Adaptive reuse of local buildings in Sapa, Vietnam for cultural tourism development towards sustainability

Abstract Literature shows that adaptive reuse must consider vernacular architecture. For a tourism town like Sapa and its neighbouring villages in Vietnam, which is characterised with diverse terrain and climate conditions, adaptive reuse of housing regarding vernacular architecture needs to be addressed as sustainable local cultural values to attract tourists, especially foreign tourists. This paper, using data collected from 5 neighboring villages of Sapa, has investigated the villages’ residence characteristics, customs, and traditional house building designs styles and types of villages. A triangular approach of historical approach, systematic approach and the interdisciplinary approach has been adopted for the research to discover, consolidate and promote the values of village landscape and traditional housing. The proposed approach ensures villages retain their traditional indigenous state by building the image of traditional buildings encouraging concentrated living, and implementing concentrated tourism by village. Small sized areas can adopt small types of tourist accommodation. Both adaptation to climate and environmental change and adaptation to the deep intervention of technology in life need to be considered. The proposals will not only help protect the special values of Sapa, but also make good use of new development opportunities.

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Vietnamese Proverbs From a Cultural Perspective

The GLOCAL in Asia 2019 ◽

10.47298/cala2019.3-6 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Thanh Quy Ngo Thi ◽

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Hong Minh Nguyen Thi ◽

Keyword(s):

Cultural Values ◽

Language Use ◽

Interdisciplinary Approach ◽

Research Direction ◽

Point Of View ◽

Traditional Values ◽

Cultural Perspective ◽

Language And Culture ◽

Speakers Of Other Languages ◽

New Research

Proverbs are important data depicting the traditional culture of each nation. Vietnamese proverbs, dated thousands of years ago, are an immense valuable treasure of experience which the Vietnamese people desire to pass to the younger generations. This paper aims to explore the unique and diversified world of intelligence and spirits of the Vietnamese through a condensed and special literary genre, as well as a traditional value of the nation (Nguyen Xuan Kinh 2013, Tran Ngoc Them 1996, Le Chi Que and Ngo Thi Thanh Quy 2014). Through an interdisciplinary approach, from an anthropological point of view, approaching proverbs we will open up a vast treasure of knowledge and culture of all Vietnamese generations. The study has examined over 16,000 Vietnamese proverbs and analysed three groups expressing Vietnamese people’s behaviors toward nature, society and their selves, and compared them with English and Japanese proverbs. The research has attempted to explore the beauty of Vietnamese language, cultural values and the souls and personalities of Vietnam. Approaching Vietnamese proverbs under the interdisciplinary perspective of language, culture and literature is a new research direction in the field of Social Sciences and Humanity in Vietnam. From these viewpoints, it is seen that proverbs have remarkably contributed to the language and culture of Vietnam as well as and constructed to the practice of language use in everyday life which is imaginary, meaningful and effective in communication. Furthermore, the study seeks to inspire the Vietnamese youth’s pride in national identity and to encourage their preservation and promotion for traditional values of the nation in the context of integration and globalisation. In the meantime, it would be favourable to introduce and market the beauty of Vietnamese language, culture and people to the world, encouraging the speakers of other languages to study, explore and understand Vietnam.

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On “Nationology”: The Gravitational Field of National Culture

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology ◽

10.1177/00220221211044780 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 002202212110447

Author(s):

Plamen Akaliyski ◽

Christian Welzel ◽

Michael Harris Bond ◽

Michael Minkov

Keyword(s):

Gravitational Field ◽

Cultural Values ◽

National Culture ◽

Random Noise ◽

Religious Groups ◽

Individual Values ◽

Individual Level ◽

Collective Phenomenon ◽

Using Data ◽

The Individual

Nations have been questioned as meaningful units for analyzing culture due to their allegedly limited variance-capturing power and large internal heterogeneity. Against this skepticism, we argue that culture is by definition a collective phenomenon and focusing on individual differences contradicts the very concept of culture. Through the “miracle of aggregation,” we can eliminate random noise and arbitrary variation at the individual level in order to distill the central cultural tendencies of nations. Accordingly, we depict national culture as a gravitational field that socializes individuals into the orbit of a nation’s central cultural tendency. Even though individuals are also exposed to other gravitational forces, subcultures in turn gravitate within the limited orbit of their national culture. Using data from the World Values Survey, we show that individual values cluster in concentric circles around their nation’s cultural gravity center. We reveal the miracle of aggregation by demonstrating that nations capture the bulk of the variation in the individuals’ cultural values once they are aggregated into lower-level territorial units such as towns and sub-national regions. We visualize the gravitational force of national cultures by plotting various intra-national groups from five large countries that form distinct national clusters. Contrary to many scholars’ intuitions, alternative social aggregates, such as ethnic, linguistic, and religious groups, as well as diverse socio-demographic categories, add negligible explained variance to that already captured by nations.

