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Gaven, Jodie Marie. "Demography of perception : leisure perceptions of inner city children and parents /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2004. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe17663.pdf.
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Kan, Kwok-chee Joshua. "Cognitive distance scaling methodologies : a comparative study /." [Hong Kong] : University of Hong Kong, 1987. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B12434401.
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簡國治 and Kwok-chee Joshua Kan. "Cognitive distance scaling methodologies: a comparative study." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1987. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31208629.
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Wardell-Johnson, Angela. "People in context: critical social dimensions in complex landscape systems." Thesis, Wardell-Johnson, Angela (2007) People in context: critical social dimensions in complex landscape systems. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2007. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/476/.
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Landscape-based approaches to solving environmental issues have been widely recommended by scientists and policy makers. These issues are found at the interface of social and ecological systems. Understanding the social dimensions of landscape issues has been suggested as part of the solution. This doctoral research integrated theoretical concepts with survey-based numerical taxonomy and qualitative analysis to explore three social dimensions underpinning decision-making at the landscape scale in rural Australia.
These linked social dimensions that provided a research focus were sense of place and accompanying social capital that is embedded within private, social and institutional practice in discourses of the environment. Complex systems theory provided the framework to explore the interactions and relationships between these dimensions and to describe the emergent processes.
The first phase of this research developed theoretically and empirically derived conceptual models for the three dimensions. These models provided a basis for operationalisation for the survey-based numerical taxonomy in the second phase. Data for this analysis was collected through survey questionnaires (124 returned with 60% response rate) from two social catchments (the Katanning Zone in the Blackwood Basin in Western Australia and the Condamine Headwaters in the upper reaches of the Murray Darling Basin in Queensland). The results from the numerical taxonomy provided a focus for semi-structured interviews (24 representative participants) that provided further analysis through qualitative methods in the third phase.
Combining conceptual models with quantitative and qualitative analysis was used to expose three emergent processes that maintain resilience in these landscape systems. The first was formed through the interactive social relationships between communities of place, identity and interest that constitute social catchments. The second emergent process formed at the nexus of local, scientific and Indigenous frameworks of knowledge. The interactive social catchment relationships and three knowledge frameworks dictated the relative weightings of social, ecological and economic values of the triple bottom line, which formed the third emergent process. It is suggested that the interactions of these emergent processes characterised resilience in these systems.
The social dimensions in this thesis provided a focus that suggests that the interactions between community in a social catchment governs the predominance of knowledge form and the accommodation of the values in the triple bottom line. The integration of theoretical, quantitative and qualitative approaches can be couched within a complex systems framework. This contributes to a re-framing of the social relationships in landscapes to identify social catchments as the appropriate focus for interaction in decision-making at the landscape scale.
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Wardell-Johnson, Angela. "People in context : critical social dimensions in complex landscape systems /." Wardell-Johnson, Angela (2007) People in context: critical social dimensions in complex landscape systems. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2007. http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/476/.
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Landscape-based approaches to solving environmental issues have been widely recommended by scientists and policy makers. These issues are found at the interface of social and ecological systems. Understanding the social dimensions of landscape issues has been suggested as part of the solution. This doctoral research integrated theoretical concepts with survey-based numerical taxonomy and qualitative analysis to explore three social dimensions underpinning decision-making at the landscape scale in rural Australia.
These linked social dimensions that provided a research focus were sense of place and accompanying social capital that is embedded within private, social and institutional practice in discourses of the environment. Complex systems theory provided the framework to explore the interactions and relationships between these dimensions and to describe the emergent processes.
The first phase of this research developed theoretically and empirically derived conceptual models for the three dimensions. These models provided a basis for operationalisation for the survey-based numerical taxonomy in the second phase. Data for this analysis was collected through survey questionnaires (124 returned with 60% response rate) from two social catchments (the Katanning Zone in the Blackwood Basin in Western Australia and the Condamine Headwaters in the upper reaches of the Murray Darling Basin in Queensland). The results from the numerical taxonomy provided a focus for semi-structured interviews (24 representative participants) that provided further analysis through qualitative methods in the third phase.
Combining conceptual models with quantitative and qualitative analysis was used to expose three emergent processes that maintain resilience in these landscape systems. The first was formed through the interactive social relationships between communities of place, identity and interest that constitute social catchments. The second emergent process formed at the nexus of local, scientific and Indigenous frameworks of knowledge. The interactive social catchment relationships and three knowledge frameworks dictated the relative weightings of social, ecological and economic values of the triple bottom line, which formed the third emergent process. It is suggested that the interactions of these emergent processes characterised resilience in these systems.
The social dimensions in this thesis provided a focus that suggests that the interactions between community in a social catchment governs the predominance of knowledge form and the accommodation of the values in the triple bottom line. The integration of theoretical, quantitative and qualitative approaches can be couched within a complex systems framework. This contributes to a re-framing of the social relationships in landscapes to identify social catchments as the appropriate focus for interaction in decision-making at the landscape scale.
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Woelk, Michaela. "The use and perception of urban green spaces through the twentieth century: a case study of the Rondebosch Common." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27238.
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The aim of this research was to unpack and analyse the emergence of narratives around urban green spaces as sites of community interaction, social activity and cultural and conservational value. I used the case study of the Rondebosch Common in Cape Town, South Africa during the period 1900 to 2015 to accomplish these aims. The Rondebosch Common has been fixture of the southern suburbs of the city for over one hundred years and provided a public green space for community interactions. I was able to gather letters and memos sent and received from the Town Clerk's Office from the South African National Archives Repository in Cape Town as well as newspaper articles from the Cape Argus and Cape News newspapers. The archival materials were chosen because they provided the point of view of the local government, the residents of Rondebosch and other users of the Rondebosch Common during the twentieth century. The newspaper articles were used to understand these points of views in the twenty-first century. Public spaces such as the Rondebosch Common are constructed in different ways, i.e. socially, politically, and these constructions determine the appropriate behaviours for the spaces as well as the values and meanings attributed to them. A public open green space such as the Rondebosch Common, which has existed as such for so long, provides an opportunity to examine the inherent political and social nature of old green spaces within the Global South context. Cape Town's colonial and apartheid state added a tension to interactions in the twentieth century as well as a layer of aspiration towards the English or Western ideal. The post-apartheid Cape Town urban and suburban landscape is still fraught with racial and socio-economic divisions. The purpose of my research was to determine how socio-economic, political and ideological context of the Rondebosch Common, in terms of both its physical location and the historical time period, has affected the way in which has been perceived by various groups and how it has been contested by those groups. I also attempt to unpack some of the uses of the Rondebosch Common and how and why they changed over time. It is argued that the demands and claims placed over a public green space such as the Rondebosch Common are represented over broader issues such as belonging, identity and civic entitlements (Di Masso, 2012).
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Lee, Eun Hee. "Social power and perceptual estimates of weight, distance and geographical slant : an embodied perception approach." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2015. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.709008.
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Bertram, David Verge Carleton University Dissertation Geography. "The Internet as space: shifts in territoriality." Ottawa, 1999.
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Phouthavongs, Kaviphone. "Employing geographical information systems in fisheries management in the Mekong River a case study of Lao PDR /." Connect to full text, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1090.
