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Bibeau, Susan E. "The Story of a Nineteenth Century Vermont Mining Town." Thesis, Dartmouth College, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10144600.
Full textImages that come to mind when one thinks of the bucolic state of Vermont are not likely to include those of a mining landscape. These are reserved for the coalfields of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Kentucky, and perhaps the mining ghost towns of the American West. It is not surprising then that the discovery of substantial veins of copper in Orange County was to have dramatic impacts on not only the landscape of Vermont, but also its inhabitants. And in spite of the fits and starts of Vermont’s copper industry, it owns a significant place in history.
Throughout the second half of the nineteenth century, no fewer than five copper mines were in operation in Orange County. The Ely Mine, located in the southeast corner of Vershire, became one of the most productive copper mines in the United States. At one point employing over 800 miners and laborers, most of whom were Cornish and Irish immigrants, the Ely Mine spawned the creation of a boomtown consisting of over 150 buildings and dwellings. Following one of the earliest labor strikes of the era, the mine closed and, within two decades, the town of Copperfield completely disappeared.
This thesis is an historical narrative that tells the story of the Ely Mine, its boomtown, and particularly its miners by weaving together primary resource material such as United States Federal Census and immigration records, letters, and historical photographs, newspaper articles, and maps.
Copperfield is a story of perseverance and tenacity not only on the part of entrepreneurs and businessmen, but also — and most importantly — on the part of the hundreds of immigrant miners who passed through the Orange County copper mines. Without the contributions of these “ordinary” people, there would be no story to tell.
Gregory, Gillian. "Paradoxes and practices of modernity in a Guyanese mining town." Thesis, McGill University, 2009. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=66974.
Full textL'expansion de l'État et la consolidation du marché sont des caractéristiques propres au processus de modernisation. Plusieurs des formes que prend la modernisation sont illustrées dans l'extraction artisanale et à moyenne échelle de l'or en Guyane. Cet ouvrage examine le processus continu de modernisation de l'État dans la ville minière de Mahdia, située à l'intérieur des territoires de forêt tropicale de la Guyane. L'ouvrage décrit la création de ce lieu minier, les stratégies économiques de subsistance qui font de cette localité un centre où les gens viennent et passent ainsi que quelques idées quant à ce que cela peut signifier que « d'être quelqu'un » dans cette ville. En exposant quelques uns des paradoxes culturels qui émergent à travers le processus de modernisation, cet ouvrage réitère l'idée selon laquelle les attentes de la modernité ne coïncident pas toujours avec les différentes réalités locales et de ce fait, les pratiques discrètes et les expériences de modernisation dans des endroits comme Mahdia sont plus fidèlement définies comme le déploiement de "modernités alternatives".
Cosgrove, Betty Alveen, and b. cosgrove@cqu edu au. "Mount Morgan: images and realitiesdynamics and decline of a mining town." Central Queensland University. School of Humanities, 2001. http://library-resources.cqu.edu.au./thesis/adt-QCQU/public/adt-QCQU20050427.131849.
Full textHelmuth, Angelo. "Economic diversification of a mining town: a case study of Oranjemund." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003843.
Full textCosgrove, Betty. "Mount Morgan images and realities : dynamics and decline of a mining town /." Connect to this title online, 2001. http://elvis.cqu.edu.au/thesis/adt-QCQU/public/adt-QCQU20050427.131849/.
Full textHumphrey, Robin. "Social participation and life stories of elderly people in an ex-mining town." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.239250.
Full textDavey, Stephen. "Environmental governance of sand mining in an urban setting : Macassar Dunes, Cape Town, South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4842.
Full textSand is a resource in high demand for urban expansion and development. Sand mining operations are often located on the edges of cities. The Macassar Dunes are an important source of building sand for the City of Cape Town. The area is located within the Cape Floral Kingdom, the smallest and richest of the six floral kingdoms of the world. The Macassar Dunes area has been identified as a core flora conservation site due to its unique habitat diversity and quality. South Africa is a developing country and this case study is used to highlight the tensions that arise between the need to provide building sand for development and the need for integrated and accountable management that allows for the sustainable functioning of natural physical and ecological processes as well as enhanced social and economic benefits for people.
Elias, Amber. "Nanticoke, Pennsylvania: Impacts of the Anthracite Coal Industry: A Case Study." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2006. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/333.
Full textSaarinen, Oiva. "Sudbury: A Historical Case Study of Multiple Urban-Economic Transformation." Ontario Historical Society, 1990. https://zone.biblio.laurentian.ca/dspace/handle/10219/288.
Full textLarsen, Zachary R. "In Defense of the Modern Company Town: Wyoming's Uranium Communities." DigitalCommons@USU, 2019. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7633.
