Planning and maintenance of urban architectural environmental color—A case study of xingning traditional block in nanning city

2021 ◽  
pp. 002072092098467
Author(s):  
Lu Zhang ◽  
Zhenghong Peng
Keyword(s):  
Vital Role ◽  
Architectural Style ◽  
Unique Color ◽  
Architectural Features ◽  
City District ◽  
Urban Planning And Development ◽  
Systematic Planning ◽  
The Times ◽  
The City

As the most historically and culturally valuable city district in Nanning, Xingning Block has gradually formed its own unique color characteristics and architectural style in the slow process of urban historical development, showing the unique local customs and architectural features. However, restricted by the specific development conditions, many undesirable aspects can be found in the overall architectural landscape color of some nodes on the block, such as lack of systematic planning, poor material matching, messy building color, as well as various challenges of contemporary social development to the architectural environmental color on the block.The architectural environmental color of urban traditional blocks is an important part of the specific history, culture and spirit of the times of a city, which plays a vital role in the development and change of the city. Therefore, how to effectively and reasonably do a good job in sustainable urban planning and development is an issue that must attract the attention of competent authorities at all levels, scientific research institutions and planning practitioners.

A prototype-targeting intervention for the promotion of healthy eating in adolescents

2018 ◽  
Vol 118 (6) ◽  
pp. 450-469
Author(s):  
Birte Dohnke ◽  
Tanja Dewitt ◽  
Amina Steinhilber
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Behavioural Change ◽  
Intervention Mapping ◽  
Intervention Development ◽  
Controlled Study ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Process Characteristics ◽  
Unhealthy Eating ◽  
Data Assessment ◽  
Systematic Planning

Purpose Unhealthy eating among adolescents from families with lower social status is a major concern. The purpose of this paper is to describe the development and evaluation of a prototype-targeting intervention for the promotion of healthy eating in this target group. Design/methodology/approach The planning model intervention mapping (IM) was chosen to proceed systematically, to use theory and evidence herein and to make decisions transparent. A controlled study with three times of data assessment was conducted to evaluate process characteristics and effects (N=108). Findings “Provide opportunities for social comparison” (behavioural change technique 6.2) was chosen as change method and “perceived similarity” was identified as the condition for its effectiveness. An intervention unit was designed for application. The evaluation results show the feasibility of the unit; materials and activities successfully applied the change method and its condition for effectiveness; and intervention objectives were generally achieved. Practical implications A prototype-targeting intervention is provided that is based on theory and evidence, and is suitable for implementation. More generally, the paper can serve as a blueprint for the systematic planning of theory- and evidence-based interventions targeting specific personal determinants for behaviour change. Originality/value The paper makes an important contribution to the application of the prototype-related theory and a useful addition of IM to the growing field of intervention development and design.

A Systematic Planning Tool for Environmental Characterisation

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Wilcox ◽  
Richard Wilkins ◽  
Martin Lyons
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Performance Criteria ◽  
Final Decision ◽  
Cost Effective Approach ◽  
Systematic Planning ◽  
Sample Plan

Many organisations are currently dealing with long standing legacy issues in clean up, decommissioning and demolition projects. Industry is required to ensure that all bulk articles, substances and waste arisings are adequately characterised and assigned to the correct disposal routes in compliance with UK legislation and best practice. It is essential that data used to support waste sentencing is of the correct type, quality and quantity, and that it is appropriately assessed in order to support defensible, confident decisions that account for inherent uncertainties. AMEC has adopted the Data Quality Objectives (DQO) based methodology and the software package Visual Sample Plan (VSP) to provide a better, faster, and more cost effective approach to meeting regulatory and client requirements, whilst minimising the time spent gathering data and assessing the information. The DQO methodology is based on a scientific approach that requires clear objectives to be established from the outset of a project and that there is a demonstration of acceptability of the results. Through systematic planning, the team develops acceptance or performance criteria for the quality of the data collected and for the confidence in the final decision. The systematic planning process promotes communication between all departments and individuals involved in the decision-making process thus the planning phase gives an open and unambiguous method to support the decisions and enables the decision-makers (technical authorities on the materials of concern) to document all assumptions. The DQO process allows better planning, control and understanding of all the issues. All types of waste can be sentenced under one controllable system providing a more defensible position. This paper will explain that the DQO process consists of seven main steps that lead to a detailed Sampling and Analysis Plan (SAP). The process gives transparency to any assumptions made about the site or material being characterised and identifies individuals involved. The associated calculation effort is reduced using the statistically based sampling models produced with VSP. The first part of this paper explains the DQO based methodology and Visual Sample Plan and the second part shows how the DQO process has been applied in practice.

The Tension Between Regulation and the Pursuit of Quality in Canadian Nurse Practitioner Education Programs

2021 ◽  
pp. 152715442110544
Author(s):  
Eric Staples
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nurse Practitioners ◽  
Public Safety ◽  
Advanced Practice ◽  
Practice Nurses ◽  
Program Accreditation ◽  
Fiscal Restraint ◽  
Systematic Planning ◽  
Practitioner Education ◽  
Post Baccalaureate

Nurses in advanced practice roles have existed in Canada for over 100 years, yet only in the last two decades, have nurse practitioners (NPs) been recognized as advanced practice nurses (APNs). During this time, NP educational programs have increased and transitioned from post-baccalaureate level to graduate level. Legislation and national NP regulatory approval processes have contributed to existing barriers to NP role implementation and full scope of practice. While regulation is mandatory and focused on public safety, an emphasis towards quality has led to the introduction of a national voluntary NP program accreditation process. The purpose of this paper is to initiate a discussion between Canadian NP regulators and educators related to proposed regulatory approaches and accreditation processes that balance public safety while promoting quality and excellence in NP education. Having two separate and costly processes has led to tension during a time of provincial fiscal restraint on university budgets coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on nursing education. An integrated pan-Canadian approach of regulation and accreditation may ensure public safety, continuity, and consistency in quality NP education, enhance mobility of the NP workforce, and systematic planning to guide successful future NP role development and practice.

