scholarly journals How to Build a Local Brand Through Local Sustainability

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-146
Author(s):  
Siniša Hajdaš Dončić ◽  
Nikola Đurek
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Ecological Sustainability ◽  
Community Sustainability ◽  
Joint Work ◽  
Cultural Sustainability ◽  
Local Activity ◽  
Local Sustainability ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Tourist Development

AbstractIn this paper it will be shown how to build a local brand through the model of local sustainability. Territorial assets as a local activity and informal rules for a joint work of a community are taken as starting points in brand creation.The operational hypothesis is to present the building of a local community brand though the created model which consists of four components of local community sustainability: spatial – ecological sustainability, economic - social sustainability, humanistic – cultural sustainability and political – institutionalized sustainability (in the text: SEESHCPI model). The SEESHCPI model is also used in building and creation of the brand of the municipality of SvetiKrižZačretje. Even though the brand has to be the starting point for a sustainable tourist development of the place this is not its main purpose.

scholarly journals PRODUÇÃO DE BIOJOIAS NO NORTE DO BRASIL: análise dos impactos institucionais, ambientais e de mercado em redes de sustentabilidade locais

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (12) ◽  
pp. 155
Author(s):  
José Rogério Lopes ◽  
Anelise Fabiava Paiva Schierholt
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Cotton Cloth ◽  
Cultural Goods ◽  
Local Sustainability ◽  
Market Impacts ◽  
Goods Market ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Porto Velho

BIO JEWELS PRODUCTION IN NORTH OF BRAZIL: analysis of institutional, environmental and market impacts in local sustainability networksPRODUCCIÓN DE BIOJOIAS EN EL NORTE DEL BRASIL: análisis de los impactos institucionales, ambientales y de mercado en redes de sustentabilidad localesO artigo descreve referentes da investigação realizada com atores culturais associados da Cooperativa Açaí, em Porto Velho-Rondônia, que produzem biojoias, ecojoias e artigos em tecido. A cooperativa se insere em uma rede de sustentabilidade ambiental, econômica e social que envolve artesãos, agricultores, coletores de sementes, fiadoras e costureiras, e passa por mudanças causadas por agenciamentos institucionais e a ação de forças modernizantes. O estudo objetiva analisar o modo como a relação desses atores promove uma ressignificação dos saberes comunitários locais em dois sentidos principais: (i) nos termos de uma possível transformação dos artefatos culturais produzidos, bem como das lógicas de distribuição e comercialização desses artefatos em um mercado de bens culturais contemporâneos; (ii) no âmbito das lógicas de organização desses atores, especialmente no que se refere à coletivização da produção e articulações político institucionais.Palavras-chave: Biodiversidade; Biojoias; Sustentabilidade; Mercado Cultural.ABSTRACTThis article describes the research carried out with cultural actors associated with the Açaí Cooperative in Porto Velho-Rondônia, who produce bio jewels, eco jewels and articles in cotton cloth. The cooperative is part of an environmental, economic and social sustainability network that involves artisans, farmers, seed collectors, guarantors and seamstresses, and undergoes changes caused by institutional assemblies and the action of modernizing forces. The study aims to analyze how the relationship of these actors promotes a re-signification of local community knowledge in two main senses: (i) in terms of a possible transformation of the cultural artifacts produced, as well as of the logics of distribution and commercialization of these artifacts in a contemporary cultural goods market; (ii) in the ambit of the logics of organization of these actors, especially with regard to the collectivization of production and institutional political articulations. Keywords: Biodiversity; Bio Jewels; Sustainability; Cultural Market.RESUMENEl artículo describe referentes de la investigación realizada con actores culturales asociados de la Cooperativa Acaí, en Porto Velho – Rondônia, que producen biojoias, ecojoias y artículos en tejido. La cooperativa se inserta en una red de sostenibilidad ambiental, económica y social que involucra artesanos, agricultores, recolectores de semillas, fiadoras y costureras, y pasa por cambios causados por agitación institucional y la acción de fuerzas modernizantes. El estudio tiene como objetivo analizar el modo en que la relación de estos actores promueve una resignificación de los saberes comunitarios locales en dos sentidos principales: (i) en términos de una posible transformación de los artefactos culturales producidos, así como de las lógicas de distribución y comercialización de estos artefactos en un mercado de bienes culturales contemporáneos; (ii) en el marco de las lógicas de organización de esos actores, especialmente en lo que se refiere a la colectivización de la producción y articulaciones políticas institucionales.Palabras clave: Biodiversidad; Biojoias; Sostenibilidad; Mercado Cultural.

