scholarly journals Urban Spaces, Plants, and People in the Nineteenth-Century Bogotá, Colombia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Molina
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
Botanical Knowledge ◽  
Non Timber Forest Products ◽  
American Cities

AbstractUrban Spaces, Plants, and People in the Nineteenth-Century Bogotá, Colombia. Despite recent efforts to understand the uses of plants in Latin American cities, we know little about ethnobotanical practices in the pre-industrial nineteenth-century urban environments of this region. In order to address this gap in the existing literature, I examined the uses of ornamental, edible, and medicinal plants alongside “non-timber forest products” (NTFPs) in daily life in Bogotá (Colombia) between 1830 and 1910. Primary and secondary data were collected from textual and iconographic historical sources in libraries, archives, museums, and herbaria in Colombia and the United Kingdom. The results suggest that access to urban spaces such as patios, solares, or adjacent ecosystems broadly defined the ways that people related to and used plants, which in turn illustrates how social hierarchies influenced botanical knowledge. This study represents an initial effort to explore the heretofore neglected history of ways of using plants in Latin American cities in the period immediately prior to their modernization.

scholarly journals Analysis of Urban Transformation Through the Use of Expanded Research Tools

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824402110383
Author(s):  
Ana Elena Builes-Vélez ◽  
Lina María Suárez Velásquez ◽  
Leonardo Correa Velásquez ◽  
Diana Carolina Gutiérrez Aristizábal
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Urban Studies ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Urban Transformation ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Design Development ◽  
New Methods ◽  
The Social ◽  
American Cities ◽  
Research Tools

In recent years, urban design development has been an important topic in Latin American cities such as Medellín due to the transformation of their urban spaces, along with the new methods used to evaluate the social, morphological, and, in some cases, economic impacts that have been brought about by the urban development projects. When inquiring about the development process and impact of urban studies, and the inhabitants’ relation to a transformed space, it is important to establish the context within which images, drawings, and photographs are analyzed, using graphical approaches triangulated with other research methods to define comparative criteria. In this article, we reflect on the expanded use of various research tools for the analysis of urban transformation, taking with reference the experience lived by a group of researchers in two Latin American cities. From this, it is intended to understand how they work and how they allow us to understand the urban transformation of these cities, the data obtained, and the vision of the researchers.

Expanding Urban Slums

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Humphrey ◽  
Shahadat Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Urban Poverty ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Urban Slums ◽  
Urban Informality ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Globalizing World ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
American Cities

Slums have generated renewed interest among scholars in the wake of rapid urbanization in the South and the growing incidence of urban poverty worldwide. This gave rise to the expression “expanding urban slums,” which refers to a phenomenon occurring in the Global South associated with “hyper-urbanization”— rapid urbanization beyond the capacity of the state or city to plan for, to provide services and housing for, to regulate urban environments or regulate the poor. The UN Challenge of Slums report describes two kinds of slums: “slums of hope” and “slums of despair.” Slums of hope are “progressing” settlements, characterized by new, normally self-built structures, usually illegal (e.g. squatters) that are in, or have recently been through, a process of development, consolidation and improvement. Slums of despair refer to “declining” neighborhoods, in which environmental conditions and domestic services are undergoing a process of degeneration. Earlier studies of slums differ from contemporary research in terms of the extent to which megaslums are emerging as a permanent feature of megacities. Contemporary studies of the “expanding slum” can be conceptualized as about different aspects of informalization of urban social, economic, and political processes. The literature on urban informality and informalization indicates that slums are not excluded spaces but integrated on different terms. Scholars must begin to develop more nuanced theories of urbanism in a globalizing world, and they can use the “gray zones” of Latin American cities as a starting point.

scholarly journals Delineating the dynamics of growth and instability of different Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP’s) in Gujarat

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-140
Author(s):  
Anjali S. Chaudhari ◽  
K.A. Khunt ◽  
Viralkumar P. Chaudhari ◽  
C.P. Chetariya
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rates ◽  
Rural Poverty ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Wood Products ◽  
Rural Poor ◽  
Non Timber Forest Products ◽  
Instability Indices

The importance of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) and its contribution to rural livelihoods and alleviating rural poverty is well known in Gujarat and emerging as the source of income for the rural poor. Therefore, promotion of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP) species, therefore, the present study aimed at to examine the growth rates and instability of different forest products. The secondary data on quantity and value of different wood and non-wood products from the year 1996-97 to 2017-18 were compiled from published sources. The results revealed that quantity of Mahuda flowers and Honey increased significantly while majority of NTFPs found to be decreased but it is statistically non-significant during overall period. Instability indices of both quantity as well as value of NTFPs found to be higher during overall period. The quantity of teak timber significantly increased in Valsad circle but it significantly decreased in Ahmedabad circle, while change in value found to be nonsignificant in all circles during overall period because of irregular and timely non-availability of NTFPs.

