This dissertation investigates the relationship of the Fortifications in Pretoria to the public. The architectural problem of making the public aware of these Fortifications is investigated and responded to by designing a Visitors centre, to draw the public to the Fort, by creating an experience of moving through the landscape. This experience orientates the visitor visually towards various other iconic monuments, by symbolically turning the visitor into a camera, capturing views and experiences for himself. The program also provides facilities for Archaeological research which will be done on various other Fortification ruins and archaeological sites in Pretoria. The visitors experience and interaction with the landscape and the vision of the Fort as artefact contributes to the visitors being made aware of the gradual deterioration of the Fortifications in the city to ruins. The Fortifications themselves are monumental ruins, but by adding to them yet still respecting their heritage qualities, makes this a sensitive and respectful response to an important problem of how to preserve historical artefacts and at the same time utilising them. West Fort will become the catalyst for public awareness and experience to the other Fortifications within the city context. / Dissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2010. / Architecture / unrestricted

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This project tries to understand how we alter existing architecture. The research leads to a proposal that attempts to answer the question: Should a death of a building be a part of its envisaged timeline? It is difficult to preempt a building being dead, but it might be possible to preempt a building being refurbished, renovated and especially replicated. I will try to incorporate the dimension of time in the new buildings and embrace the inevitable change, as well as explore the friction between originality and copying that the process of alteration generates. The site chosen for this architectural experiment is a ski jump erected at Norra Djurgården, and the proposal is its morphed copy hosting a visitors centre and an urban sports centre. The ambition is to establish guidelines or principles of mimicking and copying the elements of an existing edifice in the new one.

No / Objectives: A review of the literature reveals little description of the advisory role of the health visitor in the child health clinic. This paper describes a study which examined content, clients' recall and value to the client of their discussion with the health visitor. Design: Descriptive study; non-participant observation; semi-structured interviews. Setting: One predominantly urban community Trust involving seven volunteer health visitors from seven different child health clinics. A total of 24 clinics were observed. Participants: One hundred clients attending seven child health clinics. Findings: Most mothers reported that speaking with the health visitor had been fairly or very important. Clients' discussion with the health visitors covered a wide range of child-centred issues and concerns. Mothers recalled 79% of all topics discussed during the clinic visit and initiated nearly 59%. Although weighing was considered an important reason for attending clinic by most mothers it did not preclude wanting to speak with the health visitor. However, some mothers did not wish to speak to the health visitor. Conclusion: The health visitor provided an advisory and support service for many of the attending mothers. Most clients reported valuing this intervention. This study support the notion that mothers do not attend the clinic simply for medical services or screening. Attention should be focused on research and development of services which reflect this consumer agenda. Consideration should be given to the appropriateness of health visitors weighing children.

No / Aims and objectives. The current study sought to identify how many mothers from 149 visits carried out by seven health visitors identified support as a feature of the visit, whether this type of support was unique to the health visitor and what support meant to them. These responses were then compared with the taxonomies of social support from the social support literature. . Some studies of client perceptions describe support as an element of home visits by health visitors. However, the importance, relevance and impact on the client of this support are not described in detail. Social support theory suggests that there are tangible benefits to people's well-being and their ability to cope with various challenges that may arise from individuals' perceptions of receiving support. Design. Qualitative study using semistructured interviews. Methods. Seven volunteer health visitors recruited 149 women into the study. These clients were interviewed by the researcher, usually within one week of the home visit by their health visitor. The discussions were audio-taped and the resulting transcripts analysed using content analysis. Findings. Thirty-seven women identified receiving support which they said was only available from the health visitor. The relevance of this support to the mother and the impact on her well-being varied within the group suggesting differing perceptions of support by clients according to their personal situation. There was a correspondence between the descriptions of support given by the women and the taxonomies of social support from the social support literature. Conclusion. For some interactions between clients and their health visitors the existing theory of social support may provide an explanation of how health visitors contribute to clients' perceived ability to cope and well-being. Relevance to clinical practice. Social support may be defined as a possible outcome of health visiting. This concept will have use within educational programmes to demonstrate to students how health visiting can have an impact on clients' well-being. Similarly, the concept could be used to investigate and record health visiting practice.

