considering concepts such as emphasize on the role of the all stakeholders in urban regeneration, is one of the important and fundamental principles. this is important because in most cases, the private sector, government and municipal are considered more in process of intervention in distressed area and play a key role in this situation. but the role of people is often considered minor. empowe...

background: community‑based health programs (cbhps) with participatory approaches has been recognized as an important tool in health promotion. the goal of this study was to understand the nature of participation practice in cbhp and to use the data to advocate for more participation‑friendly policies in the community, academy and funding organizations. methods: in this qualitative study, 13 cb...

BACKGROUND Rural communities, particularly Aboriginal communities, often have limited access to health information, a situation that can have significant negative consequences. To address the lack of culturally and geographically relevant health information, a community-university partnership was formed to develop, implement, and evaluate Aboriginal Community Learning Centres (CLCs). OBJECTIV...

the main purpose of this study was to investigate the factors causing the rural underdevelopment in iran. to fulfill this objective, delphi technique, as a method of refining group opinions and substituting computed consensus for an agreed-upon majority opinion, was used. the study used a series of three steps questionnaires. findings indicated that lack of a coherent strategy for sustainable r...

This paper explores a new approach to community building. It is based on the concept of salutogenesis; a proactive approach to community health which seeks preventative measures instead of the traditional reactionary corrective and curative culture of public health care. Increasingly organizations are concerned with sustainable healthy work forces but they often lack a coherent mechanism for do...

• Avelino Corma's group at the Instituto de Catálisis y Peroleoquímica, seed of Tecnología Química (ITQ). The beginnings ITQ in Valencia, creating a way doing science. From laboratory to industry, some success stories. Basic science applied solve real industrial problems, one founding pillars ITQ. ITQ, multidisciplinary approach research field zeolites.

There is an increasing focus on the public library’s role as a place of and for community that should have at its heart needs community. In this respect, development new or renovated libraries offers opportunity design these buildings to reflect wants communities they serve. The aim project was develop in-depth understanding views approaches both librarians architects involved in library projec...