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The design of a centre for further education in the creative professions, situated in the Pretoria inner city.Opperman, Landie. January 2010 (has links)
Thesis (MTech. degree in Architecture: Professional)--Tshwane University of Technology, 2010. / The thesis comprises the design of a building to facilitate teaching and learning for mature learners, specifically in the creative professions, in the centre of Pretoria. The building offers facilities and spaces for visiting artists, tutors and mentors as well as for courses and workshops in continuous professional development. A limited number of short term living quarters are also provided for visiting artists. Because of the central urban location, the building will also include retail components as well as exhibition and multimedia spaces for the general public. The design involves a new development as well as the renovation and embracing of the Ons Eerste Volksbank building.
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An urban-agricultural hub, Umngeni, Durban.Maphumulo, Mfundo Archibald. January 2008 (has links)
Thesis (MTech. degree in Architecture: Professional)--Tshwane University of Technology, 2008. / The aim of this dissertation is to design an urban-agricultural building to facilitate small scale intensive farming on the edge of the city of Durban. The buildings assume the typology of a vertical farm which has been named the 'ZED' farm, 'ZED' being dichotomous. Firstly the term has been borrowed from Bill Dunster Architects who coined the acronym 'ZED' (Zero Energy Development), which is one of the project's inherent objectives. The second meaning of 'ZED' is a translation of the building's main programmatic function of production in the vertical Z-axis. The site is located on the interface of the metropolitan edge, in an area bustling with activity ranging from industry, trade, recreation, public transportation, and a residential component. This area is flanked by the Umgeni Road corridor and the Suncoast Casino lifestyle entertainment centre along the beachfront.
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The accountability of a non-government organisation: an analysis of a neighbourhood level communitydevelopment projectWan, Ngai-teck, Alice., 溫艾狄. January 1996 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Public Administration / Master / Master of Public Administration
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The spirit of nature: transforming an inner city school groundsPevec, Ilene Susan 11 1900 (has links)
This action research project began as the revitalization of inner city school grounds
through the design and construction of a school and community garden. The project's intent was
to give inner city children contact with nature as well hands-on learning experiences in all
subjects through the planting, tending and harvesting of vegetables, flowers, and native plants.
In partnership with a landscape architecture student, I involved the children, teachers, parents
and neighbours of the school in designing and planting the gardens they wanted in order to
transform a grass field into a biologically diverse environment reflective of the neighborhood
cultures and the indigenous wildlife. Our collaboration became the soil and seeds of an
ecological and cultural restoration focused on the First Nations community of the school.
People, public art, plant and animal life came together in a dynamic process of education
and community change. Inspired by John Dewey's theories of learning through doing, by the
work of his Brazilian protege Anisio Teixeira, and by the work of Paulo Freire in adult literacy
and political empowerment, this project has been inclusive of members of this culturally diverse
community of First Nations and refugee families. The physical transformation of the grounds
through First Nations architecture, sculpture and native plants has given visible proof to the
community that when everyone works together to create a vision, then cooperates to make it
happen, that vision can be realized.
My thesis follows the process itself as well as the many questions I have asked
throughout about the meaning of pedagogy, leadership, empowerment and collaboration. As an
educator with her roots in community activism and teaching for social justice, the Grandview
garden has challenged me to reexamine my roots in light of a particular cultural, social and
political context where my own vision and voice needed to blend harmoniously with the diverse
visions and voices of many others.
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Sustainable community planning and design : a demostration project as pathway, the case of Egebjerggård, Ballerup, DenmarkVan Vliet, David R. 05 1900 (has links)
Much of the sustainable community planning and design discourse has been about
prescribing and defining ends. A large gap exists between goals for sustainability and the ways
and means to achieve them. Multiple barriers are encountered when implementation attempts are
made. The research addresses the question: In what ways can demonstration projects increase
social learning of effective planning, design and policy alternatives that assist in developing
sustainable urban communities? Demonstration here is an area based, site specific planning and
design process and built project showing potential adopters the benefits of employing various
innovations.
Five fields of scholarship and research (land-use and sustainable development; planning and
design participation; urban experimentation and demonstration; innovation, diffusion and social
learning; action for innovation and implementation) are drawn upon to inform the objectives. An
analytical-evaluative framework for sustainable planning and design is developed, then applied in a
detailed case study. The case study of Egebjerggard, a 928 dwelling, mixed use neighbourhood in
Ballerup, Denmark provides an analysis of how leading practice can contribute to a better
understanding of the potentials and challenges for advancing community policy, design and
implementation at the neighbourhood and city-wide level. The analysis enables the interpretation
of the Ballerup experience and the transfer of principles to the Canadian context. Two initiatives in
sustainable community development in Calgary and Vancouver indicate the issues, opportunities
and the state of practice. A proposed demonstration strategy outlines possible new institutional and
organizational capacities and relationships in the Canadian residential planning and delivery
system.
