This work deals with social consequences of population aging in relation to the employment market. Aging of Czech population is, according to Population Projection by 2050, collected by ČSÚ, inevitable. Growing rate of seniors in the population is accompanied by many negative economical and social consequences. Anticipated demographic progression will be especially charge on the social security system, health service, public finance, but also on the employment market. Considerable weight falls on the field of savings, on the productivity of labour, and on the population status. In the scope of the text, situation of labour demand on the emploers' side and labour supply from elder employers is discused as well. To increase the employment rate of elderly people, the measures stimulating labour supply and labour demand are mentioned. This work also contains the analysis of present status of elderly labour force on the labour market according to age, education and region, and the prediction of corporate behaviour change, due to growing rate of seniors as consumers.

The single family neighbourhood is a favoured residential form, yet this low density residential option is unsustainable. With its high consumption of land and services, the continued development of the traditional single family neighbourhood results in urban sprawl and inefficient use of infrastructure. In addition, zoning regulations that prescribe large lot sizes, deep setbacks and singleuses, create disconnected, mono-functional residential enclaves. Residential intensification is increasingly touted by urban theorists and proponents of sustainable development as part of the solution. This involves focussing new development on underutilized land, which in turn necessitates the acceptance of new housing forms within existing neighbourhoods. However, people are often wary of higher densities and alternative housing options, believing that the qualities of livability that they identify with the single family neighbourhood are threatened. Focussing on ground-oriented residential alternatives, this project examines the key elements that comprise the residential environment and their connection to aspects of livability. A set of guidelines based on principles of sustainable development directs the design for a higher density, environmentally responsive, groundoriented residential development on an infill lot in an existing single family neighbourhood. The final design proposes the division of the single site into five developable lots, introduces four different dwelling types, and integrates into the landscape a stormwater management system. The plan is compared to other similar alternative developments. / Applied Science, Faculty of / Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), School of / Graduate

The aim of my thesis was to analyze the assessment of developments in the national insurance market in recent years, including the selected trends which it operates. The first chapter focuses on the development of national economy. This is essentially a development of selected economic indicators: GDP, inflation rate and unemployment rate. The second chapter focuses on the general characteristics of the insurance market. This chapter is mainly devoted to specific indicators of the insurance market and that it also deals with insurance companies, which are evaluated according to various criteria. Another part of my thesis are devoted to developments. Specifically, the trends and non-life insurance, which is a general characteristic, current trends and insurance products at the end of the selected trends. These two chapters end with a brief comparison with the values of the European Union. In the following section are discussed in more detail the general trends: the asymmetry of information, protection of the client, the principle of single license, insurance fraud, the development of information technology and bancassurance. The last chapter consists of developments in the regulation of insurance - IFRS 4 and Solvency II. The conclusion is devoted to forecast the future development of the insurance market.

Este estudo teve como objetivo identificar o impacto que as atividades portuárias exercem na cidade de São Sebastião. O porto é um instrumento de viabilização economica dos fluxos de produção com demandas socioeconômicas, que influenciam a vida dos moradores locais pelo desarranjo e degradação dos espaços urbanos. Os portos são articuladores da produção e consumo mediante a vinculação das diferentes esferas da cadeia produtiva global, colaborando decisivamente para a internacionalização do capital. Esse cenário os coloca como fatores de indução do desenvolvimento local e regional. O mar e o porto constituem, como conjunto, a principal via de movimentação econômica da cidade de São Sebastião (SP), numa relação histórica e indissociável de entrelaçamento porto-cidade. O método utilizado foi o estudo de caso único, integrado à quatro unidades de análise: i) cidade portuária; ii) porto; iii) cadeia de serviço portuária e; iv) integração porto-cidade. Como resultado a pesquisa demonstrou sua potencialidade como vetor do desenvolvimento local por promover articulação com o tecido produtivo local. Entretanto, o histórico das intervenções antrópicas estabeleceu uma política de intervenção do espaço por meio de aterros (acrescido de marinha). E, promoveu uma ocupação desordenada no entorno portuário com habitações de precariedade e insalubridade, pela atração de trabalhadores nas obras civis para assentamento do porto e do Terminal de Uso Privativo. A desigualdade social da ocupação econômica do espaço por grandes empresas transferem ao orçamento público as despesas em funções sociais que garantam a cidadania no avanço das oportunidades sociais. A pesquisa conclui que a articulação das atividades produtivas portuárias na cidade estabeleceu um processo de desequilíbrio nas relações econômicas e sociais. / This study aimed to identify the impact of port activities play in the city of São Sebastião. The port is an economically viable instrument of production flows and socioeconomic demands, which influence the lives of local residents by derangement and degradation of urban spaces. Ports are articulators of production and consumption by linking the different spheres of global production chain, contributing decisively to the internationalization of capital. This scenario puts as induction factors of local and regional development. The sea and the port are, as a whole, the major route of economic movement in São Sebastião (SP), a historical and inseparable relationship of port-city entanglement. The method used was the single case study, integrated with four analysis units: i) port city; ii) port; iii) port and service chain; iv) port-city integration. As a result, research has shown its potential as a vector of local development by promoting cooperation with the local productive fabric. However, the history of human interventions established a space policy intervention through landfills (plus Navy). And promoted a disorderly occupation in the port environment with housing insecurity and unsanitary conditions, by attracting workers in civil works for laying the port and the Private Use Terminal. The social inequality of economic occupation of space by big companies transferred to the public budget expenditures on social functions that guarantee citizenship in advance of social opportunities. The research concludes that the articulation of productive activities in the port city established an imbalance in the process of economic and social relations.

