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Ip, Hing-fong. "An historical geography of the walled villages of Hong Kong /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B14777575.
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Leung, Min-hang Helen. "Protecting the character of Hong Kong villages : a community initative [sic] approach /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk:8888/cgi-bin/hkuto%5Ftoc%5Fpdf?B23426974.
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Lau, Oi-ha Joanne. "Planning for the urban-rural fringe areas of Hong Kong : case study of Wo Yi Hop Village /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk:8888/cgi-bin/hkuto%5Ftoc%5Fpdf?B23427036.
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Robinson, Helen. "Invisible villages: changing residential patterns and relationships in a rural village." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21807.
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This study centres on the village of Greyton, near Caledon in the Western Cape. It investigates the contemporary and historic changes in its population, residence patterns, relationships and economic activity. It focusses particularly on the effects of the implementation of the Group Areas Act in the village in 1969 and the change from an apparently integrated agricultural settlement to a highly differentiated holiday and retirement resort. This thesis questions the validity of the term "community" within the constraints and contradictions imposed by the establishment of Group Areas. It examines the idea of visible and invisible villagers in the context of separate development and, in the light of the changes which have taken place, it considers the relative importance of a progressive attitude in social and economic planning as opposed to a policy of preservation of the original character of a rural village.
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Sabine, Choshen. "Heritage Preservation and Tourism Development in Two ‘Ancient Villages’ of Vietnam." Kyoto University, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/244573.
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Ip, Hing-fong, and 葉慶芳. "An historical geography of the walled villages of Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1995. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31212311.
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Schnaars, Paul H. "Jian Shan Village: Case-Study Research and Evaluation of China’s “New Socialist Villages”." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1274967887.
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Fung, Pik Ki. "House building movement in the context of rural-urban transformation : a case study on C village in southern China /." View abstract or full-text, 2009. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?SOSC%202009%20FUNG.
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Fall, Papa Demba. "Du village à la banlieue : l'évolution des villages Lebou du rivage méridional de Dakar." Paris 10, 1986. http://www.theses.fr/1986PA100058.
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Les lébou du Sénégal constituent une communauté originale en milieu urbain. Ceux qui vivent dans les villages du sud appartiennent certes aux maitres historiques de la presqu'ile du cap vert mais leur poids politique est moindre en raison de leur implantation tardive. En effet, le terme lébou -qui est une création coloniale- ne désigne pas un groupe mais une entité sociale fondée sur une parenté supposée. On peut alors en parler comme une tribu ayant bien des points communs dont on retiendra essentiellement l'orgueil et l'hostilité à l'égard des autres. Outre la formation d'un espace hybride, la croissance périphérique de Dakar fait apparaitre une urbanisation à deux vitesses ou se distinguent deux catégories de banlieusards : d'un côté, les autochtones qui refusent le progrès en ligne droite, de l'autre, les "néo-citadins" qui cherchent par tous les moyens à réussir leur aventure urbaine. Cette situation explique en partie le grand nombre d'occasions manquées par les lebou. Ces paradoxes ou énigmes peuvent être appréciés à travers trois exemples : - le déclin des activités traditionnelles essentiellement lié au "refus" d'investir alors que l'expansion urbaine crée un marché potentiel, - le mauvais usage des capitaux tirés de la vente des terres, - la faiblesse de la représentation lébou dans les activités nouvelles comme l'industrie. On s'étonne alors de voir que les lebou continuent à jouir d'une relative influence malgré leur faible poids économique. Ils le doivent essentiellement à leurs "parents" de Dakar, mais on note ça et la, une remise en cause de l'hégémonie d'antan avec notamment la superposition d'un pouvoir politique d'état au pouvoir politique traditionnel. L'anthropologie du quotidien et l'apprentissage urbain font découvrir toute l'africanité de la ville qui s'exprime à travers les multiples réponses populaires à la sous-intégration et ou à la misère urbaine :"système d","micro-géo-strategies". L'aménagement qui doit avoir pour objectif de réduire la ville à la société et non l'inverse apparait alors comme une entreprise commune à laquelle doivent être associées les populations qui ont une perception propre de leur espaceThe Lebou form an original community living in an urban environment. Although those who live in the villages along the southern coast belong to the great historic authority rulers of the Cap vert peninsula, they have a smaller political influence. Actually, the word lebou, a colonial formulation, does not designate a group but a social entity based on an assumed consanguinity. So we can refer to the Lebou as a tribe whose members have several features in common, and among them we shall retain pride and hostility towards outsiders. Besides creating a hybrid space, the periphery growth of Dakar generates urbanization at two levels two categories of suburb dwellers can be distinguished: on one hand, the autochthons that refuse any straight progress, on the other hand, the "neo-city dwellers" who try by all means to live a successful city experience. This explains in part why so many opportunities have been missed by the Lebou. These paradoxical and enigmatical facts can be appraised through three examples: - the decline on traditional activities mainly due to a refusal" to invest while urban growth creates a potential market, - the bad use of capitals drawn from land selling, - the small representation of the Lebou in new activities likes industry. We therefore wonder why the Lebou keep enjoying a relative local influence in spite of their small economic power. They owe it mainly to their relatives living at Dakar. But we notice here and there the questioning of the old hegemony particular through the superposition of state political power on traditional political power. An anthropology of everyday life and city experience help to discover all the africanity of the city. This africanity is expressed through the multifarious ways in which people respond to under-integration and or suburban poverty: "d system", micro- geo-strategies". . . Land management, which has as an objective to adjust the city to society and not the contrary, therefore appears as a common undertaking to which must take part populations who have a singular perception of their space
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Lim, Justin H. (Justin Heejoon). "New villages for the people of the North : relocation strategy for Alaskan native villages." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/120872.
