Planning Awareness Research Articles

درجة تطبیق إدارة المخاطر لدى قادة المدارس الحکومیة فی منطقة القصیم

Degree of the risk management application from the publicschools leaders in Qassim This study aimed to determine the degree of the risk management applicationfrom the public schools leaders in Qassim. The sample consists of (456) schoolleaders. To achieve the objectives of the study, a questionnaire was prepared, itsvalidity and reliability were confirmed. It contains (33) items divide into threedomains: the planning of the risk management, the risk managementimplementation and the risk management evaluation. The results of the studyshow that the degree of the risk management application from the public schoolsleaders is medium in the following order: the risk management implementation,the planning of the risk management and finally the risk managementevaluation. The study reveals statistically significant differences between themeans of the sample responses at the risk management application according tothe experience variable for the school leaders (from 5 to less than 10 years)experience, according to the academic qualification variable for the schoolleaders with (high diploma), and according to the school stage variable for theleaders of (primary schools). The study recommends organizing trainingprograms for middle and high school leaders in Qassim to raise their awarenessof planning, implementation and evaluation the risk management.

Assessing local land use planning's awareness, analysis, and actions for climate change

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to extend the previous larger‐scale climate policy studies to the local jurisdiction level to evaluate local land use planning capacity for climate change.Design/methodology/approach – This paper evaluated 53 recently developed local comprehensive land use plans in California and analyzes how well these plans recognized the concepts of climate change and prepared for climate change mitigation and adaptation.Findings – The descriptive results show that local land use plans reflect very low awareness and little analysis for climate change; however, the actions for climate change varied widely in scope and content in their plans.Originality/value – This paper provides policymakers important empirical evidence to improve local land use planning capacities for climate change.

Tweed Tourism Strategy, Local Tourism Plan Aware ness : Workshop Outcomes. William J. McLaughlin and Charles D. M. Black. The Hunter Valley Research Foundation, Downie Street, Maryville, NSW 2293, Australia. June 1991. 17p

Tweed Tourism Strategy, Local Tourism Plan Aware ness : Workshop Outcomes. William J. McLaughlin and Charles D. M. Black. The Hunter Valley Research Foundation, Downie Street, Maryville, NSW 2293, Australia. June 1991. 17p