Thesis (M.Dev.) -- University of Limpopo, 2016 / In 2010, the South African Department of Agriculture rolled out the Farm Together Agricultural Co-operative Training Programme (Farm Together Programme) to support the development and growth of selected agricultural co-operatives nationwide. This study is an impact assessment of the programme, focusing on the Capricorn District Municipality in the Limpopo Province. A survey of co-operative members whose co-operatives had participated in the programme and in-depth interviews with key stakeholders were conducted. The findings provide insights into the strengths and weaknesses of the programme. Overall, the programme was relevant and comprehensive. It provided the basic skills needed to run co-operatives. However, there has been minimum impact on growth and development. Gaps identified in the programme include lack of ongoing mentoring, monitoring and evaluation of progress being made in setting up structures to support growth and development. Women with low levels of literacy dominate the membership. Further research is required to explore why the youth and men do not participate in co-operatives.

The goal of this Thesis is to introduce the circumstances of creation the political party TOP09, its development, results in elections in years 2010 - 2018 and its position in current political scene. In the introduction I will define the theoretical background and context. I will interduce the political party, its place in the system and I mention the typology of political parties. Then I will describe the party system with an emphasis on party system in Czech Republic. In the main part of the Thesis I will describe circumstances of creation the political party TOP09 and define programmatic of the party. I'm going to analyze a reason of successes and failures of the party in elections, which took place on Czech Republic, since its creation in 2008 till present year 2018. In this thesis is based on analytical, descriptive and comparative methods.

Denna rapport behandlar arbetet med att ta fram en ny produkt med ändamålet att underlätta för jägare som jagar med hund. I ungefär tio år har så kallade GPS-pejlar använts av jägare. Hunden utrustas med ett sändarhalsband och hundföraren tar med sig en handenhet på vilken denne kan se vart hunden befinner sig. Genom en undersökning riktad mot hundförare som görs i projektets startskede klargörs dock ett behov av ett nytt sätt att bära handenheten vid jakt, någon typ av dockningsstation. Något som tillåter hundföraren att kunna utnyttja pejlens praktiska funktioner och fortfarande ha båda händer fria till att exempelvis hålla i sitt vapen eller klättra i branta sluttningar. En målsättning skapas för projektet, att ta fram ett produktkoncept vilket utgör en dockningsstation för en pejl av modellen Astro 320 från tillverkaren Garmin. Produkten skall vara tillförlitlig i fält, tillåta hundföraren att i alla lägen ha båda händer tillgängliga och inte begränsa varken rörlighet eller skytte. Utifrån den undersökning som görs skapas även en kravspecifikation vilken används som riktlinje i arbetet med dockningsstationen. I projektets slutskede genereras ett koncept bestående av tre delsystem, ett enhetsfäste vilket fäster i handenheten, ett armfäste vilket sitter som ett armband runt hundförarens underarm samt en länk vilken kopplar samman de två övriga delsystemen. Länken består av två separata delar vilka enkelt kan docka stabilt i varandra och lika enkelt tas isär och erbjuder hundföraren val av vart denne vill bära handenheten samt vilken vinkel handenheten har gentemot underarmen. Armfästet är utrustat med ett särskilt designat klickspänne vilket genom två lägen både erbjuder stabil fastspänning av dockningsstationen och snabb justeringsmöjlighet av handenhetens placering på underarmen. En fysisk funktionsprototyp tillverkas för att utföra tester på och utvärdera resultatet av projektet. Efter tester kan det konstateras att samtliga krav i kravspecifikationen uppfyllts, att projektets målsättning har nåtts och att konceptet anses ha god potential för vidareutveckling till en färdig välfungerande produkt. / This report reviews the process of designing a new product with the purpose of aiding hunters using dogs. Since approximately 10 years GPS tacking devices have been used by hunters using dogs. The dog is equipped with a transmitting collar and the hunter brings a hand held receiver unit. The hunter can keep track of the dog’s current position through the handheld units display. But through a survey targeted at hunters, which is done in the first phase of the project, a desire for a new method of carrying the unit, some sort of docking system, is made clear. A device which would allow the user to utilize the handheld unites practical features while retaining full capability to use both hands to hold their weapon or climb steep slopes. An objective for the project is formed, to design a product concept for a docking station made to fit the product Garmin Astro 320. The docking station should be reliable during hunting, allow the user to always retain the possibility of using both hands and it shouldn’t decrease neither movement nor the ability to shoot. Based on the survey a list of requirements is made which acts as guidelines during the design process. In the later phases of the project a product concept is designed consisting of three subsystems, a unit attachment which attaches to the handheld unit, an arm attachment which mounts the users forearm and a link connecting the other subsystems. The link consists of two separate parts that easily dock with each other and as easily are separated allowing the user to choose where to carry the unit and at what angle it sits on the forearm. The arm attachment is equipped with a specially designed clip buckle with two modes, offering both a stabile attachment to the arm and the possibility to quickly adjust the attachments positioning around the forearm. A physical prototype is made for testing in order to evaluate the projects results. After completed tests the results establish that all the requirements have been met, the project obtained its objective and the product concept has a lot of potential to further develop into a functioning product.

