Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"community centre"”.
-
Connective Tectonics: The Kunye Cultural Community Centre - Weaving people, space, and time
… zone into a public civic space with a cultural community centre that will benefit Hout Bay through gathering, better spatial connection, and cultural substance. The current climate crisis acted as a primary design driver into the study of timber practice in South Africa for the architectural …
-
Fluidity and time-based architecture : a community centre in Hout Bay harbour
… as between the harbour and the broader Hout Bay community. The reestablishment of a Hout Bay historical activity route and a new community centre serving as the base for this route seeks to address these issues. In addition, the proposed design will seek to capitalise and improve on the existing …
-
Searching for the role of ICTs in development : a case study of a rural multi-purpose community centre in the Dwars River Valley, South Africa
… a single case study of a rural Multi-Purpose Community Centre in South Africa in an attempt to gain a richer understanding of the issues surrounding the implementation of such centres. The study is socio-technical in nature and is based on a framework composed of interpretivism, hermeneutics …
-
Architectural Storywork as a discursive design practice: on self-determined Indigeneity, architectural autonomy, and the transmission of knowledge through architectural discourses in Bali, Indonesia
… practice with the Pusat Kegiatan Perempuan (PKP) community as they begin to re-design their Community Centre in rural Bali, Indonesia. This is timely, as architectural scholars call on the discipline to develop new decolonial practices and discursive design cultures that aim to reinstate …
-
Experiences of Newcomer Youth in the Home Environment
… were conducted with participants at a local community centre. Analysis of the data was completed using concept mapping (Trochim, 1989) which included multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis. Results indicated that newcomer youth felt secure and experienced positive familial connections; …
-
The South African township funeral : a 'site of resistance' of HIV and AIDS that promotes leading causes of life
… through a close look at the J L Zwane Church and Community Centre, a faith based community in Gugulethu, South Africa. By exploring township funerals of the apartheid past in relation to funerals resulting from the AIDS epidemic, despite what many construe as decay and death, ample evidence of …
-
Designing a task-based syllabus and materials for Tyndale Level 1
… project is to provide the Tyndale St. George's Community Centre with a program it could adopt for its Level 1 adult ESL course by adapting a structural/functional set of materials and syllabus to reflect a different approach. It is by exploring and putting into practice current thinking and …
-
The Intersection of Social Networks in a Public Service Model: A Case Study
… a public service model designed to strengthen community partnerships by connecting city services to the neighborhoods. The research setting was the Neighbourhood Integrated Service Teams (NIST) program in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. A literature review related information dimensions to the …
-
The culture of community engagement from participant perspectives: implications for health visiting.
… civil society take an active role in supporting community members and promoting self-determination. To date, the processes of the public sector and professional powers have limited the ability of communities to make such changes and are a barrier to the development of community engagement …
-
What is the experience of traveller women in adult and community education?
… the experience of Traveller women in adult and community education. It focuses on a particular group of women in a particular community centre. It was my intention to use the insights gained to develop education programmes that would be congruent of Irish Traveller culture, traditions and needs. …
-
Learning beyond words.The impact of second language adult education on migrants' social involvement: a comparison between Scotland and Greece
… Further Education college, a single-ethnic group community centre, a charity organisation and a migrants’ campaign organisation in each country respectively. The use of comparison between Glasgow and Athens is an interesting one, since there is a similar recent experience of sudden demographic …
-
Experiences of informal women caregivers in caring for people living with HIV and AIDS in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
… select participants who were attending PASADA's community centre. Data were collected using semi-structured· interviews which were audio-recorded. Eight participants were interviewed in order to explore their individual experiences of caring for people living with HIV and AIDS. Data collection …
-
The perceptions of the community on community policing at Nkaneng informal settlement
… causes and effects of the non-establishment of a community-policing sub-forum at Nkaneng Informal Settlement. One of these causes is the negative perceptions that exist on the side of both the police and the community due to poor communication between them. The dissertation gives an overview of …
-
The Grey Matters: Investigating the Wingfield Strip as an Urban Borderspace
… on the periphery of Kensington, Cape Town. It centres two groups of people living on the Wingfield Strip: an informal settlement of South African citizens called Gate-7, and a supposedly temporary tent of refugees who were forcibly relocated there following their sit-in in the city centre. I …
-
Gathering Kilburn: The everyday production of community in a diverse London neighbourhood
… and processes associated with the idea of ‘community’ within the London neighbourhood of Kilburn. In policy and popular discourse, community is cast both as somehow able to unite people across difference, and as under threat from the proliferation of difference, which is seen as impeding …
-
Targeting uptake of exercise-promoting structured patient education intervention: foundational research and process description of a discrete choice experiment to understand perceived intervention utility and design preferences for men with prostate cancer
… and group-based], 3) setting [Levels: a) Community centre (or Local Gym); b) Home; c) Hospital (in-/outpatient rehab setting)], and 4) service personnel [levels: a) Physiotherapists (other cancer exercise specialists); b) Technology-assisted (mHealth); c) Former PCa patient now cancer …
-
Společensko-kulturní centrum s radnicí v Kohoutovicích
Předmětem diplomové práce je zpracování studie návrhu společensko-kulturního centra s radnicí. Řešená lokalita se nachází v severní části městského obvodu Brno Kohoutovice. Práce se zabývá analýzou lokality a vhodným objemovým a koncepčním řešením, které nejlépe využije potenciál místa. V návrhu …
-
Evaluating the potential for Blue-Green Infrastructure benefits using the case study of stormwater ponds in Cape Town, South Africa
… Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect', (4) ‘Enhancing community services connections with water systems', (5) ‘Increasing access to blue-green space', (6) ‘Incorporating stormwater quality limitations', and (7) ‘Enhancing biodiversity'. A pilot MCA was conducted to assist the process. An associated …
-
The impact of upgrading squatter settlements on access to decent housing : A comparative study of selected compounds in Lusaka, Zambia
… poles leading power supply to either a community centre or clinic, the tapping of power to a house was facilitated. This had a cumulative advantage to other households who had to tap power at lesser cost. Thus in terms of electrification of houses, upgrading programmes had enabled access …
-
The impact of upgrading squatter settlements on access to decent housing : A comparative study of selected compounds in Lusaka, Zambia
… poles leading power supply to either a community centre or clinic, the tapping of power to a house was facilitated. This had a cumulative advantage to other households who had to tap power at lesser cost. Thus in terms of electrification of houses, upgrading programmes had enabled access …
Page 1 of 2