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Showing 1 to 20 of 46 for “"Seaside"”.
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Transitions : a sanatorium on the seaside
This thesis is about transitions: from sea to hill, from harbour to town, from illness to wellness, from life to death; it is about the passage of time. I chose a dramatic site, in the village where I have spent the past twenty-four summers, a place where the horizontality of the water and the …
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Social Exclusion, Resort Decline and the English Seaside
Traditionally seaside resorts have been one of the least understood of Britain’s ‘problem areas’. This thesis breaks new ground by reporting on an exploratory data analysis to probe the influence of resort decline on social exclusion in England’s seaside resorts. Drawing on a wide range of …
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Gambling with regeneration: seaside resort regeneration and casino development
The United Kingdom’s seaside resorts are in decline. This has been addressed by various regeneration strategies. The Gambling Act 2005 threw a potential lifeline to some seaside resorts that wished to utilise casinos as cultural regeneration tools. However, this is a unique example of a …
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A seaside resort in an island of the Aegean
The purpose of the thesis is the design of a seaside resort in the island of Andros in Greece. A year-round focus of attraction amidst the Aegean Sea the resort would center around sea related activities. The experience of a strong landscape, in peace with the proposed architecture, and the …
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Height premiums for seaside community condominiums : an empirical analysis
This thesis investigates the value that condominium buyers in oceanfront communities place on how high above the ground their home will be. It is assumed that buyers will pay a premium for height, but to date no study has been performed to quantify what that value is, and how it changes throughout …
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The Urban Character of the Early English Seaside Resort 1700-1847
… an attempt to understand the places that became seaside resorts. Seven articles and two books combine to discuss early resorts and how their creation relates to the evolution of tourism. The origins of the English seaside resort have been examined in my detailed studies of individual places; …
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Mathematical Models of Seaside Operations in Container Ports and their Solution
… effectively. In this thesis, we focus on seaside operations which can be divided into three main problems: 1- the Berth Allocation Problem (BAP), 2- the Quay Crane Assignment Problem (QCAP), 3- the Quay Crane Scheduling Problem (QCSP). Each one of the above is a complex optimization …
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A SOCIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF JUVENILE FRUIT MACHINE GAMBLING IN A SEASIDE TOWN
This thesis has two main aims. The first is to develop a standard measure of addiction to gambling in children which could be used to estimate the extent of dependency among children aged 11 to 16 years. The second focusses upon patterns of usage and seeks to understand the various meanings which …
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Destination branding: a qualitative analysis of Bournemouth's projected image as a UK seaside resort
… and cities and very few studies have focused on seaside resorts. Despite several research enquiries concerning the branding of tourist destinations, little research attention has been given to the branding tourism image of seaside resorts and specifically to the projected tourism images of …
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Power, stakeholders and the theory of planned behaviour : understanding stakeholder engagement in an English seaside context
… with tourism policy development in an English seaside context. Not only is the English seaside context important conceptually, practical connotations are also evident, particularly following the disbanding of the Regional Development Agencies in the summer of 2010 and the impact this has had on …
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Bands and orchestras in the major northern seaside resorts of England, 1865-1911 : a socio-cultural history.
… the social and cultural history of the seaside bands in Bridlington, Scarborough, Blackpool, Southport, and Douglas (Isle of Man), from 1865, the start of the Bridlington era, to 1911, the end of the long Victorian period. It pays particular attention to the Bridlington Quay Parade Band …
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The Archaeology of an Ancient Seaside Town: Performance and Community at Samanco, Nepeña Valley, Peru Volume 1
… In this study I investigate Samanco, an ancient seaside town, and its contribution to urban transformations along the North-Central coast of Peru during the mid-1st millennium BCE. I consult a theoretical framework of performance and its influence on community organization as a framework for …
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A systemic approach to collaborative implementation network structures: implementation of cultural tourism products in an English seaside context.
There seems to be a recognition within the domains of strategic policy processes that joint-working and joined-up thinking is desirable, useful and necessary to enable successful policy implementation. Despite this it appears that there are problems and issues in the operationalisation of these …
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“New People”: Memory, Leisure, and Identity at the British Seaside in Last Orders and the Remains of the Day
… sea. To articulate how their characters view the seaside not only as a mode of “recuperation and liberation from the stresses of daily life” (Baranowski and Furlough 5), but also as an opportunity for self-improvement and even reinvention, Ishiguro and Swift each rely on tropes in which …
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Cultural regeneration in English seaside towns under New Labour: a political economy perspective on the restructuring of tourist destinations
… by successive New Labour Governments in English Seaside Towns, as a response to the decline of English seaside tourism. This research was carried out from the perspective of political economy, using a modified régulation theory approach in which Bourdieu’s cultural sociology was used to …
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A socio-cultural analysis of the traditional seaside resort and its contemporary meaning to tourists with specific reference to Morecambe, U.K.
… of this thesis to knowledge is the concept of seasideness. That is, this thesis presents an in-depth exploration and analysis of the contemporary sense of place at a traditional British seaside resort. Due to the research focussing on issues of place, the study has been framed within human …
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Grant Proposal for the Establishment of an Art Therapy Program at the Family Resource Center of Salinas/Seaside Facility of Monterey County
<p>Child abuse is a reality in today’s society. Sexual and physical acts of abuse result in deep physical and psychical scars. Sensations, images and emotions are internalized by the child and part of the child’s psychological development becomes stuck (Allan, 1988).</p> <p>Statistically more …
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Authority and Crime, 1835-1860: A Comparison between Exmouth and Torquay
… This thesis explores the impact of crime on seaside resorts in mid-nineteenth century England, together with the implications and challenges presented for authority and control. The evidence is based on a case study of two contrasting south Devon resorts, Exmouth and Torquay. The research …
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eBhish' - articulations of Black Oceanic presence eThekwini
… Ibhish' laseThekwini (the Durban beachfront), a seaside public space, is imbued with a racialized tension that stems from these colonial histories. Historically, the beach was the nation's premier seaside destination and drew crowds of white beachgoers, particularly during the summer holiday …
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An Evaluation of Tourism Communities and Community Responses to Tourism and Crime: A Case Study of two Cornish Destinations
… tourism has placed great pressure on British seaside destinations, and has contributed to the social costs experienced by the resident population via symptoms of changing perceptions, attitudes and behaviour towards tourism, and the presence of higher crime rates. This thesis examines the …
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