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Staff Instruction On Patient Health Questionnaire And Collaborative Care Model In Primary Care, Jennifer Carton

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The DNP project examined the effectiveness of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and the Collaborative Care Model (CCM) as a practice protocol for patients suffering from depression in primary care to address the problem of a shortage in mental health specialists. Research reveals an increase in Americans suffering from depression. Many primary care clinics do not have a practice protocol in place to screen and manage depression. The project's purpose was to develop a lesson plan to instruct staff on the PHQ-9 and CCM to implement into their practice. The project questions were if the lesson plan developed by the …

Coalition Sustainability After Federal Funding Is Expended: A Case Study, Shawnee Marie Seese

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Community coalition sustainability has been a focus of scholars as community coalitions deliver vital programs and services for communities in need. Despite the value coalitions bring to U.S. communities, they often become vulnerable after federal funding is expended. Researchers acknowledge the need to build understanding of coalition sustainability and have identified factors that contribute to the sustainability of programs, but studies on the topic remain quite limited. Federal funding requirements are more stringent than in previous years, requiring evidence of sustainability planning, which increases the urgency to identify those elements that ensure sustainability. The purpose of this study was to …

The Sustainability Knowledge, Attitude, And Behavior Differences Between Green And Non-Green University Students, Rebekah Hart

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Research has shown that green schools and sustainability education (SE) can improve learning, health, attitudes, and behaviors. They can also model the necessary community, societal, and global changes needed for sustainable living. However, most students do not attend green schools or receive adequate SE. Limited peer-reviewed studies have also examined the sustainability knowledge, attitude, and behavior differences between green and non-green university student populations. The theoretical foundation of the study was based on the theories of planned behavior and social identity theory. In order to fill the research gap, 606 undergraduates and graduates from 265 U.S. accredited green and non-green …

Therapeutic Wilderness Experiences And Empathetic Perception Of At-Risk Adolescent Youth, Sandra Short-Robbins

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Current research involving wilderness therapy (WT) programs indicates that therapeutic wilderness or outdoor interventions have increased in popularity as alternative approaches for treating at-risk or adjudicated adolescents. However, the role that empathetic perception plays in advancing the efficacy of WT intervention absent from the majority of extant literature. The purpose of this generic qualitative study was to address a gap in research involving how empathetic perception may be affected by WT program participation. The conceptual framework for the project involved ecopsychology, a branch of science that addresses the connection between human beings and the natural world. Nine young adults between …

The Impacts Of Open Grazing On The People Of Anambra South Senatorial Zone, Ephraim Izundu Udeagbala

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractOpen grazing is a main issue in Nigeria today, as Fulani herdsmen take farms by force with weapons like AK47s, which also affects the farmers of Anambra South Senatorial Zone. Further, there are different views on what open grazing is, which takes focus off its impacts that are detrimental to the people of the area. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to understand the impacts of open grazing on the farmers of Anambra South Senatorial Zone. The research question aligned with the purpose of the study and examined the impacts of open grazing on the farmers of Anambra South …

Therapeutic Wilderness Experiences And Empathetic Perception Of At-Risk Adolescent Youth, Sandra Short-Robbins

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Current research involving wilderness therapy (WT) programs indicates that therapeutic wilderness or outdoor interventions have increased in popularity as alternative approaches for treating at-risk or adjudicated adolescents. However, the role that empathetic perception plays in advancing the efficacy of WT intervention absent from the majority of extant literature. The purpose of this generic qualitative study was to address a gap in research involving how empathetic perception may be affected by WT program participation. The conceptual framework for the project involved ecopsychology, a branch of science that addresses the connection between human beings and the natural world. Nine young adults between …

Doing What We Know, Knowing What To Do: Californians Linking Action With Science For Prevention Of Breast Cancer (Clasp-Bc), Jon F Kerner, Marion H E Kavanaugh-Lynch, Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati, Christopher Politis, Aviva Prager, Ross C Brownson

Open Access Publications

Given the lack of progress in breast cancer prevention, the California Breast Cancer Research Program (CBCRP) plans to apply current scientific knowledge about breast cancer to primary prevention at the population level. This paper describes the first phase of Californians Linking Action with Science for Prevention of Breast Cancer (CLASP-BC). The foci of Phase 1 are building coalitions and coalition capacity building through community engagement in community-based participatory research (CBPR) and dissemination and implementation (D&I) research training. Based on the successful implementation and evaluation of Phase 1, the foci of Phase 2 (presented separately in this special issue) will be …

