scholarly journals TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF SOIL OCCUPATION IN MUCURI WATERSHED BETWEEN 1989 AND 2015

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 58-68
Author(s):  
Rafael Alvarenga Almeida ◽  
Luan Viana dos Santos ◽  
Daniel Brasil Ferreria Pinto ◽  
Caio Mário Leal Ferraz
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Temporal Analysis ◽  
Aerial Photographs ◽  
The Social ◽  
Anthropogenic Action ◽  
Economic Reality ◽  
Remote Sensing Techniques ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Land Use And Cover ◽  
Made In

Anthropogenic action has caused intense changes in land use and cover over the decades. Identifying and knowing these changes makes it possible to measure the impacts that can be generated as well as to identify patterns of the development of a particular region and the relationship between society and land use. Thus, it is intended to identify the changes made in the land use and occupation of the Mucuri river basin between 1989 and 2015. So, this study used remote sensing techniques and tools besides aerial photographs to map the region and to identify surface behavior. Within the Mucuri basin, the soil had been mostly occupied by classes of forest and agricultural area, consistent with the social and economic reality of the region over the last decades. The changes that have occurred indicate a reduction in water availability, growth in urban occupation and, in many cases, soil and vegetation cover deterioration.

scholarly journals Everyday Aesthetics, Locality and Racialisation

2020 ◽  
pp. 174997552094942
Author(s):  
Andrew Smith ◽  
Bridget Byrne ◽  
Lindsey Garratt ◽  
Bethan Harries
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Aesthetic Responses ◽  
Order And Disorder ◽  
The Social ◽  
Everyday Aesthetics ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Local Space ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Made In

In this essay we reflect on the relationship between aesthetic practices and racialised conceptions of belonging. In particular, we explore attributions of beauty and ugliness, order and disorder, as these are made in relation to local space, and we consider how these attributions can be linked to proprietorial claims about who is welcome in those spaces. Our focus is thus on the everyday aesthetics of location: the ways in which aesthetic judgements are tied to the inhabitation of space and, in this case, the exclusionary potential of ‘ways of looking’ at such spaces and at the social relations which exist within them. Drawing on data from qualitative research in two adjoining neighbourhoods in Glasgow’s Southside, we make three analytical contributions. First, we consider the racialising potential of everyday aesthetic responses to local space. Second, we explore the ways in which local social relations themselves can be aesthetically interpreted. Third, we reflect on forms of everyday aesthetic resistance.

scholarly journals “How Do They Even Know They Love?” The Image of Polyamory in Polish Expert Discourse

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (8) ◽  
pp. 2829-2847
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Grunt-Mejer ◽  
Weronika Chańska
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Psychological Evaluation ◽  
Moral Order ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Scientific Objectivity ◽  
The Social ◽  
Relationship Model ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Made In

Abstract The article presents the results of a thematic analysis of statements about polyamory made in the media by Polish psychology and sexology experts. The analysis was conducted on the basis of 20 pieces of material released in the Polish national press, radio, and television between July 2012 and October 2018. The results show that most of the analyzed experts approach polyamory with suspicion. In most cases, the decision to be in a polyamorous relationship is assessed very negatively, and in the eyes of the therapists it is evidence of psychological defects in people who make such attempts or it is seen as a harbinger of unfavorable outcomes for the relationship. This negative psychological evaluation is often accompanied by a strong moral assessment and a clear willingness to discourage society from this relationship model. The results show that representatives of psychology and medical sciences in the Polish media support and legitimize the social and moral order that promotes mono-normativity. The true reasons for the aforementioned negative assessment are hidden behind a veil of scientific objectivity.

scholarly journals Civility and diplomacy: Trust and dissimulation in transnational Afghan trading networks

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 175-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magnus Marsden
Keyword(s):  
Impression Management ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Commercial Activities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Ethical Virtue ◽  
Made In China ◽  
Trading Networks ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Made In