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Masters (M.Sc.)--University of Sydney, 2006.Title from title screen (viewed 27 February 2007). Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science to the School of Geosciences. Includes bibliographical references. Also issued in print.
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Bailey, Heidi Leigh. "Geographic interpretation the role of spatial knowledge in the interpretation of natural resources /." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2006. https://eidr.wvu.edu/etd/documentdata.eTD?documentid=4753.
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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2006.Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vi, 85 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 76-81).
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Cushen, Jason R. A., and n/a. "Images of the interior : landscape perceptions of the South Island high country." University of Otago. Department of Geography, 1997. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20070530.151028.
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How individuals perceive their environment determines how they relate to and interact with it. This research takes a specific landscape, the South Island high country, and identifies and evaluates how it is perceived. It is evident that the way in which individuals perceive landscape reflects not only their physical enviroment, but their culture. Culture gains even greater importance in this process, when one considers the perceptions of community and society.
Landscape perception concerns how individuals view and interact with their environment. It is the initial step in developing opinions and positions on issues relating to a specfic area. Experience of, and participation are identified as crucial components of the perception process. Those who indicated they were actively involved in the high country were more likely to have richer and more acute perceptions of the area than those who were not so involved. The latter group tended to reflect the imagery of the media and other sources.
Current perceptions of the high country were found to be oriented around images of pastoral farming, wilderness experience, recreation and tourism activity. The location of the high country, as perceived by respondents, centred on the lakes district of inland Otago and South Canterbury. Where survey respondents resided was clearly of influence on their perceived high country.
While the perceived high country reflected much of the historical imagery, it also reflected socioeconomic change in the area. The move from pastoralism to recreation and tourism was apparent, as was resistance by the public to alienation of high country land through sale of Crown land to overseas interests and its use in Treaty settlements. There was general acceptance, especially amongst experts, that change in the area (lease reorganisation and economic activity in particular) will have an important impact on landuse and how the public perceives the high country.
The future of the high country is seen by lay-person and expert alike as lying with the expansion of tourism and recreation. This will see more people visiting and living in the area. All interviewees agreed that pastoral farming will play a decreasing role in the area and that a greater diversity of landuse and, in turn, perceptions of the high country will result from these shifts.
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Weir, Michael John. "In the shadows of consciousness : uncanny composures in the City of Adelaide /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 2000. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phw425.pdf.
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Tomko, Martin. "Destination descriptions in urban environments /." Connect to thesis, 2007. http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00003594.
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Henrion, Andrea. "The urban observatory : spatial adjustment-perception in space." Virtual Press, 1997. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1116357.
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This thesis develops a creative Project, the "Urban Observatory", situated on a traffic island in the center of Chicago on Wacker Drive and Wabash Avenue along the Chicago River. The aim of the building is to inspire and motivate people to experience the city from a different standpoint and to raise the inhabitant of the city to a different level of perception.The purpose of this study was to explore everyday circumstances and observations of an individual place, the American City and the search for its true genius loci. The main intention is to explore and visualize issues about culturally based differences in behavior and perception of people living in place of 'super scale' and 'high technology' on one side and abandonment and destruction on the other side. The study of the American City and its inhabitants results in an experimental design for an Urban Observatory, an architectural formulation standing in opposition to an architecture of change and fragmentation, an architecture of lost and senseless space. Furthermore the study researches the urban American fabric in practice as well as in theory. The intensive study of the writings of Malcolm Quantrill, Richard Sennett, Toni Hiss and others were the base for developing ideas about how people perceive and react consciously and unconsciously to a specific environment.This helped to identify the frame of the architectural exploration, in order to focus on ideas about: what is architecture of observation in the urban context, and what is the idea of perception in its spatial form?A journal of the design process (sketches, writings), models of varying scale and detail, drawings, photographs, etc. are the working tools to shape the idea of a building and fusing all aspects in a final project.Department of Architecture
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Alexander, Laura A. "Meaning of place : exploring long-term resident's attachment to the physical environment in northern New Hampshire /." [Yellow Springs, Ohio] : Antioch University, 2008. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc_num=antioch1219972881.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Antioch University New England, 2008.Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Oct. 24, 2008). "A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Environmental Studies at Antioch University New England (2008)."--The title page. Advisor: Thomas Webler, Ph. D. Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-159).
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Laws, Eric L. "The effect of instructions on scenic beauty ratings of riverscapes and the prediction of those ratings by environmental questionaires." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31660.
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The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of instructions on scenic beauty ratings of riverscapes. 128 college student observers viewed and rated 200 slides of riverscapes for overall scenic beauty with a magnitude estimation scaling procedure. There were two groups of observers differing in the instructions each received. One group received biased instructions which emphasized the presence of industry while the other group received neutral instructions. The hypothesis that overall scenic beauty ratings would be lower for the biased instructional group was supported. Also, it was found that the Easy Living scale from the Leisure Activities Blank (McKechnie, 1975) interacting with the effects if the manipulation predicted these ratings.Master of Science
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Sutton, Michael. "Measuring environmental perceptions and sense of place in Franklin County, Florida." Muncie, Ind. : Ball State University, 2009. http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/445.
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McCutcheon, Cary. "A process for describing the perception of a sense of place." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/101244.
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The research hypothesis of this study states that when individuals are asked to rank order certain places (environments) in terms of preference, then relationships can be measured between that rank ordering and relevant contextual adjective descriptors that indicate a person's perception of those places. These adjectives include beauty, excitement, distinction, naturalness, security, mystery, tradition, complexity, and familiarity (Canter, 1977; Ganmore, 1975; Ley, 1983; Lynch, 1981; Steele, 1981).
After critical sites had been identified in a sketch map study, a sample of community members of the town of Blacksburg, Virginia were asked to respond to the sites along adjective dimensions that represent a sense of place.
It was found that positive linear relationships existed in varying degrees of strength between the adjectives and place preference. Statistical significant relationships were found, in descending order of strength, between preference and beauty, excitement, distinction, naturalism, security, and mystery. No linear relationships were found between preference and tradition, complexity and familiarity.
It has been concluded that places are perceived on other criteria beside just aesthetic appreciation. Furthermore, this thesis supports the argument that places are experienced on a symbolic and emotional level. Places are not merely a composition of physical elements. This deeper experience is the basis for the concept of a sense of place.M.L. Arch.
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Messa, Sebastian. "From Fish to Fission : Changing sense of place and risk perception in a power plant host community." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Kulturgeografiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-133921.
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Prior studies suggest that proximity to nuclear power plants do not affect concerns regarding perceived risks of nuclear power. This thesis applies and compare Swedish plant Ringhals with prior studies but with the added intent of addressing the relationship between plant and population. The host community Bua is positive towards Ringhals and the changes it has brought. To some degree more so than results of prior studies with a higher than national average percent of study respondents being in favor of nuclear power. When Ringhals was established, Bua was small and had little power to impact the decision. Today, the population is bigger and have a better chance to affect future pathways for their community. While positive towards nuclear power the population expresses concerns over possible future changes. A large scale change like the construction of a power plant is less likely to happen again.
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Antin, Jonathan F. "Automobile navigation methods: effectiveness, efficiency, and strategy." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/82608.