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Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2018.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.
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The existing coastal native Alaskan villages are facing the direct impacts of global warming, in particular due to disappearing ice sheets and rapidly thawing permafrost. The impacts ultimately result in erosion of the shorelines, flooding of the riverbanks, and destabilization of foundations - costing in billions of dollars in maintenance and replacement of homes and infrastructure. More importantly, they create imminent threats to lives of the natives and others that occupy the territory. Relocation has been favored by these villages under threats, but without a lead agency and a comprehensive vision, nearly all of the relocation plans have been delayed for nearly a decade by the lack of funding and the complex requirements from the various public and private agencies that cannot be complied or completed by the villagers. The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) had provided a report that identified 31 villages that were under the threats of global warming in 2009. The report further identified four villages, Shishmaref, Kivalina, Newtok, and Shaktoolik, that called for relocation of the entire village. Today, these four villages still remain at their current locations and continue to be challenged by the threats caused by flooding and erosion without any major interventions. This thesis project proposes a new relocation village at a resource-rich area eleven miles south from Shishmaref. Protected from the global warming factors, the new village defines its territory with a peripheral wind/snow fence that creates its own a micro climate by sheltering the village inside from the harsh wind and snow all year around and turns it into positive renewable energy through wind turbines and solar panels. The village's center, shared by the four villages mentioned above, is located at the intersection of the major infrastructure components of the airplane, water barges, and natural resources - all funded by the new collective funding mechanism that challenges the current linear funding mechanism that fails to individually relocate each village.
by Justin H Lim.
S.M.
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Yeung, Wai-fung Jacky. "The re-search of place and placelessness in Shan Ha Tsuen : a traditional village in Ping Shan /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25948520.
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Bergin, Melissa. "Community wellbeing in retirement villages /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2006. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe19182.pdf.
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Abdullah, Abdul Rashid. "Modernization in two Bidayuh villages." Thesis, University of Hull, 1993. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:12347.
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This is a study of agricultural modernization and socio-cultural change in two Bidayuh villages of Serian District, Sarawak, East Malaysia. Traditionally the people of Engkaroh and Tian were shifting cultivators producing mainly to meet their subsistence needs. Shifting cultivation is a traditional farming system and in Sarawak it has been associated with backwardness and poverty, especially by the policy makers and planners. Thus the national agricultural policy's goal of promoting agricultural commercialization is also targeted at this group of farmers. This study sought to understand how communities which practise such a system respond to change. This study demonstrates that Bidayuh agriculture in Engkaroh and Tian had evolved into a semi-commercial system and that the Bidayuh farmers were not constrained by tradition in accepting change. However, they changed in accordance to their perception of the local economic, socio-cultural, and political realities. In the field of economics, change was significantly influenced by the local pattern of change - an adaptive strategy which minimized the risks to the farming households. In the socio-cultural and political aspects, change occurred in a manner which did not jeopardise the integrity of the community. A comparative study of the two villages also shows that there were significant differences between them in their resources and relevant socio-cultural and economic environments, although they were situated in the same district and belonged to the same ethnic group. This had contributed to the difference in the responses to change of the farmers in the two villages. This finding also has important implications for the validity of centrally planned change in Malaysian government development strategies.
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Gustin, N. (Nicolas). "From urban villages to density." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2014. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201405281528.
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Migration from countryside to urban or suburban areas is a worldwide phenomenon that is outstanding in China due to growing demography, political orientations and economy. The aim of this work is to analyse to what extent architecture can contribute to solve this complex problem taking into account the main economical, sociological, environmental aspects. With this integrative approach, we will analyze and discuss (1) the China’s housing crisis and its history, (2) the specific case of Shanghai, and (3) the solutions for Chinese cities considering Shanghai as a place for experimentations.
In its 30 years, the communist government was isolated in the world. In 1978, open-door policies enabled China to build global connections and the country is now fully integrated to the world economic system. Inequalities, both between rural and urban areas and within them, have reached an alarming level. Innovation solutions either economic, or social, or urban or architectural, are urgently needed. Rather than demolishing the traditional building stock and relocating the existing urban communities, priority should be given to the improvement of infrastructures in traditional areas.
Much like other East Asian cities, Shanghai has been formed by urban villages. These urban villages form intense, socially connected communities. As described in the first chapters, driven by demographic and economic forces since the start of the second millennium, these cities are rapidly changing. The old urban patterns are suffering from a massive ‘block invasion’. These alien buildings are scraping away urban villages destroying communities and relocating the inhabitants in the suburbs.
Facing a population growth, the municipality decided to promote vertical expansion of the city to solve overcrowding problems and to avoid urban staggering. Nowadays, the urban landscape is characterized by the international influence and desires of modernization. Shanghai has impressive road infrastructures and modern equipment. The rush to triple the amount of living space per person in a city of 17 million people in addition to the need to accommodate the migrants from rural area induced a massive housing boom in Shanghai at the expense of traditional urban fabric.
Urban growth is a much more complicated phenomenon than simply wiping out the existing and replacing it. As Richard Sennett mentions, it’s a matter of evolution rather than renewal.
The vibrant street life is disappearing because of the massive aggression of shopping malls, blocks, and towers built as isolated objects in the existing urban pattern. As in Le Corbusier’s model public life, the ground level is totally eliminated due to the absence of the street forcing people to live and work in an isolated way. This strategy denies evolution of the city and literally freezes the city in time. Growth needs a relation with the past in order to make it evolve rather than destroy.