Making Meaning Of Supplier Diversity In Florida's Public Universities: A Narrative Inquiry Of Educational Connoisseurship And Criticism, Cheryl S. Mobley-Gonzalez

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Researchers contend that higher education organizations and systems, no matter their description (public, private, two-year, or four-year), build society. Nationally, many higher education leaders discuss metrics and measures such as graduation rates, class sizes, intercollegiate athletics, famous alumni, and the extent of community engagement, as important elements of societal influence. However, within public higher education scholarship in Florida, supplier diversity is an under-recognized area. Contrary to the better-known student, faculty, and staff diversity initiatives in Florida’s colleges and universities, diversification of vendor participation for procurement and contracting lacks a systematic focus. Little scholarly knowledge exists regarding the extent to which …

Analyzing Spinach Growth Using Vertical Garden Techniques And Local Water Sources For Urban Gardens, Julia Ashlyn Manzella

All ETDs from UAB

The University of Alabama at Birmingham undergraduate and graduate programs’ continued involvement in the Birmingham-Jefferson County community have identified food insecure areas, known as food deserts, and associated health issues negatively impacting the community due to poor diets and lack of access to healthy foods. Farm stands and community gardens around the Birmingham-metropolitan area have increased healthy food availability during the past several years to encourage healthier eating habits. To combat food insecurity, sustainable alternative growing techniques for urban agriculture need to be implemented and incorporated into local community gardens. Alternative gardening techniques such as vertical gardens maximize yield in …

Becoming Transfronterizo Collaborators: A Transdisciplinary Framework For Developing Translingual Pedagogies In Wac/Wid, Marcela Hebbard, Yanina Hernández

Writing and Language Studies Faculty Publications

Given that pedagogical approaches that challenge dominant language ideologies are not yet well represented in WAC/WID scholarship, this chapter outlines a transdisciplinary framework for developing translingual pedagogies. The framework is built around the notion of transfronterizo/ a collaborators because before instructors can engage their students in exploring and challenging their views toward language, instructors must first critically interrogate their own. This interrogation must consider the unique political, social, economic, and linguistic exigencies of where an institution is located. The chapter concludes by showing that a transdisciplinary and translingual collaboration that is mutually transformative changes faculty collaborators in how they perceive …

Remediation And Prevention Of Harmful Algae Blooms (Habs) In Ascarate Lake At El Paso, Texas, Elizabeth Herrera Ortega

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Ascarate park in El Paso, Texas is an example of an urban ecosystem in the middle of a growing city. It is the largest public-use recreational park in El Paso county and it includes a 48-acre Ascarate lake. The purpose of this study was to prevent harmful algae growth in Ascarate lake using phytoremediation by analyzing different water quality parameters. We installed artificial islands on west cove of the lake with African iris plants to determine the feasibility of remediation to prevent algae blooms in Ascarate lake. Water samples were collected at different points close and away from the islands …

Quantifying Spatiotemporal Patterns Of Past And Future Urban Trends In El Paso, Tx And Their Impact On Electricity Consumption Using Nlcd Data And The Ca-Markov Model, Joanne Michelle Moyer

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

As cities continue to grow, their urban form continues to evolve over. Understanding this evolution allows for planners, engineers, and decision makers to plan for a sustainable community. Change analysis was conducted for El Paso, Texas county to determine the areas of growth within the past 15-years (2001-2016). The results indicate that growth has primarily occurred within the city of El Paso, in particular Districts 5 (east side), 1 (west side), and 4 (northeast), with District 5 experiencing substantial growth. Developed sub-categories medium and High intensity experienced the fastest growth, which represents single-family housing and compact/commercial areas. However, landscape metrics …

สมรรถนะการถ่ายเทความร้อน และประสิทธิภาพในการกรองฝุ่นขนาด 2.5 ไมครอนของแผงบังแดดโดยใช้พืชใบแคบ และใบกว้าง, เอกรัชต์ ปานแร่

