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Tam, Chi-ho Raymond. "Education, professionalism and practice of urban design in Hong Kong." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25798923.
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Yip, Chi-kwai Tom, and 葉子季. "The role perceptions and choices of planners in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1993. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31258499.
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Garcia, Tommy. "Decision making model for municipal planners in the state of Texas /." View online version, 2009. http://ecommons.txstate.edu/arp/324.
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Chan, Sui-fung Emily. "Towards sustainability : from concepts to actions : a case study on Hong Kong planner's cognition, attitudes and behaviours towards sustainable development /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B21042755.
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Yip, Chi-kwai Tom. "The role perceptions and choices of planners in Hong Kong /." [Hong Kong] : University of Hong Kong, 1993. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13814096.
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Sarkissian, Wendy. "With a whole heart : nurturing an ethic of caring for Nature in the education of Australian planners /." Access via Murdoch University Digital Theses Project, 1996. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20051109.104544.
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Witty, David Roy. "Identifying a more appropriate role for the Canadian planning profession." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0012/NQ34645.pdf.
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Marshall, Nancy Faculty of Built Environment UNSW. "Into the Third Millennium: Neocorporatism, the State and the Urban Planning Profession." Awarded by:University of New South Wales, 2000. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/18204.
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This thesis maintains that, far from being politically impartial bodies, as professional associations might suggest, professions as a whole are resolutely influenced in their activities by the political will of the times. At the beginning of the third millennium, this ???will??? is described as neocorporatism, an ideology based on corporate structure and third sector co-governance. The research highlights the interrelationships between professions and ideology. A case study of the Canadian Institute of Planners - CIP - demonstrates how this neocorporatist philosophy is having an impact on its power and legitimacy and, ultimately, its effect within Canadian society. An historical review demonstrates how the Canadian Institute of Planners has reacted to and reflected state ideology throughout its history. It is clear that the organisation has been in a submissive relationship with the state until recently, where we see the balance of power starting to shift. The CIP is currently reorganising itself to better integrate with the state and improve its government relations. Documentation tracks the CIP???s participation in national policy processes and shows that it is, in fact, becoming significantly more involved in policy-making through various federal government consultation and partnership initiatives. The Canadian Institute of Planners seems to rely solely on practical conjecture to inform its operational choices. My hermeneutical discourse analysis uses existing theory and empirical information to advance our understanding of the CIP and by implication, professions in general. This enlightenment can help direct the organisation???s strategy within the neocorporate state apparatus and, ultimately, enable it to gain power, legitimacy and greater influence within Canada???s policy- and decision-making spheres.
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Lau, Fung-yee Rebecca. "Planning education : the changing needs of the profession in Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B19131239.
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Masilela, Calvin Onias. "Professional attitudes in urban planning and management: an exploratory study of the professional culture of Third World planners and planning consultants." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/54239.
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This research is concerned with the professional culture of planners and planning consultants working on aspects of urban planning and management in Third World settings. Research on planners' professional culture is of intrinsic value in development studies, where little is known about the socio-economic background, values, attitudes, and role orientations of either group despite the key roles both groups play in the management of human settlements. The particular point of departure here, however, is the significance of such research to planning studies. Of particular relevance, in this context, are the critical notions in the current literature on Third World urbanization and planning that the skills and attitudes of planning professionals are not attuned to the economic, social, and environmental questions which lie behind the material aspects of human habitat in Third World countries. This, it is contended, is in part due to the socialization of Third World planners to Western attitudes, standards, and values during their professional training in industrialized countries.
The research reported here represents an attempt to explore these issues, drawing on samples of planning practitioners in several Third World countries (Barbados, Jamaica, India, Zambia, and Zimbabwe) and of planning consultants and academics working regularly on urban problems in Third World settings. The results were derived from a questionnaire survey designed to elicit information on respondents’ role orientations and values, and on their attitudes toward specific issues that relate to the theory and practice of urban planning and management. These include attitudes toward rural-urban migration, the informal sector, squatter settlements, self-help service provision, the use of Western versus indigenous methods and solutions, and receptiveness to current ideas about project replicability and cost recovery.
Findings revealed that Third World planners and planning consultants do share some important professional traits as well as elements of a common culture, with a core of shared ideology, similar to that found among developed-world planners despite the differences in contextual detail. Nonetheless, the study findings point to significant overall differences in the attitudes of Third World planners and planning consultants toward planning issues and professional role orientations. The typical Third World planner is a middle-class male of mid-career age who attaches a good deal of importance to his profession and supports the notion of success via technical competence, and administrative and managerial skills, and yet at the same time pragmatic and grassroots oriented. Furthermore, Third World planners as a group do not see the profession as elitist, nor do they regard Western concepts, methods, or training in developed-world institutions as inappropriate to their professional roles. The typical planning consultant, on the other hand, though also male is somewhat older, is more likely to have a social science than a planning, architecture, or engineering background is more likely to have a higher degree and is rather skeptical about professional effectiveness and egalitarianism.
It is suggested here that the difference between these actors emanates from the differences in the modus operandi of each group. In short, whereas planning consultants have the luxury to conceptualize problems and solutions in stable environments, insulated from the cut and thrust of local practice, Third World planners operating in environments afflicted with rapid change, uncertainty, and instability are of necessity compelled to adopt a more pragmatic outlook. Thus despite the seeming overpowering circumstances, Third World planners were found to be guardedly optimistic, quietly confident, and resiliently content to pursue their ideals. lt was thus concluded that contextual factors to which planners are exposed to are major determinant of planners' professional role orientations and world-views.Ph. D.
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Donofrio, Jennifer M. "DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION: CONSUMERS’ AND CITY PLANNERS’ PERCEIVED BARRIERS TO INTEGRATING LARGE-SCALE RETAIL INTO THE DOWNTOWN." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2008. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/30.
