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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"human dimension"”.
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Investigating the U.S. Army's Human Dimension Strategy
… to "win in a complex world" called the Army Human Dimension Strategy (AHDS). The AHDS elevates the importance of optimizing individuals and teams as a hedge against the future world challenges (2015). While the AHDS applies to all "warfighting" functions, this thesis investigates the Human …
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The human dimension of domestic energy use : an integrated approach
Domestic energy consumption is a multifaceted phenomenon which is dependent on both the social and technical characteristics of domestic households. In this thesis it is argued that such a phenomenon is best understood using an integrated approach, combining both the physical and social theories of …
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Introverted architecture and the human dimension : the conflict of placemaking in the disconnected urban fabric of Doha, Qatar
… an uninviting urban fabric with no regard to the human dimension. The realities of the planning process in Qatar are examined, along with comparative cases and literature on urban design, in order to propose recommendations for an alternative to the urbanism that currently exists.
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Integrating traditional ecological knowledge in South Africa's small-scale fisheries: the Olifants Estuary Gillnet Fishery
… people. One mechanism for incorporating the human dimension into small-scale fishery management is knowledge integration. Through pluralising epistemologies, knowledge integration fosters participative dialogue, improves current knowledge bases, and strengthens management...
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The human dimensions of restoring degraded forests and lands : case of Cameroon
… forest and land restoration. Understanding the human dimension of restoration, which has been recently dominated by ecological dimension assessments is important for strategic planning. Therefore, the objective of this study was to assess the human dimension of forest and land restoration in …
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Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in Guam – a case-study of the perceptions, attitudes, behaviors, and knowledge of a small rural community towards their watershed
… and incorporating these elements of the human dimension in coastal zone management will lead to efficient and effective strategies that safeguard the natural resources for the benefit of the community. By having healthy natural resources, ecological and community resilience to climate …
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Two intimations of being
… to contextual sensibilities and a metaphorical dimension. The use of metaphor employs an experiential anchor in form of the human dimension. The house, a state of being, is a beginning in creativity. It is a place where water and fire meet. The gallery is a path of spatial perception and …
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Towards formulating a comprehensive social security scheme for Lesotho
… need to be addressed by looking at the human dimension and the rights of people to have a decent and affordable life. An improvement in quality of life and livelihood depends on a social transformation which Governments should be ready to implement at the national level. The purpose of …
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What lies beneath: probing the cultural depths of a nature conservation conflict in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland
… of Barra exposes the perils of isolating the human dimension of conservation and planning that ensures sustainable<br/>livelihoods from the natural ecosystem conservation dimension. It considers how challenging the dominant narrative of conservation through the articulation of competing …
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A ripple effect from leadership coaching: Understanding the reach of coaching in organisations
… study which is interested in drawing out the human dimension of organisational life. Multiple methods - interviews, anecdote circles and a company questionnaire - are used to explore patterns of influence flowing from leadership coaching in a small-medium sized enterprise (SME). Thematic …
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Towards an interactive management approach to performance improvement in bureaucratic organization
… from mechanistic doctrine to systemic and humanistic notions. The mechanistic view is still prevailing and playing a dominant role, but, owing to its increasing critics, appeals for renovation of mechanistic principle incessantly arise. The tendency induces diversified approaches for …
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Modelling human wellbeing for fisheries management: Science, extraction and a politics of nature in the Walvis Bay, Namibia
… fishing, and a changing climate and ecology. The human dimension is framed around the concept of wellbeing which in fisheries management emerges as an umbrella term for the social world that is reduced through the logic of neoliberalism to the measurable, enumerable, and indexable social and …
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Female Farm Operators, Gender Relations And The Restructuring Canadian Agricultural System
… through personal interviews, thus adding the human dimension to the statistical profile.;Analyses of census data from the 15 year time span revealed that female farmers share many characteristics in common with their male colleagues, but also differ from them in some interesting ways. For …
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Participatory Inquiry in Practice [PIP]: NGO Accountability, Action Research and Urban Youth in Kampala
… pragmatism, this study utilised a unique multi-dimensional approach to action research to explore the subject of NGO accountability. Utilising cycles of action and reflection, three separate dimensions of action research were run concurrently. The first-dimension of the inquiry captures the …
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An Analysis of the Pedagogical Methods of Hindu Gurus
… means that teachers are unable to address the human dimension and the subjective needs of their students. The study followed a qualitative inquiry design that used an analytic research methodology. It involved a library search for document sources on four Hindu gurus: three males, Ramakrishna …
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Urban Street Design of Mid-size Chinese Cities: The Case of Lishui
… more like developed nations; the traditional human dimensions and function of streets has changed, being replaced by modern, engineered roads and large poorly defined open spaces. This is causing many problems such as loss of street vitality, safety, negative climatic conditions and the lack …
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Knowledge enhanced framework for the design and development of e-workflow systems
… of workflow systems have ignored the human dimension of organisational knowledge creation. To address the above workflow development limitations, this research work has proposed the integration of a new knowledge perspective to the traditional framework for workflow design and …
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Issues and Controversies Surrounding the Use of Plea Bargaining in International Criminal Tribunals
… approaches also fail to take into account any human dimension that may be involved in these negotiations. This thesis goes some way towards remedying this by making use of extensive in-depth interviews with international trial professionals. The thesis incorporates these interviews into an …
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Homo Computator: The Making of Computational Subjectivity through Coding
… science, scholars have often overlooked the human agents behind actual computational work. This thesis explores the human dimension of computation. Today, intelligent machines weave code into the fabric of our world – whether managing logistics or addressing the climate crisis, delivering …
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Population dynamics in first millennium BCE Italy: mobility and ancestry at Fermo, Marche
<p class="MsoNormal">Human migration is a crucial component in the formation of a community and a fundamental aspect of the socio-politic dynamic of a group. Exploring human migration in prehistoric contexts implies many challenges due to the absence of written documents or information other than …
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