This article explores the relationship between civility and diplomacy in the transnational commercial activities of traders from Afghanistan. The commodity traders on which the article focuses – most of whom are involved in the export and wholesale of commodities made in China – form long-distance networks that criss-cross multiple parts of Asia and are rooted in multiple trading nodes across the region, including the Chinese commercial city of Yiwu, Moscow and Odessa. Much scholarship associates both diplomacy and civility with impression management and dissimulation and therefore identifies such modes of behaviour as being inimical to the fashioning of enduring ties of trust. However, analysis of ethnographic material concerning the traders’ understandings of being diplomatic, as well as the ways in which they seek to conform to contested local notions of civility, furnishes unique insights into the ways in which they build the social relationships and ties of trust on which their commercial activities depend. By exploring the interrelationship between civility and diplomacy, the article seeks to move anthropological debate beyond the question of whether civility is either a form of artifice premised on performance or a deeper ethical virtue in and of itself. It suggests, rather, ambiguity, ambivalence, contradiction and imperfection are inbuilt aspects of the ways in which respect is communicated and evaluated, and ties of trust fashioned and maintained.

Advances in Early Communication and Language Intervention

2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 298-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann P. Kaiser ◽  
Megan Y. Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Spoken Language ◽  
Language Intervention ◽  
Developmental Task ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
Early Communication ◽  
Effective Interventions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Language Interventions ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Made In

Learning to communicate using speech and language is a primary developmental task for young children. Delays in the acquisition of language are one of the earliest indicators of developmental deficits that may affect academic and social outcomes for individuals across the life span. In the period since the passage of PL 99-457, significant progress in research related to language intervention has been made in five areas: (a) the social, symbolic, and prelinguistic foundations to spoken language; (b) parent-implemented language interventions; (c) the language foundations for literacy; (d) the relationship between language and social behavior; and (e) the use of augmented and alternative modes of communication. Although there are indications of important advances in the knowledge base of early identification as well as comprehensive and continuous intervention, preparing professionals to provide effective interventions in natural environments continues to be a challenge for the field.

scholarly journals Linking Demographic Factors, Land Use, Ecosystem Services, and Human Well-Being: Insights from an Sandy Landscape, Uxin in Inner Mongolia, China

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 4847
Author(s):  
Jing Zhang ◽  
Xueming Li ◽  
Tongliga Bao ◽  
Zhenghai Li ◽  
Chong Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Social ◽  
Supply Capacity ◽  
The Relationship

Ecosystem services are fundamental in supporting human well-being which is a core component of sustainability. Understanding the relationship between ecosystem services (ESs) and human well-being (HWB) in a changing landscape is important to implement appropriate ecosystem management and policy development. Combining with demographic, economic, and cultural factors, their land use are the elements linking ESs and HWB at fine scale. Within this context, the purpose of this study is to evaluate household HWB changes in the past decade, and understand the relationship between demographic factors, land use, ESs, and HWB in the social-ecological landscapes of Uxin, in Inner Mongolia. Our results indicate that: the levels of HWB of local herder families were slightly improved from 2007 to 2016; changes in family demographic factors enhanced their land use intensity, resulting in an increased supply capacity of ecosystems and improved HWB; in addition, regulating services contributed more to HWB than provisioning services. The results of this study can help improve the understanding of the relationship between ESs and HWB, and provide valuable information to policy-makers to maintain particular ESs or to improve HWB.

scholarly journals Dinâmica espaço-temporal do uso e ocupação da terra no Município de Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil.

2021 ◽  
pp. 88-120
Author(s):  
JOAQUIM ERNESTO BERNARDES AYER ◽  
◽  
LUCA LÄMMLE ◽  
DANILO FRANCISCO TROVO GAROFALO ◽  
RONALDO LUIZ MINCATO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Green Revolution ◽  
Industrial Effluent ◽  
Temporal Analysis ◽  
Aerial Photographs ◽  
Holding Companies ◽  
Aquifer System ◽  
Surface Water Resources ◽  
Territorial Planning

