scholarly journals A erosão dos solos no contexto social

1994 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 14-23
Author(s):  
Antonio José Teixeira Guerra
Keyword(s):  
Soil Erosion ◽  
Soil Conservation ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Conservation Policies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Alternative Approaches ◽  
Soil Erosion And Conservation ◽  
Traditional Approaches

This paper aims to outline the need to include the social, economic and political issues on soil erosion studies. Therefore, the adoption of soil conservation strategies should take into consideration these issues. The paper also outlines the soil erosion problem, the political components of soil erosion, soil conservation policies, and finally shows why most soil conservation policies have failed, in developing countries, due to the traditional approaches used in most soil erosion and conservation programmes. Some alternative approaches are proposed, to deal with the problem, in order to reach sucess.

“Engines and Wagons”: The Challenges and Options of Conserving Railway Heritage

Collections ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 155019062110527
Author(s):  
Simbarashe Shadreck Chitima
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Relative Humidity ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Railway Transport ◽  
Preventive Conservation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Qualitative Research Methodology ◽  
Management Policies

Zimbabwe has a rich railway heritage that includes rail engines, wagons, coaches, trolleys, ticket rooms, rail stations, and tracks. The National Railway Museum of Zimbabwe (NRMZ) has a long history in providing railway transport and have contributed to the social, economic, and political lives of Zimbabweans. The NRMZ is the only institution that collects, preserve, and display railway heritage. This study investigates the effectiveness of the NRMZ in conserving railway heritage. This study employed qualitative research methodology. It is revealed that railway collections are deteriorating at unprecedented levels. The major agents of deterioration include relative humidity, temperature, pollution, pests and rodents as well as human factors. The study concludes that the NRMZ is employing ineffective conservation strategies and the museum is likely to lose more collections if they do not prioritize preventive conservation, develop collections, and disaster management policies.

Performative Morality: Godey's Match Plates, Nineteenth-Century Stage Practice, and Social/Political/Economic Commentary in America's Popular Ladies’ Magazine

2014 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 613-637
Author(s):  
CYNTHIA LEE PATTERSON
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Economic Issues ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Social ◽  
Tableaux Vivants ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Mystery Novels ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
The City

Recirculating the assertion of magazine historian Frank Luther Mott, subsequent generations of scholars maintained that Godey's Lady's Magazine eschewed content treating the social, political, and economic issues of the day. This article challenges that nearly universal reading of Godey's by arguing for the importance of a close reading of the “match plates” commissioned by Godey for his magazine. Appearing between 1840 and 1860, these plates, many engraved from pendant paintings created expressly for Godey, draw on the popularity of stage melodrama, dramatic tableau, and tableaux vivants to enact a performative morality addressing major social, economic, and political issues. Early match plates contrast virtue and vice, capitalizing on the enormous popularity of William Hogarth's engraving series Industry and Idleness. Match plates appear also in the popular fashion plates of the magazine – echoing the city mystery novels, plays, and prints first popularized by Eugene Sue – in Christmas for the Rich/Christmas for the Poor and Dress the Maker/Dress the Wearer. By 1860, even the magazine's “useful” contents, such as the pattern work prized by Godey's readers, echo the popularity of match plates: hence Fruit for Working/Flowers for Working. Closer attention to Godey's engravings calls for a reassessment of Mott's assertion.

SUBSTANCE AND SEMANTICS IN THE AUDITOR'S STANDARD REPORT

1991 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stevan K. Olson ◽  
Charles W. Wootton
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
Recent Effort ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
The Social ◽  
Standard Report

The most recent effort at restating the auditor's standard report, SAS 58, is the most comprehensive statement of the auditor's role that has ever been adopted. It is an acknowledgment that the previous report had become an ineffective communication of the audit function and was perhaps too cautious in circumscribing the auditor's public responsibilities. This paper compares and analyzes the terminology of the standard report throughout the professions's history with particular emphasis on the recent years leading up to SAS 58. An exhibit compares the parallel terminology and the social, economic and political issues that resulted in each revision. Additionally, some assessment of the potential future changes to the report are presented.

scholarly journals Drivers of increased soil erosion in East Africa’s agro-pastoral systems: changing interactions between the social, economic and natural domains

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 1909-1921 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maarten Wynants ◽  
Claire Kelly ◽  
Kelvin Mtei ◽  
Linus Munishi ◽  
Aloyce Patrick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Erosion ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Pastoral Systems ◽  
The Social ◽  
Natural Domains

scholarly journals The evolution of soil conservation policies targeting land abandonment and soil erosion in Spain: A review

2019 ◽  
Vol 83 ◽  
pp. 174-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia C.E. van Leeuwen ◽  
Erik L.H. Cammeraat ◽  
Joris de Vente ◽  
Carolina Boix-Fayos
Keyword(s):  
Soil Erosion ◽  
Soil Conservation ◽  
Land Abandonment ◽  
Conservation Policies

scholarly journals Trafficking of Human Beings for the Purpose of Organ Removal: Are (International) Legal Instruments Effective Measures to Eradicate the Practice?

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexis A. Aronowitz ◽  
Elif Isitman
Keyword(s):  
Organized Crime ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Organ Donors ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Organ Trafficking ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Organ Removal ◽  
Psychological Harm ◽  
Alternative Approaches

Organ trafficking is perhaps the most obscure form of human trafficking. It is an international problem with transnational dimensions and involves the intersection between the world of organized crime, impoverished organ donors, sick recipients and unscrupulous medical staff. This article starts out by exploring the global patterns of organ trafficking, highlighting the physical and psychological harm caused to victims. The statistics on organ transplants and patterns of organ trafficking as well as the social, economic and legal dimensions of this type of crime are examined. The article subsequently continues with a discussion of the domestic, regional and international legal and semi-legal instruments established to battle organ trafficking and reflects upon whether or not these instruments are effective in curtailing this growing problem. The article ends with a discussion of alternative approaches to deal with the problem of organ trafficking and makes a case for more problem-driven solutions, such as increased extra-legal measures, international cooperation and a focus upon the causes and victims of organ trafficking rather than focusing upon criminal law alone.

scholarly journals Working with Institutional Stakeholders: Propositions for Alternative Approaches to Community Engagement

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (20) ◽  
pp. 4010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cox ◽  
Chung ◽  
Hamm ◽  
Zwickle ◽  
Cruz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Engagement ◽  
Local Population ◽  
The United States ◽  
Research Translation ◽  
Physical Sciences ◽  
The Social ◽  
Alternative Approaches ◽  
Community Improvement ◽  
Institutional Stakeholders ◽  
Traditional Approaches

Community engagement is a vital aspect of addressing environmental contamination and remediation. In the United States, the Superfund Research Program (SRP) forms groups of academic researchers from the social and physical sciences into Community Engagement Cores (CECs) and Research Translation Cores (RTCs), which focus on various aspects of informing and working with communities during and through the resolution of environmental crises. While this work typically involves engaging directly with members of affected communities, no two situations are the same. In some cases, alternative approaches to community engagement can be more appropriate for community improvement than traditional approaches. In particular, when research teams become involved in contamination crises at a late point in the process, their contributions can be better directed at supporting and reinforcing the work of institutional stakeholders charged with remediating pollution. Relevant factors include issue fatigue among a local population, and contamination that is due to a major employer. Supported by literature and experience, we offer several propositions that we believe lay out conditions that warrant such an approach by academic teams, rather than their direct engagement with unaffiliated individuals in communities.

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