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อมุ่งเน้นในการใช้ Living wall เพื่อทำหน้าที่เป็นตัวดักจับฝุ่นละออง PM2.5 ที่เป็นปัญหาทางด้านมลพิษทางอากาศ ศึกษาการหาค่าสัมประสิทธิ์ในการบังแดดของพืชไม่ผลัดใบโดยเปรียบเทียบระหว่างพืชใบแคบ และใบกว้างและช่วยในการลดความร้อนจากภายนอกเข้าสู่ภายในอาคาร ซึ่งเป็นการลดการใช้พลังงานภายในอาคาร และการลดอุณหภูมิภายนอกที่มีการติดตั้งแผงบังแดด แผงบังแดดและต้นพลูด่าง แผงบังแดดและต้นเศรษฐีเรือนนอก การทดลองในงานวิจัยนี้แบ่งได้เป็น 2 ส่วน ได้แก่ การลดฝุ่นละอองขนาดเล็ก และการลดการแผ่รังสีจากดวงอาทิตย์เข้าสู่ตัวอาคาร สำหรับฝุ่นขนาดเล็ก PM2.5 ที่เป็นปัญหาในพื้นที่ที่มีการจราจรคับคั่ง เมื่อติดตั้ง Living wall จะสามารถลดปริมาณฝุ่นขนาดเล็กที่เข้าสู่ตัวอาคารได้ร้อยละ 17.96-20.95 Living wall สามารถลดการแผ่รังสีจากดวงอาทิตย์เข้าสู่ตัวอาคารได้ดี เมื่อติดตั้งในทิศตะวันตกจะสามารถลดอุณหภูมิภายในอาคารลงถึง 1.49-3.66 องศาเซลเซียส ซึ่งมีประสิทธิภาพในการลดอุณหภูมิในช่วงบ่ายดีกว่าช่วงเช้า โดยลักษณะใบของต้นพืชที่ใช้ในงานวิจัยนี้ไม่ส่งผลต่อการลดการถ่ายเทความร้อนเข้าสู่ตัวอาคารเนื่องจากค่า SC อยู่ในช่วง 0.05-6.06 ซึ่งไม่แตกต่างกัน เมื่อพิจารณาการใช้พลังงานตลอดทั้งปี และการลดฝุ่นขนาดเล็กที่เข้าสู่อาคาร ยังคงให้ผลดีกว่าการติดตั้งแผงบังแดดเพียงอย่างเดียว จากผลการทดลอง พบว่าพลูด่างสามารถลดค่าการใช้พลังงานไฟฟ้าถึงร้อยละ 11.08 โดยมีระยะเวลาคืนทุนเท่ากับ 1 ปี และมีค่าความหนาแน่นของพุ่มใบเท่ากับ 5.66 ซึ่งเมื่อเปรียบเทียบกับเศรษฐีเรือนนอกที่สามารถลดค่าการใช้พลังงานไฟฟ้าถึงร้อยละ 8.57 โดยมีระยะเวลาคืนทุนเท่ากับ 1 ปี และมีค่าความหนาแน่นของพุ่มใบเท่ากับ 2.4 จะพบว่าพลูด่างให้ผลการทดลองที่ดีที่สุดจึงเหมาะสำหรับการนำมาใช้เป็นพืชที่ปลูกในแผงบังแดดเพื่อลดความร้อนเข้าสู่ตัวอาคาร

