Thèses : « Postwar reconstruction – Case studies »

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Adekoya, Wilmot Nah. « Exploring Ghana's Strategies for Stability:Lessons for Postwar Reconstruction ». ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2512.

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Between 1990 and 2005, the state of affairs in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, including Liberia, remained fragile due to continuous civil unrest and war. Although peace initiatives were initiated, progress toward peace has remained minimal. Ghana, one of the nations in Sub-Saharan Africa, has continued to demonstrate significant stability and progress in the midst of civil and political conflicts in the sub-region. Currently, little research exists on how Ghanaians managed to remain stable, while countries in the sub-region continued to experience civil unrests and wars. Using Eisenstadt's theory of sociological modernization as the theoretical foundation, the purpose of this holistic case study sought to understand factors that have driven stability in Ghana. Data were collected from multiple sources including 15 research participants of diverse professions and perspectives, numerous pertinent documents, and field notes. All data were inductively coded and then subjected to a thematic analysis procedure. Social change lessons extracted from the study linked to core findings include (a) Ghanaians demonstrate an understanding of the importance of both African and Western cultural experiences and integrating the experiences from both cultural sectors for national harmony, and (b) Ghanaians are pursuing a national development agenda through economic reforms, participatory democracy, and some level of equal distribution of the national wealth. The effectiveness of Ghana's national development agenda is demonstrated by capacity building and the strengthening of social service programs not just in the urban sector, but also in the rural sector of Ghanaian society. These two core social change lessons could remain useful for countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Clarke, Roland Tuwea. « Postwar Reconstruction in Liberia : The Participation and Recognition of Women in Politics in Liberia ». PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1038.

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Despite the remarkable contributions made by women to secure peace in Liberia, women's representation in politics is still low. The first female African President has been elected, as well as a few women to strategic government positions, but the vast majority of women remain invisible. The reliance on these few women in government is inadequate to produce the significant changes that will be required to bring equality for all women. This study examines the recognition of women's relative participation and recognition in postwar reconstruction in Liberia. Differences between traditional and non-traditional women's participation in Liberia were found. This study includes interviews and document review as methods for exploring how women, traditional and nontraditional, may or may not participate in Liberian political decisions.

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Odendahl, Laura Jean. « Political Reconstruction of the Southern Lady : A Case Study, 1856-1907 ». W&M ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626372.

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Mitchell, Brian. « Oscar James Dunn : A Case Study in Race & ; Politics in Reconstruction Louisiana ». ScholarWorks@UNO, 2011. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1351.

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The study of African American Reconstruction leadership has presented a variety of unique challenges for modern historians who struggle to piece together the lives of men, who prior to the Civil War, had little political identity. The scant amounts of primary source data in regard to these leaders’ lives before the war, the destruction of many documents in regard to their leadership following the Reconstruction Era, and the treatment of these figures by historians prior to the Revisionist movement have left this body of extremely important political figures largely unexplored. This dissertation will examine the life of one of Louisiana’s foremost leaders, Lt. Governor Oscar James Dunn, the United States’ first African American executive officeholder. Using previously overlooked papers, Masonic records, Senate journals, newspaper articles and government documents, the dissertation explores Dunn’s role in Louisiana politics and chronicles the factionalization of the Republican Party in Reconstruction New Orleans. Born a slave and released from bondage at an early age, Oscar J. Dunn was able to transcend the stigma which was often attached to those who had been held in slavery. A native of New Orleans, born to Anglo-African parents, he was also able to transcend the language barrier that often excluded Anglo-Africans from social acceptability in Afro-Creole society. Although illiterate, Dunn’s parents made critical strides in securing his social mobility by providing him with both a formal education and a trade apprenticeship. Those skills propelled Dunn forward within his Anglo-African community wherein he became a key figure in the community’s two most important institutions, the York Rite Masonic Lodge and the African Methodist Episcopal church. This dissertation argues that Dunn’s political ascent was linked to the political enfranchisement of antebellum Anglo-Africans in Louisiana, Dunn’s involvement in Anglo-African institutions (particularly the York Rite Masonic Lodge and the African Methodist Episcopal church) and Dunn’s ability to find middle ground in the racially charged arguments that engulfed Reconstruction New Orleans’s political arena. Keywords: Oscar Dunn, Reconstruction, New Orleans, Republican, Louisiana, African American, Politics

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Mora, Teresa Aida. « Adios, memories : a reconstruction of identityand memory : a case study of L2 ». Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31945120.

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Haller, Christian. « Application of Modern Foraminiferal Assemblages to Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction : Case Studies from Coastal and Shelf Environments ». Scholar Commons, 2018. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7627.

