest development lender and also plays a key role in shaping the regulations that govern natural resource extraction. The thesis briefly investigates some Canadian examples of resource extraction projects, in order to demonstrate the weaknesses of Canadian mining laws, particularly the lack of protection of landowners’ rights under the free entry system and the subsequent need for “free, prior and informed consent” (FPIC). The thesis also considers some of the challenges to the adoption and implementation of the right to FPIC. These challenges include embedded institutional structures like the free entry mining system, international political economy (IPE) as shaped by international institutions and powerful corporations, as well as concerns regarding ‘local’ power structures or the legitimacy of representatives of communities affected by extractive projects. The thesis concludes that in order for Canada to be truly recognized as a leader in the global extractive industry, it must establish legal norms domestically to ensure that Canadian mining companies and residents can be held accountable when there is evidence of environmental and/or human rights violations associated with the activities of Canadian mining companies abroad. The thesis also concludes that Canada needs to address underlying structural issues such as the free entry mining system and implement FPIC, in order to curb “accumulation by dispossession” by the extractive industry, both domestically and abroad.

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Beresford, Brian I. "Thunderbird boathouse : a community development Fraser River-Middle Arm, city centre Richmond." Thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/15431.

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As the City of Richmond grows and continues its transition into a progressively urban landscape, many development opportunities will arrive providing exciting and challenging design interventions, both large and small. Nowhere will this be more apparent then within the City Centre district where the existing strip-mall and industrial land-use will gradually change into higher-density residential and commercial/ retail land-use. This transition will become all the more apparent in the advent of the proposed introduction of the Rapid Transit Line running down the unofficial Main Street in No. 3 Road. Considering the potential redevelopment of this region, the adjacent riverfront will become an important public-space in which the identity and the character of the area may be fostered. The intention of this thesis is to provide a full-scale examination of the potential of the riverfront redevelopment within this region. Further, this thesis focuses on the development and implementation of the currently proposed Thunderbird Boathouse along the shores of the existing dyke/ riverfront edge and its role and place within a larger riverfront redevelopment design. This facility will provide a central hub within the existing and future riverfront environment, establishing an axis mundi from which the community can identify and orientate themselves around. In order to understand and develop a comprehensive design proposal for the Thunderbird Boathouse and adjacent riverfront, this thesis first examines redevelopment options for the City Centre district and then applies this analysis into the creation of a new City Centre riverfront environment. Within this context the design, layout, and implementation of the Thunderbird Boathouse is explored, focusing on connecting this facility within its existing and future landscape.

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Lemaire, Marc Jean Philippe. "Urban Oasis: Youth development centre in Berea/Doornfontein." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/15665.

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Many cities in the world have issues regarding street children and the mere fact that there are too many homeless children within them makes it difficult to eradicate the problem. These street children, or ‘detached youth’ are dwelling on the streets for numerous reasons, often specific to any individual child, ranging from domestic violence through to a low socio‐economic status. There are institutions that aim to assist these children by providing food, bedding, clothing and shelter; however many children feel that these provisions are not adequate in offering sufficient comfort in their lives. This document will delve into the history of Berea/Doornfontein to ascertain the cycle of poverty commencing from the formation of these suburbs, while a thorough understanding of psychological development throughout childhood will be covered to support the argument for a new type of solution to the rising problem: ‘An architectural solution that caters for the detached youth; providing social and psychological development across diverse age groups’ The implementation of varied programming into the building, with sufficient professional or adult supervision will cater for children that are on the streets for any given amount of time. The purpose of the architecture is to allow a mediation between the detached youth and members of the surrounding social context through recreational, emotional and vocational programs so that the detached youth can be sewn into the social fabric.

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Marcello, Elizabeth Marie. "State Public Authorities, Local Politics, and Democratic Planning: New York’s Empire State Development Corporation." Thesis, 2020. https://doi.org/10.7916/d8-15fb-v524.

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Public authorities supplement routine government functions by building infrastructure, maintaining bridges, building stadiums and convention centers, managing public housing, and running mass transit systems. These special purpose governments are a fixture of urban development and service delivery. Drawing on a framework informed by theories of public authorities and intergovernmental politics, this study examines how statewide public authorities interact with localities and what the implications are for intergovernmental politics and local democratic planning. This research focuses on a state public authority in New York State responsible for economic development: the Empire State Development Corporation. Through archival analysis, interviews, legislative review, and document and project analysis, I show that when a public authority carries out economic development, it can facilitate local economic development planning by overcoming local political inertia, or it can hinder a locality’s planning efforts by substituting statewide economic development interests for local interests. In both cases, there is a negative effect on local democratic processes. By overriding local laws, acting in isolation from the public and the legislature, and allowing the businesses community special access to the public authority, the public authority subverts deliberative and inclusive democratic processes. This study concludes by suggesting ways that public authorities can take up democratic planning principles.

