scholarly journals Greening education: challenges and prospects of implementing green roofs ACROSS TORONTO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pegah Abhari
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
School Boards ◽  
North American ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Green Roofs ◽  
Municipal Governments ◽  
Green Education ◽  
American Cities ◽  
The City

Green roofs have been recognized as an important climate change adaptation and mitigation tool across North American Cities. As such, the City of Toronto sought regulation and incentives to encourage the adoption of green roofs across new developments and building additions, becoming the first North American City to establish mandatory legislation. While the policy has been mainly successful, Toronto School Boards have struggled to adhere to regulations. This paper seeks to identify the barriers that Toronto School Boards face in green roof implementation by undertaking an analysis of available data, resources, and literature. It also assesses the role of federal, provincial and municipal governments in alleviating barriers, providing recommendations on how they may be addressed. The aim of such research is to guide other Ontario municipalities who may look to Toronto when developing similar legislation, as the province moves to expand this permission to all municipalities. Key words: green infrastructure; green roofs; Toronto School Boards; green education

scholarly journals Greening education: challenges and prospects of implementing green roofs ACROSS TORONTO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pegah Abhari
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
School Boards ◽  
North American ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Green Roofs ◽  
Municipal Governments ◽  
Green Education ◽  
American Cities ◽  
The City

Green roofs have been recognized as an important climate change adaptation and mitigation tool across North American Cities. As such, the City of Toronto sought regulation and incentives to encourage the adoption of green roofs across new developments and building additions, becoming the first North American City to establish mandatory legislation. While the policy has been mainly successful, Toronto School Boards have struggled to adhere to regulations. This paper seeks to identify the barriers that Toronto School Boards face in green roof implementation by undertaking an analysis of available data, resources, and literature. It also assesses the role of federal, provincial and municipal governments in alleviating barriers, providing recommendations on how they may be addressed. The aim of such research is to guide other Ontario municipalities who may look to Toronto when developing similar legislation, as the province moves to expand this permission to all municipalities. Key words: green infrastructure; green roofs; Toronto School Boards; green education

Latin American Cities: Aspects of Function and Structure

1962 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 473-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard M. Morse
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
New World ◽  
American City ◽  
American Cities ◽  
The City

This essay will advance two interrelated hypotheses about the Latin American city. The first of them has to do with the role of the city in the settlement of the New World. The second suggests certain characteristics of the modern Latin American metropolis.

scholarly journals Green infrastructure in high-rise residential development on steep slopes in city of Vladivostok

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 01004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alla Kopeva ◽  
Olga Ivanova ◽  
Olga Khrapko
Keyword(s):  
Urban Design ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Green Roofs ◽  
Residential Development ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
High Rise ◽  
The World ◽  
Green Walls ◽  
Steep Slopes ◽  
The City

The purpose of this study is to identify the facilities of green infrastructure that are able to improve living conditions in an urban environment in high-rise residential apartments buildings on steep slopes in the city of Vladivostok. Based on the analysis of theoretical sources and practices that can be observed in the world, green infrastructure facilities have been identified. These facilities meet the criteria of the sustainable development concept, and can be used in the city of Vladivostok. They include green roofs, green walls, and greening of disturbed slopes. All the existing high-rise apartments buildings situated on steep slopes in the city of Vladivostok, have been studied. It is concluded that green infrastructure is necessary to be used in new projects connected with designing and constructing of residential apartments buildings on steep slopes, as well as when upgrading the projects that have already been implemented. That will help to regulate the ecological characteristics of the sites. The results of the research can become a basis for increasing the sustainability of the habitat, and will facilitate the adoption of decisions in the field of urban design and planning.

scholarly journals Clarence Street, Ottawa: Contemporary Change in an Inner City 'Zone of Discard'

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
John E. Tunbridge
Keyword(s):  
Inner City ◽  
North American ◽  
Functional Change ◽  
Total Change ◽  
Socioeconomic Environment ◽  
Central Thesis ◽  
American Cities ◽  
The City ◽  
Town Area

