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Walker, Derek. "A text planning extension to VINCI." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ31266.pdf.
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Cook, Alison H., and n/a. "Extension planning : the Canberra Y-Plan controversy." University of Canberra. Environmental Design, 1987. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060712.091116.
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Hui, Chik-shek Enesco. "Peak Tram Station : extension /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25950319.
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Budak, Dilek. "Program planning and adult education : extension professionals' attitudes and practice at Ohio State University extension /." The Ohio State University, 1998. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487948807588904.
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Kopp, Thomas J. "Planning a theological education program in a cross-cultural setting." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1988. http://www.tren.com.
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Mambo, Isaac Moya Cosby. "Supporting agricultural innovation : an analysis of farmer-to-farmer extension in Mbawa and Kaluluma extension planning areas, Malawi." Thesis, University of Reading, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.629093.
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Using the agricultural innovation systems (AIS) framework, this study analysed farmer-to-farmer (F-2-F) extension to understand how it is supporting and contributing to agricultural innovation, i.e., the generation, dissemination, and utilisation of innovations, among smallholder farmers in Mbawa and Kaluluma Extension Planning Areas, Malawi. The study investigated the extent and how farmer extensionists (FEs) are supporting and contributing to agricultural innovation; identified FEs' work performance assessment criteria; assessed effectiveness of FEs in reaching different groups of farmers; and the impact of F -2-F extension on smallholder farmers' livelihoods. Data were collected using questionnaire surveys from 774 and 179 randomly sampled farmers and FEs, respectively. Focus group discussions, key informant interviews, document analysis, and innovation histories were also used. Empirical findings show that FEs were largely supporting and contributing to dissemination of externally generated innovations; and generation and dissemination of locally generated innovations was limited. Using principal components analysis (PCA) to delineate better-off and poor farmers, findings show that, through group contact method, FEs were mostly working with wealthier follower farmers. Further analysis showed that, through individual contact method, FEs were accessible to all farmers regardless of their wealth, household headship, sex, and education status as they were able to consult FEs at their convenient time. Findings suggest that provision of non-monetary incentives to FEs, and addressing the constraints that FEs face in the course of their work can be key in incentivising FEs work. FEs were wealthier farmers than fellow farmers and largely selected by the community. Also, the present evidence suggest that F-2-F extension has contributed to improving smallholder farmers ' livelihoods by enhancing human, physical, financial, and social capital. The findings of this study offer guidance on the design and implementation of F-2-F extension approaches in Malawi and other developing country contexts. Lastly, the current findings point to the need for a government policy to harmonise the implementation modalities of F-2-F extension in Malawi.
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Joshi, Laxman. "Incorporating farmers' knowledge in the planning of interdisciplinary research and extension." Thesis, Bangor University, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.364125.
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Hu, Zhongyuan, and 胡中原. "Extension landfill planning : food waste, composting plant design, garbage separation, Shenzhen." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/207157.
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Shenzhen is a fast growing modern city. In 1980, Shezhen was just a fishing village. With the urbanization, it extended land inside. In 2000, Shenzhen land use has already exploited 80%. With the urbanization, there are many migrant workers go to work and settle down in Shenzhen. The population grow up from 314,100to 10,357,938 in these thirty years. With the population growth, the problem is the garbage production volume increase more and more. Now, Shenzhen garbage production is 13,100t/d and the annual growth rate is 8%.
There are 8 districts in Shenzhen, which is Nanshan, Futian, Baoan, Luohu, Yantian, Longgang, Guangming and Pingshan district. Nanshan, Futian and Luohu district are downtown of Shenzhen. The other districts are still in developing process. In Shenzhen, there are 9 existing landfills and 7 existing incineration plants and 23 small informal landfills. With the urbanization, the relationship between landfills and city are changing. At the beginning, landfills were set far away the city. Their distance become closer and closer when both of them extended. Until now, some of landfills has connected and existed in the middle of city.
For the land use situation of shenzhen. There are 80% land use has already been exploited which means there is no more land for landfill in the future. However, the garbage volume increasing more and more and landfill is still the main way to treat garbage. It is a very serious issue need to face and solve.
The garbage structure of shenzhen is, construction waste occupied 78% and 22% belongs to domestic waste. In this 22% domestic waste, food waste occupied 65%. Food waste is the biggest problem of pollution. However, the existing domestic waste treatment is still dumping the mix garbage to landfill. When food waste mix with the other domestic waste together, they will decompose and the produce a lot of biogas and dioxin and so on. It will produce serious air pollution, soil pollution and produce germs. That is why the existing landfill produce so serious pollution to the city. In other aspect, food waste is a good energy if we use it correctly. It could change to energy and fertilizer by biogas collecting, composting and chang to diesels.
In Shenzhen, the government has already pay attention to garbage separation. Some communities has already implement garbage separation action.
These are 3 large landfill of Shenzhen. The first one is Xiaping landfill of Luohu, the second one is Laohukeng landfill of Baoan and the yahoo landfill of Pingshan district. Base on the location situation, Yahoo landfill will be a best choice to make it as an experimental plot to plan.
In Yahoo landfill, the existing landfill has already influenced thirty thousand surrounding people’s life. In future, the extension landfill will connect to the the residents area and polluted more seriously. So how to maximum reduce the pollutions is a urgent problem need to solve. The strategy is separating two part to solve garbage in this landfill. One for dumping, the other one is food waste composting. When the food waste composted to fertilizer, it will be transported to the surround farm lands to use.published_or_final_version
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Mandefrot, Kefyalew. "Program planning in the Ethiopian extension service : its evolution and structure." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26007.
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This study examined the program planning mechanism and structure in Ethiopian agricultural extension.
Agricultural extension was seen by most policy makers and funding agencies as one of the alternatives to rural development. Extension was defined as an out-of-school educational process of working with rural people utilizing particular teaching techniques and certain supporting services with a distinctive spirit of cooperation and mutual respect. The goal was to enable people to acquire and use skills, knowledge and information to improve their lives.
In order to achieve the objective of the study, the history of agricultural extension in Ethiopia from 1952 to 1980 was reviewed and the origin, trends and problems in extension program planning in Ethiopia were discussed. Following the historical analysis, a review of program planning models relevant to agricultural extension was provided. The study, after presenting an examination of the program planning mechanism in Ethiopia, conducted a critical analysis of major problems. The major problems identified are related to the basic program planning mechanism, coordination and training. An alternative mechanism was identified based on Sork's basic planning model.
A summary was given. Major conclusions of the study were discussed in terms of program planning, particularly with respect to analysis of the planning context and client system, administrative planning, coordination and training programs required for effective extension education.
The study revealed several important weaknesses in the extension program planning mechanism used in Ethiopia. It was suggested that if these weaknesses are eliminated, Ethiopian agricultural production — and the quality of life of those dependent on the agricultural sector — could be improved. Increasing collaboration between agencies, joint planning of programs, altering the programming sequence, and better timing of educational activities were suggested as means of improving agricultural extension services in Ethiopia.Land and Food Systems, Faculty of
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許哲碩 and Chik-shek Enesco Hui. "Peak Tram Station: extension." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31985749.
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Kaltho, James Bako. "Input supply and agricultural extension : an evaluation of the Bauchi State Integrated Rural Development Programme, Nigeria." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.256696.
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Holland, Grace. "Which way theological education by extension study materials for a changing Africa?" Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1992. http://www.tren.com.
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Ewang, Peter N. "Criteria for assessing the cooperative extension program planning process in the West central district of Virginia." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/50015.
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The success of cooperative extension depends on the knowledge of how to apply the principles of extension education to situations where the activities are to be performed. The cooperative extension services dynamic localized approach to the solution of the common persons problem has stood the test of time. It is not necessary to establish a new system, but what is needed is to increase accountability and efficiency in the way programs are planned and developed.
The overall purpose of this study was to develop criteria for assessing the local cooperative extension program planning process in Virginia. Specific objectives that served as a basis for accomplishing the overall purpose of the study were:
1. To identify principles that are basic for planning an effective local extension program.
2. To verify these principles with a panel of experts.
3. To formulate criteria, based on the verified principles, to assess if on-going local extension programs were developed following the accepted programming principles.
4. To field test the criteria to determine the degree to which the criteria are used as guides during the local extension program planning process.
This study was a qualitative study. The principles identified and the criteria developed were reviewed by a panel of eight experts, then field tested in randomly selected extension units in the West Central Extension District of Virginia. Using personal interview methodology, unit directors of the randomly selected units were used for the field testing stage of this study.
Six of the seven principles identified as basic for planning/developing effective local extension programs were accepted by the panel of experts. Eighteen criteria were formulated based on the accepted principles. Criteria as used in this study implies an overall description of a set of related actions and/or operations which will be called standards of the planning process. It was found that most of the unit directors in the West-Central Extension District of Virginia interviewed for this study use the criteria as guides during their respective programming process. The panel of experts and unit directors agreed that the criteria were important as guides for local extension programming processes.
Based on the findings the author concluded that: (a) there are six essential principles for planning effective social extension programs; (b) that there are 18 criteria that can be used as guides for assessing if local extension programs are planned/developed using the essential extension program planning principles; and (c) that it is possible to assess local program planning activities in extension.
A recommendation made from the study that the process of assessing local program planning activities be tested statewide to increase the usability potential of the criteria and give possible directions for statewide in-service needs of unit directors and extension agents.Ed. D.
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Ciborowski, Matthew A. "Is planning failing? : the impacts of decision making processes on the Green Line Extension." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/49690.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2009.Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-119).
