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Henstra, Simon. "Inner-city palimpsest: Building the city above the city." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13129.
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Includes bibliographical references.This dissertation emerged from a fascination with the rich urban and architectural fabric of dense inner-cities, the layered palimpsest, and strong sense of character as a result of the piecemeal evolution of the city over time. Retaining this character is at odds with the phenomenon of a market-driven, developer-led method of place ‘un-making’ within the city which aims to maximise utility and scale, removes large portions of the existing urban fabric in the process, but adds much needed density to the city. The dissertation attempts to understand the paradox between the positive addition of density, and the nega- tive destruction of good urban fabric and character. While vacant erven within the city are scarce, the city’s density is far less than is planned due to many existing buildings having a lower bulk than is allowed. Simply put, there is a vast amount of airspace above the existing city which is being underutilised and underdeveloped. This dissertation explores a method of placemaking less dependent on the ground plane, and able to occupy the underutilised airspace above existing blocks and erven; densifying the city, and expanding its capacity, while maintaining the unique sense of character and rich urban fabric which is a product of generations of small steps in development. The dissertation attempts to cover, as a narrative, the process of unpacking ideas as pragmatic as zoning and as poetic as what it means to contribute to the rich architectural palimpsest, and everything in between.
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JOHN, JACLYN NICOLE. "REACTIVATING INNER-CITY MAIN STREETS." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1053457632.
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Abayomi-Cole, Edith. "Ministering to inner-city children." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.
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Ipgrave, Julia. "Inter faith encounter and religious understanding in an inner city primary school." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2002. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/1135/.
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The subject of this thesis is the influence of encounter on the religious understanding of a group of primary age children in inner city Leicester. The research focuses on a minority of non-Muslim children in a predominantly Muslim area, and is informed by small discussion groups in which the children were free to explore and share their own ideas. The study begins by presenting a view of children as active in the construction of their own lives. The young participants' contributions to the discussions are related to other theoretical positions on children's religion and a cognitive and language-based approach is advocated. A progressive, developmental model of children's religious thinking is rejected in favour of a model that allows multi-directional movement to and fro between different faith styles in response to a number of contextual factors. Detailed textual analysis of the transcribed conversations reveals the inffuences of social encounter on the children's understanding. It also recognises the creativity of the children's religious thinking when their perspectives are brought into dialogical relationship with the viewpoints of others. As they assimilate words and discourses from their wider environment, the children adapt them and employ them for their own ends. Their social context of religious plurality supplies a bank of understandings and associations. From this they select and negotiate meanings to suit the requirements of the immediate communicative context of the discussions. The outcome of the process is the children's ongoing theological engagement with questions of religious identity and belief
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Loughlin, Helen Mary. "City of the Dead and ‘Poetry of the inner city’." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/25099.
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City of the Dead, a poetry collection, and its companion piece, ‘Poetry of the inner city’, an exegesis, explore representations of cities, streets and the urban environment in Australian poetry. The collection and exegesis investigate notions of the living city (Sydney) and the dead city (Rookwood Necropolis) as constructed by memory, history and archives, walking, and observation. In writing of these places through these lenses, I balance interior and exterior journeys, landscapes and locations with a sense of poetic legacy, building on the existing poetic representations of urban places and experiences.
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Hardaway, Gregory S. "Effectively pastoring a small inner city congregation." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2000. http://www.tren.com.
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Cloutier, Joseph Leonard. "Popular theatre, education, and inner city youth." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq21558.pdf.
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Brattgård, Nils. "Sustainable stormwater management in Stockholm's inner city." Thesis, KTH, Urbana och regionala studier, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-298539.
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Much like other cities Stockholm has traditionally used a technical system for managing stormwater. With time this system has become overburdened and has led to large environmental concerns. To reach water quality goals set by the EU Stockholm needs to decrease pollution released to recipients by 70-80%. Green infrastructure (GI) has increasingly been used as an alternative and addition to technical stormwater systems. Many studies have been conducted on different solutions and their stormwater management performance. The City of Stockholm have done research on numerous solutions to evaluate their performance in the context of Stockholm as well. However, implementation in the inner city is slow, thus this study explores why this is the case, and how Stockholm’s stormwater management goals can be reached. Stockholm predominately uses trees planted in plant beds using structural soil, and a combination of constructed wetlands and wet ponds for stormwater management. In new developments there is no real concern, as the GI can be included in planning at an early stage. Including these solutions in existing environments causes issues related to space, both above and below ground, and costs. Therefore, other solutions need to be found. This study explored green roofs, green walls and permeable pavements as possible options. Additionally, it found that finding new space that has previously not been used for GI could be an option. To mitigate financing issues new ways of promoting investment into GI from private property owners could be utilized, but that there also is a mismatch between supposed support for sustainable stormwater management on the political side and funds allocated. Finally, the study recommends that Stockholm takes the technical systems into account and explores what GI measures best work together with it to more effectively decrease pollution.
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Knox, Lynda Marie. "The ecology of resilience in the inner-city : redefining resilience in the lives of high-risk inner-city youth /." Digital version accessible at:, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
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Davidson, Dean A. "Residential revitalisation of inner city areas: a case study of Northbridge." Thesis, Curtin University, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1083.