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The aim of paleoenvironmental studies is to reconstruct characteristics of the past environment from fossil assemblages preserved in sedimentary strata. Thus, studies of modern surface assemblages, quantitatively correlated to the environmental parameters, are required before reliable interpretations can be made. For this dissertation, two different techniques were applied in two case studies: a reconstruction making use of a benthic foraminiferal transfer function from the intertidal marshes in the eastern Mississippi Sound, Alabama/Mississippi, and a qualitative reconstruction of ocean current activity on the Western Australian shelf. Modern salt-marsh foraminifera were collected from Grand Bay, Pascagoula, Fowl River, and Dauphin Island across several elevation transects and different salinity regimes. Cluster analysis yielded nine dead biofacies and five live assemblages from Open Estuarine to Upland Transition. Canonical correspondence analysis indicated a strong relationship between distributions of dead biofacies and elevation. Both dissolution of calcareous species in the organic marsh sediment and the long-term accumulative nature of the dead assemblage favored the use of non-estuarine dead assemblages. A Weighted Average-Partial Least Squared transfer function was applied to the surface data and yielded a Root Mean Squared Error of Prediction (RMSEP) of 0.14 m, which represents 33% Mean Range of Tide at Grand Bay and 39% at Dauphin Island. The transfer function was applied to two sedimentary cores from Grand Bay and two from Dauphin Island, which revealed disparate developments between the regions during the last 1,900 years. While both Dauphin Island cores indicated relative sea-level trends aligned with other Gulf of Mexico studies, Grand Bay was likely impacted by a river avulsion event disconnecting Grand Bay from fluvial sediment influx, and by the erosion of a protective headland, Grand Batture Island. Sediments spanning the last ~100 years contained increased abundances of low marsh foraminifera likely associated with coastline erosion, which was most prominently displayed by a lithology shift towards grey silt in the Dauphin Island cores. Surface carbonate sediments from Western Australia’s Northwestern Shelf and Carnarvon Ramp were collected from 127–264 m water depth. Foraminiferal assemblages changed between 127 m and 145–264 m due to rapidly decreasing water temperature in the thermocline, and loss of sufficient light for support of “larger” benthic foraminifera. Latitudinal differences were likely caused by three factors: (1) limited influence of the warm Leeuwin Current to support tropical taxa at the sampled depths, (2) reduced habitat diversity on the narrow Carnarvon Ramp compared to surrounding shelves, and (3) differing water-mass characteristics. The gathered information was used to interpret the assemblages from a Carnarvon Ramp core (total depth 300 m), providing insight into the activity of the warm, surficial Leeuwin Current for the last 3.54 My (Pliocene). Abundant infaunal taxa were inferred to indicate low oxygenation, increased supply of organic matter, and high sea-surface productivity during the absence of the Leeuwin Current above the coring site. Dominance of epifaunal species signified higher oxygenation at the sediment-water interface when upwelling of nutrient-rich waters was effectively suppressed by the Leeuwin Current. Around 1.14 Ma, waning of hypoxic conditions was initiated until a more substantial change was marked at 0.91 Ma. Suspension-feeding sponges became common sediment constituents during a Leeuwin Current flow optimum at ~0.6 Ma. The epifaunal taxa dominance persisted on the modern shelf, yet short episodes of infaunal peaks were likely caused by lateral shifts and fluctuating influence of the Leeuwin Current during more intense glacial cycles.

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Stieg, Elizabeth A. « Watershed reconstruction during the rehabilitation of surface mined disturbances ». Thesis, Kansas State University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/14007.

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Jenkins, E. L. « Environmental reconstruction, the use of space and the effect of sedentism on microfaunal communities : case studies from Pinarbaşi, and Çatalhöyük ». Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.605087.

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In this thesis, the macrofaunal assemblages from four modern Turkish owl pellet assemblages and two Anatolian, Neolithic sites have been analysed. One of the Neolithic sites is a seasonally occupied rock shelter known as Pinarbaşi, (8331 to 4741 CalBC) while the second is the sedentary site of Çatalhöyük (7300 to 6250 CalBC). The first aim is to use the macrofaunal assemblages to reconstruct the natural environment of the locality during the period of occupation of the sites. The second aim is to determine whether microfauna could be used to gain an understanding of the use of space within the site. The third aim is to determine the effect that human sedentism has on the microecology of the area of habitation by comparing the species composition of the two assemblages. The reconstruction of the natural environment demonstrated that the environment was becoming drier during the period of occupation, as was apparent from the decrease in the number of amphibians found at both sites. The large concentrations of microfauna at Çatalhöyük all showed similar patterns of modification but this pattern did not match those of any known predator. The most likely predator was a small carnivore. It is possible that the modifications differ from those in the small mammal scat samples analysed by other researchers due to the abundance of mice in the Çatalhöyük assemblages rather than larger species of microfauna which are usually common in small carnivore scats. Using the assembles from Çatalhöyük it was demonstrated that microfauna is useful in determining periods of abandonment in sedentary sites. Humans have a profound effect on the microecology of the area they inhabit when they adopt a sedentary lifestyle. This is apparent in the dominance of the house mouse in the assemblages from Çatalhöyük, while the assemblages from Pinarbaşi have a more balanced array of microfauna.

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Munnoz-Rojas, Oscarsson Olivia. « Wartime destruction and post-war urban reconstruction : case studies of Barcelona, Bilbao and Madrid in the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath ». Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2009. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2535/.

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There are few investigations that consider both the practical and symbolic dimensions of wartime destruction and post-war reconstruction of cities, and almost none that do so for the particular case of the Spanish Civil War and Franco's dictatorship. This thesis examines the wartime destruction and post-war rebuilding of three prominent sites in Barcelona, Bilbao and Madrid during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and the first two decades of the Franco regime (1939-1959) from an interdisciplinary perspective at the intersection of history, social and political theory, urban planning, and architecture. The thesis is based on extensive archival material, and includes primary textual sources (military reports, administrative documentation, and official publications), secondary textual sources (press material, political, academic and technical literature, and fiction), and primary visual sources (maps, plans, architectural drawings, and aerial photographs of the sites). The thesis introduces the selected sites as exemplary of three propositions on the relationship between history, political discourse, and the built environment during and in the aftermath of conflict and violent regime change. While Barcelona's Avinguda de la Catedral demonstrates that wartime destruction can act as a catalyst for urban redevelopment, Bilbao's bridges exemplify the way that postwar reconstruction can be used to mark a change of political regime, and the ruins of Madrid's Cuartel de la Montana reveal how post-war regimes tend to design ambitious reconstruction plans, which they are not necessarily able to implement. By considering the historical, military, political-administrative, and aesthetic aspects of the destruction and rebuilding of these sites, the thesis proposes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of urban destruction and reconstruction.

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Giacomelli, Serena <1974&gt. « The Remote Sensing-Stratigraphic Approach Applied to the Reconstruction of Holocene Sedimentary Evolution in Coastal Areas : Case Studies from Arno and Po Delta Plains (Italy) ». Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2017. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/8109/1/Giacomelli_Serena_tesi.pdf.