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Revitalization of downtowns across America continues to be challenged by the shift to the suburbs. The barriers to integrating large-scale retail in a small, medium, and large city downtown were examined.
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The System View Planning Theory (Taylor, 1998) guided the study of city planners’ and consumers’ perceived barriers to integrating large scale retail into the downtown. In order to ascertain the barriers to integrating large-scale retail into the downtown intercept-surveys with consumers (n=30, responded to the intercept survey in each city) and interviews with city planners were conducted.
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Some significant differences were found between perceived barriers towards integrating large-scale retail into small and large-city downtowns. Although most consumers reported a positive attitude towards large-scale retail, most consumers in Tucson and San Diego indicated that the cost of shopping in the downtown outweighed the benefits. Traffic, parking, pedestrian-friendly street-oriented environment, and local character are among the major barriers identified by the study cities to integrating large-scale retail into the downtown. However, over half of the consumers surveyed agreed that they would shop at large-scale retail on the weekdays if it were available, but less than half of consumers in Tucson and San Diego would shop at large-scale retail on the weekends.
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Three recommendations were suggested to successfully establish and sustain large-scale retail in the downtown. 1. Continue to find creative solutions to parking and traffic barriers. 2. Create a multifunctional, walkable downtown, with amenities to meet most consumers’ needs. 3. Establish retail stores in the downtown that enhance the local character and cater to residents’ needs rather than mostly tourist needs.
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Nichols, David, and david nichols@deakin edu au. "Leading lights: The promotion of garden suburb plans and planners in interwar Australia." Deakin University. School of Australian and International Studies, 2001. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20061208.082527.
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This thesis explores interwar town planning in Australia, focusing on the period of large-scale urban expansion in the 1920s. It problematises aspects of Australias urban planning history, particularly the 1920s garden suburb. It also investigates the question of the use of international planning ideas in Australia, and the assertion or creation of authority by the Australian planning movement. The thesis additionally investigates the use of authoritative planning rhetoric for commercial or creative advantage.
The thesis argues that the majority of innovative planning projects in the interwar years took place in the formation and foundation of the garden suburb. It shows that the garden suburb assumed in much planning history to be an inferior form of Ebenezer Howards garden city ideal has, in fact, a number of precedents in 19th century Australian suburbia, some of which were retained in 20th century commercial estate design. Much of the Australian town planners authority at this time required recognition and awareness of the interests and needs of the general public, as negotiated through land vendors. As Australians looked to the future, and to the US for guidance, they were invited to invest in speculative real estate development modelled on this vision.
The thesis concentrates primarily on the lives, careers and work of the British-Australian architect-planner Sir John Sulman; the Chicagoan architect-planners Marion Mahony and Walter Burley Griffin; and the Australian surveyor-planner Saxil Tuxen. These individuals were among the most prominent planners in Australia in the interwar years. All designed Australian garden suburbs, and combined advocacy with practice in private and public spheres.
The thesis examines images and personas, both generic and individual, of the planner and the vendor. It shows that the formulation of the garden suburb and design practices, and the incorporation of international elements into Australian planning, are important in the creation of planning practice and forms. It also outlines the way these continue to have significant impact, in diverse and important ways, on both the contemporary built environment and planning history itself.
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Hall, Peter Eric. "Salvaging social justice : the significance of the relationship between planners & community services staff for local area planning in metropolitan Adelaide /." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 1993. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PLM/09plmh178.pdf.
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Henaien, Moncef, and Shalvi Sinha. "International conference site selection criteria : And a case study of Stockholm as an international conference city." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Turismvetenskap, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-16162.
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The purpose of this thesis is to identify the destination site selection criteria for internationalconferences from the perspectives of the three main players of the conference industry,conference buyers (organizers and delegates) and suppliers. Additionally, the researchidentifies the strengths and weaknesses of the congress cities of Stockholm and Vienna.Through a comparison with Vienna, the top city for hosting international conferences, a roadmap for Stockholm has been designed, to strengthen its congress tourism opportunities, thus,obtaining a higher status as an international congress city. This qualitative research hascombined both primary and secondary data methods, through semi-standardized expertinterviews and secondary studies respectively, to fulfil the study’s aim. The data have beenanalysed by applying the techniques of qualitative content analysis; the secondary dataadopting an inductive approach according to Mayring (2003) while the expert interviewsusing a deductive approach according to Meuser & Nagel (2009). The conclusions of thesecondary data have been further compared and contrasted with the outcomes of the primarydata, to propose fresh discoveries, clarifications, and concepts related to the site selectioncriteria for international conferences, and for the congress tourism industry of Stockholm. Theresearch discusses the discoveries of the site selection criteria, the implications of thestrengths and weaknesses of Stockholm in comparison to Vienna, recommendations forStockholm via a road map, and future research areas in detail. The findings andrecommendation, not only provide specific steps and inceptions that Stockholm as aninternational conference city can apply, but also propose findings, which can aid conferencebuyers and suppliers to cooperate, to strengthen their marketing strategies and developsuccessful international conferences and destinations to help achieve a greater competitiveadvantage.
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Nusser, Sarah (Sarah Parker). "What would a non-heterosexist city look like? : a theory on queer spaces and the role of planners in creating the inclusive city." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59581.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2010.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
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Planning has always interacted with issues of sexuality, but the failure of the literature to address these practices explicitly has led to the silencing of minority sexualities in planning discourse and the severe marginalization of many queer people in cities. To better understand the experiences of queer people (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) as a basis for creating new planning frameworks that address the realities and diversity of queer lives, this thesis explores how queer people experience everyday space in the city, particularly the places they feel the most and least comfortable being queer. This thesis asks: how do relationships between the design, management, and spatial characteristics of spaces communicate values about sexual orientation and gender identity? How could planners and designers create more inclusive spaces? To accomplish this, in-depth interviews were conducted with queer participants in Kansas City, MO and Cambridge, MA, the progressive cities in their respective regions. I utilize readings on design, politics, and identity to create a Lynchian framework for evaluating spaces based on fit, control, and access. Lastly, I document the performative characteristics of each space identified in interviews with respect to this framework. I draw conclusions from my research findings and discuss the implications for designers and planners and areas for future research. In particular I discuss the process that planners should go through to begin re-constructing the public realm as inclusive of queer sexualities. Finally, I speculate on the kinds of spaces that might exist in a non-heterosexist city.