Memoria para optar al Título Profesional de Ingeniero Forestal / Las áreas protegidas son un componente esencial en las estrategias de conservación de biodiversidad, sin embargo, su correcto funcionamiento se ha visto amenazado por problemas de gestión, derivados de un mal manejo de los recursos económicos, falta de personal especializado, falta de control en el uso público, entre otras razones. En relación al uso público de las áreas protegidas, para abordar su gestión, se ha demostrado indispensable conocer los tipos de visitantes que frecuentan un área determinada, sus motivaciones y comportamiento. Dependiendo del tipo de visitante se podrán adaptar, en las áreas protegidas, las políticas ambientales para obtener resultados amigables con la conservación, generando acciones en función del grado de movilidad de los visitantes y su interacción con el entorno. En este contexto, esta memoria tiene como objetivo identificar el perfil de los vistantes del Parque Nacional Llanos de Challe, en la región de Atacama. Específicamente se identificaron sus características sociodemográficas, motivaciones y familiaridad con el Parque logrando determinar una tipología de visitantes. Para el logró de los objetivos se realizaron encuestas a los visitantes chilenos presentes en el parque durante enero y febrero del año 2012. Los resultados arrojaron que la mayor parte de los visitantes del Parque provienen de la región de Atacama, es un estrato joven con un nivel educacional alto, situación laboral activa e ingresos mensuales superior al sueldo mínimo. En relación a las motivaciones, comportamiento y familiaridad con el parque, se obtuvieron cuatro tipos de visitantes. De los cuales, la mayoría acude al parque motivado por la playa, para recrearse y descansar y no por un interés en los atributos naturales del Parque. Por otro lado, se obtuvo que un grupo no menor de visitantes asocia el parque con un área de conservación de biodiversidad. Además, existe un número de visitantes que no presenta interés por la naturaleza del Parque ni percibe de forma correcta su función, quienes podrían estar presentando comportamientos ambientales negativos. Para revertir esta situación es necesaria la entrega eficiente de información, entendiendo que la información ambiental como instrumento de sensibilización social hacia los valores ecosistémicos debiese ser objetivo prioritario para la conservación de la naturaleza en áreas protegidas. / Protected areas are an essential component of biodiversity conservation strategies, however, in many cases, its correct functioning has been threatened by management problems, due to poor management of economic resources, lack of specialized personnel, and lack of control in public use, among other reasons. In relation to the public use of protected areas, to approach their management, it has been proved indispensable to know the types of visitors who frequent a particular area, their motivations and behavior. Depending on the type of visitor, environmental policies in protected areas can be adapted to obtain conservation friendly results, generating actions based on the degree of visitor mobility and their interaction with the environment. It is within this context that this study has the object of identify the profile of the visitors of the Llanos de Challe National Park, in the Atacama region. Specifically, sociodemographic characteristics, motivations and familiarity with the park were identified, thus determining a typology of visitors. To achieved these objectives Chilean visitors to the park were surveyed during the months of January and February of 2012. The results obtained showed that the majority of visitors of the park come from the Atacama region, are mainly young people with a high educational level, an active labor status and monthly income higher than the minimum wage. In relation to the motivations, behavior and familiarity with the park, four types of visitors emerged. In general, most visitors come to the park for the beach, looking for recreation and rest instead of experiencing the natural attributes of the park. On the other hand, it was obtained that a high percentage of the visitors associated the park as a natural area of conservation of biodiversity. There are, however, a number of visitors who are not interested in the nature of the park and do not correctly perceive the park's function, which may be contributing to negative environmental behavior. To reverse this situation it becomes necessary to deliver information efficiently; it is imperative to view environmental information as an instrument of social awareness for ecosystem values in order to ensure the conservation of nature in protected areas.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T14:56:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2006 - Carolina Dutra de Araujo.pdf: 826530 bytes, checksum: 346e62ad3b11cda64581a8817a7baad6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-10-26 / The objective of this work was to contribute to the study of tourism environmental planning, specifically Tourism Carrying Capacity methodologies. To do this, two methods were compared, Limits of Acceptable Changes (LAC) e Visitor Activities Management Process (VAMP), in relation to the adequacy to the area, identifying the environmental risks and anthrop pressures; and related to the focus on local issues and the visitors profile, in Praia Preta, located in the Parque Estadual da Ilha Grande, Angra dos Reis, RJ. Few differences were observed between the methods, with little advantage to LAC. We suggest that two fundamental components should take part of a Tourism Carrying Capacity framework: the visitors profile and activities and the residents perception related to local tourism. Such information should compose the management strategies in Protected Areas. / O objetivo da pesquisa foi contribuir para o estudo do planejamento ambiental tur?stico, especificamente sobre as metodologias de Capacidade de Carga Tur?stica. Para tanto, foram comparados dois m?todos, Limits of Acceptable Changes (LAC) e Visitor Activities Management Process (VAMP), quanto ? adequa??o ao local, identificando os riscos ambientais e press?es antr?picas; e quanto ? aten??o ?s quest?es locais e perfil do visitante, na Praia Preta, localizada no Parque Estadual da Ilha Grande, Angra dos Reis/RJ. Observaram-se poucas diferen?as entre os m?todos, com algumas vantagens para o LAC. Sugeriram-se que dois componentes fundamentais devem fazer parte de uma metodologia de Capacidade de Carga Tur?stica: a caracteriza??o do perfil e atividades praticadas pelo visitante e a percep??o dos residentes acerca do turismo no local, informa??es que deveriam compor as estrat?gias de manejo em ?reas protegidas.