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The growing availability of open-access databases, made the RS data and analyses to be increasingly employed in several geological research areas, including Quaternary and Environmental Geology. Despite the frequent use of the RS in alluvial-coastal plains paleohydrographic reconstruction, especially to identify stagnant versus well-drained areas (i.e., past wetlands and paleochannels, respectively) by means of brightness contrasts on images, the relationship between surface RS-derived traces and shallow subsurface stratigraphy remains underexplored. The present PhD thesis represents a contribution to this open issue, through the application of a multidisciplinary approach integrating RS (optical multi/hyperspectral images and DTM LiDAR) with sedimentologic and stratigraphic field data in the study of the Holocene evolution of paleodrainages from two coastal-deltaic areas: San Rossore site (SR-Arno plain) and Mezzano Valley (MV-Po plain). The analyses of 27 scenes from Landsat, ASTER, Sentinel2a and Hyperion allowed to identify paleochannels traces in the two sites. Field surveys and soil sampling campaigns performed on selected traces to define their surface sedimentological and optical characteristics, invariabily highlighted silty-clayey composition. A cross-reference was performed between traces and the shallow subsurface (i.e., uppermost 10 m) through the collection of 26 auger and continuous core data on which facies analysis, 14C dating and stratigraphic correlations were performed that allow to identify buried (2-4m bgl) channels. Their surface visibility, connected to the soil moisture distribution, resulted to be influenced mainly by the distribution of organic-rich deposits and/or by the shallow subsurface stratigraphic architecture. The “stratigraphic calibrations” extendended along RS-detected traces suggested that during the early highstand (6000-3000 yr cal BP) the MV experienced a tidally-influenced lagoon phase with the development of 2 networks of “tidal-channels”, whose formation was favored by local factors (suh as low topographic gradient and continuous beachridges development) while, the Pisa lagoon, in the same time-interval, was gradually filled by distributary channels.

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Hancock, Carole Wylie. « Honorable Soldiers, Too : An Historical Case Study of Post-Reconstruction African American Female Teachers of the Upper Ohio River Valley ». Ohio : Ohio University, 2008. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1205717826.

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Hung, Mun-wa, et 孔敏華. « A study on the relationship between building refurbishment and qualitymanagement : a case study in United Centre ». Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42577408.

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Kestle, Linda. « Remote Site Design Management ». Thesis, University of Canterbury. Gateway Antarctica, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/3579.

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The aim of this research was to develop and validate a conceptual design management model for international, collaborative remote site projects. In the last decade or so there has been an increasing number of remotely located and often environmentally sensitive sites becoming the focus for development work involving potential investors/entrepreneurs/stakeholders or government and non-government agencies. There were no previously documented empirical examples, nor theoretical models, for remote site design management. Projects on remote sites are frequently government funded, making the approval processes, and timelines for example, subject to political influence, which means that the projects are potentially more difficult to manage, at all levels of involvement. The conceptual model was developed in association with the development of a typology for remote sites, and an investigation of three previously completed eco-resort and Antarctic science projects located on environmentally sensitive world heritage sites. The model responded to and reflected the perceived need for a well-integrated management approach to remote site projects. The research aimed to also demonstrate the potential portability of the model, in terms of offering a basis for a relevant management framework for built environment projects, international scientific drilling projects and international humanitarian aid projects. Grounded theory and case-study methodology were adopted when developing the typology, the conceptual model and when validating the design management model, as it involved empirical enquiry that afforded investigation of the remote site design management phenomenon within a real-life contexts. Two main case studies were undertaken to test the model, one being an historical Antarctic Science Drilling Project and the other, a current UN Humanitarian Project in Sudan. The findings to date support the conceptual design management model as being relevant for not only non-profit and/or Humanitarian Aid projects in the Post-disaster Reconstruction context, but also for commercially based Antarctic Science projects. Subsequently, the model has also been applied to a Post-disaster Reconstruction project in Aceh managed by the Jesuit Refugee Services (JRS).

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Mbokazi, Nonzuzo Nomfundo Mbalenhle. « Understanding policy making and policy implementation with reference to land redistribution in South Africa : case studies form the Eastern Cape ». Thesis, Rhodes University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018197.

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This thesis focuses on land reform in post-apartheid South Africa and specifically on land redistribution, as one of the main pillars of land reform. There have been many studies undertaken on land redistribution in South Africa and these studies offer deep criticisms of the prevailing land redistribution model (a market-led, but state-assisted model) and the ways in which this model has failed to meaningfully address colonial dispossession of land. Further, studies have focused on post-redistribution livelihoods of farmers and the many challenges they face. One significant gap in the prevailing literature is a sustained focus on the state itself, and particularly questions around policy formation and implementation processes pertaining to land redistribution. Delving into policy processes is invariably a difficult task because outsider access to intra-state processes is fraught with problems. But a full account of land redistribution in South Africa demands sensitivity to processes internal to the state. Because of this, it is hoped that this thesis makes a contribution to the existing South African land redistribution literature. In pursuing the thesis objective, I undertook research amongst farmers on selected redistributed farms outside Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape, as well as engaging with both current and former state land officials. Based on the evidence, it is clear that the policy process around land in South Africa is a complex and convoluted process marked not only by consensus-making and combined activities but also by tensions and conflicts. This, I would argue, is the norm with regard to what states do and how they work.

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Miller, Heather L. « Under the Shadow of the Awful Gallows-Tree : The Murder Trials of Thomas Dula and Ann Melton as a Case Study in Gender and Power in Reconstruction Era Western North Carolina ». Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2518.

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This is a micro-history that explores everyday life on a small scale by tracing the common, if elusive lives of Thomas Dula, Ann Melton, and Laura Foster, and the communities they lived in, to explore the culture in which they lived—and died. Reactions to the murder unleashed an outpouring of discourse embedded in broader, national debates concerning gender roles. The dominant cultural theme that emerged from the murder trials as reflected in middle-class newspapers maintained that true women did not kill and real men acted as gentlemen and defenders of women’s honor. The project mines a wealth of primary source material: court documents, population censuses, and newspapers. By examining the discourse surrounding Tom Dula’s execution and Ann Melton’s acquittal for the murder of Laura Foster it illuminates the murder narrative as a public forum for discussing gender roles and power in 1860s America.

