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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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A Study of Juvenile Delinquency in Erath County, Texas, January 1, 1938, Through December 31, 1958

Isbell, Phoebe B. 08 1900 (has links)
The object of this study was to find out what pattern juvenile delinquency follows in small towns and rural areas.
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How to best serve the rural and small town middle class market in South Africa

Khumalo, Funeka Nomasundu 30 April 2011 (has links)
This is an exploratory study with a purpose to gain an understanding of the middle class that is not situated in the cities in South Africa, whether this middle is served adequately in their areas. A population of middle class consumer who reside in the rural and small towns of South Africa and those who visit these areas was interviewed in in-depth face to face interviews. Expert interviews with retailers that they normally purchase from were also conducted. The study shows evidence of the middle class in the rural and small towns that goes out of their towns to source aspirational goods that are not available in their small towns. This class is aware of current styles and brands as they are exposed to media and they are influenced by those who live in the cities and also get exposure through their travels. It was also found that there is a number of the black middle class that currently resides in the cities however through their family ties in the rural and small town areas, they go back seasonally to be with their families and hence they expect to find the goods that they are accustomed to when they get there. The retailers had concerns with the size of the market in the rural and small towns, being small, however, this market does increase seasonally and models to serve a seasonal market are suggested. The research concludes that there is a middle class in the rural and small town areas of South Africa, this market grows seasonally and ways to service this market can be sought. Copyright / Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. / Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) / unrestricted
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The development hub as an integrated strategy to accelerate led in small towns

Nothnagel, Emil January 2013 (has links)
Philosophiae Doctor - PhD / Evolving out of my past experience as municipal manager, the study addresses one of the topical issues in municipalities, viz. the quest for more effective and sustainable local economic development (LED) in small towns. Through an extensive review of the literature and best practices of LED among South African and international municipalities, viable and reproducible strategies were examined and compared. The focus of my in depth research falls primarily on towns in the Western Cape, but lessons from other parts of South Africa also form part of this research. The conclusions drawn are not only relevant in South Africa, but can also be applied in southern Africa and other African sub-continents. Based on the qualitative evidence gathered from three in-depth case studies and a Western Cape sample of tourism places, the study explores the interaction of public- and private-sector involvement in the generation of LED momentum. As such the study focuses on the principles of successful public-private partnerships and how such partnerships can be enhanced through different types of projects. The study presents an LED framework, also referred to as a "development hub", to bring together the different elements of an integrated strategy. Based on the lessons drawn from the case studies and the literature review, the final section of the study presents a strategy framework which should be useful and applicable to other small towns, even if their growth is not tourism-based, and they are not located in South Africa's Western Cape. Hopefully the study will stimulate serious and in-depth debate among policy planners as well as key development stakeholders in small towns regarding viable LED strategising and the practical implementation of those strategies.
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The development hub as an integrated strategy to accelerate LED in small towns

Nothnagel, Emil January 2013 (has links)
Philosophiae Doctor - PhD / Evolving out of my past experience as municipal manager, the study addresses one of the topical issues in municipalities, viz. the quest for more effective and sustainable local economic development (LED) in small towns. Through an extensive review of the literature and best practices of LED among South African and international municipalities, viable and reproducible strategies were examined and compared. The focus of my indepth research falls primarily on towns in the Western Cape, but lessons from other parts of South Africa also form part of this research. The conclusions drawn are not only relevant in South Africa, but can also be applied in southern Africa and other African sub-continents. Based on the qualitative evidence gathered from three in-depth case studies and a Western Cape sample of tourism places, the study explores the interaction of public- and private-sector involvement in the generation of LED momentum. As such the study focuses on the principles of successful public-private partnerships and how such partnerships can be enhanced through different types of projects. The study presents an LED framework, also referred to as a "development hub", to bring together the different elements of an integrated strategy. Based on the lessons drawn from the case studies and the literature review, the final section of the study presents a strategy framework which should be useful and applicable to other small towns, even if their growth is not tourism-based, and they are not located in South Africa's Western Cape. Hopefully the study will stimulate serious and in-depth debate among policy planners as well as key development stakeholders in small towns regarding viable LED strategising and the practical implementation of those strategies.
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Take a Picture: A Novel

Bell, David James 14 July 2005 (has links)
No description available.
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Configuração regional, segregação espacial e os processos de estagnação em pequenas cidades : o caso de Santa Tereza/RS