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Dipaolo, William P. "The changing relationship between urban planners and journalists as newspapers move increasingly toward stronger local news coverage." Virtual Press, 1998. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1115230.
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Planners can have the best ideas and the most progressive projects in the world. But if the local newspaper doesn't write about them, nobody will know about them. And if nobody knows about them, they might as well never have been done. Newspaper reporters and planners are going through a drastic change in their historically distant relationship. Increasingly, television news, USA Today and the Internet have replaced newspapers as the prime source for international and national news. Newspapers are now concentrating on local news. This is a golden opportunity for planners to not only raise the clout of their agency, but increase public support for their ideas. More coverage means more media scrutiny of planning issues. Understanding basic newspaper processes, and maintaining positive relationships with newspaper reporters, is a growing part of a successful planner's job.Department of Urban Planning
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Persson, Söör Adelinn. "“The Natural Status is Always Changeable” - A case study about the role of the planners’ in New York City." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Kulturgeografiska institutionen, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-78372.
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The divergence between theory and practice in planning and the role of the planner is widely discussed throughout the literature. The aim of the thesis is to explore planners’ experience of appraisal of the planning role in New York City. The thesis investigate the roles of the planner with the purpose of discovering attitudes, values and approaches in the planning climate. New York City’s influence as a context on the role of the planner and the main characteristics that are important to acknowledge as a planner are also recognized. The empirical data is collected through interviews with professors at Columbia University and practicing planners in New York City. Along with theory the results show that planners are affected by both external and internal influences. There are components of rationality and power that affect the planning climate. This will provide knowledge about context dependent planning. Larger implications of the findings are that the planning is never value free, and that planners have to be aware of for whom the planning is for.
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譚志豪 and Chi-ho Raymond Tam. "Education, professionalism and practice of urban design in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1998. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31980284.
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Altman, Andrew D. (Andrew Dana). "Seeing the city within the context of human experience both past and present : a framework for planners to learn about the city and inform planning practice." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/14963.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1987.Title as it appeared in Massachusetts Institute of Technology Graduate List June 1987: Tenacity amidst change; the experience of the Russian Jewish community of Society Hill, Philadelphia.
Bibliography: leaves 95-100.
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Chan, Sui-fung Emily, and 陳瑞鳳. "Towards sustainability: from concepts to actions : a case study on Hong Kong planner's cognition, attitudes andbehaviours towards sustainable development." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3125987X.
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Lau, Fung-yee Rebecca, and 劉鳳兒. "Planning education: the changing needs of theprofession in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31259443.
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Wilkinson, Sarah Wraye. "Suburban New Urbanist Environments: The Resident Experience." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10187.
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xii, 69 p. : ill. (some col.) A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number.New Urbanists promote development modeled upon neighborhoods that are highdensity and mixed-use with connected streets so that residents will drive less and have a strong sense of community. Little is known about whether New Urbanist environments provide the envisioned change in living experience for those who reside there. This study assesses changes in the living experience of residents of a suburban New Urbanist environment located in Eugene, Oregon, relative to their living experience in their previous residential environment. Findings reveal that respondents drive less for some but not all types of trips. There are no significant changes in sense of community. Changes in housing density and land-use mix are found associated with driving behavior change. Change in the enjoyment of the walking environment is found associated with changes in levels of resident interaction and feelings of sense of community.
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Törnquist, Martin. "A personal city : A city planned for the unplanned." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-171845.
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Fontenot, Anthony. "Non-Design and the Non-Planned City." Thesis, Princeton University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3597482.
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This study seeks to understand the larger cultural context that gave rise to what is referred to as "non-design," a term designated to denote a particular aesthetic that is characterized by a suspicion of, and/or rejection of, "conscious" design, while embracing various phenomenon that emerge without "intention" or "deliberate human design." The study traces the phenomenon of "non-design" in British and American design culture of the postwar period. The author argues that following Friedrich von Hayek's theories of the "undesigned" nature of social institutions and his concept of a "spontaneous order" of the 1940s, non-design first emerged in design discourse and practice in the early 1950s in England, particularly in the work of certain members of the Independent Group, and by the mid-1960s it gained currency in the United States in the architectural and urban theories of Charles Moore, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, and particularly in Reyner Banham's writing on American urbanism. While rarely made explicit, this dissertation argues that the concept of non-design played an important role in design and urban debates of the postwar period.
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Stevens, Gaye L. "Space and dwelling the city as lived vs the city as planned." Saarbrücken VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2004. http://d-nb.info/991217624/04.
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Coetzee, Petrus Johannes van Vuuren. "A Reading of power relations in the transformation of urban planning in the municipalities of the greater Pretoria region (now Tshwane)." Thesis, Pretoria : [s.n.], 2005. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10072005-140536.
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STOGIANNIS, ALEXANDROS. "THESSALONICATION : Reclaiming public space in a city where car dependency is shrinking." Thesis, KTH, Stadsbyggnad, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-124536.
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Sze, Chun-nga Angela. ""Bridging Ages" : rejuvenating the North Point Estate /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25953928.
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Liburdi, Carlo. "Detroit urban housing (re)considered /." This title; PDF viewer required. Home page for entire collection, 2005. http://archives.udmercy.edu:8080/dspace/handle/10429/9.
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Dunlaevy, Peter F. "WORK AS A NATURAL RESOURCE PLANNER WITH THE CITY AND COUNTY OF BROOMFIELD, BROOMFIELD COLORADO." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1115408359.
