So Why Is the City of Toronto Concerned About Food and Agriculture Policy? A Short History of the Toronto Food Policy Council

Apart from a short history of Banat Zrenjanin, as well as descriptions of inter-ethnic events that take place in the city, the paper analyzes the function of inter-ethnic events in the city, based on evidence collected from the literature and the media. The analysis showed that inter-ethnic events in Zrenjanin primarily reflect the multicultural city policy to promote ethnic diversity and tolerance, as well as contribute to the development of the regional identity of Banat. Despite that fact they are often used for the revival of ethnicity, which contributes to the division in the local community.

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Retrospectives: What Did the Ancient Greeks Mean by Oikonomia?

The Journal of Economic Perspectives ◽

10.1257/jep.30.1.225 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 30 (1) ◽

pp. 225-238 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Dotan Leshem

Keyword(s):

Economic Theory ◽

Economic Thought ◽

Short History ◽

Ancient Greek ◽

Active Participant ◽

Economic Action ◽

History Of ◽

Modern Economic ◽

City State ◽

The City

Nearly every economist has at some point in the standard coursework been exposed to a brief explanation that the origin of the word “economy” can be traced back to the Greek word oikonomia, which in turn is composed of two words: oikos, which is usually translated as “household”; and nemein, which is best translated as “management and dispensation.” Thus, the cursory story usually goes, the term oikonomia referred to “household management” and while this was in some loose way linked to the idea of budgeting, it has little or no relevance to contemporary economics. This article introduces in more detail what the ancient Greek philosophers meant by “oikonomia.” It begins with a short history of the word. It then explores some of the key elements of oikonomia, while offering some comparisons and contrasts with modern economic thought. For example, both Ancient Greek oikonomia and contemporary economics study human behavior as a relationship between ends and means which have alternative uses. However, while both approaches hold that the rationality of any economic action is dependent on the frugal use of means, contemporary economics is largely neutral between ends, while in ancient economic theory, an action is considered economically rational only when taken towards a praiseworthy end. Moreover, the ancient philosophers had a distinct view of what constituted such an end—specifically, acting as a philosopher or as an active participant in the life of the city-state.

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„Nikdo nic neví”, czyli krótka historia czeskocieszyńskiego słupa granicznego

Wschodnioznawstwo ◽

10.4467/20827695wsc.21.006.14713 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 15 ◽

pp. 113-137

Author(s):

Radosław Zenderowski

Keyword(s):

Local Politics ◽

100Th Anniversary ◽

Short History ◽

Politics Of Memory ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

The Third ◽

First Republic ◽

Local Politicians ◽

History Of ◽

The City

Niniejszy artykuł odnosi się do wydarzenia, które wywołało lawinę kontrowersji i sporów, burząc oficjalnie zadekretowaną przez lokalnych polityków idyllę w relacjach między dwiema częściami podzielonego granicą państwową miasta – Cieszyna i Czeskiego Cieszyna. Wydarzeniem tym było uroczyste odsłonięcie repliki czechosłowackiego słupa granicznego z okresu I Republiki, w centrum Czeskiego Cieszyna, z okazji 100. rocznicy podziału Śląska Cieszyńskiego pomiędzy Czechosłowację i Polskę. Celem artykułu jest po pierwsze – rekonstrukcja dyskursu, jaki towarzyszył temu wydarzeniu, po drugie – analiza lokalnej polityki pamięci, w którą wpisują się poszczególne narracje i podejmowane działania. Artykuł składa się z trzech części. W pierwszej dokonano charakterystyki Cieszyna jako miasta podzielonego granicą państwową. W drugiej – opisano wydarzenie, które wywołało szereg głębokich kontrowersji w relacjach polsko‑czeskich. W trzeciej – przeanalizowano treść dyskursu odnoszącego się do symbolicznego znaczenia repliki czechosłowackiego słupa granicznego z okresu I Republiki ustawionej w centrum Czeskiego Cieszyna dla upamiętnienia 100‑lecia ustanowienia granicy dzielącej miasto na dwie części i powstania najmłodszego miasta I Republiki – Czeskiego Cieszyna. „Nikdo nic neví”, which is a short history of the boundary post in the Czech Republic This article refers to an event that caused an avalanche of controversy and disputes, destroying the idyll officially decreed by local politicians in the relations between the two parts of the city divided by the state border – Cieszyn and Česky Těšin. The event was the ceremonial unveiling of a replica of the Czechoslovak boundary post from the period of the First Republic, in the center of Česky Těšin, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the division of Cieszyn Silesia between Czechoslovakia and Poland. The aim of the article is, firstly, to reconstruct the discourse that accompanied this event, and secondly, to analyze the local politics of memory, in which individual narratives and undertaken actions fit in. The article consists of three parts. The first presents the characteristics of Cieszyn as a city divided by a state border. The second describes an event that caused a series of deep controversies in Polish‑Czech relations. The third part analyses the content of the discourse referring to the symbolic meaning of a replica of the Czechoslovak boundary post from the period of the First Republic. It is placed in the center of Česky Těšin to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the border dividing the city into two parts and the establishment of the youngest city of the First Republic – Česky Těšin.