Damazzini, Marcelo January 2017 (has links)
Estudos que enfocam fenômenos relacionados ao desenvolvimento local e à qualidade de vida em pequenas cidades ou pequenos municípios, ainda quando estes estão inseridos em regiões em processo de reestruturação produtiva e desenvolvimento local, se tornaram relevantes nos últimos anos. Dentre os problemas relacionados a esta temática, a migração das populações e crises do sistema produtivo rural que vem sendo abordados a partir das dimensões econômica, produtiva; das dinâmicas rural-urbano; da qualidade de vida e da governança urbana, são temáticas que servem para descrever e analisar problemas relacionados ao isolamento de pequenas cidades e seus efeitos sobre as redes urbanas regionais, centrados em fatores funcionais multidimensionais e multiescalares. No entanto, a dimensão espacial do fenômeno de isolamento e segregação de pequenas cidades não contemplam especificamente as configurações das redes regionais e os limites territoriais e espaciais impostos à integração regional e ao desenvolvimento local. O objetivo da pesquisa é relacionar as variáveis morfológicas e espaciais das configurações regionais a processos de estagnação social e econômica de pequenos municípios. O estudo de caso empírico é o município de Santa Tereza / RS, inserido na região de planejamento da Serra, recentemente incorporado à Região Metropolitana da Serra Gaúcha, cujo núcleo urbano foi designado pelo IPHAN como exemplar da Paisagem Cultural da Imigração Italiana no Brasil. No entanto, estas ações institucionais multiescalares não modificaram os padrões de desenvolvimento local, nem instigaram a adesão do município às transformações produtivas em curso no contexto regional. O município está, há cinquenta anos, num processo de estagnação econômica, perda de população e alheio às mudanças pelas quais passa a região em que se inscreve. Neste contexto, o problema é discutido a partir da dimensão espacial do processo de isolamento, tanto à escala local - do núcleo urbano, como à microrregional. A hipótese levantada é que dos efeitos positivos e transformadores das ações políticas e institucionais à escala nacional em interação com os potenciais de integração espacial local e regional emergem tendências dissimilares de integração aos processos de mudança da organização social e espacial à escala local, bem como desigualdades em relação às tendências de desenvolvimento local. Para estabelecer a verificação da hipótese, se aplica a teoria, métodos e ferramentas da Sintaxe Espacial e de Análise Espacial para descrever e analisar a configuração espacial do território do município, da região e do núcleo urbano, buscando-se relações dos instrumentos de gestão, infraestrutura regional e de preservação de patrimônio e paisagem cultural, e as configurações espaciais que emergem inscritas em limites territoriais estabelecidos pela aplicação dos instrumentos de planejamento multiescalares. Os resultados da pesquisa indicam que processos top down têm sido insuficientes no que toca potencializar mudanças no desenvolvimento local, para as quais as propriedades morfológicas da rede de circulação regional limitam a difusão espacial de inovações e adesão à reestruturação produtiva por que passa a região. / Research targeting phenomena related to small towns and municipalities’ local development and life quality are becoming widely relevant in the past decades especially when related to urban networks hierarchies at regional scale and addressing productive restructuring issues. Among research problems inscribed in this thematic small towns economic ostracism, loss of population and rural-urban dynamics related to planning regions are recurrent,; most of them focusing on multidimensional and multiscale functional features. However, the spatial dimension of regional segregation and small municipalities’ ostracism phenomena are yet to be `analysis. Therefore, this research objective is to relate regional configurations spatial and morphological variables to social and economic stagnation processes at local scale. The empirical study focuses on Santa Tereza / RS, a municipality inscribed in Serra COREDE, which urban zone is exemplary of The Italian Immigration Region in Brazil. However, institutional agency targeting to improve local development were insufficient to modify the municipality integration into regional productive restructuring processes. In this context, the research problem is addressed from its multiscale spatial dimension. The hypothesis verified is that the positive effects of institutional agency is overwhelmed by spatial segregation patterns of the municipality within the regional urban network, what enhances uneven tendencies of local development and changes in social, economic and spatial organization at local scale. The hypothesis verification methods, based on Space Syntax theory and Spatial Analysis tools provide multiscale configurational descriptions of the segregation phenomena and its interactions with planning strategies. Results indicate that institutional agency is insufficient in changing local development patterns, since morphological variables such as relative accessibility inform segregation tendencies encompassed by the municipality community, limiting the spatial diffusion of innovations.
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As cidades de tempos lentos : o patrimônio cultural entre sinais de letargia e lucidez

