The government plans to redevelop Tai O into a tourist spot. Recently, the government is seeking strategies to maintain the existing community of Tai O and retain the cultural heritage, natural environment and local economy of the place. This will shift Tai O’s major economy from fishing to tourism. The stilt houses are an important element of the history and the fishing village character of Tai O. Under the Government plan, all stilt houses in Tai O will be kept as one main tourism attraction, however the Government does not have intention to help the residents in the ongoing maintenance of the stilt houses. The conditions of the stilt houses for most of the households, especially the elderly need to be improved. If the vulnerable states of the stilt houses are not well-identified, they could soon fall apart and disappear within our generation. This should force us to consider the preservation of the stilt house. Also, with the rebuilding project ahead, some signs of history will disappear if not controlled and conserved. As such the vulnerable factors need to be identified and suggestions are needed for the preservation purpose. In order to thoroughly understand the vulnerable factors of the stilt houses, interviews with residents and members from Tai O Rural Committee, Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), Tai O Alliance Church and Tai O Residents’ Rights Concern Group were carried out in order to seek their views on the vulnerable factors of the stilt house and their opinion towards Tai O stilt house development and cultural & heritage conservation. The dissertation is as attempt to address key queries such as: – Impact on Tai O stilt house resulted from disaster, natural degradation and Government policy – Human impact relating to the stilt house, including depopulation, environmental condition and tourist – Opinions regarding improving Tai O stilt house from residents – Future of Tai O Stilt house. For the development of the Tai O stilt house, the opinion of local residents and actual situation in Tai O should be considered. In view of better development of stilt house in Tai O, cooperation and compromise between Government, Tai O Rural Committee, Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), Tai O Alliance Church, Tai O Residents’ Rights Concern Group and residents would be more constructive for stilt house in Tai O. / published_or_final_version / Conservation / Master / Master of Science in Conservation

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Mūsų amžiuje individai kaip niekada turi galimybių formuoti savo gyvenimus. Kadaise žmonių gyvenimo kelius ypač stipriai veikė tradicijos ir papročiai. Individų asmeniniai identitetai klostėsi jų gimtosios bendruomenės kontekste. Vertybės, gyvenimo būdai ir etika, viešpatavusios toje bendruomenėje, pateikdavo palyginti tvirtas gaires, kuriomis žmonės vadovaudavosi savo gyvenime. Globalizacijos sąlygomis susiduriame su posūkiu į naują individualizmą, kaip žmonėms tenka aktyviai kurti save ir formuoti savo identitetus. Vykstant vietos bendruomenių sąveikai su nauja globaline tvarka, mažėja tradicijų bei įtvirtintų vertybių reikšmė. Gerokai susilpnėjo ir „socialiniai kodeksai“, ankščiau kreipdavę žmonių pasirinkimus bei veiklą. Nors globalizacija dažnai siejama su „didžiųjų“ sistemų – tokių kaip pasaulio finansų rinkos, gamyba ir prekyba, taip pat telekomunikacijos – kitimu, tačiau jos padariniai vienodai stipriai juntami ir privačioje srityje. Globalizacija nėra kažkas „anapus“, veikiantis tolimu lygmeniu ir nesikertantis su kasdieniais reikalais. Tai „čia esantis“ reiškinys, daugeliu skirtingų būdų veikiantis mūsų intymius ir asmeninius gyvenimus. Asmeniniai gyvenimai tiesiog negalėjo pasikeisti, kai į mūsų vietinius kontekstus, namus ir bendruomenes įsiveržė globalizacijos jėgos – ir nuasmenintais kanalais, tokiais kaip žiniasklaida, internetas, populiarioji kultūra, ir per asmeninius kontaktus su kitų šalių bei kultūrų žmonėmis Tyrimo tikslas – ištirti, kaip miestiška... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Title of the work – „Urban lifestyle influence on students free time“. Urbanization is one of major phenomena of modern society steadfastly determining the occurrence of qualitative territorial differences. It could be defined as a process of urban expansion including the mutually related expansion of urban environment and urban way of life (on local level). The aim of the study - to examine how urban life affects academic youth leisure then they cames to Vilnius from villages. The pressure of today’s life, reinforced by workplace, economic, social and political climate, has reduced students quality of life. We live to work and don’t work to live. It is asserted that access to and enjoyment of leisure are central to a high quality of life for individuals and, indirectly, to quality of the society as a whole, The recovery of leisure must begin by asking what are students priorities and raising they consciousness as to what constitutes leisure for them.

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Fishing, and artisanal fishing in particular, plays a key role in the provision of rural employment and more importantly, household food security in the developing nations. The importance of artisanal fishery is shown in Malawi where artisanal fishery produces between 85-95% of the total fish production, and about 70% of the animal protein in human consumption comes from fish. About 43,000 people are employed directly in artisanal fisheries and approximately 100,000150,000 are indirectly employed within the artisanal fishery. Owing to increasing human population in the developing countries coupled with the common property, open-access nature of the fish resource, the resource has not been able to cope with the ever-increasing socio-economic demand placed on it. The resource is so degraded that it is has started to decline beyond capacity to sustain itself. This study was an attempt to examine and understand the artisanal fishery as it contributes to the socio-economic well being of the rural population particularly, the enclave communities of Lake Malawi National Park. The present study used structured interviews, focus group interviews, key informant interviews and personal observation to collect socio-economic information of the fishery. These research tools revealed that among the enclave communities income levels are low and unsustainable due to declining productivity of fishing. The decline may be a result of increasing human population, weak community-based institutions, limited agriculture, poor infrastructure with regard to processing and marketing of fish, limited supplementary and alternatives economic activities, and the fishing methods. Documentary information was used to contextualize artisanal fishery, to examine and understand the common-property and open-access nature of the fish resource as it relates to the exploitation Of fish among the enclave communities. Integrated development that brings together conservation and socio-economic development is the only option that will increase the income of the enclave communities to sustainable levels and achieve the Park's conservation objectives. The socio-economic intervention options should include provision of basic social facilities such as education, health, safe water etc, increase the economic power of the enclave communities through irrigation, adding more value to the fishery, engaging in aquarium trade, community-based eco-tourism and beekeeping. These options would lead to socio-economic sustainability among the enclave communities and would bring about the conservation objectives of the Park. / Thesis (M.Sc.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 1998.

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Photocopy of typescript. / Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1979. / Bibliography: leaves 183-190. / Microfiche. / xiii, 190 leaves ill. 28 cm

Bibliography: leaves 567-588 / xv, 588 leaves : maps (1 folded) ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, 1991

Univ., Diss.--Bremen, 2005.