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Daley, Dassault Douglas. "Proletariat atrophy: the city of imagination ceased space." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/5739.

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Du, Toit Johan. "The design of a music development centre in Pretoria CBD." 2011. http://encore.tut.ac.za/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1000740.

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M. Tech. Architecture (Professional)
The aim of this thesis is to design a music centre which will contribute to the development of the musical art within the public arena of South Africa. It will serve as a case study for how music education and awareness could be approached. The building will consist of open and enclosed performing spaces, recording studios, classrooms, practice areas, an auditorium and administration facilities. It will act as a vibrant node within the inner city, accompanied by a public square where music and dance will be encouraged. The design will strive towards urban integration within Pretoria Central Business District (CBD), forming part of the current revitalisation plan for the city. It will attempt to form part of the social infrastructure of its context and in turn encourage music awareness to the broader public. Although parts of the CBD have been upgraded, Pretoria CBD is in desperate need of revitalisation. People stream into the inner city each morning and leave it dormant until the next sunrise. Only recently have office blocks been converted into apartments. Nightlife is in its infancy. Introducing events and activities, especially those which is often performed at night, will contribute to what a city should be. Music can be the answer to such a need... Music and dance can let people recognise their shared cultural knowledge and style, in turn which will spearhead unification. This is especially important in regards to the fact of the segregation of not only urban environments, but that of cultural and social isolation.

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Koagetse, Motlapele Sylvia. "The impact of a development centre approach on poverty alleviation in Region A of the City of Johannesburg." Diss., 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23641.

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One of the most important issues facing the South African democracy is that of breaking the grip of poverty on a substantial portion of its citizens. In South Africa, Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs) play a major role in the development of assistance for the poor and in reducing poverty. As an NPO, the Greater Midrand Development Centre (GMDC) has played an important role in supporting and encouraging the development aspirations of Region A of the City of Johannesburg community in the areas of Agricultural projects, bakery, poultry and paper making. The aim of the study was to determine the impact of the Development Centre Approach (DCA) on poverty alleviation in the Region A of the City of Johannesburg community and to make recommendations on policy priorities and challenges that will fast track developmental social service delivery within a Development Centre Approach. The study focused on the GMDC poverty alleviation projects in five selected areas. The study followed a qualitative research approach. Data was collected by means of one-on-one interviews and focus groups by means of semi-structured interview schedules. The participants of the focus groups involved both those beneficiaries who were still attending the GMDC poverty alleviation projects, and those who have exited the development centre poverty alleviation projects. The one-on-one interviews involved five project leaders, members of the board, staff members, and officials from the Department of Social Development. The findings indicated that the GMDC has played a crucial role in terms of poverty alleviation of the beneficiaries. From the study it was concluded that the poverty alleviation projects of the GMDC appear to be alleviating the poverty of the beneficiaries by addressing some of their basic needs to a certain extent by improving a livelihood, but nonetheless still not reducing their poverty levels. The study recommends the development of a clear exit strategy which is understood and supported by beneficiaries. The exit strategy should include factors and elements which will promote sustainability, such as business and entrepreneurial skills; knowledge on equipment; material; a marketing strategy; and a strategy or guidelines on networking, including donors and financing institutions.
Dissertation (MSW)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
Social Work and Criminology
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Woodsworth, Michael. "The Forgotten Fight: Waging War on Poverty in New York City, 1945-1980." Thesis, 2013. https://doi.org/10.7916/D8K93FS7.