Schneider, Cristina Seibert January 2017 (has links)
Esta tese aborda as políticas públicas de preservação do patrimônio cultural no âmbito das cidades pequenas, uma vez que, dos 5.570 municípios brasileiros, 68,67% possuem até 20 mil habitantes (IBGE, 2010). Nas cidades pequenas, existe uma intricada teia social denominada capital social formada por redes de comunicação informais, mais flexíveis e ágeis, desburocratizando os processos de decisão e os contatos entre os agentes culturais na formulação e implantação de políticas públicas (ABRAMOVAY, 1999). Considerando que o capital social estimula e promove, além dos recursos materiais, fatores mais subjetivos, como confiança, cooperação e participação comunitária, importantes para alavancar o desenvolvimento; que uma iniciativa governamental ou institucional pode estimular o sentimento de confiança e de participação cívica, gerando ou aumentando o capital social; que o IPHAN sempre desempenhou um papel de referência para os órgãos de preservação, bem como para os técnicos; que os municípios alcançaram maior autonomia para tratar das questões de preservação com a Constituição de 1988, formula-se a hipótese de que uma iniciativa governamental de preservação do patrimônio cultural cria e/ou estimula o capital social no âmbito local, gerando desenvolvimento. Assim, dos 44 conjuntos urbanos tombados pelo IPHAN depois da Constituição de 1988, nove cidades são consideradas pequenas e, dessas nove, três cidades − São Félix (BA), Corumbá de Goiás (GO) e Antônio Prado (RS) − implantaram políticas municipais de preservação Para tanto, retomam-se os principais conceitos envolvendo política, política pública, desenvolvimento, e os principais processos político-administrativos que caracterizam a formulação, implementação e avaliação de programas e projetos, com ênfase nas políticas intersetoriais numa perspectiva neoinstitucionalista (campo no qual as instituições importam e impactam sobre o comportamento dos atores). Constatou-se que esses conjuntos urbanos são resultado de combinações únicas de aspectos políticos, geográficos, econômicos e culturais que moldaram historicamente cada uma dessas sociedades e refletem a complexidade da realidade das pequenas cidades com grande diversidade de dinâmicas urbanas, contradições e desigualdades produzidas pela sociedade capitalista. Abordam-se ainda o capital social, analisando-os em sua forma estrutural e cognitiva, e a ação coletiva como materialização do capital social. Conclui-se que a intervenção governamental pode gerar ou ampliar o capital social no âmbito local. Mas, além da existência de capital social estrutural e cognitivo, é necessário que se estabeleçam arranjos institucionais e uma nova governança alicerçada na perspectiva da intersetorialidade para que o desenvolvimento seja centrado nas pessoas e construído a partir do conceito de lugar. / This thesis approaches the public policies of preservation of the cultural heritage of small cities, since, 68,67% out of a total of 5.570 Brazilian cities have less than 20.000 inhabitants (CENSO 2010). In small cities there is a complex social web called social capital, formed by informal communication networks, which are faster and more flexible, reducing bureaucratic decision processes and the contact between cultural agents in formulation and implantation of public policies (ABRAMOVAY, 1999). Considering that the social capital stimulates and promotes beyond material resources, subjective factors like confidence, cooperation and participation of the community which are important for promoting the development; that a governmental or institutional initiative can stimulate the feeling of confidence and civic participation, generating or increasing the social capital; that IPHAN has always had a role of reference for preservation organizations as well as for the technicians; that cities reached more autonomy to deal with preservation issues with the Constitution of 1988, there is a hypothesis that a governmental initiative of preservation of the cultural heritage creates and/ or stimulates the social capital in the local sphere, generating development. Therefore, from the 44 urban properties declared historical landmarks by IPHAN after the Constitution of 1988, nine cities are considered small. Among them, São Félix (BA), Corumbá de Goiás (GO) and Antônio Prado (RS), implemented municipal policies of preservation For this purpose, it is resumed the main concepts concerning politics, public policies, development and the main political-administrative processes that characterize the formulation, implementation and evaluation of programs and projects with emphasis in intersectoral policies in a neoinstitutionalist perspective (field in which the institutions matter and impact the behavior of the actors). It was observed that these urban properties are the result of unique combinations of political, geographic, economic and cultural aspects that historically formed each one of these societies and reflect the complexity of the reality of small cities, with big diversity of urban dynamics, contradictions and inequalities produced by the capitalistic society. It is also approached the levels of social capital analyzing it in its structural and cognitive forms, and the collective action as materialization of the social capital. It is concluded that the government intervention can generate or expand the social capital in local sphere. But, beyond the existence of structural and cognitive social capital it is necessary to establish institutional arrangements and new governance, consolidated in the perspective of intersectoriality so that the development is centered in people and constructed from the concept of place.
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Exploring Safer and Unsafe Drug Use and Sexual Practices Among Female Injection Drug Users Living in Small Towns / Rural Communities, in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

