The locals and the Rohingyas: Trapped with an uncertain future

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-120
Author(s):  
Lailufar Yasmin ◽  
Sayeda Akther
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Government ◽  
Uncertain Future ◽  
The Relationship

Since the 26 August 2017 influx of the Rohingya community into Bangladesh, particularly in the Cox’s Bazar district, the country has been subjected to phenomenal challenges. While the initial issues were to arrange food and accommodation for a community who had no other option but to flee their homeland, gradually the nature of challenges diversified. This article identifies the relationship between the local community and the Rohingya community in the Cox’s Bazar district in the aftermath of the influx. While doing so, it unfolds different types of tension and difficulties that emerged in the area due to the Rohingya influx. It concludes that the influx has fundamentally affected and altered the lives of the locals, which must be taken into consideration by the Government of Bangladesh in its plans for this region.

A Cross Sectional Analysis of Tourism Development and Social Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 487
Author(s):  
Tauseef AMAN ◽  
Mussawar SHAH ◽  
Humera JAMAL ◽  
Younas KHAN ◽  
Muhammad ARIF ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Close Proximity ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
The Government ◽  
Sectional Analysis ◽  
The Relationship

The major objective of this study was to measure the association between various interventions and Chitral Gole National Park (CGNP) role in preservation of bio-diversity and socio-economic uplift. A sample size of 346 respondents was randomly selected from total population of 3326 from the 4 selected villages on the basis of close proximity. A conceptual framework including dependent variable social development and independent variable tourism development were taken. The data were analyzed through frequency and percentage distribution. Moreover, Chi-square test was applied to know the relationship between dependent and independent variables at bi-variate level. In bi-variate analysis a highly significant (P=0.000) relation was found between CGNP is main source of promoting tourism in Chitral,tourists do any impacts upon local community in terms of increased business activities, local culture is safeguarded despite influx of tourists in the area, tourism produced employment opportunities, and social development. Qualitative data supported the empirical findings, however tourism brings economic opportunities at micro and macro level, but unfortunately CGNP is not as satisfactory regarding generating income since its establishment. The government should ensure to make such polices pertaining to the entrance fee, provides accommodation services on payment to the tourists and to reserve the entrance fee or any other form of taxes to ensure CGNP to spend on self-sustaining basis by ensuring refinement in the procedures as well.

Autocratic Government Moderates the Relationship Between Culture and Legal Restriction

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (9) ◽  
pp. 1457-1463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linus Chan ◽  
Lucian Gideon Conway
Keyword(s):  
Legal Systems ◽  
Interactive Model ◽  
Higher Power ◽  
Form Of Government ◽  
Legal Restriction ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Legal Restrictions ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Relationship

Laws that restrict citizens exist in every form of government. Although previous research has shown that legal restriction is tied to culture-level variables such as collectivism, we propose and test a novel interactive model specifying that the culture-legal restriction relationship will depend on the level of democracy or autocracy present in the government. Specifically, legal restrictions in democracies should show more consistent relationships with culture-level variables because lawmakers in democracies are more directly accountable to the populace. In contrast, legal restrictions in autocracies should be less subject to influence by culture-level variables because lawmakers are less directly accountable to the populace. In our study, we tested this interactive model by examining if horizontal/vertical legal restrictions predict culture-level variables (wealth, urbanity, collectivism) differently for democracies versus autocracies. Results provide qualified support for the model: Especially for higher power tests with larger samples of nations, we found that the level of democracy/autocracy significantly moderated the relationship between culture-level variables and two different types of legal restriction. Also consistent with our model, the nature of these interactions generally revealed significant culture-legal restriction effects for democracies but not autocracies. Our results suggest that the path between culture and legal systems might take very different routes depending on level of autocracy or democracy in the ruling government.

scholarly journals Perceptions and Social Values Regarding the Ecosystem Services of Beaches and Coastal Dunes in Yucatán, Mexico

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 3592
Author(s):  
Gabriela Mendoza-González ◽  
Arely Paredes-Chi ◽  
Dalia Méndez-Funes ◽  
María Giraldo ◽  
Edgar Torres-Irineo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Coastal Dunes ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Social Perceptions ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
The Social ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Relationship

