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Narain, Vrinda. "Negotiating the boundaries : gender and community in India." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ29838.pdf.
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Lidstone, Terri Lynn. "Boundaries and trust in community mental health nursing." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape4/PQDD_0010/MQ60083.pdf.
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Toperzer, Krista D. "Enriching Boundaries: Extending Community Space into Federal Architecture." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1336683311.
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Tyrrell, Nicola. "European identity beyond boundaries : conceptualising a future European community." Thesis, McGill University, 1994. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=26128.
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This thesis maintains that the study and practice of European integration is hindered by an unquestioned and all-embracing conceptual foundation, derived from 17th/18th century political thought. By virtue of identity-related assumptions including 'nation-state', 'nationalism', and 'sovereignty', which rest on an exclusive binary distinction between "self" and "other", this foundation is inadequate and anachronistic as a theoretical lens through which to understand the dynamics of contemporary Europe.Chapter 1 reveals the inadequacy of existing theories of European integration, and Chapter 2 traces this inadequacy to the issue of identity, tying it in with a modern identity crisis. It is argued that the theory and practice of European integration in the 1990's depends on a fundamental reconceptualisation of identity, to eliminate the conceptual rigidity of exclusive self/other binary distinction, and so to provide the basis for a new kind of European identity. In Chapter 3, the framework of a new "non-fixed", "non-essential" and pragmatic identity (and therefore European identity), beyond the self/other boundaries of contemporary thought, is elaborated through the work of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Michel Foucault, and Jacques Derrida, and its effect on the study and practice of European integration is assessed.
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Vélez-Alvarez, Luis. "Community Workshop." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31078.
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Operating within a dense urban context, a public building recognizes the activities that are contained within its boundaries... further tying the place to a larger urban spatial sequence.Master of Architecture
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Gilley, Margaret Mary. "Bridging the boundaries? : collaboration and community care, Sunderland 1990-1994." Thesis, Durham University, 1997. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/5083/.
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The independence of the health and social care agencies makes the coordinated delivery of inter-related and inter-dependent services very difficult. Collaboration in health and social care has been a goal of policy makers for many decades, but it has not been achieved to the degree or to the extent of the aspiration. This thesis examines collaboration in the context of the NHS and Community Care Act 1990, which marked a new stage in the development of community care policy and in collaborative working between health and social services. The thesis takes the form of a case study set in Sunderland during 1990-1994, from the passing of the Act to the first anniversary of the implementation of its community care elements. It considers firstly, collaboration at a strategic planning level between Sunderland Health Authority and the Local Authority Social Services Department in the development and implementation of community care policy; secondly, the evaluation of a collaborative project at an operational level, in the attachment of a social worker to a general medical practice; and thirdly, the evaluation of a project which tried to strengthen collaborative working within the health service, among district nurses, health visitors and general practitioners. The thesis sets these three pieces of work in a number of contexts: the political setting of the NHS and Community Care Act and the changes it introduced; the literature of collaboration; and a description of Sunderland and its need for health and social care. The case study showed how difficult it is for organisations to work together. Relationships between individuals tended to be more collaborative than relationships between corporate bodies, but it is important to see the relationship between those individuals in the context of relationships between organisations. The study also found that for the success of joint projects to be sustainable and generalisable, collaboration needs to be present at all levels of the organisations. The thesis also showed that there is as much need for collaboration within the health service as between the health and social services. The thesis used as a measure a framework of factors which promote collaboration, and found that many elements were lacking in Sunderland. However, in the real world it is necessary to settle for a notion of "pragmatic collaboration" in which joint working is possible even when full collaboration is absent.
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Mattingly, Gloria Anne. "Individualistic roamers or community builders? differences and boundaries among RVers /." Master's thesis, Mississippi State : Mississippi State University, 2005. http://library.msstate.edu/etd/show.asp?etd=etd-11092005-090019.
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Pellicciaro, JP. "Community-centered Governance Design : Codesigning Food Systems Work Across Institutional Boundaries." Research Showcase @ CMU, 2014. http://repository.cmu.edu/theses/69.
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Quijada, David Alberto. "Youth coalition building : crossing community boundaries, raising consciousness and dismantling oppression /." For electronic version search Digital dissertations database. Restricted to UC campuses. Access is free to UC campus dissertations, 2002. http://uclibs.org/PID/11984.
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Henderson, Janie D. "Welcome to Facebook: Changing The Boundaries of Identity, Community And Disclosure." Oxford, Ohio : Miami University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=miami1218680716.
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Pettersson, Helena. "Boundaries, believers and bodies : a cultural analysis of a multidisciplinary research community." Doctoral thesis, Umeå : Institutionen för kultur och medier, Umeå universitet, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-1088.
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Höfler, Concha Maria [Verfasser]. "Boundaries and Belonging in the Greek Community of Georgia / Concha Maria Höfler." Baden-Baden : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1225182948/34.
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Tolman, Deborah A. "Environmental Gradients, Community Boundaries, and Disturbance the Darlingtonia Fens of Southwestern Oregon." PDXScholar, 2004. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3013.
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The Darlingtonia fens, found on serpentine soils in southern Oregon, are distinct communities that frequently undergo dramatic changes in size and shape in response to a wide array of environmental factors. Since few systems demonstrate a balance among high water tables, shallow soils, the presence of heavy metals, and limited nutrients, conservative efforts have been made to preserve them. This dissertation investigates the role of fire on nutrient cycling and succession in three separate fens, each a different time since fire. I specifically analyze the spatial distributions of soil properties, the physical and ecological characteristics of ecotones between Jeffrey pine savanna and Darlingtonia fens, and the vegetation structure of fire-disturbed systems. Soil, water, and vegetation sampling were conducted along an array of transects, oriented perpendicular to community boundaries and main environmental gradients, at each of the three fens. Abrupt changes in vegetation, across communities, were consistently identified at each of the three sites, although statistical analysis did not always identify distinct mid-canopy communities. Below-ground variables were likewise distinguished at the fen and savanna boundary for two of the three sites. At the third site, discontinuities did not align with the fen boundaries, but followed fluctuations in soil NH4. My results suggest that below-ground discontinuities may be more important than fire at preserving these uniquely-adapted systems, while vegetation undergoes postfire succession from fen to mid-canopy to savanna after approximately 100 years since fire. Although restoration of ecosystem structure and processes was not the primary focus of this study, my data suggest that time since fire may drive ecosystem processes in a trajectory away from the normal succession cycle. Moreover, time since fire may decrease overall vigor of Darlingtonia populations.
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Sawyer, Jason. "Crossing Boundaries: Building a Model to Effectively Address Difference in Community Practice." VCU Scholars Compass, 2014. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3455.
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Community organizing has a rich tradition within the field of social work. Prevailing community practice models, approaches, and frameworks remain primarily based on practice wisdom, experience, and intuition. Difference, pervasive in various contemporary contexts of practice, largely mediates interactions at the community level. Although difference is addressed at various levels of the practice continuum and within the IFSW and NASW codes of ethics, few methodologically driven tools exist within the literature to guide practitioners. This grounded theory study initiates early development of a community practice model based on forging alliances across boundaries of difference. The Critical Difference Engagement model is based on local community leaders’ and organizers’ experiences working across dimensions of power, race, gender, age, sexual orientation, and socio-economic status, it provides practitioners with a framework for social change and building solidarity across difference in multiple contexts.
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Lesshafft, Hannah. "Circles of care : healing practices in a Bahian Candomblé community." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/22881.