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Edmundson, Joshua R. « THE ONE EXHIBITION THE ROOTS OF THE LGBT EQUALITY MOVEMENT ONE MAGAZINE & ; THE FIRST GAY SUPREME COURT CASE IN U.S. HISTORY 1943-1958 ». CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/399.

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The ONE Exhibition explores an era in American history marked by intense government sponsored anti-gay persecution and the genesis of the LGBT equality movement. The study begins during World War II, continues through the McCarthy era and the founding of the nation’s first gay magazine, and ends in 1958 with the first gay Supreme Court case in U.S. history. Central to the story is ONE The Homosexual Magazine, and its founders, as they embarked on a quest for LGBT equality by establishing the first ongoing nationwide forum for gay people in the U.S., and challenged the government’s right to engage in and encourage hateful and discriminatory practices against the LGBT community. Then, when the magazine was banned by the Post Office, the editors and staff took the federal government to court. As such, ONE, Incorporated v. Olesen became the first Supreme Court case in U.S. history that featured the taboo subject of homosexuality, and secured the 1st Amendment right to freedom of speech for the gay press. Thus, ONE magazine and its founders were an integral part of a small group of activists who established the foundations of the modern LGBT equality movement.

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Thapa, Sunil. « The peace process and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Nepal : with case studies of Liberia, Sierra Leone and South Africa ». Thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:46297.

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Nepal is a small country in size that lies between India and China. This small country experienced a Maoist insurgency, known as the People’s War that started in 1996 and ended in 2006. Different social, political and individual factors caused this war that saw massive human rights violations from both the rebels and the government. Between 15000 and 16000 Nepalese were killed, made homeless/displaced and disabled, abducted and/or disappeared; and thousands of properties were stolen or destroyed (Dhruba, 2005; Gyawali, 2009; Hada, 2001; Himalayan Times, 2005; Shakya, 2006; Thapa, 2004). The Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) ended the People’s War in 2006; however, the peace process has not been completed. Nor have the massive human rights violations, causes and effects of the war been addressed. In 2015, 10 years after the CPA, a Nepali Truth and Reconciliation Commission was formed. The aim of this commission was to deliver justice to those who had experienced human rights violations during the insurgency and to create an atmosphere of reconciliation in Nepali society (Kantipur, 2015). This thesis examines the causes of the People’s War in Nepal. It then presents case studies of the processes and outcomes of TRCs in Liberia, Sierra Leone and South Africa. These TRCs completed their functions in facilitating peace and delivering justice by providing the suggestions and recommendations. The special case studies provide significant guidance to the TRC of Nepal and suggest important recommendations such as reconciliation, rehabilitation and reparation procedures to complete the peace process (TRC, 1995, 2004, 2009).

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SÖRENSEN, Jens Stilhoff. « State collapse and social reconstruction in the periphery : the political economy of ethnicity and development : Yugoslavia, Serbia, Kosovo ». Doctoral thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1814/6333.

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Francis, David J. « When War Ends : Building Peace in Divided Communities ». 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/6261.

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This volume critically examines what happens when war formally ends, the difficult and complex challenges and opportunities for winning the peace and reconciling divided communities. By reviewing a case study of the West African state of Sierra Leone, potential lessons for other parts of the world can be gained. Sierra Leone has emerged as a 'successful' model of liberal peacebuilding that is now popularly advertised and promoted by the international community as a powerful example of a country that they finally got right. Concerns about how successful a model Sierra Leone actually is, are outlined in this project. As such this volume: provides a critical understanding of the nature, dynamics and complexity of post-war peacebuilding and development from an internal perspective; critically assesses the role and contribution of the international community to state reconstruction and post-war peacebuilding and evaluates what happens when war ends; and explores the potential relevance and impact of comparative international efforts of post-war state building and reconstruction in other parts of Africa and the world. The collection focuses not only on understanding the root causes of conflict but also identifying and appreciating the possibilities and opportunities for peace. The lessons found in this book resonate well beyond the borders of Sierra Leone and Africa in general.

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Lai, Chao-Chien, et 賴朝鍵. « Reconstruction of CAD Models in Reverse Engineering and Case Studies ». Thesis, 2002. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/b9j35r.

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Abstract The process of obtaining scanned points from a physical object using a laser scanner and building its CAD model is called as reverse engineering. Reverse engineering is an appropriate method for designing product with free-form shapes, and recently many industries use reverse engineering method to design new products. The main procedure of reverse engineering involves steps of data points acquisition, multiple view data points registration, data points segmentation, curve fitting, surface fitting and error analysis. In this study, a laser scanner is used to capture data points from objects, a commercial software-Polyworks to merge multiple view data points, and a reverse engineering software, i.e. Surfacer, to manipulate other steps. This research is a study of constructing CAD models. Three physical objects, i.e. electric meter, golf head and residual limb, are employed to demonstrate the process of CAD models generation based on their scanned points.

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Zhang, Ji. « Two Case Studies on Vision-based Moving Objects Measurement ». Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-08-9673.

