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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Policy and strategy"”.
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Transit oriented development in the South African context: an analytical review of Johannesburg's recent urban policy and strategy
… far from places of economic opportunity and are forced to commute using dissatisfactory public transport services over long distances, for many hours at high personal and household costs. Confronting the apartheid spatial pattern has consistently been at the forefront of urban policy in …
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FUELS MANAGEMENT POLICY AND PRACTICE IN THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE
This dissertation investigates the history and development of wildland fire and fuels management policy in the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and the implementation of this policy in fuels management project planning at the national forest and ranger district levels. The policy guiding fuels management …
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FUELS MANAGEMENT POLICY AND PRACTICE IN THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE
This dissertation investigates the history and development of wildland fire and fuels management policy in the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and the implementation of this policy in fuels management project planning at the national forest and ranger district levels. The policy guiding fuels management …
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The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990(ADA)Paratransit Cost Issues and Solutions for the Greater Richmond Transit Company (GRTC) and Beyond
… ways to help move people with disabilities and the elderly, they are the most expensive and the most difficult to coordinate and operate. The purpose of this thesis is to define different types of paratransit services and their characteristics, expound major paratransit expense issues, …
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A Taxonomy of Emerging Markets
… imperative for business professionals as well as strategy, management, and international business (IB) scholars. However, there are no accepted categorizations of these countries. Furthermore, major international organizations, institutions, scholars, and multinational, all approach classifying …
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The Strategic Pendulum: United States Nuclear Forces Strategy During the Cold War
… utilize its nuclear forces to secure its foreign policy objectives and national security interests. Those objectives and interests have primarily included deterring Soviet aggression against the United States and its principal allies. At the same time, the United States also endeavored to insure …
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An investigation of the bilateral relations between South Africa and China: Trade and Industry agreements
China and South Africa share a long historic bilateral relation. Therefore, their formal diplomatic relations were officially established on the 1st of January, 1998. South Africa is presently China’s leading trading partner in Africa. Since the establishment of these two diplomatic ties, bilateral …
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A systems approach to strategic planning for the Civil Engineering Department
… so as to take measure of the past, present and future. In this effort the document, "Strategic Planning for the Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil Engineering", was made to ensure proper development and to guide the right direction of the development. It, however, should be continuously …
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Interactional Analysis of Emergent Risks in Institutionally Diverse Construction Projects
… Construction Projects. Major Professor: Makarand Hastak.</p> <p>Construction projects, as complex systems of systems (SOS), increasingly involve institutionally diverse actors that escalate complexity of the projects. Examples of these actors include the export credit agencies, international …
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The potential for acquisition of ethnic archives : a case study of five Chinese organizations in Vancouver, British Columbia
… their archival records: "closed", "fairly open", and "open". Organizations with a political mission, a long history, and financially independent of government support tend to hold a "closed" attitude towards the final disposition of archival records; those with a project-oriented mission, existing …
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Recommending Political Warfare--The Role of Eisenhower's Presidential Committee on International Information Activities in the United States' Approach to the Cold War
… with assessing the current U.S. Cold War effort and offering recommendations for an 'unified and dynamic' way forward. This work investigates the case of Eisenhower's Presidential Committee on International Information Activities and its role in the United States' approach to the Cold War. …
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New perspectives on instrumentalism : stratagems, subversion and the case of cultural diplomacy
… of 'cultural diplomacy' within UK cultural policy to explore the policy-making process.</p> <p>The literature review in Chapter Two observes that instrumental cultural policies are largely discussed in philosophical and binary terms, rather than being investigated empirically or a more …
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The Changing Dynamics of the Perception of U.S. Foreign Policy towards Kurds in Syria: Developing Relations in Light of Ignorance, Cooperation and Desertion (2011-2020)
… significant gains both under President Obama and President Trump’s administrations but did not strive to establish long-term strategies about Syria, especially the Syrian Kurds. After the collapse of the ISIS caliphate in 2019, Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. forces from Syria left the …
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Business as Mission: The Effective Use Of Tentmaking In North Africa
Marketplace Ministries, specifically BAM and tentmaking, can be used in North Africa to effectively share the gospel in culturally impacting ways. Chapter 1 introduces the concept of BAM by presenting various definitions of BAM and finding a desirable definition for the purpose of this study. After …
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Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment : a human capital development approach
… Empowerment (BBBEE) (Department of Trade and Industry, 2005; 2007). A 'mixed methods research approach' is utilized, in some kind of triangulation. Three research methods are used starting with focus groups; then content analysis and finally descriptive analysis. Phase one utilizes focus …
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Ten years at the Sherman Theatre 1990-2000: Creating and developing a young people's and emerging artists' strategy at the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff 1990-2000
… chronicles my work as Artistic Director and Chief Executive of the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, 1990 - 2000 and demonstrates how I invented, created and developed a young people's and emerging artists' policy and strategy in this regional theatre over a ten year period.<br/><br/>In 1990 I …
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The current situation of children's nursing training in South Africa
The high rate of Infant and child mortality, much of which is preventable, especially in developing countries, continues to be a global public health concern. Improving the numbers and competencies of child nurse professionals is vital for health system strengthening. Child nurses are important …
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Developing A Strategy to Combat Drug Abuse in Philadelphia, 1960-1973
… did Philadelphia develop its first drug control strategy between 1960 and 1973? This study argues that Philadelphia's drug control strategy was part of an array of collaborative responses to the composite challenges of urban decay and was influenced by concerns for development, law enforcement, …
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