การทูตเพื่อการพัฒนาของไทยต่อสาธารณรัฐเคนยา, อลงกรณ์ วัตตธรรม

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

สารนิพนธ์ฉบับนี้ศึกษาการดำเนินนโยบายการทูตเพื่อการพัฒนาของไทยต่อภูมิภาคแอฟริกา โดยใช้สาธาณรัฐเคนยาเป็นกรณีศึกษา มีจุดมุ่งหมายเพื่อทำความเข้าใจต่อการนำความร่วมมือเพื่อการพัฒนามาใช้ในการดำเนินความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างประเทศของไทยในฐานะเครื่องมือการทูตสาธารณะที่หวังผลประโยชน์ในด้านต่าง ๆ โดยเฉพาะต่อเคนยาซึ่งเป็นหนึ่งในประเทศเชิงยุทธศาสตร์ของไทย ผ่านการศึกษารูปแบบและกลไกการดำเนินนโยบายการต่างประเทศของไทยต่อภูมิภาคแอฟริกา การประมวลกิจกรรมความร่วมมือเพื่อการพัฒนาของไทยต่อเคนยา ตลอดจนปัจจัยที่สร้างโอกาสและความท้าทายจากการดำเนินงานดังกล่าว โดยใช้แนวคิดการทูตสาธารณะเป็นกรอบในการวิเคราะห์ จากการศึกษาด้วยวิธีวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพ สารนิพนธ์ได้ข้อค้นพบว่านับตั้งแต่ไทยใช้นโยบายมองตะวันตก เป็นต้นมา ความร่วมมือเพื่อการพัฒนาได้ถูกกำหนดให้เป็นเครื่องมือสำคัญทางยุทธศาสตร์ของไทยต่อภูมิภาคแอฟริกาเพื่อนำไปสู่ผลประโยชน์ทางด้านการค้าการลงทุนและการแสวงหาพันธมิตรในเวทีระหว่างประเทศ โดยไทยใช้รูปแบบการพัฒนาทรัพยากรมนุษย์เพื่อสร้างความสัมพันธ์ที่ยั่งยืนผ่านตัวบุคคลและช่วยส่งเสริมภาพลักษณ์ที่ดีต่อเคนยา และมีความสอดคล้องกับวาระการพัฒนาขององค์การสหประชาชาติ แต่การให้ความช่วยเหลือมีปริมาณน้อยและมีเพียงรูปแบบเดียวจึงทำให้ไม่สามารถเชื่อมโยงไปสู่ผลประโยชน์ทางการค้าการลงทุนได้ ประกอบกับการขาดความชัดเจนของเป้าหมายในการดำเนินงานและความต่อเนื่องทางการเมืองภายในของไทยก็ทำให้การดำเนินนโยบายในลักษณะเชิงรุกไม่ประสบความสำเร็จเท่าที่ควร การดำเนินงานจึงเป็นไปเพียงเพื่อตอบสนองต่อกระแสการพัฒนาขององค์การสหประชาติ และการปฏิบัติตามยุทธศาสตร์ภาพกว้างของรัฐบาลที่อยู่ในส่วนความรับผิดของกระทรวงการต่างประเทศ มากกว่าการมุ่งหวังผลประโยชน์จากการใข้เครื่องมือการทูตนี้อย่างมีประสิทธิภาพ จากข้อค้นพบข้างต้น สารนิพนธ์มีข้อเสนอแนะเชิงนโยบายดังนี้ 1 ไทยควรเน้นการกระชับความสัมพันธ์ของผู้นำระดับสูงที่แสดงถึงเจตจำนงทางการเมืองเพื่อเป็นแรงขับเคลื่อนที่สำคัญของการดำเนินโยบายให้มีความต่อเนื่องและมีพลวัต 2 สถาบันหลักที่มีส่วนในการตัดสินใจเชิงนโยบายของรัฐควรศึกษาผลประโยชน์ที่จะได้รับจากการดำเนินงานด้านนี้เพื่อนำไปสู่การกำหนดเป็นนโยบายที่มีแบบแผนการปฏิบัติงานอย่างเป็นรูปธรรม สำหรับข้อเสนอแนะเชิงปฏิบัตินั้น ไทยควรใช้การทูตเพื่อการพัฒนาในการต่อยอดไปสู่การทูตสาธารณะรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เช่นการทูตสาธารณสุข การทูตด้านการศึกษา รวมถึงการจัดตั้งศูนย์การเรียนรู้เพื่อการพัฒนาของไทยในเคนยาเพื่อเป็นจุดเชื่อมโยงการทูตสาธารณะของไทยในภูมิภาคแอฟริกาตะวันออก

Guidelines To Enhance Community Participation In Community Learning Centers In The Kingdom Of Cambodia, Piseth Neak

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The study aims to 1) analyze components of community participation in the CLCs in Cambodia; 2) study current states and desirable needs of community participation in enhancing community participation in the CLCs in Cambodia; 3) propose guidelines to enhance community participation in the CLCs in Cambodia. A semi-structured interview with 5 Cambodian experts has been employed, and all the keywords have been coded to analyze community participation components in the CLCs. Moreover, this research utilized a survey with the selected samples of 28 CLC committee members and 197 people using stratified random sampling by analyzing data through Means (x̅), Standard …

Business Week Program, February 24-27, 2020, Illinois State University, College Of Business

Business Week

No abstract provided.