The project is introducing an urban strategy regarding to the preservation of existing urban fabric through a multi historical centre allowing. District are developed allowing smaller economy to develop necessary for the integration of new rural migrants. Urban Growth is orchestrated in relation with its past, renewing the identity of the Chinese city.
The densification of the city is developed in a more equitable way based on the features of urban villages aiming also to reduce the relocation of existing inhabitants and to decrease urban sprawl. By densifying more, the social quality of the city is improved.
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Hervet, Jean-Pierre. "Les stations-villages de Savoie." Paris 10, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988PA100009.
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Cette thèse de géographie est consacrée a quelques communes touristiques de Savoie, unies au sein d'une association touristique: "les stations-villages-Savoie". Une étude générale des données de base -milieu physique et population- précède l'approche des deux axes majeurs de cette thèse: l'agriculture montagnarde et le phénomène touristique tel qu'il s'observe dans des stations-villages de moyenne importance. Enfin, les problèmes d'aménagement qui se posent dans ces stations traditionnelles amènent aux conclusions de cette étudeThis thesis of geography is dedicated to some touristic communes of Savoie, joined into a touristic association: the "winter resort-villages-Savoie". A general study of the fundamental ideas -environment and population- go before the approach of the two main axis of this thesis: the mountain agriculture and the touristic development as it can be noticed in resort-villages of medium importance. Finally, the problems of development settled in this traditional resorts lead up to the conclusion of this study
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Hervet, Jean-Pierre. "Les Stations-villages de Savoie." Lille 3 : ANRT, 1989. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37614306f.
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Kwok, Suk-yee Eva. "The last village cultural memories of the tangible and intangible heritage of Pokfulam Village on Hong Kong Island /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2008. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B4218907X.
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Chan, Chi Wai. "The power structure in rural China after the reform : a case study of a villiage in Guangdong." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2005. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/609.
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Wickersham, Claire E. "The Pioneers of the Village Movement: An Exploration of Membership and Satisfaction Among Beacon Hill Village Members." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1430305412.
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Leonard, Lorraine Isabelle. "Retirement villages : promises of a lifestyle." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Department of Sociology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/4339.
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The focus of this study is the investigation of Retirement Villages as a housing choice
for older people. Retirement Villages, a selective form of gated community, provide
homes for an age specific group and are a move away from the individual, suburban
housing that New Zealanders have traditionally preferred. Growth has been rapid
during the 1990s with around 3% of those over the age of 65 now living in Retirement
Villages. A gap in the social research undertaken on the impact of these Villages on
our society is apparent, especially the effect such a different form of housing has on
older people.
My thesis question consists of three main issues. The first explores how Retirement
Villages are promoted; that is, what images are being used to "sell" the concept to
prospective residents; the second explores the choices and constraints that make
Retirement Villages a viable consideration for some and not for others; the third
considers how residents experience Village life and whether their expectations and
social needs are met. I used a qualitative methodology, interviewing a group of actual
residents in two different Villages.
My key findings argue that, assisted by recent social and economic changes, failing
health and feelings of insecurity were the incentives for my participants to relocate.
They talked about how their own life history/chances gave them options not available
to everybody. The actual experience of living in a Village provided a support system
for this group of residents enabling them to maintain independence. The idealism of
the advertising in which Retirement Villages are portrayed as being able to meet all
needs, did not equate to the actuality for my participants. Ongoing social relations
within and beyond the Village were required. What Retirement Villages do, is provide
a form of housing in which a group of people are given the ability to participate in life
more fully because their anxieties had been lessened. A significant issue is the urgent
need of legislation to protect residents more fully as extensive contracts do not
guarantee protection. Changes in policy, by central and local government, has seen
responsibility for housing being transferred to the older people themselves. This
practice could lead to inadequate housing for those who cannot afford Retirement
Village living.
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Chung, Se-Hack. "A flexible system for Olympic villages." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/72728.
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Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1985.MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH.
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This thesis suggests a flexible system and its systems approach in constructing Olympic Villages which are used both during and after the Games. A historical overview of ancient Olympia and modern Olympia, as well as a case study of modern Olympic Villages deal with the conceptual problem which were arisen in the design of Olympic Villages, due to the conflict between monumentality and practicality, and the contextual problems, caused by the pressure of time and cost in the building process. An approach to appropriate patterns proposes the construction of high - rise buildings and solves secondary problems in design and construction. A conceptual approach suggests perceptional complexity and flexibility. A contextual approach suggests the systems approach for fast track development which is compared with the conventional building process. Analogies of some notable building systems and their approaches in the past development of systems suggest an open system, a dual structure and performance based programming as the strategy for designing and building future Olympic Villages.
by Se-Hack Chung.
M.S.
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Sripakdeevong, Parit. "Predicting minimum savings in Thai villages." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/101519.
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Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Economics, 2015.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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Amador Werning Angeletos (2006) characterize the conditions under which optimal saving/ consumption decision are determined by a minimum savings policy. I test this model empirically against data from the Townsend Thai Monthly Survey. Each household's income distribution, measure of risk aversion. and hyperbolic discount rate are estimated and then inputted into the model. In the overall sample., the minimum saving value as predicted by the model does register a statistically signficant relationship with the actual amount saved by the household. This is expected. since minimum saving policy is not optimal for all households. Limiting the sample to the appopriate subgroup produces a strong positive correlation.
by Parit Sripakdeevong.
S.M.
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Kravari, Vassiliki. "Villes et villages de Macédoine occidentale /." Paris : P. Lethielleux, 1989. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb35053098c.
