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Showing 1 to 20 of 93 for “"institutional barriers"”.
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Legal and institutional barriers to municipal wastewater reuse in Virginia Beach, Virginia
… economic, social acceptance, and legal-institutional issues are discussed as the major factors affecting the use of reclaimed wastewater. The preliminary hypothesis of this thesis is that legal and institutional factors are critical obstacles to the reuse of wastewater in satisfying …
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SCIENCE ADVICE IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICYMAKING: AN EXAMINATION OF INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS IN THE CANADIAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
… research suggests that there are a number of barriers preventing the utilization of science in policy. This thesis examines such barriers in the context of environmental policymaking in the Canadian federal government. It uses a collection of multidisciplinary literature, Canadian federal …
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Institutional barriers to an intermodal integrated public transport system in the City of Cape Town
… Therefore, this study aims to investigate the institutional barriers that impact the extent to which an urban public transport system can be integrated. The aim was achieved through collecting data from several interviews with public and private professionals involved with transport in the City …
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Understanding the Occupational Therapy Perspective of Working with the Homeless Population: Self-Care Interventions
… in different settings, client-centered care, and institutional barriers and supports. </p>
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The Underrepresentation of Marginalizied Parents in Family-School-Community Networks: A Matter of Social Justice in Urban Public School Systems
… a clear analysis of causal explanation for institutional barriers and perceptions that exist in schools. This dissertation in practice contains a road map and suggestions for urban educational leaders who intend to improve the conditions of engagement between families, communities and school …
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The Impact of the Public Sector Equality Duties on higher education: a case study
… authorities to be proactive in order to address institutional discrimination. They require public authorities to take a substantive approach to equality by removing institutional barriers and focussing on equality outcomes. The aim of this thesis is to consider the implementation and impact of …
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Development and disappointment : an ethnographic study of Kosovo informal settlement's water and sanitation system upgrade
… systems; and to identify any other social or institutional barriers to providing water and sanitation services in similar contexts. It was found that the development project was a complete failure. This dissertation describes the ways in which the municipality engaged with residents and other …
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A tale of two cities : the regulation of particulate air pollution in Mexico City and Los Angeles
… agencies in Mexico City lack the requisite institutional capacity, political resources and financial resources to adequately address the particulate and ozone air pollution problem. Subsequently, any policies aimed at reducing the particulate levels in Mexico City need to be tailored towards …
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Experiences of nontraditional college students in a music education program
… persistence in college were identified, such as barriers and sources of support. Interviews, demographic questionnaires, and researcher journal notes provided data for analysis. Although catalysts for returning to school vary, findings show that nontraditional college students aspire to become …
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Mentoring Latinx Students through Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies at a Predominately White Institution
… an alarmingly low number complete their degrees. Institutional barriers such as racism, language discrimination, cultural conflict, privilege of citizenship, and lack of role models present challenges to degree completion for Latinx students. One important yet understudied mechanism of support is …
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A political economy analysis of liquid fuel production incentives in South Africa
… Africa in the present. Using the historical institutional approach, the study then places these measures of support in the South African political economy environment so as to understand the institutional barriers to their reform. In doing so, the study sheds light on the drivers informing …
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Systemic impediments to constructing energy-efficient commercial buildings
… a paper entitled "Energy-Efficient Buildings: Institutional Barriers and Opportunities". In it, he detailed roadblocks to constructing energy efficient commercial buildings- from the fear of lenders to finance the unknown, to developers unmotivated to instill efficiency, to mechanical engineers …
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Nurse's Perceptions Toward the Use of Nonpharmacologic Interventions for Chronic Pain Management
… selected patient, health professional, and institutional barriers to chronic pain management with selected educational or practice area attributes. The research design utilized a survey, non-experimental approach. The purposive sample consisted of 98 Registered Nurses practicing in-patient …
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Sealing The Cracks of The Educational Pipeline: Counterstories That Reveal Cultural Resiliency and Collective Responsibility in Latinas’ K-16 Success
… is to discover and describe the successes and institutional barriers along the educational pipeline for Latinas who are the first in their families to have successfully completed their undergraduate degrees. This research explores the unique elements of gender such as gender role socialization …
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Institutional Factors Contributing to the Under-representation of African American Women in Higher Education: Perceptions of Women in Leadership Positions
… States. This study focused on the perceived institutional barriers that have contributed to the under-representation of African American women in higher education senior administration and strategies that were used to overcome perceived barriers. Critical Race Theory was used as a lens to …
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Teaching News Literacy in the Age Of New Media: Why Secondary School Students Should Be Taught to Judge the Credibility of the News They Consume
… lessons in the classroom, as well as the institutional barriers to broadening studentsΓÇÖ access to news literacy instruction.
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Issues for non-traditional undergraduate students living in traditional college and university residence halls : a modified Delphi study
This study identified issues, problems, barriers and opportunities which impact the residential experience for non-traditional undergraduate students living in traditional college and university residence halls. Non-traditional students were defined as students twenty-five years of age or older. …
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An agentic approach to investigating barriers to access and participation on the pathways of mature adult students in Namibia
… of the current study is to investigate the barriers to access and participation for mature adult students aiming to live their lifelong dream of becoming teachers. As a result, this study is also necessary, as it can provide valuable knowledge regarding the teaching profession in Namibia …
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"Keep it rural": the politics of planning for smart growth in South Fulton County, Georgia
… and biologically important land, political and institutional barriers to their implementation remain strong. A more robust understanding of the political environment in which plans with strong growth management are enacted and implemented is necessary if we are to find solutions to the problems …
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Evaluating next-generation environmental policy tools : adaptive management in the Bureau of Land Management
… management process. I also identify a number of institutional barriers that have prevented BLM from consistently including the critical elements.
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