Urban Wildlife Organizations and the Institutional Entanglements of Conservation’s Urban Turn

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 186-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin Luther
Keyword(s):  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Urban Wildlife ◽  
Urban Center ◽  
Nonhuman Animals ◽  
Wildlife Rehabilitation ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
The City ◽  
Education And Conflict

Abstract Urban wildlife organizations—which include groups focused on wildlife rehabilitation, rescue, removal, advocacy, education, and conflict resolution—have typically been viewed as out of step with the goals of wildlife conservation because of their focus on encounters with individual nonhuman animals, common species, and degraded habitats. The recent shift by large conservation NGOs toward a “humans and nature together” framework, because of its focus on urban natures, has brought the field into discursive relation with urban wildlife organizations. Drawing on a case study of four wildlife organizations in an urban center, this research explores their discourse about human-wildlife relationships in the city, and the challenges and opportunities presented by their emergent intersections.

Acousmatic Music as a Medium for Information: A case study of Archipel

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-120
Author(s):  
Guillaume Campion ◽  
Guillaume Côté
Keyword(s):  
Sound Art ◽  
Sound Processing ◽  
Sound Recordings ◽  
Equal Importance ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Acousmatic Music ◽  
Socially Relevant ◽  
Composition Process ◽  
The City

This article discusses the inclusion of concrete informative elements within acousmatic music, in an attempt to mix acousmatic music and sound documentary into a form of socially engaged sound art. Inspired by existing sound practices that make strong use of the sonic reality, such as soundscape composition or radiophonic art, the authors explain how they aim to address socially relevant topics within pieces where music and information are considered of equal importance. To that end, they give a detailed description of their approach through the analysis of the composition process behind Archipel (Côté and Campion 2016), a 29-minute piece focused on the access to the waterfront in the city of Montréal, Québec. Through an alloy of interviews, sound recordings gathered on the shores of Montréal and typically acousmatic sound-processing and synthesis, the piece attempts to portray the challenges and opportunities encompassed by this topic. Having found the need to go beyond the acousmatic concert format for this kind of work, the authors also briefly discuss how they are currently expanding the project to include an interactive website and a mobile application that will complement the initial concert piece.

scholarly journals Prioritisation and Localisation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Challenges and Opportunities for Bulawayo

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
Vinnet Ndlovu ◽  
Peter Newman ◽  
Mthokozisi Sidambe
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Coming Out ◽  
Distribution Systems ◽  
Water Distribution ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The City ◽  
Insight Into

Cities are engines of socio-economic development. This article examines and provides insight into the extent of localisation of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) using the City of Bulawayo (CoB), in Zimbabwe, as the case study. The key question posited is ‘Does Bulawayo demonstrate potential for sustainable development?’. Bulawayo is a strange case study as in the period of the Millennium Development Goals Zimbabwe had a massive increase in death rates from 2000 to 2010 due to the HIV pandemic, political chaos and economic disintegration of that period. Coming out of that period there was little to help cities like Bulawayo grasp the opportunity for an SDG-based development focus. However, after the paper creates a multi-criteria framework from a Systematic Literature Review on the localisation of the SDG agenda, the application to Bulawayo now generates hope. The city is emerging from the collapse of the city’s public transport and water distribution systems, once the envy of and benchmark for many local authorities in the country, and has detailed SDG plans for the future. Bulawayo now serves as a planning model for localisation of sustainable development goals.

scholarly journals Educação de Jovens e Adultos: desafios e possibilidades na alfabetização

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
Damares Araujo Teles ◽  
Maria Perpétua Do Socorro Beserra Soares
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Adult Education ◽  
Public School ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Research Subject ◽  
The World ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
The City