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Ho, Ka-yi Karen. "Transformation of fishing village." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25946353.
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Hahn, Celia, Sebastian Meier, Dirk Weichgrebe, Thi Nguyet Tran, Holger Appel, Leonhard Fechter, and Peter Werner. "Integrated water management concept for craft villages - example from the food processing craft village Dai Lam." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-88503.
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Craft villages played a significant role in the development of Vietnam’s rural economy for a long time. The range of products and production methods, including the processing of materials and chemicals, are now adapted to modern market requirements but environmental and labour protection issues are not adequately considered in the management of the craft villages. The reasons are various: poor education of responsible operators, deficient technical equipment or missing regulatory framework and implementation of existing regulations. The INHAND project (Integrated Water Management Concept for Craft Villages) started in 2011 and is studying the food processing village of Dai Lam located on the banks of the Cau River in the Bac Ninh province (about 40 km NE of the capital Hanoi). The household-scale business focus mainly on rice and cassava processing with 200 out of 1000 households producing alcohol from cassava and rice, 10 households producing tofu, and 30 households recycling aluminium. In addition, most households also raise pigs. The wastewater is released mostly untreated into the receiving stream. Within the framework of the INHAND project, four German und two Vietnamese partners will conduct a basic analysis inventory in the village with identification of suitable measure for an integrated, environmentally sound concept for the removal and reuse of all output streams. The second major task of the 3.5 years research project is the conceptualisation, development and implementation of pilot-scale treatment facilities in the village and the scientific monitoring of their planning and operationĐã từ lâu, làng nghề đóng vai trò quan trọng trong quá trình phát triển kinh tế nông nghiệp tại Việt Nam. Các sản phẩm và phương thức sản xuất, bao gồm cả giai đoạn xử lý vật liệu và hóa chất, đã từng bước được cải tiến cho phù hợp với yêu cầu của thị trường hiện đại. Tuy nhiên, những yếu tố về môi trường và an toàn lao động vẫn chưa được quan tâm đúng mức tại các làng nghề do nhiều nguyên nhân như: trình độ của nhà sản xuất, vận hành còn hạn hẹp, thiếu trang thiết bị kỹ thuật, các quy chuẩn còn thiếu hoặc chưa được thi hành triệt để. Dự án INHAND (đề án xử lý nước tổng thể cho làng nghề) được khởi động từ năm 2011 và hiện đang tiến hành nghiên cứu làng nghề chế biến thực phẩm Đại Lâm ,nằm bên bờ song Cầu, thuộc tỉnh Bắc Ninh, cách Hà Nội 40 km. Mô hình kinh tế hộ gia đình tại làng chủ yếu tập trung vào chế biến gạo và sắn: 200 trong số 1000 hộ gia đình nấu rượu gạo và sắn, 10 hộ sản xuất đậu phụ, 30 hộ tái chế nhôm. Ngoài ra, gần như tất cả các hộ đều có nuôi lợn. Nước thải của làng được dẫn trực tiếp ra các khối nước mở, gần như không qua xử lý. Trong khuôn khổ dự án INHAND, bốn đối tác Đức và hai đối tác Việt Nam sẽ tiến hành phân tích hiện trạng môi trường của làng để tìm ra những biện pháp thích hợp nhằm xử lý và tái sử dụng các dòng thải. Nhiệm vụ thứ hai trong thời gian 3,5 năm của dự án là lập ra đề án, phát triển và triển khai các trạm xử lý ở quy mô thử nghiệm, đồng thời quan trắc khoa học các quá trình thiết kế và vận hành
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Tang, Jun. "Zhe fu yu mian yan dang dai Hua bei cun luo jia zu de sheng chang li cheng /." Beijing : Zhongguo she hui ke xue chu ban she, 2001.
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Kim, Mi Youn. "The Influences of an Eco-village towards Urban Sustainability : A case study of two Swedish eco-villages." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-302636.
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Scholars who study grassroots innovations argue that small-scale community-led urban projects can serve as catalysts accelerating sustainability, by spreading their techniques and practices into a broader society. This thesis explores the claim by investigating influences of two Swedish eco-villages through two spheres: individual and whole eco-village project basis-influence. The study finds that living in the eco-villages helped the residents to reinforce their environmental behaviours. Also both projects had an indirect impact on the housing companies and the municipalities in light of knowledge building and inspiration. However, there was little evidence that ideas and techniques from the eco-villages were adopted by the higher institutional levels. The findings indicate a need for linking grassroots urban projects to municipal programmes.
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Chacko, Kallumannil C. "Revitalizing Malayalee Pentecostals to evangelize Indian villages." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.
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SIZEMORE, STEVE. "URBAN ECO-VILLAGES AS AN ALTERNATIVE MODEL TO REVITALIZING URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS: THE ECO-VILLAGE APPROACH OF THE SEMINARY SQUARE/PRICE HILL ECO-VILLAGE OF CINCINNATI, OHIO." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1085610666.
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Sun, Xiulin. "Dang dai Zhongguo de cun zhuang zhi li yu ji xiao fen xi /." View abstract or full-text, 2007. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?SOSC%202007%20SUN.
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Wei, Zhuang. "Study on urban-village reformation the reformation of Heyuan block in Gangsha village Shenzhen, China /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B39634152.
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Gratton, Nathalie. "Le village comme espace romanesque; suivi de Smorzando et Le récital." Thesis, McGill University, 1994. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=22591.
