Sponsor
Hatfield School of Government. Division of Public Administration
First Advisor
Phillip Cooper
Date of Publication
1-1-2012
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Public Affairs and Policy
Department
Public Affairs and Policy
Language
English
Subjects
Indigenous knowledge, Crisis conditions, Traditional culture, Sustainable development -- Palestine, Traditional ecological knowledge --Palestine, War -- Environmental aspects -- Palestine
DOI
10.15760/etd.121
Physical Description
1 online resource (v, 348 pages)
Abstract
This study began focused on the use of traditional knowledge in promoting sustainable development in crisis conditions. Presented the question: How have successful community-level sustainable development efforts undertaken under crisis conditions drawn upon indigenous knowledge to achieve positive outcomes? The study is a cross case analysis. The three cases addressed in this study have explained some of the ways that indigenous knowledge has played significant positive roles in promoting sustainable development for communities living under crisis conditions in Palestine. Indigenous knowledge community based patterns indicated significant focus on strengths of local culture, social cohesion, the integration process, and special advantages for policy implementation from the community level as key components of sustainable development in crisis conditions. The study contributes to theory by analyzing common elements from the case studies and providing a set of testable propositions, grounded in those successful experiences that can be a starting point for building theory. Practically, the study has generated lessons that sustainable development policy implementers and decision makers can learn from when addressing sustainable development in different crisis conditions contexts.
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Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/7960
Recommended Citation
Alayasa, Jehad Yousif, "Building on the Strengths of Indigenous Knowledge to Promote Sustainable Development in Crisis Conditions from the Community Level: The Case of Palestine" (2012). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 121.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.121