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In this thesis, we presented two case studies on vision-based moving objects measurement. In the first case, we used a monocular camera to perform ego-motion estimation for a robot in an urban area. We developed the algorithm based on vertical line features such as vertical edges of buildings and poles in an urban area, because vertical lines are easy to be extracted, insensitive to lighting conditions/shadows, and sensitive to camera/robot movements on the ground plane. We derived an incremental estimation algorithm based on the vertical line pairs. We analyzed how errors are introduced and propagated in the continuous estimation process by deriving the closed form representation of covariance matrix. Then, we formulated the minimum variance ego-motion estimation problem into a convex optimization problem, and solved the problem with the interior-point method. The algorithm was extensively tested in physical experiments and compared with two popular methods. Our estimation results consistently outperformed the two counterparts in robustness, speed, and accuracy. In the second case, we used a camera-mirror system to measure the swimming motion of a live fish and the extracted motion data was used to drive animation of fish behavior. The camera-mirror system captured three orthogonal views of the fish. We also built a virtual fish model to assist the measurement of the real fish. The fish model has a four-link spinal cord and meshes attached to the spinal cord. We projected the fish model into three orthogonal views and matched the projected views with the real views captured by the camera. Then, we maximized the overlapping area of the fish in the projected views and the real views. The maximization result gave us the position, orientation, and body bending angle for the fish model that was used for the fish movement measurement. Part of this algorithm is still under construction and will be updated in the future.

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Pranantyo, Ignatius. « Tsunami Hazard in Eastern Indonesia : Source Identification and Reconstruction for Historical Case Studies ». Phd thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/187310.

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The archipelagic country of Indonesia is vulnerable to tsunami hazard due to its tectonic setting. An updated tsunami catalogue numbers at least 133 tsunamis documented from 1608 to 2018. Approximately 80% of tsunamis in Indonesia were generated by earthquakes. Eastern Indonesia experienced almost double the number of tsunamis than western of Indonesia, as separated by the Wallace Line. It is almost certain that the Sunda subduction zone and Krakatau (including Anak Krakatau) generated all tsunamis in the western part of Indonesia. However, it is more difficult to determine the primary source of tsunamis in the eastern region. Observations of these tsunamis are documented in several tsunami catalogues. Most of the events begin with a description of ground motion felt by local people at various locations, which as then followed by a tsunami. For several major events, there was detailed information on the physical tsunami behaviour observed at several places. For events in eastern Indonesia, there is no detailed information on the primary source of the ground motion and the tsunami. The aims of this study are 1) to develop techniques to optimise information from sparse and incomplete historical accounts using three case studies from eastern Indonesia: a) the Ambon Island 1674, b) the Banda Sea 1852, and c) the Flores Island 1992 tsunamis, and 2) to identify and reconstruct the primary source of the ground motion and tsunami for each event. The Ambon Island 1674 earthquake and tsunami has the oldest detailed historical account in Indonesia. It was also the largest tsunami run-up height ever documented in Indonesia, reaching about 100 m only on the northern shore of Ambon, whereas minor tsunamis were observed at other locations. The accounts gave detailed information on the earthquake intensities and tsunami observations from Ambon and its surrounding islands. Through a process of eliminating the well-known faults around the island and tsunami modelling, the most credible source to explain the tsunami observation was determined to be a landslide from the northern shore of Ambon. The earthquake source is still unclear. However, the ground motions were caused by a local and shallow depth earthquake. This study found that the Banda Sea 1852 earthquake and tsunami was the first event known in which a major tsunami was generated by a very low-angle normal fault, in this case known as the Banda Detachment. This conclusion is reached by combining a tsunami inverse travel time simulation, an earthquake intensity inversion, and tsunami modelling. An earthquake from the Banda Detachment can generate high intensity ground motion on the Banda Islands that gradually decreases towards Ternate in the north. Moreover, a landslide triggered by the Banda Detachment explains why people at Banda Neira and Ambon observed a tsunami that arrived with a positive phase polarity, unlike previous studies hypothesizing a source on the Tanimbar Trough. The source of the Flores Island 1992 earthquake and tsunami is constrained using a finite-fault source inversion technique. In this study, multiple data types are utilised together to provide an alternative solution to the rupture area, which has never been done in previous studies of this event. Through this technique and careful analysis of the fault plane model, the strike of the earthquake is confirmed to be 70deg. This fault geometry raises new questions about segmentation on the Flores back-arc thrust. Lastly, this study recommends a major modification for tsunami and earthquake hazard in eastern Indonesia. Firstly, all of events studied potentially involved landslides, so that landslides have to be considered in any tsunami hazard assessment. Secondly, the Banda Detachment is a major tsunami and earthquake source in the Banda Sea region. Lastly, the Flores back-arc thrust is a segmented zone. These factors will dramatically change the potential seismic and tsunami hazard distribution in this region.

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Singh, Sherwin. « An evaluation of the role of forensic science in crime scene reconstruction ». Diss., 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25013.

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In this research, the role of forensic science with the use of forensic photography in the crime scene reconstruction process was evaluated. The researcher identified how SAPS detectives and Crime Scene Technicians (CST‟S) are currently conducting crime scene reconstructions by adopting forensic photography; furthermore, other methods in which forensic photography could be used to conduct crime scene reconstructions were explored. The researcher made use of an empirical design, as the information available on the research topic was limited. The empirical design, together with a qualitative research approach, allowed for real-life observations. The simple random sampling method was used to select 20:10 partcipants for this research as follows: Ten (10) detectives that investigate murder cases, and another ten (10) CST‟S that conducted crime scene reconstructions in the Durban Policing Area (DPA). Data was obtained using qualitative data collection methods that included a literature study and interviews. The findings of this research provide that the value of forensic science, as well as the use of forensic photography in the crime scene reconstruction process, was established. Evidently, detectives and CST‟S are not doing everything possible to reconstruct murder crime scenes. For recommendation, this research suggests that SAPS detectives and crime scene technicians (CST'S) adopt the fundamentals of forensic science when reconstructing murder crime scenes.
Criminology and Security Science
M. Tech. (Forensic Investigation)

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hsu, Chiang-Lin, et 許景琳. « Studies on Model of Using Internet to Aid Public Participation in Community－A Case Study of Disaster Reconstruction in Taitz Community ». Thesis, 2003. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/11422070676781388459.