scholarly journals Application of the Socio-Ecological System Framework to Forest Fire Risk Management: A Systematic Literature Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 2121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Vigna ◽  
Angelo Besana ◽  
Elena Comino ◽  
Alessandro Pezzoli
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Community Involvement ◽  
Forest Ecosystems ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Fire Risk ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Wildfire Risk ◽  
Starting Point

Although increasing concern about climate change has raised awareness of the fundamental role of forest ecosystems, forests are threatened by human-induced impacts worldwide. Among them, wildfire risk is clearly the result of the interaction between human activities, ecological domains, and climate. However, a clear understanding of these interactions is still needed both at the global and local levels. Numerous studies have proven the validity of the socioecological system (SES) approach in addressing this kind of interdisciplinary issue. Therefore, a systematic review of the existing literature on the application of SES frameworks to forest ecosystems is carried out, with a specific focus on wildfire risk management. The results demonstrate the existence of different methodological approaches that can be grouped into seven main categories, which range from qualitative analysis to quantitative spatially explicit investigations. The strengths and limitations of the approaches are discussed, with a specific reference to the geographical setting of the works. The research suggests the importance of local community involvement and local knowledge consideration in wildfire risk management. This review provides a starting point for future research on forest SES and a supporting tool for the development of a sustainable wildfire risk adaptation and mitigation strategy.

scholarly journals An Exploratory Analysis of Museum Attributes from the Perspective of Tourists and Residents: The Case of Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, Madrid, Spain

Societies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 64
Author(s):  
Alicia Orea-Giner ◽  
Jorge Calero-Sanz ◽  
Carmen De-Pablos-Heredero ◽  
Trinidad Vacas-Guerrero
Keyword(s):  
Choice Experiment ◽  
Local Community ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Visitor Experience ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Cultural Sustainability ◽  
Museum Management ◽  
Visitor Perceptions ◽  
Subjective Value ◽  
Attribute Evaluation

Attribute evaluation provides an understanding of the perceived quality and subjective value of the museum visitor experience. The principal contribution of this paper is to analyze the attributes perceived by tourists and the local community (Madrid residents) of the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum (Madrid, Spain), utilizing the results from choice experiment and willingness-to-pay questionnaires. To analyze in depth the assessment regarding the museum attributes and the visitor perceptions of them, the relevance-determination model was applied. Data collection was achieved with a questionnaire using a convenience sample of international tourists and the local community, providing a total of 775 valid surveys. The results of the application of the relevance-determination analysis (RDA) show that there are two types of attributes: higher-impact core and lower-importance attributes. The attributes with the highest subjective value perceived by interviewed tourists and interviewed residents are the location, the building, and the permanent collection. These results show that there are substantial differences between the perception and appreciation of these attributes by interviewed residents and interviewed tourists. The results provide valuable information that can be applied in practice to devise strategies for economic and socio-cultural sustainability aimed at improving decision-making in museum management.

Sustainable Tourism Development In India: An Exploratory Research On Sustainability Of Delhi Tourism

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 198-217
Author(s):  
T. Venugopalan
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Cultural Sustainability ◽  
Adverse Impacts

This research paper explores the economic, environmental, and socio-cultural sustainability of Delhi tourism from the perspective of tourists. Primary research was conducted among tourists based on a structured questionnaire at various tourist places across Delhi. This research paper used exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and structural equation modelling (SEM) for examining and analysing the sustainability of tourism. The research findings on environmental pressure (EP) validate that tourism has been exerting huge pressure on the environment. The environment management (EM) system adopted by the tourism industry has failed in mitigating the adverse impacts of tourism and achieving environmental sustainability. The findings about economic empowerment (EP) prove that tourism has failed to achieve economic sustainability by empowering the local community. The destination governance (DG) mechanisms are directly contributing to the sustainability of tourist places. However, the findings on socio-cultural pressure (SP) fail to substantiate the argument that tourism is putting huge pressure on socio-cultural sustainability. Thus, tourism development in Delhi is not conducive to achieving environmental, economic, and social sustainability. Hence, the government should adopt proactive measures to mitigate the adverse impacts of tourism on the environment and economy integrating local communities while formulating and implementing tourism plans and programmes.