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This thesis explores the dynamics of healing and care in a terreiro (house of worship) of the Afro-Brazilian religion Candomblé. My research is based on one year of ethnographic fieldwork with a Candomblé community in South Bahia, Brazil, during which I took part in the rituals, ceremonies, and everyday activities of the terreiro, and eventually became a ‘daughter of the house’. While the terreiro is at the heart of this study, I also draw upon observations and experience from the local neighbourhood, the nearest city Ilhéus, the state capital Salvador, and the city of Rio de Janeiro, where I started my journey, to complement and contextualize what I encountered inside the terreiro. I argue that cuidado, or care, is key to the cultivation of Candomblé’s vital force axé, and hence to achieving well-being and power in a socially exclusive society that is often perceived as profoundly uncaring. My thesis demonstrates that the circulation of axé and cuidado between humans and gods (orixás) is an essential part of Candomblé healing, understood as a process of reflexive self-transformation. Far from being altruistic or self-denying, then, cuidado effectively becomes a form of self-care. Subverting dichotomous logic, Candomblé cuidado is used to create and negotiate (healing) power through its capacity to simultaneously connect and divide. This thesis explores how boundaries are both transgressed and reinforced by way of cuidado in terms of transformative healing; kinship relations with the orixás; the exchange of human faith (fé) for divine axé; and performances on ‘divine stages’ and ‘profane stages’. Finally, cuidado is also used as a moral-political argument for the recognition of Candomblé in public health campaigns, in the context of an often-dysfunctional public health system. The analysis of dynamics of cuidado and boundary work in a terreiro, under consideration of the broader national context, makes this thesis an original contribution to the literature on Afro-Brazilian religion and healing. My ethnography also adds to the growing literature on the anthropology of care, especially in medical anthropology, and it pushes forward the discussion by explicitly reflecting on the circulation and negotiation of power through care.
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Mandaville, Peter G. "Reimagining the Umma : translocal space and the changing boundaries of Muslim political community." Thesis, University of Kent, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.267401.
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Blad, Johan. "Boundaries of Knowledge : Foreign-Local Knowledge Exchange through Community Cooperation in Rural Guatemala." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Kulturgeografiska institutionen, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-388288.
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This thesis studies the learning process between foreign and local knowledge in a community of organic farmers by the name Atitlán Organics in Tzununa, rural Guatemala. Foreign settlers with formal education and contemporary farming experience work alongside indigenous local Guatemalan farmers in this community, which also takes on international volunteer workers. These people of various background and differing intentions cooperate to develop the community and its business of organic food production while learning from each other. The foreigners bring global theories that relate to farming such as permaculture designs and scientific knowledge while the Guatemalans know the local land and how to work with it. This thesis outlines the learning process between these different competencies and presents a nuanced discussion on how these types of knowledge exchange can be beneficial for the people and the community. Diverse competencies can complement each other and enhance collaborative work but limitations can also occur due to difficulties of understanding other socio-cultural contexts, while risks of neo-colonial tendencies and western knowledge hegemony lure in these situations. The discussion in this thesis highlights the importance of mutual consciousness about this process in the community and what that can be done to enhance collaborative learning while avoiding such risks.
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Persic, Callie N. "Voices from the margin : women and the boundaries of time and space in Ballymurphy, west Belfast." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.247340.
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Min, Zhang. "Community participation in the tourism governance at the Chinese border: Power, Boundaries and Values." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/667791.
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L'objectiu d'investigació general d'aquest estudi és l'examen de les condicions que permeten que les comunitats ètniques a les zones de frontera puguin participar en el desenvolupament turístic local, i no solament en termes de compartir passivament els beneficis derivats, sinó activament en processos de presa de decisió, que s'espera condueixin cap a un desenvolupament inclusiu, cohesionat i sostenible. Per resoldre aquesta qüestió, es proposa un marc conceptual basat en una revisió extensa de la literatura sobre governança i participació de la comunitat, mentre que la construcció del model analític es basa en una interpretació original de la Teoria d'Intercanvi Social (Social Exchange Theory). La noció de la importància de les fronteres en un estadi crucial de desenvolupament de la iniciativa ‘One Belt One Road’ a Xina, el objectiu de la qual és la connexió i col·laboració amb els països limítrofs, requereix un marc d'investigació basat en el context d'intercanvi social. Aquest estudi s'articula a través d'un conjunt de punts de partides teòrics de diferents àrees disciplinàries, com la sociologia, l'antropologia, la teoria econòmica, els estudis de la governança, del turisme i del desenvolupament sostenible per arribar a introduir un marc d'investigació multidimensional sobre la participació de la comunitat. S'apliquen mètodes d'anàlisis de l'intercanvi social en combinació amb anàlisi de contingut que permet una aproximació original a l’objecte de la recerca. D'aquesta manera s'obté evidència empírica que permet articular operativament el concepte teòric de participació de la comunitat amb poder endogen en coalició amb les empreses turístiques locals, com a pont entre un nivell marco del sistema de governança local (la destinació) i un nivell micro (la comunitat). Aquests resultats són útils per informar processos de participació en el futur, que permetin obrir camí cap a destinacions en regions de frontera que siguin sostenibles i inclusives.El objetivo de investigación general de este estudio es el examen de las condiciones que permiten que las comunidades étnicas en las zonas de frontera puedan participar en el desarrollo turístico local, y no solo en términos de compartir pasivamente los beneficios derivados, sino activamente en procesos de toma de decisión, que se espera conduzcan hacia un desarrollo inclusivo, cohesionado y sostenible. Para resolver esta cuestión, se propone un marco conceptual basado en una revisión extensa de la literatura sobre gobernanza y participación de la comunidad, mientras que la construcción del modelo analítico se basa en una interpretación original de la Teoría de Intercambio Social (Social Exchange Theory). La noción de la importancia de las fronteras en el estadio crucial de desarrollo de la iniciativa ‘One Belt One Road’ en China, cuyo objetivo es la conexión y colaboración con los países colindantes, requiere un marco de investigación basado en el contexto de intercambio social. Este estudio se articula a través de un conjunto de puntos de partidas teóricos de diferentes áreas disciplinares, como la sociología, la antropología, la teoría económica, los estudios de la gobernanza, del turismo y del desarrollo sostenible para llegar a introducir un marco de investigación multidimensional sobre la participación de la comunidad. Se aplican métodos de análisis del intercambio social en combinación con análisis de contenido que permite una aproximación original al objeto de la investigación. De esta manera se obtiene evidencia empírica que permite articular operativamente el concepto teórico de participación de la comunidad con poder endógeno en coalición con las empresas turísticas locales, como puente entre un nivel marco del sistema de gobernanza local (la destinación) y un nivel micro (la comunidad). Estos resultados son útiles para informar procesos de participación en el futuro que permitan de abrir una ruta hacia destinos en regiones de frontera que sean sostenibles e inclusivos.
The overarching research question for this study is concerned with examining the conditions under which border ethnic communities could participate in local tourism development, not only in terms of passive economic benefit sharing, but also active decision making, which is expected to lead to an inclusive, cohesive and sustainable development. To address this question, a conceptual framework is proposed based on an in-depth review of the extant literature on governance and community participation. While the construction of the analytical model is framed by interpreting the Social Exchange Theory. The notion about the importance of borders at the critical moment of ‘One Belt One Road’ (OBOR) initiative of China, which aims to connect and collaborate with the neighbouring countries, calls for a research framing within a social exchange context. This study brings together a cross-disciplinary collection of major theoretical concepts from sociology, anthropology, economic theory, governance, tourism and sustainable development to frame a novel multi-dimensional enquiry into the subject of community participation. It applies social network analysis combined with content analysis which introduces new approaches to research on the subject. By doing so it provides empirical evidence to support the theoretical concept of community participation with endogenous power in the coalition with local CBT enterprises, as a bridge between the macro (destination) and micro (community) levels. These findings are particularly useful for informing future participation processes that can pave the way for sustainable and inclusive border tourism destinations.
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Sanderson, Samuel Scott. "Sense of Place in an Unincorporated Community:." Scholar Commons, 2013. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4763.
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Residents of communities that are at the edge of the rural-urban divide are likely to have many senses of place reflective of the changes occurring around them. As the place where they have resided in and identify with becomes transformed by changes in land use and social composition, these residents may be forced to either adapt or leave. Often overlooked, these individuals may feel as if the place where they have long resided is no longer their home. As the familiar routes, stores, and neighborhoods give way to new highways, big name stores, and exclusive subdivisions, their understanding of its sense of place becomes challenged.