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A study was performed to evaluate the effectiveness, efficiency, and strategy associated with three navigation methods: memorized route, conventional paper map, and a moving-map navigational display (the navigator). Thirty-two driver-subjects of both genders, and wide ranges of age (18-73) and driving experience (2,000 to 40,000 miles per year) navigated along public roadways for this research using a specially instrumented automobile. A variety of different roadway conditions were also used for this research including limited access four-lane highways, two-lane state routes, and city streets. In addition, the research was conducted under conditions of both light and moderate traffic densities. Measures taken include eye movement, navigation effectiveness, and driving performance measures. Results showed that the paper map took longer to study at the beginning of a run than the navigator. Even with this handicap, the total time taken when using the paper map was not significantly different from the time taken to use the navigator. Also, there were no differences in the directness or quality of routes selected when using either the paper map or the navigator to navigate. These findings were a result of the strategies adopted in the use of the various methods of navigation. During the initial study phase the paper map was essentially used to plan the entire route from start to finish. After the initial phase, the map was used only as an occasional reference. In contrast, effective use of the navigator could only be accomplished by repetitively glancing at the display to acquire important information as it was updated and presented. As a result, subjects spent more driving time glancing to the navigator than the paper map, and it substantially drew the subjects' gaze away from the driving task relative to the norm established in the memorized route condition, as well as in comparison to the paper map. Still, driving performance did not greatly change as a function of navigation method indicating that the additional visual attentional demand associated with the navigator was drawn primarily from spare driver resources. It is also very likely that the novelty of the navigator was responsible for some portion of the glance time spent on it.Ph. D.
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Dingus, Thomas A. "Attentional demand evaluation for an automobile moving-map navigation system." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53632.
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A study was undertaken to test and evaluate the human factors design aspects of an automobile moving-map navigation system. The primary objective of the study was to assess the driver attentional demand required by the navigation system during vehicle operation. A secondary objective of the study was to assess design specifics and determine whether or not the design was optimal in terms of efficiency of use in an automotive environment.
Thirty-two driver-subjects drove a specially instrumented 1985 Cadillac Sedan de Ville on public roadways for this research. A cross-section of driver-subjects (both genders, ages 18 to 73, and driving experience from 2,000 to 40,000 miles per year) participated, and a cross·section of roadway types (residential, two-lane state route, and limited·access four-lane) and traffic conditions (light and moderate) were used as part of this research.
The driver-subjects were asked to perform a variety of tasks while operating the research vehicle. These tasks included navigation tasks normally performed while using the navigation system, as well as a wide variety of conventional automotive tasks (e.g., tuning the radio or reading the speedometer) normally performed during vehicle operation. The purpose of asking the driver-subjects to perform a variety of conventional automotive tasks was so that direct comparisons in attentional demand could be made between tasks performed daily in an automotive environment and the navigation tasks.
Twenty-one performance and behavioral measures were collected and analyzed for this research. These measures included eye—scanning and dwell-time measures, task-completion-time measures, and a variety of measures indicating driver performance and behavior.
The data analyses for these measures focused on two major goals. First, the analyses determined which tasks (both navigator and conventional) required the highest attentional demand. Second, the analyses were used to determine groups of tasks which, for all practical purposes, required equivalent attentional demand.
The results of the analyses indicated that the navigation system is a relatively effective device, useful for its intended purpose. The results also indicated that a number of design improvements are required, however, to optimize the safety and efficiency of the device. An iterative process of design improvement and further research into the effects of improved design on required attentional demand is therefore recommended.Ph. D.
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Scruzzi, Davide. "Eine Stadt denkt sich die Welt : Wahrnehmung geographischer Räume und Globalisierung in Venedig von 1490 bis um 1600 /." Berlin : Akademie Verlag, 2010. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=018879305&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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Barkowsky, Thomas. "Mental representation and processing of geographic knowledge : a computational approach /." Berlin [u.a.] : Springer, 2002. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0817/2002042843-d.html.
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Stephenson, Janet, and n/a. "Values in space and time : a framework for understanding and linking multiple cultural values in landscapes." University of Otago. Department of Geography, 2006. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20061030.154114.
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When new development threatens a valued landscape it is not just the physical landscape that is being affected, but the collective memories, meanings and identities that the landscape holds. Planning theory and practice currently offer relatively little guidance as to how to address meaning and value, particularly at a landscape scale.
Recent literature from a variety of disciplines has stressed the need to develop holistic models of understanding landscape. Particular emphasis has been laid on the absence of integration of disciplinary approaches, and the need to involve communities in defining what is important and distinctive about their own landscapes.
The thesis sets out to develop a conceptual framework to assist in understanding multiple cultural values in landscapes. Although the primary focus of the research is to address the perceived shortcomings in planning theory and practice, its potential relevance to inter-disciplinary work also forms a major component of the research approach.
Values in landscapes include those expressed by associated communities and those identified through a variety of disciplinary approaches. Using case studies, the research explores the nature and range of landscape values as expressed by those with special associations with particular landscapes. It also examines the nature of the meanings and values ascribed by disciplines with an interest in landscape, and how various disciplines model landscape so as to convey these values.
Analysis of these findings generates a landscape framework consisting of two related models. The Cultural Values Model offers a conceptual structure with which to consider the surface and embedded values of landscapes in terms of forms, practices and relationships. The Dimensional Landscape Model provides a structured way of linking expressed values to the landscape, using dimensional concepts of nodes, networks, spaces, webs and layers.
The landscape framework is found to be useful not only for generating a comprehensive picture of key landscape values, but also in offering an integrated approach that has utility both for planners and for other landscape-related disciplines.
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Vong, Tze-ngai, and 黃子毅. "Casino boom in Macau: exploring casino liberalization's impact on Macau residents' sense of place and theirsatisfaction and support for casino development." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B49858798.
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Since casino liberalization, Macau has been undergoing metaphoric changes that are fundamental, rapid, and far-reaching. This poses a challenge to Macau people to cope with life changing circumstances to the extent of rediscovering their hometown which have changed profoundly as evident by the city‘s ever-changing skyline. Having said so, this study aims to explore the effects of large-scale casino development on Macau residents‘ sense of place, and how their changing sense of place determines their support for casino development. To achieve this study purpose, three interrelated research objectives are laid down for the study. They are (1) to assess the impact of casino liberalization on Macau society, (2) to describe Macau residents’ sense of place amid the casino boom, and (3) to delineate the structural relationship between casino impact, sense of place, place satisfaction, and support for casino development. By using a purely quantitative approach based on a comprehensive resident survey, the study identified both positive and negative casino impact factors as affecting Macau people economically, socially, and environmentally. More importantly, these casino impact factors were also found to exhibit significant predictive power in explaining respondents‘ sense of place intensity, therefore empirically validating a posited relationship between the impact of casino development and inhabitants’ sense of place. The study also found that respondents’ sense of place carried obvious connotations of modernity and exquisiteness because respondents were using everyday vocabularies such as ‘rich’, ‘lively’, ‘developed’, and ‘unique’ to express their perceptions of the new Macau. This brief glossary of words, which characterizes successful urban development, was also found to associate strongly with their sense of place assessments. Finally, the study validated an integrated conceptual model within which the sense of place construct assumes a decisive role in affecting place satisfaction and support for casino development. The contribution of this study lies in the fact it has brought to our attention residents’ sense of place as an important determinant for the success of any large-scale tourism project such as casino development. This study has also provided a new breath to the traditional casino impact studies by taking a new look at an old problem through a cross-disciplinary perspective.published_or_final_version
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Al-Thawwad, Rashed M. "The relationship between the perception of the success of technology transfer and culture, physical environment, and geographical location : a study of Saudi Arabian private manufacturing industries /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9962499.