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The catalyst for this research has been the growing national interest in inner city living. Specifically this has come from local and state government, the housing and land development industry, and the general public over the last two decades. During this time there has generally been an increase in dwellings and residents within most Australian inner city areas. The last two decades has witnessed a continual barrage by public and private organisations as to the benefits of inner city living. However there has been negligible research from the inner city residents perspective. Most research to date has centered on inner city lifestyle benefits, what dwellings private developers are providing,and what local and state governments are doing to promote inner city living. This research has focused on Northbridge as a case study as an indicator of inner city Australian areas. The research identifies historical influences and changes in landuses in Northbridge since 1829 through to the 1990s with particular reference to the move from residential to commercial land uses, and the resurgence in residential land uses. This has included an analysis of the role and impact of local and state government, and commercial forces. A synoptic view reveals that landuse changes have been driven by the needs of commercial forces, with local and state government serving commercial before resident needs. A demographic profile of who the inner city residents are has been established. It has been revealed that the diversity of the inner areas is reflected in the demographics of the people that live there.Similarly the inner city household types and structures are varied, although most households are smaller than those of the middle or outer suburbs. Further research was undertaken to determine the relationship of the available dwellings in inner areas relative to what residents want in terms of dwelling design, size, location, open space, cost and affordability. The type of dwelling being built was found to be similar to what inner city residents want, although their cost creates inequitable access. The problems with inner city living and what support services are required for inner city residents was analysed. This was correlated with an analysis of transport needs, and the relationship between inner city residents, and the location of employment, retail and entertainment facilities. Most support services required by inner city residents were found to be available, although a need exists to improve specific services. Inner residents do rely on private vehicles, although to a lesser degree than middle or outer suburban dwellers and with less time spent travelling to access employment, retail and entertainment facilities. This research has essentially focused on the inner city residents needs, and the degree to which these needs have been fulfilled.The general consensus amongst local and state government, and private bodies involved in the supply of inner city dwellings is that building more dwellings will inject life into the inner areas. Unfortunately this is a simplistic view that is unlikely to create the bustling, lively streets envisaged. To revitalise the inner areas requires a closer examination of who the residents are that are moving into the inner areas' so as to enhance and not detract from the existing diversity. The concluding chapter of this thesis outlines recommendations that have been designed to promote equitable access to inner city dwellings and revitalisation of inner areas to ensure than not only is the inner city population increased, but that life is injected back into the inner city by the residents, and that there is more of a focus on resident, rather than commercial needs.
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De, Beer Stephan F. "Towards a theology of Inner city transformation : a contextual perspective on the church, housing and community in the Inner city." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/62590.
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God loves urban people and urban places. God's body on earth - the
church - is called to be an expression of this love, fleshing it out in big
and small ways, serving humbly, loving tenderly and acting justly.
Humility does not exclude boldness, tenderness does not exclude
toughness, and justice does not exclude love. It is in the strange
paradoxes of tenderness and toughness, of love and justice, of humility
and boldness, of death and life, that we might discover the wisdom of
God and the power of the cross.
It is in dying into the city that we will become signs of life and hope. It is
in touching the wounds of the city that we will become healers in
brokenness. It is in becoming as vulnerable as the city (as individuals and
as churches) that we can proclaim healing to the vulnerable.
This study wants to suggest that God's heart for cities and for the poor is
big enough to match the challenge. It is in the decay of the inner city that
creative alternatives emerge. It is with the inner city poor that bold
partnerships unfold. It is at the bottom of society that we are surprised by
signs of transformation.
" ... but God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise;
God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong."
God has a plan big enough to match the challenge - a plan that can
indeed transform the current reality. And God's Spirit wants to create
within us a new imagination of the city in God's image.
This study is exploring such an alternative imagination, the spirituality
necessary to sustain it, and the theology and actions required to realise
it. Its focus is the changing inner cities of South Africa in general, and
housing in the inner city communities of Pretoria in particular.Thesis (DDiv)--University of Pretoria, 1998.
Practical Theology
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Diao, Mi Ph D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Using neighborhood indicators to understand inner city markets." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37656.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2006.Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-108).
The economic distress of America's inner cities is one of the most pressing issues facing the nation. Many analysts have asserted the unmet retail demand in inner-city neighborhoods and the potential for translating this demand into investment. Tapping the unmet retail demand has been considered an important strategy to accelerate the economic development in inner cities. The purpose of this study is to propose an analytical framework that can reveal the spatial patterns of retail markets and test whether and to what extent inner-city neighborhoods are actually 'under served'. With the help of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) tools, this study designs and calculates neighborhood indicators of the demand, supply and gaps in retail markets with census tract level socioeconomic data and parcel level business data. Based on the indicators, econometric models are developed to quantitatively estimate the 'pure' impact of an inner-city location on the local retail supply level. The neighborhood indicator system is applied to the food store markets in the Boston Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA).
(cont.) Econometric analysis shows that inner-city tracts have an annual food store retail sales level (in millions of dollars per square mile) that is significantly lower than non inner-city tracts in the Boston MSA, after controlling for other factors that may influence retail supply level. The proposed analytical framework can be easily applied to other retail markets as well as other MSAs. The spatial patterns of retail markets revealed by the neighborhood indicators can be helpful for business owners to identify opportunities for future business expansion or recruitment.
by Mi Diao.
M.C.P.
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Taylor, Jemima. "Barriers to naturalistic planting in inner city parks." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2017. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/16476/.