Research was conducted on the proposed Green Line Extension, a light rail corridor from Cambridge through Somerville and Medford, Massachusetts. The project is being undertaken by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Due to legal commitments and agreements, the line must be in revenue service by December 31, 2014, or the state faces penalties. Interviews, literature review and personal experience come together to explore the process behind completing such a large, complex infrastructure project. It is theorized, and confirmed, that a strong articulated and utilized policy statement will help the state complete this project with greater speed and efficiency. In order to confirm this hypothesis, each problem facing the project process is broken down and examined for the ability to improve the project process. Findings include the need for greater accountability, organizational reform and regulation overhaul. The research is applicable not only to the current work on the Green Line Extension, but to similar infrastructure projects state- and nation-wide. Finally, the thesis proposes that trust in planners has failed in a variety of ways. This lack of trust manifests itself in poor projects and a poor process. Generating a greater level of trust in planners and the planning process will create significant improvements to future endeavors.
by Matthew A. Ciborowski.
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Williams, Mary Speece. "Professional Values And The Florida Cooperative Extension Service: Developing A Foundation For Strategic Planning." UNF Digital Commons, 1994. http://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/163.
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This qualitative study was undertaken to determine the organizational values shared by the professional employees of the Florida Cooperative Extension Service. Related topics that contributed to the literature review included human and organizational values, organizational culture, strategic planning, and the philosophical foundations of the Cooperative Extension Service.
Focus group interviews were conducted in each of the five administrative districts and on the University of Florida Campus. A total of 40 individuals took part in the group interviews. Transcripts of the interviews were read, coded, and sorted by themes to develop a list of twelve categories of values shared by the professionals interviewed. Coded sections of the transcripts were transferred to a descriptive matrix in order to reduce and simplify the analysis.
Three groupings of values emerged from the data and were described as "communities" of values. The three communities were personal, Personal values mission-related, and structural values. were rewards, relationships, and personal history. Mission-related values were organizational history, research-based information, relevance, comprehensiveness, life-long education, diversity, and service. structural values were shared ownership and system linkages.
These three communities were depicted in figures that described the relationships of the values to one another. The final discussion described the inter-relatedness of the three communities in the overall organizational structure. Recommendations were made for further study and program development for the Florida Cooperative Extension Service.
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Crowe, Wallace G. III. "Public characteristics of private development as an architectural extension of the public realm." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23737.
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Flech, Eduardo Miotto. "O PLANEJAMENTO NO PROGRAMA DE ATES NO RIO GRANDE DO SUL: REFLEXÕES A PARTIR DO CASO DO CETAP." Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2015. http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/8921.
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The discussion surrounding the planning and definition of actions has been gaining attention on the Technical and Social Environment Advice Program (ATES) of Rio Grande do Sul (RS). This study aimed to seek to understand the relevance of regional planning for the formation of action strategies ATES and carrying out the activities planned by CETAP under the RS ATES program in 2009-2014. For its realization were analyzed CETAP planning documents of the years 2010, 2011 and 2014 seeking to identify the operational strategies in two selected settlements in the Operational Nucleus of Vacaria. The settlements chosen were the Settlement Project Followers of Natalino and Settlements Project Three Pines, located in the municipalities of Ibiaçá and Sananduva respectively. In addition to the planning documents, information was analyzed in the ATES Monitoring System (SAMA / INCRA) in order to verify how much of the planned actions were executest as well, the instructions given in the technical visits. In addition, was performed interviews with focus groups of ATES team of CETAP and semi-structured interviews with some families with a view to interpret qualitatively information on the planning as: control, learning, emergency, strategy. Information were analyzed using the literature on planning in organizational theories, especially Mintzber Henry and Richard Whittington and planning literature in the context of public policy, where stands out the writings of Sergio Buarque. Among the survey's results it can be stated that in the period 2009 to 2014, the structure of ATES program's goals was gradually flexibilized, with a growing incorporation of planning by the teams and dwellers. This flexibility was made the CETAP could present working strategies differentiated for the two settlements, as these, even though they have similar geographical conditions, they have different social characteristics. Another result, refers to a significant difference between the planned actions and the actions being performed, results also appear in the literature on planning in the context of organizational theories. Still, it was evident the growing importance of teams and families in the planning process, the increasing flexibility of the goals that allowed greater emergency at the expense of control and change the top-down planning to bottom-up model, closer to local realities each camping. This process, in that it increases flexibility and reduces the possibilities of control, implies that the results (of planning of work ATES) in a context of "institutional pluralism" depend much more perspective of the provider and the quality of teams local techniques. That is, depends on the technical capabilities, commitment and involvement with work and the congruence of interests, values and ideas with major purposes that the ATES. In this scenario, the study indicates that the training work with the technicians gained increasing importance above the monitoring.A discussão em torno do planejamento e definição das ações vem ganhando destaque no Programa de Assessoria Técnica Social e Ambiental (ATES) do Rio Grande do Sul (RS). Assim, este estudo teve como objetivo geral buscar compreender a relevância do planejamento regional para a formação das estratégias de atuação da ATES e a execução das ações planejadas pelo CETAP no âmbito do Programa de ATES do RS, no período 2009-2014. Para sua realização foram analisados os documentos de planejamento do CETAP nos anos de 2010, 2011 e 2014 buscando identificar as estratégias de atuação em dois assentamentos selecionados no Núcleo Operacional de Vacaria. Os assentamentos escolhidos foram o Projeto de Assentamento Seguidores de Natalino e o Projeto de Assentamentos Três Pinheiros, localizados nos municípios de Ibiaçá e Sananduva, respectivamente. Além dos documentos de planejamento, foram analisadas informações no Sistema de Acompanhamento da ATES (SAMA/INCRA) buscando verificar o quanto das ações planejadas foram executas bem como, as orientações realizadas nas visitas técnicas. Além disso, foi realizado entrevista com grupo focal da equipe de ATES do CETAP e entrevistas semiestruturadas junto a algumas famílias, na perspectiva de interpretar de forma qualitativa informações relativas ao planejamento como: controle, aprendizagem, estratégia, emergência. As informações foram analisadas utilizando a literatura sobre o planejamento nas teorias organizacionais, principalmente Henry Mintzber e Richard Whittington, bem como da literatura de planejamento no âmbito das políticas públicas, onde destaca-se os escritos de Sergio Buarque. Entre os resultados da pesquisa pode-se afirmar que no período 2009 à 2014, a estrutura de metas do Programa de ATES foi progressivamente flexibilizada, havendo uma crescente incorporação do planejamento pelas equipes e assentados. Essa flexibilização fez com que o CETAP pudesse apresentar estratégias de trabalho diferenciadas para os dois assentamentos uma vez que estes, apesar de terem condições geográficas semelhantes, apresentam características sociais distintas. Outro resultado, refere-se a uma significativa diferença entre as ações planejadas e as ações executadas, resultados que também aparecem na literatura sobre o planejamento no âmbito das teorias organizacionais. Ainda, ficou evidente o crescente protagonismo das equipes e das famílias no processo de planejamento, a crescente flexibilização das metas que permitiram maior emergência em detrimento do controle e a mudança do planejamento top-down para o modelo botton-up, mais próximo das realidades locais de cada assentamento. Este processo, na medida que aumenta a flexibilidade e diminui as possibilidades de controle, implica que os resultados (do planejamento ou do trabalho de ATES), em um contexto de pluralismo institucional , dependem muito mais da Perspectiva da prestadora e da qualidade das equipes técnicas locais. Isto é, depende das capacidades técnicas, do comprometimento e envolvimento com o trabalho e a congruência de interesses valores e ideias com propósitos maiores que a própria ATES. Diante deste cenário, o estudo indica que o trabalho de formação junto aos técnicos ganha cada vez mais importância em detrimento do monitoramento.
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Gorewitz, Cali. "Strategies to develop and preserve affordable housing along the Green Line extension for the Somerville Community Corporation." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/44358.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2008.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 62-63).
This thesis explores the history and mission of the Somerville Community Corporation (SCC) within the context of the City of Somerville, and the factors that have contributed to its successes and failures in the past, present, and most importantly future. SCC and the City are at a critical moment of change and time is of essence. With the proposed investment of the Green Line extension through Somerville, there are tremendous opportunities for SCC to expand its base, create institutional change, and take on more ambitious development and preservation projects. However, this will only happen if SCC becomes more effective. Therefore the analysis in this thesis focuses not only on SCC's internal and external challenges, but also on ways that collective action on the part of the organization, residents, and the City is needed to take advantage of the transit investment to produce successful development and preservation projects. Interviews and observation show that SCC is most successful at fulfilling its mission, meeting the needs of low-income residents, and impacting political institutions, when there is coordination across its external activities and internal departments, and by including residents in both decision-making and governance. This thesis provides the necessary organizational and development strategies to synergistically reinforce SCC's effectiveness at supporting low and moderate-income residents in Somerville.
by Cali Kay Gorewitz.
M.C.P.
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Rosen, Jamie C. (Jamie Cara). "Evaluating service mitigation proposals for the MBTA Green Line extension construction delay using simplified planning methods." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/82851.
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Thesis (S.M. in Transportation)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2013.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-172).
