ICT in Social Development—Context-Sensitive Design Strategies to Develop Mobile Applications for Barefoot Animal Breeders

2018 ◽  
pp. 415-423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Divya Piplani ◽  
Dineshkumar Singh ◽  
Karthik Srinivasan ◽  
Vaibhav Lonkar ◽  
Sujit Shinde
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Context Sensitive ◽  
Development Context

Techniques for Efficient Resource Management for Context-Sensitive Mobile Applications

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Aleksy ◽  
Ralf Gitzel ◽  
Gerhard Vollmar ◽  
Nicolaie Fantana ◽  
Christian Stich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Context Sensitive ◽  
Efficient Resource

Organization Development in the Non-Profit and Social Development Context

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 120-125
Author(s):  
Rupande Padaki ◽  
Vijay Padaki
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
Organization Development ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Development Context

Health care in the social development context

2005 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 537-552 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Juliá ◽  
Mary E. Kondrat
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Health Programs ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Participatory Approaches ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
The Social ◽  
Health Assessments ◽  
Development Context ◽  
Développement Social

Social development scholars and practitioners have long advocated an important role for indigenization and grassroots participation in designing and implementing social development programs. Because of the recognized connection between health and social development, they have increasingly advocated for more indigenous and participatory approaches in conducting health assessments and in the delivery of health programs of relevance to individuals, families and communities. This article presents a rationale for such participatory approaches and the arguments are illustrated by case studies from two different cultural contexts. French Les chercheurs et les practiciens dans le secteur du développement social préconisent depuis longtemps l'importance d'un rôle autochtone et tenant compte de la base de la société dans la planification et la mise en application de programmes de développement social. Reconnaissant le lien entre la santé et le développement social, ils recommandent une plus grande participation indigène dans l'évaluation de la santé et la mise en application de programmes de santé pertinents pour les individus, les familles et les communautés. Le présent article argumente en faveur d'une approche participative et illustre ses raisons pour ce faire à l'aide de deux études de cas provenant de deux différents contextes culturels. Spanish Estudiosos y practicantes del desarrollo social han asignado, desde hace tiempo, un papel importante a la participación indigenista y popular en el diseño e implementación de los programas de desarrollo social. A partir del reconocimiento de la conexión entre desarrollo social y salud, se han abocado a promover el aumento de la participación indígena en la conducción de las asesorías en salud y en el desarrollo de programas de salud de relevancia para individuos, familias y comunidades. Este trabajo presenta el fundamento de este tipo de acercamiento participativo y los argumentos se ilustran a partir de estudios de caso en dos contextos culturales diferentes.

Balancing Goods Movement and Livability with Freight Roadway Design Considerations

2017 ◽  
Vol 2609 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Hardy ◽  
Brian Hunter
Keyword(s):  
Tampa Bay ◽  
Department Of Transportation ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Complete Streets ◽  
Context Sensitive ◽  
Interagency Coordination ◽  
Design Considerations ◽  
Goods Movement ◽  
Florida Department ◽  
Roadway Design

Freight Roadway Design Considerations (FRDC), the document described in this paper, was developed by the Florida Department of Transportation District 7 to provide guidance to transportation planning and engineering practitioners for balancing livability and the needs of goods movement in a context-sensitive manner. The FRDC implemented one recommended element of the 2012 Tampa Bay Regional Strategic Freight Plan to develop a new approach to the roadway design process. This approach takes into consideration the analysis of freight activity and land use compatibility in the Tampa Bay plan. The FRDC benefited from a literature review of current practices and guidance from an internal review group and interagency coordination and commentary on draft materials throughout its development. The FRDC provides guidance on identifying roadway context, understanding and clarifying design intent, and selecting from a series of design strategies to help integrate goods movement into the development of complete streets.

Community Sport for Development: Perceptions From Practice in Southern Africa

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara K. Marshall ◽  
Paul Barry
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
Change Agents ◽  
Specific Model ◽  
Development Theory ◽  
Sport Education ◽  
Community Sport ◽  
Sport For Development ◽  
Development Context ◽  
Development Objectives ◽  
Valuable Role

Development practitioners and agencies consider sport to play a valuable role in social development; however, the emerging evidence does not yet adequately describe sport’s contribution to social development. Lyras (2009, 2012a) proposed a sport for development theory (SFDT) as a specific model to increase understanding of the processes and conditions involved in sport for development (SFD) programs. In our study, SFD practitioners of the Kicking AIDS Out Network were interviewed to identify project elements perceived as significant for achieving development objectives, and their perceptions were examined in relation to SFDT to test its applicability to their particular development context. The findings suggest SFDT offers an appropriate framework to enhance project design and delivery that integrates the features of sport, education, life skills development, use of leaders as change agents, and participation that are key to Kicking AIDS Out programs and other community sport programs promoting behavior and social change.

Understanding ‘Empowerment’

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-141
Author(s):  
Ajit Chaudhuri
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Abstract Form ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Broad Perspective ◽  
Structure And Agency ◽  
The Social ◽  
Development Context ◽  
Universal Definition ◽  
Definition Of

The term ‘empower’ has become ubiquitous within the social development sector. Empowerment has become the answer to most problems, and it is a rare development initiative that does not overtly seek to empower somebody. And yet, the term is used loosely, without regard to the variety of meanings and flavours of power that make it up, rendering it as a standardised and meaningless jargon instead of a subtle and nuanced word with deep implications for development policy and practice. This article looks to understand empowerment in the social development context by exploring its roots in the term ‘power’. It delves into power in its abstract form, in its relationship with structure and agency, in its role in participatory processes and in its function in governance and development. It also goes into the multiple ways by which communities resist power and its imposition upon them. In the process, it explores the thinking of intellectuals such as Riker, Dahl, Lukes, Foucault, Giddens, Olson, de Certeau, Scott and Havel on power and brings these multiple understandings and meanings into a single narrative. It concludes that a single universal definition of power may not be possible given the multiplicity of contexts within which it is used, and that each of these contexts and their underlying assumptions has implications on the usage of the term ‘empower’. It goes on to suggest that those using the term ‘empower’ would be well advised to state their own assumptions on power and the context within which they use it such as, inter alia, is it transferrable via empowerment. Does it exist in an act, or is it universal and always there? Does the empowerment of one necessarily mean the disempowerment of another so that the sum total of power in a community is constant? In the process, the article looks to provide development practitioners with a broad perspective on power so that they use the term ‘empower’ with specificity and precision.

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