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Costa, James. "Revitalisation linguistique : discours, mythes et idéologies : approche critique de mouvements de revitalisation en Provence et en Ecosse." Phd thesis, Grenoble, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010GRENL033.
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Ce travail de thèse cherche à explorer quelques aspects théoriques et pratiques des phénomènes de revitalisation linguistique (RL), un champ de recherche émergent au sujet duquel on a pu noter un manque de conceptualisation. Notre approche de la question est à la fois sociolinguistique et anthropologique, et découle d'un travail de terrain en Provence et en Écosse, où le provençal (ou l'occitan) et l'écossais (Scots) sont présentés comme des langues en danger. Cette thèse, dans laquelle nous considérons la RL comme un phénomène social se produisant dans des contextes de contact culturel, est organisée en trois parties : La première partie explore la manière dont la question de la RL a émergé des travaux sur la mort des langues en linguistique descriptive, mais aussi à partir de travaux sociolinguistiques et anthropologiques. Nous examinons ensuite la manière dont la RL est conceptualisée dans la littérature scientifique. Cette partie aboutit à la conclusion que si la plupart des travaux existants se sont focalisés sur les langues, des analyses en termes d'acteurs sociaux seraient nécessaires à une meilleure compréhension d'un phénomène désormais global. La seconde partie propose un modèle théorique de description et d'analyse de certains aspects des mouvements de RL. Elle associe ces mouvements avec un ensemble de phénomènes plus large, les mouvements de revitalisation culturelle, pour lesquels il existe une tradition de recherche déjà ancienne dans l'anthropologie américaine. Nous complétons ces théories par l'usage de deux notions supplémentaires, mythes et idéologies. La troisième partie met à l'épreuve ce modèle théorique afin de proposer une description et une analyse de quelques dimensions de mouvements de RL en Provence et en Écosse, à travers le discours de quatre catégories d'acteurs sociaux : experts, activistes, locuteurs ordinaires et élèves. Nous étudions également la manière dont les discours circulent dans deux écoles, qui représentent des sites de RL où des ordres de discours rencontrent des pratiques sociales. En conclusion, nous suggérons des liens entre les travaux sur la RL et les études de la mondialisation. On peut en effet voir les mouvements de RL actuels comme représentant des manières de réagir face à l'incertitude causée par l'émergence d'un monde de plus en plus globaliséThis thesis seeks to explore theoretical and practical aspects of language revitalisation (LR), an emerging field of investigation which has been described as under-theorised. We approach the question from a sociolinguistic and anthropological point of view, informed by fieldwork in Provence and Scotland, where both Provençal (or Occitan) and Scots are construed as being under threat. This thesis, which treats LR as a social phenomenon arising in contexts of cultural contact, comprises three parts (seven chapters) organised as follows: Part One explores how the question of LR arose from works on language death in descriptive linguistics, but also from works in sociolinguistics and anthropology. It then examines the way in which LR is conceptualised in academic literature, particularly in sociolinguistics and documentary linguistics. This part concludes that while works on LR have focused on language, much work needs to be conducted on social actors in order to understand this growing and worldwide phenomenon. Part Two links works on LR with more ancient findings on cultural revitalisation movements in American anthropology, and suggests links with LR in order to propose a conceptual framework for the description and analysis of LR movements. This framework includes central notions such as mazeway, and adds the categories of myth and ideology as central notions for the understanding of LR movements. Part Three explores how this conceptual framework can be used to describe and interpret some aspects of language revitalisation movements in Provence and Scotland, looking at how LR is construed in the discourses of language experts, activists, ordinary speakers and pupils. It then looks at how discourses circulate in two schools, which represent particular sites of LR in which orders of discourse and social practice meet. In our conclusion, we suggest links between current works on language revitalisation theory and globalisation studies. Contemporary LR movements can indeed represent ways of dealing with the uncertainty caused by the increasingly globalised world in which we live
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Costa, James. "Revitalisation linguistique : Discours, mythes et idéologies. Une approche critique de mouvements de revitalisation en Provence et en Écosse." Phd thesis, Université de Grenoble, 2010. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00625691.
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Ce travail de thèse cherche à explorer quelques aspects théoriques et pratiques des phénomènes de revitalisation linguistique (RL), un champ de recherche émergent au sujet duquel on a pu noter un manque de conceptualisation. Notre approche de la question est à la fois sociolinguistique et anthropologique, et découle d'un travail de terrain en Provence et en Écosse, où le provençal (ou l'occitan) et l'écossais (Scots) sont présentés comme des langues en danger. Cette thèse, dans laquelle nous considérons la RL comme un phénomène social se produisant dans des contextes de contact culturel, est organisée en trois parties : La première partie explore la manière dont la question de la RL a émergé des travaux sur la mort des langues en linguistique descriptive, mais aussi à partir de travaux sociolinguistiques et anthropologiques. Nous examinons ensuite la manière dont la RL est conceptualisée dans la littérature scientifique. Cette partie aboutit à la conclusion que si la plupart des travaux existants se sont focalisés sur les langues, des analyses en termes d'acteurs sociaux seraient nécessaires à une meilleure compréhension d'un phénomène désormais global. La seconde partie propose un modèle théorique de description et d'analyse de certains aspects des mouvements de RL. Elle associe ces mouvements avec un ensemble de phénomènes plus large, les mouvements de revitalisation culturelle, pour lesquels il existe une tradition de recherche déjà ancienne dans l'anthropologie américaine. Nous complétons ces théories par l'usage de deux notions supplémentaires, mythes et idéologies. La troisième partie met à l'épreuve ce modèle théorique afin de proposer une description et une analyse de quelques dimensions de mouvements de RL en Provence et en Écosse, à travers le discours de quatre catégories d'acteurs sociaux : experts, activistes, locuteurs ordinaires et élèves. Nous étudions également la manière dont les discours circulent dans deux écoles, qui représentent des sites de RL où des ordres de discours rencontrent des pratiques sociales. En conclusion, nous suggérons des liens entre les travaux sur la RL et les études de la mondialisation. On peut en effet voir les mouvements de RL actuels comme représentant des manières de réagir face à l'incertitude causée par l'émergence d'un monde de plus en plus globalisé.
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Petitclerc, Christine. "La revitalisation du centre-ville de Repentigny." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD_0018/MQ46778.pdf.
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Dyantyi, Unathi Sisikelelwe. "Revitalisation of the informal township economy in Mdantsane." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/15611.
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The main focus of this study was to perform an assessment of viable and sustainable means of creating a vibrant and sustainable economy in the Mdantsane Township. In order to perform the assessment objectives were formulated which aimed at assessing whether the informal small business sector of Mdantsane was generating wealth and livelihoods for the people running them. The study also looked at whether the informal business sector is a preferred option by most South Africans or people in the townships would rather seek employment. A number of data collection methods were used in completing this study such as literature reviews and a semi-structured questionnaire. The study revealed that Local Economic development can be implemented in the townships in order to assist in stimulating a vibrant local township economy. The study also revealed that the central focus of Local Economic Development is to support the development, growth and retention of private or co-operative enterprises. The survey conducted in the study further revealed that most businesses in the township are driven by necessity in order for them to start their businesses mainly due to unemployment. These businesses all agreed on the significant role that Local Economic Development can play in assisting township entrepreneurs and communities to grow and prosper.
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Yip, Kin-man Ernest. "Urban design for revitalisation of Tai Po Market." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/HKUTO/record/B39558976.
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Mustchin, Stephen. "Union involvement in learning and union 'revitalisation' strategies." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.506851.