This thesis reviews a select group of transit environmental mitigation proposals through the application of ridership estimation methodologies. In recent years, rider demands and environmental concerns have led many transit agencies to explore options for increasing service even within constrained budgets. Anticipated state and metropolitan area climate change mitigation strategies are likely to result in the need for further transportation system changes in many cities. In response to environmental concerns raised during the construction of the Central Artery/Tunnel, Massachusetts committed to extending the Green Line light rail from its Cambridge terminal at Lechmere into Somerville and Medford. The Massachusetts State Implementation Plan requires that the Green Line be extended in two branches by the end of 2014. Massachusetts has delayed construction on the extension, and it must therefore undertake mitigation for the delay. Facing both financial constraints and pressure to increase service, transit agencies such as the MBTA need new ways to improve transportation systems with limited financial input and means by which to evaluate the impact of proposals. Several mitigation proposals focusing on transit services in the Lechmere Station area are presented in this thesis. Increasing service on the Green Line to Lechmere is found to be a good first step towards improving service in Somerville. Proposals for increasing bus feeder service to and from Lechmere and the surrounding areas include both increasing service on existing routes and introducing new routes. Partnerships with existing private providers could also help decrease the costs to the MBTA of introducing a new route. In order to analyze the mitigation proposals, several methodologies are explored including area wide transportation planning models, direct demand (regression) models and comparison equations. A rail elasticity of demand with respect to service is calculated based on a prior MBTA system experience, while elasticities from literature are used for buses. In addition, a direct demand model is estimated for the MBTA bus network, and the results are compared to elasticity analysis. Regional planning models are found to be important for predicting system-wide responses but often are too detailed and expensive to use to evaluate every proposal. Instead, direct demand models can help with initial rankings of proposals, and service elasticities can help further examine expected ridership changes due to service improvements.
by Jamie C. Rosen.
S.M.in Transportation
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Almuhairi, Thani A. "A theory of planning responsibly : power and influence tactics as perceived by Ohio State Extension personnel /." The Ohio State University, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1486401895210629.
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Chong, Leonard A. A. "The comparative costs between investing in new towns and the extension of existing metropolitan areas offering the same services." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/72251.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1987.MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH.
Bibliography: leaves 67-71.
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M.C.P.
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Dromgoole, Darrell Allen. "A study to determine if in-depth professional development provided to extension educators on program development has an effect on planning, implementing, and evaluating extension educational programs." Texas A&M University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/5967.
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Program excellence in Extension is contingent on an Extension educatorâÂÂs ability to
identify issues, prioritize these issues, implement educational programs to address
these issues and resulting in measurable outcomes, evaluate these issues and utilize the
results of these evaluations to redirect educational programs, and utilize these
evaluation results as the foundation for program interpretation. The future success of
Extension programs is dependent on the capacity of Extension to retain highly
qualified Extension educators and the ability of these Extension educators to
implement the process of Extension program development.
A comprehensive professional development intervention, entitled the âÂÂSouth
Region Excellence in Programming Academy,â was designed and implemented from
May 2006 to November 2006 to provide early to mid-career Extension educators with
comprehensive instruction related to program planning, program implementation and
evaluation and interpretation. A Pre-experimental research, One-Group pre-test-post test, involved the administration of a pre-test (O1) to research subjects followed by the
Academy (X) and then followed by a post-test (O2) to determine if Extension
educatorsâ knowledge in program development increased as result of participation in
the Academy. Extension educators perceive that their proficiency in the Extension
program development process increases as a result of their participation in the
Academy. Extension educators incorporate principles covered during the Academy
and were satisfied with the Academy in terms of providing skills that will enhance their
ability to execute the Texas Cooperative Extension Program Development Model.
This study showed that as an Extension educatorâÂÂs knowledge of the program
development process increased, and their perception of the elements of program
development increased, Extension educators will incorporate the principles of program
development covered during the Academy, and Extension educators were satisfied with
the Academy. Recommendations are offered to improve future professional
development interventions focusing on program planning, implementation, evaluation,
and interpretation. The results of this study will contribute to the body of knowledge
that will enhance the ability of personnel to provide quality professional development
related to program development.
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Barker, Patricia Lee. "The role and procedures of local advisory councils in planning educational programs within the Alaska Cooperative Extension Service." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/74751.
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This study was undertaken to determine the differences and relationships between current and ideal advisory councils of the Cooperative Extension Service in Alaska, as perceived by council members and Extension agents. Responses to a written questionnaire were compared to determine differences in perceptions between the groups, with conclusions generalized only to the population of council members and agents in Alaska.
Data were gathered and analyzed on both current and ideal advisory councils in three areas; roles of councils, operational procedures affecting councils, and attitudes of members and agents. These areas were divided into a total of 12 categories based upon information from a review of the literature.
Council members and agents differed in their view of current councils, however, both agreed that orientation and training of councils was limited, as were resources allocated for council use. Members revealed a need for clarification of roles and authority of current councils. Agents indicated a division of opinion in attitudes about current Extension advisory councils, with less than half of agents having positive attitudes.
Advisory council members and agents perceived ideal councils encompassing all categories covered in the study. Attitudes about ideal councils were positive with both groups.
When matched against a model council drawn from the literature, current Alaska Extension advisory councils fell short. Alaska CES councils were seen as functioning, but not as closely to the ideal as perceived by members and agents, or as suggested in the literature. An improvement in council/staff shared decision making in all roles and operational procedures identified in the study would lead to more positive attitudes and to increased involvement in program planning by advisory councils.Ed. D.
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Wines, Sarah W. "The role of credit extension programs in generating changes in the structure of private, informal sector microenterprises : the ADEMI program in the Dominican Republic." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/78796.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1985.MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH.
Bibliography: leaves 115-117.
by Sarah W. Wines.
M.C.P.
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Kitsos, Anthony. "Examining Vermont Agricultural Producers’ Willingness To Pay For Extension One-On-One Business Planning Services And Future Programming Considerations." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2020. https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/1182.
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Extension agricultural business programs have provided enhanced individualized services to Vermont’s agricultural producers by using a variety of external funding sources combined with base departmental funds. These farm business programs are uniquely positioned to deliver one-on-one outreach education and information that not only has a direct benefit to private farm business owners but indirectly serves the public good by enhancing farm business viability. Meanwhile, there is an ongoing cultural shift among Extension professionals and farm owners who acknowledge that Extension programs cannot be sustained at low or no cost to participants. Funding for Extension programming has been declining for several years. Traditional funding sources, such as university base funding and state legislature appropriations, have been significantly reduced, and as a result, faculty positions in Extension nationwide have been reduced or eliminated altogether. New ways to support Extension programming must be developed in order to continue to deliver high quality business outreach education to Vermont agricultural producers. This research addresses this need in the following two ways. First, Farm Viability (now Agricultural Business) program participants were surveyed to gauge their understanding of declining funding from traditional sources to determine whether or not a fee-based structure for future programming is acceptable them. Next, a reflective essay proposes solutions for supplementing funding for Extension programming with a fee-for-service model for advanced and extended one-on-one programming. Survey results showed that those respondents likely to engage in programming beyond the initial 2-year period were willing to pay for extended services at a rate higher than the original application fee. Of those who were willing to pay for future services, 80% of respondents said that they would use a plan that included 1-3 visits at a cost of $250 - $499. The reflective essay defines program areas in need of funding enhancement, such as using facilitated management teams, succession planning and grant application assistance. The essay discusses programming opportunities that exist to serve at least some past program participants with additional one-on-one services, thereby sharing the increasing financial burden experienced by Extension educators in the presence of shrinking internal capacity to fund this type of outreach education. This research also raises awareness in areas of program costs, dwindling funding sources, and how participants can help share the financial burden. Important points for farmers weighing the merits of paying for program participation and future programing opportunities are discussed. These results can guide the efforts of program administrators seeking to improve the cost-effectiveness of Extension outreach education in Vermont agriculture.
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Henderson, Caroline M. "An extension of the recreational carrying capacity concept : a procedure for recreation resource allocation in the planning of natural landsapes." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17323.
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Includes bibliography.Investigating the recreational carrying capacity of a new coastal national park in South Africa was the initial problem to be addressed. However, an examination of the concept and attempts to operationalize it shows clearly that it is illusory. Instead, the problem is conceived of as a process in which decisions about the allocation of recreation opportunities in the landscape must be made. ·The dissertation examines the complexities of decision-making in the face of multiple objectives, a spectrum of values, the uncertainties of predicting environmental impacts and the influence of the subjective values and preferences of decision makers. This leads to the conclusion that a framework is required to guide the recreation opportunity allocation decision process. This framework is to be systematic, comprehensive and above all, explicit. The subjective nature of the decision process is given overt recognition, and the role of science in environmental decision-making put in perspective. A tiered recreation planning system is proposed. At the scale of a single area such as a national park, two levels of planning are seen as necessary. The dissertation is largely concerned with elaborating an area-level procedure for allocating recreation "packages" or opportunities in the landscape. The procedure proposed combines the approach of the Limits of Acceptable Change planning system with techniques from decision analysis, to structure the subjective aspects of the process, and techniques of land evaluation to systematize the ecological basis for recreation planning in landscapes of particular conservation importance. A second, detailed level of planning at the site and recreation activity scale is proposed as being necessary, but is not developed further in the dissertation. The Limits of Acceptable Change process defines a range of recreation opportunity classes in terms of social and resource conditions and managerial approaches necessary to maintain these conditions. Environmental quality standards for each class are formulated to monitor compliance with the objectives for each class. These recreation opportunity classes must be allocated in the landscape. A decision tree is constructed to expose the actual process by which recreation opportunity classes are spatially designated. The decision-tree comprises a tiered series of questions, the answers to which are decided by explicitly defined decision rules or criteria. The basis of these decision rules are the analyst's interpretation of the data available on the system. This decision-making process was tested on the Weskus National Park at Langebaan on the Cape West coast of South Africa. It was found to be effective in allocating recreation opportunities in the landscape, and offers a defensible planning strategy for conservation agencies operating under time and financial constraints in the face of an increasingly environmentally aware and articulate public.