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Matturi, Venkata K. "The Elusive Dubai: Lessons in planned development for fast growing cities." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1337888925.
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Rizk, Roy, and Shahin Farshchi. "Vem är planeraren? : En enkätstudie om studerande på stadsplaneringpå grundnivå på KTH, med examensår på avancerad nivå från 2008 till 2017." Thesis, KTH, Urbana och regionala studier, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-231297.
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I takt med att komplexiteten av samhälls- och stadsplaneringen har ökat, har även planerarens rollbeskrivning utvecklats och diversifierats. Politisering av planeringen har beskyllts orsakaatt kompetenser inom planering inte tas tillvara på samt för att osäkerhet spridits inomprofessionen. Utvecklingen verkar dock inte ge utrymme för lösningar av exempelvis dennaproblembeskrivning genom förändringar av professionen på institutionella eller kulturellanivåer. Detta eftersom att bredare kompetensbehov och rollbeskrivningar samt flerinvolverade aktörer komplexifierar nätverken som förbinder planerarna. Vidare försvårarkomplexiteten konkreta definitioner av planerarrollen. Så undersökningar om planerare kanmotiveras av att det underlaget bättre kan avhjälpa analysering om professionens möjligautveckling. Möjligen kan även professionens identitet förändras vid utbildning av nyaplanerare och då blir kunskap om de som söker sig till utbildningarna grundläggande.Syftet med detta arbete har varit att undersöka vem planeraren är, avgränsat tillsamhällsplaneraren från KTH för att svara på hur planerarens bakgrund och intressen kandefiniera samhällsplanerarna som grupp. Utbildningens relevans för samhälls- ochstadsplanering har även det undersökts och den undersökta gruppens relation till planering harbeaktats.I arbetet har en enkät konstruerats för att samla in information om planerarna från KTH.Frågorna i enkäten gav svar som kopplade till frågeställningarna för syftet. Analys avresultatet från enkäten gjordes även för att se hur olika faktorer relaterar till varandra.Ämnesområdena hållbarhet, sociala frågor, engagemang och värderingar har varit av särskiltintresse.Slutsatserna var de att det går att finna några faktorer som troligtvis påverkar vilka somstuderar till planerare på KTH, att planerarnas intressen som relaterar till planering omfattarmycket och att de undersökta intressena inte i stor grad verkar ligga till grund för bland annatvad de arbetar med, samt att utbildningen ger goda arbetsmöjligheter för nästan samtliga somgått den.With the increase of complexity in urban planning, changes in and diversification of theplanner’s role have also taken place. Politicization has been blamed for the neglection of theplanners’ competencies and for causing uncertainty amongst professionals. The developmentseems not to allow for resolvement of this problem as an example, by changes in theprofession on institutional or cultural levels. This since wider needs for competence anddescriptions of the planner’s role together with more parties being involved in planningfurther complicates the networks that connect planning professionals. Complexity also makesthe role of the planner harder to define and therefore research concerning planners can bemotivated as it might, better than further observations of the role of the planner, aid inanalyzing the possible development of the profession. Perhaps the identity of the planners canbe changed with the education of new professionals and that would also further the need forknowledge of those studying planning.The aim of the study has been to investigate who the planner is, delimited to the urban plannerfrom KTH, to give an answer to how the background and the interests of the planner candefine the urban planners as a group. The relevance of the education to urban planning and therespondents’ relation to planning have also been taken into account.A survey was sent out to gather information about the planners from KTH. Results from thequestionnaire mapped to the objectives of the aim of the study and the analysis was made toalso show how different factors relate to each other. The topics of sustainability, social issues,commitment and values were of particular interest.The conclusions where that some factors probably affects who studies urban planning atKTH, that the planners’ interests are many and that they don’t seem to be determining forwhat their occupations are and more, and that the education at KTH gives good workopportunities to almost everyone that has studied there.
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Lutogniewska, Ewa. "Developing bicycle culture in a city prioritizing automobiles: A case study with attitude-based analysis of the city of Gliwice, Poland." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23118.
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This thesis is a case study of a Polish city which faces a problem of high automobile share and little popularity of cycling in its residents’ modal split. In times when the world is facing climate change and there is a need of preserving scarce resources, it is essential that urban areas adopt a sustainability approach to the way they develop. Thus, this research focuses on what attitude is held by residents and local authorities of the subject city and how it should be facilitated so that biking for transportation becomes more common. With the approach of Ajzen’s (1991) theory of planned behaviour, the citizens’ perspective is investigated by a questionnaire where the results lead to dividing the population sample into seven groups based on their attitude. Such segmentation into population groups with respect to mobility can help promote sustainable mobility behaviour and is essential in order to address the problem successfully. Local authorities’ attitude is examined by interviews and secondary data analysis. A principal finding here is that in this city bicycle is a secondary or tertiary mode of transportation, while there is a prevailing automobile priority continuously being facilitated by the authorities. The problem lies in that it is not fully understood how bicycling can bring benefits to the city and that managing transportation is an essential part of sustainable urban development. The dissertation concludes with suggestions for both the residents and the authorities so that pro-sustainability behaviour can occur. Additionally, the analysis in this paper could be used in a number of similar cities in Poland.
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Santos, Ana Maria Ferreira dos. "Geoenvironmental zoning for a planned and participative management: coastal plain of the city of Icapuà /CE." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2008. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=5085.