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This Master's thesis in literary creation comprises two parts. The first part is an analysis of the village as a setting in novels and draws upon a corpus of seven novels, from Madame Bovary to Chronique d'une mort annoncee. It will be shown that the main characteristics of the physical space and human space of the village scarcely vary from one novel to another, and constitute a sort of archetype which determines the esthetical purpose of each author. The second part is comprised of two short stories, respectively titled Smorzando and Le recital. These short stories deal with two betrayals, one carried out in cold lucidity and the other unconsciously. The world of music is the background of both these short stories.
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Tan, Jinhua Selia. "Kaiping Diaolou and its associated villages documenting the process of application to the world heritage list /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42183303.
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Bovana, Solomzi Victor. "Cultural villages inherited tradition and "African culture": a case study of Mgwali Cultural Village in the Eastern Cape." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/552.
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A growing number of studies concerning cultural villages have in most instances tended to focus on the cultural village as almost legitimately self-explanatory and have not been particularly concerned with either how a particular history is produced in and through these villages, or with the ways that particular discourses and practices associated with heritage, tourism, community and development intersect in the production of these meanings. As such Mgwali Cultural Village seemed to promise something different in the form of cultural villages. The thesis argues that Mgwali Cultural Village is unique in the history of cultural villages in that it moves away from presenting a cultural village in Africa as tribal and primitive. It does this by opening up spaces for other aspects such as Christianity and resistance politics, story of Tiyo Soga rather than focusing and confining itself only to aspects cultural portraying Africans and traditional. It is imperative that cultural villages ought to be understood within a broader framework and context where its definition and presentation is not trapped into an anthropological paradigm thinking of exploring and discovering something new by tourists which they are not familiar with. However, the thesis also argues that much as Mgwali Cultural Village promised something new from the known through depiction of other aspects, those histories seem to be absent or marginal at the Cultural Village. The only aspects that are fore grounded are traditions and culture thus freezing Mgwali as a village and its people in time as if they have not evolved and its cultures are static and not dynamic. The thesis therefore explores all those contradictions, silences, or absence thereof of other stories and histories.
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Bumba, Tresor Mosigo. "A multi-criteria selection of water treatment solutions for rural African villages : a case study of Makwane Village." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/61285.
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The availability of water can be considered as one of the key ingredients to the human life, yet this resource remains scarcely available to those living in the rural parts of Africa. When water does present itself, it is often impure and requires extensive treatment. Water treatment systems, particularly those capable of treating water in rural areas, are currently areas of research and entrepreneurship focus, making a number of potential solutions available, and other still coming in. Unfortunately, these systems are not always capable of performing in particular socio-cultural and economic contexts, or are often deployed in the wrong rural areas. Therefore these systems do not perform at their optimal level of design.
Rural areas in Africa have different socio-cultural and economic context from each other, and this needs to be taken into account if one is going to select the right water treatment system for a particular area. Using industrial engineering tools, two water treatment system selection models; an Additive Analytic Hierarchy Process model and a Fuzzy Logic based model, are presented and then integrated. These models take into account the context of selected rural area by pitting available water purification systems against selected criteria to determine if it is the right fit for the rural area considered. Both models are then pitted against each other to determine which is more adept at selecting the appropriate water purification system. Three water treatment alternatives were considered after an analysis was conducted on the available solutions on the market. The water treatment systems under consideration were the Biosand Filter with Zeolites (BSFZ), the Silver Impregnated Porous Pot, and A Borehole system.
Makwane, a rural village in Limpopo, South Africa was used as a case study to demonstrate the application of the selection models. The BSFZ was selected as the ideal water treatment system to be implemented in MakwaneDissertation (MEng)--University of Pretoria, 2016.
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Xie, Philip Feifan. "Authenticating Cultural Tourism: Folk Villages in Hainan, China." Thesis, Waterloo, Ont. : University of Waterloo, 2001. http://etd.uwaterloo.ca/etd/fxie2001.pdf.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Waterloo, 2001."A thesis presented to the University of Waterloo in fulfilment of the thesis requirement for the degree of Doctor in Philosophy in Planning". Includes bibliographical references. Also available in microfiche format.
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Cheung, Kwan Fong. "Sha Tau Kok villages : past, present and future." Thesis, University of Macau, 1992. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b1636945.
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Nefas, Saulius. "Functional local community in Lithuanian villages and towns." Doctoral thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2008. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2007~D_20080211_091643-52976.
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The dissertation was prepared in 2000–2004 at the Vilnius Pedagogical University and in 2004-2007 at Mykolas Romeris University,
The dissertation is defend without PhD studies
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Prof. Habil. Dr. Stasys Puškorius (Mykolas Romeris University, Social Sciences, Management and Administration, 03S).
