The City of Saskatoon’s Local Area Planning Program: A Case Study

The City of Saskatoon’s Local Area Planning (LAP) Program is a community-based approach to developing comprehensive neighbourhood plans. In order to achieve sustainable and implementable Local Area Plans (LAPs), the City of Saskatoon has been using innovative methods of collaborative decision-making to engage citizens. The program has been recognized nationally by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities for demonstrating innovative approaches to citizen engagement in Sustainable Community Planning. A total of eight LAPs have been adopted by City Council and 212 recommendations have been approved, with 101 of these recommendations being completed, 71 currently in progress and 40 to be determined. Great strides have been made to implement the LAPs by allocating resources for coordinating implementation, working with communities, and for implementing the various recommendations. In addition, over 1,000 people representing various interests have participated in one or more LAP Committee or implementation meetings. Through this participation, partnerships have been formed, program and service delivery has been improved, and most importantly, communities have taken ownership of their plans. After completing eight LAPs, the LAP communities, City Council and city planners have felt the need to measure ongoing changes and progress in the LAP communities. In recognition of this, the City of Saskatoon’s City Planning Branch will be working with LAP communities, the Community-University Institute for Social Research (CUISR) and other stakeholders to develop a framework for statistically measuring changes in LAP communities and to monitor “Neighbourhood Success Factors”. The Neighbourhood Success Factors will work to detect serious socio-economic conditions before they reach a point of crisis. This paper will first describe the LAP Program before reviewing the proposed framework for statistically measuring changes in Saskatoon’s neighbourhoods.

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企业目标与员工目标协同性影响因素调查方法研究

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影响学生健美操专项教学能力的因素初探

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青岛地区农民生活消费特征及影响因素分析

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多元文化背景下大学生文化自觉缺失现状及影响因素分析

以高度的文化自觉和文化自信推进社会主义文化大发展大繁荣是中国特色社会主义建设的重要战略任务。而多元文化背景下大学生文化自觉问题已经成为关乎中国未来文化安全、关乎中国人才成长、关乎中华民族伟大复兴和世界和谐发展的重大问题。当前大学生文化自觉的现状不容乐观,存在诸多值得关注的问题。影响大学生文化自觉的因素很多,既有外源性的客观因素,也有内源性的主观因素。客观分析当前大学生文化自觉缺失现状及其主、客观影响因素,是深入研究大学生文化自觉培养问题的重要前提。     

Seclusion,decision-making power,and gender disparities in adult health: Examining hypertension in India

Research on the social determinants of health in developing countries is increasingly focusing on the importance of gender. Cardiovascular conditions such as hypertension are a growing concern in developing countries, where they are now the leading cause of death. Researchers have documented differences in hypertension between men and women, but the importance of gendered practices in shaping these differences has been left unexamined. Using national data from the India Human Development Survey 2005 (N = 101,593), this study assesses the moderating role of two salient and widespread gendered practices—women’s seclusion and decision-making power—on hypertension disparities between women and men. Both seclusion and low decision-making power are associated with increased odds of hypertension for women, but in the case of seclusion reduced hypertension for men. Results also show the gender gap in hypertension is exacerbated with women’s seclusion and low decision-making power.     

城乡困难家庭的求助网络及其政策启示

文章使用“城乡困难家庭调查”2014年跟踪数据,对我国城乡困难家庭的求助网络结构和家庭因素进行分析,发现：血缘和亲缘关系仍是我国城乡困难家庭最天然的帮扶网络,但官方社会救助系统的作用已超过民间系统,邻里朋友仅在血亲和官方系统失灵时起补充作用;基层治理结构对求助网络的城乡差异产生影响,流动人口家庭求助网络呈现多元均衡的特征,但面临官方救助系统的制度性缺失;人口规模、低保资格两个家庭因素对城乡困难家庭求助网络有显著影响。文章认为,应进一步发挥社会力量的作用,针对我国城乡困难家庭建立官民并举、多元协作的社会救助政策体系。     

我国经济转轨时期寻租的因素分析

本文从不完全信息静态博弈的角度,对寻租问题进行了博弈分析。通过分析,从理论上揭示了博弈双方的行为动机及博弈均衡结果,说明在给定的制度安排下,各个行为主体追求自身收益最大化的结果会导致寻租的概率与政策性租金的数额正相关,与寻租行为被举报或案发的可能性以及对寻租的惩罚力度负相关。并在此理论框架基础上,阐述了我国经济转轨时期寻租泛滥的制度及微观经济因素。     

ECM-IS视角下移动政务APP用户持续使用意愿影响因素研究

随着“互联网+”时代的到来,移动政务APP快速发展,但也存在功能单一、满意度不高、用户持续使用意愿较低的问题,要促使其健康发展,必须重视用户的使用体验和使用意愿。本研究以ECM-IS模型理论为基础,构建了移动政务APP用户持续使用意愿影响因素模型,据此设计调查问卷并进行实证研究。研究结果显示,移动政务APP的系统质量是满足用户期望的重要因素,而用户感知对于提升用户的满意度以及促使持续使用具有重要的意义,其中,感知便利性和感知有用性的积极作用尤为明显。最后,从促使用户持续使用的角度,提出了完善移动政务APP系统功能、突出实用优势,兼顾趣味功能,以及重视用户感知、强调人文关怀等对策和建议。