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Russell, Adam E. "Growth on the Gold Line: Evaluating the Foothill Extension and the Potential of Transit-Oriented Development." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2012. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_theses/51.
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The Gold Line Foothill Extension represents an unprecedented light rail expansion into the San Gabriel Valley from downtown Los Angeles. In examining its potential for success, transit-oriented development (TOD) appears to be an integral factor and a major opportunity to redraw growth patterns along the corridor. TOD opportunities and challenges are investigated throughout the Foothill Extension, and three towns in particular, Claremont, Monrovia, and Irwindale, are examined on the basis of their varying levels of TOD planning. The corridor features many infill sites with potential for high density development near new Gold Line stations, but implementation of some TOD sites should be delayed until improvements in the economy can create appropriate short-term demand for office and retail space.
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Jahn, Larry G. "An analysis of the implementation of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service's Performance Planning, Counseling, and Evaluation program using the Probability of Adoption of Change model." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/39159.
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The purpose of the study was to explain the proportion of the variance in the level of implementation of the Performance Planning, Counseling, and Evaluation (PPC&E) program that could be attributed to the nine Probability of Adoption of Change (PAC) model constructs. Level of implementation was operationally defined as the degree to which county directors implemented the many elements of the PPC&E program. The nine PAC model constructs included: advantage probability, championship, circumstances, idea comprehensibility, opposition, practicality, strategies, superintendency, and value compatibility.Ph. D.
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Huyse, Huib. "Workplace and organisational learning in development aid : a case study of a Belgian development agency." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2011. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/7058/.
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This thesis investigates workplace and organisational learning over the period 2000-2010 in a Belgian development agency (VVOB), involved in the implementation of educational development projects. It explores some of the structural causes of the perceived learning deficit at the project and the agency-wide level, and links it with similar findings in other development agencies. For the project level, two case studies in Zimbabwe (ZimPATH and St2eep) were selected in which the project's management invested significantly in team learning. These practices were put against the learning support activities that the head office was catering for. The study follows a qualitative case-study design inspired by phronetic-based research (Flyvbjerg, 2001), and utilises a mixed method approach to data collection involving a variety of research instruments. The author of the thesis worked in different positions in the field and in the head office (1997-2007). An improved version of the concept of learning patterns (Sterck, 2004) is introduced to gain insights in the tenacity of learning practices. It is derived from an in-depth analysis of the underlying characteristics of the formal and informal learning activities. Important drivers of the observed learning patterns are argued to be axiological in nature. These result in strongly diverging views about why learning should happen, what should be learned, and how learning should be organised. These views are captured and analysed through a newly constructed concept, the learning support framework. The findings for project level learning are multiple and point at the importance of both intra-organisational and external factors. The working environment of the two case study projects was characterised by internal (micro-political) and external (institutional and socio-economic) sources of pressure that seriously complicated learning processes. However, evidence is provided that both project teams managed to develop powerful learning processes. The ‘situated' learning patterns of ZimPATH and St2eep shared a view of learning as a strategy to deal with the complexity of work. Knowledge was regarded as a process, with a focus on knowledge creation and the use of local knowledge. Both projects integrated learning in their daily practice via the extensive use of social learning practices and by creating conducive conditions for implicit learning. The bulk of these practices was going under the radar in the head office. It treated implicit learning rather passively and it hardly addressed the structural factors hindering such learning. As a consequence, teams without skills and insights into workplace learning were largely left on their own. The analysis of agency-wide learning in VVOB confirms research that indicates that ‘tacit knowledge does not travel easily' (Gertler, 2003, p.84). The strong bias towards vertical learning processes, ICT-solutions and the codification of knowledge created a bureaucratic learning pattern. It did not stop VVOB from entering into a profound crisis. A severe institutional emergency, triggered by external pressure of back donors and institutional partners in the years 2005 and 2006, together with changes in the management brought the momentum for change. The resulting improvements in learning at the field level were, however, not replicated for agency-wide learning. This is linked in the thesis with a lack of ‘institutional proximity' (Gertler, 2003). Initiatives introducing changes in existing learning practices are deemed to face fierce resistance unless they take into account crucial internal factors (such as the configuration of views, interests and history with regard to knowledge and learning), and various external causes of pressure. An alternative 3 step approach is proposed. In conclusion, unless development agencies and back-donors become more responsive towards the challenges of sharing tacit knowledge across organisational, institutional, cultural and power divides, projects like ZimPATH and St2eep are likely to remain pockets of innovation.
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Rehn, Matilda. "Do the citizens matter? : A study of citizen participation during the planning process of the extension of state highway 1 - Puhoi to Wellsford, Auckland, New Zealand." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Kulturgeografiska institutionen, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-192985.
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Namondwe, Ziolire Moyo. "An assessment of public participation processes in the Local government level with specific reference to agricultural programmes in Ntcheu district, Malawi." Thesis, UWC, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/3236.
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Masters in Public Administration - MPAAgriculture is the greatest source of economic development in Malawi. Due to decentralisation process the Ministry of Agriculture and Food security through the Department of Agriculture Extension Services sector established the New Agricultural Extension policy to create participatory processes for farmers needs to be addressed. Research has shown that the more people participate in developmental issues the more their needs are prioritised and addressed as long as participatory structures have a legal backing and are respected by government officials. In Malawi respect of constitution in terms of supporting the local government and district assemblies in particular is minimal such that the elections of local government councillors who are supposed to be local people’s representatives and voting officials in the assembly have been postponed until further notice. This raises questions as to whether farmers concerns are prioritised in the District Executive Committee which reports to the assembly. This research was aimed at assessing participatory processes in the local government of Malawi to establish effectiveness of institutions established to promote participation in agricultural processes and the ability for such institutions to satisfy the farmers’ needs. Considering that Malawi is a vast country and Ntcheu district covers a big area, Njolomole Extension Planning Area was chosen as the case study among other seven Extension Planning Areas within the district. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used to gather relevant information. Data collected was analysed and presented inform of figures, chart and tables and is based on objectives and emerging themes. The research has established that participatory structures in agricultural processes are not effective because most of the committees that could allow participation of farmers in planning and decision making at Area and District levels are not operating. Farmers are able to use village committees to raise their concerns and in that way some of their needs are somehow addressed. However, there are challenges in the Agriculture Department, which are affecting implementation of participatory structures.
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Tyson, Helen Claire. "An exploration of the transition planning experiences of young people with additional educational needs in a mainstream context, as they consider their post-16 plans (Volume 1) &, A series of professional practice reports (Volume 2)." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2011. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/3063/.
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There has been much consideration given to supporting the post-16 transition needs of young people with learning difficulties and complex needs who have been educated within special school settings, but limited attention paid to those within mainstream schools. This study explores the transition planning and support experiences of four young people with identified additional educational needs, attending a mainstream comprehensive secondary school as they approach their transition into further education or work-based training. It also explores the views of their SENCO, Connexions Personal Advisor and a teacher in order to illuminate professional perspectives. The impact of the framework for transition support outlined in the SEN Code of Practice (DfES, 2001) on the support delivered and the resulting experiences of young people constitute a further area of enquiry. Within an integrating conceptual framework derived from Bronfenbrenner's (1979 & 2001) ecological systems theory and bioecological model, qualitative data derived from semi-structured interviews were analysed and interpreted using thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2006). Within Bronfenbrenner's (2001) 'person, process, context and time' model, a range of factors that independently and in combination influenced the transition planning and support experiences, were indentified. The research highlights how these factors interact with one another, and how the complex interactions within and between systems further mediate the young person's experiences. The research also draws attention to a difference between espoused theory and theory in practice (Argyris & Schön, 1974), in regard to transition support and planning provided in the school.
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McLeod, Brett R. "Neo-Homesteading in the Adirondack North Country: Crafting a Durable Landscape." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1440152751.
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Burfoot, Daniel. "Limitations of and extensions to heuristic search planning." Thesis, McGill University, 2006. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=100779.
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This thesis explores limitations of heuristic search planning, and presents techniques to overcome those limitations. The two halves of the thesis discuss problems in standard propositional planning (STRIPS) and in planning with numeric state variables respectively.In the context of STRIPS, the primary focus is on the widely used relaxed plan heuristic (h+). A variety of cases are shown in which h+ provides systematically bad estimates of goal distance. To address this breakdown, a planning system called RRT-Plan is presented. This system is inspired by the concept of Rapidly-exploring Random Trees, which was originally developed for use in mobile robot path planning. Experimental results show that RRT-Plan is comparable to leading planners in terms of number of problems solved and plan quality. We conclude that the effectiveness of RRT-Plan is based on its ability to search the space of artificial goal orderings.
The second half of the work considers heuristic search planning in numeric domains. Two particularly significant obstacles are identified. The Curse of Affluence is due to the vast blowup in the search space caused by the addition of numeric variables. The Curse of Poverty relates to the difficulty of finding relevant lower bounds on resource consumption.