The doctoral dissertation will be defended at the Management and Administration Research Council of Mykolas Romeris University:
Chairman of the Council: Prof. Habil. Dr. Adolfas Kaziliūnas (Mykolas Romeris University, Social Sciences, Management and Administration, 03S)
Members:
Prof. Dr. Eugenijus Chlivickas (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Social Sciences, Management and Administration, 03S)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jolanta Palidauskaitė (Kaunass University of Technology, Social Science, Sociology 05S)
Prof. Dr. Alvydas Pumputis (Mykolas Romeris University, Social Sciences, Law 01S)
Prof. Habil. Dr. Stasys Puškorius (Mykolas Romeris University, Social Sciences, Management and Administration 03S)
Opponents:
Prof. Habil. Dr. Borisas Melnikas (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Social Sciences, Management and Administration 03S)
Prof. Habil. Dr. Vygantas K. Paulikas (Mykolas Romeris University, Social Sciences, Management and Administration 03S)
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will take place at Management and Administration Research Council on 28th December, 2007 at 10 a.m. in the Senate Hall of Mykolas Romeris University (Room... [to full text]Informacija apie disertacijos autorių: Saulius Nefas( 8 gruodžio 1960) 1978 baigė Ukmergės raj Taujėnų vidurinę mokyklą, 1978 – 1983 studijavo Vilniaus pedagoginiame institute ir įgijo istorijos mokytojo specialybę. 1997 – 2002 sociologijos studijos Vilniaus pedagoginiame universitete. Darbinė patirtis: 1983 – 1990 istorijos mokytojas Anykščių rajono Viešintų ir Anykščių Antano Vienuolio vidurinėse mokyklose. 1990 – 1995 ir 2000 – 2004 Anykščių Antano Vienuolio gimnazijos direktorius. 1995-2000 - Anykščių rajono meras. 2004 - Lietuvos Respublikos seimo narys. Nuo 2005 metų dirba lektoriumi M. Romerio universiteto Viešojo administravimo fakultete. REZIUMĖ Šiuolaikiniame pasaulyje pastebime, kaip kinta žmonių mąstysena, drauge ir įvairių socialinių grupių saviorganizacijos veiksniai. Tradicinės ideologijos vis mažiau beatspindi daugumos žmonių mąstymą, pastebime, kad įsivyraujant neribotam pliuralizmui išryškėja naujos idėjos. Kartais tai būna atgimusios senos, anksčiau gyvavusios idėjos. Pavyzdys – komunitarizmo idėja, dalies šalininkų įsitikinimu, jau nusipelnanti ideologijos vardo. <...> Nagrinėdami komunitarų idėjas, matome, kad daugelį jų galime rasti ir konservatorių, ir krikščionių demokratų, ir socialistų utopistų ar net anarchistų – komunistų ideologijose“ Todėl šiuolaikiniam žmogui būtina atsirinkti iš daugybės ryškių ir ne tokių ryškių ideologinių nuostatų ir išspręsti dvigubą uždavinį: identifikuoti naujas vertybes dažnai sietinas su vienu „naujosios viešosios... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]
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Gbaya, Ziri Boniface. "Problèmes de regroupement des villages Bété (Côte d'Ivoire)." Paris 7, 1995. http://www.theses.fr/1995PA070004.
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Pour moderniser ou doter ses villages en equipements collectifs economiques et sociaux. . . , la cote-d'ivoire opte (des les annees 1960-1965) pour le regroupement des villages en "pays ruraux" dont les poles d'attraction sont les villages - centres (autour desquels gravitent les villages satellites). Projet ambitieux mais dont les contenus concrets sont, helas, en contradiction avec les interets economiques, les regles et les pratiques sociales des villages (bete) concernes. En effet, par son territoire (houe) et son nom de guerre tambourine (tigble-to) qui constitue au fond son "hymne national" (c'est-a-dire le condense d'une histoire sociologique du lignage ou du patrilignage), le village bete (dou) est une unite territoriale et politique souveraine, voire autonome (le village bete ne dependant politiquement d'aucun autre|). D'ou refus des villages bete (de la region de gagnoa) a ce projet de regroupement (qui les "destructure", les "desocialise", et desorganise leur "univers spacio-socio-culturel"). Cette etude basee sur les enquetes de terrain met donc en relief la complexite des problemes engendres par ce projet de regroupement ainsi que la "myopie methodologique et strategique "des experts-developpeurs (nationaux et internationaux) qui ne prennent pas en compte les aspirationset les realites socio-culturelles des populations locales. En outre, cette etude explique les motivations profondes et les raisons de la non-adhesion des villages de gagnoa. . . A cette politique de regroupement. Elle etudie les enjeux et les strategies de l'operation "regroupement des village" et eclaire ces motivations par l'analyse de l'histoire et de l'organisation socio-politique de ces villages. Enfin, elle montre que le developpement economique n'est pas realisable par des methodes qui ne tiennent pas compte des aspirations et des mentalites des populations concerneesIn order to modernize or endow villages with collectice economic and social equipment, the cote d'ivoire opted (in the years 1960-1965) to regroup villages in "rural countries" of which the focal points are the village-centres (around which satellite villages revolve). Unfortunately, the concrete contents of this ambitious projet were in contradiction with the "economic interests", the rules and the social practices of the (bete) villages concerned. In fact, through its territory (houe) and its drummed out "nom de guerre" (tigble-to) which in the end constitute its "national anthem" (in other words a condensation of the sociological history of lineage or patrilineage), the bete village (dou) is a sovereign, even autonomous, territorial and political unit (the bete village being politically subordinate to no one). Thus the refusal of the bete villages (of the region of gagnoa) to be regrouped under this project (which would "destructure" them, "desociallize" them and disorganize their "spacial-socio-cultural universe"). This study, based on field studies, highlights the complexity of problems engendered by the regrouping project as welle as the "methodological and strategic short-sightedness" of experts developers (both national and international) who gail to take into account the socio-cultural realities of local populations. This study sheds light on the innermost motivations and the reasons for non-adhesion of the gagnoa villages to this policy of regrouping not only through an analysis of the stakes as risk and the strategies of the operation "village regrouping", but also through an analysis of history and the sociopolitical organization of these villages. It shows why the economical development is unrealisable without the aspirations and the mentalities of concerned populations. In conclusion, the author advocates (in view of a true development of village communities) recourse to the original value system of the group in question so that they themselves can be the actors and the orienters of their own social promotion and their own development
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Sotiropoulou, Eleni-Hristina. "La Grèce rurale contemporaine : monographies de trois villages." Paris 10, 2003. http://www.theses.fr/2003PA100106.
