This project researches the history of a demolished building and its material that was later salvaged to formulate suggestions for reuse and interpretation within a new structure. The specific case examined was Indianapolis's Oscar C. McCulloch School No. Five demolished in 1986. The architectural glazed terra cotta was rescued from the wreckage and is the focus of this study.This creative project traces the historical and architectural significance of School No. Five, including a discussion on the general history of terra cotta, its use and manufacturing and construction techniques, and how it specifically applies to School No. Five.Next the salvaged terra cotta from School No. Five were assessed in an eight step process. The results of the assessment show the type and extent of deterioration observed on each piece, including a discussion on the various causes of deterioration, general repair, conservation techniques, and finally specific recommendations for the salvaged terra cotta. The project concludes with several design options and interpretations of the reconstructed facade of School No. Five. / Department of Architecture

This project aims to analyze the existing context and propose a strategy to revitalize Fener and Balat, which are two historic districts in Istanbul. During the past two centuries, economic changes, modernization movements and new planning strategies throughout the country have given the city a new shape. Individual buildings, streets, and entire sub-districts exist in various stages of disrepair. But today, Fener and Balat still preserve their distinctive character in their historic major structures, as well as historic commercial and residential districts. This unique character can be seen the districts' assets which are documented in this project along with the many liabilities. This revitalization project focuses on restoring and preserving the human-scaled buildings and pedestrian oriented streets, while creating cultural and tourist-oriented facilities to help economically revitalize the neighborhood. This project serves as a prototype for the revitalization of other historic neighborhoods in Istanbul and other historic Turkish cities. / Department of Architecture

This thesis has presented a comprehensive study on the abandonment of historic school buildings by the Indianapolis Public Schools system from 1970 to 1997. During this period, IPS closed or demolished sixty-four city schools representing nearly fifty-three percent of all Indianapolis public schools in 1970. The principal reason behind the facility closings was a dramatic decline in student enrollment beginning in 1967, but rapidly accelerating after 1970.Several factors contributed to this fall in public school rolls: lower birth rates, the unified government system (Unigov) that merged Indianapolis and Marion County administrative functions, and highway construction and urban renewal projects that cleared large areas of residential neighborhoods. The most significant factor, however, was court mandated integration of Indianapolis public schools in 1970, which led many white families to flee the IPS district and eventually resulted in one way, cross-district busing in 1981.The approaches adopted by Indianapolis Public School officials and the school board between 1970 and 1997, in response to the loss of student population, demonstrates an evolution of policy concerning historic school buildings in the city's inventory. During the early rounds of large scale closings, 1972-1975 and 1980-1981, IPS authorities specifically targeted older schools for closing. This policy changed during the last period of closings, 1995-1997, as some consideration was placed in closing decisions on school buildings' historic and architectural significance.Indianapolis Public School procedures governing the sale of surplus schools also went through a transformation between 1970 and 1997. Until recently, IPS was little concerned about the intended use of former schools by potential buyers. As a result, many historic school buildings were lost due to neglect or outright demolition. In 1997, however, Indianapolis school officials began to take responsibility for ensuring that historic schools leaving IPS's stewardship be preserved. / Department of Architecture

Fourteen historic sites in the Eastern United States were evaluated for ways archaeological evidence was used in the development of living history, public education, and other interpretive programs. A wide range of sites, such as outdoor living history museum villages, active urban public archaeology programs, sites associated with well-known archaeologists, and sites where the author had personal experience, were studied.Techniques used to interpret archaeological resources to the public were identified to ascertain which were found to be the most effective in spreading the word about preservation and conservation. Technological advances have expanded interpretive possibilities and allowed innovations not thought possible ten years ago. These advances will continue, and archaeologists will need to stay abreast of innovative techniques in public interpretation in spite of excitement or trepidation. This study may serve as guidelines for museums wishing to establish innovative, but low-budget, interpretive programs. / Department of Anthropology

Title page, table of contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University of Adelaide Library. / "This thesis argues that during the decade 1983-93 South Australia’s heritage legislation was not effective in protecting Adelaide’s traditional built character. The Bannon government was committed to growth through major developments during an economic recession, and many of those developments entailed at least the partial demolition of heritage-listed buildings." --p. iv. / http://proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/login?url= http://library.adelaide.edu.au/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1277500 / Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of History and Politics, 2007