Retaining social and cultural sustainability in the Hudson river watershed of New York, USA, a place-based participatory action research study

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos J.L. Balsas
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Hudson River ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cultural Sustainability ◽  
River Watershed

Purpose Societal problems have impacted the northeast of the USA for various generations. This paper aims to analyse various sustainability aspects in the Hudson River watershed of New York by highlighting a temporal progression from environmental sustainability at the watershed level in the 1970s to growing concerns with more localized cross-border social and cultural sustainability in recent decades. We discuss an engagement with the Rapp Road Historic District and a documentary screening series as potential ways to eliminate racism and embrace diversity. Design/methodology/approach The research was based on fieldwork and classroom teaching conducted mostly since summer 2014. It included mixed methods combining document analysis and reviews with the examination of case studies, and the assessment of public policy priorities. Findings Formal training has to be combined with a substantial dose of realism, humility and motivation to recognize that what the authors teach and research in the community matters. Future learning experiences within a place-based education paradigm could include: Having students help devise urban rehabilitation strategies whilst suggesting integrative measures with the surrounding built and natural environments; students could also help improve public spaces in the neighbourhood; and finally, they could also help to strengthen the cultural identity of the district by augmenting urban design features endogenous to the African American community. Practical implications Opportunities could be further augmented with service-learning projects and programmes, internships and even full-time jobs for recent graduates in local community development organizations. Social implications The study served to raise the community’s awareness of its own natural, ecological and human assets, and to create place-based real-world opportunities for students and faculty in environmental and cultural sustainability studies. Originality/value Environmental sustainability is discussed with the creation of the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area, whilst the public engagement with the Rapp Road Historic Association in the Capital Region of upstate New York, the identification of an emerging creative cluster in the Berkshires-Hudson region, and a documentary and discussion series on striving for diverse cities serve to demonstrate current concerns with social and cultural sustainability.

scholarly journals Sustainable procurement practices in the supplier selection process: an exploratory study in the context of Brazilian manufacturing companies

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Moysés Barbanti ◽  
Rosley Anholon ◽  
Izabela Simon Rampasso ◽  
Vitor William Batista Martins ◽  
Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves Quelhas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supplier Selection ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Correlation Method ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sustainable Procurement ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Criteria Importance

Purpose This paper aims to evaluate the adoption of sustainable procurement practices adopted by Brazilian manufacturing companies in supplier selection; additionally, it is aimed to understand which of these practices enable a better differentiation of the analysed companies. Design/methodology/approach A systematic literature review was performed to compose the theoretical base of this research. In addition, a detailed study of ISO 20400 standard was conducted. The guidelines of ISO 20400 were used as a base to structure a questionnaire used in a survey with professionals working in procurement sphere of manufacturing companies in Brazil. The data were analysed via frequency and CRITIC (Criteria Importance Through Intercriteria Correlation) method. Findings A moderate dispersion in the adoption level of sustainable procurement practices in supplier selection process of the manufacturing companies was observed; in practices associated with social aspects, the dispersion is greater. A negative issue to be highlighted is that almost 20% of analysed companies did not even considered in their supplier selection process if their candidates accomplish philanthropic activities, generate jobs in local community and fulfill the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of United Nations (UN). Those two last practices are the ones with the best capacity to differ the companies in the sample. Originality/value There are few studies that focuses on understanding the adoption of sustainable procurement practices in manufacturing companies' supplier selection process. The main contribution of this study to the literature is to evidence that social requirements in supplier selection process are considered in a clear and well-structured form only by few Brazilian manufacturing companies. Despite the sample size, companies analysed in this research are prominent organisations in manufacturing sector. Thus, if this situation occurs in these companies, a more critical scenario will be evidenced in other organisations. This study has implication for practice and academy. For companies' managers, information present here can be used to debate the theme in the organisational context and the nine practices and scale can be used to perform a critical analysis of company's practices. For researchers, the information present here can be used as starting point for futures studies.

scholarly journals Mediatization, Spatial Coherence and Social Sustainability: The Role of Digital Media Networks in a Swedish Countryside Community

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Jansson
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Communication Networks ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Spatial Coherence ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Communicative Patterns ◽  
The Individual

What does the implementation of new communication networks mean for the spatial coherence and social sustainability of rural communities? This paper takes its key from Wittel’s discussion of network sociality, understood as the opposite of Gemeinschaft. Wittel’s argument may inform our understanding of how communicative patterns in rural communities are partly reembedded through ongoing media transitions. But it must also be problematized. Relating Wittel’s discussion to Halfacree’s model of spatial coherence and Urry’s notion of network capital, as well as to findings from an ethnographic study in a Swedish countryside community, a more complex view is presented. It is argued that global communication networks under rural conditions contribute to the integration and sustainability of the community, as much as to processes of expansion and differentiation. The results show that network sociality and community constitute interdependent concepts. Through their capacity of linking people to external realms of interest, while simultaneously reinforcing their sense of belonging in the local community, online media promote ontological security at the individual level, thus operating as a social stabilizer.

scholarly journals Ilha do Combú: um olhar sob as perspectivas conceituais do lazer e seus equipamentos

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arcanjo Miguel Garcia Maia ◽  
Jonathan Rodrigues Nunes ◽  
Silvia Helena Ribeiro Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
The State ◽  
Local Culture ◽  
Conceptual Issue ◽  
Urban City ◽  
Green Areas ◽  
Island Community ◽  
Tourist Development ◽  
The Moment