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The last few decades have seen an increasing popularity in naturalistic planting. It is widely accepted to be attractive and beneficial to wildlife. It is, however, still unusual to see it in inner city parks, where mown grass, trees, shrub beds and colourful annual planting still predominate. This two-part study aims to identify where barriers are to naturalistic planting. Firstly, it explores park users’ attitudes to naturalistic planting, both in the broadest sense and at vegetation level. It uses quantitative survey methods to explore how demographic factors such as age, gender and occupation, and behavioural factors, such as park visit frequency, reason for being in the park and access to other types of open space, might influence preference and acceptance of naturalistic planting. Park users in two cities were asked about areas of naturalistic vegetation specially grown for this study. The second part is an exploration of the attitudes of professionals within the Green space sector; both local authority employees and professionals from specialist organisations. This qualitative study takes an ethnographic approach; attitudes towards naturalistic planting are explored within the context of the personal, professional motivations of employees within the Green space sector. It is hoped that by probing deeper into the culture of organisations, and the individuals that work in them, a greater understanding of naturalistic planting, in inner city parks, might be gained. It was found that park users almost universally embrace the idea of naturalistic planting, that factors such as age, familiarity and context influence park users’ views about planting. Diversity and “wildlife” were found be important to park users generally and the more familiar they are with these the more it influences their preference. Local authority employees were found to hold professional attitudes about naturalistic planting that did not reflect the attitudes held by the park users. Greenspace managers, while expressing approval of naturalistic planting, did not prioritise it as a vegetation choice. This study found that barriers to naturalistic planting are environmental and institutional. These can be overcome by champions for naturalistic planting within local authorities and outside them, strong relationships of trust between experts in the field and local authorities which incites motivation to innovate in vegetation management.
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Cottle, Simon. "TV news, urban conflict and the inner city /." Leicester : Leicester university press, 1993. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb355988258.
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Rule, John. "Practising place: stories around inner city Sydney neighbourhood centres." University of Technology, Sydney. Faculty of Education, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2100/387.
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The Neighbourhood Centres (NCs) in Sydney, Australia, were established to encourage forms of local control and resident participation and to provide a range of activities to build, strengthen and support local communities and marginalised groups. This thesis is concerned with exploring the personal conceptions, passions and frameworks, as well as the political and professional identities, of activists and community workers in these NCs. It also explores stories of practice and of how these subjective experiences have been shaped through the discourses around the NCs, some of which include feminism, environmentalism, multiculturalism and social justice. The following key research questions encouraged stories of community practice: What do the terms empowerment, participation, community service and citizenship mean for community organisation? What did community workers and organisers wish for when they became involved in these community organisations? What happened to the oppositional knowledges and dissent that are part of the organisational histories? Foucault’s concept of governmentality is used to explore the possibility that these NCs are also sites of ‘government through community’. This theoretical proposition questions taken-for-granted assumptions about community development and empowerment approaches. It draws on a willingness of the research participants to take up postmodern and poststructuralist theories. ‘Practising place’ emerges in the research as a description of a particular form of activism and community work associated with these inner city Sydney NCs. The central dimensions of ‘practising place’ include: a commitment to identity work; an openness to exploring diverse and fluid citizenship and identity formations; and the use of local knowledges to develop a critique of social processes. Another feature of ‘practising place’ is that it involves an analysis of the operation of power that extends beyond structuralist explanations of how to bring about social change and transform social relations. The research has deconstructed assumptions about empowerment, community participation, community organisations and community development, consequently another way of talking about the work of small locally based community organisations emerges. This new way of talking builds upon research participants’ understandings of power and demonstrates the utility of applying a poststructural analysis to activist and community work practices. Overall the research suggests that if activists and community workers are to work with new understandings of the operation of power, then the languages and social practices associated with activist and community work traditions need to be constantly and reflexively analysed and questioned.
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Ross, Gena L. "Kansas City, Missouri, Inner City Schools' Parent Involvement Policy, Practices, and Accreditation Problems." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4754.
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In 2012, the Missouri Board of Education took away Kansas City Public Schools (KCPS) accreditation status. For over 40 years, KCPS has struggled with poor academic achievement, decreased enrollment and budget, and numerous leadership turnovers. Although KCPS regained provisional accreditation in 2014 and earned enough points on the annual performance report for consideration to become a fully accredited school system, state education officials first want to ensure that the district can sustain its new performance level before granting full accreditation. The purpose of this phenomenological research study was to explore parents' perceptions about how the KCPS' parent involvement policy and practices can be improved to better engage parents in their children's education and assist the school district in regaining and sustaining its full accreditation. Putnam's social capital theory served as the theoretical foundation of this study. Data were collected using semistructured interviews with a snowball sample of 21 parents, 7 from each school. Data were analyzed through Braun and Clarke's 6 phases of thematic analysis. Findings indicated the need for school personnel to be more welcoming to visiting parents, creating afterhours activities for working parents, increasing points of contact between parents and school personnel, teachers investing more time and effort in students, and school personnel making more efforts to keep parents informed. The implications for positive social change are directed at KCPS policymakers, school district leaders, teachers, and staff members as findings can be used to develop and improve policies and practices geared towards improving parents' involvement, which may help KCPS to regain and sustain full accreditation.
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Davidson, Dean A. "Residential revitalisation of inner city areas: a case study of Northbridge." Curtin University of Technology, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, 1995. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=15080.