No abstract available / Development Studies / M.A. (Development Studies)

The last decade has seen a substantial rise in smart cities across Africa (Aghimien et al., 2020:29). This research presents a case study on the Team Europe Initiative ‘Green and Smart Cities SASA!’ in Tanzania, a development initiative aiming to introduce smart city technologies in Mwanza, Tanga and Pemba. Semi-structured interviews and participatory observations have been utilised, with respondents including stakeholders of the programme as well as outside key informants. The research aims to get an insight into the intersection of gender mainstreaming and ownership in smart city developments in a developing context. Thus far, few researchers have looked at the intersection of smart city developments with gender, particularly in a developing context. As the SASA programme aims to prioritise women in its interventions, the research further aims to understand the ways in which gender mainstreaming is currently being implemented, and how it could/should be improved in the future. The research makes use of Castel Branco’s (2008) Critical View on Ownership, as well as Mehra and Gupta’s (2006) Alternate Approach to Gender Mainstreaming.  The research found that gender is currently prioritised by all stakeholders. However, gender mainstreaming in the SASA programme is mainly implemented through individual strategies. As such, the collaborative initiatives have up until now been sporadic rather than systematic, indicating a lack of synergy between the  implementing partners. This has created a vague and undefined concept of responsibility of the claimed gender prioritisation. With this said, the SASA programme could benefit from a more strategic implementation of gender mainstreaming. This, as will be argued, could be achieved through a strengthening of leadership, accountability-mechanisms as well as more tangible project objectives and indicators. In addition, a further integration of coherent gender strategies and gender expertise is recommended.

[pt] O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar as transformações espaciais e as novas relações urbano-rurais nas localidades de Vargem Grande (Teresópolis-RJ) e Barracão dos Mendes (Nova Friburgo – RJ) a partir dos desenvolvimentos geográficos desiguais. O estudo das relações entre rural e urbano ganha contornos específicos no atual contexto de metropolização do espaço. As mudanças no campo, com o crescimento de atividades não-agrícolas e a diversificação dos sujeitos que atuam neste espaço, operam na construção de novas espacialidades, complexificando o rural em meio a uma mistura de símbolos, imaginários e representações. Tais transformações serão analisadas por uma perspectiva dialética, apreendendo o espaço a partir de uma abordagem centrada nos desenvolvimentos geográficos desiguais e tendo nas representações elementos mediadores para assimilar as múltiplas escalas articuladas na produção do espaço. O bairro de Vargem Grande e a localidade rural de Barracão dos Mendes são destacados como exemplos da heterogeneidade dos espaços em metropolização, constituindo arranjos particulares em meio à conjuntura de integração e ruptura própria da dinâmica fluida da acumulação do capital. Assim, dentre as inúmeras manifestações, o preço da terra, o padrão da renda familiar e as representações do espaço serão analisados enquanto evidências da transformação das relações urbano-rurais neste contexto de metropolização, tendo em vista os efeitos da expansão do fenômeno urbano-metropolitano para além das fronteiras das cidades. / [en] This dissertation aims to analyze the spatial transformations and the new urban-rural relations in the localities of Vargem Grande (Teresópolis-RJ) and Barracão dos Mendes (Nova Friburgo-RJ) from the perspective of uneven geographical developments. The study of the relations between rural and urban gains specific contours in the current context of metropolization of space. The changes in the countryside, with the growth of non-agricultural activities and the diversification of the subjects from this space, operate in the construction of new spatialities, making the rural complex amidst a mixture of symbols, imaginaries and representations. Such transformations will be analyzed by a dialectical perspective, apprehending space from an approach centered on uneven geographical developments and having in the representations mediating elements to assimilate the multiple scales articulated in the production of space. The neighborhood of Vargem Grande and the rural location of Barracão dos Mendes are highlighted as examples of the heterogeneity of spaces in metropolization, constituting particular arrangements in the midst of the conjuncture of integration and rupture proper of the fluid dynamics of capital accumulation. Thus, among the numerous manifestations, the price of land, the family income pattern and the representations of space will be analyzed as evidence of the transformation of urban-rural relations in this context of metropolization, considering the effects of the expansion of the urban-metropolitan phenomenon beyond the borders of cities.