Full textOgborne, Jennifer Honora. ""Setting the best table in the country": Food and Labor at the Coloma Gold Mining Town." W&M ScholarWorks, 2013. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539623626.
Full textOlshausen, Mattias. "From Company Town to Company Town: Holden and Holden Village, Washington, 1937-1980 & Today." PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/717.
Full textRockman, Marcia Helen 1971. "Investigation of faunal remains and social perspectives on natural resource use in an 1867 Wyoming gold mining town." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278493.
Full textWoody, Benjamin. "Depression-Era Coloma: A World-Systems Study of Mining and Daily Life Experiences in a Reoccupied Montana Ghost Town." The University of Montana, 2009. http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-06022009-112348/.
Full textPhilip, Loudine. "The historic built environment and a sense of place : Jagersfontein : a mining town in the Free State , South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13163.
Full textThe primary purpose of this study is to determine the degree to which the historic built environment plays a role in the establishment of a Sense of Place in the South African context with its diverse population and complex political history. The underlying rationale for this focus is that a strong connection between a Sense of Place and the historic built environment has the potential to translate to a strong motivation for its preservation. The focus in this research is on a single case, a historic diamond mining town in the Free State Province of South Africa, dating to 1869, with a rich and diverse history. The research was conducted employing a multi-paradigmatic approach grounded in Phenomenology and Psychometrics.
Nordin, Maria, and Johanna Möller. "A golden future? : A qualitative field study performed in the Peruvian town Celendín about the local youth and the geopolitical event of mining." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Kulturgeografiska institutionen, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-227526.
Full textHinton, Jennifer Jean. "Gender differentiated impacts and benefits of artisanal mining : engendering pathways out of poverty. A case study of Katwe-Kabatooro Town Council, Uganda." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/35920.
Full textWeaver, Brendan J. M. "Para beneficiar la plata: labor, role, and status in a silver refinery during the First century of spanish imperialism in the town of Porco." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2017. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/113639.
Full textAntes de la conquista española, el pueblo de Porco, en el departamento de Potosí, Bolivia, fue uno de los asientos mineros más importante de los incas. Durante el virreinato, fue el foco de las primeras operaciones de minería de plata española en los Andes. Esta región ofrece una excelente oportunidad para que la arqueología histórica plantee preguntas acerca de la relación entre los estados que organizaban dichos proyectos mineros y los trabajadores que explotaban el mineral, que nos ayuden a entender esa dinámica que tuvo un profundo impacto en los orígenes de la economía andina moderna. Este artículo presenta evidencia arqueológica y etnohistórica para examinar la organización de ciertas categorías laborales coloniales, y el desarrollo de los papeles y posiciones sociales de trabajadores asociados a la industria minera andina sur-central para trazar la transición de la mano de obra en la región del imperio de los incas al de los españoles. Las excavaciones en el sitio colonial de Ferro Ingenio, una refinería de plata en el valle de San Juan, al sudoeste del pueblo de Porco, arrojan nuevas luces sobre el tema de la mano de obra en el primer siglo de colonialismo español y de cómo los trabajadores calificados negociaban sus propias posiciones en la sociedad colonial.
Didenko, Anton. "Challenges to effective treaty-making in contemporary transnational commercial law : lessons from the Cape Town Convention." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2017. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:a7574e4c-6c4a-4855-9dc4-0c689b32c936.
Full textMOREIRA, Jairo Barbosa. "Mulheres docentes: saberes e fazeres na cidade garimpeira, Cristalândia - TO(1980-2007)." Universidade Federal de Goiás, 2008. http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tde/2085.
Full textThe objective of this work is to study feminine professorship in the mining town Cristalândia-Tocantins, during years 1980 to 2007. This thesis analyses practices and statements teachers constructed about themselves, their profession, their knowledge, reading and relationships. This study questions the essentialist discourse that claims teaching to be natural for women; and demonstrates how the teaching of these women challenge the masculine world of mining, the context in which the problematic of this research is situated. This is qualitative research, constructed by interviews with miners, sons and daughters of miners, retired teachers, and women teachers exercising their profession. Oral history is used as the base for collection of data. Collected information is analyzed in light of theoretical referential approaching cultural history for an interdisciplinary exposition of data. Primary sources of this research are the following: Chartier (1990, 1991), Certeau (2004, 2006), Perrot (2006, 2007), Burke (1992, 1997, 2003, 2005), Ginzburg (2006) Melo (2007), Pesavento (2005). Other works consulted and utilized are: Arroyo (2000), Benjamin (1994), Bosi (2004, 2006), Bakhtin (2000, 2006), Foucault (1983,1996, 1997, 2002), Freire (1983, 1996), Halbwaachs (20060, Guimarães (2005), Lajolo (1999), Larrosa (2003) , Le Goff (2003), Louro (1997, 2003), Meyer (2003), Macedo (1996, 1997), Thomson (1997, 2001), Thompson (2002), Zilberman (2006). The results of investigation conclude that teaching women in the mining town of Cristalândia-Tocantins (1980-2007), though their educative practices, especially their reading, constructed tactics of intervention and resistance to existing machismo in this town. Research reveals also in importance of women in the construction of this town, though their knowledge and practices.
