Thesis (M. Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes special report study entitled: The Star ferry Pier & the bus terminus. Includes bibliographical references.

This thesis attempts to construct a cross-section of governance with a critical viewpoint and an interdisciplinary approach, with a focus to planning. Governance is discussed by underlining the diversity of the underlying processes in social sciences, regarding various recent and important aspects of theoretical and conceptual discussions and subsequently rendering them measurable within the framework of the planning agenda. This thesis constitutes an effort in planning whereby the common denominator focuses on the characteristics and implementations of &lsquo / communicative&rsquo / , &lsquo / multi-actor&rsquo / , &lsquo / good&rsquo / and &lsquo / participatory governance&rsquo / within the planning domain. Attempt has been made to evaluate the changing nature of the state-society interaction in Turkey, the transformation processes induced by social and economic restructuring and the democratization movements with respect to the implementation of governance mechanisms and principles. The main themes of the governance agenda in Turkey, the sources of the governance debate and its legitimacy have been set forth for discussion. Attempt has been made to investigate governance as a critical instrument and from a process management perspective within the context of planning and public administration. This investigation has been conducted in view of the theoretical and of the conceptual discussions related to governance, within a comparative framework, with special reference to the K&ouml / ykent approach and the rural development literature.

Thesis (M.B.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1992.

Thesis (M.Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes special report study entitled : The Star ferry Pier & the bus terminus. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

"Spatial Planning and Social Justice: the paradox of regional decentralization and its impact on the region of Aysén (Chilean Patagonia)" ABSTRACT The following research focuses on the problem of the spatial planning model implemented in Chile -through top-down strategies- during the last forty years, where decentralization has become an almost unreachable task. The concentration of decision-making processes in the central government, and the increasing social and economic inequalities between the fourteen regions and the metropolis of Santiago, have led to a wave of social movements from north to south of the country. The specific case of the social movement of Aysén represented a wake-up call for society, where citizens achieved to organize themselves and demand the integration of their own opinions in decision-making processes in what concerns the territory they inhabit. This movement claimed for the vindication of Aysén as a historically forgotten region by the central government. In other words, the latter calls for spatial justice and recognition of its particularities as a peripheral region. Key words: spatial planning, regionalisation, decentralisation, spatial justice, social movement, Chilean Patagonia.

Few people know that the first sessions of the General Assembly of the UN in 1946 were held in a place of worship - Westminster Central Hall. It was part of an ambitious construction programme, initiated by the Wesleyan Methodists, which resulted in Central Halls in most British cities. They were, and in some cases still are, flexible, multi-functional spaces used on a daily basis for a wide range of purposes. They are widely perceived as public space but they are also sacred - camouflaged churches, created as sites for missionary activity and social outreach by a faith which from its origins has challenged the dichotomy between sacred and secular space. They have never been systematically studied – even their number and locations were unknown. This thesis tells their story by presenting them as an undocumented building type of social and cultural significance. It explores the concept of building type and the dimensions of social and cultural analysis that may be explored with the method. The typological approach is then demonstrated with a specific monographic focus on Methodist Central Halls from the 1880s to the present. Using a combination of visual methods, archival research and personal testimony, the analysis offers insights into the many aspects of Methodism through the long twentieth century – the church’s spatial distribution, its modes of mission and worship, its cultural identity and its business model. These centrally located assembly halls with their landmark architecture are for many towns still the top venues for meeting and entertainment. The typology of such public sacred spaces is not only a chapter in the history of British cities but provides findings of wide interest for religion and society.

