Involving local residents is a feature of the New Deal for Communities approach. Discuss the advantages and the challenges of involving local people in the running of community health projects. Under the New Deal for Communities initiative Thornhill plus you secured funding for renewal of the Thornhill area. The aims are to reduce social exclusion and improve people’s quality of life. I will discuss some of the advantages and challenges of involving local people in the running of community health
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volunteering nationally doesn’t have some of the personal and emotional effects on people like local volunteering does. When people volunteer in a local community to help the environment‚ it impacts people in the area emotionally because of how close to home it is. Volunteering locally is “eye-opening to realize that doing even small things can have a big impact on others” (Bigfuture.org). When you volunteer for your local community to help the environment‚ remember that its quality‚ not quantity. Environmental
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Supermarkets vs. local shops To many‚ supermarkets are an integral part of modern-life‚ but should their expansion be at the cost of local stores? TheSite.org looks at the pros and cons of supermarket shopping. For Time savers: Let’s be honest‚ life without supermarkets would be total hell. Gone are the days of trawling the high street all day long‚ and now we can fit shopping into our busy schedules. We’re not even restricted by opening hours‚ with many supermarkets now open 24 hours. Choice:
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Asia Research Centre Working Paper 19 Challenges for Urban Local Governments in India Written by Rumi Aijaz Rumi Aijaz was Visiting Research Fellow at Asia Research Centre in 2006. E-mail: rumi_pvg@rediffmail.com A section of this working paper has been accepted for publication in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Asian and African Studies‚ by Sage Publications Ltd. Copyright © Rumi Aijaz‚ 2007 All rights reserved. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of research
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Local Economic Development Programs in India An essay by Judith Rietveld‚ Rotterdam School of Management‚ The Netherlands Introduction In this essay‚ I try to find an answer to the following question: How can the private sector best serve the unmet needs of India’s people in a sustainable way? I will answer this question from a local economic development perspective. Local economic development is “a process by which public‚ business and nongovernmental sector partners work collectively
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DEVELOPMENT AND ITS MERITS AND DEMERITS OVER LOCALS ------------------------------------------------- Development is a concept that signifies the enhancement‚ the betterment of present status of an Individual‚ an area‚ a state‚ a region‚ or a country in context with that particular space and time. Development is a view. It is a dynamic concept. The Term development is defined by whom‚ is inevitable to be answered. Development is a relative term. However‚ it should be pondered over that development
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in magazines. In many of Twain ’s novels and short stories he uses local color to help define his characters and give meaning to his stories ("The Norton Anthology Of American Literature" page 212-215). The use of language that is specific to a particular area‚ the depiction of his characters and people throughout the story‚ the use of idioms‚ and the description of places as settings characterize local color. In other words local color is used to express "distinctive natural‚ social‚ and linguistic
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the resilience of local communities to disasters including climate change impacts; (b) Adhere to and adopt the universal norms‚ principles‚ and standards of humanitarian assistance and the global effort on risk reduction as concrete expression of the country’s commitment to overcome human sufferings due to recurring disasters; (c) Incorporate internationally accepted principles of disaster risk management in the creation and implementation of national‚ regional and local sustainable development
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is the story of an honest man‚ Jeff Smith‚ who is appointed to the senate when a senator from his state dies. Jeff is honest‚ patriotic‚ and nave. He soon learns that Washington is a dirty place where graft is the golden rule‚ and congressmen take orders from greedy money-men. Jeff tries to keep his integrity‚ but soon he is framed by the richest man in his state‚ Taylor. Jeff fights Taylor on the floor of the senate until he is triumphant. One theme that is clearly
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this week‚ consider the case of Samir Moussa. After reading his story please share how his life illustrates both the tension between local culture and globalization‚ and the Opportunities afforded by globalization. Please provide examples from the story and compare with your own experience. Answer to question 1a (Tension between local culture and globalization) Local culture advocates for every individual‚ state or nations to preserve their cultural identities‚ belief systems‚ values‚ languages‚ and
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