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This thesis assesses the contribution of union involvement in learning to union 'revitalisation' in the UK. The overall research question addressed in this thesis is 'Have bargaining and organising approaches linked to learning provision contributed to strengthened union presence or 'revitalisation' in the sectors and demographic groups where it is underrepresented and declining (i.e outside the public sector?)' Since 1997, unions in the UK have expanded their level of involvement in issues related to learning, in large part due to increased government funding via the Union Learning Fund and with the statutory recognition of Union Learning Representatives. These developments have taken place at a time when unions have been adopting, to various extents, strategies to counter decline in membership levels and bargaining coverage. Two of the main strategies of this type include an increased emphasis on organising new members and workplaces, and the fostering of cooperative or 'partnership' style collective agreements. These are analysed in detail in this thesis, particularly in terms of how increased union involvement in learning supports and influences such strategies. The empirical dimension of the thesis is largely based on in-depth, qualitative interviews, including five chapters based around case studies of union learning activity that relates to broader union 'revitalisation' strategies. Key findings include that union involvement in learning has contributed somewhat towards increasing levels of membership and building union presence among underrepresented groups of workers, but that the process of integrating learning into collective agreements has been problematic due to ambivalent and often hostile employers, within a context of weak state regulation and statutory support.
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Yip, Kin-man Ernest, and 葉健文. "Urban design for revitalisation of Tai Po Market." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2007. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B39558976.
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Pednault, Marcel. "Vivekananda : étude d’un fondateur d’un mouvement de revitalisation." Mémoire, Université de Sherbrooke, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/11143/7764.
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Wood, Michael. "Valuing vacancies : Temporal productive revitalisation of neglected land." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23774.
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Neglected or underutilised spaces in cities have never been as important as they are today as land is consumed by rapid urbanisation. Landscape architects have been transforming these sites into public places, an example being the repurposing of a disused rai l line to create the High Line in New York, testimony to the inherit opportunity that brownfield sites possess. However, these projects require a significant capital injection making them unsuitable for the South African context. This presents an opportunity for an alternative landscape revitalisation model. This project will endeavour to create a new landscape architectural model to utilise temporary vacant sites within the urban realm- sites with high land value. This model is based around productive landscapes for growing food and has the potential to address some key challenges that cities face, including but not limited to recreational deficits, limited job opportunities and limited education regarding the production of food. The project draws inspiration from the unrestrained beauty of the weedscapes that have colonised derelict sites within the foreshore for the past 79 years and been responsible for the transformation of dredged beach sand into fertile soils, rich in opportunity for temporal productivity. The currently vacant site is located within the reclaimed foreshore of Cape Town's CBD and will act as a pilot site for further initiatives within the city. The abundance of vacant land parcels adjacent to the Port of Cape Town has the ability to provide temporary productive landscapes and initiate new pedestrian linkages to the Waterfront precinct. The project utilises a methodology that begins with detailed transects showing existing relationships between plant communities and the material and soils of the derelict site. It additionally uses the inherit seasonal aesthetic potential that weeds possess, merging it with productive planting compositions· a methodology utilised by Piet Oudolf.
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Lam, Yi-man Daphne, and 林依汶. "Tsuen Wan waterfront revitalisation: linking people, district and sea." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42664536.
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Harcombe, Sarah Jane. "Industrial restructuring and revitalisation in the UK coastal zone." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/2122.
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Pala, Elena. "Polynomia : a new model for the revitalisation of Sardinian?" Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.607816.
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Lam, Yi-man Daphne. "Tsuen Wan waterfront revitalisation linking people, district and sea /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2009. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42664536.
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Nicole, Isabelle. "La revitalisation du quartier Saint-Roch, analyse statistique et cartographique." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/MQ61358.pdf.
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Huxley, Katy Laura. "The Union Learning Agenda and trade union revitalisation in Wales." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2015. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/78318/.
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This thesis evaluates the Union Learning Agenda (ULA) in Wales using Behrens, Hamann and Hurd’s (2004) model of trade union revitalisation. The political, economic, membership and institutional spheres of union learning activity were explored through a mixed-method study that utilised a quantitative survey of 246 ULRs in Wales, alongside interview, observation and documentary research methods. The examination showed that within a political social partnership environment unions extracted resources from government and gained policy influence. The evaluation of workplace activity showed that ULRs were organising broadly defined learning for colleagues, and developing bargaining and consultation with employers over vocational and educational training (VET). Procedural mechanisms were more common where there was employer support for ULR activity and substantive outcomes were greater where procedural mechanisms were in place. Further, ULRs were engaging members through broad rather than narrow definitions of learning, and supporting the development of union-commitment behaviours (Snape and Redman 2004). The ULA was increasing the infrastructural resources, internal solidarity and network embeddedness of trade union institutional capacity (Lévesque and Murray 2010), thereby contributing to trade union revitalisation processes. The thesis contributes to empirical knowledge on the ULA by providing the first analysis of activity in Wales. Secondly, it assessed the content and importance of multi-union and multi-actor activity in ULA networks. The thesis argues that in a context where government and employer support for union involvement is strong, a partnership approach to the ULA can aid union revitalisation not only at the workplace but beyond it.
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Smith, Darren Paul. "The revitalisation of the Hebden Bridge district : greentrified Pennine rurality." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1998. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/447/.
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This thesis provides an integrated theoretical account of gentrification in a context which evokes significant socio-cultural meanings of rurality. With this purpose in mind, three key conceptual standpoints are established to frame the research. First, gentrification is viewed as a dynamic process of change involving distinct and differing phases of transformation. Second, representations of rurality are seen as socio-cultural constructions, which are specific to particular social groups and individuals. Finally, the creation of both rural geographies and geographies of gentrification are the product of interactions between structural conditions and the agency of consumers and producers; a reciprocal relationship of maintenance and/or reproduction in a constant flux in time and space. Following this conceptual framework, the thesis documents the processes of change which both the rural and urban environs of the Hebden Bridge district, West Yorkshire, have undergone since the late 1960s. These processes are termed g[re]entrification (rural gentrification) and involve social, cultural, physical and economic parallels with inner city gentrification. More specifically, two stages of g[re]entrification have predominated. The first stage (DIY greentrification) was initiated by in-migrant households, drawn to the moor tops, moor edges and urban location by idyllic representations of Pennine rurality. Undertaking self-renovation activities, redefined landscapes were produced and consumed by the in-migrant households. As the scale of DIY greentrification gained momentum during the early 1970s, commercial actors gained control of the production activities, renovating and developing ready-made "rural" and "rurban" commodities. As these were consumed by "client greentrifiers", property prices in the Hebden Bridge district escalated in the mid to late 1980s. Subsequently, the local indigenous population have been increasingly marginalised, excluded and displaced from the local housing market. The outcome of the greentrification process has been the production and maintenance of a number of territories associated with a distinct range of greentrifier types, culminating in an internal geography of greentrification within the Hebden Bridge district. Without doubt, the diversity of the Hebden Bridge district offers different qualities to a range of households searching for differing types of location to fulfil specific cultural and economic criteria. It is the capacity of the Hebden Bridge district (i.e. the geography of geentrification) to meet these cultural and economic needs that is central to the dramatic physical, social, economic and culturaltransformations which it has experienced since the late 1960s. The uniqueness of the Hebden Bridge district is tied up with the make-up of its internal geography and its many faces of greentrification.
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Morgan, Allan Robert. "The principal in a process of school revitalisation: a metastrategic role." University of Southern Queensland, Faculty of Education, 2008. http://eprints.usq.edu.au/archive/00004077/.
