Global Health Promotion Special Issue for the 70th anniversary of the IUHPE: “Visioning the Future of Health Promotion: Learning from the past, shaping the future”

This special issue stems from an increasing awareness on the key contribution made by biometrics and biological indices in the quality classification of aquatic ecosystems. This theme has been the subject of passionate debate during the 13th European Ecological Federation (EEF) and 25th Italian Society of Ecology’s (S.It.E.) joined congresses held in Rome in September 2015. In this frame, on the margins of the special symposium named “Biomonitoring: Lessons from the past, challenges for the future”, it was launched the idea of a special issue of the Journal of Limnology on the “aquatic” contributions presented at the conference. The present volume mainly reports these studies, enriched by few invited papers. Among the other things, the main message is the need of a better integration between sector knowledges and legislative instruments. This is even truer given the on-going climate change, and the necessity to record rapid changes in ecosystems and to elaborate effective/adaptive responses to them.

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Special Issue “Digital Twin Technology in the AEC Industry”

Advances in Civil Engineering ◽

10.1155/2020/8842113 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2020 ◽

pp. 1-18

Author(s):

Jisong Zhang ◽

Lihua Zhao ◽

Guoqian Ren ◽

Haijiang Li ◽

Xiaofei Li

Keyword(s):

Structural Design ◽

Structural Engineering ◽

Sustainable Design ◽

Building Design ◽

Current Situation ◽

Special Issue ◽

Sustainable Building ◽

Digital Twin ◽

The Past ◽

The Future

Sustainable building design has become a hot topic over the past decades. Many standards, databases, and tools have been developed for achieving a sustainable building. Not until recently have the importance of structural engineering and its contribution to sustainable building design been full recognised. However, due to the highly fragmented and diversity of knowledge across building and infrastructure domains, there is a lack of approach that can address all the sustainable issues within the structural design. This paper reviews the sustainable design from the perspective of structural engineering: (1) reviewing the current situation; (2) identifying the gaps and difficulties; and (3) making recommendations for future improvements. The strategies and indicators, as well as BIM-enabled methodology, for sustainable structural design (SSD) are also discussed in a holistic way. The results of this investigation show that most of the methods are not doing well in terms of delivering a successful sustainable structural design. It is expected that the future BIM could probably provide such a platform to address these issues.

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Systematizing Public Education in Archaeology

Advances in Archaeological Practice ◽

10.7183/2326-3768.4.4.415 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (4) ◽

pp. 415-424 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Eleanor M. King

Keyword(s):

Public Education ◽

Best Practices ◽

Special Issue ◽

Final Word ◽

Archaeological Practice ◽

The Past ◽

The Future

AbstractPublic education in archaeology today is at a crossroads. Over the last 30 years, it has grown exponentially and is now widely recognized as one of the most effective ways to preserve the past for the future. However, it remains a loose conglomeration of approaches lacking coherence and consistency. There is little discussion of the best practices to use in specific situations and little assessment of effectiveness. One result is that practitioners often reinvent the wheel; another is that we are not reaching the diverse audiences we need to engage to assure archaeology’s future. As a profession, we are losing ground to the continued encroachment of looting and vandalism—the very activities education seeks to forestall. We can either keep doing what we are doing and hope for the best, or we can begin to systematize our efforts. This article introduces a special issue of Advances in Archaeological Practice dedicated to systematizing public education in archaeology by contextualizing and assessing contemporary practices. The article provides a framework for thinking about the issues and proposes solutions, while discussing the contributions of the issue’s authors. Its purpose is to initiate discussion, not to provide the final word on the problem.

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Introduction to the Future of Traditional Knowledge Research

International Indigenous Policy Journal ◽

10.18584/iipj.2015.6.2.1 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kenichi Matsui

Keyword(s):

Traditional Knowledge ◽

Indigenous Peoples ◽

Special Issue ◽

The Past ◽

Introductory Essay ◽

The Future

This introductory essay to the special issue, "The Future of Traditional Knowledge Research: Building Partnership and Capacity," discusses some of the fundamental issues about what researchers and Indigenous peoples face in collaborating research. It also discusses how contributing authors have dealt with these problems in the past.

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