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MUSEUM SONGKET PALEMBANG DENGAN PENDEKATAN ARSITEKTUR NEO-VERNAKULAR

Arsitektura ◽

10.20961/arst.v14i2.9046 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Abdul Aziz Arrosyid ◽

Samsudi Samsudi ◽

Ummul Mustaqimah

Keyword(s):

Intellectual Property ◽

Property Rights ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

Cultural Values ◽

Intellectual Property Rights ◽

Architectural Design ◽

Raw Materials ◽

Vernacular Architecture ◽

Museum Design ◽

Limited Process

Traditional weaving as a national cultural heritage is being abandoned, including songket in Palembang city. Songket weaving craft has been abandoned due to the limited process of the making, expensive raw materials, and competitiveness, either other crafters or modern weaving. There are hundreds of Palembang songket motifs that have not been documented and collected well. Only 77 motifs which have been registered as intellectual property rights. The lack attention of this matter would give possibility for neighboring countries to claim it such an accident ever exist. Songket Museum is needed as conservation center, exhibition, research, and songket craft workshop. Neo-Vernacular Architecture approach is used to make museum architectural design which is in line the cultural values of Palembang in contemporary design. The design issue is how to apply the principles of Neo-Vernacular Architecture into Palembang Songket Museum design. The method is designing the museum by taking both the physical and non-physical elements of local culture. Beside, re-interpretation the shape and philosophycal value of local architecture and Palembang songket are apllied in a new composition of Neo-Vernacular Architecture. The result is a design of Palembang Songket Museum which applies Neo-Vernacular Architecture principles. Keywords: Architecture, Neo-Vernacular, Palembang Songket, Songket Museum.

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New tenements and the image of the past: the Crown Street development in Glasgow's New Gorbals

Architectural Research Quarterly ◽

10.1017/s1359135513000341 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 37-48 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Florian Urban

Keyword(s):

Late Nineteenth Century ◽

Victorian Era ◽

High Rise ◽

Historical Continuity ◽

New Development ◽

Historical Image ◽

The 1960S ◽

The One ◽

Design Preferences ◽

Building Designs

In 2000, the Crown Street redevelopment in Glasgow's New Gorbals area was completed following a masterplan by Piers Gough and building designs by Page and Park, Elder and Cannon, Hypostyle Architects and others. Built on symbolically contested ground previously occupied by the Gorbals tenements (1870s–1960s) and the high-rise Hutchesontown flats (1960s–1990s), the new development is a textbook example of neotraditional design. The project features ornamented facades, bay windows, courtyards and corridor streets along with local references to the heyday of Glasgow tenements during the late nineteenth century.This paper shows that the new tenements on Crown Street contributed to Glasgow's economic revival strategies by reconfiguring the site and supporting a positive view of Glasgow's Victorian era. In this sense, the architects adapted design preferences – which at the time were evident all over Europe and North America – to a local agenda.The new tenements reconcile conflicting perspectives: on the one hand a break almost as comprehensive as the urban renewal of the 1960s, and on the other hand an idea of historical continuity and long-lasting community life, which rested on a revised conception of the city's industrial past. Conveying a historical image cleared of imperfections they communicate a message of permanence that stands in stark contrast to the area's historic upheavals, but nonetheless contributed to the viability of the new neighbourhood.