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[Abstract]: The educational literature has popularised models of school leadership such as Instructional, Transformational, Strategic, Educative, and Servant Leadership. Whilst valuable as ways of conceptualising leadership styles, worldviews, traits, roles and functions of individual principals, these models fall short of capturing the dynamic between the outcomes of leadership and the leadership process in contemporary school contexts. Distributed leadership theory is held by many to be more attuned to the post-industrial needs of organisations, and its influence on educational research has seen the emergence of new ways of comprehending leadership in schools. One influential example is ‘parallel leadership’, a derivative of distributed leadership that describes teachers as leaders of curriculum and pedagogy and principals as metastrategic leaders. This study looks specifically at the leadership processes of a small sample of principals in the process of school revitalisation titled IDEAS (Innovative Designs for Enhancing the Achievements of Schools). A key motivation for this study was that the concept of ‘parallel leadership’ had been subjected to little serious critique. Uncertainty surrounded how principals in IDEAS schools conceptualised their leadership, and what impacts experience with the IDEAS Project has on conceptions of leadership. The purpose of this study was to tease out the meanings that a sample of principals gave to their highly complex role as principal, whilst engaging with the concept of ‘parallel leadership’ during their schools’ implementations of IDEAS. The Research Problem was stated as: What conceptions of principal leadership arise out of a sample of principals’ experiences with a process of school revitalisation that emphasises a distributed approach to school leadership? The overarching inquiry took the form of a multi-case or collective case study and comprised four principals who had engaged with IDEAS over a period of at least two years. Data collection strategies included the in-depth interview, which was chosen as the primary method for informants to describe their perceptions of their leadership, together with concept mapping and a structured interview that was utilised to gain staff perceptions of informants’ leadership. Methods of analysis involved detailed transcriptions of taped interviews and tools derived from the literature review that were used to code and categorise the texts of interviews.Crowther et al. (2001) proposed a Model of Successful School Revitalisation as a result of their research conducted under the auspices of the Australian Research Council and Commonwealth Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs (DETYA). Source: (Crowther, Hann & McMaster 2001, p. 141). First, the Model identifies principal leadership and teacher leadership as each having concrete meaning and significance and that success occurs through a mutual and respectful association. This relationship is captured by the authors in the new concept of ‘parallel leadership’. Second, the Model makes clear a view that effective school leadership impacts three school processes that are conceptualised as culture building, shared approach to pedagogy and schoolwide learning. Third, the Model proposes that through the enrichment and integration of these three processes school outcomes are enhanced.This study focussed on the principal leadership aspect of ‘parallel leadership’ and resulted in a Model of Metastrategic Principal Leadership that conceptualises the intersection of principal leadership and the ideas process which Crowther et al. described as the Stimulus.The present study thereby extends the definition of ‘parallel leadership’ by describing how principals contribute to transformations of leadership, learning, and pedagogy through three principal-led processes. The proposed Model of Metastrategic Principal Leadership suggests that when activated by a principal’s continuous professional learning the combination of the interactions of personal style (Personal), the process of revitalisation (Processual), and personal conceptualisation of role (Conceptual) result in principal-led processes that support successful school revitalisation. The three principal-led processes that were uncovered are described as re-imaging school leadership, support of organisation-wide learning, and management of meaning.The researcher hopes the outcomes of the study will be of benefit to principals and teachers in the increasing numbers of schools now engaging with IDEAS across Australia and internationally. A further hope is that the present study’s descriptions of new ways of comprehending leadership in schools might be of assistance to school practitioners seeking to move from traditional to distributed forms of leadership and also educational theorists who are working in the field of school improvement.
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Tallon, A. R. "Living in the British city centre : revitalisation and the urban renaissance." Thesis, Swansea University, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.639156.
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The research focuses on a new approach to the regeneration and revitalisation of the British city centre: the contribution of the development of residential repopulation to economic viability and social viability. This approach gained prominence following the government's recent policy statements, including the 2000 Urban White Paper, with a renewed emphasis being placed on encouraging people back to live in city centres to contribute to an 'urban renaissance'. Through surveys of residents in Swansea and Bristol city centres, this research examines the characteristics and views of city centre residents living in a variety of housing types. Particular groups appear suited to city centre life, such as the young and those employed locally. The most attractive housing is typically in single-use areas more distant from core retail and entertainment zones. It is argued that a process of 'residentialisation' rather than gentrification is operating in terms of residential development, and that new residents are 'pioneers' rather than gentrifiers. Perceived advantages of city centre life are convenience-based or lifestyle-based, and the main disadvantages are those of noise, traffic and crime. Use of the daytime city centre is frequent for all residents, but use of the night-time city is largely restricted to the young, partly because of fears experienced by other groups. This acts against the vision of a vibrant and inclusive twenty-four city. Claims for increased sustainability gain patchy support and new development is best viewed in terms of regeneration rather than sustainability. Urban regeneration is seen as underpinned by a vision of an 'urban idyll' which includes certain social groups while excluding others. Tensions exist between the promotion of a new idyll of urban living and the creation of a more inclusive society.
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Nkhwashu, Magebula Michael. "An analysis of the revitalisation of Xitsonga : A dream or Reality." Thesis, University of Limpopo ( Turfloop campus), 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/488.
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Thesis (M.A. (Translation studies and linguistics)) --University of Limpopo, 2010.This dissertation endeavours to examine the causes of the marginalisation of Xitsonga in South Africa. The study has identified several factors that play a role in the marginalisation of Xitsonga. Some of these factors are inadequate promotion of Xitsonga by State Institutions and the negative attitude that Xitsonga speakers have against their language. In spite of these unfavourable conditions, the study has shown that several measures can be undertaken in order to strengthen Xitsonga as a language. Some of these measures are that Xitsonga must be offered as a subject at school and at tertiary level. Books and newspapers must be written in Xitsonga, to mention but a few. Lastly, the study highlights the fact that the existence of Xitsonga will be determined by its speakers. If they are willing to promote and support it there is no doubt that Xitsonga will exist for a long time to come.
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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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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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Hellman, Jörgen. "Longser Antar Pulau : Indonesian cultural politics and the revitalisation of traditional theatre /." Göteborg : Dept. of Social Anthropology, Univ. of Göteborg, 1999. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=009041802&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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Ehtaiba, Ali Mohammed. "A holistic programme for the revitalisation of the Old Town of Tripoli." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/32111.
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The research is concerned with the decline and the deterioration of the Old Town of Tripoli and its heritage. Its 47 hectares of its traditional urban fabric is considered to be one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Libya. However, the Old Town of Tripoli has experienced destruction and a loss of its physical and social infrastructure, as well as in its economic conditions, as a result of neglect and a lack of awareness of the importance of this heritage. In addition to the lack of infrastructure, other contributing factors are: a poor physical environment, high density, social disintegration, the departure of the original residents and their replacement by local and international migrants, and the disappearance of traditional activities and the tourism market. The thesis aims to understand and determine the existing physical, social and economic situation of the Old Town of Tripoli by studying, surveying and analysing the historical urban fabric of the town and its inhabitants. This analysis will help to determine the reasons for the problems of deterioration and change in the Old Town of Tripoli. Revitalising the historical urban fabric is a very important process consisting of different aspects such as the physical, social and economic conditions. The purpose of the thesis is to present a suitable revitalisation programme for the re- development of the Old Town. This research, therefore, has adopted broad methods to achieve the aims and objectives in producing a revitalisation programme. The methodology that is suggested to deal with the problems facing the Old Town, and the solutions for it comes from different literature reviews and case studies. The methodology was approached both deductively and inductively. The deductive part consists of a literature review. The inductive part consists of a survey and interviews with residents of the Old Town of Tripoli and a questionnaire, followed by the implementation, application and the conclusion. To achieve these aims and objectives, the thesis is divided into four parts. The first part consists of three chapters; the first chapter covers the importance of Tripoli City and its location. The fact Tripoli is the capital of Libya provides it with a special economic and administrative importance. The second chapter includes the historical development of the Old Town in three stages: its early history, colonial history and modern history. The third chapter of the study addresses the urban structure of the Old Town and its importance as an historical core and as a main part of the commercial centre of Tripoli. In addition, this chapter presents an idea of the conditions of the physical fabric of the Old Town. The second part of the study contains three chapters. The fourth chapter addresses four case studies selected from North Africa and the Middle East. These include the historical city of Jeddah, Tunis, Fez, and Aleppo. The main purpose was to investigate and learn from the problems facing these cities. Chapters Five and Six give a clear idea about the main problems facing the Old Town of Tripoli, resulting from the field survey, interviews and observations. The poor physical condition and the economic situation of the Old Town's residents, also the fact that most of the occupants of these historic buildings are poor rural and international migrant workers who cannot afford to live in the new suburbs and to maintain these properties, causes the neglect and lack of maintenance of the traditional houses, which, in turn, leads to the deterioration of these historic properties and to the loss of social interaction. The third part of this study proposes ideas to solve the problems which were addressed in the second part. Part three contains three chapters. Chapter Seven addresses all that should be done to improve the physical, social and economic conditions of the Old Town and to attract the original people to return. Chapter Eight addresses two case studies of the city of Tunis and the city of Fez. The purpose was to learn from their experiences how they have implemented and managed their problems and to apply any learning from the Tunis and Fez studies to improving the Old Town of Tripoli. Chapter Nine deals with a comprehensive revitalisation programme. Part four consists of two chapters. Chapter Ten deals with the implementation and application of the revitalisation programme. Chapter Eleven presents the conclusion and recommendations of the whole thesis.