Exploration of the Curse of Affluence leads to the new concepts of reduced search and enhanced states. In reduced search, certain simple operators are not used to expand states. Instead, enhanced states are constructed which represent all possible states which could be achieved by suitably inserting simple operators in the plan. Enhanced states are represented by a set of constant discrete variables, and a convex hull of numeric values. This representation can be queried and updated in a natural way. Experimental results show that there are domains for which reduced search gives order of magnitude performance improvements over Metric-FF, a leading heuristic search planner for numeric domains.
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Braimah, Nuhu. "An investigation into the use of construction delay and disruption analysis methodologies." Thesis, University of Wolverhampton, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2436/38824.
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Delay and disruption (DD) to contractors’ progress, often resulting in time and cost overruns, are a major source of claims and disputes in the construction industry. At the heart of the matter in dispute is often the question of the extent of each contracting party’s responsibility for the delayed project completion and extra cost incurred. Various methodologies have been developed over the years as aids to answering this question. Whilst much has been written about DD, there is limited information on the extent of use of these methodologies in practice. The research reported in this thesis was initiated to investigate these issues in the UK, towards developing a framework for improving DD analysis. The methodology adopted in undertaking this research was the mixed method approach involving first, a detailed review of the relevant literature, followed by an industry-wide survey on the use of these methodologies and associated problems. Following this, interviews were conducted to investigate the identified problems in more depth. The data collected were analysed, with the aid of SPSS and Excel, using a variety of statistical methods including descriptive statistics analysis, relative index analysis, Kendall’s concordance and factor analysis. The key finding was that DD analysis methodologies reported in the literature as having major weaknesses are the most widely used in practice mainly due to deficiencies in programming and record keeping practice. To facilitate the use of more reliable methodologies, which ensure more successful claims resolution with fewer chances of disputes, a framework has been developed comprising of: (i) best practice recommendations for promoting better record-keeping and programming practice and; (ii) a model for assisting analysts in their selection of appropriate delay analysis methodology for any claims situation. This model was validated by means of experts’ review via a survey and the findings obtained suggest that the model is valuable and suitable for use in practice. Finally, areas for further research were identified.
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Bradel, Vincent. "Nancy 1913, un rêve de cité moderne : l'esquisse d'un plan d'extension aux premiers temps de l'urbanisme." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018AIXM0182.
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Le 4 mai 1913, s’ouvre dans les locaux de la Chambre de Commerce de Nancy, la première exposition d’urbanisme jamais organisée en France, l’Exposition de la Cité Moderne, avec pour point d’orgue un avant-projet de plan d’extension de la capitale lorraine. Caractérisé par un Grand boulevard de circonvallation qui redessine les limites d’une ville en plein développement, ce plan incarne les ambitions urbaines d’un nouvel âge d’or régional né de la proximité de la frontière avec l’Allemagne depuis 1871 et du formidable essor du bassin minier de Briey depuis les années 1900. Cependant, l’exposition n’est pas le fait des édiles nancéiens, mais des maîtres de forges de la Société industrielle de l’Est, et le plan n’est pas du à l’initiative des organisateurs, mais d’un collectif d’architectes locaux plus connus pour leur participation à l’École de Nancy. Au moment même où la place Stanislas s’impose comme une référence incontournable, la qualité de l’enquête documentaire internationale menée au préalable, et la participation du Musée social, mais aussi la publication du projet dans les colonnes de L’Architecture, et son exposition à Gand, Lyon et Paris, achèvent de faire de ce plan d’extension un témoin singulier des premiers temps de l’urbanisme. Au-delà des conditions lorraines et nancéiennes de son émergence, le propos ambitionne de resituer sa genèse par rapport aux grandes questions morphologiques soulevées par le débat international qui s’organise autour des manifestations de Berlin et de Londres, et plus particulièrement, de la question du traitement des limites de la Grande ville, entre boulevard de ceinture et cité-jardin, entre système de parcs et ceinture verteMay 4, 1913, opens in the premises of the Chambre de Commerce de Nancy, the first exhibition of urban planning ever organized in France, the Exposition de la Cité Moderne, culminating in a preliminary draft of a plan d’extension of the Lorraine capital. Characterized by a Grand Boulevard de Circonvallation that redraws the limits of a city in full development, this plan embodies the urban ambitions of a new regional golden age born from the proximity of the border with Germany since 1871, and formidable boom of the mining basin of Briey since the 1900’s. However, the exhibition is not the fact of the city councilors of Nancy, but of the ironmasters of the Société Industrielle de l'Est, and the plan is not due to initiative of the organizers, but a group of local architects better known for their participation in the École de Nancy. At the very moment when Place Stanislas stands out as an essential reference, the quality of the international documentary survey conducted in advance, and the participation of the Musée Social, but also the publication of the project in the columns of L'Architecture, and its exhibition in Ghent, Lyon and Paris, complete this expansion plan as a singular witness of the early days of urban planning. Beyond the Lorraine and Nancy conditions of its emergence, the intention is to resituate its genesis in relation to the big morphological questions raised by the international debate which is organized around the Berlin and London demonstrations, and more particularly, the question the treatment of the limits of the Big City, between belt-boulevard and garden-city, between park system and green belt
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Borgmalm, Tomas, and Ola Schüllerqvist. "Bygglovets giltighetstid : Och hanteringen av justeringar efter bygglovsbeslut." Thesis, Högskolan Väst, Avdelningen för data-, elektro- och lantmäteriteknik, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-9869.
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Hur länge ett bygglov är giltigt finns reglerat i plan- och bygglagen (PBL) 9:43 som att den åtgärd ett bygglov avser ska ha påbörjats inom två år och avslutas inom fem år från den dag då bygglovet vann laga kraft. Huvudfrågan i studien handlar om svårigheten i att bedöma om åtgärden verkligen blivit påbörjad. Det finns ont om rättspraxis kring vad som avses med "påbörjats" vilket antagligen innebär att landets kommuner gör olika tolkningar i frågan. En annan fråga som studien behandlar är hur ändringar efter ett bygglovsbeslut hanteras. Rimligtvis händer det att byggherrar behöver göra justeringar under byggnationens gång. Syftet är att undersöka hur kommunerna tolkar PBL 9:43 med avseende på begreppet "påbörjats" samt hur giltighetstiden för byggnationens påbörjande efterlevs. Vidare är syftet att ge en beskrivning av den rättsliga grunden för vad som avses med "påbörjats" i nu gällande lagstiftning. Studien ska även utreda om PBL ger möjlighet att justera bygglov under byggnationens gång och hur kommunerna hanterar sådana fall i praktiken. Studien byggs upp av en juridisk analys som avser att beskriva de rättsliga grunderna kring bygglov och speciellt regeln i PBL 9:43. För att undersöka hur tvåårsfristen efterlevs genomfördes en kvantitativ undersökning av 500 bygglovshandlingar i sex kommuner. En enkätundersökning skickades ut till 75 kommuner för att ge svar på frågor kring kommunens tolkningar av "påbörjats" i PBL 9:43 och hanteringen av justeringar efter bygglovsbeslutet. Resultatet av den juridiska analysen visar att det sannolikt krävs att ett arbete med byggnadens grund ska kommit igång för att byggnationen ska bedömas som påbörjad. Enkätundersökningen visar på stora skillnader i hur kommunerna tolkar "påbörjats" i PBL 9:43. Den visar även att häften av kommunerna inte gör någon aktiv kontroll av giltighetstiden för byggnationens påbörjande. Av undersökningen framgick även att det är vanligt förekommande att byggherrar vill göra justeringar under byggnationens gång och de flesta kommunerna hanterar det inom det befintliga bygglovet. Av bygglovsgranskningen framgick inget fall där startbesked lämnats efter tvåårsfristens utgång. Slutsatser som dras i studien är bland annat att ett förtydligande av lagstiftningen troligtvis skulle ge en mer enhetlig bedömning av "påbörjats" i kommunerna, samt att det är oklart vilket stöd PBL ger för kommunernas hantering av justeringar av bygglov.How long a building permit is valid is regulated in the Swedish planning and building act (PBL) 9:43. The validity of the permit is defined as the actual works with the building must be commenced in two years and ended in five years. The main question in this study is about the difficulty in assessing whether the actual works with the building has been commenced. There are few law cases that define the meaning of "commenced", which probably means that municipalities make different interpretations of the issue. Another question the study addresses is how changes in building permits are handled after the permit has become valid. Reasonably it happens that developers need to make adjustments of the building permit during the actual construction. The aim of this study is to examine how municipalities interpret PBL 9:43 with respect to the term "commenced" and how the building permits limitation of two years is complied with. Furthermore, the purpose is to give a description of the legal basis of what is meant by "commenced" in the current legislation. The study also intends to investigate whether PBL provides the ability to adjust the building permit during the time of the construction, and how municipalities deal with such cases in practice. The study is based on a legal analysis that aims to describe the legal grounds surrounding the building permit and especially the rule in PBL 9:43. To examine how the two-year period is complied, a quantitative survey of 500 building permit documents in six municipalities was completed. A questionnaire was sent out to 75 municipalities to provide answers to questions about the municipalities interpretations of "commenced" in PBL 9:43 and how adjustments of building permits are being handled. The outcome of the legal analysis shows that work with a building's foundation is probably a requirement that is needed for the work to be assessed as "commenced". The questionnaire survey reveals large differences in how municipalities interpret "commenced" in PBL 9:43. It also shows that half of the municipalities do not perform any active controls of the building permit's two year limitation. The investigation reveals that it is common that developers make adjustments during the time of construction and that most municipalities deal with it within the existing building permit. The investigation of building permits shows no case where starting clearance was given after the two year limitation. We conclude that a clarification of the legislation would likely provide a more uniform assessment of "commenced" in the municipalities. Likewise, it is unclear what support PBL provides considering adjustment after the building permit has become valid.