Este trabalho tem como objeto de estudo a docência feminina na cidade garimpeira, Cristralândia-TO, entre os anos de 1980 a 2007 e visa analisar as práticas e representações que as mulheres docentes construíram acerca de si mesmas, de sua profissão, do saber, das leituras e das relações de gênero; questionar o discurso essencialista que anuncia o magistério como algo natural para as mulheres e demonstrar como as educativas dessas mulheres se contrapõem ao universo machista do garimpo, contexto esse no qual se situa a problemática desta pesquisa.Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, construída através de entrevistas com garimpeiros, filhos(as) de garimpeiros, professoras aposentadas, ex- diretores de escolas, e mulheres docentes no exercício da profissão. A análise das informações foi realizada à luz do referencial teórico da abordagem da história cultural que permitiu analisar os dados sobre uma perspectiva interdisciplinar. Constituíram referências desta pesquisa o pensamento de Roger Chartier (1990, 1991), Michel de Certeau (2004, 2006), Michelle Perrot (2006, 2007), Burke (1992,1997, 2003, 2005), Ginzburg (2006), Melo (2007), Pesavento (2005), entre outras. Os resultados da investigação apontaram como mulheres docentes na cidade garimpeira, Cristalândia-TO (1980-2007), através de suas práticas educativas, sobretudo, de suas leituras, têm construído táticas de intervenção e resistência ao machismo existente em Cristalândia-TO. A pesquisa relevou também a grande importância das mulheres na construção da cidade, através de seus saberes e fazeres.
Gyogluu, Sarah. "Planning and development of mining towns in Ghana: an exploration of mining and urban development frameworks and practices." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1446.
Full textGhana has had a long history of mining especially with respect to gold, dating back to the Trans-Saharan Trade where gold precipitated civilisations and was a main commodity of trade among Europeans, merchants and ancient kingdoms. In the 21st century, globalisation coupled with increasing urbanisation has been driving demand for mineral resources and thus the resurging commodity booms. This increases foreign direct investment (FDI) in mining countries like Ghana resulting in not only growth in gross domestic product (GDP) but impacts that transcend macro-level and have direct and indirect impacts on communities in mining regions. The result is often that livelihoods are altered, spin-offs on the local economy emerge and the attendant settlement functions impact on the efficacy of existing mining and development planning and regulatory frameworks. Tarkwa is one of Ghana’s traditional gold mining towns and is the substantive context of the research. The main objectives of the research were: To identify the existing key mining and development planning regulations, gaps present and how these have impacted on the efficacy of governments management practices in responding to consequences of mining-led development. To analyse the urban household’s perceptions of mining impacts on livelihoods, business enterprises and livelihood coping strategies and mechanisms. To assess the implications of these emerging planning and development frameworks and trends for the effective planning and development of mining towns in Ghana The highlights of the findings of the research in relation to the above objectives included: The research revealed that urban households’ perception of mining on their livelihoods was mixed. One of the perceived negative impacts of mining that stuck out from overall responses was scarcity of land for purposes of farming and building. With respect to coping with mining impacts, respondents largely employed a combination of assets to survive the mining environment. However, respondents’ dependence on human capital-that is, their ability to work and generate income underpinned all livelihoods capitals. Over 96 percent of business enterprises, perceived purchasing power of people and related available or potential market as the most positive spin-off from mining yet. The informal economy was dominant in terms of business enterprise ownership with informal trading as the most principal form of business enterprise in the informal economy. The research findings have significant meaning within the broad context of mining-led urban development and with implications for theory, the development and planning for resource-driven settlements (practice) and for further research. For example, with regard to development and planning practice, some glaring challenges include the lack of a proper land management system, “superiority” of some institutions (mine houses)in dealing with the Town and Planning Department and Municipal Assembly, lack of effective collaboration between related institutions, gaps in planning legislations make planning near impossible in Tarkwa. The effect being that Tarkwa is growing (spatially to accommodate businesses and people coming in) but without an effective and responsive development planning system to effectively channel and coordinate this growth so that long term development is sustained. The study concludes and recommends that, there is need for a rethink in the way mining towns are planned for and developed in Ghana and should include: a review of the Minerals and Mining law (Act 703) to engender more rights and protection to the communities, a constant review of concession and other agreements to reflect a constantly changing world order, institutional collaboration for planning and development, and long term planning which synchronises spatial and economic planning to capture advantages of agglomeration in and around the Tarkwa mining region.