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Ao longo da planÃcie costeira de Icapuà foi definido um complexo conjunto de unidades geoambientais originado pela interdependÃncia evolutiva dos variados componentes morfolÃgicos e regida pelos fluxos de matÃria e energia orientados pelas flutuaÃÃes do nÃvel relativo do mar e mudanÃas climÃticas durante o QuaternÃrio. Para definir a integraÃÃo destes componentes elaborou-se uma proposta de zoneamento geoambiental dessa planÃcie localizada no extremo leste do Estado do CearÃ, nordeste do Brasil. O principal objetivo foi o de, atravÃs dos mapas temÃticos em escala de detalhe (geolÃgico, geomorfolÃgico, unidades de paisagens), definir as bases geoambientais para gestÃo planejada dos sistemas naturais. Esses resultados foram alcanÃados atravÃs da realizaÃÃo de um amplo levantamento bibliogrÃfico, atividades em campo para o mapeamento e a utilizaÃÃo de imagens de satÃlite de alta resoluÃÃo. Aliado à elaboraÃÃo dos mapas temÃticos e zoneamento ambiental foi possÃvel realizar estudos quanto à dinÃmica dos elementos socioeconÃmicos e ambientais, os quais possibilitaram a elaboraÃÃo de um diagnÃstico socioambiental com Ãnfase em Ãreas que foram consideradas de risco potencial. Com a definiÃÃo das vulnerabilidades e potencialidades dos componentes morfolÃgicos da planÃcie costeira, foram agrupadas Ãreas relativamente homogÃneas e sugeridas medidas de gestÃo para melhoria da qualidade ambiental e vida das comunidades litorÃneas. Esses resultados alcanÃados fazem parte do projeto âDe Olho na Ãguaâ desenvolvido pela FundaÃÃo Brasil CidadÃo em parceria com o Programa de PÃs-graduaÃÃo em Geografia da UFC com o apoio do Programa Petrobras Ambiental e da FundaÃÃo Cearense de Apoio ao desenvolvimento cientÃfico e TecnolÃgico (Funcap).This dissertation analyzes the sustainability of the carcinoculture in the city of Fortim-CearÃ, taking into consideration environmental, social and technological aspects. The research aimed at identifying the main handlin g practices and the technology that has been adopted in the shrimp culture farms, and its contribution to a sustainable development of the activity. The study presents some forms of technology and handling practices that can be adopted by the farms, which are considered less environmentally impacting, and it also identifies the main impacts generated by the activity. Primary and secondary data were used. The primary data were obtained by means of an empirical research carried out in the city of Fortim, during the months of April and August, 2005. During these visits, questionnaires were applied, with semi-structu red and open questions. It was also possible to carry out interviews with representatives of governmental agencies and the business community. Secondary data were obtained by means of bibliographical research comprising theses, books and articles on the issue, as well as documents such as reports, Codes of Conduct, Federal and State govern ment directives, and assessments made by governmental agencies in charge of regulating and supervising the activity. In this study, tabular and descriptive analysis techniques and a modified version of the âForest Service of United States Agricultural Department (1986) methodology were applied. These methods made it possible to transform the qualitative variables into quantitative ones, through numerical values and weights so as to obtain a Significance Index of the technological, environmental and social variables. Upon the results obtained by these Indexes, it was possible to assess that the carcinoculture in the region is not developing on a sustainable basis, rejecting, therefore, the proposed hypothesis, according to which the handling practices and the technology that has been used in these farms are contributing for the development of the activity in a way that is in harmony with the environment. In spite of the existence of some initiatives that suggest that the sector is starting to take into consideration environmental matters, it is possible to affirm that the actions carried out by the sectorâs main entities have not been able to effectively promote the necessary changes in the behavior and conduct of the business, neither has it been able to call the attention to the importance of preserving the environment.
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Tang, Yuanzhou, and 汤远洲. "Urban and regional planning for technopoles : case study of Shenzhen, a planned city in the Greater Pearl River Delta Region." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/194600.
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The Greater Pearl River Delta (GPRD) region in China has been dramatically changing since the economic reform in the late 1970s. The ‘front shop back factory’ model of industrialisation and urbanisation between Hong Kong and the hinterland cities in the region had resulted in the significant economic success, which albeit encountered several bottleneck problems. To tackle them, a new development pattern seems emerging, with more focuses on balanced growth and regional synergy in accordance with industrial upgrading towards the knowledge-intensive economy.
Through the review of related literature, the research on the new pattern is linked with various classical theories and developmental concepts in the fields of industrial geography, technological innovation, as well as urban and regional planning and development. It reveals that these theories and concepts would contribute to the transition of GPRD’s industrialisation and urbanisation. Moreover, it is indicated that the concept of ‘technopole’ and its planning and development can contribute to this new pattern of urban and regional growth under current circumstances.
To study the new pattern, the author conducts a detailed case study on Shenzhen, a planned city in the region with a short development history and successful economic growth attributed to economic reform. Based on a qualitative effort of data collection through secondary-data and documentary research, the study employs multiple methods for the description, interpretation, and deduction of the case, towards the understanding on three key research themes: new growth pattern (balanced development and regional synergy), urban and regional planning, and technopole development. The case study aims to fill in the gaps between Western theories and their application in China, and build connections between academic exploration and real practice.
The planning and development history of Shenzhen and an overview of the city’s technopole development are documented, which illustrate a picture of industrialisation, urbanisation, and technological development in the study area. The evolution of growth centres and their contribution to the city’s growth trajectory are also analysed. At the same time, three typical technopoles of the city, namely, the Shenzhen High-tech Industrial Park (SHIP), the Huaqiangbei area, and the Overseas Chinese Town (OCT), are taken into examination, leading to categories of findings: spatial establishment, development pattern, and key characteristics of innovative milieux.
Through the case study of Shenzhen and its technopoles, the research came to a conclusion in three aspects. First, the linkages between Western theories and their application in China are identified, which provide a feasible theoretical support for the new development pattern. Second, progress in planning and development system is concluded in accordance with the transition of the city and the evolution of the growth centres, which is expected to facilitate better understanding and implementation of the new pattern. Third, key issues of planning and making of technopoles are summarized based on the case of Shenzhen, leading to suggestions on possible improvement for future development.published_or_final_version
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Nostrand, Seth Van. "Closer designing a manufacturing facility for the Zuni Pueblo solar energy reinvestment initiative /." View thesis online, 2009. http://docs.rwu.edu/archthese/15/.