The ecosystem services (ESs) approach has been used as a powerful tool for the analysis of socio-ecological systems to investigate the relationship between society and the environment. The aim of this article is to analyze the social perceptions of stakeholders, forms of use (sociocultural and economic), and the conservation of beaches and coastal dunes in Yucatán, Mexico. Interviews were held with focus groups to analyze the forms of use, social perceptions of stakeholders, and the conservation of beaches and coastal dunes in Yucatán, Mexico. The results indicate that these ecosystems are important to different types of activities related to regulating, provisioning, and cultural services. However, degradation is identified as a consequence of contamination and land-use change. The main identified threats are natural phenomena, followed by the presence of garbage, human presence in natural environments, infrastructure construction, and privatization of beaches. The opinions (e.g., conservation, ecosystem services provision, drivers of change), emotions (e.g., joy, fear, sadness), and knowledge of the local community and tourists with respect to these ecosystems were evidenced. In general, there is an absence of conservation and sustainable management projects. However, community perceptions provide an opportunity to outline public conservation strategies in which the community, as a component of these socio-ecosystems, can be fully involved in their implementation.

Violence, Displacement, and Support for Internally Displaced Persons: Evidence from Syria

2021 ◽  
pp. 002200272110115
Author(s):  
Alexandra C. Hartman ◽  
Benjamin S. Morse ◽  
Sigrid Weber
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
Diverse Populations ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Conjoint Experiment ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Intergroup Behavior

What is the legacy of war, violence, and displacement on altruism toward diverse populations suffering similar hardships today? Prior research suggests these hardships have the potential to increase empathy that can in turn motivate altruism across identity boundaries. We test this hypothesis using survey data collected in 2017 from over 2,000 Syrians living in rebel-held regions where many internally displaced persons (IDPs) sought refuge. We find that Syrians previously exposed to violence were more likely to host IDPs. Using a conjoint experiment to measure hosting preferences over different types of IDPs, we show that these individuals also preferred to host sick and vulnerable IDPs and outgroup IDPs from the Kurdish ethnic minority. However, they were less likely to host IDPs from the Christian minority, possibly due to their association with the government. These results suggest that empathy and politics both play an important role in shaping the relationship between violence, altruism, and intergroup behavior during conflict.

scholarly journals DAMPAK REVITALISASI TERHADAP AKTIVITAS VANDALISME DI KAWASAN KOTA LAMA SEMARANG

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jurnal Arsitektur Komposisi ◽  
Fabiola Chrisma Kirana Analisa
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Historic Buildings ◽  
Negative Image ◽  
Positive Image ◽  
Street Space ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Heritage Area

The Uniqueness of Kawasan Kota Lama Semarang is always be an interesting topic to learn. This area has historic buildings as an attraction. However, there are still some buildings that are not well-maintained. This condition could make the nearest street space has a negative image and lead to the emergence of negative activities, such as vandalism. There are pictures and writings as the results of vandalism in several parts of the street space in Kawasan Kota Lama Semarang. Kawasan Kota Lama Semarang with the Blenduk Church as the landmark is become a cultural heritage area that needs to be preserved. The government collaborated with the local community commited to revitalize Kawasan Kota Lama Semarang in an effort to maintain its existence. Since 2013, the revitalization of buildings in Kawasan Kota Lama Semarang has beenintensified. This article aims to elaborate on the thinking about the potential of revitalization for tourism development and its impact on vandalism activities that have occurred in Kawasan Kota Lama Semarang. The explaination is done by comparing the vandalism mapping and buildings revitalization mapping. From the mapping, we could found the relationship between the revitalization of the area and the products of vandalism as well as the direction that could be done to enhance the positive image of Kawasan Kota Lama Semarang optimally.

scholarly journals PASAR TERPADU H. M. YUSI DI KANDANGAN

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-135
Author(s):  
Nadya Nurmithasari ◽  
Pakhri Anhar
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
User Behavior ◽  
Market Area ◽  
Regional Market ◽  
Utility Systems ◽  
Architectural Problem ◽  
The Government ◽  
Wet Market ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