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Chan, Wai-fan May, and 陳慧芬. "Problems and revitalisation policies of state-owned enterprises in China, 1978 - early 1992." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1992. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3197689X.
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Valzer, Simon. "Un exemple de revitalisation culturelle : les arts performatifs maori - Haka et Kapa haka." Aix-Marseille 1, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010AIX10115.
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Cru, Josep. "From language revalorisation to language revitalisation? : discourses of Maya language promotion in Yucatán." Thesis, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/2662.
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Against the background of worldwide processes of language abandonment that are taking place at an unprecedented and rapid pace, in the last two decades language revitalisation has become an ever more prominent area of academic research. This thesis looks at the ideological underpinnings of Yucatec Maya language promotion in the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico, based on the discourses of both official institutions and grassroots actors. After introducing the historical processes that have led to the present sociolinguistic minorisation of speakers of Maya in the Yucatán Peninsula, I analyse salient themes for language policy and planning pointed out by activists and institutions. Both official and grassroots discourses gathered in the field overwhelmingly revolve around the key concepts of revalorisation and rescate. These notions undergird the strategies that most participants consider as necessary for Maya language promotion, namely, the drafting of specific language legislation; the use of Maya in the education system; and an emphasis on the development of literacy in Maya. While policies in these areas may have a positive impact on raising the status and public profile of Maya and may lead to its legitimation, I argue that they present considerable limitations for actual revitalisation, which I believe should be part of a wider sociopolitical movement coming from the grassroots. On the one hand, vertical language policies that emanate from official institutions, the school being a prominent one, have been central in the cultural and linguistic assimilation to Spanish of indigenous peoples in Mexico. On the other hand, institutional policies that replicate the essentialist tenets of hegemonic languages on minorised languages, such as standardisation, actually devalue plurilingual and mixed practices on the ground and raise the issue of purism, which in the case of Yucatán may be contributing to language shift to Spanish and hindering the revitalisation process. Seen as an alternative and complementary project that comes above all from the ground up, I maintain that grassroots language promotion beyond institutional settings and control is effectively working towards the revitalisation of Maya. Along these lines, the use of this language in social media and modern music genres by youths, as part of their expanding communicative repertoires and heteroglossic practices on the ground, is opening up promising spaces for its maintenance and reproduction.
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Chan, Wai-fan May. "Problems and revitalisation policies of state-owned enterprises in China, 1978 - early 1992." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1992. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13278757.
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Swan, Alan. "Teachers’ understanding of accountability in the context of a whole school revitalisation program." Thesis, Swan, Alan (2011) Teachers’ understanding of accountability in the context of a whole school revitalisation program. Masters by Research thesis, Murdoch University, 2011. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/41697/.
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This study investigates teachers’ perceptions of accountability in secondary public schools participating in the Innovative Designs for Enhancing Achievement in Schools (IDEAS) Project. The focus is internal accountability, a concept seen to be a necessary condition for schools to improve performance against external accountability measures. The study investigated whether teachers’ perceptions about accountability aligned with what constitutes internal accountability. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a purposively selected sample of teachers engaged with the IDEAS Project in four Western Australian public secondary schools. The findings indicate that teachers perceived three interdependent layers of accountability: internal, external and moral; and they categorized accountabilities at each layer as either formal or informal. Teachers involved in the study described perceptions of accountability inclined toward collective responsibility, challenging conclusions from previous studies that teachers’ perceptions of accountability are individualistic. The national accountability agenda that focuses teacher attention toward data from literacy and numeracy assessments was found to have a positive influence on teachers’ perceptions about accountability. Participants suggested that the data from these assessments often brought staff together to review teaching and learning, with a focus on improving student achievement. Since little was known about the participants’ perceptions of accountability prior to involvement in the IDEAS Project, a relationship between the program and teacher perceptions of accountability cannot be inferred. Further research is recommended regarding the efficacy of the IDEAS Project in shifting teacher perceptions from an individualistic orientation toward a collective orientation associated with internal accountability.
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Rezaei, Naimeh. "Revitalisation des centres historiques en Iran : le cas du quartier d'Oudlajan à Téhéran." Thesis, Paris 1, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA010670.
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Malgré ses richesses historiques, le centre ancien de Téhéran est aujourd’hui dans un état préoccupant et la question de sa sauvegarde est devenue l’enjeu majeur des conservateurs et défenseurs du patrimoine. Les plans et les propositions élaborés pour revitaliser le centre historique ont été très largement inutiles. Le questionnement de cette thèse porte sur les obstacles à la revitalisation du centre ancien de Téhéran. L’étude du quartier d’Oudlajan, un des quartiers historiques de la ville, permet de mieux comprendre la situation actuelle du patrimoine. D’après nos analyses, à part les politiques des gouvernements aux différentes époques, il semble que la représentation du patrimoine dans la société iranienne ait été fortement influencée par des courants de pensée et des tendances idéologiques. Le désir de « changement », qui existait depuis longtemps en Iran, s'est accompagné d’un rejet de la tradition et de l’histoire, en détruisant tout ce qui est perçu comme ancien. En raison d’une modernisation autoritaire, la ville est devenue le symbole de la rupture avec l’histoire, la tradition et l’identité locale, tout en imitant les modèles occidentaux. L’étude des stratégies mises en œuvre par les différents acteurs met en lumière deux attitudes différentes face au patrimoine du quartier d’Oudlajan. La position des conservateurs, qui privilégient le maintien en l'état des monuments, d’une façon stricte. Leur action se limite à l’inventaire, la réglementation et au contrôle. La position des partisans du développement urbain, répartis en trois groupes : les acteurs institutionnels qui veulent renouveler les quartiers anciens afin d’augmenter leur résistance aux séismes; les acteurs en recherche de nouvelles constructions par intérêt économique; et, enfin, les résidents qui souhaitent vivre dans un logement neuf et un quartier moderne. Les approches de ces trois groupes montrent un manque d’intérêt pour le patrimoine et les espaces historiques et une envie de modernisationDespite its historical riches the old center of Tehran is now in a worrying state and the issue of preservation of its heritage has become the major challenge for conservatives and heritage advocates. Plans and propositions made to revitalize the historic center were largely useless. This thesis focuses on the reasons for the difficult revitalization of the historical center of Tehran. The study of Oudlajan, one of the historic neighbourhoods of Tehran, allows to understand the current state of urban heritage. According to our analysis, apart from the government policies in the different periods, the representation of heritage in Iranian society is strongly influenced by the thoughts and ideological trends. The desire to “change”, which has long existed in Iran, was accompanied by the rejection of tradition and history, destroying everything that is known as old. Due to authoritarian modernization, the city became a symbol of the break with history, tradition and local identity, imitating Western models. The study of the strategies employed by different actors highlights two different positions facing heritage of Oudlajan neighborhood. The position of the guardians, who see only the conservation of monuments. The action of these preservatives is limited to inventory, regulation and control. The position of the partisans of urban development can be divided into three groups: institutional actors seeking to renew older neighborhoods to increase their earthquake resistance; the actors who want new constructions for their economic interests; and, finally, the residents who wish to live in a new house and a modern neighbourhood. Approaches of these three groups show a lack of interest in heritage and historic spaces and a desire for modernization
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Dunne, Trudy Anne. "At the heart of school change: the experience of participation in a whole-school revitalisation project." University of Southern Queensland, Faculty of Education, 2008. http://eprints.usq.edu.au/archive/00004078/.