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Kelly, Sarah Frances. "Who's Jackson? : construction of sense of place in the era of globalisation : a case study /." View thesis, 2000. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030701.095654/index.html.
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Thesis (M.Sc.) (Honours) -- University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury, 2000.A masters thesis submitted in fulfilmant of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science (Honours) at the University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury, August, 2000. Bibliography : leaves 147-160.
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Lucas, Damian. "Shifting currents : a history of rivers, control and change /." Electronic version, 2004. http://adt.lib.uts.edu.au/public/adt-NTSM20050331.183915/index.html.
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Lima, Maria Goretti Leite de. "As transformações da paisagem do sítio histórico urbano de Boa Vista: Um olhar a partir da fotografia." Universidade de São Paulo, 2011. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8136/tde-29032012-140145/.
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Este trabalho é um estudo de caso, inserido na problemática do planejamento urbano, quando se pretende pontuar circunstâncias e conseqüências das ações de intervenção do poder público municipal sobre a área desse sítio histórico urbano. Destacamos que, na última década, especialmente entre os anos de 2000 e 2010, esse sítio histórico urbano, passou por transformações devido a intervenções realizadas pelo poder público municipal. Nesse recorte buscamos perceber as formas; a aparência original dos prédios; a descaracterização das edificações e a substituição dos mesmos; o traçado das ruas; a conservação da área verde e do patrimônio ambiental, como também, a ocupação e o uso do solo com as novas atividades comerciais e de lazer, tendo como exemplo, o complexo Orla Taumanan. Nessas contradições entre as políticas de reurbanização e as propostas de revitalização, questionamos de que forma o poder público e a sociedade civil estão reagindo? Partimos do entendimento de que tanto a sociedade quanto o poder público, não perceberam a importância do patrimônio cultural e natural do lugar. Acreditamos que o processo de revitalização pode incorporar e valora o espaço urbano e o patrimônio arquitetônico com todo o valor simbólico herdado da formação inicial do núcleo embrionário existente. Sendo assim, a carência de investigação e a urgência de um entendimento acerca desse assunto, que trata da proteção do sítio urbano histórico de Boa Vista, fornecerá subsídios para futuras políticas públicas, que são essenciais para proteger a área enfocada, trazendo benefícios para a sociedade.This thesis proposes theme is a case study, which concerns to urban planning, relating to circumstance and consequence actions for intervention in the municipality on the grounds of urban historical place. We highlight that, in the last decade, particularly from 2000 to 2010, this urban historical place, changed dramatically because of interventions carried through the municipality. As for this, we search for shapes; the original look of the buildings and their deconstruction and replacement; the routes of the streets; the conservation of the green area and the environmental patrimony, as well as, the occupation and the use of the ground as new commercial and leisure activities, for instance, the Orla Taumanan. In these contradictions between reurbanization politics and the revitalization proposals, we ask: how the public power and the civil society are reacting? We agree that not only the society but also the public power do not realize the importance of cultural and natural patrimony of the place. We believe that the revitalization process may unite and value all urban area and the architectural patrimony with their symbolic value inherited from the initial formation of an existing embryonic nucleus. As for this, the lack of researches and an urgent agreement relating to this field, that deals with the protection of the historical urban place in Boa Vista, will supply subsidies future public politics, which are essential for protection of the focused area, bringing benefits for the whole society.
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Ankeny, Samuel Robert. "Absolute architecture scaled experience /." Thesis, Montana State University, 2007. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2007/ankeny/AnkenyS0507.pdf.
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Bandeira, S?mia ?rika Alves de Caldas. "Paisagem arquitet?nica da cidade de Jo?o Pessoa/PB e seu significado: o perceptivo dos moradores e visitantes." Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2011. http://repositorio.ufrn.br:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/18977.
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This study was conducted in the city of Jo?o Pessoa, Para?ba mesoregion Forest. Having to analyze how does the appreciation of the architectural heritage to the visitor and pessoense Capital Paraiba, taking into account the narratives of Jo?o Pessoa, and practitioners of foreign tourists of cultural tourism. This research builds on a theoretical foundation on concepts of landscape and place. Was taken as a foundation to Cultural Geography. The research in question is justified by embarking on Geography and Heritage and cast a glance on the geographical cultural landscape, trying to unravel the symbols assigned to the ancient architectural examples, meaning that interfere with power relationships that cross generations, constructing and deconstructing identities, is dispersed or integrating cultures, creating cultural groups and social conflict. It is concluded that the geographical area derives from a number of factors, among them the culture and this in turn will shaping the landscape, reflecting the abstract over the concrete architecture of the oldest to the most current, turning from the material to the immaterial in World Heritage Site
O presente estudo foi realizado no munic?pio de Jo?o Pessoa, na Mesorregi?o da Mata paraibana. Tendo como objetivo analisar como se d? a valoriza??o do cultural arquitet?nico para o pessoense e para o visitante da Capital paraibana, levando em considera??o as narrativas dos pessoenses, e dos turistas estrangeiros praticantes do turismo cultural. Esta pesquisa ap?ia-se numa fundamenta??o te?rica pautada nos conceitos de paisagem e lugar. Tomou-se como alicerce a Geografia Cultural. A investiga??o em pauta justifica-se por enveredar na Geografia e Patrim?nio e lan?ar um olhar geogr?fico sobre a paisagem cultural, tentando desvendar s?mbolos atribu?dos aos exemplares arquitet?nicos antigos, significados que interferem nas rela??es de poder que atravessam gera??es, construindo e desconstruindo identidades, seja dispersando ou integrando culturas, gerando grupos culturais e conflitos sociais. Conclui-se que o espa?o geogr?fico deriva de um conjunto de fatores dentre eles a cultura e esta por sua vez vai modelando a paisagem, refletindo o abstrato sobre o concreto das arquiteturas mais antigas at? as mais atuais, transformando desde o material at? o imaterial em Patrim?nio da Humanidade
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Barros, Helber Corrêa de. "Percepção ambiental da relação homem-natureza pelos jovens do/no campo em Paranatama-PE." Pós-Graduação em Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente, 2013. https://ri.ufs.br/handle/riufs/4304.