This thesis seeks to understand changing senses of place among residents in Lutz, an unincorporated community at the edge of the city of Tampa in Florida. Using a humanistic geography approach which focuses on individual perceptions, nine semi-structured interviews were conducted on questions related to community boundaries, everyday experiences of demographic and land use transformations, and possible futures of the community. Further background on the community was collected by traveling through it and analyzing media accounts which provided both historical and contemporary perspectives on its cultural landscapes.
One of the main findings of this thesis is that the unincorporated nature of this community adds a unique dimension to discussions of its socio-spatial transformations since the role of boundaries in sense of place becomes complicated here. Thus, in contrast to firm lines drawn by cartographers or postal agencies, cultural boundaries have a high degree of subjectivity and are often at odds with official demarcations. Overall, this thesis highlights the value of focusing on residents of unincorporated communities in order to build more complex notions of place-based identities.
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Haq, Jacqueline Mary. "The borders and boundaries of community : social cohesion and responses to domestic and racial violence." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/239.
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Following the 2001 disturbances in Northern England, New Labour initiated a social cohesion agenda aimed, primarily, at urban, working class communities. For the government, the 'cohesive community' is one with a 'common vision' and 'sense of belonging', where 'diversity ... of circumstances ... is valued' (Home Office, 2004). Though positively framed, this `vision' is problematic. Despite emerging in response to violent public confrontations, the cohesion agenda obscures the power conflicts inherent in the construction of communities. Specifically, it de-racialises 'race', omits to mention gender or a 'sense of injustice', and often presents one-dimensional and static models of cohesion. Drawing on Cohen's (1998) model of 'community' as relational and fluid, this study argues that the social cohesion agenda can be far from benign, given that communities are constructed and enacted on a number of grounds, including 'race' and gender. Both these social divisions are heavily imbued with hierarchical power differentials that can potentially sustain inequality and fuel injustice. This thesis deconstructs 'social cohesion' by exploring the, at times, blurred boundaries of community and cohesion, arguing that these borders are brought into sharp focus by community responses to racialised and gendered violence. The study is ethnographic, utilising qualitative data collected through semi-structured interviews, and participant and non-participant observation. Fieldwork was conducted in North East England, in predominantly working class, ethnically diverse areas with histories of strong, 'community' identities premised on long-term residence in specific geographical neighbourhoods. It is shown that the borders of community are racialised and gendered, inculcated with notions of identity and belonging, justice and entitlement. These dynamics can, potentially, transform borders into boundaries between communities, yet paradoxically appear to be 'hidden in full sight' (Hill Collins, 1998) from some of the social actors involved, as well as these involved in wider debates on social cohesion. This project widens the parameters of the debate.
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Arthur, Antony John. "Identification and management of late life depression : working across primary care and community service boundaries." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/29352.
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In 1990, annual health checks for people aged 75 years and over were introduced into general practice. This was seen as a potential vehicle for systematic screening, with subsequent referral to specialist community services, for older people with depression. Previous research had identified a number of obstacles to the recognition and treatment of late life depression. This thesis consists of two studies to evaluate the effectiveness of a structured approach by primary care and community services to the identification and management of depression among older people. Phase One was a validation study of the short Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS15) as part of an annual over-75 health check by the practice nurse. A stratified random sample of patients who completed the GDS15 was followed up with a diagnostic interview. At a cut-point of <3/3+ the GDS15 was 100% sensitive and 72% specific in detecting cases of depression. Phase Two was a randomised controlled trial of follow-up assessment by the local Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) for older people identified as depressed at the practice nurse health check. A total of 93 older people with GDS15 scores of 5 or more were randomised to either CMHT assessment (N=47) or routine GHP care (N=46). Uptake of the intervention was 72% (N=34). At the follow-up health check, 18 months after the initial health check, a greater proportion of the control group had improved GDS15 scores (p=0.08). Requests by the CMHT to continue to be involved with some of the patients in the intervention group were often rejected by patients' general practitioners. Although the GDS15 appears to be a useful instrument in the context of an over-75 health check, further mental health assessment should only be considered where there is a commitment by all service provides to implement recommendations.
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Webster, Rebecca M. "Common Boundaries| Moving Toward Coordinated and Sustainable Planning on the Oneida Reservation." Thesis, Walden University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3633862.
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Comprehensive planning can help communities engage in purposeful and sustainable land use development. Previous research has indicated that Indian reservations in the United States often face unique roadblocks to these planning efforts: checkerboard patterns of tribal and nontribal ownership, and the presence of both tribal and local governments exercising land use authority within the same shared space. These roadblocks can lead to uncooperative, uncoordinated, or unsustainable development. Despite these noted problems, there remains an important gap in the current literature regarding solutions to overcome these roadblocks. The purpose of this study was to address that gap. Guided by Forester's critical planning theory to critically examine the social and historical roots of planning within a particular community, this qualitative case study examined government records and conducted 18 interviews of tribal and local government officials. Data analysis consisted of coding data to reveal emergent themes relating to cooperative land use planning in the future. These themes included: (a) approaching planning with a regional philosophy in mind, (b) strengthening interpersonal relationships, (c) finding ways to fairly compensate each other for government services, (d) continuing to acknowledge each government's ability to govern within this shared space, and (e) refraining from asserting authority over a neighboring government. This research is an important contribution to the existing literature and enhances social change initiatives by providing guidance for tribal and local government officials to increase cooperative land use planning.
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Frank, Zakary. "Terrorism, Boundaries, and Belonging in American and British Cinema." Ohio University Honors Tutorial College / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1524830988289706.
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Mascarenaz, Landon Lewis. "Spanning Boundaries in Changing Self, Site and Sector: Cross-Departmental Community Engagement in Denver Public Schools." Thesis, Harvard University, 2015. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:16645023.
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My capstone is an exploration into stages of boundary spanning and the challenges that result from attempting to work at the intersection of a critical power relationship: the school district and the community it serves. Denver Public Schools (DPS) recently unveiled the Denver Plan 2020, a strategic plan to lead the system towards the promise of “Great Schools in Every Neighborhood.” To embrace these goals, DPS announced an internal reorganization and committed to dramatic improvement alongside its community partners (charters, advocacy groups, political leaders and others).
As a resident at DPS, I led as a boundary spanner between the Office of School Reform and Innovation (OSRI) and the Office of Family and Community Engagement (FACE) to facilitate stronger community engagement to achieve Denver Plan goals. Boundary spanning roles and teams process information, coordinate tasks between groups and represent teams externally, “linking organizational structure to environmental elements…buffering, moderating or influencing the environment” (Aldrich and Herker, 1977). My research concentrated on boundary spanning as an act to manage the relationship between internal and external authorization environments, boundary spanning in systems undergoing transition with “blended boundaries” (Scott, 2000) and developing boundary spanning capacity in myself and others.
During the phases of the residency, I engaged in developmental leadership activities, both planned and unplanned, to build individual, team and networked team boundary spanning ability. The effectiveness of this work is measured by the largest of these projects, the Great Schools Community Conversations, which brought together teams across the district to engage the community.
Various implications include recognition of limited ability to extend boundary spanning authorization to others and mitigated efficacy as activity approached the power relationship between the community and district without full authorization. Boundary spanning also represents a potential opportunity to manage fluctuating environments (with special relevance to portfolio school systems). I contend that given changes in the education sector and importance of managing shifting authorizing environments future transformational leaders ought to be deliberately trained to operate as boundary spanners. I argue that further research is needed to distinguish between general collaboration activities and boundary spanning. I also conclude that my calling is to help build and support education systems worthy of the communities they serve.
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Lee, Jared Benjamin. "Biogeography of the Livebearing Fish Poecilia gillii in Costa Rica: Are Phylogeographic Breaks Congruent with Fish Community Boundaries?" BYU ScholarsArchive, 2009. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/1768.