M. Yusi Market is a regional market development plan from the government to improve the trade sector in the South Hulu Sungai regency. Kandangan Market as the main market has been unable to be developed to accommodate the large number of traders and the market location provided is not maximally utilized by traders because of the uncomfortable atmosphere because the application of market prototypes is not in accordance with local community buying and selling behavior. The architectural problem solving that is right for the Integrated Market H. M. Yusi in Kandangan is a comfortable market design and in accordance with the buying and selling behavior of market users in Kandangan. Behavioral Architecture method is an approach used to solve architectural problems in the integrated market of H. M. Yusi in Kandangan, namely by approaching the relationship of human behavior to the architectural environment as a consideration of the application of designs that will lead to improvements in the architectural environment. The study method includes the analysis of merchant behavior, buyer behavior and the relationship of behavior of traders and buyers to be able to adjust the needs and behavior of market users. Hygienic and cultural is a concept used to solve the problems of the application of integrated market area buildings that are comfortable and in accordance with market user behavior and Paiwakan Market concept is focus on wet market. The concept is applied to the design of circulation arrangement, achievement, building mass, material, facade ornaments and building utility systems.

Capitalism, Microfinance and Democracy

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Sakshi Kharbanda
Keyword(s):  
Local Knowledge ◽  
The Other ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Economic Sphere ◽  
Neoliberal Economics ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Relationship

The paper looks at the relationship between neoliberal thought of economics and microfinance. Applying the principles of embedded neoliberal economics to microfinance suggests that the government and markets do not exist in solidarity. They can both grow and sink together. Both are required to fulfill each other's requirements to sustain in a nation state. This paper suggests that market oriented economy, can be mediated through the government by bringing in changes to the institutions that can help markets grow and by also molding the nature of relationship it shares with the society. On the other hand, Markets have to incorporate the cultural, social and local knowledge to use it to their advantage. Economic sphere cannot work on its own regulations and by itself completely. The aim of neoliberal proponents shall not be to create same homogeneous conditions wherever they go to operate. Rather diversity should be studied closely to devise the best methods to deal with different contexts and societies. The paper first analyses the relationship between different types of capitals (Physical and Social) with Microfinance and development and then knits them together with the thread of democracy.

scholarly journals WHAT CONSTITUTES “GOODNESS” IN FARMING? FARMING AND LOCAL COMMUNITY IN NEOLIBERAL CONTEXT IN JAPAN

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 134
Author(s):  
Masashi Tachikawa ◽  
Kiyohiko Sakamoto
Keyword(s):  
State Government ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Agricultural Structure ◽  
The Government ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Relationship

Japanese agriculture has been going through a drastic change especially in terms of the number of farmers today. Modernization of agricultural structure, which had been pursued for many years by the government, seems to be suddenly realized through a large scale retirement of elder farmers. The advancing structural change in farming, especially consolidation of farming into fewer agricultural entities, raises a concern that rural community people are completely detached from farming per se. This concern leads our study to analyze the relationship between large-scale farming entities and local communities, which were once closely tied. In order to understand the nature and change of the relationship, we have focused on a Japanese farm competition and try to elucidate how the “desirability” of farms have evolved over time, and try to draw implications for the above-mentioned relationship. Our examinations of selection criteria of agricultural competitions, where advanced farmers seek to be awarded as the “best” farmers, reveal that the criteria have evolved from simpler ones to highly complex ones. More specifically, in an early era (the 1960s), farmers competing there are expected to have almost solely technical skills, whereas more recent criteria dictate that farmers should make social contribution to local communities. This indicates that goodness or “desirability” for advanced farmers has also gone through substantial changes. Farming entities are now not only to survive market competitions, but also to confront and deal with complex local demands to play roles that used to be fulfilled by local governments faced with declining budgets from the state government. The fact that Japanese cutting-edge farmers are expected to play substantial roles to sustain local communities seems to resonate with discourses extolled by neoliberalism penetrating into rural areas across the world. That is, rural actors are supposed to be entrepreneurial, efficient, and competitive in market principles, and simultaneously required to make contradictory commitments to sustain local communities.