RESUMOO presente artigo discute os resultados de uma pesquisa referente ao processo de alfabetização e letramento na Educação de Jovens e Adultos em uma escola pública na cidade de Parnaíba-PI, tendo como sujeito da pesquisa uma professora que atua nessa modalidade de ensino. Por isso o objetivo geral foi discutir os desafios e possibilidades na alfabetização de jovens e adultos. A pesquisa foi fundamentada em alguns autores como Freire (2001), Pinto (1991), Portela (2009), Soares (1998); Tfouni (2002), entre outros. Optamos pela abordagem qualitativa e o estudo de caso, com base em André (2005), Bogdan e Biklen (1994).Os resultados revelam que a prática pedagógica da professora tem contribuído eficazmente para alfabetizar e letrar os alunos. Por isso é preciso que o docente crie atividades que estimulem os discentes para que possam ler e produzir diferentes textos. Por conseguinte, concluímosque o intuito da Educação de Jovens e Adultos é desenvolver no sujeito jovem ou adulto o senso crítico, a capacidade de ler o mundo, além das habilidades e competências técnicas necessárias a vida em sociedade, ou seja, colaborar na formação e emancipação humana. Palavras-chave:  Prática Pedagógica. Alfabetização. Letramento. Educação de Jovens e Adultos.ABSTRACTThis article discusses the results of a survey concerning the acquisition of literacy and literacy in youth and adult education in a public school in the city of Parnaíba-PI, having as research subject a teacher who acts in this type of education. So the overall objective was to discuss the challenges and opportunities in literacy for youth and adults. The research was based on some authors such as Freire (2001), Pinto (1991), Portela (2009), Smith (1998); Tfouni (2002), among others. We chose the qualitative approach and case study, based on André (2005), Bogdan andBiklen (1994). The results reveal that the teaching practice of the teacher has contributed effectively to literate students. So it is necessary that the teacher create activities that encourage the students so they can read and produce different texts. Therefore, we conclude that the Youth and Adult Education aim is to develop in youth or adult subject critical thinking, the ability to read the world and the skills and techniques necessary to live in society, or collaborate in training and human emancipation.Keywords: Teaching Practice. Literacy.Youth and Adult Education.RESUMENEl presente artículo discute los resultados de una encuesta sobre el processo de alfabetización y letramento en la Educación de Jóvenes y Adultos en una escuela pública en la ciudad de Parnaíba-PI, teniendo como sujeto de la investigación una profesora que actúa en esta modalidade de enseñanza. Así el objetivo general fue discutir los desafíos y possibilidades en la alfabetización para jóvenes y adultos.La investigación se basó en algunos autores como Freire 2001), Pinto (1991), Portela (2009), Smith (1998); Tfouni (2002), entre otros. Elegimos el enfoque cualitativo y el de estudio de caso, basado en André (2005), Bogdan y Biklen (1994). Los resultados revelan que la práctica pedagógica de la maestra ha contribuido eficazmente para alfabetizar y letrar los alunos. Por lo tanto, es necesario el professor crear actividades que favorezcan a los estudiantes para que puedan leer y producir textos diferentes. Por conseguiente, llegamos a la conclusión que la intención de la Educación de Jóvenes y Adultos es desarrollar en el sujeto joven o adulto el pensamiento crítico, la capacidad de ler el mundo, además de las habilidades y competencias técnicas necesarias para vivir en sociedad, o sea, colaborar en la formación y emancipación humana.Palabras clave: Práctica Pedagógica. Alfabetización. Alfabetización. Educación de Jóvenes y Adultos.

Políticas Públicas de Juventude: estudo de caso do Programa Casas das Juventudes - PE

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 187
Author(s):  
Jenifer Maria Miranda de Sousa Pinheiro ◽  
Rubén Oscar Pecchio Vergara ◽  
Mariana Bezerra Lyra ◽  
Ana Karina Araújo de Moraes
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
City Government ◽  
Territorial Development ◽  
Youth Program ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
History Of ◽  
The City

RESUMO: Este artigo apresenta informações sobre os desafios e aprendizagens da implementação de Políticas Públicas de Juventude (PPJs) a luz do estudo de caso do Programa Casa das Juventudes de Pernambuco. Para uma melhor compreensão, aborda: um breve histórico do marco legal das PPJs no Estado de Pernambuco, e um pequeno diagnóstico da realidade dos jovens pernambucanos. Em seguida, apresenta o Programa Casa das Juventudes, a sua proposta de intervenção no território, sua relação com o poder municipal e com a sociedade civil. E por fim, faz uma análise dos desafios e oportunidades para avançar no desenvolvimento territorial das PPJs com qualidade. Palavras-chave: juventude, políticas públicas de juventude, programa casa das juventudes. ABSTRACT: This article presents information on the challenges and lessons learned from the implementation of Public Youth Policies (PYPs) the light of the case study of the Program Youth Houses of Pernambuco. For a better understanding, it covers: a brief history of the legal framework of PYPs in the state of Pernambuco, and a small diagnosis of the reality of young Pernambuco. It then presents the Program of the Youth Houses, its proposal of intervention in the territory, its relationship with the city government and civil society. Finally, we provide an analysis of the challenges and opportunities to foster the territorial development of PYPs quality. Keywords:  youth, public policies of youth, houses of youth program.