Title page, table of contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University of Adelaide Library. / "This thesis argues that during the decade 1983-93 South Australia’s heritage legislation was not effective in protecting Adelaide’s traditional built character. The Bannon government was committed to growth through major developments during an economic recession, and many of those developments entailed at least the partial demolition of heritage-listed buildings." --p. iv. / http://proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/login?url= http://library.adelaide.edu.au/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1277500 / Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of History and Politics, 2007

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No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) luciano_cavalcante_jesus_franca.pdf: 8536092 bytes, checksum: 448d28dd9ed3febc9eafc32bf9208be2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018 / Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri (UFVJM) / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior (CAPES) / A degrada??o ambiental em seu contexto geral ? uma realidade presente em todo o Brasil, que vem desencadeando problemas de ordem ambiental, econ?mica e social, muitas vezes permanentes, outras contorn?veis dado o avan?o da pesquisa em restaura??o e conserva??o de ecossistemas degradados. Estudos de fragilidade ambiental potencial direcionam a compreens?o da susceptibilidade ? degrada??o em bacias hidrogr?ficas, e podem auxiliar na prioriza??o de ?reas no planejamento ambiental, ordenamento territorial, restaura??o, conserva??o e preserva??o florestal e de solos. O objetivo desta investiga??o cient?fica foi de realizar uma an?lise da fragilidade ambiental potencial da bacia hidrogr?fica do rio Jequitinhonha, na por??o do estado de Minas Gerais. A metodologia utilizada foi baseada no estabelecimento de graus de fragilidade, de baixo ? extremamente alto, a partir de avalia??o muticriterial de um conjunto de planos de informa??es ambientais: declividade do terreno, classes de solos, dom?nios geol?gicos, hierarquia de drenagens e pluviosidade. Aplicou-se o m?todo de hierarquiza??o para tomada de decis?es e determina??o da import?ncia dos crit?rios por meio do Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), bem como a obten??o do ?ndice e raz?o de consist?ncia da matriz AHP. Para os procedimentos de an?lises em planilhas de dados, utilizou-se o software Excel, e para as an?lises em plataforma SIG, o software ArcGis 10.3.1. A classe de fragilidade ambiental potencial com maior representatividade ? a denominada m?dia fragilidade, e ocorre em uma extens?o de 19.244,1 km?, equivalente a 30% da ?rea total da bacia hidrogr?fica, que ? de 66.319 km?. Uma ?rea de 12.430,57 km? (19,4%) da bacia apresenta fragilidade baixa, 18.540,93 km? (28,9%) sob levemente baixa, e as classe alta e extremamente alta, representam 10.519,63 km? (16,4%) e 3.416,15 km? (5,3%), respectivamente. A Raz?o de Consist?ncia (RC) calculada para a matriz de pondera??o de hierarquiza??o dos crit?rios para a ?lgebra de mapas, foi de 0,0781, dentro dos limites de coer?ncia e confiabilidade aceit?veis pela metodologia AHP. A condi??o de maior ou menor fragilidade ambiental potencial, revela-se principalmente ao grau de prote??o quanto a cobertura vegetal nativa, no contexto das formas de ocupa??o do territ?rio e impactos ambientais sob o qual a bacia hidrogr?fica est? sujeita, condi??es que direcionam ou n?o ? degrada??o dos solos. Destaca-se que, al?m dos resultados obtidos neste estudo, s?o necess?rias outras investiga??es que complementem e testem a combina??o de novos crit?rios, que englobem tamb?m distintos focos de aplicabilidade e tomadas de decis?o nas ci?ncias florestal, ambiental e agr?ria. / Disserta??o (Mestrado) ? Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Ci?ncia Florestal, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, 2018. / The environmental degradation in its general context is a reality present throughout Brazil, which has been unleashing environmental, economic and social problems, which are often permanent, others that are contrived due to the progress of research in restoration and conservation of degraded ecosystems. Potential environmental fragility studies guide the understanding of susceptibility to degradation in watersheds, and may assist in the prioritization of areas in environmental planning, land management, restoration, forest and soil conservation and preservation. The objective of this scientific investigation was to analyze the potential environmental fragility of the Jequitinhonha river basin in the state of Minas Gerais. The methodology used was based on the establishment of degrees of fragility, from low to extremely high, based on a multi-criteria assessment of a set of environmental information plans: terrain slope, soil classes, geological domains, drainage hierarchy and rainfall. The hierarchical method was applied for decision making and determination of the importance of the criteria through the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), as well as obtaining the index and consistency ratio of the AHP matrix. For the analysis procedures in spreadsheets, the software Excel was used, and for the analyzes in platform GIS, the software ArcGis 10.3.1. The class of potential environmental fragility with greater representativeness is the denominated average fragility, and occurs in an extension of 19.244,1 km ?, equivalent to 30% of the total area of the watershed, that is of 66.319 km ?. An area of 12,430.57 km? (19.4%) of the basin presents low fragility, 18,540.93 km? (28.9%) under slightly low, and the upper and extremely high class represent 10,519.63 km? (16.4 %) and 3,416.15 km? (5.3%), respectively. The Consistency Ratio (RC) calculated for the hierarchy matrix of the criteria for map algebra was 0.0781, within the limits of coherence and reliability acceptable by the AHP methodology. The condition of greater or lesser potential environmental fragility is mainly due to the degree of protection of native vegetation cover, in the context of the forms of occupation of the territory and environmental impacts under which the river basin is subject, conditions that degradation of soils. In addition to the results obtained in this study, further research is required to complement and test the combination of new criteria, which also encompasses different foci of applicability and decision making in the forest, environmental and agrarian sciences.