Hodder, Samantha 17 October 2011 (has links)
The purpose of this qualitative research study was to understand the facilitators and/or barriers to safer drug use and sexual practices among a sample of young female injection drug users (IDUs) who live in small towns/rural communities in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. This study examined how economic status, relationships, social roles, small town/rural living, and stigma function as facilitators and/or barriers to safer practices. Eight female IDUs aged 20-31, living in small towns/rural communities in Cape Breton, engaged in face-to-face, semi-structured interviews. The women described what day-to-day life is like for female IDUs living in small towns/rural communities. They spoke about managing drug addiction, their understanding of safer and unsafe injection drug use and risky and safer sexual practices, as well as their experiences with services/supports. The information obtained from this study will help to inform harm reduction policy and program initiatives.
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As franquias em cidades pequenas: estratégias locacionais do comércio e produção do espaço urbano / Franchises in small towns: trade locational strategies and urban space production

Baldoni, Karlise Klafke [UNESP] 06 November 2017 (has links)
Submitted by Karlise Klafke Baldoni (kaklafke@hotmail.com) on 2018-01-02T17:21:49Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao.KarliseBaldoni.pdf: 6855343 bytes, checksum: c0a59364e5f640d40d281aff75f8a3d1 (MD5) / Rejected by Adriana Aparecida Puerta null (dripuerta@rc.unesp.br), reason: Prezada Karlise Klafke Baldoni, Solicitamos que realize uma nova submissão seguindo as orientações abaixo: - Capa - Faltou a capa no documento enviado. Este item é elemento obrigatório de acordo com as normas de trabalhos do seu Programa de Pós Graduação. Agradecemos a compreensão e aguardamos o envio do novo arquivo. Atenciosamente, Biblioteca Campus Rio Claro Repositório Institucional UNESP on 2018-01-05T10:20:32Z (GMT) / Submitted by Karlise Klafke Baldoni (kaklafke@hotmail.com) on 2018-01-10T11:27:28Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao.KarliseBaldoni.pdf: 5973376 bytes, checksum: e0ee4ce8519df2493dee29bdc650ed46 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Aparecida Puerta null (dripuerta@rc.unesp.br) on 2018-01-11T10:34:01Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 baldoni_kk_me_rcla.pdf: 5926877 bytes, checksum: f03ccdc12430ba015f0af52401c9b1ee (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-01-11T10:34:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 baldoni_kk_me_rcla.pdf: 5926877 bytes, checksum: f03ccdc12430ba015f0af52401c9b1ee (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-11-06 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Este estudo buscou compreender a expansão de unidades de franquias para cidades pequenas. Tradicionalmente, essas formas comerciais localizavam-se nos grandes centros, onde as demandas por consumo e as estruturas urbanas garantiam o sucesso do sistema de franquias. Por outro lado, recentemente as cidades pequenas assistiram à instalação de unidades de franquias em seus contextos urbanos. Essas cidades são conhecidas pela resistência a modernidade e pelos vínculos de sociabilidade, por outro lado a presença de unidades de franquias nessas cidades também lhes confere a característica de cidades mundializadas. Assim nas cidades pequenas há a convivência dialética entre as formas tradicionais e a novas formas comerciais. Além das repercussões para o espaço urbano, a presença de unidades de franquias nas cidades pequenas também aponta para o aprofundamento da divisão territorial do trabalho, ampliando o papel das cidades médias e das metrópoles em detrimento das cidades pequenas. Isso porque, a população dessas cidades passou a reproduzir as relações de consumo antes exclusivas dos grandes centros graças a repetição das marcas e dos símbolos via recursos midiáticos. A análise é pautada na articulação entre sociedade, espaço e comércio na compreensão das estratégias dos sistemas de franquias, buscando explicar a sua presença em cidades pequenas. Entendemos assim, as franquias e o consumo como parâmetros de análise no entendimento das mudanças na produção do espaço urbano e nos papéis desempenhados no contexto regional pelas pequenas cidades. O recorte espacial selecionado foram as cidades de: Pedreira, Artur Nogueira, Jaguariúna, Santa Cruz das Palmeiras, São Pedro e Aguaí, as quais são cidades pequenas que apresentam maior número de franquias dentre as inseridas na região de Campinas. / The mean of this study was to understand the franchise expansion to small towns. Traditionally, these commercial forms were located in big cities, where consumption demands and urban structures ensured the success of the franchise system. On the other hand, recently the small towns have seen the franchise installation in their urban contexts. These cities are known for their resistance to modernity and the bonds of sociability; on the other hand, the franchise in these cities also gives them the characteristics of global cities. Thus in small towns there is a dialectical coexistence between traditional forms and new commercial forms. In addition to the repercussions for urban space, the franchise presence in small towns also points to the deepening of the territorial division of labor, expanding the role of mediumsized cities and metropolises. This is because, the population of these cities began to reproduce the relations of consumption previously exclusive to the great centers thanks to the repetition of the marks and the symbols via marketing. The analysis is based on the articulation between society, space and commerce in the understanding of the franchising strategies, trying to explain their presence in small towns. We understand franchises and consumption as parameters to analyse the changes in the urbar space production and the roles of small towns in the regional context. The selected cities were: Pedreira, Artur Nogueira, Jaguariúna, Santa Cruz das Palmeiras, São Pedro and Aguaí, which are small towns with the highest number of franchises in the Campinas region.
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A implantação de contornos rodoviários e as transformações da forma urbana de pequenas cidades : estudo de caso da rodovia RS-377 em São Francisco de Assis e Santiago, RS / By-passes implantation and urban form changings in small towns: study of case in the highway rs-377 in São Francisco de Assis and Santiago, RS

