Browsing by Subject "community development"
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Community Development in Spryfield, Nova Scotia: Creating and Urban Farm
(2015-04-29)The Urban Farm Museum Society of Spryfield is a community driven initiative that was founded to commemorate the agricultural heritage of Spryfield, Nova Scotia. In its effort to enhance the social well being of community ... -
From Industry to Culture: Renewing Disadvantaged Communities Through Local Art and Craft in Porto, Portugal
(2012-08-17)This thesis introduces an adaptive re-use approach to the remains of a former industrial site located along the River Douro in Porto, Portugal to reconnect individuals with communities and the past with the present by ... -
Industrial Commemoration: A Grain Elevator Prototype for Economic Development in Rural Manitoba
(2015-04-02)This thesis is inspired by Manitoba’s rural industrial heritage that identifies with the iconic, traditional, prairie grain elevator. The evolution of the globalized agricultural industry is made visible through the ... -
Regionalism on the Celtic Fringe: How a Peripheral Community Resists, Negotiates, and Accommodates Political and Economic Integration
(2017-04-03)‘Informal’ peripheral regions have received limited scholarly attention in Canada. This political-economic history of Cape Breton Island analyses how institutional actors build, maintain, and reconstruct a peripheral region, ...