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One of the original goals of phylogeography was to use genetic data to identify historical events that might contribute to breaks among biotic communities. In this study, we examine the phylogeography of a common livebearing fish (Poecilia gillii) from Costa Rica. Our goal was to see if phylogeographic breaks in this species were congruent with previously-defined boundaries among four fish community provinces. We hypothesized that if abiotic factors influence both community boundaries and genetic structuring in P. gillii then we would find four monophyletic clades within our focal species that were geographically separated along community boundary lines. Similarly, we expected to find most of the genetic variation in P. gillii partitioned among these four geographic regions. We generated DNA sequence data (mitochondrial cyt b and nuclear S7 small ribosomal subunit) for 260 individuals from 42 populations distributed across Costa Rica. We analyzed these data using phylogenetic (parsimony and likelihood) and coalescent approaches to estimate phylogenetic relationships among haplotypes, patterns of gene flow, and effective population size. Contrary to our expectations, we did not find four monophyletic groups that mapped cleanly to our geographic community provinces. However, one of our clades was restricted to a single province, suggesting that common earth history events could be responsible for both genetic structuring in P. gillii and fish community composition in this area. However, our results show a complex pattern of gene flow throughout other regions in Costa Rica where genetic structuring is not governed by community province boundaries.
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Lee, Jared B. "Biogeography of the livebearing fish Poecilia gillii in Costa Rica : are phylogeographic breaks congruent with fish community boundaries? /." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2009. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2791.pdf.
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Pullen, Naomi Margaret. "Dwelling at the margins : an exegesis of the film Boundaries." Queensland University of Technology, 2006. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16313/.
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" Dwelling at the Margins" is an exegesis of the short film Boundaries. Boundaries is a journey into the world of marginalised young people in inner urban Brisbane seen through the eyes of a the female main character with an eye for gentle beauty. The film forms the first part of the research and in the exegesis the ideas unfold that were behind the making of the film and that emerged further through its production and audience reception. The exegesis discussion centres on the major aspects of the film which are visual representations, female narratives and the themes of home and dwelling. Boundaries is a political film that looks from the edges of society. The exegesis seeks to explain the ideas behind this intention.
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Tyabazayo, Phumlani. "Boundary demarcation and community identity concerns: an investigation of the Matatiele boundary dispute." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1021019.
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This treatise explores the Matatiele boundary demarcation dispute and, in particular, the role that unmet basic human needs play in this dispute. The subject of identity is also explored. In 2006, the government of South Africa decided that Matatiele should no longer be part of the province of Kwa-Zulu Natal (KZN) and instead should be incorporated into the province of the Eastern Cape. This decision divided the community of Matatiele into two groups; one was pro-KZN and the other, pro-Eastern Cape. In 2008, violence broke out between these two groups. The government’s decision and the resulting violence have created a situation of protracted conflict in the community of Matatiele with rivalries and antagonism being part of the fabric of the society. This treatise attempts to analyse this conflict and link it to the theory of basic human needs as advocated by conflict theorists such as John Burton and Johan Gultang. Human needs theorists hold the view that unmet psychological and physical needs are sources of social conflict and can lead to protracted conflict. This treatise also explores the efficacy of problem-solving workshops and referendums as conflict-resolution techniques for boundary demarcation disputes. The data were collected from unstructured, in-depth interviews with a sample of eleven respondents. The data indicate that there is a nexus between this conflict and the theory of basic human needs and that community-identity concerns are central to this dispute. The findings of this study suggest that the conflict is multi-faceted and that the underlying causes can be attributed to unmet human needs. The data was analysed using the grounded theory approach. This allowed the key causes of the conflict to be identified and subsequently informed the recommendations presented in the conclusion of this treatise.
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Resurreccion, Leandro Alcovendaz. "Breaking the boundaries| Decision factors that lead male students to enroll in associate degree nursing programs in illinois community colleges." Thesis, National-Louis University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3559203.
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Male nurses are but a small percentage of the total nurse population in the United States, and most certainly have potential to increase in numbers if the profession appeared more attractive as a career option for men. The purpose of this research was to discover the decision factors used by males that led them to enroll in Associate Degree nursing programs in Illinois community colleges. To set the background and context, the study explored the history of community colleges and that of nursing. Included was nursing as a profession, nursing in the United States, the country’s impending nursing shortage and the role of men in nursing.
Using a qualitative case study method of design, the study adapted a multi-theoretical framework encompassing gender theory (GT) and career developmental theory (CDT). These theories were further broken down by discussing, in particular, Holland’s Theory (HT) of Personality and Vocational Choice and Krumboltz’s Social Learning Theory (KSLT) under CDT. Nine first year male ADN students from three separate Illinois community colleges were individually interviewed. Findings discovered that the first year male students experienced a distinctive decision making process with eight emerging themes revealing the males’ decision making about their ADN enrollment process.
As a result of the study’s findings, MURSE: Resurreccion’s Male Nursing Student Decision Making Pyramid model was developed to elaborate the steps of how males make decisions about their ADN enrollment. An understanding of these factors can provide opportunities for community colleges, and perhaps universities, to improve recruitment and retention of males in nursing programs. A result would be increased numbers of males enrolling in Associate as well as Baccalaureate nursing programs. Such knowledge held by colleges may help to address a manpower solution to the impending worldwide nursing shortage.
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Irat, Ali Murat. "The Alevi Community In Turkey After 1980: An Evaluation Of Political Group Boundaries In The Context Of Ethnicity Theories." Master's thesis, METU, 2006. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12607184/index.pdf.
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The present thesis intends to determine how the ethno-religious Alevi communities in Turkey survive and what are the main sources and factors helping them to sustain their group borders, especially as from the mid-1980s when these communities had started to reveal their identity clearly. It is important to state that the Kemalist regime was challenged by an obligatory change process on both economic and political grounds after the 1980 military coup in Turkey. Because of the rising of political Islam and the Kurdish ethno-nationalist movement, the modernist Kemalist regime and the Jacobin laicism have been subjected to criticism. In this tense period, one of the most important legitimation tools used by the state was the Alevi population, known by its dominant secular, modernist and Kemalist identity. For this reason, it can be proposed that in this era the occurrence of the Alevi identity’
s revelation might have been supported or guarded by the Kemalist regime or state institutions. But another claim for the Alevi awakening is that the Alevi population had tried to define their identity against and/or parallel to the rising of Kurdish nationalism and the political Islamic movement. In sum, in this thesis I intend to clarify how the Alevi community constructs and/or protects its ethno-religious borders in these circumstances according to ethnicity theories.
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Shtob, Daniel. "Fluid Boundaries: The Social Construction and Memory of Future Catastrophic Environmental Risk in a Community on the Oregon Coast." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/20459.
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The Oregon coast is facing the dual perils of climate change and the catastrophic Cascadia subduction zone earthquake and tsunami, yet many communities remain unprepared. Using qualitative interviews with residents of Coos Bay, Oregon, this study traces how communities facing these perils socially construct their visions of change by “remembering the future” and how this future memory influences unsettlement that, in turn, can trigger revision of strategies of action to deal with environmental risk. Participants understood these risks through three interrelated themes: analogy to familiar circumstances such as regular winter flooding, narratives of isolation and self-reliance based in collective history, and visions of symbolic preparedness. Each of these themes drew the conversation away from the material reality of environmental catastrophe, reducing relative unsettlement. Since the way that communities collectively understand environmental risk may influence preparatory action, these observations can help to explain the disjunction between knowledge of risks and response.
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Ikert, Amanda. "Negotiating community amongst spatial and identity boundaries : the case of "unity in diversity" in the transmigration settlement of Mopugad, Indonesia." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/33019.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2005.Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-153).
In the 1970s, the Indonesian government undertook a massive national development program which involved the relocation of 1.5 million people throughout the islands of the archipelago. Known as transmigration, the program resettled people from Java and Bali, two islands experiencing overpopulation, urbanization and increasing poverty, to the "Outer Islands" of Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, the Moluccas and Papua. One of the objectives of transmigration was the integration of the many ethnic and religious sub-communities throughout Indonesia to fashion Indonesian citizens which collectively would represent the national motto of Bhinneka Tunggal Ika, or "Unity in Diversity." Unfortunately, many of the transmigration settlements were established as exclusively Javanese or Balinese enclaves resulting in instances of inter-communal conflict with the indigenous groups. This thesis examines the unusual transmigration settlement of Mopugad, in Northern Sulawesi. Here the locus of integration is between two groups settled in the same town, creating an opportunity to assess whether the shared experience of migration is a condition of unification.