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Man´s relationship with nature every day becomes more complex, with relations what are intensifying and diversifying. These relationships weave reality and, within them, the subjects will be positioned, interacting between themselves. Through perception and others contacts with the environment which we live taking part of and it composing it whiles he will become part of us. The perception is an experience endowed with meaning, having been described in the actual act of sense and meaning. In the context of man-nature relationship that perception turns to the understanding of man as nature and man attending this nature, building relationships in favor of integration or even destruction, and thus may become subject receives its own actions. These relationships, however, are not considered as sums of subjects, prints, objects or actions, because it does not give as something simple. Thus, in order to identify this diversity in its deeper aspects emerged as the relational field goal, investigate the environmental perception of the man-nature relationship by young / field and therefore know the meanings attributed to the significant and underlay of his speech. And for that, took 96 young in the Paranatama field Pernambuco State. Which were subjected to the technique of free association of words, adapted the technique of Abric (1994). Using the theme inductor, the term Human-Nature, five words were remembered, justifying them, followed by the most important evocation and later, justifying it as well. These consisted based on content analysis, the five significant: (I) Environment / Nature / Environment - represented by evocations: water, forest, planet, landscape, environment, nature, ecological context and dependence. (II) Environmental Problems - appointed by evocations: deforestation, pollution and destruction. The signifier (III) Productive Activities - were represented by evocations: farm, farming, land, planting, food, force, work, power, joy, living. (IV) Environmental Protection - was represented by evocations: reforestation, preservation and people. And finally, (V) Environmental Ethics - represented by evocations: respect, love, life, determination, positive, happiness and consciousness. The significant meanings and shows us that pervades a preoccupation with finitude of nature and, therefore, man´s relationship to nature needs to be rethought, redefining the meaning of the word life taking into consideration the nature of the discourse of caring for which ensures survival. This discourse, rooted in the perception of these young man-nature relationship that also signals the need for a systematic work in terms of an epistemological approach to environmental education by giving it meaning, applicability in the formal and informal education.A relação do homem com a natureza a cada dia se torna mais complexa, com relações que estão se intensificando e se diversificando. Estas relações vão tecendo a realidade e, dentro delas, os sujeitos vão se posicionando, se interagindo. Através da percepção e de outros contatos com o meio ao qual vivemos vamos tomando parte dele, compondo-o ao mesmo tempo em que ele vai tornando-se parte de nós. A percepção é uma experiência dotada de significação, tendo-se o real descrito no ato do sentido e da significação. No contexto da relação homem-natureza essa percepção se volta para a compreensão do homem como natureza e o homem participando dessa natureza, construindo relações de integração favorável ou mesmo de destruição, e assim, podendo tornar-se sujeito aufere de suas próprias ações. Essas relações, porém, não são consideradas como somas de sujeitos, de impressões, de objetos ou de ações, pois não se dão como algo simples. Assim, com o intuito de se identificar essa diversidade, em seus aspectos mais profundos no campo relacional surgiu como objetivo, investigar a percepção ambiental da relação homem-natureza pelos jovens do/no campo e, consequentemente, conhecer os significantes e sentidos atribuídos à subjacência do seu discurso. E para isso, participaram 96 jovens do/no campo do município de Paranatama-Pernambuco. Os quais foram submetidos à técnica de associação livre de palavras, adaptado da técnica de Abric (1994). Usando-se como tema indutor, o termo Homem-Natureza, cinco palavras eram lembradas, justificando-as, seguido da evocação mais importante e posteriormente, justificando-a também. Dessas constituiu-se, com base na análise de conteúdo, os cinco significantes: (I) Meio Ambiente/Natureza/Ambiente representados pelas evocações: água, floresta, planeta, paisagem, ambiente, natureza, meio ambiente e dependência. (II) Problemas Ambientais apontada pelas evocações: desmatamento, destruição e poluição. Do significante (III) Atividades Produtivas foram representadas pelas evocações: roça, agricultura, terra, plantação, alimentos, força, trabalho, competência, alegria, meio de vida. (IV) Proteção Ambiental foi representada pelas evocações: reflorestamento, preservação e povo. E por fim, (V) Ética Ambiental representada pelas evocações: respeito, amor, vida, determinação, positivo, felicidade e consciência. Os significantes e sentidos nos mostra que perpassa uma preocupação com a finitude da natureza e que, portanto, a relação do homem para com a natureza precisa ser repensada, ressignificando o sentido da palavra vida levando-se em consideração o discurso do cuidar da natureza para que se garanta a sobrevivência. Discurso este, arraigado na percepção desses jovens da relação homem-natureza que, também, sinaliza para a necessidade de um trabalho sistematizado em termos de uma abordagem epistemológica da educação ambiental conferindo-lhe sentido, aplicabilidade nos espaços formais e informais de educação.
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Kearney, Meghan Andrea. "Every Town Is All the Same When You've Left Your Heart in the Portland Rain: Representations of Portland Place and Local Identity in Portland Popular Lyrics." PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1489.
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This study looks at how place and local identity of Portland are described within music lyrics from Portland, Oregon popular indie-rock artists. Employing a constant comparative analysis on a set of 1,201 songs from 21 different popular Portland indie-rock artists, the themes of landscapes and climate were found to represent place, and themes of lifestyles and attitudes represented local identity. Reviewing the uncovered themes showed a strong connection between representations of place and local identity within lyrics and common stereotypes or understandings of the city of Portland and its indie-rock music scene. The results of this study illustrate how place and local identity are communicated through popular but locally-tied music lyrics and how these lyrics may describe cities.
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Kelly, Sarah Frances. "Who's Jackson? Construction of sense of place in the era of globalisation : a case study." Thesis, View thesis, 2000. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/435.
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How are people in a global society reconstructing their sense of place? This key question is addressed in this thesis. Australian society has emerged from the period of industrialisation and entered the period of globalisation, a modern to a postmodern world. Sense of place is a vital source of both individual and cultural identity and security, a point of departure from which we orient ourselves in the world. The use of a place, its terrain (landscape), connectedness to that place and its inherent meaning are identified here as the 4 key elements in the construction of a sense of place. The case study approach adopted in this thesis examines a former industrial site in Pyrmont currently being redeveloped as a waterfront residential community, known as Jacksons Landing. The site is reviewed at the moment in time it transcends the industrial era and enters the global era. The mixture of research methods examining the transition includes observation; key informant interviews; structured interviews; and document analysis. The study document the shift of the site from 'space' to 'place' through personal presence and association. It catches a glimpse of how individual experience of place is formed from a unique moment in space-time, which is interlinked with memories, emotions and identity. The findings indicate that communities of the future, in the era of globalisation, will be markedly different to those of the industrial era. Results suggest lifestyle and economic factors will shape future communities, which have the potential to be gated and homogenous, representing a microcosm of segmentation and secularisation. Security, income and occupation will be increasingly valued, forming the basis of identity and the shaping of place.
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Day, Rosemary Jane. "Perceptions of air pollution and health in social and geographical contexts." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2004. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1446900/.
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Air quality management is currently receiving attention in the UK, with limit objectives for air pollutants to be met within the next few years. Local authorities must put strategies in place in order to meet these objectives, and this must be done with public consultation. At present, policy decisions rely heavily on scientific and medical information, which is uncertain. This thesis examines the public view of air quality and air pollution, and its impacts on their lives and health, in different neighbourhoods in the London Borough of Barnet. The study takes place in four areas, contrasting in terms of levels of ambient air pollution, and in terms of socio-economic characteristics. In choosing contrasting areas, the research aims to examine the role of context in terms of social and geographical factors, in shaping people's perceptions and experience of air pollution and its effects. In doing so, air pollution is conceptualised as an environmental risk, and tensions between naive realist and constructionist framings of risk and its significance become important. Concepts of environmental equity are also considered. As well as examining understandings of air pollution and its potential health effects, the research looks at how such lay knowledge is formed, through both personal experience and the use of expert-produced information and institutional information sources. The relationship between lay knowledge and expertise is discussed and the latent significance of epistemological divergence considered. The research employs a mixed methodology comprising qualitative and quantitative techniques. A first stage of depth interviews, analysed qualitatively, is followed by a questionnaire survey which is analysed using statistical techniques. The epistemological implications of using such a research design are debated, and the possible benefits of using such a strategy are reflected on in the light of the empirical study.