Hysong, Tracy Anne. "House dust and inorganic urinary arsenic in two Arizona mining towns." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278768.
Full textHorn, Claire Helen. "Well enough to work health and class in southern Colorado coal mining towns, 1900-1930 /." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2009.
Find full textBrewster, Thomas M. "An Historical Coal Mining Community and Its School: A Study of Pocahontas High School, 1908-1991." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29752.
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Manenzhe, Thiathu Darriyl. "A critical review of the housing policy and the State's intervention in mining towns in South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29485.
Full textImaniranzi, Emmanuel. "The response of other drivers to mini-bus taxi drivers' on-road aggressive behaviour : a case study in Cape Town, South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/97020.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: Every year, more than 1.24 million traffic related deaths are registered globally with the highest fatality rates in middle- and low income countries. Minibus taxis represent the most dominant mode of public transportation associated with road traffic crashes and injuries in most African countries. From a safety perspective, aggressive driving behaviour is one of the main causes of road traffic crashes. This study examined the nature and the frequency of the most common types of the minibus taxis drivers’ on-road aggressive behaviour as well as the corresponding response behaviour of drivers of other vehicles to those behaviours. The research was done through video observations in Cape Town, South Africa. Through questionnaires, this study also explored the effect of driver age and gender of minibus taxi drivers on the on-road aggressive behaviour. The effect of age and gender of drivers frustrated by minibus taxi drivers’ aggressive on-road behaviours on levels of anger aroused as well as on the response behaviours reported was investigated from within the framework of a frustration and aggression model of aggressive driving. In a total of 7,266 minibus taxis observed from three different sites, 943 aggressive driving behaviours noted were divided into three categories: traffic obstructions (stopping in the road or outside bus stops), disregarding traffic signs and signals (red light running and violating stop lines), and improper passing behaviours (cutting in too close, overtaking on road shoulder or on yellow lane, crossing solid lines to pass vehicles in the next lane, inappropriate lane utilisation). Observations were coded based on pre-determined evaluation indices. The more frequent response manoeuvres by drivers behind aggressive minibus taxis were swerving to the next lanes, accelerating to refuse gaps for minibus taxis, running behind minibus taxi red light runners, and hooting. The results from the questionnaire survey revealed that driver age and gender affected both the minibus taxi drivers’ on-road aggressive behaviours and the response behaviours reported by other drivers. Respondents reported that younger minibus taxi drivers exhibit more on-road aggressive behaviour than old minibus taxi drivers. Male and younger drivers frustrated by minibus taxis’ on-road aggressive behaviours reported riskier and more severe forms of reactions than frustrated female and older drivers. The responses of drivers of other vehicles to the minibus taxi drivers’ on-road aggressive behaviours have parallels with the responses of individuals to social bullying or victimisation, as researched and explained in social-psychological theory. More work is needed to explore this relationship but it is possible that the responses of drivers of other vehicles to the minibus taxi drivers’ aggressive behaviours could be explained by these theories.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Elke jaar word meer as 1.240.000 verkeer verwante sterftes met die hoogste sterftekoerse in die middel- en lae-inkomste lande geregistreer. Minibus-taxi's verteenwoordig die mees dominante vorm van openbare vervoer wat verband hou met verkeer ongelukke en beserings in die meeste van die Afrika- lande. Wat veiligheid betref, is aggressiewe bestuursgedrag een van die belangrikste oorsake van die verkeers-ongelukke. Hierdie studie ondersoek die aard en die frekwensie van die mees algemene vorme van minibus taxi-bestuurders se aggressiewe padgedrag sowel as die reaksies van bestuurders van ander voertuie op dié gedrag. Die navorsing is deur middel van video waarneming in Kaapstad uitgevoer. Hierdie studie het ook die effek van die minibus taxibestuurders se ouderdom en geslag op aggressiewe padgedrag met vraelyste ondersoek. Die uitwerking van aggressiewe bestuurgedrag op die vlakke van woede wat deur ander bestuurders ervaar word, sowel as op hul reaksies is vanuit die raamwerk van 'n frustrasie en