Natural Resource Flows and Sustainability in Urban Areas

2012 ◽  
pp. 257-269
Author(s):  
Stefan Anderberg
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resource ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Resource Flows

scholarly journals Participatory Mapping as a Didactic and Auxiliary Tool for Learning Community Integration, Technology Transference, and Natural Resource Management

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 206
Author(s):  
Ricardo Eaton-González ◽  
Jorge Andrade-Sánchez ◽  
Tatiana Montaño-Soto ◽  
Paola Andrade-Tafoya ◽  
Diana Brito-Jaime ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Data Acquisition ◽  
Natural Resource Management ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Community Integration ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Indigenous Community ◽  
Participatory Mapping

Participatory mapping is a tool for community work linked to natural resource management. It is an auxiliary for diagnosis and data acquisition from communities and their natural resources. In Baja California, there are several indigenous communities, some close to urban areas but still unknown to most people in cities as well as visitors. These communities are fighting to restore and maintain their language, tradition, territory, biological, and cultural diversity. This work was carried out by linking members of the indigenous community of San Jose de la Zorra with bachelor’s and graduate degree students, to obtain information on the biological, cultural, and economic activities of the community through participatory mapping. The learning experience was significant for all participants; although it was not the intention in this study, students had the unique opportunity to exchange information and learn culture and biodiversity from indigenous people. The indigenous community was involved in field data acquisition and the use of some information and communication technology resources developed for this approach, and used it for natural resource management and decision making. The main results of this experience were wide format printed maps that were placed on several sites inside and outside the community, digital mapping that gave information about natural, cultural, and economic resources of the community for local and foreign visitors, and technology transference to solve problems identified by the community.

scholarly journals EXPLORING THE POTENTIALS OF SMALL URBAN STREAMS IN CREATING BLUE-GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY OF NIŠ, SERBIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Milena Dinić Branković ◽  
Milica Igić ◽  
Petar Mitković ◽  
Jelena Đekić ◽  
Ivana Bogdanović Protić
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Area ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Stormwater Management ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Urban Streams ◽  
The City

“Blue-Green Infrastructure” (BGI) is a simple and cost-effective natural resource that enhances theappeal, resilience and sustainability of urban areas. Small urban streams are an important BGIcomponent that is often underused, especially regarding stormwater management. The aim of thisresearch is to explore small urban streams and their integration into BGI in the urban area of Niš,and to point out the benefits that their restoration would bring in functional, social and environmentalterms. Results of this study show that Niš urban area has significant “Blue” natural capital in smallstreams, and that standing planning documents support the creation of BGI to some extent. Theseare good grounds for the implementation of BGI in urban planning practice.

scholarly journals Using a Research Facility for an Extension Outreach Program Festival of Color

HortScience ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 652f-652
Author(s):  
Donald H. Steinegger
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resource ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Outreach Program ◽  
Educational Objective ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Outreach Programs ◽  
The Public ◽  
District Personnel ◽  
The University

Most of Nebraska's population resides in the urban centers of eastern Nebraska. Traditionally, however, the Cooperative Extension Service has catered to the rural populations of the state. Now, it is imperative that the public and the legislative representatives from these urban areas learn that the research and outreach programs of the university also serve them. A Festival of Color was the vehicle for educators and aides, Natural Resource District personnel, and other professionals, including government officials. Both professionals and the general public responded enthusiastically to the Festival's innovative use of the research site. The educational objective was to creatively answer questions on low input landscapes; their design and maintenance. Information was presented by Extension Specialists and Assistants, Master Gardeners, Natural Resource District personnel, Dept. of Environmental Quality, State Energy Office, and Nebraska Association of Nurserymen.

scholarly journals 220 USING A RESEARCH FACILITY FOR AN EXTENSION OUTREACH PROGRAM FESTIVAL OF COLOR

HortScience ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 461b-461
Author(s):  
Donald H. Steinegger
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resource ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Outreach Program ◽  
Educational Objective ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Outreach Programs ◽  
The Public ◽  
District Personnel ◽  
The University