Este trabalho tem como objetivo apresentar à sociedade a Ilha do Combú, área que pertence a Belém do Pará e suas diversas formas de ser trabalhado. A partir da questão conceitual do lazer, procurar-se-á, a partir do empreendimento particular de Dona Nena (Filha do Combú), e da festividade de Santo Antônio, fazer uma análise da diversidade que compõe as comunidades que residem na ilha, porém que não são trabalhadas da melhor forma possível, tomando como ponto de partida as teorias de diferentes autores referidos à lazer, tentando ressaltar a potencialidade que a ilha abrange sob a ampla perspectiva do aproveitamento de horas livres, tantos de turistas quanto de residentes do munícipio de Belém, sabido que ambos são relevantes para a perspectiva do estudo sobre lazer. O trabalho finalizará, portanto, tentando fazer um consenso entre as diferentes teóricas dos autores para com a classificação da Ilha em sua totalidade, sob a ótica destes estudos sobre o tema do lazer, suas motivações, e seus referidos equipamentos e suas classificações. Island of Combú: the local community according to the conceptual perspectives of leisure ABSTRACT This paper has as objective approach the experience of Combú of the island community, place that belongs to Belém of the state of Pará, and due to the closeness to the capital while urban city has stronger relation with the visitation of eventual tourists whom haz the intection of approaching of green areas. Seeing that this flow produces na urbanizing impact in the area, the search proposed to approach the relation of the community with this new utility found in their place of everyday. Starting of the conceptual issue of leisure, it was made na analysis of yhe cultural and anthropological diversity that composes the families that reside in the island. And their relation with tourism. For such, it was made field visitis and open interview on the particular enterprise of Ms. Nena (Filha do Combú), and participant observation at the Santo Antônio de Piriquitatara festivity, one of the festivities that were occurring at the moment, seeking to pay attention to the frequencie and charactheristics on the recurrents tourists on site, as far as the perception of the local communnity to this touristic flow. The work endend trying to make na overview between the diferente theories of the authors to the island rating, both in relation to the use, as approaching the island as an equipment, and also in relation to the ends and motivations of tourists, always taking into account the percpetion of the local communnity. KEYWORDS: Local Culture; Leisure; Riveirine Communities; Tourist Development.

scholarly journals Stakeholders in the local service centre: who should be involved in the planning process? Insights from Poland, Czech Republic and Denmark

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (43) ◽  
pp. 91-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Łukasz Damurski ◽  
Jacek Pluta ◽  
Karel Maier ◽  
Hans Thor Andersen
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Local Service ◽  
Service Centre ◽  
Starting Point

AbstractLocal service centres play a vital role in shaping the quality of life in urban neighbourhoods. They offer access to essential everyday services (shops, education, healthcare, personal services) and to public spaces. If they are properly planned and managed, they can bring particular added values to a local community, such as social integration and territorial identification. The history of urban planning has produced several patterns of local service centres (ancient agora, mediaeval market square, neighbourhood unit, modern agora) but today a question arises: how can a local service centre be successfully planned and organised in post-modern political practice? How can its potential be realised and the ever-changing needs, expectations and preferences of local communities be met? Who should be involved in those processes? To answer those questions in this paper we refer to citizen participation and public communication concepts, where selecting the appropriate stakeholders emerges as a necessary starting point for effective urban governance. We present the results of in-depth interviews with local actors (local authorities, municipality officials, town planners, non-governmental organisations, local leaders) in Poland (Wrocław, Siechnice, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Warszawa and Zabierzów), Czech Republic (Prague) and Denmark (Copenhagen). Depending on the specific local context, various stakeholders are perceived as essential to the decision-making process. The power relations and problems encountered in implementing public policy in particular locations have been summarised in three sections: relationships between stakeholders, leadership, and good practices. The paper concludes with a list of typical actors who should be involved in planning, building and managing a local service centre in an urbanised neigh-bourhood.

STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPING THE SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR THE ELDERLY IN IAŞI

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luminița MUNTEANU
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Social Assistance ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Assistance System ◽  
Social Risk ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Social

The article is the result of a complex research activity. The starting point was to make a diagnosis of the Iasi community on the needs of social assistance. The interest of local authorities is to ensure optimal conditions for the provision of quality social services, leading to an improvement in the quality of life of people at social risk. This article makes a complex assessment of the social problems faced by the local community in Iasi, using the analysis of documents, questionnaires and focus groups. The special contribution is given by the development strategy of the resulting local social assistance system, with emphasis on the category of elderly beneficiaries.

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