Thesis (M.Tech.: Office Management and Technology)-Durban Institute of Technology, 2004 v, 105 leaves / This topic was initiated because of love of community development and information communication application by the researcher. It was further strengthened by taking part during the International Wowen University (Ifu) practice in 2000. The main theme of the study was Information Age. Ifu is well known as the virtual university, which is based in Germany at the University of Hamburg. The researcher, together with eight other women from different countries, designed and developed a model for community development by using ICTs. The model can be used as a basic guide for similar projects. The work, therefore in this thesis is based on personal experiences shared experiences, and research as well as by reading others experiences. This study provides ideas for potential community development by using Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) in rural areas with special reference to Ward Three of Durban Metro. The results of the study confirmed the saying “If you can’t beat them join them”. This study reported on research conducted in two different rural areas known as Bamshela and Ward Three. The results from the first area Bamshela, illustrated the way forward for Ward Three. Since the ICTs center exists in Bamshela the author received more information about the centre’s utilisation than its establishment. The focus on the second area emphasises the necessity, awareness and participation in community development. The three specifics focuses on whether there is a need for the ICTs centre for community development. Further more the study focused on areas where ICTs played prominent roles, such as in policy making, education, globalisation, ICTs, community development and participation of community members in community development projects.

Thesis (M.Tech.: Office Management and Technology)-Durban Institute of Technology, 2004 v, 105 leaves / This topic was initiated because of love of community development and information communication application by the researcher. It was further strengthened by taking part during the International Wowen University (Ifu) practice in 2000. The main theme of the study was Information Age. Ifu is well known as the virtual university, which is based in Germany at the University of Hamburg. The researcher, together with eight other women from different countries, designed and developed a model for community development by using ICTs. The model can be used as a basic guide for similar projects. The work, therefore in this thesis is based on personal experiences shared experiences, and research as well as by reading others experiences. This study provides ideas for potential community development by using Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) in rural areas with special reference to Ward Three of Durban Metro. The results of the study confirmed the saying “If you can’t beat them join them”. This study reported on research conducted in two different rural areas known as Bamshela and Ward Three. The results from the first area Bamshela, illustrated the way forward for Ward Three. Since the ICTs center exists in Bamshela the author received more information about the centre’s utilisation than its establishment. The focus on the second area emphasises the necessity, awareness and participation in community development. The three specifics focuses on whether there is a need for the ICTs centre for community development. Further more the study focused on areas where ICTs played prominent roles, such as in policy making, education, globalisation, ICTs, community development and participation of community members in community development projects.