(cont.) We can see that in Mopugad the two communities, one Javanese and the other Balinese, have remained largely distinct and are apparently becoming increasingly distinct due to the evolution of religious culture. The relationship between the two communities can partly be seen in the negotiation of cultural and administrative jurisdictions visible in the changing physical order of the town. Though diversity has been sustained at the expense of unity, it is not impervious to the changing circumstances facing the town which could allow a change in trajectory towards increased unity and a diminished diversity. Should residents of Mopugad jointly decide that diversity is a goal worth pursuit, they will have to work deliberately to sustain it by building local interdependence. The impending threat that nearby informal gold mining poses to the health and rice-farming livelihood of both sets of residents may be an opportunity upon which to base a conditional community, a precursor to shared communalism. The resulting shared communalism would be particularly applicable in other parts of the nation as Indonesia undergoes massive political and fiscal decentralization. The children of the pioneers of transmigration have the opportunity to become the new pioneers of decentralization.
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Lefort, Bruno. "A recited community : figures of an identity foretold : narrating heritage and positioning boundaries among student partisan groups in rural Lebanon." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013AIXM1076/document.
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A travers l'étude de l'engagement étudiant au sein d'un parti politique libanais, le Courant patriotique Libre (CPL), ce travail explore les dynamiques de production de l'attachement et de constitution des groupes sociaux au sein d'une société plurielle. Un groupe peut être heuristiquement défini dans une perspective cognitive et performative: le sentiment d'appartenance serait construit par et manifesté dans un double processus d'allocation de signification et d'incarnation d'un rôle dans les interactions. A cet égard, la narrativité, parce qu’elle est à la fois action de mise en représentation et assignation de sens, constitue un des modes de construction et de réalisation privilégiés du lien social. Dans la société plurielle libanaise, appartenir à un groupe partisan signifie rejoindre une communauté d'interprétation, au sein de laquelle il est possible de distinguer analytiquement trois dimensions du processus de socialisation, recourant chacune à un ressort narratif: la médiation, l'incorporation, et l'intégration. Le détour par l'analyse de la narration de l’attachement permet ainsi de dégager les caractéristiques du lien partisan dans le Liban pluriel contemporain, fondé sur l'affactivité et l'activation de frontières identitaires produites dans et par l'interaction"A Recited Community: Figures of an Identity Foretold" looks at the processes of social identification among the youth in plural Lebanon. Ravaged by a fifteen year civil war between 1975 and 1990, this small Middle-Eastern country has become the symbol of divided societies. Through the exploration of student activism in a political party, the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), the book questions the dynamics of attachment, conflict, and reconciliation in a shattered country. Using original material collected during several years of fieldwork conducted in three of Beirut’s main universities, the author examines the importance of narratives inherited from the past to make sense of social world and sustain one’s sense of belonging. The focus on this narrative construction of group attachment allows portraying of three main features of affiliation in a plural society like Lebanon. First, the mobilization of conflicting storylines that create boundaries and mediate the relation of the individual with the others in the time and space of social interactions. Then, the incorporation of institutionalized collective tales and practices as modes of representation of reality. And finally, the integration of the self in the horizon of a collective memory that allows the insertion within a common emplotment of the multiplicity of members’ biographical experiences into a shared depiction of the past conflicts. Mediation, incorporation, and integration all emerge from and actualize the duality between ipseity and alterity, reminding us that the other is the condition of recognition, thus of existence, of the self
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DeIuliis, Peter James. "In Defense of a "Third Place": How Reassembling the Boundaries of an Urban Military Installation can Maintain Security while Uniting the Community." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/93528.
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"Regardless of the differences among their citizens, cities always define their community as against the outside world; a settlement with internal defense walls cannot be called a true community." Community Design and Culture of Cities, by Eduardo Lozano pg 5
Throughout the history of human civilization, no manmade structure has been used to defend territory more than the Wall. Walls have been used to delineate the edges of empires, separate communities, limit migration and provide protection from enemies. As a result, the Wall has become synonymous with imperialism, segregation, racism and isolationism. But what about instances when security outweighs all other concerns? Is there a way to use the wall to maintain defensible space without negatively impacting the greater community?
In the case of a military installation located in an urban environment, this is a real issue. Walls which protect the sensitive content within, also serve to divide the community. These necessary physical barriers have the incidental consequence of segregating the servicemembers and government civilians within from the community which they serve.
I contend that the thoughtful treatment of these barriers can create a "third place" ripe for interaction between the installation and the surrounding community. By designing retail, educational and cultural spaces along the border, the security of the installation can remain intact while also fostering an active relationship with its surroundings. After all, as Eduardo Lozano states, "a settlement with internal defense walls cannot be called a true community."Master of Science
“Regardless of the differences among their citizens, cities always define their community as against the outside world; a settlement with internal defense walls cannot be called a true community.” Community Design & Culture of Cities, by Eduardo Lozano pg 5 Throughout the history of human civilization, no manmade structure has been used to defend territory more than the Wall. Walls have been used to delineate the edges of empires, separate communities, limit migration and provide protection from enemies. As a result, the Wall has become synonymous with imperialism, segregation, racism and isolationism. But what about instances when security outweighs all other concerns? Is there a way to use the wall to maintain security without negatively impacting the greater community? In the case of a military installation located in an urban environment, this is a real issue. Walls which protect the sensitive content within, also serve to divide the community. These necessary physical barriers have the incidental consequence of segregating the servicemembers and government civilians within from the community which they serve. I contend that the thoughtful treatment of these barriers can create a “third place” ripe for interaction between the installation and the surrounding community. By designing retail, educational and cultural spaces along the border, the security of the installation can remain intact while also fostering an active relationship with its surroundings. After all, as Eduardo Lozano states, “a settlement with internal defense walls cannot be called a true community.”
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Harrison-Rexrode, Jill. ""I don't want to go up the hill": Symbolic Boundary Work Among Residents of an Assisted Living Community." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/28728.
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In this study I explore boundary work processes that older adults do which influences friendships among residents of a progressive care retirement community. Accounts of boundary work as mechanisms for including some and excluding other residents as potential friends were collected by using a combination of quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews from residents (age 65+) of a progressive care retirement community in the United States. First, a survey explored symbolic boundaries related to cultural capital, defined as music and leisure interest and participation, as well as structural and social aspects of friendships among residents (N=66). Second, in-depth interviews of a sub-sample of residents of an assisted living facility within the community (N=15), were conducted to examine older adultsâ narratives of how they use cultural capital as a mechanism of symbolic boundary work that influences their friendships with others in the retirement community. The administrator of the assisted living facility (N=1) was also interviewed. Findings from this study suggested that cultural capital was associated with sociability which offers some support for the relational â tool kitâ model of the theory. However, findings from in-depth interviews suggested that while music and leisure interests and participation may be important, valuations of bodies were more likely to influence â otheringâ of residents, although the two are related. This study enriches our understanding of how symbolic boundary use varies by group and context, as well as makes theoretical contributions to the literature on symbolic boundaries by exploring the ways in which aging may alter the use of boundaries.Ph. D.
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au, k. maher@murdoch edu, and Kellie Maher. "Encroachment of sandplain heathland (kwongan) by Allocasuarina huegeliana in the Western Australian wheatbelt: the role of herbivores, fire and other factors." Murdoch University, 2008. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20081211.92011.
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Kwongan, also known as sandplain heathland, occurs in remnant vegetation throughout the fragmented landscape of the Western Australian wheatbelt. This vegetation community has high levels of species richness and endemism, and is of high conservation value. In many vegetation remnants in the wheatbelt the native tree species Allocasuarina huegeliana (rock sheoak) is expanding out from its normal range and encroaching into kwongan. A. huegeliana may ultimately dominate the kwongan, causing a decline in floristic diversity. Altered disturbance regimes, particularly the absence of fire and reduced or absent browsing mammal herbivores, are likely to be responsible for causing A. huegeliana encroachment.