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Ngquba, Tokozile. "Transkei College of Education students' perceptions of fieldwork in geographical education." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003691.
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The understanding of geographical concepts and the development of skills requires the use of appropriate teaching strategies. Modern school geography incorporates a wealth of techniques and embraces a wide range of strategies which are directly suited to achieve the aims which are central to current geographical education. Techniques which directly involve the learner are perceived to be the most valuable. Of the many participatory strategies suited to the teaching of geography, fieldwork is accepted as the most worthwhile. This study investigates student teachers' perceptions of fieldwork in their college studies and as a teaching strategy. Extensive literature on fieldwork in geographical education was analysed. A survey was conducted to assess the student teachers' fieldwork experiences. The results reveal that fieldwork is neglected in Transkeian schools and Colleges of Education, despite the fact that it is required by school syllabuses, and the fact that in many areas suitable sites are readily accessible. Conclusions are drawn and recommendations made for the inclusion of fieldwork in geography courses at Transkei Colleges of Education.
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Smith, Davina. "Geographically Distributed Employees' Perceptions of Employee Assistance Program Access." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6675.
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Many investigators have documented high levels of stress in the U.S. workplace and the underutilization of employee assistance programs (EAP). Researchers in other studies have concluded that an employee's perception of a service influences participation and service use. However, the perceptions of geographically distributed employees, who represent a growing population, have not been sufficiently examined. The purpose of this study was to investigate geographically distributed employees' perceptions regarding access to EAP stress management services to address the problem of EAP underutilization. Organizational justice theory served as the theoretical framework. The study design was generic qualitative. A purposeful sample of 15 geographically distributed employees provided rich data through semi structured interviews and online questionnaires. The use of generic inductive coding yielded emergent themes regarding geographically distributed employees. Results indicated that geographically distributed employee's perceived access to EAP stress management services as unclear, time-consuming, and inconvenient due to physical separation. This research is significant for human service, employee assistance, and human resource professionals who want to improve geographically distributed employees' perceptions of access to EAP stress management programs. More effective marketing may increase employee use of EAP services and alleviate workplace stress, thus positively impacting social change by helping to cultivate a healthy workforce.
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Ocampo, Hoyos Ana Mercedes. "Crecimiento Urbano y Planificación Territorial en la Ciudad de Cali. Evolución 1990 - 2010." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/404144.
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Este estudio analiza el crecimiento urbano y la planificación territorial en la ciudad de Cali Colombia, entre 1990 y 2010, para reconocer su evolución y brindar una mirada desde la perspectiva de sus ciudadanos. La investigación realizada pretende aportar luces sobre el crecimiento urbano informal en ciudades latinoamericanas, como en el caso de la ciudad de Cali, asolada por la violencia. Los procesos de planificación territorial aplicados, no respondieron a la problemática de la ciudad, precisamente en este periodo, cuando Colombia reformó la constitución política. Se evidenció un crecimiento urbano desordenado y falta de planificación. La transición del modelo centralista a un modelo participativo no fue adecuada, además la falta de una reforma agraria en el país que diera como resultado un mejor alcance en torno a la equidad y en ese sentido desarrollar políticas eficientes ante el desbordante crecimiento urbano.
Se planteó desde el análisis de la investigación cuantitativa, con este fin se realizó una encuesta a 1.000 ciudadanos para obtener información sobre la vinculación entre el crecimiento urbano y la planificación territorial en la ciudad, Se realizó desde la investigación participativa que reconstruyó la historia urbana, a través de eventos, partiendo de la periodización de los hechos más significativos. La interpretación hermenéutica, evidenció las líneas interpretativas de las vivencias y experiencias de la población Caleña.
Este estudio permitió analizar las aristas del hecho colombiano, con las problemáticas que se generaron en su interior, debido a la convulsionada historia que vivió el territorio. Se hace necesario interpretar la realidad para transformarla, desde la capacidad que genera la investigación, haciendo evidente la importancia de un crecimiento urbano equilibrado con una planificación territorial sostenible, esto se logra con voluntad política, situando en primeros lugares los fenómenos sociales. Buscando poner punto final a las inmensas desigualdades en las que se sume este hermoso territorio, en estos momentos en que se acercan los tiempos de paz.SUMMARY This study analyzes urban growth and territorial planning in the city of Cali Colombia, between 1990 and 2010, to recognize its evolution and provide a perspective from the perspective of its citizens. The research is intended to provide insights on informal urban growth in Latin American cities, as in the case of the city of Cali, plagued by violence. The territorial planning processes applied did not addressed the problems of the city, at the time when Colombia reformed its political constitution. Disordered urban growth and lack of planning were evident. The transition from the centralist model to a participatory model was not adequate, in addition the lack of an agrarian reform in the country that resulted in a better reach in terms of equality and in the sense of developing efficient policies before the overflowing urban growth. It was proposed departing from the analysis of quantitative research, with this goal in mind, a survey was given to 1,000 citizens to obtain information on the link between urban growth and territorial planning in the city. It was made from participatory research that reconstructed urban history. Through events, starting from the periodization of the most significant events. The hermeneutic interpretation, evidenced the interpretive lines of the experiences of the Caleña population. This study allowed to analyze the edges of the Colombian event, with the problems that were generated in its interior, due to the convulsed history that was present in its territory. It is necessary to interpret reality to transform it, from the capacity generated by research, making evident the importance of balanced urban growth with sustainable territorial planning, this is achieved with political will, placing social phenomena in the first place. Seeking to put an end to the immense inequalities in which this beautiful territory is added, in these moments in which the peace time approaches.
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Linden, Mark A. "Perceptions of geographic locations : development of a spatial methodology." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.343033.
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Muhl, Ella-Kari. "An analysis of the perceptions surrounding the re-zoning of the Tsitsikamma Marine Protected Area." Master's thesis, Faculty of Science, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31347.
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Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are an increasingly important tool for sustainable marine governance. However, their effectiveness is improved if designed to consider how people value and interact with coasts and marine resources designated for protection. This research critically examines the different perceptions of stakeholders towards the rezoning of Africa’s oldest MPA, the Tsitsikamma National Park (TNP) MPA. In South Africa, MPAs created prior to 1994 under the Apartheid regime disregarded local communities’ rights to the coast and in some cases removed or restricted access, with no consultation. In December 2016 the TNP MPA was rezoned from a 'no-take’ MPA to a partially open protected area with the aim of readdressing historical exclusion and to provide managed access and benefits to adjacent communities. This thesis explores the perceptions of different stakeholders to the rezoning process and the underlying values, worldviews and beliefs that influence these perceptions. The research also examines the nature of participation in the rezoning process, including issues of representation, trust and legitimacy. Data collection is based primarily on 55 semi structured key informant interviews from the nine different communities adjacent to the Tsitsikamma MPA, scientists, NGO and government officials, as well as a focus group with eight representatives from South African National Parks. Data sources are supplemented with census and mapping information, field observations and a participatory film project. Findings from this research identified and examined the diverse perceptions of stakeholders about the re-zoning and highlighted how different groups have very different perceptions about the benefits of the rezoning for either marine conservation objectives or community economic, livelihood and wellbeing aspirations. What emerged clearly was that perceptions are influenced by values, worldviews and beliefs and that failure to recognize and incorporate these perceptions in planning, discussions and decision-making leads to ongoing contestation and conflict. The research thus highlights the challenge of balancing community rights and needs with conservation goals in a rapidly changing marine context, and highlights that understanding different perceptions and values that underlie these perceptions and providing the space to allow these different views to be shared is important for collaborative governance of MPAs in South Africa. Based on an enhanced understanding of perceptions, recommendations are made regarding the importance of recognizing and incorporating perceptions in planning and decision-making and promoting greater participation in governance.