Constructing Commonmentalities: Toward Collaborative Governance, Knowledge And Subjectivity, Imil Ferrara

Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects

Western society’s intractable social and environmental problems arise outside the bounds of classical liberal ideation, challenging the utilitarian rationality, decision-making faculty, and popular legitimacy of our liberal institutions. Through a qualitative analysis of three collaborative, community-based institutions, this study aims to identify and illuminate alternative conceptions and organizational relationships, which transcend liberal shortcomings and succeed precisely where liberal institutions have failed. It draws on Michel Foucault’s account of liberal governance, discourse and subject formation, but employs a complex-systems lens to move from critical deconstruction to intentional normative construction, from radical subjectivism to a collaborative pragmatic realism, and from the critique …

Women’S Perspectives On Human Security: Violence, Environment, And Sustainability, Richard Matthew, Patricia A, Weitsman, Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv, Nora Davis, Tera Dornfeld

Ohio University Press Open Access Books

Violent conflict, climate change, and poverty present distinct threats to women worldwide. Importantly, women are leading the way creating and sharing sustainable solutions.

Women’s security is a valuable analytical tool as well as a political agenda insofar as it addresses the specific problems affecting women’s ability to live dignified, free, and secure lives. First, this collection focuses on how conflict impacts women’s lives and well-being, including rape and gendered constructions of ethnicity, race, and religion. The book’s second section looks beyond the scope of large-scale violence to examine human security in terms of environmental policy, food, water, health, and economics. …

Arising: Hurricane (Superstorm) Sandy’S Impact On Design/Planning Professionals, Maxinne R. Leighton

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

Standing by my bedroom window, looking out at the ocean, a huge wave comes and swallows up my building. Everything around me is gone, including me. I wake up. I am 13 years old and living in the Coney Island Houses on Surf Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. With ongoing anthropogenic changes to the natural environment such as sea level rise and intensifying storms, coastal communities, especially ones segregated by class and culture, are particularly vulnerable in this context that challenges a way of life, and in some instances, threatens that life's survival. This dissertation focuses specifically on what one massive …

The Women’S Project—A Power Balance Issue In The Core Of A Spanish Feminist Organization: A Case Study Inquiry Through The Lens Of Servant-Leadership And Feminism, Carla Penha-Vasconcelos

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

The Women’s Project (TWP) is a Spanish based non-profit organization that hired an external consultant to analyze its organizational conflict between the main leaders and its members. TWP requested consultancy services to present a background case study about the organization through the lens of different philosophical approaches that can pose a series of reflective questions that may be used to initiate an internal dialogue towards practicing conflict resolution and a healing process of self-care. The consultant presents the final report with a background case study called The Women’s Project—A power balance issue at the core of a feminist organization with …

Equinox Ten Year Trend Analysis: Housing, Michelle Jones, Christopher Holguin

San Diego Regional Quality of Life Dashboard

This report was prepared for The Nonprofit Institute at the University of San Diego by the Center for Sustainable Energy. This is a ten year trend analysis (2010-2020) on housing in San Diego County.

Improving The Public’S Health Through Sustained, Multidisciplinary Academic And Community Partnerships: The Msm Model, Desiree A. Rivers Phd, Carla Durham Walker Ma, Ashley K. Mitchell Drph, Msph, Shirleta Lawrence, Carey Roth Bayer Edd, Med, Bsn, Rn, Cse

Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association

Background: To meet the growing needs of communities with increased chronic conditions, decreased access to health services, and a changing sociocultural environment, there is a critical need for community-oriented physicians equipped with the skills to attend to the health of underserved populations. The Morehouse School of Medicine Community Health Course’s (CHC) purpose is to inculcate service-learning and public health techniques to equip community-oriented physicians with empathy and tools to effectively engage diverse communities and provide care that addresses the social determinants of health to achieve health equity. The purpose of this practice note is to discuss CHC multidisciplinary strategies used …

Trauma-Informed School Practices In Response To The Impact Of Social-Cultural Trauma (Chapter In How Shall We Then Care? A Christian Educator's Guide To Caring For Self, Learners, Colleagues, And Community), Anna A. Berardi Phd., Brenda Morton

Faculty Publications - Graduate School of Counseling

Excerpt: "In this chapter we present a model for addressing the academic and behavioral challenges of students impacted by unmitigated stress and trauma. Typically, trauma-informed school literature addresses trauma resulting from abusive, or neglectful behaviors that occur in the home (Bailey, 2015; Craig, 2016; Massachusetts Advocates for Children, 2005; Souers & Hall, 2016). Here, the type of trauma we are addressing is threats to the physical and emotional health of students due to social and cultural factors. Perhaps most detrimental and deadly is trauma resulting from war, economic collapse, civil unrest, and social-political attitudes, laws, and customs that exclude, marginalize, …

Identifying A Customer Centered Approach For Urban Planning: Defining A Framework And Evaluating Potential In A Livability Context, Golnaz Sarram