This study used experimental and observational data from patches of kwongan in three Nature Reserves in the central and southern wheatbelt to investigate the role of fire, native mammal activities and interactions between these two factors in shaping A. huegeliana woodlandkwongan community boundaries. Investigations were carried out into the characteristics of encroaching A. huegeliana populations; the environmental factors affecting the extent of encroachment, naturally recruited juveniles, and seedling emergence and establishment; historical and current abundances of native mammals; and the effects of mammal herbivores on seedling establishment during inter-fire and post-fire periods.
Results from this study confirm that A. huegeliana has encroached into kwongan throughout the wheatbelt region and recruitment appears likely to continue in most areas. Few of the environmental factors measured in this study affected the extent of encroachment, the locations of naturally recruited A. huegeliana juveniles, and seedling germination and establishment. Western grey kangaroos (Macropus fuliginosus) browsed extensively on seedlings, which largely prevented them from establishing in open areas of kwongan. However, numerous A. huegeliana seedlings escaped browsing herbivores by establishing in perennial shrubs, where they appeared to be tolerant of increased levels of inter-specific competition.
There was no native mammal common to all three Reserves that declined around the time that A. huegeliana encroachment most likely began in the 1970s. In addition, tammar wallabies (Macropus eugenii) had little effect even where their densities were high. It is therefore unlikely that the decline of an individual mammal species initiated encroachment. A. huegeliana encroachment appears to be driven by increased propagule pressure, which is in turn caused by increased inter-fire intervals. Long periods of time without fire have enabled fire-sensitive A. huegeliana trees to produce increasing quantities of seed that are continuously released into kwongan. A range of other factors may interact synergistically with this process to affect encroachment and these are also discussed. This study considered the implications of these findings for management of remnant vegetation in fragmented landscapes, particularly kwongan in the Western Australian wheatbelt, and areas for further research are suggested.
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Jones, Helen Mary Fletcher. "Crossing international boundaries : the relevance and effect of international visits, placements and contacts in the training and education of youth and community workers." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.444752.
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Bendel, Maria. "The Winka call it cancer: that is the difference : Intercultural health and ethnic community relations among the Mapuche people in Chile." Thesis, Uppsala University, Cultural Anthropology, 2002. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-3627.
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Vidal, Nicloe L. "Crossing boundaries for maternal health : a qualitative investigation into the role of community health workers as frontline providers of maternal care in the Peruvian Andes." Thesis, Queen Margaret University, 2015. https://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12289/7467.
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Despite its status as a middle income country, Peru has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the Americas. In the Andes region, poor, rural indigenous women are more likely to die from pregnancy related complications than their urban counterparts because they are denied the same level of maternal health services other women in the country receive. Barriers to care include geographic isolation, health staff members who do not speak indigenous languages, and cultural and ethnic discrimination. As a result, indigenous Andean women in need of maternal health services face a significant degree of social exclusion and institutionalized racism which hinders the accessibility, acceptability, and quality of maternal health services offered to them. One approach to improving access to health services has been through the use of Community Health Worker (CHW) programs. Although CHWs are recognized as an important frontline health source, there is a significant lack of literature concerning their role as community level providers of maternal health services. Using a combined grounded theory and case study methodology, this qualitative study investigates the experiences of CHWs working in Andean communities and their relationships with other community members and health and social service professionals. Findings from this study suggest that CHWs can be enabled to bring care directly to their communities in a way that community members can relate to and feel comfortable with while also forming part of the wider health system. Focusing on participants’ reports of challenging cultural and ethnic boundaries through a process of ethnic bargaining and adopting professional affiliation, this study identifies CHWs as a potentially vital link between rural community members and other providers of these services. If the right factors are met, such as finding ways to navigate the tensions between traditional and biomedical health care models, CHWs can be considered critical community level health providers who can communicate the value of both models, thereby improving the accessibility, acceptability and quality of maternal health services. However, the root causes leading to social, structural and institutional boundaries to care still need to be addressed. As such, this study aims to fill a significant gap in current research on the role of CHWs in Peru, specifically in the ways they are enabled to negotiate ethnic discrimination within the health system.
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Guillard, Charlotte. "Rethinking economic growth and structural change : the role of boundaries and linkages between industries." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019STRAB022.
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Le développement économique est associé à des changements des structures de production et d'exportation. Chaque pays maîtrise un ensemble de capacités, c'est-à-dire un ensemble de tâches et de connaissances nécessaires à la réalisation de certains produits. La maîtrise de capacités supplémentaires permet aux pays de produire des produits ou des technologies plus complexes. Comprendre le développement économique implique de comprendre comment les pays peuvent ajouter de nouveaux produits à leur panier de production et d'exportation et développer des industries particulières. Chaque industrie a des caractéristiques spécifiques en termes de capacités,de technologies et de connaissances et en termes de nature de leur production. Dans cette thèse, je fournis des évidences empiriques de l'importance des frontières et des liens entre les industries pour comprendre le changement structurel et la dynamique de la croissance économique. Le chapitre 2 propose une nouvelle méthodologie pour identifier les patrons d'organisation des industries et leur évolution dans le temps. Pour ce faire, j'analyse la structure de cluster du réseau de produits construit à partir de données d'exportation. Les résultats montrent que les produits se regroupent selon différents facteurs : leur complexité et leurs domaines technologiques, l'abondance de main-d’œuvre peu qualifiée ou des ressources naturelles dont ils ont besoin, ainsi que les chaînes de valeur mondiales et l'intégration verticale de leur processus de production. De plus, les résultats montrent que les domaines technologiques et les frontières entre les industries ne sont pas toujours clairs et peuvent évoluer avec le temps.Dans le chapitre 3, j'étudie la dynamique de la croissance économique en examinant les caractéristiques et les déterminants des transitions entre les différents régimes de croissance à moyen terme (croissance rapide, croissance lente et récession) en utilisant un modèle semi-markovien. Les résultats indiquent que l'effet du secteur manufacturier sur la croissance économique est loin d'être uniforme et que la mesure de la structure économique importe également. De plus, les clusters de produits ayant une intensité technologique similaire jouent un rôle différent dans la dynamique de la croissance, et les chaînes de valeur mondiales (CVM) peuvent expliquer certaines de ces différences. En outre, bien que l'industrie textile soit souvent considérée comme un tremplin vers l'industrialisation, dans cette étude, l'effet de ce cluster est négatif dans de nombreux cas. Enfin, cette analyse met en évidence la présence de «pièges de récession», largement induits par une plus grande spécialisation des clusters manufacturiers basés sur les ressources naturelles. Les différences entre les industries affectent non seulement le processus de croissance du fait d’écarts de productivité, mais aussi à travers la stimulation qu'elles fournissent au reste de l’économie par le biais de liens en amont et en aval. Le chapitre 4 examine l'impact des interconnexions entre les industries sur les performances économiques, en se concentrant sur la dynamique de la demande (c'est-à-dire les liens en amont). L’assouplissement de deux hypothèses fortes associées au calcul traditionnel du multiplicateur de production permet d'estimer le degré de réponse aux chocs de demande des industries fournisseurs. Les résultats montrent qu'il existe des différences significatives entre les industries et les pays. Les industries manufacturières, et en particulier les biens de consommation finale, ont tendance à être moins sensibles aux chocs de la demande par rapport aux services. Des différences importantes sont également observées entre les pays, car les industries manufacturières des pays développés ont tendance à être moins sensibles aux chocs de la demande que dans les pays en développementEconomic development is associated with changes in production and export structures. Each country masters a set of capabilities, i.e. a set of tasks and knowledge necessary for the realization of some products. Mastering additional capabilities allows countries to produce more complex products or technologies. Understanding economic development involves understanding how countries can add new products to their production and export basket and develop particular industries. Each industry has specific characteristics in terms of capabilities, technologies and knowledge and in terms of the nature of their production. In this thesis, I provide empirical evidence of the importance of both boundaries and linkages between industries to understand structural change and the dynamics of economic growth. Chapter 2 proposes a new methodology for identifying patterns of organization of industries and their evolution over time. To do this, I analyze the cluster structure of the product network built from export data. Results show that products cluster according to different factors: their complexity and technological domains, the abundance of low-skilled labor or of natural resources they require, as well as global value chains and vertical integration of their production process. Moreover, I find that technological domains and boundaries between industries are not always clear-cut and can evolve over time. In chapter 3, I study the dynamics of economic growth by examining the characteristics and determinants of transitions between different medium-term growth regimes (rapid growth, slow growth and recession) using a semi-Markov framework. Results indicate that the effect of the manufacturing sector on economic growth is far from uniform and that the measure of economic structure also matters. In addition, clusters with similar technological intensity play a different role in the dynamics of growth, and, global value chains (GVCs) may explain some of these differences. Furthermore, although the textile industry is often seen as a steppingstone to industrialization, in this study the effect of this cluster is negative in many cases. Finally, this analysis highlights the presence of “recession traps”, which are largely driven by a greater specialization natural resources-based manufacturing clusters. Differences between industries affect not only the growth process through productivity gaps, but also the stimulation they provide to the rest of the economy through upstream and downstream linkages. Chapter 4 examines the impact of inter-industry interconnections on economic performance,focusing on demand dynamics (i.e. backward linkages). I relax two strong assumptions associated with the traditional calculation of the output multiplier, which makes it possible to estimate the degree of response to demand shocks from the supplying industries. Results show that there are significant differences across industries and countries. Manufacturing industries, and in particular final consumer goods ones, tend to be less responsive to shocks in demand relative to services. Significant differences are also observed between countries since manufacturing industries in developed countries tend to be less sensitive to demand shocks than in developing countries
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Runesson, Rebecca. "The Life and After-Life of Canonical Psalmody : The Role of Psalm 69 in the Establishment of Eschatological Group-Boundaries in the Qumran Community and Pauline Ekklesiai." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-295929.