Latin American Cities

2018 ◽  
pp. 39-51
Author(s):  
Carles Crosas
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Capital Cities ◽  
Urban Imaginary ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
New Generation ◽  
American Cities

During the nineteenth century, capital cities in Latin America established a new generation of “green” grids, inherited from the tradition of Hispanic colonization that introduced new elements of modernity: technique, transport, and ecology. From hundreds of cases, it is worth paying attention to those that are most outstanding for embodying a number of characteristics: certain isolated condition, perfect geometrical layout, tram connection, “hygienist” inspiration, innovative engineering, new urban imaginary, etc. The brief presentation of some cases in Buenos Aires, México DF, Montevideo, and Sao Paolo leads the authors to assess the outstanding case of El Vedado in La Habana (1859) within its contemporary panorama. This is a canonical grid district settled in a vast and privileged area near the Caribbean Sea, with its quiet tree-lined streets and notable for its exquisite buildings. After 150 years, reviewing the transformation of this unique grid allows one to gain insight regarding the flexibility of urban grids, appreciate the splendour of its past, and explore the potential for its future.

scholarly journals KEARIFAN LOKAL SUKU BADUY DALAM PEMANFAATAN MADU SEBAGAI HASIL HUTAN BUKAN KAYU DI DESA KANEKES KECAMATAN LEUWIDAMAR KABUPATEN LEBAK PROVINSI BANTEN

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 721
Author(s):  
Waridat Ilahiyat Syam ◽  
Iskandar A M ◽  
Gusti Eva Tavita
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Method ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Cultural Conditions ◽  
Non Timber Forest Products ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Descriptive Method

Lots of local wisdom with local people. In other words, local wisdom can be implemented as ideas, values, local views that are wise, full of wisdom, good value, which are embedded and followed by members of the community. Therefore, local wisdom can be defined as noble values contained in local cultural assets, in the form of traditions, ideas, and life motto. The Baduy community in Kanekes Village, Leuwidamar Subdistrict, is one of the tribes in Indonesia which until now still maintains the values of local wisdom that they have and believe in, amidst the advancement of civilization around them. Research on the local wisdom of the Baduy Tribe in Kanekes Village, Leuwidamar Subdistrict, Lebak Regency, Banten Province aims to see the local wisdom of the Baduy Tribe in utilizing forest resources by the Baduy tribe for the sustainable use of non-timber forest products in the form of forest honey. The types of data taken in this study are primary data and secondary data. Primary data was obtained from the results of interviews with the community in the Baduy Tribe, Kanekes Village, Leuwidamar District, Lebak Regency, Banten Province, Banten Province. Secondary data were complementary data obtained from references which included general conditions of the location, socio-cultural conditions, activities and others. The research was conducted using the snowball sampling method and also using a qualitative descriptive method fpr compiling the result of the research on local wisdom of the baduy tribe.Keyword: Baduy Tribal, Forest Honey, Local Wisdom

scholarly journals Conpsumptionscapes: videogame stereotypes and Latin-American cities environments. Case: Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception / Uncharted 4: The Thief End

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 003
Author(s):  
Claudio Rossi
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
American City ◽  
Commercial Space ◽  
Shopping Centres ◽  
Contemporary Life ◽  
Architectural Structures ◽  
American Cities ◽  
Selection Of

The consumption landscape refers to the context in which the daily basic needs of a society are determined. The small store in the neighborhood and the street market are architectural structures or urban spaces which shape the lives of cities as we know them today. Shopping centres are the evolution of these building formats and can characterize contemporary life. The exercise proposed by this article is to review the condition of the contexts of consumption in which the narrative of video games are developed through the study and selection of cases (Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception / Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End). These demonstrate that the urban landscape with which our cities are represented appears as scenarios loaded with stereotypes. The emphasis of this research is on the representation of the historical Latin American city as a spatially modelled and stereotyped territory where the narrative is contextualized. This article does not focus on how the story develops within a commercial space but instead proposes a transversal idea that the consumption contexts are landscapes determined by cultural logics where the plot occurs. Consumption landscapes are the simultaneous spatial, cultural and historical constructions that give meaning to a narrative and represent an augmented reality of our cities: extensive, immersive and suggestive, but also perverse.