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Le but de cette recherche vise, pour l'essentiel, à saisir les changements des campagnes grecques actuelles et à faire ressortir les particularités attribuées au rural telles qu'elles émergent peu à peu au sein de la société moderne. Pour y parvenir, trois orientations sont mobilisées, indiquant par-là même les perspectives d'analyse retenues et les hypothèses qui les sous-tendent. Elles concernent (i) l'uniformisation des modes de vie sous l'effet d'une extension généralisée des styles et des exigences de la vie moderne. (ii) l'ouverture des territoires en raison de la diffusion spatiale des hommes et des activités, et enfin, (iii) la transformation de l'espace rural en espace de loisir et de consommation urbaine. Sans nul doute, ces trois entrées se recoupent et s'enrichissent car elles correspondent à trois niveaux d'un même fait : l'unification des espaces physiques et le brassage des espaces vécus (sociaux, économiques et culturels)This research aims at providing an insight to the changes occurred in the Greek rural countryside and to bring forth the particularities attributed to "rural", as they gradually emerge within the modern society. In order to meet this goal, three différent perspectives have been employed, which, at the same time, indicate the approach of the analysis as well as its underlying hypotheses. These perspectives concern (i) the convergence of lifestyles deriving from the generalisation of modem lifestyles and expectations, (ii) the opening-up of territories due to spatial diffusion of people and activities, and finally (iii) the transformation of rural space into a space for recreation and urban consumption. Undoubtedly, these three perspectives confirm and complement one another as they correspond to three levels of the same fact: the unification of physical spaces and the merging of living spaces (social, economic and cultural)
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Estienne, Marie-Pierre. "Châteaux, villages, terroirs en Baronnies : Xe-XVe siècle /." Marseille : Publications de l'Université de Provence, 2004. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb392163860.
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Texte remanié: Th.--Art et archéologie--Aix-Marseille, 1999. Titre de soutenance : Les réseaux castraux et l'évolution de l'architecture castrale dans les Baronnies de Mevouillon et de Montauban de la fin du Xe à 1317.Bibliogr. p. 260-278. Index.
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Ruohomaki, Olli-Pekka. "Livelihoods and environment in Southern Thai maritime villages." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 1997. http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/28505/.
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This thesis explores the diversification of local livelihood structure and the political economy of resource use in two maritime communities in Krabi, Southern Thailand. The thesis is divided into four parts as follows: Part I (i.e. Chapter 2) examines the political economy of resource use in the Andaman Sea region. The objective of Part I is to place the research sites in a larger political-economic framework and to delineate the main problems that are found in this region. Part II focuses on the research sites. After setting the geographical and historical contexts, the economic organisation of the communities are unravelled in chapter 3. Chapter 4 examines the village household and gender issues with case studies to illustrate the points made. Part III (i.e. Chapter 5) examines at length the sources and patterns of livelihood in the research sites. The various economic activities that villagers engage in are explored in detail and case studies are used to illustrate the arguments made. Part IV consists of chapters 6 and 7. The objective of these two chapters is to reflect on the dilemmas villagers face in confronting change and their responses. Chapter 6 outlines the collective meso-level responses of fishing communities against the conflicts over local resources examined in Part I. In addition, the role of external agencies, namely Thai nongovernmental organisations, in these collective meso-level responses of local fishing communities is considered. Chapter 7 considers the position of contemporary maritime villagers in the modern capitalist world-economy. Chapter 8 concludes the thesis by summarising the main points made and by reflecting on the relationship between livelihoods and the environment in Krabi.
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Papin, Philippe. "Des "villages dans la ville" aux "villages urbains" - l'espace et les formes du pouvoir a ha-noi de 1805 a 1940." Paris 7, 1997. http://www.theses.fr/1997PA070114.