scholarly journals The state of the art of strategic planning in selected South African companies

1986 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-107
Author(s):  
J. H. McIntosh ◽  
A. A. Archer
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
South African ◽  
Financial Planning ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Planning Systems ◽  
Chief Executives ◽  
Planning Stage ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Systematic Planning

Numerous overseas studies have concluded that formal planning of company operations was uncommon and strategic planning even rarer. Those companies professing formal planning systems were found to use little more than extended budgeting. However, some of these studies did find a trend towards more systematic planning practices. The aim of this study was to determine whether a similar trend exists among selected South African companies. The survey results indicate that although all respondents have progressed beyond the informal planning stage, some still only practise basic financial planning and extended budgeting. The majority of respondents practise forecast-based planning and only a few have reached the externally orientated planning stage. Findings indicate that none of the respondents practise strategic management. These conclusions, as well as respondents' reasons for planning failure, have implications for chief executives and planners, and indicate areas of future research.

scholarly journals Towards systematic planning of small-scale hydrological intervention-based research

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (10) ◽  
pp. 4093-4115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kharis Erasta Reza Pramana ◽  
Maurits Willem Ertsen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Human Agency ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Water Development ◽  
Systematic Planning ◽  
Development Initiatives ◽  
Hydrological Intervention

Abstract. Many small-scale water development initiatives are accompanied by hydrological research to study either the form of the intervention or its impacts. Humans influence both the development of intervention and research, and thus one needs to take human agency into account. This paper focuses on the effects of human actions in the development of the intervention and its associated hydrological research, as hydrological research is often designed without adequate consideration of how to account for human agency and that these effects have not yet been discussed explicitly in a systematic way. In this paper, we propose a systematic planning for hydrological research, based on evaluating three hydrological research efforts targeting small-scale water development initiatives in Vietnam, Kenya, and Indonesia. The main purpose of the three cases was to understand the functioning of interventions in their hydrological contexts. Aiming for better decision-making on hydrological research in small-scale water intervention initiatives, we propose two analysis steps, including (1) consideration of possible surprises and possible actions and (2) cost–benefit analysis. By performing the two analyses continuously throughout small-scale hydrological intervention-based initiatives, effective hydrological research can be achieved.

Planning Agencies in America

1935 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles E. Merriam
Keyword(s):  
City Planning ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Public Works ◽  
City Manager ◽  
American Government ◽  
Planning Agency ◽  
New Type ◽  
Systematic Planning ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Wide Experience

An important and clearly marked recent trend in American government is that in the direction of systematic planning—local, state, and national. City planning has developed for the last twenty years, and there are now some 700 city planning agencies. The activities of these boards have been halted somewhat during the depression, although some 9,000 workers under the C.W.A. aided in the development of city plans in 1934. On the whole, the cities have fallen behind in the movement they started.The most significant single event in the urban field is the establishment of a new type of planning agency in Cincinnati, known as the department of economic security, an office through which the employment and reëmployment problems of that community are made the subject of governmental study and action, in cooperation with industry. The director is a man of wide experience and broad social vision in the person of Colonel Waite, one time city manager of Dayton and recently deputy administrator of public works

scholarly journals Systematic planning for river rehabilitation: integrating multiple ecological and economic objectives in complex decisions

2011 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
VIRGILIO HERMOSO ◽  
FRANCIS PANTUS ◽  
JON OLLEY ◽  
SIMON LINKE ◽  
JAMES MUGODO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
River Rehabilitation ◽  
Systematic Planning

scholarly journals Creation of Data Repositories to Advance Nursing Science

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Perazzo ◽  
Margaret Rodriguez ◽  
Jackson Currie ◽  
Robert Salata ◽  
Allison R. Webel
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Data Repository ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Data Repositories ◽  
Nursing Science ◽  
Hiv Research ◽  
Systematic Planning ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
And Training

Data repositories are a strategy in line with precision medicine and big data initiatives, and are an efficient way to maximize data utility and form collaborative research relationships. Nurse researchers are uniquely positioned to make a valuable contribution using this strategy. The purpose of this article is to present a review of the benefits and challenges associated with developing data repositories, and to describe the process we used to develop and maintain a data repository in HIV research. Systematic planning, data collection, synthesis, and data sharing have enabled us to conduct robust cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses with more than 200 people living with HIV. Our repository building has also led to collaboration and training, both in and out of our organization. We present a pragmatic and affordable way that nurse scientists can build and maintain a data repository, helping us continue to make to our understanding of health phenomena.

Social marketing planning

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeff French
Keyword(s):  
Social Marketing ◽  
Programme Implementation ◽  
Planning Models ◽  
Marketing Planning ◽  
Planning Approach ◽  
Planning Processes ◽  
Systematic Planning ◽  
Behavioural Theories ◽  
Social Marketing Programme

There is a lack of systematic planning in many public programmes, despite the existence of a number of well-designed and tested systematic planning models. One of the defining features of social marketing is the application of systematic and transparent planning to achieve defined and measurable social objectives. When planning social marketing interventions aimed at influencing behaviour, behavioural theories and models should have a central role in informing the intervention’s design and evaluation. However, an equally important factor in the delivery of an intervention is the application of a logical and documented planning approach in order to produce learning about what worked well and what did not. Systematic planning processes are key to understanding not only which elements of a social marketing programme are most successful but also which are most efficient. A focus on systematic planning is a valuable way to ensure that programme implementation weaknesses are addressed and mitigated.

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