Submitted by Maria Aparecida (cidazen@gmail.com) on 2017-08-24T14:39:48Z No. of bitstreams: 1 José Artur.pdf: 1071380 bytes, checksum: e1992e06fe45627db90b9f36e8a88d84 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-24T14:39:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 José Artur.pdf: 1071380 bytes, checksum: e1992e06fe45627db90b9f36e8a88d84 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-09-21 / This master dissertation presents a optimization mathematical programming model derived from the classical problem of transport, which aims to scale, with global optimization, the fleet of a system of road passenger transport, describing possible routes between each source/target to meet the constraints of cost (profitability) and quality of service. It covers classic methods of solution of linear programming models considered streaming networks and proposes improvements to the canonical model of the transport problem from the perspective of transit planning, and analyze the use of dynamic programming, evolutionary methods and heuristics for solving the problem of minimization of the model. / Neste trabalho é apresentado um modelo de otimização derivado do problema clássico de transporte, que tem a finalidade de dar suporte ao planejamento de transporte de passageiros , com otimização global, dimensionando a frota de veículos de transporte rodoviário, qualificando as rotas possíveis entre cada origem/destino para satisfazer as restrições de custo (rentabilidade) e qualidade de serviço. Abrange métodos clássicos de solução de modelos de programação linear considerados de fluxo contínuo de redes e propõe melhorias no modelo canônico do problema de transporte a partir da perspectiva do planejamento operacional, além de analisar o uso de métodos de programação dinâmica, métodos evolutivos e heurísticos para a solução do problema de minimização.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-14T12:16:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 parte1.pdf: 1149503 bytes, checksum: 70ae403927fa9cee781f7e01448ceae9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-05-13 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Using as starting point the geographical category of landscape and the concept of natural environment, this research sought to analyze changes on landscape and environment triggered by the tourism industry, especially by second-residence tourism . Given that tourism is one of the world's strongest industries and that in Brazil it is supported by municipal, state, and national governments, this research aimed addressing the negative impacts this industry may also have in the areas where it is developed. Many studies have approached the idea that tourism changes landscapes and natural environments; they have questioned the sustainability factor frequently proclaimed in political speeches, and how governments have planned and engaged with the management of this industry. Many concepts were observed in this analysis, such as: sustainable development, spatial and urban planning, public management, and landscape and tourism planning. An empirical research was conducted in the southern coastline of the state of Paraiba, more specifically at the beaches of Jacumã, Carapibus and Tabatinga in the city of Conde. Those areas were sampled as they have been regarded as important touristic areas as well as targets for real estate speculation since the early 1980s. In order to verify and assess the impacts, this research carried out interviews with members of the local public administration as well as owners of second residences (vacation house), in loco visits, and the analysis of aerial photographs and satellite images showing the irregular urban growth throughout the years. The results revealed to the negative impacts stemming from second residences and negligence by public administrators: irregular development in conservation areas and urban planning issues, which have ultimately jeopardized the landscape as well as the natural environment. / O trabalho aqui exposto parte da categoria geográfica paisagem e do conceito de meio ambiente para traçar uma análise de como esses têm sido constantemente alterados pela atividade turística, mais especificamente pelo turismo de segundas residências. Sabendo que o turismo é hoje uma das maiores fontes de renda no mundo e que promove uma corrida a seu favor por parte dos governos brasileiros das três instancias, procurou-se demonstrar o quanto esta atividade também traz impactos negativos para as áreas onde se desenvolve. Muitas são as pesquisas que norteiam esta percepção, de um turismo que vem ao longo dos anos alterando a paisagem e o meio ambiente. Até que ponto esta atividade é mesmo sustentável como trazem os discursos políticos? Como o poder público tem planejado e se comprometido com a gestão do turismo, bem como com as localidades receptoras? Essas análises foram aqui realizadas a partir de conceitos e teorias como: desenvolvimento sustentável, planejamento espacial e urbano, gestão pública, planejamento da paisagem e do turismo. Empiricamente foi realizada pesquisa em área do litoral sul paraibano, no que constam as praias de Jacumã, Carapibus e Tabatinga. A escolha deu-se por tais praias representarem importante destino turístico e ser alvo de constante especulação imobiliária para segundas residências desde a década de 1980. A pesquisa para reconhecer e comprovar os impactos utilizou-se de entrevistas ao setor público municipal e a proprietários de segundas residências, visitas in loco e análises de fotografia aéreas e imagem de satélite que demonstrassem o crescimento urbano, a ocupação pelas segundas residências e as áreas irregulares loteadas e/ou edificadas. Pôde-se realmente comprovar vários impactos negativos decorrentes das segundas residências e da negligencia do poder público, são áreas de preservação ambiental sendo ocupadas e problemas de ordenamento urbano que acabam por comprometer a paisagem e o próprio meio ambiente.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-17T13:54:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Jhonatan.pdf: 1407881 bytes, checksum: 3e9cd216cb33fd4d1ac8250e3989b3e5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-07-31 / This thesis, entitled Public and educational planning in Brazil: an analysis of the relationship between planning and education, is part of the research line State and Education Management. In this paper, we analyze the relationship between the concepts of planning and education found within selected works of authors who dealt directly with public planning in general and particularly educational planning. The theoretical framework adopted in this analysis was the historical and dialectical materialism, which comes from the dialogue with the Marxian production and the Marxist tradition. The methodological categories were the historicity of social processes, contradiction, mediation and totality. The study categories that emerged from the process of formation and saturation of the object were planning, educational planning, State, development and education. The methodological procedures comprised literature review and documentary analysis, by reading and book reporting, outlining the central thesis of each author, and identifying their theoretical framework and its relations with the object of our study. As results, we observed that the existing classifications concerning traditional normative planning, strategic situational planning, total quality management, strategic planning and participative planning fail to capture the relationships present in the theoretical concepts identified. Given this, we propose as criteria for the organization of theoretical concepts, the position in relation to the capitalist mode of production and the position concerning the role assigned to education. Regarding the first criterion, we identified reformist conceptions (technicist and politicist ones) and progressive conceptions. Concerning the second criterion, we identified egalitarian, utilitarian, concessionist, productivist and autonomist conceptions. We understand also that there is the prevalence of reformist and productivist conceptions in the history of and public educational planning in Brazil as an option of the elites controlling the power. We understand that the main contribution of this work by proposing this new organization of the theoretical concepts of public educational planning is to make explicit the need to break with the prevailing conceptions and build another project as a theory-and-practice, effectively democratic, that can contribute to ensure a public, state, free, secular and of socially relevant quality education. / A presente dissertação, intitulada Planejamento público e educacional no Brasil: uma análise das relações entre planejamento e educação situa-se na linha de pesquisa, Estado e Gestão Educacional. Nela pesquisamos as relações entre planejamento e educação estabelecidas no âmbito das obras de autores selecionados que versaram diretamente sobre planejamento público em geral e planejamento educacional em particular. O referencial teórico que fundamentou nossa análise foi o materialismo histórico-dialético, a partir do diálogo com a produção marxiana e a tradição marxista. As categorias metodológicas foram a historicidade dos processos sociais, a contradição, a mediação e a totalidade. As categorias de estudo que emergiram do processo de constituição e saturação do objeto foram planejamento, planejamento educacional, Estado, desenvolvimento e educação. Os procedimentos metodológicos implicaram na revisão de literatura e análise documental, consistindo na leitura e fichamento, explicitação das teses centrais de cada autor, identificação de sua fundamentação teórica e suas relações com nosso objeto de estudo. Enquanto resultados, observamos que as classificações existentes de planejamento tradicional-normativo, planejamento estratégico-situacional, gerenciamento da qualidade total, planejamento estratégico e planejamento participativo não apreendem as relações presentes nas concepções teóricas identificadas. Em face disso, propomos como critérios para organização das concepções teóricas, o posicionamento em relação ao modo de produção capitalista e o posicionamento quanto ao papel atribuído à educação. Quanto ao primeiro critério identificamos concepções reformistas (tecnicistas e politicistas) e progressistas. Quanto ao segundo critério identificamos concepções igualitaristas, utilitaristas, concessionistas, produtivistas e autonomistas. Compreendemos ainda que ocorre uma prevalência das concepções reformistas e produtivistas na história do planejamento público e educacional no Brasil enquanto opção das elites dirigentes. Entendemos que a principal contribuição do presente trabalho ao propor essa nova organização das concepções teóricas de planejamento público e educacional é explicitar a necessidade de romper com as concepções prevalentes e construir outro planejamento enquanto teoria-e-prática, efetivamente democrático, que possa colaborar para a garantia de uma educação pública estatal, gratuita, laica e de qualidade socialmente referenciada.