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朝陽科技大學
建築及都市設計研究所
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【Abstract】 Community public participation is respected in recently years. To push community participation enable really and effectively, therefore to develop many new technologies and ideas as participatory design, participatory plan and so on. With technology growing, the internet have bean another way to send information and to be a new communication mode. With this reason, the internet can be a new technology and tool that public enable to attend. This study is in public participation’s point, with the internet are tool to let public how to attend community environmental building and administration. To study the way and process that the internet helps public to attend. Survey the problems from now community network can develop to search community public participation environmental building information and content needed. Set up a mode of using internet to aid public participation in community to be an reference used in future. This study is through the plan and construct from Taitz community to see the questions and improvement in the internet aid community public participation. On this study, problems from pushing the internet aid community public participation process like support and carry on from community organization shortage from internet relevent knowledge and human resource etc. this study find that community network working need community teams cooperation. And the internet comment communication can improve to combine with community awakening. In this opinion, the internet could be one of tools public participation. The main reason of affect community network is public network tools universal, push to surf in internet community network and renew the information etc.

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Yeh, Ying-Yu, et 葉穎瑜. « Port Heritage Reconstruction and Cultural and Creative Quarter : The Case Studies of Asiatique The Riverfront in Bangkok, Thailand and Bryggen in Norway ». Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/8gjhra.

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國立中興大學
科技管理研究所
106
The cultural and creative industry has become one of the most developed industries in the 21st century. Governments around the world have been promoting cultural and creative industries. Cultural and creative quarters is an effective way to promote cultural and creative industries. The value of culture itself is based on the unique characteristics of each country. The essence of output value and the intangible added value are generated under the goods and services produced by the local advantage. The creativity of c cultural and creative quarters is the process of transforming old cultural and historical heritage into value reconstruction. The sustainable operation of cultural and creative quarters requires a stable output profit. How to balance culture, creativity and business will be a key element in the success of cultural and creative quarters. There are many similarities between Thailand and Taiwan, such as currency value, community software, night market culture, etc. In addition, the government of Thailand has continuously promoted the industrial upgrading and transformation of Thailand through creativity and design, and the success of its cultural and creative industry has attracted the attention of the world. Norwegian cultural and creative industry has developed rapidly and vigorously promoted the rapid development of the country and the region over the past ten years. Bryggen is an historically important harbor in the North Sea and it is one of the world''s cultural heritages. Because of the development of trade, it still retains the strong harbor characteristics of Norway. Taiwan is also a country dependent on international trade, which can be developed by learning the cultural and creative planning of port terminals from Thailand and Norway. This thesis will take The case study of Asiatique The Riverfront in Thailand as well as Bryggen in Norway. Sequentially reviewing the literature of the origins of the cultural creative industries, port heritage and the cultural and creative quarters. Then used the creative cultural 5p models as the framework to analyze the Policy, Person, Process, Place, and Product of two cultural and creative quarters, to find the key successful factors when developing a cultural creative quarters. The research shows the following three conclusions. First, when the cultural and creative quarters are developing, the government plays an important role, its policy objectives will lead the development direction of cultural and creative quarters. second, the retained part of the port heritage will affect the overall atmosphere of the cultural and creative quarters. Through the appropriate cooperation between historical relics and new exotic buildings can bring more profound experience of the cultural creative quarters. Third, the Cultural and creative quarters can bring economic output and social output, and make urban revitalization and sustainable development.

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Huang, Wei-Jung, et 黃微容. « Critique and Reconstruction of Urban Spectacle : Case Studies of Art Made Street and Community Building in Tainan Hai-An Road and Shen-Nong Street (1999-2013) ». Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/xp9372.

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國立臺灣藝術大學
藝術管理與文化政策研究所
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Rethinking the expansion of Neoliberalism influence in the local place, the new trend of cultural strategy applied into urban and regional redevelopment is to put cultural institution and art installment in degenerate area to stimulate capitals accumulation for shaping city landscape. The study aims to explore the urban planning and social mobilization in Tainan city; thus, the research traces the paths of local actions—art made street and community building in Tainan Hai-An Road and Shen-Nong Street by going to the neighborhoods to investigate power and capitals configuration, disposition, and mobility in order to observe Taiwan grassroots’ urban spectacle construction. The research built a urban spectacle model based on the dual viewpoints from the top-down strategic invasion and the bottom-up tactical resistance. To solve the questions about how governors and actors produced or countered spectacle, how power and capitals assimilated and excluded local culture, how they critically engaged, and how communities reacted. All for seeking an outlet for breaking the spectacle-embedded everyday life under the dominance of political governance and economic development. According to the case studies of art made street in Hai-An Road and community building in Shen-Nong Street, there’s new operation in reconstructing urban spectacle. In the thesis, due to the failed city policy which undermined the hard core of Old City Center, it engendered local actions with participation and intervention of civil groups. The public sector empowered people so that the civil society could take the positions as cultural “surrogates”, and the city government receded and acted as a manager, supervisor and investor. The result shows that after the 1999s, the action of civil society has turned its interest from sense of community cohesion to spectacle development, and everyday life has been askng to act reflectively. This is a transformation of community governance, civil society assembles the cultural elements of everyday life by remaking the spirit of Neolberalism to divert the poltical economy consfiguration. And there’s an outlet for everyday life is to escape the dominace of governors by depending on the actions of civil society.

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Mundackal, Antony Jino. « An Assessment of indoor and outdoor air quality in a university environment : a case of University of Limpopo, South Africa ». Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/27534.