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Rural families' interpretations of experiencing unexpected transition in the wake of a natural disaster

Cadernos de Saúde Pública ◽

10.1590/0102-311x00161515 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 33 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Gisele Cristina Manfrini Fernandes ◽

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Astrid Eggert Boehs ◽

Sharon A. Denham ◽

Rosane Gonçalves Nitschke ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cultural Values ◽

Natural Disaster ◽

Participant Observation ◽

Rural Families ◽

Family Transition ◽

Social Lives ◽

Transitional Experiences ◽

New Development ◽

Before And After ◽

Multiple Case

Abstract: Natural disasters affect populations in various parts of the world. The impacts of disasters can cause many problems to the health of people and disruption to family life, potentially leading to an unexpected transition. The objective of this paper is to present the unexpected transitional experiences of rural families following a natural disaster. A multiple case study of six families was conducted with children and adolescents in a rural area affected by a 2008 disaster in southern Brazil. For data collection, we used participant observation, narrative interviews, genograms, ecomaps and an instrument called calendar routine. The analysis of the data resulted in different family interpretations about the changes resulting from the storm and compared life before and after the disaster. The loss of homes and loved ones, migration, unemployment, and losses from the farm were the main changes associated with new development tasks. The experiences of family transition after the disaster revealed that losses influenced social lives, daily routines and the preservation of cultural values.

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When face meets globalization

International Marketing Review ◽

10.1108/imr-01-2019-0031 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Haiyang Huang ◽

Jiaxun He

Keyword(s):

Emerging Markets ◽

Cultural Values ◽

Consumer Culture ◽

Design Methodology ◽

Content Type ◽

Global Branding ◽

The Common ◽

Moderation Model ◽

Using Data ◽

Practical Implications

Purpose Synthesizing the unique Confucian cultural values and the common characteristics of emerging markets, the purpose of this paper is to examine how face drives consumers’ attitudes toward global consumer culture positioning (GCCP) as well as the moderating roles of social aggrandizement and susceptibility to normative influence (SNI). Design/methodology/approach The authors adopt the total effect moderation model to test the hypotheses using data collected from China. Findings The results show that face positively affects consumers’ attitudes toward GCCP through enhancing their pursuit for global myth. In addition, social aggrandizement positively moderates the influence of face on pursuit for global myth. SNI positively moderates the influence of pursuit for global myth on attitudes toward GCCP. Practical implications The findings of this study highlight the need to utilize local powers to promote brands globally and provide guidelines for “Think Globally, Act Locally” in Confucian societies. Originality/value This study represents an important step in the global branding literature regarding the advancement of culturally driven attitudes toward GCCP by taking root in the Confucian culture.

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Interdisciplinary Approach to the Examination of Law Enforcement Practice Issues

Journal of Russian Law ◽

10.12737/13260 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 3 (10) ◽

pp. 0-0

Author(s):

Александра Абрамова ◽

Aleksandra Abramova

Keyword(s):

Law Enforcement ◽

Social Relations ◽

Scientific Knowledge ◽

Interdisciplinary Approach ◽

Development Stage ◽

Actual State ◽

Functional Integrity ◽

Integrated Theory ◽

New Development ◽

The Law

The article justifies the need to create an integrated theory of efficient law enforcement, and in the author’s opinion it is the interdisciplinary approach that is designed to serve this purpose. Integration of various spheres of scientific knowledge which forms the base of the interdisciplinary approach permits to consider law enforcement with reference to and in mutual interdependence of all its system elements, to reflect actual state of the law effects on social relations. The possibility emerges for the search of more efficient ways that help to disclose law enforcement in various aspects, see its new dimensions, and identify the most problematic issues of this type of activity. Conditions are created for preserving functional integrity of law enforcement, and its transfer to the qualitatively new development stage is provided, which meets modern challenges, answers requirements for innovation and modernization of this process.

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Estimating individual benefits of medical or behavioral treatments in severely ill patients

Statistical Methods in Medical Research ◽

10.1177/0962280217739033 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 28 (3) ◽

pp. 911-927 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Francisco J Diaz

Keyword(s):

Clinical Trials ◽

Chronic Conditions ◽

Treatment Duration ◽

Regression Models ◽

Probability Distributions ◽

Random Coefficients ◽

New Development ◽

Behavioral Treatments ◽

The Common ◽

Using Data

There is a need for statistical methods appropriate for the analysis of clinical trials from a personalized-medicine viewpoint as opposed to the common statistical practice that simply examines average treatment effects. This article proposes an approach to quantifying, reporting and analyzing individual benefits of medical or behavioral treatments to severely ill patients with chronic conditions, using data from clinical trials. The approach is a new development of a published framework for measuring the severity of a chronic disease and the benefits treatments provide to individuals, which utilizes regression models with random coefficients. Here, a patient is considered to be severely ill if the patient’s basal severity is close to one. This allows the derivation of a very flexible family of probability distributions of individual benefits that depend on treatment duration and the covariates included in the regression model. Our approach may enrich the statistical analysis of clinical trials of severely ill patients because it allows investigating the probability distribution of individual benefits in the patient population and the variables that influence it, and we can also measure the benefits achieved in specific patients including new patients. We illustrate our approach using data from a clinical trial of the anti-depressant imipramine.

