Beyond Lip Service: A Council Approach to Planning for Behaviour Change

2009 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 129-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grahame Collier ◽  
Phil Smith
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Behaviour Change ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Environmental Action ◽  
Change Models ◽  
Real Change ◽  
The City

AbstractThe Council of the City of Sydney – like many other councils around Australia – has embarked on a whole-of-council approach to establishing sustainable behaviours amongst its residents. In developing its Residential Environmental Action Plan - designed to motivate and bring about real change in resident choices and behaviours - the City sought to base its planning on a significant knowledge base.It undertook a project which asked two fundamental questions: What does the literature say about behaviour change in the community? and What do the residents of the City of Sydney local government area say about the best ways to influence community behaviour? A review of behaviour change models and the conduct of focus groups and other informant interviews across the key demographics of the City of Sydney local government area, yielded two sets of criteria for behaviour change programs. Not surprisingly, both sets were similar and for ease of use they were merged into one shorter set of twelve criteria. These are useful in informing the design of programs or assessing whether existing programs are capable of affecting behaviour. The key claim in this paper is the importance of understanding both the theory and the local community at the design phase of any program. Good planning of behaviour change programs enables graceful interventions, the magic of co-learning and the power of adaptation.The authors acknowledge the work and support of the City of Sydney in undertaking this project.

Effectiveness of Local Community Policy Responses to Climate Change Impact on Ecosystem Services for Biodiversity Conservation in the Semi-Arid Zones

2019 ◽  
pp. 304-315
Author(s):  
Wilson Truman Okaka
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Community Response ◽  
Change Policy ◽  
Government District ◽  
Semi Arid

The Ugandan government has decentralized climate change policy strategies at the local government district development planning levels to build local community adaptive capacity for accelerated action for disaster resilience. This chapter focuses on the local community response by Isingiro local government district authority. The purpose is to provide a context of the significance of eco-services and natural biodiversity resources in the semi-arid district, located in the South-Western Uganda, elaborate on the district climate change action plan for community-based adaptation strategies, and the biodiversity conservation district development plan. For decades, most households and local communities have perpetually suffered from the severe climatic stress of galloping heatwaves, shocking floods, ferocious frequent whirlwinds and wind storms, catastrophic droughts, perennial food insecurity, malnutrition, migrations, and famines. The district has adopted strategies to enhance biodiversity conservation for eco-services for food security and sustainable community livelihoods.

Effectiveness of Local Community Policy Responses to Climate Change Impact on Ecosystem Services for Biodiversity Conservation in the Semi-Arid Zones

2022 ◽  
pp. 218-229
Author(s):  
Wilson Truman Okaka
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Community Response ◽  
Change Policy ◽  
Government District ◽  
Semi Arid

The Ugandan government has decentralized climate change policy strategies at the local government district development planning levels to build local community adaptive capacity for accelerated action for disaster resilience. This chapter focuses on the local community response by Isingiro local government district authority. The purpose is to provide a context of the significance of eco-services and natural biodiversity resources in the semi-arid district, located in the South-Western Uganda, elaborate on the district climate change action plan for community-based adaptation strategies, and the biodiversity conservation district development plan. For decades, most households and local communities have perpetually suffered from the severe climatic stress of galloping heatwaves, shocking floods, ferocious frequent whirlwinds and wind storms, catastrophic droughts, perennial food insecurity, malnutrition, migrations, and famines. The district has adopted strategies to enhance biodiversity conservation for eco-services for food security and sustainable community livelihoods.

scholarly journals Berala

2008 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Railway Station ◽  
Railway Line ◽  
The City

Berala is a small residential suburb centred on the railway station of that name, located 17.7 kilometres west of the city on the Lidcombe to Cabramatta railway line. It is part of the Auburn local government area and is entirely in the catchment of the main arm of Haslams Creek, a tributary of Parramatta River, which flows north into Homebush Bay. The Wangal clan of the Eora/Dharawal culture were the original inhabitants of the area.

CREATING A POSITIVE IMAGE OF A PLACE WHICH IS AN ELEMENT OF THE CITY MARKETING STRATEGY – THE EXAMPLE OF TOMASZOW MAZOWIECKI

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 331-342
Author(s):  
Blanka Gosik ◽  
Dorota Żelazna-Jochim
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Marketing Strategy ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
City Marketing ◽  
Positive Image ◽  
Territorial Marketing ◽  
The City

