scholarly journals Negotiating Stakeholder Relationships in a Regional Circular Economy: Discourse Analysis of Multi-scalar Policies and Company Statements from the North of England

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aodhan Newsholme ◽  
Pauline Deutz ◽  
Julia Affolderbach ◽  
Rupert J. Baumgartner
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Wealth Creation ◽  
Stakeholder Relationships ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Internal Operations

Abstract Circular economy (CE) literature discusses the need for cooperation between different stakeholders to promote a CE; there is also an assumption regarding the benefits of loop closing on a local or regional scale. However, the potentially conflicting priorities, understandings, and expectations of the stakeholders involved have not been sufficiently addressed. Regional (or local) authorities have a responsibility to promote prosperity for stakeholders in their administrative region, within the constraints of national policy; conversely companies can have financial imperatives associated with stakeholders who may be globally distributed. Evidence of these conflicting priorities, the various positions stakeholder take, and their expectations of each other can be seen in the language choices regional actors make in their public-facing policy and report documents. The aim of the paper is to consider the challenges for creating a regional-scale CE that might arise from the differing priorities and values of companies and public agencies relating to specific places. It uses discourse analysis (including critical approaches) to examine how policy and business documents represent the stakeholders of the CE, their place in it, their priorities, and, importantly, the relationship between CE actors, focusing on the case of North Humberside on the North East coast of England. The plans set out in these reports are designed for external stakeholders and allow us to gain an insight into company and policy thinking in relation to CE developments in the coming years, including how they view each other’s roles. Findings indicate a shared motivation across scales and sectors for the CE as a means towards sustainable growth within which business plays a central role. However, there is a critical double disjuncture between different visions for implementation. First, between policy scales, a regional-scale CE is prioritised by regional policymakers, who have an interest in economic advantage being tied to a specific place and call for national scale support for their actions. Second, between regional policymakers and business, companies focus on their own internal operations and potential supply chain collaborations, with little attention given to the regional scale. This can be seen in the way organisations represent the actors of a nascent CE differently. In addition, a hegemonic business-focused growth discourse excludes other visions of the CE; the public are relegated to a passive role primarily as consumers and recipients of under-specified “opportunities” of wealth creation. CE theorisations need to incorporate and address these critical perspectives in order to support the development of strategies to overcome them.

scholarly journals Does Seasonality and Stochastic Cycles Affect Output Growth in Nigeria? Lessons for Development Planning

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (3(J)) ◽  
pp. 48-53
Author(s):  
Kanayo Ogujiuba ◽  
Terfa W Abraham ◽  
Nancy Stiegler
Keyword(s):  
Growth And Development ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Output Growth ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Inclusive Development ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Development Plans ◽  
Two Measures ◽  
Fiscal And Monetary Policy

This paper examines the seasonality and stochastic cycle associated with GDP growth in Nigeria using two measures of filter. Our findings include, that the Christiano & Fitzgerald (2003) filter removed low-periodicity stochastic cycles associated with output growth in Nigeria compared to the Hodrick Prescott filter. The smoothed GDP trend further revealed that growth in Nigeria was higher but unstable in periods of development planning than in periods without development plans. This suggests that development planning in Nigeria was not accompanied by judicious mix of fiscal and monetary policy in the 1980s/1990s. Likewise, effort to achieve sustainable growth and development, since the return to democracy in 1999, has not been accompanied by effective planning. To achieve inclusive development therefore, there is the need to return to development planning in order to address the destruction meted by insurgents in the North east and the lack of inclusiveness in Nigeria’s growth observed in recent times.

scholarly journals Transversely isotropic lower crust of Variscan central Europe imaged by ambient noise tomography of the Bohemian Massif

Solid Earth ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 1051-1074
Author(s):  
Jiří Kvapil ◽  
Jaroslava Plomerová ◽  
Hana Kampfová Exnerová ◽  
Vladislav Babuška ◽  
György Hetényi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bohemian Massif ◽  
Lower Crust ◽  
Ambient Noise ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Crustal Thickening ◽  
Scale Model ◽  
Significant Feature ◽  
Ambient Noise Tomography ◽  
North East ◽  
The North

