GIS Use in Community Planning: A Multidimensional Analysis of Empowerment

2002 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 905-922 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah A Elwood
Keyword(s):  
New Technology ◽  
Multidimensional Analysis ◽  
Complete Analysis ◽  
Neighborhood Revitalization ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Organizations ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
Neighborhood Organization ◽  
The Social

A growing body of research examining the social and political implications of geographic information systems (GIS) considers the extent to which the use of this technology may empower or disempower different actors and institutions. However, these studies have tended not to articulate a clear conceptualization of empowerment. Thus, in this paper, I develop a multidimensional conceptual framework for assessing empowerment (and disempowerment), and employ it in examining the impacts of GIS use by community-based organizations engaged in urban planning and neighborhood revitalization. Drawing on a case study conducted with a Minneapolis, Minnesota, neighborhood organization, I show how this multidimensional framework fosters a more complete analysis of empowerment, and therefore, development of a more detailed explanation of the impacts of this new technology.

scholarly journals KHF Entrepreneurship Support and the Impact of COVID-19 on Jordanian Entrepreneurs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lami Raei
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Youth Participation ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Organizations ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Start Ups ◽  
The Impact

The King Hussein Foundation (KHF) partners with Oxfam in the Youth Participation and Employment programme (YPE) to promote entrepreneurship through supporting youth to engage in business start-ups and scale-ups. KHF projects support community-based organizations (CBOs) in establishing revolving funds, training CBOs in microfinance management and building the capacity of potential entrepreneurs. Apprenticeships and shadowing are two examples of popular approaches to facilitating entrepreneurship and self-employment. During the COVID-19 crisis, KHF has continued the implementation of activities virtually. This case study presents examples of young people utilizing financial support, reaching out to new clients using ICT, and eventually exploring ways to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19.

Business models impacting social change in violent and poverty-stricken neighbourhoods: A case study in Colombia

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 427-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martine Hlady Rispal ◽  
Vinciane Servantie
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Longitudinal Case Study ◽  
Community Based ◽  
The Social ◽  
Innovative Solutions ◽  
Value Propositions

The business model (BM) – a representation of a venture’s core logic for creating value – is an emergent construct of interest in social entrepreneurship research. While the BM concept is normally associated with financial objectives, socio-entrepreneurial BMs are uniquely identifiable by their social value propositions, by their intended target markets and by the projected social change. Drawing from a longitudinal case study of a Colombian foundation, we outline the characteristics of socio-entrepreneurial BMs. We analyse the entrepreneurial process behind the implementation of a BM that draws on communitarian innovative solutions that benefit the excluded and, ultimately, society at large. Focusing on the question of how socio-entrepreneurial BMs progressively evolve to produce social change, we examine the BM of a successful socio-entrepreneurial venture that exhibits the conditions of social change. Our findings show that the social value proposition, the entrepreneur’s passion for social change and a community-based network are decisive factors.

Delhi traffic police: social media for better traffic management

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Anjali Singh
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Traffic Management ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Traffic Police ◽  
The Social ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Subject area Social media. Study level/applicability Under graduate/Easy. Case overview The case study presents a discussion on how the Delhi Traffic Police has used social media, Facebook in particular, to collaborate with the commuters on Delhi road to improve its traffic management. This case study can be as an example to illustrate the use of social media by a government department, to address operational and resources limitations. The case traces the start and evolution of the Delhi Traffic Police’s journey on the social media as the department responds to the inputs from the commuters on its Facebook page. Expected learning outcomes The case study is an illustration of a non-traditional application of a new technology by a non-business organization, the challenges it faces in its adoption and the solutions it provides. Supplementary materials Teaching Notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email [email protected] to request teaching notes. Subject code CSS 8: Marketing

scholarly journals Challenges And Strategies For The Improvement Of Water Management In Bhopal

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 207
Author(s):  
Kavita Dehalwar ◽  
Jagdish Singh
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Anthropogenic Activities ◽  
Developmental Trajectory ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Know How ◽  
Community Based Organizations ◽  
Infrastructural Development ◽  
Skilled Manpower ◽  
The Social ◽  
Current Scenario

Bhopal is gradually being transformed into a metropolitan city due to its high developmental trajectory and its vast population size. Although she has earned the reputation of ‘City of Lake’ owing to her large number of ponds and lakes, she is insufficient in catering for the ever growing needs of her entire populace. Many natural and anthropogenic activities and occurrences such as unplanned infrastructural development, short- lived rainfall coupled with inefficient management of solid waste as well as inadequacy in skilled-manpower, are all responsible for this. In the current scenario, strategies such as the employing of technical-know-how and the engaging of Community Based Organizations are being utilized for the managing of this problem. Other invaluable efforts for the building of the social capital would be needed for the enlargement of the government’s reach in order to install the effective sustainable water management.

scholarly journals Revolutionizing education: Youth participatory action research in motion

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 187-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katie Richards-Schuster
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Youth Participatory Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Research ◽  
Traditional Research ◽  
The Social

This article reviews 'Revolutionizing education', a deeply reflective and retrospective book of scholarship on critical questions about youth participatory action research. The book contains a series of case study chapters that examine how youth participatory action research transforms young people and the social contexts in which they live as well as the learnings and implications yielded from this research. The book examines youth participatory action research both for its radical and revolutionary challenge to 'traditional research' practices but also for its active focus on research as a vehicle for increasing critical consciousness, developing knowledge for 'resistance and transformation' and for creating social change. It represents an important contribution to the field of youth participatory action research and community-based research.