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So, Pui-ting, and 蘇佩婷. "A case study of teachers' perceptions of geographical education and their implications for classroom pedagogies." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1997. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31959799.
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Van, Deventer Heidi. "Using geographical information systems for mapping commercial farmers' perceptions on land reform in Mpumalanga, RSA." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52043.
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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2000.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Traditional top-down decision-making models have become unpopular since public institutions have been demanding more democracy at local level. New approaches and techniques have focused on how the majority of people can be involved in a bottom-up approach to development and decision making. Techniques, such as Participatory Rural Appraisals (PRAs), have identified people's concerns regarding the use of natural resources centred on land issues. Land is essentially a subject of public concern. Land as a spatial phenomenon controlled politically and used by all for survival and other purposes needs to be assessed in an integrated and time-spatial way for better planning and decision making. Geographical Information Systems (GISs) have often been used by statutory "experts" in evaluating, analysing and mapping of land and land-related features. GISs have a lot of potential in being applied as decision-making tools. If this is the case, how can public perceptions and politics be presented and mapped in a GIS to improve and democratise decision making even further? The study has investigated new methods of representing people's perspectives at grassroots level in a non-traditional way. A sub-region of the Lowveld, situated in the Mpumalanga province, has been selected because of the various kinds of land owners in the region. The Kruger National Park lies to the east of the study area, from where some black communities claim to have been removed. To the west of that is one of the districts of the former homeland KaNgwane, namely Nsikazi, and west of that two areas of intensive large-scale commercial fruit and vegetable production in the Nelspruit-White River and Kiepersol-Hazyview areas. Towards the escarpment north-west of these lie large commercial exotic forest plantations, owned mainly by Safcol and MandL Given the high demand and need for land from the overpopulated Nsikazi district, the process of land reform is a matter of great concern. White male commercial farmers in both regions where commercial farming is active were interviewed about their knowledge and perceptions of land reform. Various themes were presented to the farmers to comment on, namely the history of forced removals, land use, land potential, hydrology and where land reform should take place. Interviews were taped in Afrikaans, transcribed and translated to English. "Mental maps" were drawn on tracing paper overlaid on topographical maps of the Land Surveyor General, Mowbray. These were digitised and managed in Arclnfo, and displayed and analysed in ArcView, from where output maps were produced. The results of this technique proved to be very useful and can certainly broaden the use of GISs in decision making and public participation. However, GISs alone cannot be seen as the solution to better development and better decision-making. Public participation is of the utmost value in facilitating and initiating these processes. Land use planning needs to be the responsibility and concern of all land users and owners at a local level, where GISs can be applied as a tool to provide easier and more effective analysis and results for the implementation of initiatives.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Tradisionele bo-na-onder besluitnemingsmodelle het in die laaste paar dekades baie ongewild geraak met die totstandkoming van instellings wat die publiek se mening hoog ag en demokrasie op grondvlak probeer bevorder. Nuwe benaderings en tegnieke poog nou om die publiek se mening in 'n onder-na-bo benadering tot ontwikkeling en besluitneming te integreer. Grondhervorming is basies die erns van die publiek, meer so as die staat. Grond is 'n ruimtelike verskynsel wat polities beheer word maar deur die meerderheid gebruik word vir oorlewing asook ander doeleindes. Dit behoort op 'n tyd-ruimtelike basis op 'n geïntegreerde wyse vir beter beplanning en besluitneming ondersoek te word. Geografiese Inligtingstelsels (GISs) word hoofsaaklik deur statutêre "kenners" gebruik in die evaluering, analise en kartering van grond en verbandhoudende verskynsels. Dit beskik verder oor die potensiaal om in besluitnemingsprosesse gebruik te word. Die vraag ontstaan egter hoe die publiek se menings en politieke strukture met 'n GIS verteenwoordig en gekarteer kan word ter verbetering van besluitneming op 'n meer demokratiese wyse. Die studie het nuwe metodes ondersoek waarvolgens mense op grondvlak se persepsies op nie-tradisionele maniere verteenwoordig en ondersoek kan word. 'n Sub-streek van die Laeveld wat geleë is in die Mpumalanga provinsie, is geselekteer vanweë die verskeidenheid grondeienaars wat daar voorkom. Die Kruger Nasionale Park is geleë in die oostelike deel van die studiegebied vanwaar sekere swart gemeenskappe gedurende die Apartheidsregime verskuif is. Direk wes hiervan lê die voormalige tuisland KaNgwane se Nsikazi distrik en wes daarvan twee areas, naamlik Nelspruit-Witrivier en Kiepersol-Hazyview, waar die kommersiële boerdery van vrugte en groente op groot skaal beoefen word. In die noordwestelike gedeeltes van die studiegebied kom grootskaalse uitheemse bosbouplantasies voor wat aan Safcol en Mondi behoort. Met die stygende aanvraag na grond vir residensiële- en landbougebruik in die streek, veral vanuit die Nsikazi distrik, is grondhervorming en die toepassing daarvan, 'n probleem, indien nie 'n bedreiging, vir die meeste grondeienaars. Onderhoude is met blanke manlike kommersiële boere, in albei die kommersiële streke gevoer om hul menings en kennis van grondhervorming te ondersoek. Verskeie temas is as besprekingspunte gestel, naamlik die geskiedenis van gedwonge verskuiwings, grondgebruik, grondpotensiaal, water hulpbronne en waar hul meen grondhervorming sou moes plaasvind. Onderhoude was in Afrikaans opgeneem, getranskribeer en in Engels vertaal. "Kognitiewe kaarte" was op deursigtige papier geteken wat oor 'n reeks topografiese kaarte van die gebied gelê is. Die resultate is versyfer en in Arelnfo gemanipuleer en daarna in ArcView ontleed en vir verslaglewering gekarteer. Die resultate van die tegniek beloof om vir beide besluitnemers en die publiek as deelnemers in die proses baie bruikbaar te wees. Dit verbreed ook die gebruik en toepassing van GISs en die sisteem se vermoëns. GISs kan egter nie alleenlik aangewend word om ontwikkeling en besluitneming vir die publiek beter of meer aanvaarbaar te maak nie. Alle mense se deelname is van die uiterste belang en waarde in die inisiëring, fasilitering en implementering van strategieë en projekte. Grondgebruiksbeplanning moet die verantwoordelikheid van almal word wat grond op plaaslike vlak gebruik of besit, nie net van die wat deur 'n probleem of program, soos grondhervorming, geraak word nie. 'n GIS kan aangewend word om die prosesse van ontwikkeling en besluitneming te vergemaklik deur analises vinniger en op 'n meer effektiewe manier te ondersoek vir beter en meer demokratiese besluitneming.
