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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Rural landscapes"”.
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Experiences of Place and Change in Rural Landscapes: Three English Case Studies
This thesis examines how changes to rural places and landscapes are experienced by residents and incorporated into place attachments and identities over time. It does so through exploring findings from seventy-eight qualitative, ‘emplaced’, oral history interviews in three English villages: Mullion …
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Social-ecological systems resilience in changing rural landscapes of the Midwestern United States
… and Wisconsin has demonstrated how meanings for rural places were embedded within interpretations of social-ecological functioning. This work informs rural sociology, conservation planning and landscape restoration. In chapter two, I looked at stakeholder narratives about the causes of and …
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Emplacing, re-imaging and transforming ‘missing’ life-events : a feminine sublime approach to the creation of socially engaged scenography in site-specific walking-performance in rural landscapes
… of passage or ceremonies do not exist, into a rural landscape scenographic-led walking-performance can enable participants to reflect upon, re-image and transform, even in the smallest of ways, their relation to and understanding of those ‘missing’ life-events. I argued that this …
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City Farm Garden : countering the impacts of urban expansion in a rural valley in the Western Cape through a gardening approach to place-making
Globally, the uniqueness of rural landscapes is at risk of disappearing (Makhzoumi & Pungetti 1999:16, 24). Global changes threaten traditional landscapes, biodiversity and the structure of rural society, and impact local, regional and global ecological processes that will ultimately determine the …
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Stream water quality corridor assessment and management using spatial analysis techniques: Introduction, evaluation, and implementation of the WQCM model.
The rapid development of once-rural landscapes often produces detrimental effects on surface water quality entering local reservoirs through vulnerable stream channels. This study presents a methodology that incorporates geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing techniques for the …
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Pollinator People: an ethnography of bees, bee advocates and possibilities for multispecies commoning in Toronto and London, ON
… provide a refuge for bees from pesticide-laden rural landscapes, which has contributed to an increase in urban, hobbyist beekeeping and pollinator gardening. This dissertation employs a multispecies ethnography in two cities in Ontario, London and Toronto, to explore how the knowledges and …
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Engendering The Land Grab: Development, Involuntary Resettlement, And The Struggles For Social Reproduction In Coastal Tanzania
… and managed, and the multi-faceted ways in which rural women and men experience the disruption of their pre-existing modes of social reproduction. It argues that land grabbing, or the enclosure of rural landscapes more generally, does more than strip peasants and pastoralists of their means of …
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Population dynamics and succession strategies of rural industry producers
… and others on amenity consumption, the rural landscape is changing. The changes to the structure of Australia’s sheep industry and the nation’s rural landscapes are driven by substantial forces that cannot be resisted easily. This has implications for policy-makers, extension agents and …
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Rural Land in Transition: A Role for Community Landcare
Many rural communities in the United States are experiencing a transition away from traditional conceptions of agrarian lifestyles and landscapes, and are increasingly faced with a new set of values, desires, and perspectives being brought in by new residents. This change in land use and land …
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Villages of Delhi : towards inclusivity and plurality in the urbanizing countryside
… of urbanization driven by financialization of rural land is purported to bring development to rapidly developing contexts. However, the nature of the resulting urban realm, functionally, socially and ecologically dispute any concept of betterment. Delhi is a poster child of this kind of rural …
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The Value of Inclusion of the Peri-Urban Interface on Quality of Life for the Urban Population
… the urban fabric and often in between urban and rural landscapes. This is a largely neglected area and often considered by each side as belonging to the other. Contemporary studies identify two sides associated with the rural-urban fringe: the expanding built settlements and ebbing countryside, …
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In visible cities : envisioning the Canadian prairie city in literature and film
… tradition that is predominantly associated with rural landscapes, there is a struggle for artists who work outside of what has come to be known as "authentic" prairie symbols and themes: the empty and barren land, the farmer struggling with his fields, the lonely wife sequestered in her home. …
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An introduction to the man-made landscape at the Cape from the 17th to the 19th centuries
This thesis investigates the urban and rural landscapes created at the Cape from the 17th to the 19th centuries, by the examination of drawings filed with transfers in the Deeds Office and plans in the Surveyor-General's Office, and relating them to landowners by further genealogical and archival …
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The Kavango-Zambezi Conservation Area (KAZA) and its dynamics in Zambia
… 120,000). This five-country TFCA spans large rural landscapes that are a potential site for extensive tourism and currently provide livelihood opportunities for many poor rural households. This study assesses the investments of Zambia’s government in the KAZA TFCA. It uses the case study of …
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Improvements Deferred: An historical-archaeological study of transitional farms in the Grampian Highlands of Scotland, during the Agricultural Improvements of the 18th and 19th centuries.
… improvements transformed rural landscapes. Traditional agricultural methods and vernacular buildings were swept away. New agricultural practices were introduced within redesigned landscapes leased under rigorous conditions of tenure. A great rebuilding replaced organic …
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Architetture transitorie. Progetti e strategie per la rigenerazione dei paesaggi rurali della Sardegna.
Through the study of the relationships between rural manufacturing companies and the territory in which they operate, in their dual nature as part of the anthropised fabric and key artefacts in the protection of the countryside, this research aims to define the ways in which architecture can …
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Variation drives response to urbanisation: Evolutionary ecology of two introduced birds within anthropogenic environments : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Lincoln University
… novel stimuli is a major challenge for urban and rural wildlife and is linked with their fitness. These responses will likely differ between urban and rural habitats as well. Populations will show behavioural and morphological variation along an urban-rural gradient in response to accompanying …
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Conversations with Farmers: Agri-cultural practice change and the 'eco-innovator'
… alike. This research, via a participatory rural appraisal and a micro-ethnographic study, identified then (re)defined peer and self-acknowledged ‘eco-innovators’ who were practicing successful, regenerative and adaptive farming techniques in NSW. Eco-innovators in this particular landscape …
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Rethinking adaptive reuse
… our industrial past is present in both urban and rural landscapes. The appearance of "brownfields" is due to the change in the U.S. economy from heavy industry and the manufacturing of commodities to the digitized products and supports required of the information age. The need to recycle these …
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Alternative Food Landscapes. Designing Food-Sensitive Landscapes beyond Urban-Rural Bonundaries
… integrating sustainable food systems into urban-rural landscapes has become a crucial strategy for developing resilient environments and communities. Contemporary food systems' weaknesses have been exacerbated by global crises like COVID-19 and geopolitical tensions, revealing vulnerabilities in …
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