The principal focus of early Bytown, before it became the City of Ottawa and the capital of Canada, was the area now known as Lower Town. The elevation of the city's status led to a refocussing of development in the Centre Town area, south of Parliament, and Lower Town ultimately subsided into a classic 'zone of discard.' In recent years, such zones of discard in many North American cities have experienced a considerable renaissance, since they typically possess the oldest buildings remaining in the city and, as such major resources. This paper examines the evolution of Clarence Street, and puts its contemporary change into perspective; the focus is primarily upon the commercial section of the street. The central thesis to emerge from the paper is that the functional change now occurring in such revitalizing 'discard' areas does not necessarily imply a total change in their socioeconomic environment, and in particular their pattern of socioeconomic control.

scholarly journals A renewed approach : exploring Toronto’s relationship to biophilia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexis Beale
Keyword(s):  
Health Policy ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Green Roofs ◽  
Well Being

The positive benefits of biophilia in cities is well documented. Furthermore, the positive relationship between human well-being and nature plays an important role in cities. This paper will discuss the role of nature in cities and how it promotes both environmental and human health, with the ultimate goal of developing a framework that will help Toronto become a partner city of the Biophilic Cities Network. KEYWORDS biodiversity, biophilia, biophilic cities network, green Infrastructure, green roofs, health, policy, Toronto

scholarly journals OS MARCADORES DE GÊNERO NO ENSINO FUNDAMENTAL: RELATOS DE OBSERVAÇÃO DE DUAS ESCOLAS PÚBLICAS EM PORTO ALEGRE (RS)

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 633-661
Author(s):  
Betina Aymone ◽  
Isadora Marcon Medina
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
School Environment ◽  
First Year ◽  
Porto Alegre ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Keywords Education ◽  
The City ◽  
Made In

RESUMO O estudo intencionou investigar os marcadores de gênero presentes nos processos de socialização de crianças entre seis e sete anos de idade, estudantes do primeiro ano do Ensino Fundamental, e seu reflexo no ambiente escolar. Para tal, foram realizadas quatro observações não participantes em duas escolas de ensino público do Município de Porto Alegre (RS). Observou-se a interação entre os estudantes entre si e com seus professores, além de seus comportamentos e atividades no cotidiano escolar. A análise dos dados sugere a presença de marcadores de gênero, estruturados em uma lógica binária, que se materializam na forma como meninos e meninas brincam, se apresentam e se expressam, além do papel mediador da instituição escolar nesse contexto. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Educação. Gênero. Relações Infantis   RESUMEN El estudio tuvo por objetivo investigar los marcadores de género presentes en los procesos de socialización de infantes de seis y siete años, estudiantes de primer año de la enseñanza básica, y su reflejo en el ámbito escolar. Se realizaron cuatro observaciones no participantes en dos escuelas públicas de la ciudad de Porto Alegre (RS). Se observó la interacción de estudiantes entre si y con sus profesores, además de sus comportamientos y actividades en la rutina escolar. El análisis de los datos sugiere la presencia de marcadores de género, estructurados en una lógica binaria, que se manifiesta en la forma como niños y niñas juegan, se presentan y expresan, además del rol mediador de la institución escolar en este contexto. PALABRAS-CLAVE: Educación. Género. Relaciones entre niños   ABSTRACT The study aimed to investigate the gender markers present in the socialization processes of children between six and seven years old, students of the first year of elementary school, and their reflection in the school environment. To this end, four non-participating observations were made in two public schools in the city of Porto Alegre (RS). The interaction between the students among themselves and with their teachers, as well as their behaviors and activities in the school routine were observed. The analysis of the data suggests the presence of gender markers, structured in a binary logic, that is manifested in the way boys and girls play, present and express themselves, in addition to the mediating role of the school institution in this context. KEYWORDS: Education. Gender. Child Relations

scholarly journals The role of governors and teachers' unions in the promotion of senior management in public schools in the City of Durban district, 1997-2000