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The catalyst for this research has been the growing national interest in inner city living. Specifically this has come from local and state government, the housing and land development industry, and the general public over the last two decades. During this time there has generally been an increase in dwellings and residents within most Australian inner city areas. The last two decades has witnessed a continual barrage by public and private organisations as to the benefits of inner city living. However there has been negligible research from the inner city residents perspective. Most research to date has centered on inner city lifestyle benefits, what dwellings private developers are providing,and what local and state governments are doing to promote inner city living. This research has focused on Northbridge as a case study as an indicator of inner city Australian areas. The research identifies historical influences and changes in landuses in Northbridge since 1829 through to the 1990s with particular reference to the move from residential to commercial land uses, and the resurgence in residential land uses. This has included an analysis of the role and impact of local and state government, and commercial forces. A synoptic view reveals that landuse changes have been driven by the needs of commercial forces, with local and state government serving commercial before resident needs. A demographic profile of who the inner city residents are has been established. It has been revealed that the diversity of the inner areas is reflected in the demographics of the people that live there.Similarly the inner city household types and structures are varied, although most households are smaller than those of the middle or outer suburbs. Further research was undertaken to determine the relationship of the available dwellings in inner areas relative to what residents want in terms of dwelling design, size, location, open space, cost and affordability. The type of dwelling being built was found to be similar to what inner city residents want, although their cost creates inequitable access. The problems with inner city living and what support services are required for inner city residents was analysed. This was correlated with an analysis of transport needs, and the relationship between inner city residents, and the location of employment, retail and entertainment facilities. Most support services required by inner city residents were found to be available, although a need exists to improve specific services. Inner residents do rely on private vehicles, although to a lesser degree than middle or outer suburban dwellers and with less time spent travelling to access employment, retail and entertainment facilities. This research has essentially focused on the inner city residents needs, and the degree to which these needs have been fulfilled.
The general consensus amongst local and state government, and private bodies involved in the supply of inner city dwellings is that building more dwellings will inject life into the inner areas. Unfortunately this is a simplistic view that is unlikely to create the bustling, lively streets envisaged. To revitalise the inner areas requires a closer examination of who the residents are that are moving into the inner areas' so as to enhance and not detract from the existing diversity. The concluding chapter of this thesis outlines recommendations that have been designed to promote equitable access to inner city dwellings and revitalisation of inner areas to ensure than not only is the inner city population increased, but that life is injected back into the inner city by the residents, and that there is more of a focus on resident, rather than commercial needs.
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Dmochowski, A. A. "Examining the impacts of a new regional inner-city retail development on liverpool's existing inner-city shopping centres and other retail areas." Thesis, Liverpool John Moores University, 2016. http://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/4250/.
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The retail sector is a major contributor to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the UK and is one of the world’s most competitive industries. Its development in the UK has seen it expand dramatically and these changes are of particular significance in regard to retailers in traditional town and city centres. The publication of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) in 2012 set out the government’s objectives for town centres. The key strategies from the paper were to promote their vitality and viability by planning for their growth and development as well as promoting and enhancing existing centres. The main focus of the policy however was to promote a ‘town centre first’ approach in regards to new retail development. Liverpool is one of many UK cities who have recently experienced a new inner-city retail development built alongside existing inner-city retail areas, in particular, through the building of Liverpool One. Opened in 2008, Liverpool One was built to not only offer a new retail experience in the city, alongside the established inner-city retail areas, but to also enhance the existing city centre retail areas through retail-led regeneration. The overall aim of this research is to examine the impacts that have arisen in regard to the opening of Liverpool One in particular, the impacts that this new retail development has had on the already established inner-city retail areas. A mixed methods approach was adopted; a questionnaire was developed to investigate existing retailers’ sales levels and vacancy rates and changes of occupation were measured using Goad maps. Semi-structured interviews were also carried out with existing inner-city shopping centre managers. The findings of the research suggest that the opening of Liverpool One impacted on existing retailers and shopping centres through a loss in annual sales, alterations in footfall patterns, fluctuations in vacancy rates, and changes in occupation of retail space. However, the scale of impact varied between retail areas within the city centre and the economic recession at the time of the study may have also been a contributing factor to these findings. This research informed the development of a set of recommendations to be used as a possible industry tool when incorporating a new regional inner-city shopping centre into an existing town or city centre.
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Shaw, Kirstyn E. L. "Beyond gentrification : a new phase of inner city resettlement? /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2004. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18629.pdf.
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Robinson, Catherine Social Policy Research Centre Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences UNSW. "Being somewhere: young homeless people in inner-city Sydney." Awarded by:University of New South Wales, 2002. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/36679.
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Drawing on in-depth interviews, participant observation and my experiences of working with young homeless people in refuges, in this thesis I develop an analysis which identifies some key spatial practices through which young people negotiate the field of homelessness in inner-city Sydney. The particular contribution of this work is to consider homelessness in terms of a theorised understanding of the broader role of place within homelessness, rather than in terms of the immediacy of cause or solution. While acknowledging the importance of the large body of work which has focused on the structural causes of homelessness and the need for a clear policy-oriented definition of homelessness, I develop an alternative agenda for a focus on young homeless people's struggles to feel 'in place' and 'at home'. These struggles throw into relief the need to understand young people???s homelessness in terms of a search, not just for a place to stay, but for a place to belong. Utilising the rich body of work which explores the important relation of place and subjectivity, I connect young people???s experiences of place within homelessness with the broader social and phenomenological concepts of ???displacement??? and ???implacement???. In particular, I focus on the spatial relations through which young people construct and organise their daily paths and begin to make sense of their often painful and chaotic lives and their fears about the future. I contextualise their fragile experiences of being somewhere in a broader spatial structure of constant movement and grief and feelings of alienation from the wider community. I consider the enduring role of past homes in their continuing struggle to piece together a way of ???being at home??? both in terms of drawing together a network of physical places of safety and in terms of experiencing a sense of acceptance, recognition and rootedness through place. I point to the critical need to include broader understandings of both home and homelessness in addressing the displacement which shapes the experience of homelessness for young people and impacts on the success of immediate measures developed to respond to it.