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Smith, Kylie M. "The relationship between residential satisfaction, sense of community, sense of belonging and sense of place in a Western Australian urban planned community." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2011. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/460.
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Residential satisfaction is important as it contributes to a person‟s psychological wellbeing and quality of life. Residential satisfaction develops due to physical factors such as the provision of parks and amenities within a community, social factors such as a feeling of belongingness to the community and social support within the community and personal factors such as homeownership and length of residence. Sense of community, sense of belonging and sense of place also influence residential satisfaction; however, the extent that these contribute is unclear. As a result, this study investigated the contribution of these constructs to the development of residential satisfaction in the planned community of Ellenbrook, designed to promote these concepts. Additionally, this study investigated the relationship between residential satisfaction, sense of community, sense of belonging and sense of place as well as the factors that comprise of these constructs. A quantitative approach was utilised in which 300 residents completed published questionnaires measuring residential satisfaction, sense of community, sense of place and sense of belonging. to examine the extent that social, physical and personal predictors contributed to the development of residential satisfaction, sense of community, sense of belonging and sense of place, a Kruskal-Wallis analysis was undertaken. The findings indicated that the social and physical factors: feelings of belongingness, community attachment, community participation, minimal fear of crime, community layout and design and housing density contribute to the experience of high levels of residential satisfaction, sense of community, sense of belonging and sense of place. Regarding personal factors: age, ethnicity, homeownership, length of residence and educational level did not contribute to the development of residential satisfaction, sense of community, sense of belonging and sense of place. However, marital status contributed to the development of sense of community, sense of belonging and sense of place but not residential satisfaction. Household income and number of people known in the community contributed to the development of sense of community and sense of belonging, while gender contributed to the development of residential satisfaction and sense of community. These findings indicate that a community developed with sensitivity to people‟s social and personal needs as well as specific spatial planning elements, contribute to the development of residential satisfaction. The interrelation of sense of community, sense of belonging and sense of place and their impact on residential satisfaction was explored through factor analysis. Results showed nine factors to emerge. One factor consisted of several residential satisfaction items along with the attraction to neighbourhood components of sense of community, and the place attachment components of sense of place, indicating the communality of these items. Despite efforts to use distinctive measures of these concepts, there is to a certain degree, an inseparable nature of the dimensions of residential satisfaction, sense of community and sense of place. The sense of belonging items emerged as a separate factor indicating it to have a unique identity from residential satisfaction, sense of place and sense of community. Additionally, three of the four place identity items emerged on one factor, as did the residential satisfaction items referring to feelings of dissatisfaction, suggesting the uniqueness of these items. To examine the relationship between residential satisfaction, sense of community, sense of belonging and sense of place, regression analyses were performed. There was a significant positive relationship between residential satisfaction and sense of community χ2 (1,300) = 40.127, p < .05; residential satisfaction and sense of place χ2 (1,300) = 56.805, p < .05 and residential satisfaction and sense of belonging χ2 (1,300) = 25.848, p < .05. This indicates that sense of community, sense of belonging and sense of place contribute to the development of residential satisfaction, supporting previous research. The examination of these concepts in conjunction is a new concept. As a result, this research provides a theoretical understanding of the interrelation, as well as the uniqueness, of residential satisfaction, sense of community, sense of belonging and sense of place. Practically, this research assists policy makers and planners to develop communities that encompass these concepts to avoid issues faced by unplanned communities.
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Pienta, Alison Jo. "Planning for multiculturalism: a comparison of approaches in two metro-Atlanta cities." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/45784.
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Over the past two decades, the Atlanta metropolitan region has seen a large increase in its immigrant population, particularly in the city's northern suburbs situated in Gwinnett County around the famously multi-ethnic Buford Highway corridor. The suburbs of Norcross and Duluth have experienced a particularly large influx of immigrants from Asia and Central and South America. Once predominantly white bedroom communities, the cities' racial and ethnic make-up are now heavily defined by their Asian and Hispanic populations. Many residents and business owners are foreign-born or second-generation immigrants, and the number is growing. Despite this significant demographic shift, little attention has been paid to how multiculturalism fits into the planning process and how they are affected by local planning procedures and priorities. The cultural and linguistic divides found in Atlanta's continuously-diversifying social landscape remain largely unexplored and unaddressed in conventional planning practices.
This research looks at demographic data and planning initiatives in Gwinnett County, and the cities of Duluth and Norcross in particular, to determine the extent that Asian and Hispanic populations are represented and involved in the planning process. An examination of public participation and community involvement in issues relating to land use, housing, and transportation is used to assess the degree of inclusion in planning and measure the extent to which increased cultural diversity is addressed in the region and in the two cities. I will argue that if the Asian and Hispanic populations are not engaged in planning processes and if their needs are not accounted for in city plans, there could be a resulting negative impact on those populations and the city in which they live.
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施俊雅 and Chun-nga Angela Sze. ""Bridging Ages": rejuvenating the North PointEstate." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31986043.
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Buerkle, C. Wesley, Christopher C. Gearhart, and Carrie M. Oliveira. "According to, Student Motivations… : A Theory of Planned Behavior Investigation of Students’ Intention to Orally Cite Sources." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/508.
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This study employs the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to understand the role of attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control on students’ intent to orally cite sources using complete, rather than partial, citations. Undergraduates (N = 326) enrolled in general education oral communication courses completed a self-report survey testing the TPB variables and students’ citation intentions. Findings demonstrate that subjective norms and perceived behavioral control predict student intention to cite sources and do so completely. Tensions between credibility gains and time constraints are also evident. Implications for teaching students in basic courses about oral citations are discussed.
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Gunnarsson, Henrik. "Actionplanering och Samarbete (APAC) mellan multipla AI-agenter." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Medie- och Informationsteknik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-108864.
