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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Community Management"”.
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Community management of wetland ecology and socio-economic costs of wetland degradation in mudaswali Wetland, Limpopo Province, South Africa
… which local communities value and engages in the management of wetlands by quantifying and costing (in financial terms) wetland degradation vis-a-vis socio economic costs. Judgemental assessment method was used to select the site for observations and availability of respondents. A structured …
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Assessment of Community Management of Water Supply and Sanitation Projects A Case Study of Hananasif Ward, Kinondoni District, Dar Es Salaam Municipality "
The management and dispensation of water supply and sanitation projects like that being administered by the Hananasif Community Development Association (HCDA) has been a chronic problem in most development countries. The HCDA started on a strong note in 1993 under the auspices of sustainable Dar Es …
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Data management and reporting for drinking water quality monitoring in community-managed supplies
… may be district municipalities with hundreds of community-managed supplies under their jurisdiction, are legally responsible for ensuring the quality of water supplied to all consumers. Without the assistance of communities, this requirement, which would involve regular testing in many remote and …
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Customer research, customer-driven design, and business strategy in Massively Multiplayer Online Games
… combine aspects of particularly tough online community management, online customer service, and game design/content creation. To be successful, all of those elements need a fine understanding of the customer, their needs and their virtual 'life' and relationships within the game world. This …
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An Integrated Architecture for Ad Hoc Grids
Extensive research has been conducted by the grid community to enable large-scale collaborations in pre-configured environments. grid collaborations can vary in scale and motivation resulting in a coarse classification of grids: national grid, project grid, enterprise grid, and volunteer grid. …
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'Men of good Character, strong, decent and active': Hertfordshire's Petty Constables, 1730-1799
… and parish governance, pauper administration and community management are also considered. Instead of examining constables in isolation, this study shows that they were one of several local officers whose responsibilities and specialist skills dovetailed in local governance, including the making …
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Sand-storage dams : an alternate method of rural water supply in Namibia
… Supply (DRWS) implemented a programme for the "Community Management of Rural Water Supply". This programme is to be phased in over nine years and during this time rural communities are expected to gradually take over full responsibility for the operation and maintenance costs of their water …
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Chinese Web Fiction: A Critical Analysis of Customer Engagement and Value Co-Creation From the Perspective of S-D Login in the Age of Digitization
… the platform's roles in personal growth, community engagement, and cultural expression. A customer typology (Transformation Seekers, Emotional Connectors, Co - creators, and Integrated Value Seekers) is developed, and cultural factors like ‘Collective Participation’, ‘Striving Spirit’, and …
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Sharing the love: Motivation and reward in brand-related user-generated content creation for social media
… The gap between Content Creator expectation and community management practice, provides an opportunity to inform practice. A model is proposed The Virtuous Cycle of Branded UGC which describes an effective interaction between Content Creators (brand advocates/consumers), Brands (Social Media …
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Towards a better inclusivity : online comments and community at news organizations
… with members of audience engagement and community management teams at news organizations, online comment communities, and comment-based startups. The first chapter of this thesis outlines "The Spectrum of Comments", a visual and text-based explanation of four key dimensions along which …
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Gender, water and development: The multiple impacts and perceptions of a rural water project in Nampula, Mozambique
… of the RWP, and the handpump technology and community management model were not well suited for the socio-cultural context of Nampula. The plans for the RWP were based on a number of incorrect assumptions about "community" local decision making processes, and men's and women's priorities, …
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A manual for the initial development of an area vocational-technical school
… from each of the following categories: labor, management, city council, teachers other than vocational, a school board member, and a chamber of commerce. The interviews were used to determine the degree of awareness of vocational-technical principles and of problems that need to be considered …
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Evaluating the Design and Management of Community-Based Ecotourism Projects in Guatemala
Community-based ecotourism (CBE) has become the newest buzzword in development circles for its purported ability to provide alternative income generation for families and incentives to protect natural resources. Organizations such as the World Bank, World Wildlife Federation and USAID have …
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Evaluating the Design and Management of Community-Based Ecotourism Projects in Guatemala
Community-based ecotourism (CBE) has become the newest buzzword in development circles for its purported ability to provide alternative income generation for families and incentives to protect natural resources. Organizations such as the World Bank, World Wildlife Federation and USAID have …
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Sustainability of Rural Water Services in Low-Income Countries: Case studies in sub-Saharan Africa
… a range of sub-Saharan African countries; (ii) community sampling, focus group discussions and key informant interviews in several countries; (iii) comprehensive review of management models implemented across the subcontinent; (iv) detailed financial analysis of long-term operational costs for …
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Gender, Power and Local Water Governance in Rural Uganda
… institutional mechanisms that gender access and management of water resources in a rural context in Uganda. The study draws on a theoretical framework that includes: power and difference, particularly the works of Michel Foucault; the politics of access to resources; and theories of gender and …
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Towards a critical understanding of community anchors and a community sector theory and practice
… to support the longer-term development of the community sector in Scotland, the United Kingdom (UK) and further afield, through consideration of a community sector theory and practice (CSTP): where, such a theory and practice is assumed to involve elements of both theorising as to actual, …
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Healing the crippled hand: tourism and community-based tourism as sustainable forms of land use and development in Eastern Tsumkwe, Namibia
… situation regarding tourism, and particularly Community-Based Tourism, as a sustainable land use and development option in the eastern Tsumkwe district, as part of a mixed economic strategy for the area, and as an economic development strategy in Namibia as reflected in government policies and …
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A model for effective organisational stakeholder engagement : development and evaluation of a systematic approach to corporate-stakeholder engagement management
… social responsibility, corporate sustainability, community investment, stakeholder involvement, public participation and societal license amongst them) have focused the attention of communications academics and practitioners alike on the broad area of corporate social performance as a compelling …
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