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Ekoluoma, Mari-Elina. "Everyday Life in a Philippine Sex Tourism Town." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-312183.
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Sabang used to be a small, marginalized Philippine fishing village that in the span of three decades became a well-known international sex tourism site. This thesis deals with the implications of tourism (including sex tourism) and how it has become embedded in the daily life in today’s Sabang. The thesis highlights the local populations’ diverse reactions to the various changes associated with tourism growth, in particular how various symbolic, moral, and spatial boundaries are constructed and maintained. The ethnographic material examined in this thesis builds on several periods of fieldwork, in total 18 months, that were carried out between 2003 and 2015. Analytical tools found in tourism anthropology and in particular the branch of postcolonial tourism studies has guided the discussion and analysis of the socio-cultural effects of becoming a tourism town. This thesis argues that complex networks of boundaries are significant in maintaining a sense of order and social cohesion in times of change. Notions of cultural differences are expressed through the narratives and behaviors of the various inhabitants, and contribute to the maintaining of boundaries within and between groups. From the beginning of tourism growth commercial sex has been central and has become a significant factor in the tourism economy. While residents acknowledge their dependency on the go-go bars, the business of the night is framed so as not to defeat the inhabitants’ struggles to maintain local community’s sense of morality, or at least to set up boundaries between the outsiders’ immorality and insiders’ morality. Tourism has also offered opportunities to challenge conventional social hierarchies and local seats of power, and there are also recurrent discussions about who has the right to control resources and who can claim entitlement to a place now shared by people from all over the world.
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Bava, Saliha. "Transforming Performances: An Intern-Reseacher's Hypertextual Journey in a Postmodern Community." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/25951.
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I present the dissertation web as a montage of a postmodern inquiry of my doctoral internship and research experiences—concerns and jubilation—positioned within the discourses of postmodern, dissertation, academia, experimentalism and cyberspace innovations among others. I create a social constructionistic interactive interplay, using hypertext, among my various voices of an intern, a researcher and a person.
In the dissertation web—my inquiry—I practice the characterization of postmodernism on numerous fronts—subject of study, context of study, methodology and re-presentation of the inquiry. Implicitly and explicitly, I articulate the various characterizations of postmodernism in my inquiry by challenging the traditional research practices (metanarratives). I challenge the traditional praxis by alternate performances of research practices such as studying myself in a cultural context of an internship using the methodology of autoethnography and performance.
The hypertext docuverse is a further characterization of postmodernism in the styles and structures that are used for re-presentation of the narratives. The styles of narration I useâ such as words and graphics, prose and poetry, first person conversational texts, narratives and collages—blur the boundary of "academic" writing, literature, and art.
The hypertext is intended as a metaphorical experiential, intertextual journey of an intern and a researcher. Rather than a fixed structure, I create numerous structures of possible structures to privilege the readers' navigational choices. I anticipate that the reader's choices in the virtual space might create a sense of meaning-transformation as one traverses through the dissertation web, thus, valuing fragmentation and connection as aspects of sense-making, which are contextualized (among others) by the reader's meaning frames and my hypertextual performances.
The dissertation is submitted in three formats—exclusive dissertation web.pdf, intertextual dissertation web.pdf, and xml version. The exclusive dissertation web.pdf is a web capture in pdf format of all the "files" that compose the dissertation web created in html. The intertextual dissertation web.pdf is a web capture of my dissertation along with the capture of external web resources that contextualize my dissertation web, thus illustrating the intertextuality of hypertexts by making the dissertation part of the larger textual web.
Due to the web capture, the "docuverse" is nonlinear and the pages do not follow any particular or author predefined sequences. So, please use the internal links or the bookmarks to read or browse the dissertation web rather than scroll from the first "page" to the last "page" of the pdf formatted docuverse. The third version in xml will be made available at a later date. An html version of the dissertation is available directly from the researcher-author.
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Hoffmann, Claudia Cristina. "Fronteiras de um quilombo em construção : um estudo sobre o processo de demarcação das terras da Comunidade Negra Manoel Ciríaco dos Santos Guairá/PR." Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Parana, 2012. http://tede.unioeste.br:8080/tede/handle/tede/2589.
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Previous issue date: 2012-04-23The present study examined experiences of the Black Community Manoel Ciríaco dos Santos, located in Maracaju dos Gauchos, Guaíra, PR. This community is involved in a process of identifying the remaining quilombola community and demarcation of land, in a context of public policies to promote racial equality, appreciation of blacks and quilombolas (maroons) in Brazil and in the state of Paraná. The text was written based on interviews, community visits, data collection and data sources such as documents, photographs and memories recorded on the community. The processes of demarcation of Quilombola lands in Brazil occur after the interest and request of community members who have this goal, to the Palmares Cultural Foundation (PCF), citing signs of africanities, features of traditional community and self recognition of remnant quilombo, based on Federal Decree 4887-2003 and practiced by the National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform (INCRA). From the interest of members of the black community Manoel Ciríaco dos Santos to be remnant quilombo, historical, identity, cultural and spatial changes were perceived and these changes affected their daily lives. Among the major changes it s possible to highlight conflicts and different interests in face of territorial and border changes. Accordingly, the multiple boundaries related to the territory of the black community in question were analyzed, because these are fluid and go beyond the visible boundaries such as fences, walls or documents. They are boundaries between groups, individuals, institutions and ideological positions that indicate tension and reveal the dynamics of living in community and society.