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O objetivo desta investiga??o cient?fica foi de realizar uma an?lise da fragilidade ambiental potencial da bacia hidrogr?fica do rio Jequitinhonha, na por??o do estado de Minas Gerais. A metodologia utilizada foi baseada no estabelecimento de graus de fragilidade, de baixo ? extremamente alto, a partir de avalia??o muticriterial de um conjunto de planos de informa??es ambientais: declividade do terreno, classes de solos, dom?nios geol?gicos, hierarquia de drenagens e pluviosidade. Aplicou-se o m?todo de hierarquiza??o para tomada de decis?es e determina??o da import?ncia dos crit?rios por meio do Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), bem como a obten??o do ?ndice e raz?o de consist?ncia da matriz AHP. Para os procedimentos de an?lises em planilhas de dados, utilizou-se o software Excel, e para as an?lises em plataforma SIG, o software ArcGis 10.3.1. A classe de fragilidade ambiental potencial com maior representatividade ? a denominada m?dia fragilidade, e ocorre em uma extens?o de 19.244,1 km?, equivalente a 30% da ?rea total da bacia hidrogr?fica, que ? de 66.319 km?. Uma ?rea de 12.430,57 km? (19,4%) da bacia apresenta fragilidade baixa, 18.540,93 km? (28,9%) sob levemente baixa, e as classe alta e extremamente alta, representam 10.519,63 km? (16,4%) e 3.416,15 km? (5,3%), respectivamente. A Raz?o de Consist?ncia (RC) calculada para a matriz de pondera??o de hierarquiza??o dos crit?rios para a ?lgebra de mapas, foi de 0,0781, dentro dos limites de coer?ncia e confiabilidade aceit?veis pela metodologia AHP. A condi??o de maior ou menor fragilidade ambiental potencial, revela-se principalmente ao grau de prote??o quanto a cobertura vegetal nativa, no contexto das formas de ocupa??o do territ?rio e impactos ambientais sob o qual a bacia hidrogr?fica est? sujeita, condi??es que direcionam ou n?o ? degrada??o dos solos. Destaca-se que, al?m dos resultados obtidos neste estudo, s?o necess?rias outras investiga??es que complementem e testem a combina??o de novos crit?rios, que englobem tamb?m distintos focos de aplicabilidade e tomadas de decis?o nas ci?ncias florestal, ambiental e agr?ria. / Disserta??o (Mestrado) ? Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Ci?ncia Florestal, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, 2018. / The environmental degradation in its general context is a reality present throughout Brazil, which has been unleashing environmental, economic and social problems, which are often permanent, others that are contrived due to the progress of research in restoration and conservation of degraded ecosystems. Potential environmental fragility studies guide the understanding of susceptibility to degradation in watersheds, and may assist in the prioritization of areas in environmental planning, land management, restoration, forest and soil conservation and preservation. The objective of this scientific investigation was to analyze the potential environmental fragility of the Jequitinhonha river basin in the state of Minas Gerais. The methodology used was based on the establishment of degrees of fragility, from low to extremely high, based on a multi-criteria assessment of a set of environmental information plans: terrain slope, soil classes, geological domains, drainage hierarchy and rainfall. The hierarchical method was applied for decision making and determination of the importance of the criteria through the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), as well as obtaining the index and consistency ratio of the AHP matrix. For the analysis procedures in spreadsheets, the software Excel was used, and for the analyzes in platform GIS, the software ArcGis 10.3.1. The class of potential environmental fragility with greater representativeness is the denominated average fragility, and occurs in an extension of 19.244,1 km ?, equivalent to 30% of the total area of the watershed, that is of 66.319 km ?. An area of 12,430.57 km? (19.4%) of the basin presents low fragility, 18,540.93 km? (28.9%) under slightly low, and the upper and extremely high class represent 10,519.63 km? (16.4 %) and 3,416.15 km? (5.3%), respectively. The Consistency Ratio (RC) calculated for the hierarchy matrix of the criteria for map algebra was 0.0781, within the limits of coherence and reliability acceptable by the AHP methodology. The condition of greater or lesser potential environmental fragility is mainly due to the degree of protection of native vegetation cover, in the context of the forms of occupation of the territory and environmental impacts under which the river basin is subject, conditions that degradation of soils. In addition to the results obtained in this study, further research is required to complement and test the combination of new criteria, which also encompasses different foci of applicability and decision making in the forest, environmental and agrarian sciences.