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[Abstract]: What is at the heart of whole school change? The focus of this research is how a whole school revitalisation process impacted on the professional community, professional learnings and professional practices in a secondary Catholic College in regional southeast Queensland. It identifies the factors within the school context that impacted on the progress of the project.A review of literature provides support for each of the dimensions of the focus of the research, the research-based framework of the revitalisation project and the factors relevant to a whole school change process. The research paradigm involves interpretivist inquiry, the methodology is case study and a narrative method is used to interpret and present the study. Multiple sources of data are employed: three sets of semi-structured interviews conducted over a three year period from 2004 to 2006; the researcher’s journal; and school documents.Some evidence indicates that the revitalisation project had some impact upon the development of a shared vision and improved whole school collaboration and professional dialogue. The implementation of the change process led to an increase in whole school professional development which impacted on teachers’ shared understandings of pedagogical principles and further there is some evidence of perceived change in teachers’ professional practices as a result of engagement in the project.The study identifies cultural and other factors existing in the school which hindered the progress of the change process. These include teachers’ resistance to change, a culture of ‘blame’, and a lack of teacher leadership and of collaborative decision making on the part of the school leadership team. One outcome of the study was the construction of a set of recommendations to assist a school in overcoming the impact of these identified hindrances to the change process.A model of effective change is developed as a second key outcome of the study. The model is consistent with the key “school change” literature, but its significance lies in the unique context from which it was drawn.
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Schmutte, Ian Michael. "International Union Activity: Politics of Scale in the Australian Labour Movement." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/719.
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In recent years, industrial relations scholars have begun to discuss the 'revitalisation strategies' unions are using to rebuild lost density, power, and political leverage. This thesis studies the role international activities play in the revitalisation of Australian unions. Rather than assert the importance of international activity, or emphasise the value of certain forms of international activity, the thesis seeks to understand why unions choose to engage in particular forms of international activity. International activity in Australian unions takes on a remarkable diversity of forms. The analysis of international activity therefore requires a theory that is capable of describing these different forms of international activity and then explaining why they exist. However most scholars have not examined the role of union agency in choosing international activity. Within industrial relations, there is very little existing theory or research on which to base the kind of analysis proposed for the thesis. Most theories are ideologically driven, prescriptive accounts that either promote or challenge particular institutions or ideas about international activity. The problem is that they deal with international activity as an abstract kind of response to universal pressures of globalisation. These kinds of arguments serve well to articulate the need for unions to 'think globally', but are ill suited to the task of the thesis, which is to explain particular forms of international activity in particular unions. The questions about international activity that the thesis intends to answer form a point of connection between industrial relations and the related discipline of labour geography. In making the connections between labour geography theory and the analysis of union international strategy, the thesis argues for labour geography as a political economic foundation for industrial relations in the tradition of Hyman's Marxist theory of industrial relations. This provides a critical theoretical perspective and conceptual vocabulary with which to criticise and extend industrial relations research on international activity. The result is a spatialised theory organised according to topics of interest in industrial relations research that can be applied to the study of Australian international activity. The thesis is evenly divided between developing this theory and research on international activity in the Australian union movement. Empirical analysis begins with a study of the international activities and policy of the ACTU, distinguishing different kinds of international activity. By treating the international activities of the ACTU as representative of the Australian union movement as a whole, the thesis identifies three functional levels of international activity: strategy-sharing, regional solidarity, and global regulation. The chapter also examines the material and discursive construction of the international scale within the ACTU. The thesis also analyses the international activities of three Australian unions,the TWU, LHMU and CFMEU. While all three unions engage in each level of international activity, the review of their activities shows differences in the focus of each union. The thesis suggests that the explanation for these different ratios depends in part on the spatial structure of the industries that the different unions organise. The kind of research undertaken in this thesis has little precedent. The work of the labour geographers on international activity does not deal with union revitalisation strategy, and the research from industrial relations on the strategic aspects of international activity have not latched on to labour geography. This thesis argues that unions scale their activities internationally for particular reasons, some of which are structural and can be specified up front, and others that are historically contingent and can only be explored on a case-by-case basis. In examining this 'politics of scale' the thesis redefines many of the issues in the discussion of international activity and proposes a new conceptual background for industrial relations generally.
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Schmutte, Ian Michael. "International Union Activity: Politics of Scale in the Australian Labour Movement." University of Sydney. Work and Organisation Studies, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/719.
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In recent years, industrial relations scholars have begun to discuss the �revitalisation strategies� unions are using to rebuild lost density, power, and political leverage. This thesis studies the role international activities play in the revitalisation of Australian unions. Rather than assert the importance of international activity, or emphasise the value of certain forms of international activity, the thesis seeks to understand why unions choose to engage in particular forms of international activity. International activity in Australian unions takes on a remarkable diversity of forms. The analysis of international activity therefore requires a theory that is capable of describing these different forms of international activity and then explaining why they exist. However most scholars have not examined the role of union agency in choosing international activity. Within industrial relations, there is very little existing theory or research on which to base the kind of analysis proposed for the thesis. Most theories are ideologically driven, prescriptive accounts that either promote or challenge particular institutions or ideas about international activity. The problem is that they deal with international activity as an abstract kind of response to universal pressures of globalisation. These kinds of arguments serve well to articulate the need for unions to �think globally�, but are ill suited to the task of the thesis, which is to explain particular forms of international activity in particular unions. The questions about international activity that the thesis intends to answer form a point of connection between industrial relations and the related discipline of labour geography. In making the connections between labour geography theory and the analysis of union international strategy, the thesis argues for labour geography as a political economic foundation for industrial relations in the tradition of Hyman�s Marxist theory of industrial relations. This provides a critical theoretical perspective and conceptual vocabulary with which to criticise and extend industrial relations research on international activity. The result is a spatialised theory organised according to topics of interest in industrial relations research that can be applied to the study of Australian international activity. The thesis is evenly divided between developing this theory and research on international activity in the Australian union movement. Empirical analysis begins with a study of the international activities and policy of the ACTU, distinguishing different kinds of international activity. By treating the international activities of theACTU as representative of the Australian union movement as a whole, the thesis identifies three functional levels of international activity: strategy-sharing, regional solidarity, and global regulation. The chapter also examines the material and discursive construction of the international scale within the ACTU. The thesis also analyses the international activities of three Australian unions,the TWU, LHMU and CFMEU. While all three unions engage in each level of international activity, the review of their activities shows differences in the focus of each union. The thesis suggests that the explanation for these different ratios depends in part on the spatial structure of the industries that the different unions organise. The kind of research undertaken in this thesis has little precedent. The work of the labour geographers on international activity does not deal with union revitalisation strategy, and the research from industrial relations on the strategic aspects of international activity have not latched on to labour geography. This thesis argues that unions scale their activities internationally for particular reasons, some of which are structural and can be specified up front, and others that are historically contingent and can only be explored on a case-by-case basis. In examining this �politics of scale� the thesis redefines many of the issues in the discussion of international activity and proposes a new conceptual background for industrial relations generally.
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Chrimes, Adrian Paul. "A sociolinguistic profile of the Gallo speech community." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/27781.
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This study investigates the role of the speech community in maintaining obsolescent languages in general, and Gallo in particular. A questionnaire was designed to elicit information from the Gallo speech community in three key areas: speakers’ beliefs regarding their own use of language, speakers’ attitudes towards Gallo and its status, and speaker’s own proficiency in Gallo. The sample for this study was obtained through Gallo social networks which were identified and contacted thanks to the support of Gallo organisations based in Rennes. The questionnaire was administered to a mixture of older native speakers, employed semi-speakers and student-aged learners of Gallo. The results show that level of education remains the main factor affecting speaker attitudes and language use. Speakers with higher levels of education tend to be the ones engaged in revitalisation efforts while speakers with less education maintain a distance from such activities as well as a strong allegiance to the national language. The study also highlighted the division within the speech community concerning orthographic convention. Although a highly distinct written form is viewed by some as essential to distancing Gallo from French, it would seem that the majority of the speech community prefers accessibility over distanciation. This study provides insight into the impact which a speech community can have on the vitality or obsolescence of a variety. In the case of Gallo, it shows how a group of determined individuals can be influential in maintaining an obsolescent variety despite strong and continued pressure from official institutions.
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Fosztó, László. "Ritual revitalisation after socialism community, personhood, and conversion among Roma in a Transylvanian village." Berlin Münster Lit, 2007. http://d-nb.info/998366595/04.