Abstract. The recent development of ambient noise tomography, in combination with the increasing number of permanent seismic stations and dense networks of temporary stations operated during passive seismic experiments, provides a unique opportunity to build the first high-resolution 3-D shear wave velocity (vS) model of the entire crust of the Bohemian Massif (BM). This paper provides a regional-scale model of velocity distribution in the BM crust. The velocity model with a cell size of 22 km is built using a conventional two-step inversion approach from Rayleigh wave group velocity dispersion curves measured at more than 400 stations. The shear velocities within the upper crust of the BM are ∼0.2 km s−1 higher than those in its surroundings. The highest crustal velocities appear in its southern part, the Moldanubian unit. The Cadomian part of the region has a thinner crust, whereas the crust assembled, or tectonically transformed in the Variscan period, is thicker. The sharp Moho discontinuity preserves traces of its dynamic development expressed in remnants of Variscan subductions imprinted in bands of crustal thickening. A significant feature of the presented model is the velocity-drop interface (VDI) modelled in the lower part of the crust. We explain this feature by the anisotropic fabric of the lower crust, which is characterised as vertical transverse isotropy with the low velocity being the symmetry axis. The VDI is often interrupted around the boundaries of the crustal units, usually above locally increased velocities in the lowermost crust. Due to the north-west–south-east shortening of the crust and the late-Variscan strike-slip movements along the north-east–south-west oriented sutures preserved in the BM lithosphere, the anisotropic fabric of the lower crust was partly or fully erased along the boundaries of original microplates. These weakened zones accompanied by a velocity increase above the Moho (which indicate an emplacement of mantle rocks into the lower crust) can represent channels through which portions of subducted and later molten rocks have percolated upwards providing magma to subsequently form granitoid plutons.

scholarly journals Role of Media and Government towards Sustainable Development in Assam

2019 ◽  
pp. 161
Author(s):  
Mohsina Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Health Department ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Industrial Growth ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Welfare Department ◽  
The Government

<p>The North-East of India has been a hotly debated territory of India with voices coming up from different states such as Nagaland, Manipur and Assam demanding separate nations for themselves. These separatist agitations have got further confounded with a constant influx of Muslim immigrants from Bangladesh which began to impinge on the local cultural identities and demographics. This resulted in a prolonged militancy coupled with agitations yielding space for the Pakistani/Sri Lanka/Bangladesh based militants to infiltrate into India through porous borders of the North East and engage some disgruntled ultra outfits in the North East to wage a battle against India. In fact, Naga agitation for separate country bears a lot of similarity with the LTTE’s struggle for separate Eelam in Sri Lanka. Both have a lot of diaspora support and web-based campaign movements (Maya Ranganathan, 2010: 127-149). All these developments have complicated the prospects of the economic and industrial growth in this region. This resulted in the staggering illiteracy and unemployment for over a decade. Towards addressing the problems of the region, the government of India has taken a political decision to establish as many as seven central universities under its direct funding to ensure that the region gets the best education which might contribute further for enhanced employment opportunities in the region. Also, various department under Assam Government such as the Tourism Department, Health Department, Education Department, Social welfare Department etc has been provided with e-governance facilities for the users. The study assumes significance from the point of view that how far the e-services of various departments leads to the sustainable growth of the state and what is the role of media, government and educational institutes to improve the sustainable growth of the states through e-services.</p>

scholarly journals Features of small forms of soviet autonomy in Kuban in the first half of the XX century: on the example of the Armenian district

2019 ◽  
pp. 130-133
Author(s):  
A. G. Ryabchenko ◽  
I. D. Zolotareva
Keyword(s):  
Regional Scale ◽  
National Policy ◽  
High Status ◽  
Autonomous Region ◽  
Administrative Organization ◽  
The North ◽  
History Of ◽  
Village Council ◽  
Soviet Russia ◽  
Soviet Historiography

At different stages of Soviet historiography, priorities in studying the history of the national administrative organization of the small peoples of the USSRoften changed for various reasons, but it always evoked constant interest. The Communist Party of the CPSU (b), which was ruling in Soviet Russia in the early 1920s, Leninist national policy greatly contributed to the emergence of a number of autonomous administrative-territorial formations that were national in nature and had a very different status. The territorial national status varied from high status of an autonomous republic, an autonomous region to an autonomous region, and even a national village council. Those. a separate settlement. In the Southeast, and later the North Caucasusregion of the RSFSR, already in the early 1920s. National administrative districts received existence as national autonomies of a regional scale, including the Armenian National District. This article is dedicated to this area.