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This thesis covers an implementation of an artificial intelligence (AI) system for cooperation between multiple AI-agents. It was done as a part of a master thesis in Media Technology and a master thesis in Computer Engineering at Linköping University, campus Norrköping. The aim of the project was to explore modern techniques in AI and also develop a platform where this AI is implemented for the upcoming educational purposes. The idea is that students can use the system as a base to extend, learn and implement their own AI algorithms. Based on a literature study in AI systems the decision was made to base APAC on the GOAP system, a scalable planning architecture designed for real-time control of autonomous character behavior in games. The result of the thesis is a virtual world, made in Unity3D and C#, where the system is being used by virtual agents to build a city.
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Nakamine, Érica Emi Takahashi. "Dinâmicas socioespaciais e privatizações em Palmas: espacialidades e transfromações na cidade planejada." Universidade de São Paulo, 2018. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/102/102132/tde-10102018-095413/.
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O presente trabalho se propõe à análise do uso dos espaços públicos na cidade contemporânea, discutido a partir de desdobramentos de processos socioespaciais de produção e transformação da cidade. Este estudo tem como objeto a capital do estado do Tocantins, Palmas, cidade planejada e efetivamente ocupada no contexto do Brasil a partir de 1990. Tal contexto nos remete a investigar uma capital planejada considerando as nuances inerentes à essa condição , de projeto com feições modernistas, mas corporificada em um contexto social, político, econômico e cultural transformado, influenciado pelos paradigmas da vida contemporânea em suas diversas formas, em um ambiente de convergência de pessoas e culturas de todo Brasil. Para tanto, a dissertação buscou dialogar acerca das subjetividades contemporâneas na perspectiva crítica de que tais dimensões operaram importantes transformações nas formas do uso e apropriação do espaço público, logo, da vida urbana. Esse contexto urbano transformado em nome do consumo, do medo e das formas intolerantes dos afetos, têm favorecido o avanço de formas de vida privadas e segregadoras. Para explorar o caso Palmas nesse sentido, investigou-se a trajetória de formação socioespacial da capital, de um espaço desigual e fragmentado e, em última instância observaramse as configurações e as transformações espaciais (especialmente as privatizações do espaço) do espaço projetado. A abordagem dos usos e apropriações do espaço público (stricto sensu) despontam no trabalho de campo como dimensão empírico-analítica revelando o peso das interações sociais que se realizam no espaço de algumas quadras palmenses. A construção de tais aportes da pesquisa, possibilitou analisar as dinâmicas socioespaciais de modo mais amplo, incluindo perspectivas dos processos históricos, subjetivos, espaciais e sociais.This thesis proposes to analyze the use of public spaces in the contemporary city, discussed from socio-spatial unfoldings processes of production and transformation of the city. This study has as its object the capital of the state of Tocantins, Palmas, a planned city, effectively occupied in the context of brazilian 1990`s. This context leads to investigate a planned capital - considering the inherent nuances to this condition -, from the project with modernist features, but embodied in a transformed social, political, economic and cultural context, influenced by the paradigms of contemporary life in its various forms, in an environment of convergence of people and cultures from all Brazil. For this, the dissertation sought to discuss contemporary subjectivities in the critical perspective that such dimensions have undergone important transformations in the forms of use and appropriation of public space, and thus of urban life. Such urban context transformed on behalf of consumption, fear and intolerant forms of affection, have supported the improvement of private and segregating ways of life. In this sense, in order to explore the Palmas case, the socio-spatial formation trajectory of the capital was investigated, of an unequal and fragmented space, and, moreover, observing the configurational and spatial transformations (especially the privatization of space) of the planned space. The approach of the uses and appropriations of the public space (stricto sensu) emerges in the field work as an empirical-analytical dimension revealing the weight of the social interactions that take place in some Palmas spaces. The construction of such research contributions made it possible to analyze broadly the socio-spatial dynamics, including perspectives of historical, subjective, spatial and social processes.
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Beckhoven, Ellen van. "Decline and regeneration : policy responses to processes of change in post-WWII urban neighbourhoods /." Utrecht : Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap : Universiteit Utrecht, Faculteit Geowetenschappen, 2006. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=016413115&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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Uhl, Philip J. "A Spatio-Temporal Data Model for Zoning." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2002. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/1.
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Planning departments are besieged with temporal/historical information. While for many institutions historical information can be relegated to archives, planning departments have a constant need to access and query their historical information, particularly their historical spatial information such as zoning. This can be a cumbersome process fraught with inaccuracies due to the changing organizational methods and the extended historical legacies of most municipalities. Geographic Information Systems can be a tool to provide a solution to the difficulties in querying spatio-temporal planning data. Using a data model designed specifically to facilitate the querying of historical zoning information, queries can be performed to answer basic zoning questions such as "what is the zoning history for a specific parcel of land?" This work outlines this zoning data model, its implementation, and its testing using queries basic to the needs of planning departments.
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Marshall, Nancy G. "Into the third millennium : neocorporatism, the state and the urban planning profession /." 2000. http://www.library.unsw.edu.au/~thesis/adt-NUN/public/adt-NUN20020405.151154/index.html.
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Marais, Hester J. W. "The status quo of GIS in municipal town planning departments in Gauteng and in the education of town planners." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/858.