The Event of Forest Fire in Indonesia in the Perfective Environmental Ethics Anthropocentrism

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 122
Author(s):  
Suharto ◽  
Kamaruddin Eddiwan ◽  
Husni Thamrin
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Forest Fires ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Human Action ◽  
Provincial Government ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Flood Prevention ◽  
The People ◽  
Non Timber Forest Products

<p><em>This study aims to analyze forest fires in Indonesia in terms of anthropocentric environmental ethics perspectives. The method used is the method of observation, and the primary data can be by interviewing the people who live in the location of forest fires in Riau province, and the perpetrators of illegal logging, and companies that use the forest. While the secondary data obtained from statistical data, and from the Riau provincial government, and then the data is analyzed descriptively. In the perspective of the environmental ethics of anthropocentrism, the forest is an invaluable resource (biodiversity as a source of germplasm, timber and non-timber forest products, the water regulator, flood prevention and erosion and soil fertility) whose utilization and protection should be regulated accordingly with relevant and applicable laws and government regulations. Events of forest fires are one form of human action that is contrary to the principles of environmental ethics, resulting in large casualties and losses. In fact, in anthropocentrism more emphasis on the human interest that has led to human behaviour that tends to damage nature.</em><em></em></p>

scholarly journals Pemanfaatan Getah Pinus dan Perannya Terhadap Penghidupan Masyarakat di Provinsi Sulawesi Selatan

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Tajuddin Tajuddin
Keyword(s):  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Pine Resin ◽  
South Sulawesi ◽  
Forest Sustainability ◽  
Non Timber Forest Products ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive

Pine forest in South Sulawesi is one of the evidence of successful reforestation and has been utilized by the community in the form of tapping pine resin. This article explains the permits types of the utilization/collection of pine resin by the community, the role of pine resin in community livelihoods, and various problems in the utilization of pine resin by the community in South Sulawesi. Qualitative/quantitative descriptive analysis is used to analyze primary data obtained through interviews and secondary data analysis obtained from relevant agencies. We found that the utilization/collection of pine resin in South Sulawesi by the community used four schemes or permits types, namely: Business License for Non-Timber Forest Product Utilization, Licence for Collection of Non-Timber Forest Products, Social Forestry Schemes Permits, and Cooperation of Forest Utilization. Furthermore, for the community livelihoods, utilization/collection of pine resin has provided extra incomes and employment for local communities and workers from outside. However, labor limitations, fluctuations in the price of pine resin, relying on the community on business partners, and tapping techniques that contradict the principle of forest sustainability is still becoming the problems in the utilization/collection of pine resin in South Sulawesi.

scholarly journals The Effect of Social, Culture and Economy of Dampelas during Dutch and Banawa Hegemony

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Lukman Nadjamuddin
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
Colonial Power ◽  
Social Culture ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
The Past ◽  
Late Nineteenth

This research tries to express that a problem of competition over Dampelas land must be seen in the context, namely the land is a combination of social, `~ cultural and economic aspects. Historical sources for this research are consisted in some archives, contemporary newspapers, journals and research rapports. The aim of it is to explain that Dampelas as a part of <em>Afdeling van Midden Celebes </em>in the past was under control of two powers, namely Banawa in Donggala and the Dutch colonial power, based in Makassar, then Manado. In the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth century, Dampelas was a strategic punt for the Dutch position in Banawa. Dutch tried to take over a control of all forest products in Dampelas, without any concession for local natives. Under King Lamarauna, the Dutch annexed Dampelas without any cost and ruled it as autonomy of Banawa. Lord of Dampelas got a freedom for ruling his land.

Analisis Keterlibatan Lembaga Swadaya Masyarakat dalam Program Hutan Kemasyarakatan di Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Barat

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
M. Zaenul Muttaqin
Keyword(s):  
Community Forestry ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Community Context ◽  
Forestry Policy ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Timber Forest Products ◽  
Forestry Programs

This paper aims to analyze the involvement of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) of forestry policy frame with focus on the Community Forestry program in West Nusa Tenggara. The method in this study is using literature studies. The Data sources uses secondary data such as documents, legislation, articles and books containing the participation of NGOs in forestry programs. In the implementation of the HKm’s program is to realize democratization that is very strategic. It is because NGOs as a representation the needs and aspirations of people in forest areas. In the realm of policy, Forestry NGOs in NTB region synergized with all stakeholders that involved in the Community Forest program, ranging from formulation to evaluation. The involvement of NGOs in the community of HKm area is manifested by the assistance and business development of the community in the management of Non-Timber Forest Products (HHBK).  Monitoring and evaluation efforts as a basis for government policy advocacy to fit the community context is a form of NGO participation in forestry policy.  However, as an independent organization, NGOs rely on the availability of fund in handling the empowerment program.  

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