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

In transportation planning, public engagement is an essential requirement forinformed decision-making. This is especially true for assessing abstract concepts such aslivability, where it is challenging to define objective measures and to obtain input that canbe used to gauge performance of communities. This dissertation focuses on advancing adata-driven decision-making approach for the transportation planning domain in thecontext of livability. First, a conceptual model for a customer-centric framework fortransportation planning is designed integrating insight from multiple disciplines (chapter1), then a data-mining approach to extracting features important for defining customersatisfaction in a livability context is described (chapter 2), and finally an appraisal of …

What Could Really Excellent Civic Engagement Look Like In A Technological University?, Catherine Bates, Sarah Gavra Boland, Catherine Lynch, Eoin Mooney

Irish Journal of Academic Practice

The purpose and motivation for civic engagement in an Irish Technological University is clear, as it achieves strategic objectives at a national level for both Higher Education and community sectors. The Technological Universities Act 2018 (http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2018/act/3/enacted/en/print) defines a Technological University (TU) as having a specific focus on community and business engagement, in addition to traditional university functions of teaching, learning, and research. Even the latter were required to be relevant at regional, national, and international levels. We argue that in line with this mission, technological universities should embed deep collaboration with community partners to work towards the UN Sustainable Development …

Co-Operative Housing Systems, Jim Roche

Students Learning with Communities

Exploration of alternative systems around the procurement and delivery of housing, particularly, but not exclusively, the cooperative movement. This project was undertaken by; Bébhinn Smith, Camille Escano, Charlotte O’Donnell, Jack Blake, Juliette Bosschaert,Liam Hayes, Liane Sanchez, Ronan Conlon-Dooley, Seamus Sorensen, William Walsh in collaboration with St. Michael’s Estate Regeneration Team as part of their Bachelor of Architecture. It was supervised by lecturer Jim Roche.

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Alaska National Parks And Indigenous Peoples: Collaboration For A Protected Future, Siobhan Mctiernan

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This research examines the relationships between National Parks and Indigenous communities across the state of Alaska. National Parks as a government agency can be perceived in a negative way; but in Alaska, while there are issues and limitations, parks are going beyond policy guidelines to work with communities and help build a resilient future for both the parks and the local people. This work dives into the National Parks policies and practices, projects resulting from engagement of community stakeholders, perceptions of engagement, community capitals, and sustainable development. In particular, the study investigates how these policies, practices, and interactions ultimately contribute …

No Happy Accident: Defining The Factors Contributing To The Success And Longevity Of A Long-Running Community Engagement Program, Jennifer Irvine

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

The Kalamunda Community Learning Centre (‘the Centre’) was established in 1977 by a group of four women, following their attendance at a conference held by the Women’s Electoral Lobby. Originally named the Kalamunda Women’s Learning Centre, it was established with a charter to improve the status of women, whilst providing a place to alleviate isolation and boredom for ‘stay at home’ mothers. Through its structure, underpinned by feminist ideology, the Centre also provided a place for women to practice skills that would build their confidence with respect to returning to the workforce. From its beginnings with a predominant focus on …

Scattered Governance: A Typology For Toronto’S Business Improvement Areas, Alexandra Flynn

All Faculty Publications

Business Improvement Areas (BIAs) - or Business Improvement Districts as they are known in the United States - are self-taxing local bodies that play an important role in urban governance. Toronto, which was the location of the first BIA in the world, has one of the highest number of BIAs in North America, yet little is known about how these bodies differ across the city. Using a mixed methodological approach that includes geographic information systems mapping, quantitative analysis, and semi-structured interview data, this chapter addresses this gap in knowledge by offering a typology of Toronto BIAs, looking at the metrics …

Real-Time Evaluation Of City–University Partnerships For Sustainability And Resilience, Liliana Elizabeth Caughman, Lauren Withycombe Keeler, Fletcher Beaudoin

Institute for Sustainable Solutions Publications and Presentations

Cities face many challenges in their efforts to create more sustainable and resilient urban environments for their residents. Among these challenges is the structure of city administrations themselves. Partnerships between cities and universities are one way that cities can address some of the internal structural barriers to transformation. However, city–university partnerships do not necessarily generate transformative outcomes, and relationships between cities and universities are complicated by history, politics, and the structures the partnerships are attempting to overcome. In this paper, focus groups and trial evaluations from five city–university partnerships in three countries are used to develop a formative evaluation tool …