scholarly journals The Lioness Defending Her Clan in the North East: A Study of Ecospiritual Elements in Mamang Dai’s Fiction

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Meghamala Satapathy ◽  
◽  
Ipsita Nayak ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Textual Evidence ◽  
North East India ◽  
Ecological Attributes ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Non Fiction

Ecospirituality signifies spiritual evolution in consequence of one’s response to ecological stimuli. Mamang Dai is a powerful tribal voice from the North East India who has explored in depth the theme of Ecospirituality in her books. The article explicates those ecological attributes manifested in Dai’s works which form an integral part of the spiritual voyage of her characters. In an attempt to define the term ‘Ecospirituality,’ a review of existing literature has been placed at the beginning which is followed by discourse analysis of the five works of fiction which Dai has to her credit. All the arguments put forth in the article are substantiated by textual evidence from her books. The analysis of the said texts is followed by a conclusion suggesting a way forward. The present study examines the elements of Ecospirituality in Dai’s ‘fictional’ works alone hence the exclusion of her books of non-fiction. It shows how a slew of ecospiritual elements are identifiable in the fictional outputs of Dai and yet the theme demands more elaborate treatment due to the advent of new theoretical constructs.

scholarly journals Euro-Atlantic winter storminess and precipitation extremes under 1.5 °C versus 2 °C warming scenarios

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika J. Barcikowska ◽  
Scott J. Weaver ◽  
Frauke Feser ◽  
Simone Russo ◽  
Frederik Schenk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Storm Track ◽  
Precipitation Extremes ◽  
Storm Tracks ◽  
Atlantic Region ◽  
Storm Activity ◽  
Wind Speeds ◽  
North East ◽  
The North

Abstract. Severe winter storms in combination with precipitation extremes pose a serious threat to Europe. Located at the south-east exit of the North Atlantic's storm track, European coastlines are directly exposed to impacts by high wind speeds, storm floods and coastal erosion. In this study we analyze potential changes in simulated winter storminess and extreme precipitation which may occur under 1.5 °C or 2 °C warming scenarios. Here we focus on a first simulation suite of the atmospheric model CAM5 performed within the HAPPI project and evaluate how changes of the horizontal model resolution impact the results regarding atmospheric pressure, storm tracks, wind speed and precipitation extremes. The comparison of CAM5 simulations with different resolution indicates that an increased horizontal resolution to 0.25° is not only refining regional-scale information, but also improves large-scale atmospheric circulation features over the Euro-Atlantic region. The zonal bias in SLP and wind fields, which is typically found in low-resolution models, is considerably reduced. This allows us to analyze potential changes in regional- to local-scale extreme wind speeds and precipitation in a more realistic way. Our analysis of the future response for the 2 °C warming scenario generally confirms previous model simulations suggesting a poleward shift and intensification of the meridional circulation the Euro-Atlantic region. Additional analysis suggests that this shift occurs mainly after exceeding the 1.5 °C global warming level, when the midltatitude jetstream manifests a strengthening north-eastward. At the same time, this north-east shift of the storm tracks allows an intensification and north-east expansion of the Azores high leading to a tendency of less precipitation across the Bay of Biscay and North Sea. Regions impacted by the strengthening of the midlatitude jet, such as the northwest coasts of British Isles, Scandinavia and the Norwegian Sea, and over the North Atlantic east from Newfoundland experience an increase in the mean as well as daily and sub daily precipitation and wind extremes and storminess suggesting an important influence of increasing storm activity in these regions in response to global warming.

scholarly journals Large-scale health system transformation in the United Kingdom

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 325-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory Maniatopoulos ◽  
David J. Hunter ◽  
Jonathan Erskine ◽  
Bob Hudson
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Successful Outcome ◽  
System Transformation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Content Type ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
New Vision