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Markowski, Adria Elizabeth. "Planning for Army Force Generation Using Lot Streaming, and Extensions." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40346.
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As the Army transitions to the Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN) deployment cycle, it must adjust its many operations in support of ARFORGEN. Specifically, the Initial Military Training (IMT) must be able to adjust the scheduling of its classes for newly enlisted service members to finish training such that they fulfill Brigade Combat Team (BCT) requirements within their common due windows. We formulate this problem as a lot streaming problem. Lot streaming splits a batch of jobs into sublots,which are then processed over the machines in an overlapping fashion. To schedule classes for the IMT, there are two stages that must be coordinated: Basic Training (BT) and Advanced Individual Training (AIT). For the Army Force Generation problem, the classes are considered as sublots that are streamed from one stage to the next. For this process, the model formulation must address determination of class sizes and scheduling of soldiers and classes at the two stages such that (1) the start times of the soldiers at Stage 2 are greater than their completion times at Stage 1, and (2) the assignment of requisite number of soldiers is made to each BCT, so as to minimize the total flow time.
We propose a decomposition-based approach for the solution of this problem. In an effort to decompose the problem, the original lot streaming problem is reformulated such that the master problem selects an optimal combination of schedules for training classes and assigning soldiers to BCTs. A complete schedule selected in the master problem includes the assignments of soldiers to classes in BT, AIT, and their assignments to the BCTs, so as to minimize the total flow time as well as earliness and tardiness for regular Army units. Earliness and Tardiness are defined as the length of the time a soldier waits before and after the due date, respectively, of the BCT to which he or she is assigned. Our decomposition-based method enables solution of larger problem instances without running out of memory, and it affords CPU time reductions when compared with the CPU times required for these problem instances obtained via direct application of CPLEX 12.1.
Our investigation into the structure of the problem has enabled further improvement of the proposed decomposition-based method. This improvement is achieved because of a result, which we show, that the first and second-stage scheduling problems need not be solved as one combined subproblem, but rather, they can be solved sequentially, the first stage problem followed by the second stage problem. The combination of Stage 1 and Stage 2 problems as one subproblem creates several additional enumerations of possible schedules the model must generate. By reducing this number of enumerations, the computational effort involved in solving the model reduces significantly, thereby allowing reductions in CPU time. In the Sequential approach, the completion times of soldiers determined at Stage 1 are passed to Stage 2 as bounds on their completion times at Stage 2. We prove that solving the combined subproblem sequentially as two subproblems is optimal when the first stage has no limit on the batch size and the ready times of the soldiers at Stage 1 are the same. For the Army Force Generation problem, we use unequal ready times, and therefore, solving the scheduling problems for the first two stages as sequential subproblems can lead to suboptimal solutions. Our experimental investigation shows efficacy of solving larger-sized problem instances with this method. We also recommend various potential additions to improve the Sequential approach for application to the overall Army problem. We have also demonstrated the use of our methodology to a real-life problem instance. Our methodology results in schedules for IMT with an estimated 28% reduction in mean flow time for soldiers over what is currently experienced in practice.
We apply this Sequential approach to various extensions of the problem on hand that pertain to hybrid flow shop and agile manufacturing environments. Results of our computational investigation show the effectiveness of using the Sequential approach over direct solution by CPLEX from the viewpoint of both optimality gap and the CPU time required. In particular, we consider two different model configurations for a hybrid flow shop and three different model configurations for an agile manufacturing facility.Ph. D.
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Antoni, Hélène. "Les villes d’Alsace-Lorraine dans le contexte de l’essor urbain en Allemagne à la fin du XIXe siècle." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019STRAG034.
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L’annexion de l’Alsace-Lorraine à l’Empire allemand de 1871 à 1918 correspond au processus historique qui a bouleversé les structures économiques des sociétés occidentales. Ces changements profonds entraînent une expansion urbaine sans précédent. En Allemagne, la question de l’extension des villes (Stadterweiterung), et de façon plus générale de la construction des villes (Städtebau), est abordée d’une façon méthodique et les villes du Reichsland d’Alsace-Lorraine participent à cette mutation. L’historiographie reste cependant muette sur la mise en place des outils de planification ou de gestion nécessaires. Ce travail cherche à déchiffrer les mécanismes spécifiques qui ont conduit aux projets d’extension de villes d’Alsace-Lorraine pendant la période allemande, dans un contexte politique et culturel particulier. Il permet d’évoquer les principaux acteurs et les pionniers de cette activité nouvelle de construire des villesThe annexation of Elsass-Lothringen to the German Empire from 1871 to 1918 corresponds to the historical process which transformed deeply the economic structures of Western societies. These deep changes lead to unprecedented urban expansion. In Germany, the question of the extension of cities (Stadterweiterung), and more generally of the construction of cities (Städtebau), is approached in a methodical way and the cities of the Reichsland Elsass-Lothringen participate to this shift. Historiography however remains silent on the implementation of planning or management tools that were necessary. This text seeks to decipher the specific mechanisms that led to the extension projects of cities of Alsace-Lorraine during the German period, in a particular political and cultural context. It provides an opportunity to evoke the main actors and the pioneers of this new activity : building cities
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Parrish, Scott Howell. "Extensions to a model for tactical planning in a job shop environment." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/72737.
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Eyerich, Patrick [Verfasser], and Bernhard [Akademischer Betreuer] Nebel. "Beyond classical planning: temporal and probabilistic extensions = Temporale und probabilistische Erweiterungen klassischer Handlungsplanung." Freiburg : Universität, 2013. http://d-nb.info/111482920X/34.
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Launay, Yann. "Les lotissements d'Orléans et la formation d'une périphérie urbaine (1875-1958) : processus d'extension, formes et règlements." Thesis, Tours, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015TOUR2013.
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La formation de la périphérie urbaine d’Orléans des années 1870 à l’après-guerre, étudiée à partir d’une échelle d’analyse particulière, le lotissement, constitue le sujet central de cette thèse. L’analyse des processus d’extension resitue plus largement les lotissements dans la ville. Elle montre d’abord les relations étroites qu’ils entretiennent avec le quartier Dunois, aménagé en 1879-1880. Si les Plans d’aménagement, d’embellissement et d’extension (loi Cornudet, 1919), ont peu d’impact sur la construction des lotissements, ces derniers témoignent, à des degrés divers, de la mise en oeuvre du Projet de reconstruction et d’aménagement de la commune (1949). La compréhension du cadre réglementaire et juridique permet d’éclairer la politique d’aménagement de voirie municipale et les projets de lotissement sur une longue durée. Elle nous renseigne également sur la constitution du paysage urbain. Cette étude offre ainsi de nouvelles clés de lecture du territoire orléanais, en nous informant non seulement sur les acteurs et leurs pratiques, mais également sur les formes urbaines et architecturales que ces hommes ont généréesThis dissertation focuses on the urbanization of Orléans’ (France) outskirts, from the 1870s to the post-war period, studied from a special analysis of scale, i.e. subdivisions. Analysis of mechanisms and forms of urban extension situates subdivisions in the city on a wider scale. It first enhances the close relationship that subdivisions have with the quartier Dunois that was planned in 1879-1880. In 1919, a French town-planning law named “Cornudet Act” was established. It appears that it had little impact on the construction of subdivisions. In fact, it is the implementation of town-planning for reconstruction and rehabilitation in 1949 that showed more its influence on the construction of subdivisions. Understanding the regulatory and legal framework can illuminate road system rehabilitation policy of the city and subdivision projects on a long-term perspective. It highlights the creation of urban landscape as well. This study provides new keys to understand Orléans’ territory: not only does it accounts for the actors’ roles and their practices, but it also provides new insights into urban and architectural forms that these people generated
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Covarrubias, Alvaro 1973. "Using land value capture to fund rail transit extensions in Mexico City and Santiago de Chile." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/17716.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2004.Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-200).
The effects of rail rapid transit on land uses and land values are discussed. Rail transit can enhance accessibility, and can raise the demand for locating in areas around stations, increasing land value, and in some cases fostering redevelopment at higher densities. The attraction that the areas around stations produce depends on the number of trips generated for unit of land for different types of land-uses. A series of studies on the effect of rail transit on land values are reviewed. Using data from censuses and origin-destinations surveys, the effects of metro lines on land-uses during the 1990's in Mexico City and Santiago de Chile are determined. Results show that in Mexico City neither zones located next to the new lines, nor zones located next to the lines built before 1990 had a higher growth of population, income per capita or employment, as compared to other zones with similar densities and incomes per capita. In the case of Santiago, whereas the areas located next to the newly built line had similar changes to other zones, the areas located next to the two lines built before the 1990's had a significantly higher growth in number of households and average income per capita than other areas, especially in high-income districts. These results are explained by the lower attractiveness of the metro for middle and high-income people in Mexico City as compared to Santiago de Chile, which is proven by specifying relations between ridership and GDP for both cities, using multiple regression models.
(cont.) The potential of land value capture as a mechanism for funding rail transit in both cities is discussed, based on the experience of other rail transit systems around the world, and on the characteristics of both metros. In both cases a land value capture system is proposed for new lines. Some guidelines for the implementation of land value capture mechanisms are provided.
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Devaurs, Didier. "Extensions of sampling-based approaches to path planning in complex cost spaces : applications to robotics and structural biology." Phd thesis, Toulouse, INPT, 2014. http://oatao.univ-toulouse.fr/12252/1/devaurs.pdf.
