Turning around the poorest neighbourhoods: learning the lessons from twenty years of neighbourhood-based regeneration strategies in England

In the past two decades governments in Britain have launched a series of initiatives designed to reduce the disparities between areas of affluence and deprivation. These initiatives were funded by central government and were delivered through a series of partnership boards operating at the neighbourhood level in areas with high levels of deprivation. Drawing on similar approaches in the US War on Poverty, the engagement of residents in the planning and delivery of projects was a major priority. This chapter draws on the national evaluations of three of these programmes in England: the Single Regeneration Budget, the New Deal for Communities and the Neighbourhood Management Pathfinders. The chapter begins by identifying the common characteristics of these programmes, known as area-based initiatives because they targeted areas of concentrated deprivation with a population of about 10,000 people each. It then goes on to discuss the three national programmes and summarises the main findings in relation to how far key indicators changed for the better. The final section sets out the ways in which policy objectives changed in 2010 after the election of a coalition government. This produced a shift to what was called the ‘Big Society’ where the rhetoric favoured a transfer of power away from central government towards the local, neighbourhood, level. This approach favoured self-help and a call to volunteering rather than channelling resources to the areas in greatest need. The chapter closes by reviewing the relatively modest achievements of this centralist, big-state approach to distressed neighbourhoods of 1990–2010.

Downtown St. Catharines around the 1970's

A view from Schmon Tower.

Micromorphology of Last Glacial Maximum Grounding line sediments around the Antarctic Peninsula

Sediments recovered from seven Last Glacial Maximum grounding lines sites, around the Antarctic Peninsula, were analyzed using micromorphology. This is the first evidence that grounding line sediments from around the Antarctic Peninsula have complex deformational histories and subglacial origins. It was determined that grounding zone wedge contain multiple units, or diamicton layers, with homogenized boundaries. The multiple diamicton units / layers are due to the accretionary formation of a grounding line wedge. All the sediments were deposited via deformation, and continual reincorporation, homogenization of lower diamicton layers by upper diamicton layers produced what macroscopically appeared to be a single massive diamicton unit. The morainal ridge that was sampled, alternatively, is composed of a single unit, or diamicton layer, that was subglacial in origin and believed to have been pushed out to form a ridge that was subsequently deformed via glacial push.

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Intervariability of Phosphorus Speciation in Selected Mangrove Ecosystems Around the Greater Cochin

Mangrove forests are best developed on tropical shorelines where there is an extensive intertidal zone, with an abundant supply of fine-grained sediment. It receives a mixture of liable and refractory organic and inorganic phosphorus compounds from the overlying water and the surrounding landmasses. Organic phosphorus is not available for mangrove plant nutrition. While inorganic phosphate represents the largest potential pool of plant-available and which are bound in the form of Ca, Fe and Al phosphate. It deals with the scientific investigations on mangrove systems in the Kerala coastline and to investigate nutrient distribution of mangrove ecosystems of greater Cochin area. It discusses the description of study areas such as Murikkumpadam-Vypeen Island and Aroor. Then it deals with the spatial and seasonal distribution of dissolved ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, inorganic phosphate, organic phosphate and the total phosphorus in surface waters of mangrove fringed creeks. Then it discusses the geochemical compositions of mangrove-fringed sediments and also the chemical speciation of phosphorus in sediment cores.

Games around the world : Chinese New Year and zoco : unidades didácticas de inglés Educación Infantil y Primaria.

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Arts and crafts around the world.

Diseñado para la lectura compartida de toda la clase. Los diseños de las páginas y el texto permiten la máxima claridad y legibilidad. Habla de las diferentes artes y artesanías de todo el mundo y cómo podemos hacerlas nosotros.

Musical instruments around the world.

Presenta una gran variedad de instrumentos musicales de todo el mundo y proporciona, paso a paso, instrucciones para hacerlos. Tiene ejemplos de diferentes tipos de instrumento, así como su lugar de origen. Estos representan sólo una fracción de la variedad que hay en todo el mundo. Para saber más, hay direcciones, una lista de libros útiles y glosario.

Festivals around the world.

A lo largo del año, en todos los lugares del mundo celebran festivales. Algunas fiestas están relacionadas con la religión, con la cosecha local, los planetas, el clima o acontecimientos importantes en las vidas de la gente. Aquí se examinan algunos de los más conocidos o los más espectaculares, que provienen de diferentes países, culturas y religiones. En las páginas impares de esta publicación hay instrucciones detalladas para hacer uno de los objetos que se muestran en la página par. Para saber más hay direcciones, una lista de libros útiles y glosario.

Baskets around the world.

El título forma parte de una serie que explora otras culturas a través de diferentes oficios. Presenta una variedad de estilos de cestería de todo el mundo, incluyendo sus diferentes tipos de materiales y sencillas instrucciones para su confección. En las páginas impares de esta publicación hay instrucciones detalladas para hacer uno de los objetos que se muestran en la página par. Para saber más hay direcciones, una lista de libros útiles y glosario.

In the mix : a collection of writing from around the world.

Ofrece una rica diversidad de textos de varios países y continentes, entre ellos Afganistán, Irak, Japón y Ruanda. Nos ayudan a entender quiénes somos y de dónde venimos en la actual comunidad global. Los textos se organizan en cuatro secciones temáticas: personas y relaciones; violencia, guerra y muerte; libertad personal y tradiciones culturales. Iincluye textos de Simon Armitage, Zlata Filipovic, Nadine Gordimer, Roger McGough, Beverley Naidoo y Nichols Gracia.

Tasting around the world

Se presenta una tarea en la que se trabajan h??bitos de alimentaci??n saludables de forma experimental y l??dica incluyendo platos tradicionales de diferentes lugares del planeta. Tasting around the world incluye vocabulario espec??fico para identificar los ingredientes de cada comida, as?? como las t??cnicas culinarias necesarias (batir, fre??r, asar, etc.) en la elaboraci??n de las mismas. Se localiza en un mapa el pa??s del que proviene cada receta y se asocia con la bandera, la nacionalidad y el clima. El respeto y la tolerancia hacia otras culturas permiten aumentar el conocimiento y una sensaci??n de mayor bienestar mediante el fomento de h??bitos de alimentaci??n saludables.

'English around the world', un proyecto de difusi??n de la cultura inglesa

Se presenta un proyecto que consisti?? en elaborar diversas unidades que tratan aspectos significativos de la vida, cultura e historia de los pa??ses anglosajones, a trav??s de una p??gina web, un blog, un canal de youtube y materiales para trabajar en clase. El objetivo es promover el estudio del ingl??s a trav??s del conocimiento de los aspectos culturales de los pa??ses en los que se habla ese idioma