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Air pollution of late has been the focus of many studies due to the detrimental health risks that it poses to individuals. University environments have several academic departments with peculiar activities that could be affecting the indoor and outdoor air quality (AQ) of these environments. University settings differ from other environments because of the variety of activities and different lines of work that go on inside buildings housing academic departments and their surroundings, which are likely to have an impact on indoor air quality (IAQ) and outdoor air quality (OAQ) in this environment. Only a few AQ studies have been done in university sites and surrounds worldwide and in these studies, IAQ was given primary importance; whereas, the outdoor environment was and is often neglected. A study comparing both IAQ and OAQ is critical to further understand the relationship between IAQ and OAQ within a university campus. The University of Limpopo (UL) in the Mankweng township of South Africa has been undergoing some refurbishments with numerous construction activities going on in addition to the academic activities of UL. These activities may be affecting the AQ in this unique environment. The main aim of this study was to determine differences between indoor and outdoor AQ in a university environment and to understand how AQ in this unique environment varies with seasons and building function. The study was carried out in three buildings housing three different academic departments in UL namely: Department of Physiology and Environmental Health (PEH), Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Biotechnology (BMBT) and the Department of Biodiversity (BIOD). Twenty indoor and 20 outdoor measuring sites were identified per departmental building from where real-time measurements of 11 AQ parameters (linear air velocity (LAV), dry-bulb temperature (Tdb), relative humidity (RH), carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2), ozone (O3), sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), hydrogen sulphide (H2S), non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHCs) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs)) were taken over three consecutive days per season. Thus, a total of 60 indoor and 60 outdoor measurements were taken for each parameter in each of the three buildings of interest per season, leading to 360 measurements per season and 1440 measurement per parameter over the one-year period of study across the study area. A hot-wire anemometer was used to measure LAV, whereas the Q-Trak indoor AQ monitor was used in the measurement of Tdb, RH, CO and CO2. Aeroqual AQ monitors were employed in the measurement of O3, SO2, NO2, H2S, NMHCs and VOCs. The Wilcoxon signed ranks test was used to determine differences between indoor and outdoor environments. Significant differences were found between the indoor and outdoor environments for LAV (all three buildings), Tdb (PEH and BMBT), RH (BIOD), O3 (all three buildings), NO2 (all three buildings), CO (all three buildings), CO2 (all three buildings), NMHCs (BMBT and BIOD), and VOCs (all three buildings) (p < 0.05). Linear air velocity, O3, SO2, CO, CO2, and H2S values/concentrations across the indoor/outdoor environments were within the ASHRAE/DEA/WHO guidelines/standards, whereas Tdb, RH and NO2 values/concentrations were not. Air quality in the study area varied with building, with the best AQ across both the indoor and outdoor environments being within the BIOD building, whilst the worst AQ across both environments was encountered in the PEH building. Seasonal differences between buildings were also identified between indoor and outdoor environments among the PEH, BMBT and BIOD buildings (p < 0.008). Across the indoor environment, the winter season was found to be the season with the best AQ, since all the pollutants were found at minimum concentrations. Factors affecting AQ in the study area included thermal comfort, occupant densities, building function, laboratory emissions, renovation activities, generators, vehicular emissions, among others. The best AQ across the outdoor environment occurred during the autumn season, since all the air pollutants were present at minimal concentrations during this time. The best predictors of LAV, Tdb, CO, CO2, NO2, and NMHCs were seasons (R2 = 1.000, p < 0.01). For the parameters RH, H2S, and VOCs, the best predictor was building type (R2 = 1.000, p < 0.01). The indoor and outdoor environment were the best predictors for SO2 (R2 = 0.999, p < 0.01). Ozone had no single predictor that was found to significantly influence its concentration in this study. In relation to an air pollution index (API), generally all pollutant indices fell within the fair, good to very good range when using mean and maxima concentrations, whereas, corresponding NO2 concentrations throughout the study fell within the poor to very poor range (105.660–250.000). University management should take into consideration ventilation in laboratories, occupant densities and location of standby generators and car parks in the management of AQ on the university campus. All heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems need to be upgraded and work in tandem with natural ventilation when having high occupant densities within buildings. Future studies in this sector could incorporate larger sample sizes, be designed as a longitudinal study, and make use of questionnaires and sample more AQ parameters to get a detailed understanding of a university site and its surrounds.
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Mundackal, Antony Jino. « An assessment of indoor and outdoor air quality in a university environment : a case of University of Limpopo, South Africa ». Thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/27534.