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Planning a path for a robot in a complex environment is a crucial issue in robotics. So-called probabilistic algorithms for path planning are very successful at solving difficult problems and are applied in various domains, such as aerospace, computer animation, and structural biology. However, these methods have traditionally focused on finding paths avoiding collisions, without considering the quality of these paths. In recent years, new approaches have been developed to generate high-quality paths: in robotics, this can mean finding paths maximizing safety or control; in biology, this means finding motions minimizing the energy variation of a molecule. In this thesis, we propose several extensions of these methods to improve their performance and allow them to solve ever more difficult problems. The applications we present stem from robotics (industrial inspection and aerial manipulation) and structural biology (simulation of molecular motions and exploration of energy landscapes).
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BARROS, Adriano de Sousa. "O empreendedorismo comunitário na promoção do desenvolvimento local: A experiência de extensão universitária do Programa de Estudos e Ações para o Semiárido (PEASA)." Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, 2006. http://dspace.sti.ufcg.edu.br:8080/jspui/handle/riufcg/1774.
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O Nordeste rural semi-árido tem passado durante as últimas décadas por diversos modos de pensar e fazer seu desenvolvimento e, consequentemente, sua modernização. Depois do amplo investimento em infra-estrutura na perspectiva do "combate à seca", acompanhado pelo plano de industrialização regional tido como a melhor solução para o problema do desenvolvimento da região, surge, na década de 1990, a perspectiva do desenvolvimento local e da "convivência com o semi-árido". Apesar de novo, esse olhar diferenciado sobre as dificuldades sócio-econômicas da região, aqui destacando sua porção semi-árida, trazem também em seu arcabouço um projeto de modernização, na medida em que propõe uma mudança de comportamento que afeta as estruturas sociais e produtivas locais. O Programa de Estudos e Ações para o Semi-Árido (PEASA) surge, em 1994, em meio a esse processo de mudança, propondo uma intervenção que altere o rumo do desenvolvimento de algumas localidades do semi-árido paraibano. Seu modelo de intervenção, atrelado à perspectiva dos Sistemas Produtivos Locais (SPL's), propõe por meio do agribusiness a criação de empreendimentos comunitários em forma de agroindústrias, nas quais os produtos de vocação local receberiam um tratamento logístico dentro de um amplo processo de racionalização da produção. O presente trabalho investigou esse modelo de intervenção, focando na construção de sua metodologia dentro da perspectiva de promoção do desenvolvimento local, buscando perceber também que perspectiva de modernização é construída a partir nas ações desse programa de extensão universitária. Nossa pesquisa utilizou-se de dados colhidos junto ao programa e seus colaboradores técnicos, na investigação documental (relatório de atividades, projetos defomento, artigos técnicos dentre outros); e no acompanhamento de uma de suas experiências de intervenção, o projeto de implantação da Agroindústria de Beneficiamento da Fibra de Sisal para Produção de Artesanato na Comunidade Cuiuiú, Barra de Santa Rosa - PB. O modelo de intervenção identificado como empreendedorismo comunitário mostra-se ineficiente na promoção do desenvolvimento local, chocando-se com o próprio sistema produtivo local de tradição camponesa e de organização familiar. O foco do modelo na racionalização das estruturas produtiva e social acaba por desconsiderar a questão ambiental, limitando o projeto de desenvolvimento às questões de cunho econômico.
During the last decades, the rural semi-arid northeast has gone through various forms of tliinking and making its development and, consequently, its modernization. After the wide investment in infra-structure aiming the "combat to the drought", accompanied by the regional industrialization plan, considered the best solution to the development problem in the region, in the 90's the perspective of local development and the living with the semi-arid carne to be. Despite being new, tliis differed look upon the social-economic difficulties of the region, hereby standing out its semi-arid portion, brings in its base a project of modernization, as it proposes a change of behavior which affects the local social and productive structures. The Program of Studies and Actions for the Semi-Arid (PEASA) appears, in 1994, in the middle of tliis changing process, proposing an intervention which alters the path of the development of some localization of the semiarid of Paraíba. Its intervention model, linked to the perspectives of Local Productive Systems (SPS's), proposes as means of agribusiness, the creation of communitarian undertaking in the shape of agro industries, in which the local vocation products would receive logistic treatment within a wide process of rationalization of the production. The present paper investigated this model of intervention, focusing on the construction of its methodology within the perspective of promotion of local development, seeking to realize, also, that the perspective of modernization is built from the actions of this program of university extension. Our research used date collected along with the program and its technical collaborators, in the documental investigation (activity report, foment projects, technical articles among others); and in the accompanying of one of its experiences of intervention, the implantation project of the agro industry of Benefiting of Sisal Fiber for production of handcraft material in the county of Cuiuiú, Barra de Santa Rosa - PB. The intervention model identified as communitarian undertaking lies ineffective in the promotion of local development, shocking against the own local productive system of camping tradition and familiar organization. The focus of the model in the rationalization of productive and social structures ends up not considering the environmental question, limiting the project to development to economic nature questions.
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Rodrigues, Claudia Dall'Igna. "Impactos urbanos no planejamento de transportes : extensão do TRENSURB em Novo Hamburgo - RS." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/172060.
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Este trabalho apresenta um esforço na busca pela compreensão da relação entre cidade e movimento, no contexto do planejamento urbano e de circulação. Através de revisão teórica e documental busca esclarecer questões relativas à compreensão dos possíveis impactos gerados por novos sistemas de circulação sobre o sistema urbano no processo de planejamento de transportes. Parte da premissa de que existe uma relação dinâmica entre acessibilidade e estrutura espacial urbana. Partindo, também, da hipótese de que a consideração da influência dos sistemas de circulação sobre o sistema urbano geralmente aparece de forma limitada nos processos de planejamento de transportes, este trabalho busca estabelecer de que forma os possíveis impactos decorrentes desta relação são tratados no processo de planejamento de transportes. A investigação se desenvolve em dois campos teóricos: o do planejamento urbano e de mobilidade urbana no contexto contemporâneo, e o da relação dinâmica entre circulação e estrutura urbana e os impactos dela decorrentes. Através do estudo do processo de planejamento do trecho final da Linha 1 do TRENSURB, em Novo Hamburgo - RS, que se desenvolveu principalmente entre os anos de 2000 e 2010, se buscou relacionar e analisar os conceitos definidos pela teoria e sua manifestação na prática do planejamento de circulação e a abordagem dos possíveis impactos neste processo. Através da sistematização de categorias de análise de impactos dos sistemas de circulação sobre a estrutura espacial urbana, esta pesquisa contribui também para o embasamento metodológico de estudos futuros que envolvam análises de questões ligadas a mobilidade urbana, que sejam mais inclusivas e articuladas ao contexto urbano.This document presents the effort in understanding the relationship between movement and the city, in the context of urban and mobility planning. It seeks, through documental and theoretical review, to throw some light on the understanding of the possible effects of new mobility over the urban system in the process of mobility planning. Starting from the assumption of the existence of a dynamic relation between accessibility and urban spatial structure, and the notion that the effects of this relationship are of limited consideration in the process of planning, this work seeks to understand how the future impact of mobility systems are treated in its planning process. This research develops in two theoretical fields: of urban planning and of mobility planning, through the dynamic relationship between movement and spatial urban structure and its impacts. Through the investigation of the planning process of the final section of TRENSURB - Line 1 in Novo Hamburgo, RS (2000-2010), it aimed to connect the theoretical concepts with the practice of mobility planning and its consideration of possible impacts. Through the systematization of categories of analysis of impacts of circulation systems on urban spatial structure, this research also contributes as methodological support for future studies that involve the analysis of issues related to urban mobility, which are more inclusive and articulated to the urban context.
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Orsi, Francesco. "Development strategies of re-urbanization for sustainable extensive towns." Doctoral thesis, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Arquitetura, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/20262.
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Tese de Doutoramento em Arquitetura, com a especialização em Desenho e Computação apresentada na Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade de Lisboa para obtenção do grau de Doutor.O território português apresenta uma dispersão urbana generalizada que incentiva práticas de consumo do solo, causa altos custos infraestruturais e coloca novos problemas nas políticas urbanas e regionais. O tema da presente pesquisa é a mitigação dos efeitos negativos da urbanização extensiva do território português, propondo ferramentas para processos de reurbanização / intensificação para tais territórios dispersos. A esse respeito, este trabalho traz uma nova contribuição ao processo de conceição e implementação de planos de desenvolvimento territorial capazes de incorporar estratégias de desenvolvimento sustentável para diferentes tipos de territórios dispersos, integrando as ferramentas tradicionais de planeamento em uso em contextos de planeamento local. Para isso, o presente trabalho desenvolveu uma ferramenta metodológica que reúne análises de rede, ferramentas de estudo de densidade / dispersão e análises de capital territorial e que constitui um sistema válido de apoio à tomada de decisão capaz de ajudar planeadores e stakeholders a abordar questões econômicas, desafios sociais e de governança colocados pelos territórios dispersos. Para isso, foi desenvolvido um conjunto de métodos quantitativos para avaliar o capital territorial de diferentes territórios (compactos e dispersos) identificando a suas características, vocações e potenciais no que respeita ao desenvolvimento territórial, medindo e monitorando as suas flutuações em uma lista selecionada de indicadores territoriais afetada pela introdução de diferentes cenários de desenvolvimento. Ao analisar o território de uma perspectiva configuracional e econômico-espacial, e não apenas de uma perspectiva morfológica, a presente investigação tenta trazer uma contribuição original ao processo de elaboração de um novo framework operacional capaz de lidar com os territórios dispersos, com o intuito de constituir um instrumento de surporte para planeadores e administrações publicas no âmbito da tomada de decisões informadas sobre vários tópicos, do planejamento à governança. Um case study, o concelho de Sintra, altamente representativo da questão atual da dispersão territorial em Portugal, foi analisado e discutido. O desenvolvimento de um novo framework para a avaliação de diferentes cenários de desenvolvimento, que incorpora o conceito de capital territorial, guia na busca de estratégias e ferramentas para reurbanização estratégica ou desenvolvimento setorial desconcentrado do território em análise, produzindo, esperançosamente, ambientes urbanos mais sustentáveis com mais potencial para uma interação humana vital, ou seja, uma melhor “urbanidade”.