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So, Pui-ting. "A case study of teachers' perceptions of geographical education and their implications for classroom pedagogies." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1997. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B18876353.
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Prangova, Mimi. "Visualization of Sensory Perception Descriptions." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för datavetenskap, fysik och matematik, DFM, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-9130.
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Visualization of Sensory Perception Descriptors is a topic in the field of Information Visualization. It is concentrated on the research and development of methods for analyses of data related with human modalities description. One possibility for investigating sensory perception descriptors is analyzing a great number of wine tasting notes. This thesis is concerned with the visualization of wine tasting notes in order to aid linguistic analyses. It strives to find proper visualizations that will give a better insight into the language used in wine tasting notes. Two main processes are described in the following report. First it sets out the process of researching of different methods of information visualization that led to the final approach for representing the data. A number of concepts for text analyses are discussed and the most useful of them are developed further. Several approaches for text visualization and statistical information are combined to build a system for tasting notes analyses. The second part of the report describes the process of developing a prototype that implements the represented approaches and gives an opportunity for real testing and conclusions.
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Dillman, Jennifer L. "Geographic Distance, Contact, and Family Perceptions of Quality Nursing Home Care." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2010. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28412/.
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The effect of frequency of nursing home contact on family perceptions of quality care is the focus of this research. A family member characteristic, such as geographic distance from the nursing home, affects his or her frequency of contact with the nursing home. Frequency of contact, in turn, affects family perceptions of the care his or her loved one receives in the nursing home. The theoretical framework for this study is based on Allport's intergroup contact theory, which posits that when four contact conditions - institutional support, equal status, common goals, and intergroup cooperation - are present in an intergroup situation, a reduction in anxiety between groups is likely to occur. Regression analysis tested the stated hypotheses using survey data collected from 275 family members of residents in 10 Dallas-Ft. Worth area nursing homes. This study is among the first to quantify family geographic distance, finding that family geographic distance is a significant negative predictor of nursing home contact. Additionally, results build on Allport's theory by extending its' usefulness to nursing home organizations in two distinct ways. First, findings support Allport's premise that contact alone between groups - i.e., family members and nursing home staff - is insufficient for increasing or decreasing family perceptions of nursing home care. Second, three of the four contact conditions included in Allport's theory were statistically supported by the data. In sum, findings of this research provide nursing homes with an empirically tested model for improving family perceptions of quality nursing home care.
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Allison, Hylton. "An Assessment of water demand management and the attitudes, perceptions and practices of large potable water consumers within the Cape Metropolitan Area." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4828.
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Wilson, Jessica L. "The Influence of Individualist-Collectivist Values, Attitudes Toward Women, and Proenvironmental Orientation on Landscape Preference." UNF Digital Commons, 2009. http://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/262.
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The purpose of this study was to explore individual variables affecting preferences for natural or managed landscapes. Environmental attitudes and value systems of student participants (N = 147) were assessed using the revised New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) scale and the Scenarios for the Measurement of Collectivism and Individualism (SMCI) scale, respectively. In addition, feminist orientation was assessed using the Attitudes toward Woman scale (AWS). The hypothesis that proenvironmental attitudes would be positively correlated with a preference for natural landscapes was supported. However, hypotheses that alignment with collectivist values would correlate positively with a preference for natural landscapes and that a feminist orientation would be positively correlated with a preference for natural landscapes were not supported. Demographic variables are discussed with respect to landscape preference. Caveats of the individualism-collectivism variable are also discussed.
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Spittal, Ryan. "The Impact of Geographic Expansion on Intended Identity of an Organization." NSUWorks, 2010. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/hsbe_etd/106.
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As organizations grow and expand past their operational headquarters, individual branches may reflect a different identity than that of the headquarters. The question then is, "Is senior management able to transcend geographical boundaries and communicate the identity that has shaped their strategy for the organization?" The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of geographical expansion on the reflected perceptions of internal stakeholders related to the organization's intended identity as defined by senior management. Through this study, four themes emerged from the data. The themes included a reliance on reputation, a sense of belonging, peer influence, and communication congruence. Based on this data, the study provides a marketing of identity process to assist organizations in communicating their identity throughout the organization and across geographic locations.
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Jeon, Lisa. "Drawing Boundaries and Revealing Language Attitudes: Mapping Perceptions of Dialects in Korea." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2013. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc271835/.
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Perceptual dialectology studies have shown that people have strong opinions about the number and placement of dialect regions. There has been relatively little research conducted in this area on Korean, however, with early studies using only short language attitude surveys. To address this gap in research, in the present study, I use the 'draw-?a-?map' task to examine perceptions of language variation in Korea. I ask respondents to draw a line around places in Korea where people speak differently and provide names, examples, and comments about the language spoken in those areas. With the resulting data, I use ArcGIS 10.0 software to quantitatively identify, aggregate, and map the most salient dialect areas and categories for subjects' perceptions. I also perform a content analysis of the qualitative data provided by respondents using 'keywords.' During this process, I categorize comments and labels given by respondents to find emerging themes. Finally, I stratify perceptions of respondents by demographic factors, e.g., age, sex, and urbanicity, that have often been found to be important in language variation and change. An analysis of these data suggests that Koreans' perceptions of dialect regions are not necessarily limited by administrative boundaries. In fact, the data reveal not only perceptions of dialect variation unassociated with geographic borders, but they also tap into the way people connect ideas about language and place. Results from this study have implications for language attitudes research, perceptual dialectology methodology, and the relationship between language and place in Korea.
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Davis, Jane. "Longing or belonging? : responses to a 'new' land in southern Western Australia 1829-1907." University of Western Australia. History Discipline Group, 2009. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2009.0137.
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While it is now well established that many Europeans were delighted with the landscapes they encountered in colonial Australia, the pioneer narrative that portrays colonists as threatened and alienated by a harsh environment and constantly engaged in battles with the land is still powerful in both scholarly and popular writing. This thesis challenges this dominant narrative and demonstrates that in a remarkably short period of time some colonists developed strong connections with, and even affection for, their 'new' place in Western Australia. Using archival materials for twenty-one colonists who settled in five regions across southern Western Australia from the 1830s to the early 1900s, here this complex process of belonging is unravelled and several key questions are posed: what lenses did the colonists utilise to view the land? How did they use and manage the land? How were issues of class, domesticity and gender roles negotiated in their 'new' environment? What connections did they make with the land? And ultimately, to what extent did they feel a sense of belonging in the Colony? I argue that although utilitarian approaches to the land are evident, this was not the only way colonists viewed the land; for example, they often used the picturesque to express delight and charm. Gender roles and ideas of class were modified as men, as well as women, worked in the home and planted flower gardens, and both men and women carried out tasks that in their households in England and Ireland, would have been done by servants. Thus, the demarcation of activities that were traditionally for men, women and servants became less distinct and amplified their connection to place. Boundaries between the colonists' domestic space and the wider environments also became more permeable as women ventured beyond their houses and gardens to explore and journey through the landscapes. The selected colonists had romantic ideas of nature and wilderness, that in the British middle and upper-middle class were associated with being removed from the land, but in colonial Western Australia many of them were intimately engaged with it. Through their interactions with the land and connections they made with their social networks, most of these colonists developed an attachment for their 'new' place and called it home; they belonged there.