aggressie model van aggressiewe bestuur ondersoek. In totaal van 7266 minibus-taxi's is waargeneem op drie verskillende plekke. Die 943 voorvalle van aggressiewe ry-gedrag is in drie kategorieë verdeel naamlik verkeer obstruksies, verontagsaming van verkeerstekens en -seine, en onbehoorlike gedrag. Gedrag is gekodeer deur van voorafbepaalde evaluering-sindekse gebruik te maat. Hierdie gedrag het ingesluit belemmer in a van verkeer, insny voor ander verkeer, kruising van soliede lyne, onvanpaste laangebruik, verbysteek op pad-skouers of op die geellyne, verontagsaming van rooi verkeersseine, en die oortreding van stoplyne. Die mees waargenome reaksies deur voertuie agter aggressiewe minibus-taxi's is wegswenk na die volgende lane, versnelling om gapings vir minibus-taxi's te weier, naloop agter taxi wat deur verkeerseine ry, en die gebruik van die toeter. Die resultate van die vraelysopnames het getoon dat die bestuurder se ouderdom en geslag beide die taxi- bestuurders se aggressiewe padgedrag en die reaksie-gedrag daarop bepaal. Resondente het aangedui dat jonger minibus-taxi-bestuurders meer aggressiewe padgedrag as ouer minibus taxi-bestuurders toon. Die response van die ander bestuurders op taxibestuurders se aggressiewe padgedrag het ooreenkomste met die reaksies van individue tot sosiale boeliegedrag of viktimisering , soos nagevors en verduidelik in sosiaal-sielkundige teorie. Verdere werk is nodig om hierdie verhouding te verken, aangesien dit moontlik is dat die reaksies van bestuurders van ander voertuie op minibustaxi- bestuurders se aggressiewe padgedrag deur hierdie teorieë verklaar kan word.
Robertson, Leslie Anne. "Politics of cursing : imagining human difference in a BC mining town." Thesis, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/13831.
Full textFerrandiz, Susan. "McIntyre, Pennsylvania, the everyday life of a coal mining company town: 1910-1947 photos, documents, memories of town residents /." 2002. http://academics.sru.edu/library/theses/Mcintyre_acrobat/Introduction.pdf.
Full textAjayi, Paul Oluwanifemi. "Reconstructing the history of urban development in the mining town of Virginia, Free State between 1940 and 2015." Thesis, 2017. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/25143.
Full textThe nature of urban development experienced by mining towns across the world has been a subject of concern among urban planners because of its transitory nature. Most times mining towns develop gloriously into booming urban centres that create employment, generate wealth and satisfaction. All these fades into oblivion as soon as the mines get depleted. Mining towns often go through a number of urban processes which have been considered an expression of ‘infrastructural violence’ especially in the earlier stage of urban growth, and continually persists throughout the town’s life span. This research sought to reconstruct the history of urban development in the mining town of Virginia, Free State, and to quantify the manifestations of infrastructural violence throughout its timeline using GIS and remote sensing. Hence, land use and land cover maps were produced from aerial photographs, topographical maps and Landsat images through manual on-screen digitizing and classification using supervised support vector machine algorithms. Land use change detection analysis was conducted on the produced images using the cross classification and tabulation tool of QGIS 2.18.4 and the post classification tool of ENVI 5.3. Landscape metrics were employed to calculate the dimensions of growth and change experienced by all the land use classes during the timeline under study. Results obtained from this study confirmed the thoughts and findings of several theories vis a vis the nature of mining towns. Results reveal a rapid growth in the urban formal land use class up until 1995 with urban expansion and sprawl happening in the years between 1986 and 1995 with metrics of CA, NP and ED multiplying to twice their initial values ten years earlier. The urban informal land use class also experienced its subtle growth throughout the timeline of the study with its own urban expansion also happening between 1986 and 1995 with double increase in CA, NP and ED metric values. However, unlike the formal class that experienced decline after this period of urban expansion, the informal class continued to experience growth up until the end of the study period. Infrastructural violence was measured using the fractal dimension index (AWMPFD) of the landscape metrics for the formal and informal LU class. The results reveal continuous fragmentation throughout the period of study but with higher values in the years in which urban development started.
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Li, Ju-Yin, and 李如茵. "Memory and Communication of Mining Town” Construction and Locality of New museum -The Case Study of The Gold museum." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/t38pc6.