ABSTRACT:The Portuguese territory displays a wide-spread urban dispersion that encouraged land-consuming practices, causes high infrastructural costs and poses new issues to urban and regional policies. The subject of the present research is the mitigation of the negative effects of extensive urbanization of the Portuguese territory focusing on processes of re-urbanization / intensification for such dispersed territories. In this respect, this work brings a novel contribution to the process of concealing and implementing territorial development plans capable of incorporating sustainable development strategies for different kinds of dispersed territories, integrating the traditional planning tool in use in local planning. In order to do so, the present work developed a methodological tool – bringing together network analyses, density/dispersion assessment tools and a territorial capital analyses – that constitutes a valid decision-making support system capable of helping planners and stakeholders to address the economic, social and governance challenges posed by dispersed territories. In order to do so a set of quantitative methods was developed to assess the territorial capital of different territories (both compact and dispersed) to identify their inherent characteristics, vocations and potentials for development, measuring and monitoring the fluctuations in a selected list of territorial indicators as affected by the introduction of different development scenarios. By analyzing the territory from a configurational and spatial-economic perspective rather than just from a morphological perspective, the present research tries to bring an original contribution to the process of crafting a new operative framework capable of dealing with the dispersed territories assisting planners and administrations to take informed decision on various topics, from planning to governance. A case study, the municipality of Sintra, highly representative of the current issue of the territorial dispersion in Portugal, has been analyzed and discussed. The development of a novel framework for the assessment of different development scenarios that will incorporate the concept of territorial capital will guide in finding strategies and tools for strategic re-urbanization or deconcentrated sectorial development of the territory in analysis, hopefully producing more sustainable urban environments with potential for vital human interaction, i.e. a better “urbanity”.
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Hill, Hester Elizabeth Johanna. "Modelling extensive beef cattle production systems for computerised decision support in South Africa." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2008. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02102009-114500.
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Almeida, Arielle Lopes de. "A gestão do conhecimento como ferramenta aplicada à indissociabilidade do ensino, pesquisa e extensão universitária /." Marília, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/154277.
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Orientadora: Ieda Pelógia Martins DamianCo-orientadora: Marta Lígia Pomim Valentim
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Resumo: Visando ampliar a indissociabilidade do ensino, da pesquisa e da extensão nas universidades suscitou uma reflexão crítica sobre a Ciência da Informação inter-relacionada com a formação e ação docente, para o fortalecimento deste tripé. A gestão do conhecimento, no âmbito da Ciência da Informação, é constituída por um conjunto de estratégias que proporcionam ao docente criar, adquirir, compartilhar e utilizar ativos de conhecimento, auxiliando-o nos processos decisórios em sua atuação profissional. A partir do aporte interdisciplinar da Educação, cujas ações voltadas ao ensinar e ao aprender propiciam um processo de conscientização e emancipação ao indivíduo como construtor de conhecimento, é possível refletir sobre o papel da gestão do conhecimento em contexto universitário. No entanto, ao refletir sobre a educação no contexto atual, observa-se que o ensino, composto pela intenção de ensinar e pelo resultado de aprender, muitas vezes se reduz a intenção de ensinar. A pesquisa, desenvolvedora da autonomia do discente por meio de postura investigativa, não é uma prática abrangente na graduação. A extensão, socializadora do conhecimento, é comumente esquecida ou transformada em ato de 'filantropia'. Nessa perspectiva, justifica-se esta pesquisa pela necessidade de identificar e caracterizar práticas de gestão do conhecimento em contextos universitários, de maneira a torná-las ferramentas que, aplicadas à indissociabilidade do ensino, da pesquisa e da extensão, contribua para a a... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
Abstract: In order to extend the indivisible nature of teaching, research and extension in the universities, has aroused in a critical reflection on Information Science woven into formation and teaching activity, and serves to stimulate and strengthen this triad of actions. Knowledge management, within the scope of Information Science, is a set of strategies to provide the teacher to create, used to acquire, share and use knowledge assets in order to assist in decision making in his professional performance. Education, which facilitates an interdisciplinary contribution, provides actions which are aimed at teaching and learning and lends itself to a process of awareness and emancipation for the individual knowledge builder, thereby allowing us to reflect on the role of knowledge management in a university context. However, when reflecting on education in the current context, it is observed that the process of teaching, as composed of the intention to teach and the learning results stemming from it, often in fact reduces the aspect of intention to teach. Research, which ensures the development of student autonomy through its investigative posture, is not a comprehensive practice at undergraduate level. Courses of extension and the socializing of knowledge, are frequently forgotten in this process, or transformed into an act of 'philanthropy'. From this perspective, this research is justified through the need to identify and characterize knowledge management practices in university contexts, so that they can become a tool applied to the indivisible character of teaching, research and extension as a triad, thereby contributing to the activity of teaching and, consequently, for the training of students, who in turn contribute to society. The objective of this research is to analyze the models and practices of knowledge ... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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d'Huart, Thierry. "Des faubourgs de Bruxelles aux boulevards de Verviers: conditions et jalons itinéraires d'un voyer - Victor Besme - au XIXe siècle." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/209281.
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Faubourgs de Bruxelles. Boulevards de Verviers. Quelle(s) réalité(s) ?Quelle(s) relation(s) ?Pour les deux villes industrielles, le XIXe siècle a notamment été celui de l’expansion urbaine, au-delà des limites séculaires. Ce développement s’est matérialisé par des nouvelles voies de communication et des nouvelles bâtisses, dont les autorités publiques ont vu la nécessité de planifier l’organisation. Elles ont alors mis en place les moyens législatifs, humains et financiers pour maîtriser cette extension.
En partant de la fonction administrative appelée « inspecteur voyer des faubourgs de Bruxelles », une première partie de l’étude montre qu’à Bruxelles, capitale de la jeune Belgique, le service, le territoire, la mission de cet agent public, constituent une réelle particularité dans l’appareil administratif de la Province de Brabant.
En s’intéressant à l’évolution de cette fonction depuis son institution jusqu’à sa suppression, on découvre, non seulement un renforcement de cette originalité, mais on trouve aussi les rôle(s) et influence(s) qu’ont pu avoir les titulaires successifs. Parmi ceux-ci, il en est un qui a œuvré sur une longue période, de 1858 à 1904 :c’est Victor Besme. Il est bien connu des urbanistes comme auteur d’un plan d’ensemble qui a structuré le tissu urbain de la première couronne bruxelloise. Il est moins connu comme « électron libre » du « système voyer » qui s’est installé et confirmé dans la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle. Il est quasi inconnu comme ayant contribué à l’agrandissement de Verviers, à son « âge d’or ».
La notoriété acquise par l’inspecteur Besme à Bruxelles a conduit les autorités verviétoises à faire appel à ses services pour débloquer une situation devenue inextricable dans la cité lainière. En peu de temps, son analyse et le projet qu’il dépose font taire les dissensions et ouvrent la voie à la réalisation des rues d’un premier quartier, celui de l’Immobilière. Les relations qu’il noue à Verviers, la connaissance qu’il a des arcanes administratifs belges, permettent à Besme de déployer ses compétences également dans d’autres quartiers (Hanlet-Peltzer, Ile Adam) et de porter plusieurs casquettes, le plaçant parfois en équilibre entre la défense de l’intérêt général et celle de l’intérêt particulier, si pas de son intérêt personnel. C’est ainsi que le dossier des tramways verviétois fait en quelque sorte la synthèse de ces multiples postures.
Au final, on aura découvert deux villes différentes mais néanmoins comparables et même à rapprocher à certains égards, notamment pour ce qui est des préoccupations publiques de l’époque (assainissement, communication, extension). En examinant plus attentivement les éléments factuels, on aura appris à mieux connaître un homme multi-facettes, un « célèbre inconnu », dont l’itinéraire dans ces deux villes nous instruit sur la complexité qui se cache derrière des raccourcis. On aura aussi confirmé combien les mises en contexte, les liens et enchaînements, combien les particularités et les influences sont importants à étudier en urbanisme (et en architecture) car ils révèlent non seulement les lieux et les faits, mais font apparaître les systèmes, les structures et donnent un éclairage aux hommes qui les établissent, les occupent et les manœuvrent.
Doctorat en Art de bâtir et urbanisme
Une publication de la seconde partie de la thèse a été faite en 2016 par le Comité Scientifique d'Histoire de Verviers sous la référence suivante: D’HUART Th. Victor Besme et les extensions de Verviers sous Léopold II :genèse d’un patrimoine urbain, Comité scientifique d’histoire de Verviers (CSHV), Verviers, Mars 2016, 444p.
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