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This dissertation recounts how community groups in postwar New York City tapped into growing government engagement with urban problems, which culminated in President Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 declaration of "unconditional war on poverty." Focusing on the discourse among grassroots activists, social reformers, and city officials, I argue that the War on Poverty has been misunderstood by scholars inattentive to the rich exchange of ideas that occurred at street level. I show how local policy innovations flowed upward and influenced elites -- intellectuals, politicians, bureaucrats -- before being projected back downward and adapted anew. Viewing the War on Poverty from the ground up not only provides a fresh perspective on its well-documented failures; it also turns up hidden successes. My narrative unfolds in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, where the drive to end poverty dovetailed with a vibrant civil-rights movement. A majority-black area of roughly 400,000 people, Bed-Stuy housed a mix of desperately poor tenants and upwardly mobile homeowners. I emphasize the policy role played by members of the area's middle class, especially women, who acted as brokers between politicians and the poor people whose empowerment the War on Poverty ostensibly promoted. In the 1950s, activists in Bed-Stuy partnered with the municipal government of Robert F. Wagner, Jr., to tackle pressing issues -- juvenile delinquency, deteriorated housing, capital flight -- through experimental social-work techniques and a new model of neighborhood-based planning. Such partnerships laid the groundwork for the federal Community Action Program, the centerpiece of the War on Poverty. Though Bed-Stuy's official Community Action Agency ultimately succumbed to mismanagement, bureaucratization, and internal strife, it did spawn several social-uplift and educational programs that helped to empower local residents, especially black women. By the late 1960s, Bed-Stuy's poverty warriors were searching for new ways of institutionalizing the federal antipoverty commitment and gaining a measure of community control. They found one answer in an alliance with Senator Robert F. Kennedy, who helped launch the Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, the country's first Community Development Corporation. Restoration drew unprecedented federal funds and soon pioneered influential strategies of brownstone revitalization and local business development. As it evolved in the 1970s, Restoration reflected the dual goals of employing low-income residents and retaining Bed-Stuy's middle class -- a difficult balancing act, especially in a moment of accelerating disinvestment, mounting crime, and waning political will. Nevertheless, Restoration provided a model that community groups nationwide would follow into the 1980s and beyond.

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Gardam, Elaine Ruth. "Southgate Town Centre Concept Plan : designing a "functional" community." Thesis, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/11724.

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It is estimated that the population of the City of Nanaimo will almost double in the next 25 years. In the past, Nanaimo's urban growth has been absorbed using a typical pattern of development - stripmalls, supported by ever-expanding low-density suburban sprawl. This development seems to have occurred with little or no forethought to its environmental or social consequences. Urban sprawl is consuming our land and endangering the natural ecosystems in our region. In response to the ecological and social problems of urban sprawl the City of Nanaimo, in coordination with the Regional District of Nanaimo, has developed a Growth Management Plan. The Plan focuses on creating compact communities within the city boundary, thereby alleviating sprawl and mamtaining the ecological integrity of the hinterlands. We must now seek ways of designing neighbourhoods that not only accommodate our growing population but also enhance both the human and environmental "functioning" of the site. This project examines a sustainable growth strategy for one of Nanaimo's designated urban growth areas. The Southgate Town Centre Concept Plan is the product of an integrated planning process and is based on principles of sustainable and complete communities. The Plan addresses the basic functional elements of a community (habitat and watershed integrity, pedestrian and traffic circulation, and residential and commercial development) and explores how the application of sustainability principles can result in a functional community. The result is a comprehensive design of an urban growth area that has accommodated density while also improving the ecological, social and experiential fimctioning of the site. The design addresses the relationship of the site to its watershed context and its surrounding community. As a comprehensive document it also serves as a model for similar urban development areas.

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Goodwin, Cary Leigh. "The provision of environmental education towards sustainability with reference to the Inner City Enviro Centre in Tshwane." Diss., 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3116.

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The provision of environmental education towards sustainability with reference to the Inner City Enviro Centre in Tshwane is a comprehensive research project that describes the establishment and development of the Inner City Environmental Centre over a six-year period. This research focuses on the informal education sector and the methods used by centres, both locally and internationally to provide environmental education and / or education for sustainability. The Inner City Enviro Centre is used as a case study. The development of the ICEC is investigated in terms of the objectives it was to fulfil. The achievements and difficulties that the ICEC experienced are examined. This was done using document analysis and by interviewing those involved. This information was then assimilated and helped the researcher to make informed, objective judgements concerning the ICEC. Educators working on a project with the ICEC were given questionnaires which asked questions relating to environmental education and excursions. The data collected from findings is used to provide guidelines for future development of the ICEC and for others who might want to embark on similar projects.
Further Teacher Education
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Opperman, Landie. "The design of a centre for further education in the creative professions, situated in the Pretoria inner city." Thesis, 2010. http://encore.tut.ac.za/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1000543.

