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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1971. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 132-141).

Thesis (M.A.) -- Memorial University of Newfoundland. / Typescript. Bibliography : leaves 184-191. Also available online.

This dissertation is an examination of what the elements of responsive planning are, how they can be applied, and why existing planning conditions at the time of this research prevented such an approach from realizing its full potential in community planning for Kota Bharu. The goal of the research was to determine whether community planning in Kota Bharu, Malaysia, could be made more responsive to the residential needs of low-income groups. As a participant-observer, I applied concepts from the planning literature on Third World urbanization, low-income housing and community development to the realities of the planning process I worked in. A survey framework was applied which sought low-income residents' participation in the planning process so that government efforts in urban renewal could be more responsive to community needs. Based on this information, two planning scenarios proposing redevelopment and rehabilitation strategies for the Buluh Kubu site were presented. For planning to be more responsive, it is my conclusion that a change in attitude, not technology, is what is demanded. Depressed neighbourhoods, such as Buluh Kubu, must be seen as organic parts of the total environment, not slums disassociated from the rest of the town. Indigenous planners must realize that substandard housing is only a symptom, not the cause, of the societal in- equality they can work towards solving. Necessary to such an understanding is a redefinition of commitment by indigenous planners regarding their responsibility to serve low-income groups through participatory planning. A major theme of this work, therefore, is that planners should reinforce, rather than destroy, attempts by low-income groups to house themselves. By concentrating on the delivery of communal infrastructure, planners can best utilize their efforts towards community development as a partner with low-income residents who, with the proper assistance, have the potential to provide their own shelter. In terms of Canada's global response to the problems of planning in developing nations, it is the conclusion of this study that foreign aid programs which only stress technological assistance tend to create Third World dependence, not development. It is recommended that more self-help, participatory planning programs be adopted by those concerned so that development responsive to the basic community needs of Third World Nations can be realistically achieved. / Applied Science, Faculty of / Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), School of / Graduate

La presente tesis trata dos temas relacionados entre ellos dentro del ámbito de la literatura sinófona de Malasia. El primer tema es de natura más general y se centra en la narrativa sino-malaya contemporánea como sistema literario. El segundo, en cambio, es de ámbito más restringido y, dentro de la narrativa sino-malaya contemporánea, se centra en la construcción de la identidad a través de las relaciones intraétnicas e interétnicas y su representación literaria. Las relaciones intraétnicas se refieren a las relaciones entre los sino-malayos y los chinos de otros lugares, como por ejemplo los chinos de la Républica Popular, los de Taiwán, los de Singapur, etc., mientras que las interétnicas hacen referencia a las relaciones entre la comunidad sino-malaya y otras comunidades de Malasia pero de distinto origen étnico, como por ejemplo los malayos, los aborígenes de la península y las poblaciones nativas de Borneo. El objetivo de este trabajo es investigar, sistematizar, analizar de manera crítica y traducir 9 obras de ficción divididas en cuentos (短篇小說 duanpian xiaoshuo) y novelas cortas (中篇小說 zhongpian xiaoshuo). / The present dissertation deals with two interconnected issues within the realm of Sinitic-medium literature from Malaysia. The first issue, of a rather general nature, is constituted by contemporary Sinophone Malaysian fiction. The second, of a more restricted scope, is the Chinese Malaysian identity construction and its representation through intraethnic and interethnic interaction in contemporary Sinophone Malaysian fiction. The main goals that I aim to fulfill with my research are to investigate, systematize, critically analyze and partially translate (into English) a specific body of Sinitic-medium fictional writings. The literary corpus presented here has been personally built through a selection among a wider number of short stories (duanpian xiaoshuo 短篇小說) and novellas (zhongpian xiaoshuo 中篇小說) produced by Sinophone Malaysian writers. Through this process of scrutiny, systematization, analysis and translation, I wish to pinpoint a topic which although is less researched in Sinophone Malaysian literary studies, is very often explored by Sinophone Malaysian authors in their creative writings. Hence, I will explore how Chinese Malaysian identity is shaped through the literary representation of two main types of interaction. Firstly, I will examine the literary portrayal of the relationship between the Chinese Malaysian Self and ethnic Chinese people from other geographic locales such as mainland Chinese, Chinese Singaporeans, etc. Subsequently, I will investigate how Sinophone Malaysian writers represent the relationship between Chinese Malaysians and Malaysians of other ethnic heritages such as Malays, aboriginal people from the peninsula and natives of Sarawak.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2008. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 277-315).

Thesis (M.S.)--School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, 2008. / "June 2008." Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-108). Also available via the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-246).