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Showing 1 to 20 of 186 for “"Urban communities"”.
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School readiness in urban communities
<p>The purposes of this exploratory investigation were to (a) ascertain school readiness influences of young children ages birth to three in the New Jersey Early Intervention System, (b) to analyze race and ethnicity trends of the children within the program, (c) and to see if individual …
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Reconnecting urban communities : Northeastern University Housing Project, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
This design thesis studies the potential of urban design and urban housing to weave vacant lands, their urban context and the urban communities surrounding them. It focuses on an urban housing project adjacent to Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. The theoretical background of this …
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The impact of transport infrastructure on the development of urban communities
… the provision of transport infrastructure in an urban environment influences developers’ decisions at a local level. This entailed understanding the factors that might influence the choices that developers, land owners and potential users of the developments make and the influence that transport …
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THE VALUE OF DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE URBAN COMMUNITIES IN THE KLANG VALLEY, MALAYSIA
Urban communities in Malaysia are being developed at a great intensity, due to the nation's drive towards industrialisation. Malaysia's fastest growing urban population is concentrated in the Klang Valley, where the population growth rate of 6.5 percent per annum is two and a half times the …
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Collaborating with Chicago Urban Communities: The Unforeseen Challenges of Better Museum Practices
… encounter when collaborating and consulting with communities. More specifically, this project looks at the National Public Housing Museum (NPHM) and the exhibit <em>Report to the Public: An Untold Story of the Conservative Vice Lords</em> (CVL), which was co-created with the Jane Addams Hull-House …
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School and Community Characteristics Related to Special Educational Services in Urban Communities
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Movin' on up : mainstreaming under-serviced urban communities in Colombo, Sri Lanka
… an early look at a radical shift in Sri Lankan urban housing policy regarding slums in the capital city of Colombo. During the 1980s, the Sri Lankan government achieved widespread urban improvements by mobilizing community-led on-site slum upgrading. However, since the late 1990s, the government …
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Understanding State And Community Operated Juvenile Programs In Rural And Urban Communities Throughout Kentucky
… and community-operated juvenile programs across urban and rural geographies in Kentucky. Through qualitative methods, including interviews and site visits, it uncovers the nuances of program implementation and staff perceptions of their impact on juvenile delinquency. Findings highlight …
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Effective Retention Strategies for Teachers in Large Urban Communities With Majority Black Student Population
… These talent trends are further exacerbated in urban communities and communities serving disproportionate populations of students of color. Teacher retention is critical to maintaining a robust teacher talent workforce; yet it is currently a crisis in the field of education. High teacher …
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When theology calls for more : how Evangelical churches address the needs of urban communities
… churches to increase their level of activity in communities. After carefully examining the experiences of three evangelical churches in the Boston area, the thesis concludes that evangelical churches have a lot to offer their local communities and that there are opportunities for CBOs, government …
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The growth and characteristics of peri-urban communities: a case study in Jakarta, Indonesia
… characteristics and the composition of peri-urban communities, and explains the determinants of intrametropolitan mobility associated with peri-urban growth in Jakarta, Indonesia. In the first part of the analysis, the findings suggest that most of peri-urban residents are migrants involved …
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Professional Counselors Self-Perceived Multicultural Counseling Competency Practicing in Rural, Suburban, and Urban Communities
… (MCC) between counselors working in rural, suburban and urban communities across the Commonwealth of Virginia. The study compared professional counselors' perceptions of their own multicultural counseling competence based on the counselor's geographic area of origin, current geographic practice …
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Characterization and Assessment of Transportation Diversity: Impacts on Mobility and Resilience Planning in Urban Communities
… diversity mostly experienced less disturbance in their mobility patterns after Sandy and the recovery of their mobility patterns was faster. The results confirm that transportation diversity affects the resilience of individual post-disaster mobility. The approach used in this study is …
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Real and Reimagined contemporary Utopia’s : a mediation and recreation space for migratory and resilient urban communities
… with most space succumbing to decay, a sustained urban sprawl, monofunctional territories, and nucleated densities. New migrants into the city struggle to find formal and informal opportunities and resources for ‘urban survival-ism’. These conditions are ones that have ruinous affects on the …
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Sanitation Realities in Peri-Urban Communities: Unfreedoms, Capabilities and the Conscious Mind - A Case of Chennai, India
… sanitation realities experienced by peri-urban slum dwellers in Chennai, India, to investigate whether rapid economic growth translates into pervasive safe sanitation, otherwise a threat to human security. This is in line with the Sustainable Development Goals of ‘leaving no one behind’. …
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Exploring health geography by examining physical activity in older Latino women living in rural and urban communities
… have traditionally resided. Rural Midwestern communities where new Latino immigrants are settling have experienced accelerated growth in their overall population and their Latino populations. Urban communities are also experiencing an increase in the number of Latino individuals. Latinos are …
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Park : reassessing patterns of life in small urban communities : designing the interface between living, working and playing
Today, many small urban communities look to their historic downtown districts as a great resource for regenerating economic vitality and creating cultural identity. However, one common problem experienced by many of these communities lies in the incompatibility between contemporary patterns of …
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Parent's knowledge on sexuality and perceptions towards discussing sexuality with their adoloscent children : (a comparative study of rural and urban Communities)
… The study sought to determine rural and urban parents' knowledge on sexuality and their perceptions towards discussing sexuality with their adolescent children. Their knowledge and perceptions were then compared for similarities and/ or differences. A cross-sectional comparative study …
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Building a community of our own: How can the built environment help? Neighborhood communal space and community participation in Chinese urban communities
Against the backdrop of rampant urbanization and globalization, urban scholars have been seeking sustainable ways of building integrated communities in the city. Urban planners and architects have dedicated extensive scholarly endeavors to examining the relationships among neighborhood built …
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