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Conrad, Diane Helen. "Exploring media advertising through drama with inner city students." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/MQ60391.pdf.
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Mitchom, Regis Vaughn. "A new urban view : an inner city revitalization scheme." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/24126.
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Magnan, Lise D. "Factors contributing to independent living of inner-city seniors." Thesis, McGill University, 1996. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=24026.
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The role of rehabilitation in maximizing seniors' independence is becoming more important as Canada's population ages and as health care shifts to the community. It is necessary for rehabilitation professionals to understand the factors that contribute to seniors' independence in order to accurately focus services and to justify directions taken in the process of health care reform. The overall objective of this study was to determine the degree to which inner-city seniors are living independently today and to identify factors contributing to independent living. A cross-sectional study was conducted with subjects selected by a random telephone selection method. One hundred and sixty-one community-dwelling persons, aged 65 and over who live in Montreal's downtown core were interviewed over the phone to obtain information on sociodemographics, health and disability. Nearly 30% of participants reported their degree of independent living as only moderate or low on the three independent living outcomes. The vast majority reflect a positive portrait of physical function and integration. However, this group represents the tip of the iceberg because they are significantly healthier than non-participants. Several demographic, health and disability factors were identified as contributing to independent living in this group of community-dwelling seniors. These findings are important for rehabilitation professionals as many of the factors are modifiable from both societal and health points of view.
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Jeffery, Robert Francis. "Mobility and inequality in a transitional inner-city neighbourhood." Thesis, University of Salford, 2011. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/26735/.
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This study attempts to identify the causal mechanisms linking social inequality and physical (im)mobilities, by way of a case study analysis. Adopting a methodological approach of critical realism, the focus of this study lies not with aggregate analyses of transport behaviour, but with qualitative judgements based on mixed-methods regarding the links between mobility, place, and identity, as they are played out in a deprived (though partially gentrified) neighbourhood. Following an examination of the Labour government's Social Exclusion Unit's work on transport inequalities (Making the Connections, 2003), I will attempt to link current trends in class analysis to the problematic of mobility and inequality, giving particular attention to the Bourdieusian inspired concepts of 'network capital' (Urry, 2007) and 'elective belonging' (Savage et al, 2005). In attempting to relate sociological theory to the level of individual experience, this work tends towards the ideographic, as against the macro analyses of authors such as Bauman, Beck, Castells, and Giddens. To locate this case study site within the broader array of social processes, a careful description of its contextual attributes will be undertaken, focusing especially on the impact of the mobility of capital (and of regional 'uneven development', Massey, 1995), and the restructuring of urban space around modernist planning ideals (Jacobs, 1961). The substantive empirical data presented in two chapters deals with everyday and residential mobilities, respectively. In the first of these chapters I engage with Urry's concept of network capital and, by relating its constituent components to the forms of capital conceived of by Bourdieu, question the independence of this form from other axes of stratification and especially from social class. In the second analysis chapter I thematically explore identity, belonging and residential mobility by reference to perceptions of the locality, discourses around regeneration, residential mobility narratives and residential mobility more specifically in relation to the transition to adulthood. This chapters ends with the assertion of the necessity of a conceptual antonym to Savage et al's 'elective belonging' that recognises the difficulty in achieving such a state for actors occupying more marginal class positions. To conclude the thesis, I will revisit the aims of the thesis and demonstrate how a search for causal mechanisms draws attention to the overwhelmingly structural reasons for the experience of unequal mobilities in a disadvantaged UK inner-city neighbourhood.
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Parsons, Ashley Elise. "Inner-City Children and Environmental Equity: Evidence from Philadelphia." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/33501.
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Experts agree that children need access to green spaces. Many urban children live in degraded environments unsuitable for outdoor play. Children primarily play in school yards. Low-income and African American children are often the victims of social, economic, and educational inequalities leading to the under-allocation of resources for their public schools. Patterns of wealth, advantage and disadvantage are geographically visible in Philadelphiaâ s urban fabric in the segregation of many black and low-income neighborhoods. This is a direct result of historic urban development . Revitalization has aimed at rejuvenating the inner-city economically, but has lead to the displacement of many poor black families and increased segregation of classes. There is a high population of low-income African American children attending public schools in the inner-city. Philadelphia is known for their public-private funding partnerships for community projects and services. Funding problems resulting from low-tax revenue and disinterest of private investors have lead to a disparity in achievement and curriculum between city public schools, private, and suburban public schools. Federal policies attempt to lessen this gap and provide incentives for environmental education programs, but poorer schools lack the funding to expand curriculum and improve or maintain playgrounds. Philadelphiaâ s parks and recreation programs have tried to provide child playscapes to disadvantaged children and schools additional outdoor resources, but racial tensions and neighborhood segregation act as repressors to this success. Guidelines are needed to help create programs and policies that can mitigate disadvantaged childrenâ s environmental equity.Master of Urban and Regional Planning
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Dinolfo, Christa A. "Efficacy of a hope program for inner-city children." Xavier University / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1386600333.
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Hayakawa, Tomoko. "Volunteerism in the inner city : an anthropology of giving." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2009. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/16661/.