Pinto, Antônio Francisco Corrêa January 2012 (has links)
Este estudo trata dos desdobramentos na forma urbana de pequenas cidades causados por novos contornos viários, tendo como estudo de caso as cidades de São Francisco de Assis e Santiago, no oeste do Rio Grande do Sul. A metodologia está baseada nas medidas de diferenciação espacial - da Acessibilidade e da Centralidade, além da Polaridade - através das quais é possível visualizar o dinamismo do traçado de uma cidade, e as possíveis alterações de sua forma. Através da elaboração de um modelo urbano, com o uso do software Medidas Urbanas, foram feitas as seguintes Análises Espaciais: 1) Efeitos intra-urbanos do contorno viário construído; 2) Efeitos do contorno viário, com a simulação de novas conectividades; 3) Efeitos do contorno viário, com a simulação de uma distância menor; 4) Efeitos do contorno viário construído em relação aos fluxos de passagem microrregional. Os resultados, através de gráficos comparativos e mapas dos pontos alterados, mostraram uma grande variabilidade, o que vem a reforçar a idéia de complexidade das cidades atuais. Contudo, o estudo apontou alguns padrões, tais como, o limite da influência intra-urbana do contorno (alterações geralmente periféricas), a importância da conectividade das vias de acesso (“Portais da Cidade”), a força da distância Cidade - Contorno e, por último, a importância dos fluxos extra-urbanos para a vitalidade ou estagnação da Cidade. Por fim, esta pesquisa evidenciou a eficácia das medidas de Acessibilidade, de Centralidade e de Polaridade no apoio do estudo dos impactos de novos contornos. / This research is about the changing aspects of the urban form in small towns, when affected by new by-passes roads. The study of case occurs in two cities in the west of Rio Grande do Sul State, in southern Brazil. The methode is based in the measurement of the spatial differences – Acessibility, Centrality and Polarity - with whose it is possible to notice the dynamic of a city structure, and the probablies changings in its form. The construction of an urban model, with the software Medidas Urbanas, guided to the following spatial analyses: 1) Effects of the by-pass as built; 2) Effects of the by-pass, with new connections simulation; 3) Effetcs of the by-pass, with a lower distance simulation; 4) Effects of the by-pass as built, in the microrregional travels. The results, using compared graphics and changing points maps, determined a great variation, wich expose the idea of the complexity in the nowadays cities. Neverthless, the research pointed some patterns out, like the limitation of the by-pass influence (pheripherical changings), the importance of the connection of access lines (“City Door”), the relevance of the distance city-bypass, and the importance of the extra-urban fluxes for the city development or weakness. Finnaly, this paper demonstrated the efficiency of the measurements of Accecibility, Centrality and Polarity to support the studying of the impact of new by-passes.

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