scholarly journals An Improved Accessibility-Based Model to Evaluate Educational Equity: A Case Study in the City of Wuhan

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 458
Author(s):  
Yiheng Wang ◽  
Yaolin Liu ◽  
Lijun Xing ◽  
Ziyi Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Educational Equity ◽  
Spatial Accessibility ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Urban Center ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
New Research ◽  
The City ◽  
Multi Mode

Limited studies focus on educational equity from the spatial accessibility perspective. This study combines survey data and big data and proposes a multi-mode Huff two-step floating catchment area (MMH2SFCA) method to calculate accessibility while considering multiple travel modes and school attractiveness. This method can also calculate education quality by extending the accessibility in each community. Results show that our proposed method can reliably identify the accessibility differences of schools across communities. The case study indicates an inequitable distribution of educational accessibility and quality. The communities with high accessibility are concentrated in the urban center and exurban zones surrounding schools, whereas high-quality areas are mainly concentrated in the urban center. Correlation analysis suggests that the educational quality of communities with high accessibility is not always high. The findings of this study can provide improvement for accessibility measurements and help explore a new research perspective for educational equity research.

scholarly journals Case Study Topography Integrated Urban Center Concept Project on Coastal Line of Kartal/?stanbul

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bahadir Mert Cinar
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Green Roofs ◽  
Local People ◽  
Central Complex ◽  
Urban Center ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
Complex Design ◽  
Urban Problems ◽  
The City

The concept of creating a Topography integrated urban center is to create an urban center that integrated with the city. The first step of the Concept is to settle by using the natural elevation in the land and to create volumes compatible with land by raising together with the elevation. While the passenger circulation at starting elevation is moved into a project with the cave-style volume settled in land elevation. The new area of the square to be defined in the center of the building is intended to form an area combining the neighboring squares Kartal Square and Freedom Square, as well as contributing to the silhouette of Kartal from the sea with the location of the square and building. The project is a central complex design that deals with various urban problems thanks to professionals, local people of Kartal, and clubs which established with the municipality in a comprehensive way to search for solutions to be organized urban workshops and conferences. Key Words Urban Center, Topography integrated, Sustainable Building, Blending with Topography, Walkable Green Roofs, Serving to People, 7/24 Living Place.

scholarly journals Rehabilitation as a conservation tool: a case studyusing the common wombat

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 310 ◽  
Author(s):  
K A Saran ◽  
G Parker ◽  
R Parker ◽  
C R Dickman
Keyword(s):  
Wildlife Management ◽  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Natural Habitat ◽  
Good Survival ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Human Contact ◽  
Wildlife Rehabilitation ◽  
Common Wombat ◽  
The Common

Wildlife rehabilitation seeks to return healthy animals back to their natural habitat with good survival prospects,and hence contribute to the persistence of their populations. However, the effectiveness of rehabilitation remains largelyundocumented, and its utility as a conservation tool is unclear. In this paper, we document the rehabilitation successof a large, herbivorous marsupial, the common wombat (Vombatus ursinus), and use the findings as a case study toevaluate the contribution that rehabilitation can make to wildlife conservation. Using a database of 54 orphaned wombatsmonitored for up to eight years, we found that 81.5% of young survived to release and, of those, 77.3% were alivein the wild by the end of the study. Survival during rehabilitation was greater for larger, older animals, but influencedalso by problems during care, reaction to human contact following weaning and, in particular, the responses ofindividuals to treatment. No factors associated with rescue condition, rehabilitation or release affected survival of animalsonce returned to the wild, suggesting that wombats were not disadvantaged by their progression through rehabilitation.We provide brief recommendations to improve rehabilitation success for wombats. We conclude that rehabilitation isan under-recognized but potentially valuable conservation tool, and suggest that it is timely to consider its contributionto wildlife management more generally.