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Ismail Rangraje
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Selection Procedure ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Teachers Unions ◽  
Education Authority ◽  
Minimum Criteria ◽  
The City

This research investigates the role of school governors and teachers' unions in the management of the promotion process for principal and deputy principal posts in selected public primary and secondary schools in the City of Durban District during the period 1997 to 2000. The. study is concerned with exposing the problems in the present selection procedure by evaluating it and seeking ways to improve its implementation and thereby strengthening the role of school governors and teachers' unions in the process. It is the function of the governing body of a public school to appoint a promotions committee which selects personnel for promotion posts at schools. The selection process is fraught with many difficulties such as the lack of proper training for selectors, illiterate selectors, nepotism, bias and intimidation by selectors. This research investigates the inadequacies, which exist in the selection process. The issues investigated include the process of selection of staff for promotion posts, the competence of the selectors, the criteria used for selecting and the problems experienced by the selectors. The investigation is executed using the qualitative research method. The instruments used in this investigation are observation, a review of related literature and structured interviews with different members of the promotions committee. In South Africa there is very little theoretical research available on the topic. The researcher has had to draw on literature concerning the promotion of teachers in Local Education Authority (LEA) schools in England and Wales. Recommendations for improvement include adequate training of selectors, greater involvement by officials from the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education and Culture to keep nepotism in check, more realistic time frames for shortlisting and interviewing, gradual progression of candidates from Level One to Level Four, verification of information supplied on the curricula vitae of the candidates prior to the interviews, competent people serving on the selection panels and more stringent minimum criteria for eligibility for senior posts.een conducted.

scholarly journals Exemplary Amateurism: Thoughts on DIY Urbanism

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Deslandes
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Cultural Production ◽  
North American ◽  
Community Building ◽  
Commercial Buildings ◽  
Key Features ◽  
Do It Yourself ◽  
Australian English ◽  
American Cities ◽  
The City

Do-It-Yourself (DIY) urbanism has become increasingly recognised as a non-professional and non-technocratic practice of urban alteration and community building. Already thus marked as ‘amateur’ in the contemporary sense (where the lines between amateur, professional, producer and consumer are significantly blurred), two of its key features are support for ‘proam’ cultural production and the ‘meanwhile’ use of commercial buildings. Within this, DIY urbanism is an important reference to economic and spatial scarcity in the Australian, English and North American cities where it has manifested as a discourse. The reference is particularly evident in the proximity to marginal urban space that participants in DIY urbanism share with other potential users of that space, which includes people experiencing primary homelessness. It is through this proximity that DIY urbanism works as a kind of ‘exemplary amateurism’. DIY urbanism demonstrates spatial scarcity in the city — a phenomenon in which amateur labour, 'meanwhile' use of buildings and homelessness are implicated.

scholarly journals BIODIVERSE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: FROM “GREEN DESERT” OF LAWNS TO BIOPHILIC CITIES

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Ignatieva ◽  
Karin Ahrné
Keyword(s):  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Landscape Architecture ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Green Roofs ◽  
Master Plan ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Green Areas ◽  
Green Walls ◽  
Architecture Style

Modern urban green infrastructures are following globalisation trends and contribute to homogenization at all levels of green areas from the master plan to the finest scale. We discuss the place and role of three principal urban living spaces, the “skeleton” of green infrastructures: lawns, green walls and green roofs. This “trio” of modern GI elements provide significant ecosystem services, it contributes to biodiversity and social values; and have environmental and economic impact. The main goal of our approach to sustainable GI is to introduce a new landscape architecture style – biodiversinesque – as an alternative to the existing global homogenised picturesque-gardenesque. This new approach will combine the best achievements of innovative and alternative landscape design solutions (biodiverse lawns, pictorial meadows, walls and green roofs) and implement them on three major scales: city, intermediate neighborhood and the small biotope level.

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