The city’s marketing strategy can take four forms in relation to a given territory, ie: image, attractions, infrastructure and people. It is assumed that the image is a whole of subjective ideas of reality, which, created in the minds of service recipients, should be surveyed and used for making changes. Hence, among the objectives of territorial marketing, the need emerges associated with shaping a strategy in line with the needs or imaginations of the local community. The empirical part of the work is a presentation of a section of research carried out on a group of a thousand inhabitants of Tomaszów Mazowiecki. The opinions presented relate to the assessment of the city’s functioning in selected areas of life and the indication of sources of information on the activities carried out by local government authorities. The collected data can be the basis for strengthening or building a positive image from scratch

scholarly journals Ternate Government’s Efforts in Establishing Culture-based Tourism Destinations through Heritage City

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Nurlaili Nurlaili ◽  
Adinoto Nursiana ◽  
Henky Hermantoro
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Natural Setting ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Full Support ◽  
History Of ◽  
Tourism Destinations ◽  
The City

Ternate, one of the oldest cities in Indonesia, has committed to establish a culture-based tourism through heritage city. This city needs to go through some approaches by conducting inventory of historical studies and mapping the existing historical assets. To achieve the goals above, the history of the city can provide distinctiveness on the theme of the city as heritage-based coastal and islands. This research aims to find out the efforts conducted by the local government to create the heritage city as part of culture-based tourism. The method used in this research is the mixed methods which combines qualitative and quantitative. The research is done by combining two forms of pre-existing research which emphasizes on the understanding of problems in social life based on reality on natural setting. The research has revealed some attempts from the local government to increase the value of assets heritage and also to restore the glory of Ternate in the future simultaneously. And these efforts, have gained full support from the local community

PERCEIVED EFFECTS OF STREET HAWKING ON THE WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN IN ANYIGBA, DEKINA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KOGI STATE, NIGERIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-07
Author(s):  
Alfred Eboh
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Perceived Effects ◽  
The Government

Background: The hawking of wares by children has been a serious issue confronting the Nigerian society. Children hawk in some of the most horrible conditions conceivable, where they face a serious risk of injury, chronic illness, kidnapping, rape or death. Objective: The focus of this study was to assess the perceived effects of street hawking on the well-being of children in Anyigba, Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State. Methods: The population of this study consists of parents of the street hawkers in Anyigba while cross-sectional survey design was used through the purposive sampling technique to choose the sample size of one hundred and sixty-two (162) respondents. The validated structured questionnaire and In-Depth Interviews (IDIs) served as the instruments for the data collection respectively. The hypotheses were tested using Chi-Square at a predetermined 0.05 level of significance. The quantitative data were analysed with the aid of the SPSS (version 20). Results: The results indicated among others that street hawking had significant social implications and physical consequences on children's moral behaviour as well as health status in the study area. Conclusion: The study, therefore, concluded that the government of Kogi State should carry out an enlightenment campaign through the media and religious institutions on the negative consequences of street hawking are recommended as panacea. Also, the child right act instrument and its implementation should be strengthened in order to curb street hawking in the study area.

Knowledge and Practice of Cervical Cancer Screening among Women in Orlu Local Government Area, Imo State, Nigeria.

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-65
Author(s):  
Jude Egwurugwu ◽  
S.D. Ejikunle ◽  
E.I. Dike ◽  
M.C. Ohamaeme ◽  
Jude Egwurugwu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Cervical Cancer Screening ◽  
Cervical Screening ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Imo State ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Knowledge And Practice

Background: Cervical cancer is the 2nd commonest cancer among women worldwide and the most common cancer among women in developing countries like Nigeria. Though preventable by screening for premalignant and early cervical lesions, this is predicated on the knowledge and practice of a cervical screening. Objective: To assess the knowledge and practice of cervical cancer screening among women in Orlu, Local Government Area(LGA) Imo State, Nigeria. Materials & Methods: A community based cross-sectional study with the use of 502 interviewer – administered questionnaires was conducted among women in Orlu LGA of Imo State. All the women in the communities attending the annual August Meeting who consented were recruited for this study. Results: The study showed that the mean age of the respondents was 42±2.8years. Furthermore, 82.3% of respondents attained postsecondary school educational level, 61.8% & 21.1% were multiparous and grand multiparous respectively. Also, 80.5% of respondents have heard about cervical cancer screening. Majority (67.5%) of these respondents heard it from health care providers. There was a positive statistically significant relationship between educational status and the likelihood of having knowledge of cervical cancer screening, (p< 0.01). The level of practice of cervical cancer screening was very low among the respondents(13.5%).Though majority of the respondents have high level of educational attainment this did not reflect their practice of cervical cancer screening. Conclusion: There was high knowledge of cervical cancer and cervical screening modalities among women in Orlu but their practice of cervical cancer screening was very low. There is an urgent need to educate and encourage women on the benefits of cervical cancer screening. Key words: cervical cancer, knowledge, Practice, Orlu women, Screening.

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