The territorial planning in the Southeast Region of Brazil was marked by marked economic cycles of land use and occupation. To assess this dynamic, surveys of historical and natural data from Ribeirão Preto – SP. In this context, the method of space-temporal analysis was adopted, based on the mapping of land use and occupation, from the reconstitution of the map of the use of 1910, together with the mapping of satellite images and aerial photographs by the method of oriented classification the object of 1973, 1985, 1995, 2005, 2015, 2019. The objective was to quantify the uses, trace trends, evaluate the effectiveness of public policies and highlight potential and environmental risks. The maps reveal the growth and expansion of agricultural frontiers, which indicates a change in the region's economic base, which has gone from being a major coffee producer to a sugarcane and agribusiness production hub. Such changes reflect the drop in the price of coffee and the federal programs to encourage the production of sugar and ethanol. Thus, the land ownership structure has not undergone major changes and continues to be dominated by large properties, but now managed by holding companies and anonymous society. Urbanization took place at an accelerated rate and was driven by the green revolution, mainly from 1960, resulting in the strong rural exodus in the region. This process resulted in a series of socio-environmental impacts, related to irregular occupations of areas for housing and increased urban and rural violence, in addition to the increased demand for natural resources, such as, for example, the increased demand for water and consequently of the waters of the Guarani Aquifer System, which resulted in the lowering of the water table and caused restrictions on its use. In addition, the region's native vegetation has been almost completely deforested and the soils show signs of accelerated erosion locally, which tends to have a deleterious impact on surface water resources, which are already suffering from municipal and industrial effluent discharge. In this context, the Ribeirão Preto region is a global agricultural economic hub, which depends on its natural potential. Therefore, the sustainable planning of territorial use and occupation should have as a priority to protect and preserve these natural resources, given the historical dependence of the municipality on it.

scholarly journals Flood Mapping Proposal in Small Watersheds: A Case Study of the Rebollos and Miranda Ephemeral Streams (Cartagena, Spain)

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 102
Author(s):  
Valentina Betancourt-Suárez ◽  
Estela García-Botella ◽  
Alfredo Ramon-Morte
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Flood Hazard ◽  
Satellite Image ◽  
Temporal Analysis ◽  
Mediterranean Coast ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Aerial Photographs ◽  
Hazard Maps ◽  
Flood Hazard Maps

Anthropogenic landscape changes cause significant disturbances to fluvial system dynamics and such is the case of the watersheds studied near the Spanish Mediterranean coast (Cartagena). Economic growth resulted in the addition of external water resources from the Tajo River (1979) as part of the National Water Plan (1933). Irrigation water has caused the water table to rise since 1979. Furthermore, water resources have boosted urban touristic expansion, industrial estates, and road infrastructures. This study presents a diagnosis of the official flood hazard maps by applying remote sensing techniques that enable the identification of (i) areas flooded during recent events; and (ii) the possible effects of anthropogenic actions on fluvial processes affecting flooding (land use and land cover change—LULCC). The flooded areas were identified from a multispectral satellite image taken by a sensor on Sentinel-2. A multi-temporal analysis of aerial photographs (1929, 1956, 1981, 2009, and 2017) showing the fluvial and anthropic environment at a detailed scale (1:25,000) was used to define the fluvial geomorphology and the main anthropic alterations on the Rebollos ephemeral stream. Official inputs from geographical information repositories about land use were also gathered (LULC). The result was compared to the official flood hazard maps (SNCZI) and this revealed floodable areas that had not been previously mapped because official maps rely only on the hydraulic method. Finally, all the recent changes that will have increased the disastrous consequences of flooding have been detected, analyzed, and mapped for the study area.

scholarly journals Planning of Integrated Land Use and Social Infrastructure of SAS Nagar, Mohali, Punjab

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-71
Author(s):  
Harcharan Singh
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Social Infrastructure ◽  
Relationship Analysis ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City ◽  
Community Infrastructure