Community-Based Asian American and Pacific Islander Organizations and Immigrant Integration

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-58
Author(s):  
Erwin de Leon
Keyword(s):  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Pacific Islander ◽  
Immigrant Integration ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Organizations ◽  
Political Networks ◽  
The Social ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Administrative Structures

An Urban Institute study examined immigrant integration through the lens of community-based organizations. Based on interviews with nonprofit leaders and an analysis of financial data, the study found that immigrant-serving nonprofits provide a wide range of programs and services that promote the social and political mobility of newcomers. Findings also suggest that Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) organizations in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area are smaller than other immigrant-serving nonprofits. AAPI groups also lack access to political networks that are crucial to securing policy and funding support. Moreover, different political and administrative structures affect the ability of these nonprofit organizations to serve their constituents.

The methods of community-based organizations (cbos) in HIV prevention and support services in Vietnam during the social distancing caused by the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 05 (03) ◽  
pp. 133-140
Author(s):  
Thu Giang Le ◽  
◽  
Phuong Nga Dinh ◽  
Cam Hang Hoang ◽  
Thi Ngoc Diep Bui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Online Counseling ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Community Based Organizations ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
The Social ◽  
Treatment Support ◽  
Community Based Organization

Objective: To explore the methods of community-based organizations (CBOs) in HIV prevention and support services in Vietnam during the social distancing caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: Qualitative research method, in-depth interview with 20 CBO representatives in 10 provinces and cities of Vietnam. Result: CBOs have changed forms of communication, counseling offline on HIV prevention to media, online counseling through Blued, Grindr, and social networks such as Facebook, Zalo. Some CBOs provide HIV prevention items by making appointments for clients in a familiar location, while at the same time following COVID-19 disease prevention regulations. Strengthening the connection of CBO representatives to private clinics and local HIV prevention centers contributes to the timely delivery of medicines to customers. Conclusion: The methods of transforming service delivery to online, connecting CBOs, between CBOs and private clinics, local HIV prevention centers, and HIV prevention departments is essential to respond meet the needs of customers during a social distancing caused by COVID-19. Keywords: COVID-19, a community-based organization, HIV prevention and treatment support services.

the View from Below: Exploring the Interface of Europeanization and Basque Language Activism in France

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Heidemann
Keyword(s):  
Study Data ◽  
Minority Languages ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Ethnic Mobilization ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Linguistic Rights ◽  
Language Activism ◽  
The Social ◽  
Regional Or Minority Languages

This article explores how Basque language activists in France have evaluated and engaged with European-level minority language policies in relative terms of "opportunity." Focusing upon the social construction of political opportunity from below, I consider how actors affiliated with a community-based schooling initiative cultivated a strategic stance toward the Council of Europe's Charter for Regional or Minority Languages between 1997 and 2007. Drawing upon qualitative case study data, I show how activist stances toward the European Charter were both motivated and minimized by their institutional containment within the French national state and the educational sector more specifically. The article contributes to scholarship by shedding microsociological light on the ways in which grassroots actors experience the intersection between national and supranational political processes in Europe. The article also contributes to the study of ethnic mobilization in Europe by shedding light on the underexamined field of linguistic-rights activism in education.

The “Social Pact” as Anti-Inflationary Policy: The Argentine Experience Since 1973

1976 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 473-501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. Ayres
Keyword(s):  
Labor Union ◽  
Free Market ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Market Forces ◽  
Political Movements ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Pact ◽  
Economic Considerations

Inflation has long been a fact of economic and political life in Argentina. The Peronist government which assumed office in mid-1973 attempted to control inflation through the so-called Social Pact, a wage-price agreement of two years’ duration involving the leading labor union organization, a leading businessmen's organization, and the Argentine state. An awareness of the principal issues of the economic situation is essential to an understanding of the crisis of contemporary Argentina, and a description of the evolution of the Social Pact reveals some of the essential contours of the economic debate. But the importance of the Social Pact extends beyond mere economic considerations. The study of the latest Argentine experience with anti-inflationary policy suggests some generalizations about the nature of populist political movements, the symbolic functions of economic policy initiatives, and the functions of such policies in co-opting private economic actors and legitimating governmental interference with free market forces. It also reveals some important characteristics of Argentine politics, especially concerning relations between the state and private economic groups. With economic and political implications of comparative significance, the Argentine Social Pact is an important case study in political economy.

scholarly journals Commodification Practices in the Begawe Sasak’s Lombok Tradition

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-198
Author(s):  
Abdul Rahim ◽  
Halimatuzzahro
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Mass Culture ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Participatory Approach ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Social Community ◽  
Modern Equipment ◽  
The Social ◽  
Mass Cultures

The begawe tradition, which has become the popular culture of Sasaknese, has begun shifted by the consumption of mass cultures, such as catering services, the use of tools or begawe needs, starting to be replaced by industrial products for rent or sale. The forms of commodification in the begawe tradition, especially in begibung (eating together) and betulung (helping each other), two things that become the ‘aura’ of begawe. This difference can be seen from the shifting values, from the principle of kinship to individualism; of various equipment that is transformed and then commercialized. The new ethnography in this case study becomes the basis for examining the commodification practice in the begawe tradition, which switches to catering services and traditional equipment and replaces by modern equipment. The author, who is part of the Sasak community, also takes a participatory approach in begawe events held by the community. This shows that the alienation of popular culture in society cannot be contained by massive mass culture, so that people, which were initially established with high social values, began to form individualist societies that competed to show their social status. The consumption of signs/symbols has formed a society trapped in a pseudo-need that is unwittingly oppressive. Awareness to be critical and filter the mass culture needs a sphere for negotiation to return the spirit of the social community based on kinship interaction.

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