scholarly journals THE STRATEGY OF URBAN DEVELOPiIETIT

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wahda Shuker Al-Hinkawi ◽  
Shaema Abbas Al kubaisy
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Tourist Attraction ◽  
Kurdistan Region ◽  
Urban Center ◽  
Urban Fabric ◽  
Global And Local ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

Th6 research deals with the impact of historical citadel on urban development for city cantersand their importance in shaping the urban areas of lhe city, as an attempt to delinethe bestpossible strategies for urban development of historical cities and in particular (citadel cities),which represents a tourist attraction on both global and local levels.Erbil city has been selected, as a case study for this research, since this fortress citadelhaving nowadays a comprehensive urban development, which creates an interactive effecifor the urban fabric of the citadel and the urban fabric of the city of Erbil itself , significantlyin sha.ping the city.of lrbil through centuries and an additional importance for curre;uy beini,a capital of lraq's Kurdistan region and also an urban center which has a tourist atirac{ioifor the northem region in lraq.

Taking a break is for accomplishing a longer journey: hospitality industry in Macao under the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Tingchi Liu ◽  
Shaoshan Wang ◽  
Glenn McCartney ◽  
IpKin Anthony Wong
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Policy Domain ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Tourism Economy ◽  
The City

Purpose This paper aims to analyze how a real-time COVID-19 pandemic is impacting Macao’s hospitality industry, and illustrates why lessons from COVID-19 are an opportunity for further development for the city. Design/methodology/approach This case study highlights local government and hospitality industry responses to a real-time crisis. Academic studies, media news and reports have been collected to illustrate why the Macao’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic could be taken as a city case study example. Previous crisis experience provided guidance to Macao’s success in this pandemic. Findings Macao has succeeded in managing the adverse effects of COVID-19, illustrating the coexistence of challenges and opportunities from experiencing the epidemic. With no COVID-19 cases in the city, cross-border tourism with China resumed in September. Macao is undeniably over reliant on the gambling industry to provide tax income and employment, creating an unbalanced industrial structure. However, the Chinese and Macao Governments, the hospitality industry and other stakeholders, have presented high levels of engagement, unity and rational courses of action during the pandemic. This paper examines Macao’s two orientations – intra and post-coronavirus – which are shown to be instrumental in the city’s future tourism development. Practical implications As the paper is Macao-specific, some generalization may not be applicable. The lessons and strategies proposed in the paper may only be theoretically and temporarily workable in this real-time situation. However, as COVID-19 will remain for some time globally, the efficacy of the findings justifies further ongoing analysis and application beyond Macao. Originality/value The case offers a first-hand analysis on the governance of Macao to negate the impacts of COVID-19, enabling a comprehensive review on the practices and policies that were effective during the virus outbreak. There is reference for researchers and practitioners in the public policy domain, and particularly in the area of crisis management and destination resilience. The result is worthy of future exploration on how the mechanism of centralized government facilitates risk management, and the rebuilding of a tourism economy in a crisis context, comparing this to other national systems.

scholarly journals THE STRATEGY OF URBAN DEVELOPiIETIT

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wahda Shuker Al-Hinkawi ◽  
Shaema Abbas Al kubaisy
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Tourist Attraction ◽  
Kurdistan Region ◽  
Urban Center ◽  
Urban Fabric ◽  
Global And Local ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

Th6 research deals with the impact of historical citadel on urban development for city cantersand their importance in shaping the urban areas of lhe city, as an attempt to delinethe bestpossible strategies for urban development of historical cities and in particular (citadel cities),which represents a tourist attraction on both global and local levels.Erbil city has been selected, as a case study for this research, since this fortress citadelhaving nowadays a comprehensive urban development, which creates an interactive effecifor the urban fabric of the citadel and the urban fabric of the city of Erbil itself , significantlyin sha.ping the city.of lrbil through centuries and an additional importance for curre;uy beini,a capital of lraq's Kurdistan region and also an urban center which has a tourist atirac{ioifor the northem region in lraq.

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