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have been embraced by a number of public institutions in Masvingo province of Zimbabwe as part of the government’s drive towards e-governance and improved service delivery. This has resulted in the generation of large volumes of digital records that are invaluable for strengthening accountability, transparency, decision making and service delivery. Preservation of these digital records has been cited as a daunting task for most institutions especially in sub-Saharan Africa. The dynamic nature of information technologies, obsolescence issues, as well as media degradation require digital preservation strategies in place to ensure that digital records remain accessible and usable over time. However, the National Archives of Zimbabwe (NAZ) mandated to preserve all types of records is at the moment unable to ingest digital records from public departments for preservation due to lack of adequate digital storage facilities and skilled manpower. The records creating agencies in Masvingo have been left on their own to deal with the digital preservation conundrum yet they are also faced with similar challenges. This qualitative study utilised the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) reference model as the conceptual framework to explore the strategies for preservation of digital records in Masvingo province in Zimbabwe. Data was gathered through interviews with officials from 13 out of 15 public departments that preserved digital records in Masvingo province, augmented by observation and document analysis. Research data was manually processed and thematically analysed in line with the objectives of the study. The study established that the strategies for preservation of digital records in Masvingo province were failing to guarantee their long-term preservation and security due to lack of supportive legislation, standards, policy guidelines, budgets, adequate and conducive infrastructure and skills. This has resulted in swathes of digital memory being lost. The study recommended the adoption of trusted digital repositories (TDRs) that are compliant to the OAIS standard, close co-operation between records creating agencies, NAZ, information technology (IT) experts and the academia in tackling digital preservation challenges, and the development of preservation policies and guidelines, as well as continuous training and provision of budgets to cater for preservation of digital records. In the absence of infrastructure, the NAZ should consider cloud computing for preservation of digital records as an interim solution while observing legal obligations. / Information Science / M. Inf. (Archival Science)

This study explores representation and use of indigenous heritage constructs with a view to identifying implications thereof for the quality and relevance of heritage education practices in post colonial southern Africa. Framed within a critical hermeneutic research paradigm under-laboured by critical realist ontology, the study was conducted using a multiple case study research design. The data collection protocol was three-phased, starting with a process of contextual profiling, within which insights were gained into discourses shaping the constitution and orientation of heritage education practices at the Albany Museum in South Africa, the Great Zimbabwe Monument in Zimbabwe and the Supa Ngwao Museum in Botswana. The second phase of data collection entailed modelling workshops in which educators engaged in discussion around the status of heritage education in post apartheid South Africa. This highlighted, through modelled lessons, some of the tensions, challenges and implications for working with notions of social transformation and inclusivity in heritage education. The third phase of data collection involved in-depth interviews. Twelve purposively selected research participants were interviewed between 2010 and 2011. Data generated across the study was processed and subjected to different levels of critical discourse analysis. Besides noting how heritage education in post colonial southern Africa is poorly framed and under-researched, this study revealed that current forms of representing indigenous heritage constructs are influenced more by socio-political discourses than the need to protect and conserve local heritage resources. The study also noted that the observed heritage education practices are oriented more towards addressing issues related to marginalisation and alienation of indigenous cultures and practices, than enhancing learners’ agency to manage and utilise local heritage resources in a more sustainable ways. Based on these findings the study recommends re-positioning heritage education within the framework of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). ESD acknowledges both issues of social justice and the dialectical interplay between nature and culture; as such, it may allow for representation and use of indigenous heritage constructs in ways that expand current political orientations to include sustainability as an additional objective of heritage education. Given that little research focusing on heritage education has been undertaken within southern Africa, the findings of this study provide a basis upon which future research may emerge.