The main contributions include: i) an empirical and descriptive-analytical case study
providing a detailed account of integrated planning implementation and policy development in
Denmark, ii) a strategy, its structure, organization and functions to carry out demonstration /
exhibition in Canadian municipalities, iii) a normative proposition for and the evidence to support
an expanded notion of demonstration directing attention to their value and potential. The benefits
and returns outlined serve as a general argument for proceeding with a neighbourhood scale fully
featured demonstration in any city in Canada.
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Southgate Town Centre Concept Plan : designing a "functional" communityGardam, Elaine Ruth 11 1900 (has links)
It is estimated that the population of the City of Nanaimo will almost double in the next 25 years. In
the past, Nanaimo's urban growth has been absorbed using a typical pattern of development - stripmalls,
supported by ever-expanding low-density suburban sprawl. This development seems to have
occurred with little or no forethought to its environmental or social consequences. Urban sprawl is
consuming our land and endangering the natural ecosystems in our region.
In response to the ecological and social problems of urban sprawl the City of Nanaimo, in coordination
with the Regional District of Nanaimo, has developed a Growth Management Plan. The
Plan focuses on creating compact communities within the city boundary, thereby alleviating sprawl
and mamtaining the ecological integrity of the hinterlands. We must now seek ways of designing
neighbourhoods that not only accommodate our growing population but also enhance both the human
and environmental "functioning" of the site.
This project examines a sustainable growth strategy for one of Nanaimo's designated urban growth
areas. The Southgate Town Centre Concept Plan is the product of an integrated planning process and
is based on principles of sustainable and complete communities. The Plan addresses the basic
functional elements of a community (habitat and watershed integrity, pedestrian and traffic
circulation, and residential and commercial development) and explores how the application of
sustainability principles can result in a functional community.
The result is a comprehensive design of an urban growth area that has accommodated density while
also improving the ecological, social and experiential fimctioning of the site. The design addresses the
relationship of the site to its watershed context and its surrounding community. As a comprehensive
document it also serves as a model for similar urban development areas.
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Muslim identity and gated community development in Durban.Taleb, Nasseema. January 2005 (has links)
No abstract available. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2005.
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The application of a participatory evaluation method to the public library : the case of Tholulwazi Library, Besters Camp, Inanda, Durban.Wyley, Chantelle Hulda. January 1997 (has links)
A participatory evaluation method used to evaluate development projects is
applied to the public library. The Tholulwazi Library, Besters Camp, Inanda - the first library established by the Durban Municipal Library service in an informal settlement - is the case used in the study. The developmental context of public libraries in South Africa in the 1990s provided part of the justification for this approach. This context relates to community demands for libraries along with other development services, as well as claims of developmental and educational benefit used to motivate for public library funding. Diminishing public budgets and calls for efficiency and effectiveness in the public service, suggest the need to evaluate and demonstrate impact and community benefit. In addition a survey of the literature on library evaluation since the 1970s indicates that useful, easily applicable methods of library evaluation are unavailable to the practitioner, hence the justification for considering models developed in other sectors. This thesis surveys the library evaluation literature, and then looks to trends in the evaluation of social service and development projects and programmes. An approach which combines a systematic and objectives-oriented approach, effected by a participatory methodology is selected and applied to the Tholulwazi Library.
The evaluation takes place via a questionnaire survey of a group of library
users (students), a use register and library counter-based survey;
supplemented by existing population data on the Besters area. A work group
consisting of library staff and user representatives, facilitated by the author,
conducted the evaluation. The evaluation results reflect on the validity of library planning, and quantify
and qualify the extent and type of use of students users, and the benefit
derived. These results are analysed in relation to library objectives, and the
coincidence or deviation commented upon. Recommendations for action in the
management of Tholulwazi Library are given, as well as recommendations
applicable to the planning and establishment of new libraries in other informal
settlements and townships.
Suggestions as to further use of this evaluation approach are given, in addition
to comments on the relevance and applicability of the methodology. These
focus on the strategic and managerial benefit of demonstrating a link between
library resources and activities (funded by public moneys), to use and user
benefit. The use of a participatory methodology is shown to be technically
necessary in demonstrating this link, as well as politically strategic. Valid and appropriate decision-making by management needs input from all levels, hence
the value of utilising 'multiple realities' of all groupings involved with delivery at
a particular service point, in such an evaluation.