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur ett varumärke påverkar en stad och dess image. Avsikten med studien är att granska hur varumärket Stockholm - The Capital of Scandinavia har bemötts av utländska turister och om varumärket är så pass exklusivt att det kommer att bestå även i framtiden. En lockande och attraktiv image är en stor betydande faktor för en destination som försöker marknadsföra sig gentemot turister. En image kan exempelvis skapas genom ett varumärke, vilket presenterar och definierar en destination på ett sätt som är lockande för potentiella besökare. Stockholms nya varumärke riktar sig både mot utländska turister och företag i Stockholmregionens näringsliv. Vi har dessutom undersökt hur varumärket marknadsförs och om privatpersoner bosatta i Stockholm på något vis kan hjälpa till att stärka varumärket. Fallstudien handlar om Stockholm Visitors Board, Stockholm Business Region och deras varumärke Stockholm – The Capital of Scandinavia. I studien genomfördes två enkätundersökningar och en intervju. En av enkätundersökningarna är en förstudie med enkätfrågor till inkommande turister om vad de ansåg om Stockholm och den andra en mer ingående enkätundersökning om vad turisterna visste, ansåg och tyckte om Stockholms nya varumärke. Den slutgiltiga intervjun gjordes med SBR:s kommunikationschef Monica Ewert och är av stor betydelse för denna studiens trovärdighet. Studiens resultat är slutsatsen av enkätundersökningarna och intervjun och visar vad ett varumärke kan innebära för en stad. Resultatet påvisar att varumärket Stockholm - The Capital of Scandinavia är hållbart och kan användas för lång tid framöver eftersom det har en stabil grund och kan positionera sig i en bred utsträckning. Resultatet ger också en möjlighet för vidare forskning och utveckling av denna uppsats. / The aim of this essay is to examine how a brand can affect a city and its image. The purpose of the study is to examine how the brand, Stockholm – The Capital of Scandinavia, has been received by foreign tourists, and if the brand is exclusive enough to hold for a longer period of time. For a destination that tries to market itself towards tourists, an alluring and attractive image is an important element. An image can be created through a brand, a brand that both defines and presents a destination in a tempting way towards potential tourists. Stockholm's new brand addresses foreign tourists, as well as companies in the greater Stockholm region. The authors of the essay have also examined how the brand is being marketed and if inhabitants of Stockholm can help strengthen the brand in any way. The case study presents Stockholm Visitors Board (SVB), Stockholm Business Region (SBR) and their brand, Stockholm – The Capital of Scandinavia. Two opinion polls and one interview was conducted for the study. One of the opinion polls was a pilot study which held questions, for incoming tourists, about their thought of Stockholm. The other was a more thorough poll about what tourists knew and thought of Stockholm's new brand. The final interview was with Monica Ewert, Head of Communications at SBR and is of great significance for this study's credibility. The result of the study are the conclusions from the opinion polls and the interview, and shows what significance a brand can have for a city. Results show that the brand, Stockholm – The Capital of Scandinavia, is durable and can be used for a longer period of time. Due to the fact that it lies on a stable base and can be positioned in a broad extent. The results also gives possibilities for further research and development of this essay.

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