In order to cope with an agricultural economic structure and the development of industrial and commercial use land, the government conducted significant amendment to the Statute for Agricultural Development, adjusting the original ¡§farmland owned by farmers¡¨ and ¡§farmland for agricultural use¡¨ to ¡§releasing farmland owned by farmers¡¨ and ¡§farm building on farmland.¡¨ In addition to loosening the qualifications for the acquisition of farmland, the government also allows for the construction of cluster farm buildings or individual farmhouses. The goal of the policy of cluster farm buildings is established upon the foundation of ¡§production, life, and ecology.¡¨ Regarding production, farmland is not allowed to be segmented, which is beneficial to the promotion of agricultural machinery and rewarding in the expansion of the scale of farmland operation. Regarding everyday life, the construction of well-planned public facilities is able to promote living environment and quality. Regarding ecology, the well-planned management of sewage processing can reduce environmental contamination, protecting the environment. Regarding landscape, the building of farmhouses in a cluster is able to make landscape harmonious. Regarding public investment, the concentration of government funds on a certain area is able to enhance the efficiency of public investment. Although the policy of farm building cluster is made with positive intensions, it is unable to compromise with the current situations of rural areas, rendering problems that affect the growth of rural areas. In fact, these problems have arisen because of the inadequacy of laws and regulations related to rural areas. Therefore, this research examines whether the policy of the construction of farm building cluster can accomplish the three major goals of the sustaining development of rural area and solve the problems of the current problems farm building clusters are facing now and possible solutions. The research employs literature review, secondary source analysis, and on-site investigation as methods. Interviews with various personnel related to the construction of farm buildings, such as administrative, reviewers, scholars, contractor, local farmers, and residents in farm building cluster are conducted with the help of the government. Integrating viewpoints and suggestions from the business, government, and academia, it provides references for the government to promote the amendment of laws and policies related to the construction of farm building cluster in the future. This research discovers that the construction of farm building clusters cannot accomplish its three original goals of ¡§protecting the integrity of farmland, avoiding the loss of excellent farmland, and promoting effective use of farmland¡¨, ¡§enhancing public construction to promote rural area¡¦s additive values, farmers¡¦ living quality, and harmony for the community¡¨, and ¡§avoiding farm buildings in clusters that contaminate farmland, protect ecological environment, and promote harmony in the community.¡¨ In the aspect of production, it suggests the government to 1. Limit the distance between farm buildings and farmland; 2. Prohibit using ¡§forests¡¨ and ¡§reserve areas on slopes¡¨ as farmland; 3. Delimit suitable areas for the construction of farm buildings; 4. Assist utilization of farmland to create production values. In the aspect of everyday life, it suggests 1. Delimit the standard of minimum area for the construction public facilities. In the aspect of ecology, it suggests 1. Build green belts between farm buildings and farmlands; 2. Delimit the standard of sewage discharge testing; 3. Provide funds to assist building ¡§green¡¨ farm buildings; 4. Refurbish old rural areas to make their appearance harmonious with farm building clusters. In the aspect of policy, it suggests 1. Established supervising and monitoring management system; 2. Prohibit the acquisition of farmland for the construction of farm buildings for 2 years to avoid farmland speculation; 3. Publicize laws and policies related to the construction of farm building cluster; 4. Simplify the application procedure of cluster construction; 5. Limit the number of the application of building individual farmhouses; 6. Establish service platform to assist farmers to plan and apply for the construction of farm building clusters by providing instant transparent information.

Project (M.P.P.) - Simon Fraser University, 2005. / Project (Master of Public Policy Program) / Simon Fraser University.

The goal of the thesis was to display landscape changes and some selected socioeconomic factors in the cadastral area of the Kvilda village. The changes were expertised on the basis of the stabil cadastral map from 1837 until the present - on the basis of the air photos which were taken in 1949, 1973 and 2008. The development of the changes was observed on agricultural areas, forest areas, freeways and in build-up areas. Socioeconomic factors were selected on the basis of the possibility to make a line of the continuity. The development of the number of population and the number of houses was chosen. Information was brought out from municipal chronicles and literary resources. Reasons of changes and outputs processed in graphs are presented in the practical part of the thesis. The function of the Šumava Mountains has been changed during last 100 years. After 1950, original mountain agriculture with mainly pastoral character and extensive stock raising completed by the work in the forest industry were changed into a partly closed area with the minor tourist industry.

Diploma thesis explains the development of the metropolitan area of the capital city Prague and also shows the process of urbanization with emphasis into local specifities. Thesis approximates the local urbanization process and its phases through the detail subscription of this phenomenon which is later applied to Europe and also Eastern Europe. This part of thesis describes eastward influence and its specific developmental stages and changes in Prague metropolitan area. Thesis practically shows each of the selected period and phase of development in the metropolitan area with the definitions of key milestones for the development of spatial and architectural layout of the city and its surroundings. Work confronts theoretical assumptions of urbanization and suburbanization under scrutiny of its developmental specifics and historical contexts, and in the final part, case study provides the subjective opinion of the author on the future development of the area according to the historical processes.

The diploma project topic is development of the area "V Aleji" in Brno. The project designs housing in city, which should reflex current needs of city residents.