PurposeFollowing publication of a new vision for the English National Health Service (NHS) in 2014, known as the NHS Five-Year Forward View, a Vanguard programme was introduced by NHS England charged with the task of designing and delivering a range of new care models (NCMs) aimed at tackling deep-seated problems of a type facing all health systems to a greater or lesser degree. Drawing upon recent theoretical developments on the multilevel nature of context, we explore factors shaping the implementation of five NCM initiatives in the North East of England.Design/methodology/approachData collection was based on semi-structured interviews (66 in total) between December 2016 and May 2017 with key informants at each site and a detailed review of Trusts' internal documents and policies related to the implementation of each NCM. Our analysis explores factors shaping the implementation of five NCM pilot sites as they touched on the multiple levels of context ranging from the macro policy level to the micro-level setting of workforce redesign.FindingsIt is far too early to conclude with any confidence that a successful outcome for the NCM programme will be forthcoming although the NHS Long-Term Plan seeks to build on the earlier vision set out in the Five-Year Forward View. Early indications show some signs of promise, especially where there is evidence of the ground having been prepared and changes already being put in place prior to the official launch of NCM initiatives. At the same time our findings demonstrate that all five pilot sites experienced, and were subject to, unrealistic pressure placed upon them to deliver outcomes.Originality/valueOur findings demonstrate the need for a deeper understanding of the multilevel nature of context by exploring factors shaping the implementation of five NCMs in the North East of England. Exploring the wider national policy context is desirable as well as understanding the perceptions of front-line staff and service users in order to establish the degree of alignment or, conversely, to identify where policy and practice are at risk of pushing and pulling against each other.

Understanding Notions of Enterprise in the Higher Education Sector

2002 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 149-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Hartshorn
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Policy Agenda ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
University Curriculum ◽  
Form Part ◽  
The University

Findings from research undertaken in universities in the North East of England as part of the Science Enterprise Challenge initiative demonstrate the wide-ranging conceptualizations of ‘enterprise’ and ‘entrepreneurship’ held by academics from a broad spread of disciplines. These include conceptions of enterprise as certain skills, behaviours and attitudes, and as the establishment of a business venture. Subsequent ‘enterprise offerings’ within the university curriculum are informed and influenced by the subjective and different definitions of enterprise given by the research respondents. This paper suggests how these diverse definitions and conceptualizations may be accommodated by higher education institutions, and thus form part of the national policy agenda of creating an enterprising society.

scholarly journals An introgression breakthrough left by an anthropogenic contact between two ascidians

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Le Moan ◽  
Charlotte Roby ◽  
Christelle Fraisse ◽  
Claire Daguin-Thiebaut ◽  
Nicolas Bierne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Regional Scale ◽  
Indigenous Species ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Allopatric Divergence ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
Speciation Continuum ◽  
Non Indigenous Species ◽  
Evolutionary Consequences ◽  
First And Second Generation

Human-driven translocations of species have diverse evolutionary consequences such as promoting hybridization between previously geographically isolated taxa. This is well-illustrated by the solitary tunicate, Ciona robusta, native to the North East Pacific and introduced in the North East Atlantic. It is now co-occurring with its congener C. intestinalis in the English Channel, and C. roulei in the Mediterranean Sea. Despite their long allopatric divergence, first and second generation crosses showed a high hybridization success between the introduced and native taxa in the laboratory. However, previous genetic studies failed to provide evidence of recent hybridization between C. robusta and C. intestinalis in the wild. Using SNPs obtained from ddRAD-sequencing of 397 individuals from 26 populations, we further explored the genome-wide population structure of the native Ciona taxa. We first confirmed results documented in previous studies, notably i) a chaotic genetic structure at regional scale, and ii) a high genetic similarity between C. roulei and C. intestinalis, which is calling for further taxonomic investigation. More importantly, and unexpectedly, we also observed a genomic hotspot of long introgressed C. robusta tracts into C. intestinalis genomes at several locations of their contact zone. Both the genomic architecture of introgression, restricted to a 1.5 Mb region of chromosome 5, and its absence in allopatric populations suggest introgression is recent and occurred after the introduction of the non-indigenous species. Overall, our study shows that anthropogenic hybridization can be effective in promoting introgression breakthroughs between species at a late stage of the speciation continuum.

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