A presente pesquisa analisou vivencias da Comunidade Negra Manoel Ciríaco dos Santos, localizada em Maracaju dos Gaúchos, Guaíra-Pr. Esta comunidade esta envolvida num processo de identificação de comunidade quilombola remanescente e de demarcação de terras, num contexto de políticas públicas de promoção da igualdade racial, valorização dos negros e dos quilombolas no Brasil e no estado do Paraná. O texto foi escrito com base em entrevistas, visitas à comunidade, levantamento de dados e fontes como documentos, fotografias e memórias registradas sobre a comunidade. Os processos de demarcações de terras quilombolas no Brasil ocorrem após o interesse e solicitação de integrantes da comunidade que tenham esse objetivo, para a Fundação Cultural Palmares (FCP), alegando sinais de africanidades, traços de comunidade tradicional e autorreconhecimento de quilombo remanescente, baseados no Decreto Federal nº. 4887-2003 epraticado pelo Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária (INCRA). A partir do interesse de integrantes da comunidade negra Manoel Ciríaco dos Santos em ser quilombo remanescente, percebeu-se mudanças históricas, identitárias, espaciais e culturais que afetaram o cotidiano deles. Dentre as principais mudanças destacam-se conflitos e interesses diversos diante de transformações territoriais e fronteiriças. Nesse sentido, analisam-se as múltiplas fronteiras relacionadas ao território da comunidade negra em questão, porque essas são fluídas e vão para além das demarcações visíveis como cercas, muros ou documentos. São fronteiras entre grupos, pessoas, instituições e posições ideológicas que indicam tensões e revelam dinâmicas do viver em comunidade e em sociedade.
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Chappelle, Noelle M. "The Impact of Trauma Upon the Self-Esteem of African American Adolescents and the Moderating Effect of Boundaries in the Parent-Adolescent Relationship." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1563974973123567.
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Björk, Emma. "Hand i hand mot gemenskap : Invånares deltagande för trygghet och relationsskapande i ett “särskilt utsatt område”." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för kultur och samhälle, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-163296.
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Den här uppsatsen har för avsikt att undersöka vad invånares samhällsengagemang i ett ”särskilt utsatt område” i form av trygghetsvandringar och samrådsmöten kan säga om integration. Genom etnografiskt fältarbete och deltagande observation ämnar studien fånga deltagarnas perspektiv på sitt engagemang, undersöka vad engagemanget har för inverkan på lokalsamhället och invånarnas känsla av trygghet, samt vad samhällsdeltagandet och dess inverkan kan säga om integration. Det empiriska materialet analyseras och diskuteras utifrån relevanta teorier om gemenskap, sociala gränser, trygghet samt social respektive strukturell integration. Invånarnas verksamhet och engagemang syftar till att öka tryggheten i stadsdelen, och skapar parallellt ett forum för språkövande och personliga möten över sociala och etniska gränser. Relationsskapandet bland invånare i stadsdelen tycks i sig indirekt leda till ökad trygghet, samt en känsla av gemenskap. Strukturella faktorer på makronivå uppenbarar sig emellertid som barriärer för invånarnas deltagande och delaktighet i en övergripande samhällelig och nationell gemenskap.The aim of this thesis is to examine what residents’ community participation by way of local night patrol for social reassurance and community meetings in a “deprived neighborhood” has to say about integration. Through ethnographic field study and participant observation the study aims to capture the participants’ perspective of the participation, examine what impact the engagement has on the local community as well as what the affects and participation has to say about integration. The empirical material is analyzed and discussed from the basis of relevant theories of community, social boundaries, social reassurance as well as structural respectively social integration. The engagement of the residents aims to increase the feeling of social security and reassurance in the local community, and parallelly it creates forum for language practice and social encounters that goes beyond social and ethnic boundaries. The increasement of personal relationships seems to indirectly lead to a higher level of social reassurance as well as a feeling of solidarity in the community. Structural factors on a macro level, however, seems to work as barriers for the residents’ participation and involvement in a general societal and national fellowship and community.
الهدف من هذا الأنشاء هو الوصول لكيفية تأثير اهتمام المواطنين لحالة المجتمع في " الضاحيه الخاضعة للأستضعاف الخاص عن طريق التجول لتأمين الأمان ولقائات التشاورية على موظوع الاندماج العرقي عن طريق استخدام التكنيك للادراسات العليا التي يتم عن طريق الحضور في المكان المناسب للمشاركه الشخصيه والأنتباه المباشر على طريقة اشتراك واهتمام المواطنين لفهم جدية اهتمامهم وتأثير هذا الاهتمام لحصول المواطنين على المزيد بلاحساس بلأمان وكيف يؤدي هذا لفهم حالة الاندماج العرقي المواد التي تحصل عن طريق التجربة تدرس وتناقش عن طريق نضريات وثيقة الصل .التحديات الأجتماعيه،الأمان والاندماج العرقي الاجتماعي التركيبي بموضوع المشاركه هدف اهتمام وعمل المواطنين هو توفير الأمان الأكثر في ضواحي المدينه وإيجاد امكان الغه ولقائات .اجتماعيه خارجه عن المعدوديات العرقي بناء العلاقات مابين المواطنين في الضواحي تؤدي بطريقه غير مباشرة على مزيد من الأمان .وإحساس المشاركه العوامل الأنشائيه الغير قادرة للتغير تظهر وتؤدي الى ايجاد حواجز أمام حضور ومساهمة .المواطنين للمشاركة الوطنية
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LIBERATI, ELISA GIULIA. "Riorganizzare l’ospedale secondo un modello per Intensità delle Cure: Uno studio dell’organizzazione sociale del lavoro ospedaliero." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/10811.
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Innovare verso un modello per Intensità delle Cure (IdC) offre agli ospedali importanti potenzialità di miglioramento, tanto a livello di qualità delle cure quanto sul piano organizzativo e gestionale. L’introduzione del modello IdC può tuttavia implicare sostanziali modifiche nell’organizzazione sociale del lavoro clinico, modificando relazioni, confini e identità professionali. La tesi esamina i reciproci effetti tra il modello IdC e l’organizzazione sociale del lavoro ospedaliero. Il disegno di ricerca è organizzato in tre fasi: una estensiva analisi documentale, uno studio esplorativo basato su interviste qualitative semi-strutturate, uno caso di studio etnografico in profondità condotto in un ospedale recentemente organizzato secondo il modello IdC. I risultati sono organizzati in tre studi. Il primo mostra come il cambiamento IdC sia stato diversamente interpretato dai manager ospedalieri e dai clinici in prima linea con i pazienti, costituendo così due discordanti ‘narrative di cambiamento’. Il secondo studio si focalizza sugli ostacoli alla creazione di team multidisciplinari negli ospedali IdC. Il terzo studio esamina l’impatto del modello IdC su relazioni e confini professionali tra medici e infermieri. Oltre a contribuire alle teorie socio-psicologiche riguardo a confini e identità professionali, la tesi propone riflessioni concrete su come colmare il divario tra programmi innovativi formali e pratiche di cura quotidiane.The Patient-Centred Model (PCM) is described as an attempt to redesign the hospitals around the needs of the patients, thus contributing to costs reduction, increased efficiency, and improved care. However, the introduction of the PCM may have a profound impact on the social organisation of work, changing lines of demarcation, challenging well established inter-/intra-professional relationships, and prompting the development of new roles and modes of working. This thesis explores the mutual effects between the new organisational model and the pre-existent social organisation of hospital work. The research design is organised in three phases: an extensive document analysis; an interview study; an in-depth ethnographic case study conducted for over one year in a PCM hospital. The findings are organised in three studies. The first shows that the PCM was interpreted differently by hospital managers and by frontline clinicians, thus giving rise to two divergent narratives of change. The second study focuses on the boundaries to collaboration and care integration in newly created hospital teams within PCM hospitals. The third study looks at the impact of the PCM on the medical-nursing boundary. The thesis contributes to management learning and practice by providing recommendations on how to accompany complex innovations, comprising of both their expected and unexpected consequences. It also enriches academic debates on professional boundaries, relations, and identities in healthcare.
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Nedelsky, Nadya Ruth. "The bonds and boundaries of nationhood, political-cultural roots of Czech and Slovak definitions of the nation and their implications for post-communist governance." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/NQ59062.pdf.
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Young, Hillary Suzanne Dirzo Rodolfo Hadly Elizabeth Anne Micheli Fiorenza Vitousek Peter Morrison. "Cascading effects of a plant community shifts across ecosystem boundaries." 2010. http://purl.stanford.edu/vw007np9389.
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