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This thesis presents an ethnographic account of British volunteering. While volunteering has been researched from multiple disciplinary perspectives, few studies are concerned with the in-depth analysis of the experience of volunteering. This thesis deploys anthropological theory and methods to seek such an analysis. Amongst volunteers, organisations and policy-makers the idiom of the gift and gift exchange is commonly employed to define volunteering and the social benefits it is said to create such as social capital, community, and civil society. Yet gift exchange theory, which has developed largely in anthropological studies of non-western societies, posits that a gift demands a reciprocal gift to fulfil its social roles. By examining volunteering as a social act of ‘giving’, the thesis seeks to problematise volunteering in contemporary western society from such a non-western point of view. The research explores the ambiguities and contradictions that inhere in ‘giving without a return’, in a modern urban setting where most of the social relations established through volunteering could be equally well provided through paid workers and social services. Following reviews of the gift and British Social Policy, I explore volunteering under five themes; volunteering motivations, volunteering relationships, the perception and function of money and professionalism, and volunteering’s significance for social solidarity. The in-depth analysis reveals that volunteering does not fit into a traditional model of gift exchange. It exists in an ambiguous zone between exchange and the gift, commercial market and one-sided giving, public and private: it conflates spheres which are conventionally conceived of as being in opposition. Within a complex organisational context, there is a constant process of negotiation of meaning. The idea of volunteering is as mystified as that of the perfect gift or of money, and the study of volunteering needs to explore the processes through which it is appropriated, culturally and in practice.
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Marion, Veronica D. "Improving Parental Involvement in an Inner-City Elementary School." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4652.
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A pattern of low parental involvement exists at in an inner-city school in the northeast region of the United States, where 90% of the students are students of color and fewer than 10% of parents attend school-based activities. Low parental involvement at the local school may lead to decreased student achievement and limited access to needed resources and information. A qualitative case study design was used to explore the problem. Epstein's typology, which includes the traditional definition of parental involvement and acknowledges the parents' role in the home, provided the conceptual framework for the study. Research questions focused on perceived challenges that prevent parent participation, specific types of parental involvement strategies that are most effective when working with inner-city families, and potential solutions to the problems. Data collection included reviewing reports and conducting individual interviews with 5 elementary school parents, 5 teachers, and the principal at the research site. Inductive data analysis included organizing and categorizing data to develop themes related to the problem and perceived solutions. Findings revealed ineffective home-school communication, language differences, and a lack of shared meaning regarding parental involvement between parents and teachers. Identification of these challenges led to development of a 3-day professional learning series for parents, teachers, and administrators that focused on benefits of parental involvement. Implementation of the program may help to facilitate building of school-family community partnerships to empower parents to support their children's learning at home and at school.
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Mashava, Victoria Ruvarashe. "The Right to the City and the Realities of Homelessness in Inner City Pretoria." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/65990.
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This dissertation explores the right to the city and implications of this right on the lives of street homeless people in the inner city of Pretoria. Street homeless people are people who have made their homes on the streets; those that sleep on pavements and in parks and do not have any form of shelter. The United Nations has identified four different types of homelessness and my focus for this study is on street homeless people. The study is based on research done over a period of five months in the inner city of Pretoria, South Africa. The crucial objective of this dissertation is to show that the topics of homelessness and the right to the city present anthropologists and other academics a different perspective from the inner city of Pretoria on the lives of homeless people. I raise the case that recognising homelessness in our urban centres fortifies our perception of this occurrence so that we are able to come up with strategies that will inform new policies; policies that will make for a better future of everyone residing in our cities.
This research project is beholden to, and employs studies of the right to the city, social justice, power, homelessness, and the city. My arguments are grounded in the social justice approach which consigns rights and duties in the establishments of society, which then empowers people to receive the basic benefits and toils of cooperation. The applicable bodies associated with social justice, right to the city and power are not only limited to social security, education, labour rights, health care but to a wider structure of progressive taxation regulation of markets and public services as well to ensure just circulation of wealth, no gross social injustice and equal opportunity.
I use ethnography to touch on narratives of social injustices in the city and to highlight the socio-spatial traits of the right to the city and how they affect how space is utilised. I point to the fact that the history of migration in South Africa where people left their countries, rural and small town homes and moved to the cities in search of opportunities helped in increasing the numbers of homeless people on the streets. Another factor contributing to the large numbers of homeless people on the streets is that in developing countries, cities are known and perceived to be the economic hubs and from them money and opportunities flow to the periphery so people are naturally drawn to where there is an opportunity to gain. In a city it is clear to see the intensity of inequalities present in major cities. There is a distinct difference between those that have and those that do not. This leads to many questions about rights and justice both economically and socially. Small sizes of the population have their basic rights acknowledged whilst others have to struggle to have their voice heard and their rights acknowledged in the same space. Like in many places around the world; Pretoria’s industrial and political history has made it mainly vulnerable to the subverting consequences of present economic reformation developments, but fresh prospects for the elite have caused the city's specific histories of race, class and space.
The following study aims to contribute to wider debates about the current policy that is in place concerning homeless people and the right to public spaces in the inner city of Pretoria, by examining the extent to which the needs of the most marginalized population sector in inner city Pretoria are addressed. While my dissertation captures daily lives of homeless persons, in some parts it also relates the activities they are involved in to social injustices that are common throughout the world.Dissertation (MSocSci)--Unversity of Pretoria, 2018.
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Richardson, P. A. "Government policy for the inner cities : A case study of small premises provision in the partnership areas." Thesis, University of Reading, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.354093.
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Ross, Myrne. "Perceptions of power and voice in an inner-city school." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/MQ61603.pdf.