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Analysis of seven indirect methods for evaluation of reference evapotranspiration under climate conditions of Serbia

Journal of Agricultural Sciences Belgrade ◽

10.2298/jas1801067i ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 63 (1) ◽

pp. 67-81

Author(s):

Dzenita Idrizovic ◽

Gordana Matovic ◽

Enika Gregoric ◽

Ruzica Stricevic

Keyword(s):

Reference Evapotranspiration ◽

Vegetation Period ◽

Weather Data ◽

Special Importance ◽

Climate Conditions ◽

Food And Agriculture ◽

Food And Agriculture Organization ◽

Using Data ◽

Novi Sad ◽

Taylor Methods

In order to calculate water deficit of agricultural crops, it is necessary to have an insight into the evapotranspiration process. As for evaluation of reference evapotranspiration, the Penman-Monteith (FAO56-PM) method, suggested by The International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), requires several climate parameters, which are often unavailable. Thus, in this paper, the methods for computing ETo, which use limited weather data, were tested and then compared to FAO56-PM. The selected methods were those most often used as the replacement for FAO56-PM: Hargreaves, adjusted Hargreaves, Copais, Turc, Priestley-Taylor, Makkink and Hamon. ETo was calculated at the daily and average monthly levels, for the 2010-2013 period, using data from the following meteorological stations: Nis, Belgrade, Novi Sad, Loznica, Valjevo, Zlatibor, Cuprija and Kikinda. Special importance was given to the vegetation period during the dry season due to the application of irrigation. The comparison of methods was based on statistical analysis, using parameters: MXE, MAE, RMSD, ARMSD, WRMSD, b and R2. The highest rate of matching FAO-PM at the average monthly level, as well as during the 2012 growing season, was shown by Copais, Turc and Priestley-Taylor methods, thus these methods may be recommended as the replacement for FAOPM under climate conditions of Serbia. In case only temperature data are available, the results of this research justify the use of the adjusted Hargreaves equation to calculate ETo for the vegetation period.

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THE STUDY OF DEPOPULATED HISTORICAL ENSEMBLES IN THE PROVINCE OF TERUEL: A TOOL TO MAP, PROTECT AND CONSERVE THEIR VERNACULAR HERITAGE AND IDENTITY

ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences ◽

10.5194/isprs-archives-xliv-m-1-2020-797-2020 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol XLIV-M-1-2020 ◽

pp. 797-802

Author(s):

C. Villalba Montaner

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Cultural Values ◽

Vernacular Architecture ◽

Demographic Pressure ◽

Rural Landscapes ◽

Master Plans ◽

Heritage Legislation ◽

The One ◽

Identification Analysis ◽

Special Protection

Abstract. There are 23 rural historical ensembles listed as BIC in the province of Teruel, one of the most depopulated areas in Spain. On the one hand, the lack of economic and demographic pressure in this region has made it possible to preserve many of the typological features of their vernacular architecture. On the other hand, the loss of permanent inhabitants and skilled craftsmanship practitioners has led to a worrying lack of maintenance and abandonment, which threatens their future conservation. The Cultural Heritage Department (Gobierno de Aragón) has been promoting several studies aimed at the protection of 6 different listed case-studies (Albalate del Arzobispo, Calaceite, Rubielos de Mora, Mirambel, Beceite and Teruel). Despite being very small, municipalities are the only competent bodies for the elaboration of the Special Protection master plans of each HE, according to Urban Planning and Cultural Heritage legislation. Hence, the primary purpose of these studies is to support them by analysing their heritage significance and singularities so they can use them as the base for master plans. They will also help raise awareness of their cultural values among local communities, while avoiding the mere conservation of empty urban and rural landscapes. The methodology comprises the identification, analysis and diagnosis of the heritage values that build their identity, thanks to a thorough inventory of all the vernacular constructive techniques, components and zones with a distinguishable character within the urban tissue and its environment.

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