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Thesis (MTech. degree in Architecture: Professional)--Tshwane University of Technology, 2010.
The thesis comprises the design of a building to facilitate teaching and learning for mature learners, specifically in the creative professions, in the centre of Pretoria. The building offers facilities and spaces for visiting artists, tutors and mentors as well as for courses and workshops in continuous professional development. A limited number of short term living quarters are also provided for visiting artists. Because of the central urban location, the building will also include retail components as well as exhibition and multimedia spaces for the general public. The design involves a new development as well as the renovation and embracing of the Ons Eerste Volksbank building.

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Kridiotis, Joanne Alexandra. "Altered States: a youth centre & safe house for at-risk adolescents in Westbury, Johannesburg." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/22187.

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Thesis (M.Arch. (Professional))--University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, 2016.
Drug abuse, particularly among younger generations, is an issue of increasing concern in South Africa. According to recent reports on global substance abuse, South Africa was named as having some of the highest rates of youth drug use in the world. This not only has dire impacts for local communities and their youth, but has led to increasing crime rates and unemployment in these communities. One such community, plagued with youth drug abuse and addiction, is Westbury, a former coloured township in Western Johannesburg. Westbury has, in turn, been selected as the focus area for this thesis due to prevailing struggles with youth drug addiction, high rates of drug-related crime and a community outcry for a solution. This thesis aims to investigate a means of alleviating degrees of drug use, and other risky youth behaviours, by introducing an architectural intervention. This intervention – defined as a Youth Centre and Safe House – will attempt to address the search for identity and meaning within the liminal state of adolescence, and the often risky behaviours that arise as a result, by providing a sense of ‘place’ and belonging for the ailing youth. With the main focus group being at-risk adolescents, and in order to create an architecture that speaks of the liminal state of adolescence, threshold and ‘the space between’ become important design concepts. This thesis attempts to investigate the movement between distinct spaces, the experience of transition, and the physical and psychological effects thereof. The resultant design proposes an architecture of liminality, where soft, implied thresholds and a celebration of ‘the space between’ become the manner in which the liminal subject can negotiate the built environment and establish a sense of ‘place’ within it.
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Hagg, Gerard. "The contributuion of the community arts centre to capital building for socio-economic development in South Africa." Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/633.

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The concepts "capital building" and 'Institutionalisation" are analysed and applied to community arts centres as instruments for socio-economic development (SED) in South Africa. Theories of neo-classicism, Marxism, development economics and socio-economic development show that building physical, financial, human, social and cultural capital in a complementary configuration is crucial to sustainable socio-economic development. The concept "capital building for SED" is formulated in this regard. New institutional economics and critical extensions of this theory show that institutions play a key role in capital building for SED, as they entail embeddedness, normativity, e-ntreprcneurship, partnership, structure and complementarity. The arts sector contributes considerably to capital building for SED, in particular arts centres in marginalized communities in the UK, USA and South Africa. Community arts centres built political, cultural and human capital in black townships during the South African democratic struggle (1950-92). In accordance with proposals from the arts sector, the post-1994 South African government developed 42 arts centres. However, the contribution of most old and new centres to socio-economic development appears to be insignificant and few are sustainable. The causes of failure are difficult to explain due to lack of information and theory. Through the application of a theoretical framework to the South African arts sector and three case studies the hypothesis is tested that community arts centres can contribute considerably to capital building for SED if they are appropriately institutionalised, while an appropriate focus on capital building for SED results in stronger institutions. An analysis of arts sector shows that strong institutions achieve high returns on investments in capital building, but that few benefit the poor. The application of an analytical matrix consisting of indicators of the above-mentioned five types of capital and six institutional components, shows significant positive correlations between the levels of inslitutionalisation and capital building for SED in the Community Arts Project, the Katlehong Art Centre and ArtsforAIl. The findings result in recommendations on policy and practice of community arts centre development in South Africa.
Development studies
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Petretta, Danielle Lucia. "The Political Economy of Value Capture: How the Financialization of Hudson Yards Created a Private Rail Line for the Rich." Thesis, 2020. https://doi.org/10.7916/d8-ztpf-d527.

