This diploma thesis deals with names of streets, squares, embankments and parks in the town Volyně in the district of Strakonice. Based on archival sources, it researches the development of the local street names in seven historical periods since the first designation in 1871 to the present. In every period the names are organized into a dictionary that explains their semantic motivation. A classification according to particular semantic categories is included, too. Attention is paid to the development of honorific motivation in street designation which means giving names of significant personalities, historical events, places and values that mostly have no connection with the designated place. The final part analyses the formation of both present and defunct street names and brings their structural classification. The aim of the diploma thesis is to explore systematically the designations of streets in Volyně and their development, and thus contribute to the knowledge of the local toponymy and the history of the town.

This study explored the nature of community power and decision-making surrounding the renaming of Portland's Union Avenue in honor of the slain civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, Jr. Employing an integrated theoretical framework based on G. William Domhoff's (1967) perspective of the compatibility of c. Wright Mills' Power Elite Model (1956) and Robert A. Dahl's Pluralist Model (1961) plus Claude s. Fischer's (1982) perspective on the nature of the urban social environment, this study attempted to provide insight into and understanding of the dynamics involved in the controversy that developed over the efforts to rename a street for Dr. King, the decision-making process, and the apparent motivations of the participants.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2008. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Also available online (fee-based); online preview of the thesis is also available at no cost.

This diploma thesis deals with names of quarters and city parts as well as with street names in the city of České Budějovice and their changes in the historical development. Attention is payed to the historical centre of the city as well as to the newer city parts and suburban localities which have been built in the last years. The monitored urbanonyms are selected from the linguistic and factual perspective. Furthermore, the changes of honorific names in various historical periods are observed too. The paper also comprises an alphabetical register of streets. The main focus of the analysis is to enrich onomastics of the city of České Budějovice.