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“The Gold Museum” is located in the area of Reifan(瑞芳) because the place being featured in films such as City of Sadnes, Hill of No Return, and A borrowed life ,the local sightseeing has been presented to a wild audience, evoking and inspiring the identity of the area ; As a result, the town has become an attraction of cultural tourism ; In addition , plenty of relevant academic researches about “Shuei-Jin-Jiou mining sites” have sprung up. The ruined mining remains have turned into a must-visit location for domestic and foreign tourists alike. The museum shows that, through recovery of the local culture, the construction of locality becomes an important and unique reaction to the influence of global capitalism. Due to the “reproduction of the Mining town”, in the recent years, ”Shuei-Jin-Jiou” has become a popular index for cultural tourism in Taiwan. After seeing the display at the museum and being aware of its importance to the development of the area, I set to research “The Gold Museum of Jinguashih Remains”. In the research design, I used Visual Data Analysis (VDA) in the field to explore the exhibits in the gold museum and understand how the museum as a cultural agent presents the local meaning. I also used semi structured interviews to better understand the concept of the relationship between cultural audience and the exhibition. In conclusion, the study found The Gold museum as a cultural intermediary between the local and the spectators, the museum works as an agent making a cultural field of Jinguashih, through the contact and interaction of visitors and its exhibits; allowing spectators to grab a basic knowledge of the local culture and its history. The researcher will summarize the findings to explore mineral display and how the exhibition helps to construct the locality of Jinguashi . Therefore, actions of spectators are involved in the production process of the exhibition.
Bubala, Jubilee. "Assessment of human consumption of wild and cultivated plants in Kanana, a gold mining town in North West Province." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/14960.
Full textShen, Chia-Ju, and 沈家如. "Is Tourism the Nice Future of the Small Mining Town?! Residents’ Tourism Development Attitudes of Shueinandong Community, Taipei County, Taiwan." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/68264885914935817398.
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Community peoples’ perception and attitudes on tourism is a good indicator of whether an area could become a successful tourist spot or not. Yet, in an area possible for tourist development, which local residents will show positive and supportive attitude towards the development of tourism? In contrast, which local residents will show opposition and negative attitudes? Why do they support and why do they oppose? These are questions that need to be clarified in order to well-plan and well-prepare for tourism development. Shueinandong was a mining community in early days and is close to Chiu-Fen and Chin-Kua-Shih in Taipei County, Taiwan. The three communities had joint-operated mining industry until 1985. After observation of Chiu-Fen and Chin-Kua-Shih communities from its long-time decline to recent world-famous tourism development, residents in Shueinandong especially have deep feelings concerning local tourism development. The main data of this study was collected with qualitative in-depth interviews. The research subjects were 25 residents, with different age and social-economical background, in Shueinandong. The results of this study indicate residents’ attitudes toward tourism development could be classified as four different types. “Enthusiastic action” is the category that people, mostly in restaurant business and/or recreation-fishing industry, having considerable knowledge regarding tourism development. They already did investment in tourism, hoping tourists would bring more economical benefits to the community so that the declining hometown could become prosper again. “Waiting for opportunities” is the people mostly support tourism development, yet without related experiences in tourist industry, they do not have actions since they are not certain about the feedback. Thus, they will follow when they see the other investors succeed. “Forced to accept” is the people who do not like the idea of tourism; nevertheless, if it has become a fact, they would join and respond, accordingly. “Oppositions” mostly are elder people who have children work and live outside of town. They consider tourism development would change local community and lose its simple, quiet and friendly atmosphere. They believe most economic benefits will belong to outside investors and local people can only have garbage and safety problems. They think tourism development cannot bring good benefits to local residents or the community.
Faucher, Alexandre. "De l’or et des putes : vie et mort d’un village de 'squatters' abitibien." Thèse, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/10390.
Full textThis research is about the squatters’ village of Roc-d'Or nicknamed Putainville. It was established in 1936 and demolished by the Québec government in the mid 1940. Our objective is to learn why this town with a lawless reputation that was built on the government fields has been tolerated for a decade even if it was considered as illegal by the authority and to learn why all the buildings were destroyed or moved to Malartic. First of all, we will explain why this village without any legal status was built in the 1930s and why all the people who have lived in Roc-d'Or were not owners of their field. After that, the memoires will focus on the geographical and architectural aspect and on the population of Roc-d'Or. We'll explore the gender rate, the mobility of the people, the different kinds of jobs we found in Roc-d'Or and the ethnical origins of the inhabitants. Furthermore in this research, it will be about how was the reputation of the town. We will develop about the judicial intervention and the underworld. Finally, the last part of this dissertation will look at the idea that Roc-d'Or was shut down by the clerical authorities due to the deviant behavior, or we will try to see if it's a myth.
Jamali, Andrew Alfred. "Exploring risky sexual behaviours and peoples' response to behaviour change : HIV/AIDS prevention activities : the case of Boksburg Town Central mining community." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/1453.
Full textWang, Mingtien, and 王明典. "Application of Data Mining to Study on Effect of Learning Achievement Caused by Difference between Town and Country--An Example of Elementary School in Chia-Yi County." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/79659872119998669237.