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Abstract: The theory of value capture is simple to understand and easy to sell, promising self-fulfilling virtuous cycles of value generation, capture, and redistribution. Countless studies document value creation attributable to public interventions, providing guidance on the type and extent of potential benefits. Scholars too have set forth parameters for optimal value capture conditions and caution against common pitfalls to keep in mind when designing value capture plans. But even when utilizing the best advice, equitable redistribution of benefits rarely occurs in neoliberal economies, leaving municipalities struggling to meet the myriad of social needs and provide basic services for all their inhabitants. Invariably, capitalistic real estate states seek to financialize public assets for private gain. Nowhere is this more apparent in New York City today than in the outcomes thus far of one of the largest public-private developments in New York history at Hudson Yards. This dissertation documents the failure of the value capture scheme put in place at Hudson Yards which neither captured fair market value for the public, nor extracted much public benefit. The scheme aimed to leverage vast tracts of publicly-owned land above operational rail yards at the Far West Side of Manhattan. Instead, public action under the guise of public purpose catalyzed the private financialization of a finite public asset, through the seemingly benign but inherently complex public policy tool of value capture finance. In particular, this dissertation tells the detailed development story of Hudson Yards, where developers reap huge rewards for their risks while the public still waits for what was promised — an all too familiar story.

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James, Sarah. "Re-visioning Sydney from the fringe : productive diversities for a 21st century city." Thesis, 2009. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/533625.

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The market gardening practices of Sydney’s culturally diverse inhabitants have long been neglected in the plans for growth of this aspiring global city. Yet in providing fresh food for the city and local employment such market gardens arguably contribute not only to Sydney’s globalising demographic and cultural fabric, but also to the city’s environmental sustainability. Encroaching urbanisation, however, currently threatens 52 percent of the (predominantly) migrant-run market gardens on Sydney’s peri-urban fringe. With a focus on economic and housing development, official plans for Sydney’s growth continue to deny the productive contribution that practices such as market gardening offer the city. These alternative land use practices are often (too easily) dismissed as the ‘cultural traditions’ of minority groups, separating them from the economic priorities seen as central to urban growth. The presence of multiple users and uses of land within the cityscape brings into question the narrow definition of ‘growth as development’ within urban planning – one that key urban scholars have recently and variously sought to critique and diversify. In thinking from and ‘with’ the urban ‘fringe’, this thesis argues for greater recognition in urban planning of the diverse groups who inhabit the conceptual and (often) physical periphery of the city. Through interviews with relevant migrant, Indigenous, Anglo-Celtic and governmental groups, this thesis examined the efficacy of sustainability and heritage discourses, mobilised by grower advocates, in protecting market gardeners against plans for urban development. Analysis of interview data and relevant governmental reports, plans and legislation found that within planning policy these discourses tend to figure the land uses of culturally diverse groups as marginal to the developmentalist agenda. More broadly conceived notions of ‘sustainability’ and ‘heritage’ are possible however, particularly ones that acknowledge that all inhabitants have a stake in the city – environmentally, economically and culturally. Taking this more comprehensive perspective on the land use values of market gardening, this research moves away from the narrow conceptions of diversity that are reproduced in multiculturalist and social cohesion discourses by noting the material contributions of the market gardeners livelihoods to Sydney’s character and future. This thesis suggests a way of re- conceptualising the common good of the city, viewing embodied practices such as market gardening as productive parts of a city seeking a sustainable future. ‘Thinking’ Sydney from its fringe, this thesis engages diversity in a vision for urban planning that is not just more inclusive in a standard liberal sense, but also more dynamic and alive to the challenges of 21st Century urbanism.

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Kelm, Erwin. "The development of job-related education and training in Soweto, 1940-1990." Diss., 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17065.

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The dissertation analyses job-related education, training and development in Soweto since 1940. The effect which the interference of the National Party government had on jobrelated education for black South Africans in Soweto is examined, as it is of importance to know that qualifiers were only permitted to operate as trades people in the bantustans and not in the "white" cities. It is discussed that prior to the assassination of prime minister Dr H F Verwoerd in 1966, the NP government had little interest in promoting urban black upliftment. Also mentioned is the economic situation at that time, which forced the N P government to introduce the Manpower Training Act, permitting Africans to qualify in trades which were until 1981 reserved for whites only. At the eentre of the discussion are the few Sowetan colleges which deal with job-related education. training and development in the African township. Despite the demand for skills training of black South Africans, training deteriorated and the dissertation investigates the reasons surrounding the loss of interest in the communities and why interest groups were no longer concerned about this type of training. The dissertation concludes with a possible future perspective which needs to be implemented to enable job-related education, training and development in Soweto to expand. The need to train Sowetans in their own colleges as opposed to colleges outside Soweto is examined.
History
M.A. (History)

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