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Showing 1 to 20 of 63 for “"sustainable community"”.
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Sustainable community development - impact of residents' behaviour on total sustainability of a sustainable community
Planners and designers of sustainable communities claim they design them according to sustainability principles, but residents must also embrace those principles in their private lives in order to reduce the community's ecological footprint. One such sustainable community is the "UniverCity" on …
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Resettlement & Namibian San communities: prospectives for sustainable community development through empowerment
… to San people as the most marginalised Namibian community. A critical evaluation of the resettlement process, however, reveals that this is simply rhetoric. Project planning and design is centralised and is undertaken on an ad hoc basis. Resettlement is enabled by rigid, prescriptive and …
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Partnership as a strategy in implementing sustainable community development in Mandeni Municipality
Community development in rural areas is under stress due to numerous setbacks such as theft, neglect, and lack of skills from the community to support development initiatives. The municipality remains the only relevant government institution that could deal with this unsustainable nature of …
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Urban Design Workshops: A System Model of Engagement for Sustainable Community Development
… to test the proposed model and applicability to sustainable land use at a site selected for the potential of transit-oriented development. The research addresses cities’ future growth and resilience, leveraging local and lived experience with professional and technical expertise. Keywords: Urban …
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Sustainable community : seeking sustainable potentials in an urban community in Kobe, Japan
… In order to explore this, the thesis seeks sustainable potentials in an urban inner-city community in Kobe, Japan and develops a sustainable community with proposals of systems and community design in the scale of urban design, a block, streets, and architecture. The site is located in …
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On the road to sustainable community forestry: a case study of three British Columbia forestry-dependent towns
… around the world have developed viable community forestry frameworks and successful operations as a means of addressing sustainability, social and economic issues. While a number of community forestry supports are available in B.C., many communities continue to experience difficulties …
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A bottom-up participatory governance institutional framework for sustainable community development in a Malaysian sub-urban area
… in governance institutional framework for a sustainable community development has been recognised as being a major social, economic and environment concern which has been a focal point of the United Nation and deliberated in Rio+20 summit. The UNEP (2012) report recognised that the present …
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Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Community Based Rural Tourism (CBRT) Development: the case of East Coast Economic Region (ECER), Malaysia
The launch of sustainable community based rural tourism (CBRT) programs in 1996 by the Ministry of Tourism of Malaysia (MOTOUR) indicated the government's commitment to incorporate sustainable development principles into the national tourism planning and development framework. Since then, the …
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Exploring the Role of Rural Community–College Partnerships in Sustainable Community Development: A Case Study of Selkirk College, British Columbia, Canada
This study examines how rural community–college partnerships contribute to sustainable community development in rural Canada through an explanatory, embedded case study of Selkirk College, located in the Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada. Three embedded units were investigated: the School …
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Sustainable Community Development in Boom and Bust Economies: A Comparative Case Analysis of Institutional Stakeholder Interaction in Four Appalachian Natural Resource Dependent Locales
… work to restore local environments through sustainable community development, the research is grounded in sustainable community development literature. I continue the trend that juxtaposes its considerations of environmental protection, economic development, and social justice with the …
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Social Design, Field Studies, Sustainable Development: How Design Research Methods have been Applied to Fieldwork Study and Enable Sustainable Community Development in Three Case Studies
… and seek ways in which design can bring about sustainable community development. In the process of conducting the research, some key elements leading to sustainability were identified that helped to create a “Design Model for Sustainable Community Development.” Through in-depth research of …
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Sustainable community economic development : a study of the extent to which the concept of sustainability has been incorporated into economic development strategies in Michigan's regions
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 69-71)
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Contesting sustainable community development through the Olympic Games in the era of globalization: The case of Daegwallyeong-myeon, host community of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games
This study examines community development of a small town in South Korea, PyeongChang, host community for the 2018 Winter Olympics, focusing on the global and local interaction between the Olympic Games and Daegwallyeong-myeon, the local host community. Using qualitative method, namely critical …
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Harmony
… of harmony in architecture, design, and sustainable community development.
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Urban facilities management as a systemic process to achieve urban sustainability in South Africa
… management (UFM) is to identify ways to promote sustainable urban development at a community/precinct level. One potential approach is via the application of sustainable community assessment/rating tools which have seen increased popularity amongst urban planners and developers over the past …
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Leading the way to sustainability : a First Nation's case study in self-sufficiency
Alderville is a First Nation community in southern Ontario, Canada. Recently, Alderville First Nation has emerged as a leader in clean energy. Guided by a shared community interest, Alderville has undertaken a large solar project, which is entirely owned by the community. The successful outcomes of …
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Mora county, New Mexico, and Tapetes de Lana: Weaving the tapestry of poverty and cultural preservation
… crafts and at the same time provide a sustainable, community-based source of income for local residents.
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Literacy for livelihoods: A case study of the impact of formal and informal literacy programs in Nangi Village, rural Nepal
… strategies and outcomes of households and the community of Nangi village, central west Nepal. The importance of the research lies in the understanding of the influence of this Magar ethnic group’s community decision to mandate formal education for all primary-aged children. In addition, the …
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