Diploma thesis discusses the importance of marketing in municipal development of the area. Currently, community leaders underestimate the importance of Urban marketing and they confuse the term municipal marketing for a mere regional publicity. Municipal marketing is not just communication and advertising, but it is a complex tool for managing the municipality. The thesis is divided into theoretical and practical parts. The theoretical part deals with the definition and determination of municipal marketing and its instruments. For appropriate usage of municipal marketing is also necessary to know its processes, products and approaches. The practical part includes an analysis of natural and socio-economic environment of Křivoklátsko region, and also it relates barriers and trends in development of municipal marketing. Understanding the background of certain municipality is essential for creating quality marketing strategy, which should take part in every strategic plan of area development.

The goal of the thesis was to discuss landscape changes in the cadastral area of interest: Nalžovské Hory village. The landscape has been assessed according to the changes that occurred during the second military mapping (1844-1845) as well as the third military mapping (1877-1880). Changes in the landscape were also assessed using the period after collectivization in the second half of the Twentieth Century and the present day (2011). Further changes have also been proposed for the village, which could be realized by 2020. The development of changes has been observed in agricultural areas, which includes permanent grassland and arable land, as well as the forest and water areas, and finally the urban area. Proposals for changes in the village have been designed to help develop the areas of housing, recreation and business. The practical section provides reasons for the changes and the results are processed in the charts. The work is complemented by a series of historically valuable photos related to the area under study.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-08T14:53:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ArquivoTotalUmarac.pdf: 1791246 bytes, checksum: 6e7513116f9137349536b36e03dc4ed2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-02-28 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The development of companies characterized as members of clusters (APLs) has if shown, in several parts of the world, as a alternative for the economical development of the area where are inserted. In spite of, it is important to observe that the success of that development is associated to the benefits originating from of the high cooperation degree among the companies that compose such arrangements. This dissertation treats of an analysis of the results of the implantation of the Methodology of Development of Local Productive Arrangements, developed by the Project Promos/Sebrae and applied in APL of shoes of the city of Patos, located state of Paraíba. The study looked for to verify which the critical factors of successes and failures in the implantation of the referred project, as well as, to identify in the literature which the most appropriate concept to define geographical concentrations as the one of studied APL. For such, it developed a research of exploratory and descriptive nature, in the form of a case study with the twenty companies that composed the group of vanguard of the project. As variables of the research were defined: the actions developed by the Projeto Promos, the decisive factors for the formation of APL, and the sustainability of the own project. In that context, the research appropriated of indicators used by Projeto Promos's methodology, comparing them in different moments. The results show in a clear plenty way which the factors that contributed in a positive and negative way, ending that there was not sustainability of the actions, what characterizes the failure of the project when analyzed their results in general extent. / O desenvolvimento de empresas caracterizadas como integrantes de Arranjos Produtivos Locais (APLs) tem se mostrado, em várias partes do mundo, como uma alternativa para o desenvolvimento econômico da região onde estão inseridas. Não obstante, é importante observar que o sucesso desse desenvolvimento está associado aos benefícios oriundos do alto grau de cooperação entre as empresas que compõem tais arranjos. Esta dissertação trata de uma análise dos resultados da implantação da Metodologia de Desenvolvimento de Arranjos Produtivos Locais, desenvolvida pelo Projeto Promos/Sebrae e aplicada no APL de calçados da cidade de Patos, localizada no interior da Paraíba. O estudo buscou verificar quais os fatores críticos de sucessos e insucessos na implantação do referido projeto, bem como, identificar na literatura qual o conceito mais apropriado para definir concentrações geográficas como a do APL estudado. Para tal, desenvolveu uma pesquisa de natureza exploratória e descritiva, na forma de um estudo de caso com as vinte empresas que compunham o grupo de vanguarda do projeto. Como variáveis da pesquisa foram definidas: as ações desenvolvidas pelo Projeto Promos, os fatores determinantes para a formação de APL, e a sustentabilidade do próprio projeto. Nesse contexto, a pesquisa se apropriou de indicadores utilizados pela metodologia do Projeto Promos, comparando-os em momentos distintos. Os resultados mostram de forma bastante clara quais os fatores que contribuíram positiva e negativamente, concluindo que não houve sustentabilidade das ações, o que caracteriza o insucesso do projeto quando analisado os seus resultados em âmbito geral.