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Anonymous  #446990  Tue, 27 Nov 07 04:04 PM
PROJECT TITLE:
AN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE LOWER LIESBEEK (LL)

THESIS:
IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE A SUSTAINABLY WORKING PARK THERE IS A NEED TO STRATEGICALLY MANAGE THE TWO RIVERS URBAN PARK (TRUP) IN A HOLISTIC AND INTEGRATED MANNER, WHILST MAINTAINING THE BROADER FRAMEWORKS OUTLINED IN THE SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK & PHASE ONE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (SDF &EMP1). TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL, THIS STUDY SUGGESTS THAT TRUP BE MANAGED IN DIVISIONS AND MANAGEMENT PLANS BE DRAWN UP FOR EACH SECTIONAL DIVISION. HOWEVER, THIS STUDY ONLY FOCUSSES ON THE MANAGEMENT OF THE LL AS A DIVISION IN THE TRUP.
  
Grammar Geek  #447057  Tue, 27 Nov 07 06:01 PM

Anon, first of all, please never post in all capital letters. It's hard to read and feels like you're shouting at us.

Secondly, I hope this doesn't sound "mean," but you are heavy with buzzwords, to the point where it almost reads like a joke.

Don't use an abbreviation in your title. Wait until you are in the body to do that.

However, there are two big problems. The first is easily  solved, and that is to provide conext for the Lower Liesbeek in the entire thing. Is it part fo the TRUP? How does the TRUP fit into "a sustainably working park"? It sounds like TRUP is a subset of the big idea of a park, and the LL is a subset of TRUP, but it's not clear.

Your bigger problem is this.  You want a holistic and integrated plan, but then you want to divide everything up into divisions with a management plan for each division. That's a complete contradiction, unless you can show how each piece is part of the greater whole.

  
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Anonymous  #447074  Tue, 27 Nov 07 07:20 PM

I'm sorry about the capital letters and thak you for the advice.

You're right about everything. My aim is to produce an EMP for just the LL which is within the TRUP. There is currently a broad EMP for TRUP but it has not been successful, so now I'm proposing that the park be managed in smaller parts whose management strategies should be linked to the bigger plan so that the park can become fully functional and sustainable. I am also proposing that all stakeholders and interested parties become invovled in the management in order to properly institutionalize the management as well as potentially create a self sustaining financial resource base. hence, in this way soem weight is carried off of the government and the community can also take ownership in managing public resources. This has various opportunities and constraints....

So how can I put this in a way that its not too condensed and almost sound like a joke? 

  
Grammar Geek  #447085  Tue, 27 Nov 07 07:44 PM

Just write it more simply.

Start by giving the background. Just like you did here - Define the TRUP (without the abbreviation first, just as you did in the original.) State that is has a broad EMP (also spelled out). Do you know why the EMP for TRUP has failed? State that you suggest the TRUP be divided into smaller areas, and that each will be managed to the same goals and guidelines of the overall EMP. Then say that you will be describing the plan for LL, a subdivision of TRUP.

  
Anonymous  #447099  Tue, 27 Nov 07 08:45 PM

The main reason why TRUP's EMP has not been a success is because of  the lack of sufficient funds to manage the area (Study area is/should be managed by government but often urban river systems are neglected/not prioritized financially). Also with the few resources available, there seem to be too much fragmentation within government as well as a lack of cohesive relationships with stakeholders. So whats happening is that the government has neglected the area due to their apparent limitations, NGO's do most of the work for no charge and this also puts a strain on them and finally the community is not invovled- they have a potential to bring-in money that can contribute to the area's maintenance and build social networks which is beneficial for the broader city.

This is why I would also like to suggest the idea of managing the area holistically (considering the biophysical and socio-economic aspects in the planning and management) through collaborative public-private partnerships with regard to managing my study area (this can be done for the other sections too, but my focus is only on the LL), as I think given its setting, this type of approach could work. So where do you think I can incorporate this aspect? And perhaps in what order could I put it? 

  
Grammar Geek  #447118  Tue, 27 Nov 07 09:35 PM

I think it's fine to say that the entire policy hasn't been effectively implemented because of a lack of reliable funding, but make sure it doesn't come across as though the overriding policy wasn't sound. I think it's also okay to identify a holistic approach as the ideal, but funding contraints and lack of both paid and volunteer resources make it diffiicult, but there are enough identified resources to properly manage the section you are working from. And that it can serve as a model or a proof of concept to implement similar mico-plans.

What if you presented this little section as a pilot test of how the entire area could work, and identify specifically community involvment and integrating the local stakeholders as a base for implementing the plan? And also talk about a vision for integrating stakeholders at the higher level for the entire area, based on lessons learned in implementing the micro-plan for the LL area?

  
Anonymous  #447222  Wed, 28 Nov 07 04:24 AM

Hi GG,

I'm not quite sure I understand what a pilot test is...sorry. Could you pls elaborate? Would I need to write the section after the introduction or as a subsection of the intro? and what could I name the section?

  
Grammar Geek  #447235  Wed, 28 Nov 07 04:49 AM

 A pilot is when you test a theory or technique to see how it goes. If it goes well, it becomes the model that others use.

Why don't you go back and write it fresh, rather than my trying to say what would work. Are you trying to submit this for funding or what?

  
Anonymous  #447237  Wed, 28 Nov 07 04:57 AM

No dear. This is for my honors dissertation. I've sort of written-up stuff but they're not working for my supervisor so now I'm trying to understand how I could reconstruct the thesis to produce a more clearer and rigorous paper. All this writing like this is new to me and I don't know how others have managed. Its such a challenge with me!

Nonetheless, I appreciate your kind assisstance very much. By the way, could I hand in some excerpts of my work for editting and grammar checks?

  
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