The social infrastructure and needs of the various communities coexisting in a city are associated in considerably substantial and strong relationship with its surrounding environment. There are numerous parameters which influence the social infrastructure and community needs with respect to its integration with the land use of that city. Accessibility of proper terminals for public transportation, institutes, and hospitals parks etc. These parameters are studied along with parallel analysis of the total area covered and existing population of the city. Social infrastructures in a city have a large impact on the quality of life of the people in the urban centers. SAS Nagar (Mohali) is a counter magnet city of Chandigarh and one of the the most well-known planned city in Punjab, India. Mohali started developing as a counter magnet in the early 1990’s. It was initially known as Mohali village, a part of the Union Territory of Chandigarh. Mohali inhere with phases/ sectors including the new industrial areas, commercial centers and the educational institutions like as C-DAC Mohali in the vicinity of the residential areas. Mohali is spread over a total area of 167.67 sq. km out of which 32.58 sq.km is under the MC area with is characterized by very well planned areas. Despite of being a well-planned city of Punjab, India; Mohali still have a shortage of appropriate opportunity of services with low openness to the needs of the people. This study focuses on the relationship between land use and the social infrastructure with emphasis on the relationship analysis with geospatial planning techniques. The quality of life of people depends on the accessibility to quality of social and community infrastructure; it also impacts the migration pattern and the movement of daily commuters for their various reasons in the city. The advancement of the city is being anticipated as per the increase of the urbanization along with accessibility to proper social infrastructure, which satisfies the essential & functioning demand of the city. The development of the city is of two types’ i.e. compact development and sprawl development (depends on the density of population per sq.km). The assessment study of community infrastructure and social needs of Mohali includes various types of operational functioning parameters for study like; directional analysis, population wise analysis and area wise analysis. These social and community infrastructural needs have their own norms and standards for the city level services and as well as neighbourhood level assistance, which categorize their accessibility for the integrated land use pattern and population for services. By using open source GIS, the served areas and un-served areas along with their names are bring classified properly as per the given parameters.

scholarly journals MASE-BDI: Agents with Practical Reasoning for Land Use and Cover Change Simulation

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina Abreu ◽  
Cássio Coelho ◽  
Célia Ralha
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Practical Reasoning ◽  
Agent System ◽  
Bdi Agents ◽  
Cognitive Dimension ◽  
Bdi Agent ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
Sustain Ability ◽  
Land Use And Cover ◽  
Made In

Agents with a cognitive dimension are paramount to represent and understand land use and land cover changes that involves decision making. A Belief-Desire-Intention(BDI)-Agent system for environmental simulation was developed:the MASE-BDI framework. MASE-BDI, a novel version of MASE, implements agents that can be represented by their individual beliefs and in- tentional behavior to choose plans of action in a complex environment. We investigate the advantages, limitations and drawbacks of this new design and how practical reasoning agents can contribute to decision support for sustain- ability. Experiments were made in a spatially explicit LUCC study case of the Brazilian Cerrado between the years of 2002 and 2008. MASE-BDI simulation results were compared to those obtained with the multi-agent system for land- use change simulation previously developed in this research project.

scholarly journals ANÁLISE TEMPORAL DA COBERTURA E USO DA TERRA DO ASSENTAMENTO RURAL FAZENDA DO SALTO – BARRA MANSA, RJ / TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF LAND USE AND COVER OF RURAL SETTLEMENT FAZENDA DO SALTO - BARRA MANSA, RJ

Geo UERJ ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. e31899
Author(s):  
Kamila Lemos Costa Barros ◽  
Eliane Maria Ribeiro da Silva ◽  
Brunos Araujo Furtado de Mendonça ◽  
Marcos Gervasio Pereira ◽  
Mácio Rocha Francelino
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Temporal Analysis ◽  
Rural Settlement ◽  
Land Use And Cover

Os assentamentos rurais são criados para atender àquela população que necessita se estabelecer em determinada área, almejando buscar uma alternativa para sua subsistência e sobrevivência. A ocupação de áreas pode interferir na cobertura do solo inicialmente estabelecida. O objetivo do trabalho foi realizar a análise espaço-temporal do uso e cobertura da terra, por meio de classificação supervisionada, considerando o período de 1999 a 2016, no Assentamento Fazenda do Salto. Para elaboração do mapa de cobertura e uso da terra, foi utilizado o programa ArcGIS 10.2.2, e imagens dos satélites Landsat7 (sensor ETM+) e Landsat8 (sensor OLI), com resolução espacial de 30 metros. Foram definidas cinco classes de cobertura e uso da terra: Floresta, Pastagem, Pastagem Degradada, Pastagem Queimada e Corpo d’água. Foi realizada a classificação supervisionada das imagens por meio do classificador de Máxima Verossimilhança. A classe Pastagem Degradada apresentou um aumento no histórico de uso e ocupação da terra, relacionada ao tipo de manejo inadequado e incipiente adotado na área do assentamento. A manutenção da cobertura e uso da terra para a classe Pastagem se deve à principal atividade na área do assentamento que é a pecuária.

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