The approach used suggests a more conscious approach to management of
libraries generally. It points to specific, periodic reflection on and analysis of the
role of the library as a social institution and the societal problems addressed.
This includes analysis of the library environment, focusing on existing and
potential target groups. The analysis applies in relation to conscious planning
procedures, as well as ongoing monitoring and periodic evaluation of
endeavours. / Thesis (M.I.S.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 1997.
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The application of a participatory evaluation method to the public library : the case of Tholulwazi Library, Besters Camp, Inanda, Durban.Wyley, Chantelle Hulda. January 1997 (has links)
A participatory evaluation method used to evaluate development projects is
applied to the public library. The Tholulwazi Library, Besters Camp, Inanda - the
first library established by the Durban Municipal Library service in an informal
settlement - is the case used in the study.
The developmental context of public libraries in South Africa in the 1990s
provided part of the justification for this approach. This context relates to
community demands for libraries along with other development services, as
well as claims of developmental and educational benefit used to motivate for
public library funding. Diminishing public budgets and calls for efficiency and
effectiveness in the public service, suggest the need to evaluate and
demonstrate impact and community benefit.
In addition a survey of the literature on library evaluation since the 1970s
indicates that useful, easily applicable methods of library evaluation are
unavailable to the practitioner, hence the justification for considering models
developed in other sectors.
This thesis surveys the library evaluation literature, and then looks to trends in
the evaluation of social service and development projects and programmes. An
approach which combines a systematic and objectives-oriented approach,
effected by a participatory methodology is selected and applied to the
Tholulwazi Library.
The evaluation takes place via a questionnaire survey of a group of library
users (students), a use register and library counter-based survey;
supplemented by existing population data on the Besters area. A work group
consisting of library staff and user representatives, facilitated by the author,
conducted the evaluation.
The evaluation results reflect on the validity of library planning, and quantify
and qualify the extent and type of use of students users, and the benefit
derived. These results are analysed in relation to library objectives, and the
coincidence or deviation commented upon. Recommendations for action in the
management of Tholulwazi Library are given, as well as recommendations
applicable to the planning and establishment of new libraries in other informal
settlements and townships.
Suggestions as to further use of this evaluation approach are given, in addition
to comments on the relevance and applicability of the methodology. These
focus on the strategic and managerial benefit of demonstrating a link between
library resources and activities (funded by public moneys), to use and user
benefit. The use of a participatory methodology is shown to be technically
necessary in demonstrating this link, as well as politically strategic. Valid and
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appropriate decision-making by management needs input from all levels, hence
the value of utilising 'multiple realities' of all groupings involved with delivery at
a particular service point, in such an evaluation.
The approach used suggests a more conscious approach to management of
libraries generally. It points to specific, periodic reflection on and analysis of the
role of the library as a social institution and the societal problems addressed.
This includes analysis of the library environment, focusing on existing and
potential target groups. The analysis applies in relation to conscious planning
procedures, as well as ongoing monitoring and periodic evaluation of
endeavours. / Thesis (M.I.S.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 1997.
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Community development corporations : can local government do more towards building the capacity of their CDCs?Fortner, Stephanie January 1999 (has links)
This thesis examines a comprehensive planning model to determine the level of citizen participation The purpose of this thesis was to document ways in which a local government can be a partner with its community development corporations (CDCs) rather than an obstacle. The paper used Indianapolis' CDCs and their support network as a case study. The research identified four needs of a CDC to build capacity: funding, technical assistance, political networking, and internal management. This document intended to find the sources of support to meet these needs in Indianapolis. In the end, the primary focus was not necessarily what local government gave to the CDCs, but how they delivered the needed resources.Interviews were conducted with several individuals in Indianapolis to explore the support network available to CDCs. Members of the Indianapolis support network included the Department of Metropolitan Development--Division of Community Development and Financial Services, the Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership (INHP), the Local Initiative Support Corporation (LISC), and the Indianapolis Coalition for Neighborhood Development (ICND). The questions asked of these individuals focused on how they fulfill the needs of the CDCs, and their perspective on the efforts of the local government.There are several characteristics and components to this support network in which another city could learn from or replicate. For instance, the local government should not be a reluctant supporter of it's CDCs. Building trust and long term relationships benefits the partnership between the city and CDCs. It is in the best interest of the CDCs if a local government encouraged a charitable environment. The local government needs to realize that the partnership with a CDC only works if there is a shared vision between the two. Finally, each member of the support network for the CDCs need to define what is really meant by the concept of partnership. / Department of Urban Planning
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