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RETHINKING THE “BARCELONA MODEL”: MULTIPLE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE CITY

Geo UERJ ◽

10.12957/geouerj.2021.58777 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. e58777

Author(s):

Ana Maria Viera Fernandes ◽

Maria Tereza Duarte Paes

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Food Safety ◽

Food Policy ◽

Agricultural Practices ◽

Traditional Foods ◽

Food And Agriculture ◽

Food And Agriculture Organization ◽

Agricultural Areas ◽

The City

For decades, the city has created food models by requiring the countryside to meet the growing demand with increasingly more homologated crop reconversions and increasingly vast and competitive farms. The current acceleration of the land concentration process and the dramatic experience of the COVID 19 pandemic have, however, forced us to redefine the city-country relationship, which has been called into question for some years now in various FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) and EU (European Union) documents. Based on the GECOAGRI-LANDITALY (Comparative Geography of Agricultural Areas European and non-European) survey itinerary, a proven tool for reading local peculiarities, the authors show how easy it is to recognize which farmlands can best fulfil the role of guaranteeing food safety and protecting the quality and typicality of traditional foods. The final proposal is to start a new agri-food policy that no longer starts from the demand formulated by the city but, reversing the direction of the old relationship, it starts from the availability of products offered by the countryside to re-educate consumption and promote the sustainability of agricultural practices.

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Sea-land limits: a case study

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências ◽

10.1590/s0001-37652011000400009 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 83 (4) ◽

pp. 1221-1230 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Afranio R. de Mesquita ◽

Denizar Blitzkow ◽

Carlos A. S. França ◽

Jorge L. A. Trabanco ◽

Marco A. Corrêa ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Sea Level ◽

Geodetic Network ◽

Level Gauge ◽

Research Station ◽

Short History ◽

National Network ◽

History Of ◽

The City

The limits between sea and land were estimated at "Pulso" beach located in the Southeastern Brazilian shelf (φ = 23°33/17.4886"S; Λ = 045° 13'13.0504"W - WGS84), between the island of São Sebastião and the city of Ubatuba, SP, Brazil. The relative sea level of the year 1831 at "Pulso" beach, as per Brazilian law Number 9760 dated from 1946, was estimated and materialized. The retro-estimation allowed the demarcation of the Legal Sea-Land Limits at "Pulso" beach as per the terms of the law. The accuracy of the procedure for the transference of the long-term sea level from the research station of Ubatuba to "Pulso" beach was assessed by parallel work of geometrical leveling referred to the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) geodetic network. The motivation, the hypotheses (Brest, Cananeia and IPCC) and the methods here used are described, together with a short history of the Legal Sea-Land Limits. The results indicated that the legal Sea-Land Limits at "Pulso" beach are well within the beach area. They were determined as per law 9760, and there is the need to reactivate the national network of sea level gauge.

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Kissing and Killing: A Short History of Brighton on Film

Film Studies ◽

10.7227/fs.10.8 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 64-71 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Frank Gray

Keyword(s):

Short History ◽

Feature Films ◽

History Of ◽

A Site ◽

The City

Over fifty feature films have been made either in or about Brighton and they have all contributed to popular understandings of Brighton‘s history and its character. Collectively, they present the city as a site for extreme emotions and conflicts found within narratives that are always set either on the seafront or at the Royal Pavilion. It can be argued that these Brighton films are not about Brighton at all but instead serve as vehicles for the expression of popular anxieties, concerns and desires. As such, they transcend the specificities of place and history and become projections of what could be described as a national unconscious.

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A SHORT HISTORY OF THE MONTREAL BRANCH

The Canadian Entomologist ◽

10.4039/ent7128-1 ◽

1939 ◽

Vol 71 (1) ◽

pp. 28-30

Author(s):

H. A. U. Monro

Keyword(s):

Short History ◽

Entomological Society ◽

History Of ◽

The City

One day during the summer of 1873, five ardent entomologists resident in the city of Montreal were separately engaged in collecting specimens of their favourite orders on the woody slopes of Mount Royal, in those days far removed from the city itself. Meeting in the course of their rambles, these amateurs joined together to pursue their hobby, and in this way the formation of a Montreal branch of the Entomological Society of Ontario was discussed and finally arranged.

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Measures to Increase Local Food Supply in the Context of European Framework Scenarios for the Agri-Food Sector

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su131810019 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (18) ◽

pp. 10019

Author(s):

Ariane Voglhuber-Slavinsky ◽

Hartmut Derler ◽

Björn Moller ◽

Ewa Dönitz ◽

Enno Bahrs ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Food Supply ◽

Food Policy ◽

Local Food ◽

City Region ◽

Public Attention ◽

Food Sector ◽

Food Policy Council ◽

Recent Developments ◽

Framework Conditions ◽

The City

The issue of local food supply has attracted considerable political and public attention, due to the changing preferences of consumers, who have more awareness about ecological sustainability, in particular, but also due to recent developments concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to identify measures facilitating local food value chains, which are resilient to different nationwide and global future developments, the aim of our analysis was to set the identified measures derived from the local roadmap of the city of Graz in the context of European scenarios for the agri-food sector in 2035. The results show that certain measures are applicable under all of the described scenarios, such as the food policy council, whereas some measures—for example, open food labs—are less suitable or need to be adjusted to fit the purpose within changing framework conditions. Setting specific measures for a city region in the broader context of European agri-food scenarios provides a systemic perspective, thus making the multiple links and influences more visible.

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