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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are no longer new to the Town & Regional Planning (TRP) profession and have been implemented by different municipalities worldwide. The effective use of a GIS by municipal Town & Regional Planning departments in Gauteng would accelerate planning processes and enable more complex decision-making. This would expedite more effective land development administration associated with urban growth (Masser et al, 1996, p.195). This study investigates, by means of a mail survey and telephonic follow up conversations, the extent of use of GIS by the twenty-three municipal Town & Regional Planning department offices in Gauteng. Factors that, according to literature (Longley et al, 2001, p.346), could possibly result in limited GIS use, are identified and investigated with regard to each factors significance and further investigated. This includes a specific investigation into whether a GIS is available to Town & Regional Planning department offices, either on municipal level and/or departmentally as well as an investigation into the extent and quality of the GIS training of employees in a department office. The study establishes that the extent of use of GIS by the municipal Town & Regional Planning department offices in Gauteng is limited. Further, that GIS availability as well as GIS training are significant problem factors contributing to limited GIS use (Chapter 2). The absence of a GIS at municipal level in the six municipal regions in Gauteng, as possible cause to GIS availability problems as posed by literature (Easa et al, 2000, p.26), does not significantly contribute as a cause to less GIS availability, should a department office rely on using a municipally implemented GIS. The study identifies that a municipally implemented GIS, in most cases managed centrally in a specific department, is set up conducive for use by municipal Town & Regional Planning department offices. The study specifically establishes that although a GIS and Town & Regional Planning data may be 100% available via a network, some department offices may experience GIS availability problems because of the inadequate development of an intranet to serve a wider local area, and/or the absence of an Internet GIS (Chapter 3). Further investigation into whether GIS availability problems have their origin at departmental level, as posed by literature (Easa et al, 2000, p.11), establishes that a smaller GIS has been implemented departmentally by 43% department offices themselves. Only three of the thirteen department offices, without a departmental GIS, can access a municipal implemented GIS. These findings indicate the origin and nature of GIS availability problems experienced, since 8% of department offices do not have either a municipal or departmental GIS and 35% of department offices are experiencing problems to access a municipally implemented GIS, indicating why 82% of the department offices experience GIS and data availability problems which limits GIS use (Chapter 4). An investigation into the origin and cause of specific GIS training problems, experienced by 91% of the responding department offices’ employees, establishes that GIS departmental training problems are caused by a lack of GIS knowledge and/or employees with a Town & Regional Planning qualification that does not seem to have GIS as a subject, since 82% of the department offices indicate a need for GIS short courses (Chapter 4). Research into the formal Town & Regional Planning qualification as offered by the ten accredited tertiary institutions, with regard to the incorporation of GIS as a subject, establishes that the inclusion of the subject in the curriculum is not a significant cause of GIS training problems (Longley et al, 2005, p.431). The more recent introduction of the subject GIS into the curriculum explains why some employees have a formal qualification without GIS as subject. Specific problems are identified that negatively affect the teaching of GIS as a subject and cause a need for GIS study material that is specifically tailored for Town & Regional Planners (Chapter 5). The availability of a GIS and GIS training of department office employees is interrelated in facilitating effective use of GIS by municipal Town & Regional Planning department offices in Gauteng. This study specifically establishes that where a GIS exists at municipal level, such a system has to be made accessible to department offices within. This could be achieved either through appropriate development of the current inadequate intranet and/or the Internet, or further the implementation of a smaller GIS in department offices without a GIS. In addition, short courses should be offered in GIS for employees who did not have GIS as a subject when they qualified as well as to lecturers at tertiary institutions, who are not qualified to teach GIS. The offering of these GIS short courses can be supported through the developing of GIS study material tailored for Town & Regional Planners. These interventions, if implemented, will contribute to better GIS availability in municipal Town & Regional Planning department offices in Gauteng as well as GIS training of the Town & Regional Planning profession as a whole, resulting in more effective use of GIS.Dr. L.G.C. Scheepers
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Khoza, Surprise. "An investigation into the power interface between politicians and planners in the city of Johannesburg." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/11681.
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The fundamental purpose of this research is to investigate the power interface between politicians and planners the City of Johannesburg. The background of the research arises from John Forester’s (1989) book entitled Planning in the Face of Power. This book has been used as a tool or guiding source for this research study. The aim is to test some of Forester’s arguments and to determine if they are applicable in the City of Johannesburg. Forester’s book on Planning in the Face of Power addresses how planners interface with power and inequality in planning practice. Forester identifies four modes of power which affect planners and planning practice. These are agenda setting, decision making, needs shaping and misinformation. The main purpose in doing this research is to investigate the power interface between politicians and planners, because planning is performed in the social context of our daily actions so, planning becomes the politics of our daily life. However, this study does not view the circuit of planners and politicians as bipolar with opposing parties or centres of power that fight against each other. Rather, it views the actions of both planners and politicians as a discourse. The normative stance is that this discourse is a platform for planners and politicians to work together to serve the needs of the society.
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Netshilaphala, Tshilidzi D. "Urban planning and roles of planners in a changing context : a comparative assessment of attitudes of community and planners about local planning in disadvantaged communities : a case study of Bottlebrush." Thesis, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/2566.
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Velarde, Trejo Fernando. "Community rejuvenation through placemaking initiatives: planners, farmers' markets and urban neighbourhoods, Central Park neighbourhood, Winnipeg, Canada." 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/11463.
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The research project focused on studying the effectiveness of placemaking initiatives to promote social, physical and economic improvements. The case of study is the Central Park neighbourhood in Winnipeg, Manitoba, named after its major public space. The research indicated placemaking initiatives were capable of contributing to increasing safety, promoting community development and enhancing opportunities for social interaction. However, the capacity of placemaking to achieve positive improvements is directly determined by the involved stakeholders. The Central Park initiatives were successful due to the emphasis on engaging the residents and neighbourhood organizations. The residents were given the opportunity to meaningfully share their experience and aspirations with external stakeholders. The collaborative approach to placemaking contributed to the development of a sense of ownership. The residents saw their input reflected in the amenities and programming offered in Central Park. The planning profession can benefit from using placemaking practices to engage in comprehensive planning.
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Song, Lih-Yau, and 宋立垚. "A Study of Changes of Planning Information Needs and Uses of City Planners : An Analysis from the Perspective of the Modernization Theory." Thesis, 1993. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/16013720670913796688.
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