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Blomqvist, Victor, and Evelina Minnemyr. "An observational study of freight transport in Linköping inner city." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Kommunikations- och transportsystem, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-96745.
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På senare år har godstransporterna ökat i Sverige. Detta kan orsaka problem i innerstäderna eftersom att det krävs ett bra samspel mellan kollektivtrafik, godstrafik, bilister, fotgängare och cyklister. Om detta samspel inte fungerar finns det risk för ineffektiva leveranser, förseningar och trängsel. Denna rapport kommer att reda ut hur situationen i Linköpings centrum ser ut i dagsläget och vilken förbättringspotential som går att tillämpa på de problemområden som fungerar dåligt. Att få information om dessa problemområden är något som Linköpings Kommun anser är av intresse då de ser en ökad kommunikationsproblematik i city som främst beror på trängsel. Denna rapport kommer därför att behandla en observationsstudie som utfördes på två centrala områden i Linköping. Dessa områden är Ågatan/Platensgatan och Nygatan vid Hospitalstorget. Syftet med studien är att göra en datainsamling och med hjälp av den insamlade datan göra en analys för att utvärdera de observationer som gjorts. Med analysen som grund utformas förbättringsförslag vars syfte är att ge Linköpings Kommun grund till att utföra förändringar för att förbättra godsleveranser i innerstaden. Observationsstudien visade att det i genomsnitt sker 49 leveranser om dagen till Ågatan/Platensgatan. Varje leverans i det området tog i genomsnitt 20 minuter. Vid Hospitalstorget skedde det i genomsnitt 20 leveranser om dagen och leveranserna tog i genomsnitt sju minuter. Förbättringsförslagen för Ågatan har som mål att effektivisera leveranser och samtidigt öka trivseln hos fotgängare och cyklister. Detta kan göras genom att bland annat omplacera lastzoner för snabbare leveranser, öppna nytt tidsfönster för att möjliggöra eftermiddagsleveranser samt att reglera lastbilarnas behörighet att vistas på Ågatan/Platensgatan genom att införa en miljözon. De förbättringsförslag som har tagits fram för Nygatan vid Hospitaltorget har som mål att minska på den trängsel som lätt uppstår då området redan idag präglas av trånga utrymmen. Förbättringsförslagen handlar därför om att erbjuda en ny lastzon samt att förflytta de fickparkeringar som finns längs med Nygatan för att frigöra mer utrymme.
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Yu, Kin-hoi, and 余建海. "Inner city circulation enhancement: Ma On Shan waterfront by pass." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2007. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45009806.
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Hu, Robert, and Emil Sjögren. "Analysis and prediction of apartment prices in inner city Stockholm." Thesis, KTH, Matematisk statistik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-148446.
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In this thesis, an attempt will be made to nd a model that predicts apartment prices in inner city Stockholm. Lately, apartment prices have steadily increased and it has become rather popular to invest money in apartments due to the high potential of value increase. Of course not all apartments will increase in value, and we hope to nd the factors that determine the value of an apartment that is about to be sold. To nd these factors, we will combine the approaches of regression and time series analysis, creating a linear regression model and a time series model, and then taking the mean of their predictions. Statistics of apartment sales during the time period of August 2012 to February 2014 will be used as data, and when nding the models explicitly, large data handling softwares such as SPSS, Excel and Matlab will be used. The thesis consists of an introduction to the general theory behind the two approaches, followed by our specic case. Lastly, an attempt will be made to draw some general conclusions from our ndings, and the accuracy of our model will be tested by predicting the selling price of a few apartments that have been or are about to be sold and comparing the predictions with the actual price.I denna uppsats kommer det forsökas att hitta en modell for att förutse lägenhetspriser i Stockholm innerstad. På senare tid har lägenhetspriserna vuxit stadigt och det har blivit populärt att investera pengar i lägenheter. Det ar en hög chans att värdet på en köpt lägenhet ökar, men detta är inte nödvandigtvis normen. Denna uppsats är ägnad åt att identifiera de faktorer som påverkar försaljningspriset for lägenheter. För att hitta dessa faktorer kommer analytiska modeller användas och dessa modeller kommer baseras på statistik av lägenheter sålda mellan augusti 2012 och februari 2014. Modellerna som kommer användas är linjar regression och tidsserier. Nar modellernas koecienter och faktorer ska definieras explicit, kommer SPSS, Excel och Matlab anvandas. Efter att de båda modellerna definierats, kommer medelvärdet av båda modeller representera predikatorn. Var modells nogrannhet kommer provas genom predikera försäljningspriset av en lägenhet på marknaden och jämföra detta med det faktiska priset. Förhoppningsvis kommer denna modell ha tillräckligt hög precision för att forutspå lägenhetspriser resten av år 2014.
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Taylor, Jennifer Marion. "After secularism : inner city governance & the new religious discourse." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.252276.
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Sakamoto, Hideo 1956. "Socioeconomic topography : inner city economic development and Geographic Information Systems." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/9327.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1999.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 95-96).
Targeting project areas and defining the objectives are the most important procedures to plan neighborhood economic development, such as the Boston Main Street Program. Which shopping district is to be encouraged and how? However, this has not been an easy task, especially when the neighborhood is in the inner city, because the inner city is so diversified that planners can not find clear spatial patterns on which to base their decisions. This paper attempts to extract patterns of socioeconomic phenomena relevant to economic development and map them. The advancing technology of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has made it easier to apply raster (grid cell or bit pattern) analysis to studying urban spatial patterns. A map that shows socioeconomic phenomena via rasterization and smoothing processing is called "socioeconomic topography" here. Just as conventional topography shows us geographical features, socioeconomic topography illustrates the spatial pattern and clustering of socioeconomic features of a given area. The following maps are created as socioeconomic topography to support planning of inner city economic development: (1) land use allocation, (2) land value, (3) business variation, (4) shopping convenience, and (5) leading industrial clusters. On each map, spatial patterns stand out clearly from the chaos of Boston's inner city. Socioeconomic topography offers a new way of understanding the inner city and illuminates the need of made-to-order projects for each shopping district.