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Rominger, Ovidu Erich. "The potential role of the consumer in the revitalisation of the Romanian apple industry." Thesis, Bournemouth University, 2001. http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/440/.
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After many years of domination by the Soviet Union, 1989 brought great changes in Eastern Europe. The collapse of the communist system has led to the beginning of a new era in which Eastern European countries are being required both to develop a democratic system and adapt to a market economy. Left with a legacy of massive unproductive factories and immense co-operative farms, the beginning of the transition towards the market economy has been difficult. One of the factors associated with the emerging market economy is argued to be the increasing importance of the consumer. In Romania, some sectors of the economy declined more than others and compared to other sectors, agriculture and horticulture in particular, have declined less. However, land reform, loss of former markets and poor inputs due to financial constraints have left their mark on Romanian horticulture. Once named by the Soviet Union "the breadbasket of Eastern Europe", Romania and Romanian horticulture are required to adapt presently to the new market conditions. Within the horticultural sector, the apple industry is one of the areas in urgent need of revitalisation. Reaching its peak under the communist centralised command system, the industry has to be rebuilt to new standards which recognise, perhaps for the first time, the role of the consumer. This research examines the Romanian apple industry (fresh apples and apple juices), in order to analyse the expectations of consumers and to determine whether the Romanian apple industry is able to adapt and respond to those key expectations in the foreseeable future. Additionally, Romanian consumers and the country's apple industry arc contrasted with those in the UK and Germany, countries with traditional market economies which also represent potential export markets for Romanian produce. Focusing on the consumer in relation to the Romanian apple industry, the work reports on the findings and discusses some obstacles to, and proposed actions for, the revitalisation of the Romanian apple industry. In order to achieve the various objectives a multiple methodology was developed, including both quantitative and qualitative approaches. The expectations and preferences of consumers were identified by means of questionnaires and focus groups, involving the four domestic apple varieties selected as reference products. The information collected was presented to the apple industry and in-depth interviews were conductedi n order to assess the industry's difficulties and its capacity to respond the consumer requirements which had been determined.
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Camello, Pinilla Sandra Milena. "(Po)ethical indigenous language practices : redefining revitalisation and challenging epistemic colonial violence in Colombia." Thesis, Goldsmiths College (University of London), 2017. http://research.gold.ac.uk/20167/.
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This research addresses the colonial legacies traversing understandings of indigenous languages and their “revitalisation” in Colombia, arguing that neither language theories nor policies escape power-knowledge relations. It shows how alphabets and grammars have operated as colonial normalising technologies and defined indigenous languages as “illiterate” or “incomplete” languages, forcing them to adjust to foreign models and justifying the intervention of colonisers, missionaries and academic experts (who sought to “transform” indigenous languages into “complete” grammatical and alphabetical languages). It examines the asymmetrical clashes regarding the validation of “expert knowledge” over indigenous knowledge practices. Additionally, it acknowledges the contributions of postcolonial, decolonial, ecological, critical and cultural theories for decentring alphabetical, grammatical and monolingual normalisations and relocating indigenous languages in complex (non-anthropocentric) relations and community filiations. This research proposes a comprehensive “(po)ethical” approach that dialogues with indigenous language practices in their poetical, ethical and political dimensions. This has three important effects. Firstly, it challenges reductive models of literacy and grammaticality, consolidated since the colonial encounter. Secondly, it highlights the deep articulation of indigenous language practices with the recreation of traditions and community filiations. Thirdly, it redefines “revitalisation” as a process that goes beyond linguistics insofar as, conceived otherwise, it challenges colonial epistemic violence, rebuilds community filiations, and enables healing. (Po)ethical practices are agonistic. They emerge from the pain of the conflicts, historical conditions and violent asymmetries that are inscribed in the bodies and the languages we inhabit. In contrast to colonial technologies and policies of multiculturalism, (po)ethical practices do not pursue the elimination or assimilation of difference. Through agonistic translations, they acknowledge and connect creative processes of resistance and healing, allowing dialogue between adversaries instead of “eradicating conflict” by eliminating difference. The research stresses the local and global potential of agonistic translations of (po)ethical language practices in challenging coloniality and rebuilding communities.
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JAOUEN, JONCOUR ANNICK. "Le partenariat public-prive et la revitalisation des vieux centres urbains aux etats-unis." Paris 1, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988PA010504.
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I- au lendemain de la 2e guerre mondiale, les vieilles villes industrielles se trouvent con- frontees a une profonde mutation de leurs structures sous l'effet de deux processus paralleles - le deplacement des activites et des populations ; - la suburbanisation des metropoles. La reponse au declin urbain se concretisera par la recherche de nouvelles alliances, de nouveaux partenaires. La cooperation des secteurs public et prive s'operera a travers un developpement economique soutenu, notamment dans la restructuration des quartiers centraux. Ii- a cet egard, la reponse apportee par baltimore au defi d'un declin economique irrever- sible, est originale. On analysera comment, a partir de deux initiatives, d'abord privee, puis publique, a pu se mettre en place un partenariat actif, ou le partage des risques a permis une complete regeneration physique et economique du centre. Cette reussite, nee d'une demarche coherente et globale, et fondee sur un engagement et un climat de confiance reciproques entre tous les acteurs, pourrait bien etre aujourd'hui remise en cause. Iii- en effet, la plupart des centres urbains subissent les consequences douloureuses des politiques du "new federalism". Les villes ont pris conscience que la cooperation publique privee est non seulement toujours utile, mais devient absolument vitale quand il s'agit de l'avenir des villes-centrales. Une redistribution des responsabilites et des charges finan- cieres s'impose qui devrait entrainer une evolution sensible du partenariatPublic-private partnership in the older american cities illustrates how closely business and government in local communities work together. The experiences, made in a lot of cities, and particularly in baltimore, show that, in the period after world war ii, business leaders typically took the initiative in promoting the partnership, and their organisations often supplied the planning and the technical expertises to chart the economic adaptation of the city to post-war trends. Today, local governments take much of the initiative themselves. But, the successfull picture of public-private partnership have not to ignore some key issues. An important one is, who benefits from economic development programs ? giving top priority to economic growth serves to leave the neediest segment of the population apart. There are other costs too : the effects on the urban environment and the tradeoffs against the quality of life ; the substantial displacement of residents and small businesses. Thus, the partnership of government and business in local communities works not only to promote economic development ; it also works to pull cities away from their commitment to social problems and weaken their concern with the less tangible aspects of urban life. One should also keep in mind that cities are severely constrained in their capacity to respond to social needs by the recent federal proposals of redistributing responsibilities and financial burdens. In an era of sharply limited resources and shrinking federal assistance, city policy priorities increasingly reflect that their capacity to wield "countervailing" power if weak
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Omar, Nicolas N. "Towards the revitalisation of the Kromboom Parkway through the rehabilitation of the Kromboom River." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7533.
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The system of public open space in South Africa is underperforming in relation to the natural assets this country possesses. After analysing the different aspects of the existing framework plans for the central metropolitan open space system, I was fascinated by the concept of linkage as vital to success. The Kromboom Parkway has always interested me because of its enormous potential, yet poor accessibility. By combining the the study of rivers with the open space framework and the concept of green corridors the idea of a redesign of the Kromboom Parkway came about. The analysis of the Public open space system at the larger scale puts the Kromboom Parkway into perspective, and it is a vital link. In fact without in the concept of a green corridor from False Bay to Table Bay is without a foundation, because the link from north to south would be broken. The Kromboom River is integral to the entire Kromboom Parkway pedestrian route. The Kromboom River itself is in need of erosion alleviation and some natural habitat construction to promote animal and plant life. In some cases the Kromboom River would be better off without the concrete canal. Proposing a design for the Kromboom Parkway requires an understanding of pedestrians and their needs and dislikes, the disabled and how to make spaces accessible to them and children and how they interact with space. Combine all these factors into a set of guidelines and the design starts to take shape.
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Pointeau, Noémie. "La revitalisation de l'identité française à San Rafael, État de Veracruz, Mexique (1986-2012)." Thesis, Rennes 2, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015REN20033/document.