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La presente etude s'interesse a l'evolution de la ville de ha-noi dans une perspective historique. Il s'agit en effet de determiner quel etait le "socle" sur lequel s'est peu a peu edifie la ville a l'epoque coloniale. Ce "socle" etait d'abord tributaire de la geographie physique et notamment du systeme hydrographique ancien qui faisait de ha-noi une ville fondamentalement lacustre. De la, l'etude passe a une analyse des structures foncieres de la ville et de sa peripherie et elle tente de comprendre le role joue par les terres publiques qui etaient en bordure de la ville beaucoup plus importantes que partout ailleurs dans les provinces. C'est le lien problematique entre privatisation et urbanisation qui est ici examine. Les conditions de mise en valeur du sol urbain ont ete etroitement dependantes des conditions de peuplement de la ville : celle-ci est constituee de plus d'une centaine de "villages dans la ville" qui etaient tres lies a leurs tutelles rurales d'origine. A l'origine, le "village dans la ville" n'est que le prolongement du village rural et nous nous sommes interesses a la maniere dont ces villages-satellites se sont peu a peu emancipes pour devenir des "villages urbains". Il y a eu un phenomene d'urbanisation "au carre", d'urbanisation de villages deja situes en zone urbaine, et ce phenomene est capital pour comprendre comment les quartiers se sont constitues. Mais ce processus etait avant tout un processus interne aux societes villageoises considerees : c'est donc a l'interieur de celles-ci qu'il convenait d'aller chercher des explications. Comment et pourquoi s7est-on detache du village de tutelle? nous avons donc examine les systemes de pouvoir qui regissaient ces societes contenues dans la ville : d'une part le mandarinat, l'administration d'etat, et d'autre part la notabilite villageoise et la petite administration de proximite de la ville. Il apparait que l'agregation a la ville correspond a la fois a l'eradication du mandarinat et a l'erosion des pouvoirs traditionnels des notablesThe present study offers a historical perspective to the evolution of thecity of hanoi, and seeks to determine the nature of the base on which the city was gradually constructed over the colonial period. This "base" was primarily shaped by the physical geography and notably theold hydrographic system which made hanoi into a fundamentally "lakeside" city. On the basis of this understanding, the study moves to an analysis of the landholding structures of both city and periphery. This is an attempt to comprehend the role played by the communal lands, which were considerably more numerous on the edge of the city than in all other provinces. The issue examined here is the relationship between privatisation and urbanisation. The conditions under which urban soil was developed depended directly on the settlement of the city, which is made up of more than 100 "villages in the city", retaining strong links with their rural origins. The village in the city was originally nothing more than an extension of the ruralvillage : we examine here the process by which these satellite-villages were emancipated, becoming "urban villages". There was a phenomenon i call "exponential urbanisation" - urbanisation of villages already situated in the urban zone - phenomenon which is crucial to understand how "quartiers" were formed. This process was internal to village societies : it is therefore necessary to seek explanations for it there. How and why were villages detached from their origins? the systems of power underpinning these societies within the city are examined : the mandarinate and the state administration on the one hand, and the village notables and lower level administration of the city on the other. It appears that incorporation into the city corresponded to both the eradication of the mandarinate and the erosion of the traditional powers of the notables
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Cheyssial, Léon Attila. "La quantité négligeable." Paris 8, 2002. http://www.theses.fr/2002PA083667.
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Liem, Kok-ie. "Redevelopment of Tai O." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1994. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25944897.
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Lee, Lok-man Chapman. "Tanka living : a way for today /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25952535.
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Datta, Pradip Kumar. "Mobilising the basic resources in a set of labour surplus villages." Thesis, University of North Bengal, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/214.
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Craig, Margaret Anne. "Dispute Resolution and the Retirement Villagers Act 2003: A fair and independent process?" The University of Waikato, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10289/2502.
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This thesis will explain what an appropriate process for dispute resolution in a retirement village should look like. It will also evaluate how close to that ideal the model contained in the Retirement Villages Act 2003 (RVA) is. It will conclude that the Act model fails because at both steps in its dispute resolution process, it places one of the parties, the operator, in the position of selecting, ensuring independence and paying for a mediator and a disputes panel. This thesis also finds the lack of legal status for residents' committees deprives residents of a source of support and representation. The linchpin role in the Act, the statutory supervisor, also has a disputes resolution function. This thesis finds the role of statutory supervisor also lacks independence because the selection and payment for the role is placed with the operator. Evidence suggests a large share of the market is 'captured' by one Trustee Company that does not maintain independence from operators and may not communicate with residents at a level appropriate to the age of the resident population; the average age of retirement village residents in New Zealand is 83 years. The thesis also finds that mediation is not a suitable process for people in their later years, especially older women when the contested matters surround contractual rights and include on-going fees. The key finding in the thesis is that the Act is not fair or independent for residents.
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郭淑儀 and Suk-yee Eva Kwok. "The last village: cultural memories of the tangible and intangible heritage of Pokfulam Village on Hong KongIsland." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2008. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B4218907X.
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Lai, Sai-kong, and 賴世剛. "Tai Kiu Tsuen: determining the essential character defining elements of a typical village in the NewTerritories." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B48345283.
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Hong Kong is currently facing the insufficient flat supply to cope with the growth of population and foreign investment from mainlanders. Over the past decade, there has been an escalating force to explore the land supply in many village area in the New Territories due to its low land premium to be paid to the Government. While some of the village are located far away from the urban area in Kowloon peninsula and the Hong Kong Island, some of the typical villages in the New Territories, with the benefit of railway development by West Railway, have been drawn developer’s attention to start acquisition of the village area and commence property redevelopment by change of land use through planning application to Town Planning Board.
Yuen Long District, one of the longest history and full of typical villages’ characteristics in Hong Kong, also face the threats and opportunities from local developer. Tai Kiu Tsuen is a typical example to examine how local developers could explore the redevelopment potential of the entire village area and preserve the character defining elements of the village during the current planning and design stage.
The issue of the redevelopment and preservation of the village rest on the effort and contribution mainly from three parties, including the various government departments such as Planning Department and Town Planning Board, Antiquities and Monument Office from Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Lands Department and Buildings Department and various works departments, local developer’s side include the Project Management Team and Conservation Architect Team and the local stakeholders including the indigenous villagers, the neighborhoods and relevant Yuen Long citizens has attachment to the village.
The key issue address by this dissertation is that while the redevelopment potential of certain prime village area could be explored and utilized to satisfy the local domestic needs, it is also equally important to preserve the tangible and intangible value of the village. This values should be preserved and passed to next future generation to continue the tradition and customs of Yuen Long District.
The dissertation will focus on Tai Kiu Tsuen in Yuen Long District as a case study. The purpose is to identify the character defining elements of the typical village in the New Territories and its cultural significance. The dissertation also examines the evidential, historical, aesthetical and communal values of Tai Kui Tsuen in the development of Yuen Long District. This research will answer the conservation principles could be adopted in preserving a heritage village in Yuen Long District or New Territories and suggest how to integrate the heritage significance into future property development in order to maintain the significant values, especially communal value, of the village in Yuen Long District or New Territories.published_or_final_version
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