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This study aims to analyze the various course scores of pupils based on association rules of data mining technology, and the students with poor scores in all learning course will be screened to proceed with remedial teaching. Five scores of Chinese, English, Mathematics, Society, and Nature for various pupils were selected as analysis variables, and applied method of regression analysis to study the deviation in learning achievements caused by difference between town and country. The results will be as a reference for resources allocating in country elementary schools.An overall case association analysis, which set a condition of the minimum support with value of 0.1 and minimum reliability with value of 0.9, reveals a significant correlation among variables. In case of lower academic record by setting the condition shown above the association rules statement: The scores of English (ENG=E) and Society (SOC=D) for male pupils (SEX=M) were poor in country area (CITY=A), and required for remedial learning. According to the results of statistical analysis, that showed the correlation within learning scores of courses was significantly positive, and the same as results of association analysis. For the study of learning achievements based on difference between town and country, the scores in urban were significantly better than scores in village, and the female pupils were significantly better than male pupils in average scores for the T-test analysis.
Tunce, Loyiso. "The dynamics of mining towns: the case of Khutsong township, Carletonville." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/22970.
Full textMining and the mining experience is one that has been written about extensively in academia. The history of mining in South Africa has not only shaped the physical landscape of the country but has shaped peoples understanding of the different spaces. The changing dynamics of mining, especially gold mining has played a role on the different experiences in contemporary South Africa. The decline in employment and production in the sector has meant that people in these gold mining towns have had to adapt to the changing times. The concept of resilience allows the research to view spaces such as that of Khutsong to see how people in such places are able to be resilient and the factors impacting on their resilience.
MT2017
Mabayani, Taboka. "The economic sustainability of small mining towns: the case of Jwaneng, Botswana." Thesis, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/29053.
Full textThe impacts of mine closure on the local communities and on the nation’s economic wellbeing where mining is the main economic activity are often very devastating. This research explores the alternative ways that could be adopted to achieve the economic development of Jwaneng, Botswana. Sustainable Local economic development (LED) is perceived as the solution to moving towards a prosperous future. However LED assumes that all local actors (residents, physical/ urban planner, mine workers, private sector, public sector/government and the mine) will collaborate in shaping the future of Jwaneng. This research highlights that the primary role of urban and economic development planning in working towards economic sustainability in small mining towns is to produce policies and programs that promote economic growth post mine closure. The economy of Jwaneng has performed well for the past two decades; however, the town’s physical developed has progressed slowly. Jwaneng has no policy or program that focuses solely on the economic development of the town as such these calls for the need for one that works towards achieving a better economic future post mine closure that enhances the quality of life for the people of Jwaneng. Mine closures in the context of developing countries differ from that which occurs in developed countries, in that alternative socio-economic and environmental options are limited in developing countries. Nevertheless, building the foundations for sustainable local economic development is a pressing concern in developing countries requiring creativity, cooperation and leadership. As such, the role should be noticed and not overlooked. Jwaneng, Botswana has the potential to be a tourist attraction town post the mine closure with the game reserve and the mine pits being the destinations. The town also has the potential to be a district service centre. As such, the town could be economically functional even post mine closure; however, there is a need for this to be supported strongly through policy. The Government have responded by referencing mining for specific attention in policies on sustainable development, and by issuing legislation and guidelines for mining. Although mining in Botswana is; exceptionally good, excellently regulated and is a point of reference for other countries, there is a need for a more promising intervention. There needs to be an implementation process which aims to ensure promising economic stability and future not just for the locals, but for the town and country as a whole, post mine closure.
PH2020
Rodger, Sean James. "Improvement of mining efficiencies at Thamazimbi iron ore mine." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/1666.
Full textSignificant research has been carried out over the years into what effect blast designs and techniques have on the final product in the mining process. There are numerous parameters that can be altered to deliver downstream benefits – the key is to determine which changes are appropriate for the rock body in question. A project is currently underway at Thabazimbi Iron Ore Mine (Northern Province, South Africa) to improve the operational efficiency through attention to the blasting operation. Previous research suggests changing fragmentation will have an effect on mining efficiency, but no definitive model has been developed directly linking the two. Using data collected during the project, the author developed a sensitivity analysis tool, which defines the effect of changing fragmentation on overall mine efficiency. This prediction model was based partly on theory and partly on empirical information gathered from mine databases and personnel. Over the course of this project, this model was validated through the practical implementation of the theory behind its development. This involved decreasing powder factors through increasing the drilling pattern, thus changing the resulting fragmentation of the muckpile. Subsequently, downstream effects on mining efficiency were monitored and these results were recorded in the model. The proven model was then used to identify areas of opportunity for improvement. In this report two areas are discussed, firstly, the implementation of a doped emulsion replacing ANFO across the mine, and secondly the introduction of electronic detonators. The second option would require further test work to develop confidence in the assumptions made in the model, concerning the effect of timing accuracy on fragmentation. This research report covers the background to the project, an explanation of the model and the final results obtained.