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Le travail de recherche se focalise sur le renouveau de l’identité française à San Rafael, Veracruz au Mexique depuis les années quatre-vingts à nos jours. Cette période actuelle voit en effet culminer dans cette ancienne colonie agricole un mouvement que l’on peut désigner comme étant une revitalisation de l’identité française.Cette étude se focalise sur les raisons profondes de ce renouveau et le fonctionnement de celui-ci, mais elle appréhende aussi les enjeux majeurs et les conséquences sur la localité. Pour cela, et considérant la complexité des contextes dans lesquels la migration française au XIXe siècle, l’abandon progressif de l’identité française au début du XXe siècle puis la revitalisation se sont passés, cette recherche s’inscrit pleinement dans la section CNU-14 (espagnol) mais s’inspire des outils et des méthodes de l’anthropologie historique.Trois thématiques principales sont abordées, basées sur le constat général du phénomène étudié, les mécanismes du processus de revitalisation de l’identité française et les répercussions du contexte national sur l’identité des acteurs sociaux de la localitéThis research focuses on the revival of the French identity in San Rafael, Veracruz in Mexico since the eighties to present. This current period saw indeed a peak in this ancient farm settlement movement that can be designated as French identity revitalization.This study focuses on the underlying reasons for this revival and operation of it, but it also captures the major issues and the impact on the locality. For this, and considering the complexity of the contexts in which the French migration in the nineteenth century, the gradual abandonment of French identity in the early twentieth century and the revitalization happened, this research is in the field of the fourteenth section of National Council of Universities (spanish speciality), but is inspired by the historical anthropology's tools and methods.Three main themes are addressed, based on the general observation of the studied phenomenon, the mechanisms of the revitalization process of French identity and the impact of the national context on the identification of local social actors
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Jaouen, Annick. "Le Partenariat public-privé et la revitalisation des vieux centres urbains aux Etat-Unis." Lille 3 : ANRT, 1989. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb376145138.
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Pivot, Benedicte. "Revitalisation de langues postvernaculaires : le francoprovençal en Rhône-Alpes et le rama au Nicaragua." Thesis, Lyon 2, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014LYO20016.
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Cette thèse de doctorat vise, par une approche sociolinguistique critique des discours et des pratiques sociales, à proposer une analyse du phénomène social de la revitalisation de deux langues en danger : le rama au Nicaragua et le francoprovençal en région Rhône-Alpes, France sous l’angle de leur postvernacularité. Ce travail de recherche adopte dans un premier temps un cadre de réflexion sur ce qu’est le phénomène de la revitalisation avec la perspective de fournir aux acteurs de la revitalisation des outils pour comprendre les situations dans lesquelles ils sont impliqués .Ce positionnement considère également que la revitalisation n’est pas seulement l’expression de revendications linguistiques mais est un phénomène social plus ample d’expression conscientisée ou non d’autres revendications, essentiellement sociales, autour d’enjeux d’identité collective, de place dans la hiérarchie sociale, de rôle dans l’économie, de pouvoir Ce travail questionne le nouveau rôle social de ces langues postvernaculaires et analyse comment celui-ci se construit dans un discours de sauvegarde et de valorisation de la diversité patrimoniale et universelle.Ce que montre cette thèse, c’est que non seulement la revitalisation linguistique n’est pas simplement (ou pas prioritairement) une affaire de langue mais que, même privée de fonctions communicatives, la langue peut être investie de sens, de sens nouveaux, et de sens concurrents. Elle peut tout autant faire l’objet de discours d’autorité, dans des sociétés qui sont aux marges de la production culturelle dominante. Ce constat nous amène, à partir de deux contextes que tout oppose apparemment mais qui présentent en fait certaines similarités, à nous questionner sur la fonction du langage dans une ère souvent décrite comme un moment d’homogénéisation et de perte de diversité culturelleThis thesis is a critical sociolinguistic analysis of discourses and social practices, and provides an analysis of social processes of revitalization in the case of two endangered languages: Rama in Nicaragua and Francoprovençal in the Rhône-Alpes region of France. It looks particularly at their postvernacular status.This research first proposes a framework for conceptualizing revitalization with the aim of providing social actors with analytical tools to understand the situations in which they are involved. This initial stage also posits that revitalization is not only the expression of linguistic demands but rather it represents the expression, through language, of other, possibly wider, social issues. By arguing that revernacularization is not the main aim of the language movements under scrutiny, this work questions their renewed social role as post-vernacular languages, and looks at how they are framed in terms of a discourse of heritage and valorization of diversity, therefore promoting not only the local but universal values.This thesos shows therefore that language revitalization is not simply (or not primarily) a matter of language. Even deprived of communicative functions, language may be invested with meaning, new meanings, and competing ones too. It can equally be subject to authoritative discourse, in societies that lie on the margins of the dominant cultural centers. Thus, starting with two apparently very dissimilar contexts, we bring out the similarities and question the ways in which language is appropriated, contested and negotiated as a potential resource at a time of alleged homogenization
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Tov??as, de Plaisted Blanca History & Philosophy Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences UNSW. "Resistance and cultural revitalisation: reading Blackfoot agency in the texts of cultural transformation 18701920." Publisher:University of New South Wales. History & Philosophy, 2007. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/43907.
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The radical transformations attendant upon the imposition of colonial rule on the Siksikaitsitapi or Blackfoot of northern Alberta and southern Montana are examined in this dissertation in order to emphasise the threads of continuity within a tapestry of cultural change c.1870-1920. The dissertation traces cultural persistence through the analysis of texts of history and literature that constructed Blackfoot subjectivity in the half-century following the end of traditional lifeways and settlement on three reserves in Canada and one reservation in the United States of America. This interdisciplinary thesis has been undertaken jointly in the School of History and Philosophy, and the School of English, Media and Performance Studies. It combines the tools of historical research and literary criticism to analyse the discourses and counter-discourses that served to construct Blackfoot subjectivity in colonial texts. It engages with the ways in which the Blackfoot navigated colonisation and resisted forced acculturation while adopting strategies of accommodation to ensure social reproduction and even physical survival in this period. To this end, it presents four case studies, each focusing on a discrete process of Blackfoot cultural transformation: a) the resistance to acculturation and cultural revitalisation as it relates to the practice of Ookaan (Sun Dance); b) the power shifts ushered in by European contact and the intersection between power and Blackfoot dress practices; c) the participation of Blackfoot "organic intellectuals" in the construction of Blackfoot history through the transformation of oral stories into text via the ethnographic encounter; and d) the continuing links between Blackfoot history and literature, and contemporary fictional representations of Blackfoot subjectivity by First Nations authors. This thesis acknowledges that Blackfoot history and literature have been constructed through a complex matrix of textual representations from their earliest contacts with Europeans. This dissertation is a study of the intersection between textual representations of the Blackfoot, and resistance, persistence and cultural revitalisation 1870-1920. It seeks to contribute to debates on the capacity of the colonised Other to exercise agency. It engages with views articulated by organic intellectuals, and Blackfoot and other First Nations scholars, in order to foster a dialogue between Blackfoot and non-Blackfoot scholarship.
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Chau, Chiu-fai Fiona, and 周朝暉. "Urban regeneration in Hong Kong: a neighbourhood revitalisation case study in Sham Shui Po district." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42577160.
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Levert, Florence. "Revitalisation festive et conflits de mémoire : Saint-Pierre des marins et Messe-Souvenir de Fécamp." Paris 10, 2008. http://www.theses.fr/2008PA100141.