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Air pollution of late has been the focus of many studies due to the detrimental health risks that it poses to individuals. University environments have several academic departments with peculiar activities that could be affecting the indoor and outdoor air quality (AQ) of these environments. University settings differ from other environments because of the variety of activities and different lines of work that go on inside buildings housing academic departments and their surroundings, which are likely to have an impact on indoor air quality (IAQ) and outdoor air quality (OAQ) in this environment. Only a few AQ studies have been done in university sites and surrounds worldwide and in these studies, IAQ was given primary importance; whereas, the outdoor environment was and is often neglected. A study comparing both IAQ and OAQ is critical to further understand the relationship between IAQ and OAQ within a university campus. The University of Limpopo (UL) in the Mankweng township of South Africa has been undergoing some refurbishments with numerous construction activities going on in addition to the academic activities of UL. These activities may be affecting the AQ in this unique environment. The main aim of this study was to determine differences between indoor and outdoor AQ in a university environment and to understand how AQ in this unique environment varies with seasons and building function. The study was carried out in three buildings housing three different academic departments in UL namely: Department of Physiology and Environmental Health (PEH), Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Biotechnology (BMBT) and the Department of Biodiversity (BIOD). Twenty indoor and 20 outdoor measuring sites were identified per departmental building from where real-time measurements of 11 AQ parameters (linear air velocity (LAV), dry-bulb temperature (Tdb), relative humidity (RH), carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2), ozone (O3), sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), hydrogen sulphide (H2S), non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHCs) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs)) were taken over three consecutive days per season. Thus, a total of 60 indoor and 60 outdoor measurements were taken for each parameter in each of the three buildings of interest per season, leading to 360 measurements per season and 1440 measurement per parameter over the one-year period of study across the study area. A hot-wire anemometer was used to measure LAV, whereas the Q-Trak indoor AQ monitor was used in the measurement of Tdb, RH, CO and CO2. Aeroqual AQ monitors were employed in the measurement of O3, SO2, NO2, H2S, NMHCs and VOCs. The Wilcoxon signed ranks test was used to determine differences between indoor and outdoor environments. Significant differences were found between the indoor and outdoor environments for LAV (all three buildings), Tdb (PEH and BMBT), RH (BIOD), O3 (all three buildings), NO2 (all three buildings), CO (all three buildings), CO2 (all three buildings), NMHCs (BMBT and BIOD), and VOCs (all three buildings) (p < 0.05). Linear air velocity, O3, SO2, CO, CO2, and H2S values/concentrations across the indoor/outdoor environments were within the ASHRAE/DEA/WHO guidelines/standards, whereas Tdb, RH and NO2 values/concentrations were not. Air quality in the study area varied with building, with the best AQ across both the indoor and outdoor environments being within the BIOD building, whilst the worst AQ across both environments was encountered in the PEH building. Seasonal differences between buildings were also identified between indoor and outdoor environments among the PEH, BMBT and BIOD buildings (p < 0.008). Across the indoor environment, the winter season was found to be the season with the best AQ, since all the pollutants were found at minimum concentrations. Factors affecting AQ in the study area included thermal comfort, occupant densities, building function, laboratory emissions, renovation activities, generators, vehicular emissions, among others. The best AQ across the outdoor environment occurred during the autumn season, since all the air pollutants were present at minimal concentrations during this time. The best predictors of LAV, Tdb, CO, CO2, NO2, and NMHCs were seasons (R2 = 1.000, p < 0.01). For the parameters RH, H2S, and VOCs, the best predictor was building type (R2 = 1.000, p < 0.01). The indoor and outdoor environment were the best predictors for SO2 (R2 = 0.999, p < 0.01). Ozone had no single predictor that was found to significantly influence its concentration in this study. In relation to an air pollution index (API), generally all pollutant indices fell within the fair, good to very good range when using mean and maxima concentrations, whereas, corresponding NO2 concentrations throughout the study fell within the poor to very poor range (105.660–250.000). University management should take into consideration ventilation in laboratories, occupant densities and location of standby generators and car parks in the management of AQ on the university campus. All heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems need to be upgraded and work in tandem with natural ventilation when having high occupant densities within buildings. Future studies in this sector could incorporate larger sample sizes, be designed as a longitudinal study, and make use of questionnaires and sample more AQ parameters to get a detailed understanding of a university site and its surrounds.
Environmental Sciences
Ph. D. (Environmental Science)

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Faria, Alexandra Sofia da Silva. « Intervenção no património edificado - conceitos : reabilitação de um imóvel para um lar residencial ». Master's thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10437/8651.

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Orientação: João Carlos dos Santos
Esta dissertação centra-se no estudo dos conceitos subjacentes às intervenções em pré-existências, as principais diferenças e semelhanças e a sua aplicabilidade na prática projetual. São apresentados três casos de estudo, correspondendo todos a edifícios de habitação unifamiliar portuenses, com escalas e características idênticas com o objetivo de demonstrar a aplicação prática em edifícios pré-existentes para cada conceito estudado, e por fim compara-los. O projeto que foi realizado a nível académico, que faz parte desta problemática tendo em conta que é uma reconstrução de várias habitações unifamiliares portuenses, é apresentado com o intuito de relaciona-lo com os conceitos e casos de estudo apresentados. Como objetivo, pretende-se demonstrar que é essencial dominar todos os conceitos e as diferenças entre eles, para que, quando necessário, se saiba qual é o método mais apropriado para projetar numa pré-existência.
This dissertation focuses on the study of the concepts underlying on interventions in pre-existing buildings, the main differences and similarities and their applicability in project practice. Three case studies are presented, all of which correspond to single-family houses in Porto, with similar scales and characteristics, with the purpose of demonstrating the practical application in pre-existing buildings for each concept studied, and finally comparing them. The project that was carried out at an academic level, which is part of this problem considering that it is a reconstruction of several single-family houses in Porto, is presented with the intention of relating it to the concepts and case studies presented. As an objective, it is intended to demonstrate that it is essential to master all concepts and differences between them so that, when necessary, it is known which method is most appropriate for designing in a pre-existence.

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Dutton, Laura A. « Evaluating the criteria for successful elections in post-conflict countries : a case study including Iraq, Sierra Leone, and Bosnia and Herzegovina ». Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/5281.

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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
Previous research on post-conflict elections has found several criteria important in determining if an area is ready to hold elections and whether or not it is likely to succeed. Although rarely ranked in any determination of importance, several concepts are present in most post-conflict election research. Additionally, there is not an agreed set of standard criteria upon which success can be assumed. When researching the post-conflict election literature two questions arise: (1) is there a set of criteria established to determine if an area is ready to conduct post-conflict elections, and (2) do all criteria need to be present in order to ensure successful post-conflict elections? Most research agrees on common criteria but highlights or researches one dominant criterion, to which is then often attributed to the success of an election. This is found in Krishna Kumar’s focus on international assistance (Kumar, 1998), Staffan Lindberg’s attribution of success to repetition of the election process (Lindberg, 2006), Paul Collier’s focus on per capita income (Collier, 2009), and Marie-Soleil Frere’s research on post-conflict elections and the media (Frere, 2011). When reviewing multiple research sources, it is likely several factors at various times and in various elections will be credited with being the single source criterion for success. This kind of past research is well supported and conclusively argued, but still fails to provide a scope of understanding outside of a single event. In other words, it is case specific and not comparatively applicable across cases. Although this thesis does not intend to “McDonaldize” (Ritzer, 2009) the process of democratization, it does propose to define a common set of criteria necessary, even if in varying degrees, to conduct successful elections in post-conflict environments.

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Morgan, Kim (M A. ). « A framework for community participation in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development programmes at the local level ». Diss., 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/640.

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