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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"community-based groups"”.
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Measuring Trust In Community-Based and Congregation-Based Groups In South Carolina: A Psychometric Analysis and Exploration of Trust, Group Characteristics, and Health
<p>Social capital and community participation have been widely examined, but the potential impact of trust within community-based and congregation-based groups has not often been considered. This is important area of research because these groups may provide a key context and/or mechanism for …
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East of the Tracks: Grassroots Environmentalism in South Mississippi
… in Mississippi among academia, many advocacy groups, and at the state level despite the emergence of several community based grassroots environmental groups throughout Mississippi in recent years. From Columbia, to Crystal Springs, to Hattiesburg, a coalition of environmental groups is forming …
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Negotiating neighborhood priorities : the politics of risk & development in Medellin's Comuna 8
… district in Medellín, this thesis explores how community-based groups situated in municipally-defined areas of high environmental risk negotiate their development priorities with city government and development entities. By examining how risk is invoked, re-interpreted or contested by different …
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Tourism as a local economic development strategy in townships. Langa, Cape Town
… is a process by which local government, community-based groups manage their existing resources to enter in a new partnership arrangement with the private sector or each other to create new partnership arrangements with the private sector to create new jobs and stimulate economic activity …
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Group coaching for wellbeing in a community context
… investigation of group coaching with two community-based groups has been designed to explore how group coaching for wellbeing can foster the wellbeing of individuals. A multi-methods methodology, informed by principles of action research, has been chosen because it is best suited to …
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Unpacking the Contested State of Public Housing in New York City
… and led to the formation of new grassroots groups that not only reject these directions, but also advocate alternatives. This dissertation delves into the details of these plans, the contestations they've inspired, and the futures they engender, with attention to the consequences of these …
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'Knowing me - knowing you': an exploratory and analytical study of the factors at an individual and organisation level which influence housing choices for older people
… of this qualitative, exploratory study are based on data collected and analysed from 22 one to one, semi-structured interviews with 2 groups of older people. The Prospective Group (forward looking to potential changes in their housing needs) comprised 10 older people aged between 57 to 80 …
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Sustainable (‘grass-roots’) approach to Oral Health Promotion Utilising Established NGO and Rural Community Groups
… populations in India, utilising non-dental rural community development groups, specifically those led by Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) involved in community development. The focus of this research was based on a longitudinal cohort study experimental design for exploratory purposes …
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The analysis of determinants and barriers of household sustainable energy transitions in Tanzania
… social capital. We utilize membership into key community groups; Savings and Credit Co-Operative Societies (SACCOS) and other self-help groups as a measure of social capital. We make use of three waves of the 2008-2016 Tanzanian panel data set from a nationally representative household panel …