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À Fécamp, à la fin du XIXe siècle, les armateurs à la pêche terre-neuvière se constituent en une classe sociale distincte. Elle s’organise en créant notamment des syndicats professionnels, des sociétés de charité, ainsi que la fête de la Saint-Pierre. Célébrée peu de temps avant les campagnes de pêche, la Saint-Pierre rassemble très largement : propriétaires, pêcheurs, représentants des pouvoirs publics, clergé, etc. Consensuelle, elle construit les appartenances, propose des représentations et favorise le maintien des hiérarchies et de la structure sociale. Elle contribue à une puissante domination qui fait accepter aux marins jusqu’à l’augure de leur propre disparition en mer. Aujourd’hui, alors qu’on ne part plus pêcher la morue et qu’une nouvelle économie basée sur la passé maritime fait florès, d’anciens Terre-Neuvas se sont regroupés avec la volonté de rééditer leur fête. La Messe-Souvenir respecte les rituels de la Saint-Pierre. Il s’agit pour les anciens d’apporter la preuve qu’ils en furent, disqualifiant, de fait, tout autre modalité du rapport à un passé devenu capital. Faisant spectacle des rites autrefois réalisés, la Messe-Souvenir a des fonctions que la Saint-Pierre, pourtant présentée comme son modèle, n’avait pas. C’est même sur la base d’une fidélité revendiquée aux rituels anciens que réside la véritable singularité de la fête actuelle. La Messe-Souvenir qui répète les rituels de la Saint-Pierre - fête sage - apparaît dans la violence d’une mémoire qui va disparaître, et donne au marin, dans la perspective de sa mort prochaine, un statut social qu’il n’a jamais eu. Jusqu’à ce que la gestion de la mémoire lui échappeAt the end of the 19th century in Fécamp, the Newfoundland fishing shipowners formed a separate social class that was organized in unions and charitable societies. They also created the Saint-Pierre Feast. Celebrated just before the fishing season, the Saint-Pierre Feast gathered many different groupings: shipowners, fishermen, state representatives, clergy members and so on. In a spirit of unity, this Feast built a sense of belonging, a collective memory and helped to maintain the social structure and hierarchies. It also created a social domination which was able to make the seamen accept many things, even the idea of their own death at sea. Today, even though cod fishing has disappeared in Fécamp and a new economy is developing based on the maritime past, former Newfoundlanders are gathering in order to make their Feast live again. The commemoration respects the Saint-Pierre feast rituals. It allows the elders to prove that they were there and are the only legitimate owners of this past now considered as a real capital. Performing the rites of yesteryear, the commemoration possesses functions that the Saint-Pierre Feast did not. We can say that the singularity of the current Feast lies in its claim of trustworthiness to the former rituals. The commemoration, that repeats the non-subversive Saint-Pierre feast rituals, creates a feeling of violence because of the disappearing memory and so gives the seaman, with the prospect of his coming death, a social status he never had before. Until this memory slips from his clutches
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Larose-Farmer, Geneviève. "La transmission d'une langue autochtone endormie en contexte de revitalisation linguistique : le cas du wendat." Master's thesis, Université Laval, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/25681.
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Après plusieurs décennies de pertes linguistiques, certaines nations autochtones s'efforcent maintenant à retrouver leur langue ancestrale. C'est le cas de la communauté de Wendake qui a mis sur pied en 2007 le projet Yawenda visant la revitalisation de la langue huronne-wendat. Cette étude de cas qualitative se penche sur les idéologies linguistiques qui entrent en jeu lorsqu'une poignée de membres de la communauté décident de donner un deuxième souffle de vie à leur langue ancestrale. À l'aide d'entretiens et d'observation participante, nous avons recueilli des données sur les enjeux et les idéologies entourant la transmission de la langue wendat à l'école primaire Ts8taïe. Le but de cette étude est de procéder à une clarification idéologique afin de venir en aide aux efforts de revitalisation.After several decades of language loss, some first nations are now reclaiming their ancestral language. This is the case of the community of Wendake which has started in 2007 the Huron-Wendat language revival project named Yawenda. This qualitative case study focuses on linguistic ideologies that come into play when a handful of community members decide to give a second breath of life to their ancestral language. Using interviews and observations, we have gathered data on the challenges and ideologies linked to the Wendat language transmission at the Ts8taïe Elementary School. This study aims to achieve an ideological clarification in order to support the Wendat language revival efforts.
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Chau, Chiu-fai Fiona. "Urban regeneration in Hong Kong a neighbourhood revitalisation case study in Sham Shui Po district /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2003. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42577160.
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Sanghani, Himanshu. "Mithi River Restoration Project." Thesis, KTH, Urbana och regionala studier, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-111441.
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It took only few years to turn a naturally owing river into a drain. 17.84 k.m stretch of MithiNadi (river), an arterial river, running along north-south axis of Bombay (Mumbai) is facing the grimproblems of backyard atrocities. Finding its way through the odds of household garbage, industrialsewage, other pollutants and encroachments, Mithi river originates from the conuence of two essentialreservoirs; Vihar Lake and Powai Lake and merging with Arabian Sea at Mahim creek. The stategovernment is trying to rescue the river with their elusive plan but is being implemented with lessconcurrency in mind. The responsibility of restoring the river being shared between two authoritiesMumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) and BrihanMumbai MunicipalCorporation (BMC) directed by Mithi River Development and Planning Authority (MRDPA), givesa deceptive impression of revival and truth. Currently the authorities are resettling the informals,widening and deepening the river simultaneously building the retaining wall to safeguard the bank.The odds would be if both the authorities shell up a unique comprehensive plan under MRDPA forrestoring the river involving community. The aim of this report is to devise a 'design based' restorationplan to achieve long term riparian ecosystem and sustainability of Mithi river. The restoration strategiesfor urban rivers are understood by analysing the riparian ecosystem techniques through literaturereading on river -engineering, river -morphology and reviewing Los Angeles River, California-USA andCheonggyecheon River in Korea cases. Dealing with odds Mithi Nadi (river) is facing today and basedon socio-economic background and technical design aspects for the river, this master thesis proposes a3-Phase restoration model method to achieve the target. Phase-I would involve community awarenesswith participatory approach while building strong network, it also highlights a plan in segmenting theriver into 10 divisions for Phase-II surveillance and incognisant waste disposal methods. Phase-II of applyingriparian techniques will then be initiated bearing the narrow widths, existing residential sectorsalong the bank and current urbanization. Finally, Phase-III will commence with a community basedmonitoring plan underpinning Phase-I sectoral division plan for the river. The proposal is discussedusing SWOT analysis and whether the implications of the techniques are suitable in retrospective. Butnally it can be said that although there are several ways to restore a river, best strategy can only beachieved through community participation by fractioning their inputs appropriately.
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Naba, George Antoine. "L'O.N.G. "arcenciel", la Béqaa et l' architecture de terre (Liban| | 1999 - 2019." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/29678.
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(INTRODUCTION) Comme son titre l' indique, ce mémoire vise à etudier le rôle de l' O.N:G: libanaise "arcenciel" dans la revitalisation et la valorisation des savoir-faire techniques liés à la construction vernaculaire en terre crue, dans la région de la Béqaa au Liban, entre les années 1999 et 2019. Il s´agit donc d' étudier la relation établie entre le savoir-faire, la terre et l' être humain. Nous notons que l' architecture de terre est considéré comme l´une des plus anciennes techniques de construction allant jusqu´à l´^age du bronze.
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Svensson, Anna. "Jämställdhet som vitaliseringsstrategi: En studie om Unionen och Fackförbundet ST:s jämställdhetsarbete." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-339141.
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This qualitative study examines whether, and to what extent, gender equality can be used for trade-union revitalisation purposes. The white-collar unions; Unionen and Fackförbundet ST, are two prominent cases of studying actor’s promotion of gender equality on the Swedish labour market. This study sets out two questions; In what ways do they work with gender issues? Why do they work with gender equality - Is it being used strategically or because they think that it is an important issue? The empirical study is based on twenty interviews with the respective union leadership, elected representatives and officials. The results of the study show that both unions are working on gender equality, because their members consider gender equality to be a priority. As regards the issue of gender equality as a strategy, my study shows that Unionen is working on gender equality as a strategy while Fackförbundet ST do not. Unionen do so that they can recruit a new group, namely young members. Therefore, my study shows that gender equality can be used as a union revitalisation strategy. The study also shows that union revitalisation strategies are contextual in the sense that strategies that work in countries with high female employment rates and high female union coverage, are different from strategies that work in countries with low female employment rates and low female union coverage.
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Ng, Wai-man, and 吳慧敏. "Village revitalisation/disintegration: an assessment of suburbanisation, land administration and small housedevelopment in the New Territories." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31259212.
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