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Herrmann, James B. "Tension of Connection: The Stitching of the Deindustrialized Inner City." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1342716023.
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Poza-Juncal, Inés Victoria. "Predicting dropout among inner-city Latino youth using psychological indices /." Digital version accessible at:, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
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Rix, Leesa. "A Study Of Maxillofacial Fractures In An Inner City Area." Thesis, Faculty of Dentistry, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/4203.
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Sreckovic, Vladimir. "Ability Grouping Interventions and Math Performance Among Inner-City School." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1466.
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In the city selected for this study, only 29% of inner-city students scored proficiently on standardized tests, whereas 71% of their peers at nearby suburban and affluent schools achieved the proficiency level. To address the gap, the local district implemented ability grouping in one charter school. The purpose of this ex post facto quasi-experimental study was to examine the effect of ability grouping among inner-city students in mathematics as an instructional intervention for improving student achievement. Ability grouping theory as an instructional strategy was used as the theoretical framework for this study. The criterion measure of mathematics improvement was provided by the test results from the Northwest Evaluation Association's Measure of Academic Progress (NWEA-MAP), a computer-adaptive assessment of mathematics. Using population data for 2012-2014 inner-city 8th graders who took the pretest and posttest NWEA-MAP (N = 234), two 1-way analyses of variances were used to test for mean differences in the NWEA-MAP improvement scores between ability-grouped (n = 115) and non-ability-grouped (n = 115) students, then specifically between students who were grouped as high ability (n = 55) and low ability (n = 55). The ability-grouped students had significantly higher improvement scores than did the nongrouped students. For those students who were ability grouped, no statistically significant difference existed in improvement between the high and low ability groups. A position paper was developed recommending student grouping to improve academic performance of inner-city school students. Positive social change will occur as the achievement gap is closed for students who attend inner-city schools.
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Hancock, Kate. "Women's perceptions of safety : CCTV in an inner city setting." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2004. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/801.
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To date, most research on closed circuit television (CCTV) has come out of the United Kingdom (UK) where the growth of CCTV has reached immense proportions with wide support and funding from the Home Office. There are 33 systems operating in Australia, with the focus of this research on the first system installed in Perth, Western Australia in 1991. There is a dearth of information on CCTV in Australia, and little research looking at the link between CCTV, women’s safety and fear of crime. The literature on fear of crime shows that women are more fearful than men even though they are less likely to be offended against. Many reasons are proposed in the literature including vulnerability, victimisation and past experience of crime, environmental factors, and psychological factors to explain women’s fear. Many methodological problems are presented in the fear of crime literature. The core aim of this research was to collect information attitudes, knowledge and opinions about closed circuit television (CCTV) and women’s safety. Six qualitative interviews were conducted with women who work in the fields related to CCTV and women’s safety or who have a keen interest in the field. A further 295 women in the community were surveyed about issues relating to the purpose and effectiveness of CCTV, attitudes about CCTV and general feelings towards crime and safety. The findings show that women are overwhelmingly supportive of CCTV in public spaces and believe CCTV reduces crime and increases feelings of safety. However, women consider the current level of surveillance to be sufficient, and would like to see more police officers, women police and improved street lighting. Women are fearful for their safety at night and are afraid of personal crimes more than property crimes. Women are fearful at the railway station, when they are alone, in car parks and walkways and when waiting for taxis. Older women are more supportive of CCTV than younger women and all women would like to be made more aware the CCTV system.
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Mitchell, Dana Scott. "The lost fabric of the city : reweaving the torn fabric of the American inner-city." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23361.
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Boyd, Richard Harold. "The death of the inner city: the contemporary American city and the problem of space." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23734.
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Kutcher-López, Judith M. (Judith Marie). "The Emergence of an Inner-City Professional Development School: A Case Study." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1995. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278817/.
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Tefend, James Michael. "Through the inner facade : an architectural investigation of aggression resolution." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23015.
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Axtell, Dan Allen. "Inner city ministry a case study of the Los Angeles International Church /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 1999. http://www.tren.com.
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Buhrmann, Mia. "The Caledonian sports ground : public space as part of inner city regeneration." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25501.
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This dissertation investigates public space within a South African con¬text as part of inner city regeneration. The architectural exploration aims to respond to a specific site and neighbourhood needs as identified. Protecting the openness of the site, integrating the site with its surroundings to enhance the potential of social engagement. The proposal provides a framework for spatial possibility in which architecture is used as a framework through which users influence a building’s design.Dissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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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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Chan, Nancy. "Does strengthening inner city economies lead to respectively stronger regional economies?" CONNECT TO ELECTRONIC THESIS, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1961/3594.
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Spiller, Mary Kennedy Larry DeWitt. "An analysis of teacher interactions with inner city African-American students." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 1997. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p9803740.
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Thesis (Ed. D.)--Illinois State University, 1997.Title from title page screen, viewed June 8, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Larry Kennedy (chair), John Goeldi, John Godbold, William Tolone. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 138-156) and abstract. Also available in print.