Khenisa, Matthews Bhekuyise. "The impact of mineral extraction on local economic development of mining towns: a Marikana perspective." Thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/23640.
Full textThe research examines the relationship between mineral extraction and sustainable economic development of local mining communities. The research will focus specifically on Marikana within the Rustenburg Local Municipality. The research investigates the efficacy and implementation of the regulation and legislative framework relevant for the transformation of the mining industry as well as the sustainability of the local economic development. In terms of the MPRDA, mining companies are obligated to submit a social and labour plan (SLP) when applying for mining rights. The main purpose of the SLP as per the guidelines, regulation 46, is to ensure the improvement of infrastructure, poverty alleviation and community development of the host community and in the situation from which most of the labour is sourced and being addressed. The Act further prescribes that the SLP should be aligned to the municipality‟s integrated development plans (IDP). Sec 100 of the MPRDA further prescribes the development of the mining industry charter. The charter, aims at addressing the integrated sustainable LED of the host communities, the facilitation of meaningful participation of HDSA in the mining and mineral industry. This research adopts an interpretative social science approach. The design that the research took is a qualitative approach. Primary data was collected through semi-structured interviews conducted with eight interviewees. Participants consisted of two companies (mining house, Research Company), four policy experts from local and national government, two community representatives from the ward committee and the business forum. Secondary data is from the journals, academic writings, SLP and the IDP of the municipality. The results show there are challenges with compliance with SLP and the Charter prescripts from the mining houses, also there is a debate about mining houses‟ commitment in implementing sustainable LED as there is a view that they are only focused on small, economically unsustainable projects and that they reserve mega ii projects for white established businesses to the exclusion of black start-up companies. The view that the regulator is encouraging lack of accountability of the mining houses because of lack of applying punitive measures against non-performance is also gaining traction. The issue of lack of capacity of the regulator to monitor local projects was highlighted as a contributor to mining houses‟ noncompliance. Inadequate stakeholder engagement, lack of alignment of the SLP, IDP and the priorities of the community creates a challenge due to lack of buy in and ownership of LED projects implemented. The research found that there is a need to improve alignment of the IDP, SLP and the community's priorities, improve stakeholder engagement process and also to enforce the prescripts of the Act where there is lack of adherence. KEY WORDS: Local economic development, Social and labour plans, Integrated development plans
GR2018
Madzanire, Daniel. "An education strategy to reduce cultural conflict in schools administered by mines in Zimbabwe." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/21603.
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D. Ed. (Socio-Education)
Muller, Chantelle Kay. "Collective memory as an informant of consciousness in the built environment : towards a collaborative place of reconciliation for the mining community of Marikana." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/11195.
Full textKeane, Stephanie. "Getting home from work: narrating settler home In British Columbia's small resource communities." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/7729.
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2017-09-08
Harrison, Peter Carleton. "A critical analysis of how Independent Power Producers (IPP’s) can help to secure a sustainable future for post-mining towns in South Africa through new models of architectural practices, to promote the renewal of architecture as a means of creating new realities and being drivers of sustainable change." Thesis, 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/26514.
Full textThis thesis aims to understand the role that Independent Power Producers (IPP’s) can play in the renewal of architectural firms in creating new realities and how these firms can once again become drivers of social change. Kathu (Northern Cape), a steel mining town, is facing the reality that it will have to survive without a mining house and the community funding that results from its operations soon. There are three IPP’s within a 50km radius of Kathu. Under the current funding structure all 3 IPP’s have to contribute to socio-economic development (SED) and enterprise development (ED) within Kathu. According to the Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme (IPPP’s), IPP’s are required to provide 1% of gross turnover to community funds for SED and ED development programmes. Where this funding differs from funding obtained from mining houses is that renewable energy is effectively limitless. Despite IPP’s having a projected lifespan of 20 years they will continue to be redeveloped and upgraded. These upgrades will allow for longevity of revenue, which in turn allows for sustained support for the communities surrounding them. Funding structures that are being used to disseminate mining house funds to the communities are suffering from governance issues. This means that the communities do not receive the most effective or necessary forms of development. Through a new typology of architectural practice, the way these funds are managed and utilised can create better environments for those communities. This new typology of architectural firm must move away from the corporate and profit driven nature of modern architectural firms and more towards a ‘Rural Studio’ model. This is where the primary focus is on the community and how to best serve the needs of the people. In doing so SED projects would be more effective in bringing about social change, creating new realities for communities and drivers of sustainability in post-mining towns in South Africa.
XL2019
Simões, Lasevitz Rafael. "Des grandes machines et des petites personnes : les impacts des projets miniers sur les parcours de vie des habitants de deux villes de l’Abitibi." Thèse, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/21691.
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