scholarly journals The changing role of local water resources over time (The case of Slovenian rural region Bela krajina)

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-193
Author(s):  
Dr. Trobec ◽  
Barbara Lampič ◽  
Dušan Plut

Abstract The article examines issues of local water resources using Bela Krajina as an example - a rural, karst landscape in south-eastern Slovenia. In the field, we made an inventory of 261 different water resources, analysing their past and current use along with their role in the life of the local population and assessing their hydrogeological sensitivity and hydroecological threat they face. With the introduction of distributed water systems, water resources lost their traditional importance in terms of water supply, with local population’s reliance on and knowledge about them fading. Nevertheless, certain local communities have recently recognized their natural and cultural value, as well as their importance to ecosystems, which is reflected in initiatives for the preservation, protection and restoration of individual water resources. Most of Bela Krajina’s water resources are very sensitive to pollution due to the karst surface, however the actual hydroecological threat they face from human activities in their catchments is relatively low.

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Vivienne Dunstan

McIntyre, in his seminal work on Scottish franchise courts, argues that these courts were in decline in this period, and of little relevance to their local population. 1 But was that really the case? This paper explores that question, using a particularly rich set of local court records. By analysing the functions and significance of one particular court it assesses the role of this one court within its local area, and considers whether it really was in decline at this time, or if it continued to perform a vital role in its local community. The period studied is the mid to late seventeenth century, a period of considerable upheaval in Scottish life, that has attracted considerable attention from scholars, though often less on the experiences of local communities and people.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
pp. 12494
Author(s):  
FUHE JIN ◽  
Etka Topaloglu ◽  
Chou-Yu Tsai ◽  
Yonghong Liu

2010 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 113-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jūratė Jurevičienė

The paper discusses changes of the concept of cultural value of agrarian landscape in a few last decades. The interaction of the community and landscape, urgent problems of assessment and treatment of cultural landscape in rural areas of today’s Lithuania are revealed. Recent changes in the understanding of the value and shifts in the contents of this concept require improvement of the legal system of Lithuania on a few levels. Contradictions in the system of listing in the context of low efficiency of urban heritage preservation and economic decline are analysed. Inadequate role of local communities is revealed as one of the basic factors of threats to authenticity of relict agrarian landscapes. Recent international documents on cultural landscape protection enable perfection of this heritage preservation. Santrauka Nagrinėjamos kaimo kultūrinio kraštovaizdžio problemos, susijusios su jo vertės sampratos kaita pastaraisiais dešimtmečiais Vakarų šalyse ir Lietuvoje. Atskleidžiami mažai nagrinėti Lietuvos kaimo kraštovaizdžio vertės aspektai. Siekiama atskleisti dabartinėje Lietuvos kaimiškojo kraštovaizdžio reglamentavimo sistemoje slypinčius pavojus jo vertingosioms savybėms išlikti. Lyginami reikalavimai, nustatyti šiuose dokumentuose ir Lietuvos ratifikuotuose Europos Sąjungos teisės aktuose. Lyginama vietos bendruomenių sąsajų su kraštovaizdžiu svarba ir ribotos teisinės bei ūkinės prielaidos joms dalyvauti kaimiškojo kultūrinio kraštovaizdžio vertės nustatymo ir jos išsaugojimo procesuose.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-65
Author(s):  
Sarah-Maria Schober

Abstract This essay shows that early modern practices that used human bodily matter cannot be – as hitherto – explained by the absence of the emotion of disgust nor as being conducted in spite of disgust. Instead, it proposes to read those practices’ changing history as part of the history of the ‘paradox of disgust’. Four case studies (on anatomy, excrement, mummies and skulls) demonstrate that disgust was highly productive: it attracted fascination, allowed physicians to fashion themselves, and was even believed capable of healing. Over time and for complex reasons, however, the productive side of disgust declined. Combining current approaches in the history of emotions and material culture studies, this essay sets out not only to propose a new narrative for the changing role of disgust in early modern science and societies, but also to explore how variations in settings and human intervention changed the way emotions were used and perceived.


2008 ◽  
Vol 132 (8) ◽  
pp. 1317-1320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie C. Do ◽  
Jonathan Ben-Ezra ◽  
Richard A. McPherson

Abstract Context.—On-call responsibility is an important part of residency training in clinical pathology. This task provides important consultative services for the hospital and serves as a valuable learning experience for the resident. Objective.—To identify the types of calls received by residents at a large teaching hospital, to assess how and why these calls have changed over time, and to determine the educational value in tracking such changes. Design.—A retrospective review of resident on-call records from 2 periods (2005–2006 and 1997–1998) was performed. Calls were classified based on the call subject and the caller. Results.—Although some general patterns remained similar, several differences were identified between the time periods. Calls regarding mislabeled specimens fell, while calls concerning panic values and the blood bank (specifically therapeutic apheresis) increased. Conclusions.—The different patterns identified in calls between the 2 periods reflect the ever-changing role of the clinical pathologist within the hospital system and provide evidence that monitoring these shifting patterns could be a valuable tool in the education of clinical pathology residents.


2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 536-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cécile Guillaume ◽  
Sophie Pochic ◽  
Vincent-Arnaud Chappe

The broadening of the anti-discrimination legislation and the growing use of litigation have put pressure on organizations to respond to the law by elaborating formal rules and, in the case of France, negotiating collective agreements on union rights. This article addresses the issue of union victimization by investigating the various organizational responses to anti-discrimination law. By focusing on in-depth case studies over a long period of time, it offers new insights into the processes whereby law is internalized and how they interact with litigation over time, and also highlights the active, contested and changing role of HR professionals and trade unionists in the shaping of organizational responses.


2003 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Baumgartner ◽  
Rik Pieters

The authors investigate the overall and subarea influence of a comprehensive set of marketing and marketing-related journals at three points in time during a 30-year period using a citation-based measure of structural influence. The results show that a few journals wield a disproportionate amount of influence in the marketing journal network as a whole and that influential journals tend to derive their influence from many different journals. Different journals are most influential in different subareas of marketing; general business and managerially oriented journals have lost influence, whereas more specialized marketing journals have gained in influence over time. The Journal of Marketing emerges as the most influential marketing journal in the final period (1996–97) and as the journal with the broadest span of influence across all subareas. Yet the Journal of Marketing is notably influential among applied marketing journals, which themselves are of lesser influence. The index of structural influence is significantly correlated with other objective and subjective measures of influence but least so with the impact factors reported in the Social Sciences Citation Index. Overall, the findings demonstrate the rapid maturation of the marketing discipline and the changing role of key journals in the process.


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-119
Author(s):  
A. A. Akmataliev ◽  
Nurjan Duisho kyzy

The article of the authors is devoted to increasing the professionalism and responsibility of local selfgovernment bodies in the Kyrgyz Republic. In the context of deepening socio-economic reform, the role of local self-government bodies is growing. Over time, it becomes more and more obvious that our society will not be able to cope with the existing numerous problems if there is no effective activity and responsibility of local self-government bodies, the development of which is of great practical importance for the development of local communities and the state as a whole.


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