Most of Nebraska's population resides in the urban centers of eastern Nebraska. Traditionally, how ever, the Cooperative Extension Service has catered to the rural populations of the state. Now, it is imperative that the public and the legislative representatives from these urban areas learn that the research and outreach programs of the University also serve them. A Festival of Color was the vehicle for delivering this information to the urban audience, as well as to Agent Educators and Aides, Natural Resource District personnel, and other professionals, including government officials. Both professionals and the general public responded enthusiastically to the Festival's innovative use of the research site. The educational objective was to answer the public's questions on the environment, including water quality and conservation in the landscape, and reduction of fertilizers and pesticides. Information was presented by Extension Specialists and Assistants, Master Gardeners, Natural Resource- District personnel, Department of Environmental Quality, State Energy Office, and Nebraska Association of Nurserymen.

“We Eat with Different Spoons these Days”: The Maintenance of Pastoralism as a Social Formation in the Sahara and Sahel

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 46-59
Author(s):  
Franklin C. Graham
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Natural Resource Management ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Formation ◽  
Civil Conflicts ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Customary Practices

Despite the fatalistic rhetoric articulated by Western media and some experts, pastoralists have not disappeared. Drought, disease, famines, civil conflicts, theft, and banditry have certainly undermined livelihoods and forced families of Arab, Tuareg, Toubou and Fulani to settle and seek out opportunities that are not compatible with pastoralism, particularly in urban areas. This situation is not necessarily permanent and varies case-by-case and more significantly generation-to-generation. Some ex-pastoralists abandoned hopes of restocking their flocks but plan for some of their children to become future pastoralists. In addition, despite sedentarization, many retained customary practices of natural resource management, social norms and behaviors and find in the urban areas other pre-capitalist practices that are compatible with their means of everyday tasks and performances. Using the analyses of Tom Brass, Deborah Bryceson and David Harvey an argument is made that while pastoralists have lost their herds and shifted from their customary economy into a proletarian-capitalist one, the path is not unilinear and in fact, is fluid with pastoralists shifting from one to the other in times of dearth and prosperity.

scholarly journals The Role of Urban Manufacturing for a Circular Economy in Cities

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Tanya Tsui ◽  
David Peck ◽  
Bob Geldermans ◽  
Arjan van Timmeren
Keyword(s):  
Circular Economy ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Potential Solution ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Resource Flows ◽  
The City

In recent years, implementing a circular economy in cities (or “circular cities”) has been proposed by policy makers as a potential solution for achieving sustainability. One strategy for circular cities is to reintroduce manufacturing into urban areas (or “urban manufacturing”), allowing resource flows to be localized at the city scale. However, the extent to which urban manufacturing contributes to circular cities is unclear in existing literature. The purpose of this paper is therefore twofold: to understand whether urban manufacturing could contribute to the circular economy, and to understand the drivers and barriers to circular urban manufacturing. By reviewing existing literature and interviewing experts, we identified the caveats for the contribution of urban manufacturing to circular cities, as well as the spatial, social, and material-related drivers and barriers for circular urban manufacturing.

scholarly journals Citizen Participation in the Co-Production of Urban Natural Resource Assets

2022 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Lei Li ◽  
Shaojun Ma ◽  
Runqi Wang ◽  
Yiping Wang ◽  
Yilin Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Latent Dirichlet Allocation ◽  
Learning Algorithm ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Natural Landscape ◽  
Key Factor

Abundant natural resources are the basis of urbanisation and industrialisation. Citizens are the key factor in promoting a sustainable supply of natural resources and the high-quality development of urban areas. This study focuses on the co-production behaviours of citizens regarding urban natural resource assets in the age of big data, and uses the latent Dirichlet allocation algorithm and the stepwise regression analysis method to evaluate citizens’ experiences and feelings related to the urban capitalisation of natural resources. Results show that, firstly, the machine learning algorithm based on natural language processing can effectively identify and deal with the demands of urban natural resource assets. Secondly, in the experience of urban natural resources, citizens pay more attention to the combination of history, culture, infrastructure and natural landscape. Unique natural resource can enhance citizens’ sense of participation. Finally, the scenery, entertainment and quality and value of urban natural resources are the influencing factors of citizens’ satisfaction.

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