Il presente percorso di ricerca si è posto l’obiettivo di contribuire al consolidamento metodologico di una pianificazione strategica e di una programmazione operativa funzionali all’attività della pubblica amministrazione regionale. Si è analizzata l’esperienza di Regione Lombardia all’inizio della IX legislatura attraverso una impostazione metodologica basata su un longitudinal case study, allo scopo di individuare delle regolarità che potessero condurre verso una analitical generalization secondo un’ottica di policy research a garanzia della trasferibilità e della utilizzabilità delle regolarità tracciate. L’approccio sostanziale volto a fare emergere gli elementi, le tecniche, le metodologie e gli strumenti sviluppati ha permesso di riscontrare delle regolarità che sono indipendenti dal contesto particolare. Tra gli altri si citano l’importanza della continuità, l’integrazione e la trasversalità del processo, e la funzione fondamentale di una struttura organizzativa dedicata al processo strategico e di un sistema informativo a supporto. Si auspica che le considerazioni metodologiche di sintesi pongano le basi, in alcune amministrazioni regionali, per un ripensamento dei propri modelli e sistemi di pianificazione strategica e programmazione operativa. / The aim of this research is to contribute to the methodologic improvement of strategic and operation integrated planning in public administration system. Through a methodological approach based on a longitudinal case study, this work analyzes the experience of Lombardy Region at the begining of ninth legislature in order to identify regularities that could lead to a analitical generalization. A policy research approach has been usefull in order to guarantee susteinable future application in different regional contexts. The substantive approach has the aim to bring out the elements, techniques, methodologies and tools that have been developed in Lombardy experience. This allowes us to detect regularities that are independent of the particular context. Among others, for example, the importance of continuity, integration and versatility of the process, and the presence of a department dedicated and a supporting information system that support and implement strategic process. The hope is that the final methodological considerations will be usefull to some regional governments to re-model their strategic and operational processes and systems.