Browsing Natural and Agricultural Sciences by Subject "Qualitative research"
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Considering green place-making as tool to enhance city branding approaches
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2019)This study considered green place-making as a tool to enhance city branding. Contemporary cities experience challenges to address the needs of the growing population, whilst managing scarce resources. Contemporary cities ... -
An exploration of streets as social spaces as informative for urban planning and design
(North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2017)Public urban space is important for people in cities and play a multi-functional role in society that includes an economic role, ecological role, social role, cultural role and, on occasion, political role. The importance ... -
A framework for placemaking as spatial planning instrument in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)Purpose: Placemaking is not the monopoly of spatial planners, but it is a key focus. Planning enables the development, shaping or reproduction of place identities. Placemaking contributes to the reimagination of place ... -
An interpretive analysis of systems development methodology adaptation in South Africa
(North-West University, 2006)According to recent surveys on the use of systems development methodologies, many organizations claim that they are adapting systems development methodologies (Hardy et al. 1995; Russo et al. 1996; Fitzgerald, 1998). The ... -
The silent voice of sense of place in spatial planning : Vredefort Dome World Heritage Site, South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)Sense of place is widely acknowledged across multiple disciplines as an umbrella term for the interplay between the environment, person in the environment and the broader context that shape the interactions between these ... -
Towards place-making in urban planning through participatory action research
(2014)Space is different from place, as space becomes place when endowed with meaning and values. Space is therefore not a neutral backdrop for people’s lives, but intertwined with their daily lives. Before attempting to create ...