Community Participation and Community Evaluation of Heritage Revitalisation Projects in Hong Kong

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-61
Author(s):  
Binqing Zhai ◽  
Albert P.C. Chan
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Historic Buildings ◽  
Special Administrative Region ◽  
Contentious Issue ◽  
Community Evaluation ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Relationship

This paper aims to investigate the relationship between community participation and community evaluation of heritage revitalisation projects in the context of Hong Kong. In 2007, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government introduced a Revitalisation Scheme to conserve and revitalise government-owned historic buildings. Nevertheless, since the announcement of the Revitalisation Scheme, whether the concerned revitalisation projects could benefit the local community, as publicized in the multiple objectives of the scheme by the government, has become a very contentious issue. This issue seriously affects the communities’ attitudes and opinions on the Revitalisation Scheme. This paper will address this issue from the perspective of community participation in heritage revitalisation projects. Based on a recently completed revitalisation project under the Revitalisation Scheme, this paper asserts that there is a positive correlation between community participation and community evaluation of the project’s social impact.

scholarly journals DAMPAK REVITALISASI TERHADAP AKTIVITAS VANDALISME DI KAWASAN KOTA LAMA SEMARANG

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Fabiola Charisma Kirana Analisa
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Historic Buildings ◽  
Negative Image ◽  
Positive Image ◽  
Street Space ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Heritage Area

Abstract: The Uniqueness of Kawasan Kota Lama Semarang is always be an interesting topic to learn. This area has historic buildings as an attraction. However, there are still some buildings that are not well-maintained. This condition could make the nearest street space has a negative image and lead to the emergence of negative activities, such as vandalism. There are pictures and writings as the results of vandalism in several parts of the street space in Kawasan Kota Lama Semarang. Kawasan Kota Lama Semarang with the Blenduk Church as the landmark is become a cultural heritage area that needs to be preserved. The government collaborated with the local community commited to revitalize Kawasan Kota Lama Semarang in an effort to maintain its existence. Since 2013, the revitalization of buildings in Kawasan Kota Lama Semarang has been intensified. This article aims to elaborate on the thinking about the potential of revitalization for tourism development and its impact on vandalism activities that have occurred in Kawasan Kota Lama Semarang. The explaination is done by comparing the vandalism mapping and buildings revitalization mapping. From the mapping, we could found the relationship between the revitalization of the area and the products of vandalism as well as the direction that could be done to enhance the positive image of Kawasan Kota Lama Semarang optimally.Keyword : vandalism, revitalization, kota lamaAbstrak: Kekhasan Kawasan Kota Lama Semarang selalu menjadi topik menarik untuk dipelajari. Kawasan ini memiliki bangunan-bangunan bersejarah yang menjadi daya tarik wisata. Namun masih terdapat bangunan-bangunan yang tidak terawat dan tidak berfungsi. Kondisi ini mengakibatkan terbentuknya ruang jalan yang memiliki kesan kurang baik serta mengundang munculnya aktivitas negatif, salah satunya adalah vandalisme. Terdapat gambar dan tulisan hasil aktivitas vandalisme di beberapa bagian ruang jalan di Kawasan Kota Lama Semarang. Kawasan Kota Lama Semarang dengan ikon Gereja Blenduk ditetapkan sebagai kawasan cagar budaya yang perlu dijaga kelestariannya. Pemerintah bekerjasama dengan komunitas penggiat kawasan terus melakukan revitalisasi dalam upaya menjaga eksistensi dan peran kawasan sebagai kawasan wisata yang bersejarah. Sejak tahun 2013, revitalisasi bangunan di Kawasan Kota Lama Semarang semakin intensif dilakukan. Artikel ini bertujuan untuk menguraikan pemikiran mengenai potensi revitalisasi terhadap perkembangan pariwisata serta dampaknya terhadap aktivitas vandalisme yang pernah terjadi di Kawasan Kota Lama Semarang. Pemaparan dilakukan dengan cara melakukan pemetaan terhadap lokasi terjadinya vandalisme dan pemetaan bangunan atau ruang publik yang telah mengalami revitalisasi. Dari pemetaan tersebut diperoleh hubungan antara revitalisasi kawasan dengan produk aktivitas vandalisme serta arahan yang dapat dilakukan untuk meningkatkan kesan (image) positif terhadap kawasan secara optimal.Kata kunci: vandalisme, revitalisasi, kota lama

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