The geological and mining heritage in the tourist industry in Northeastern Russia

The water problems in Marina Baja district, located in the north of Alicante Province, southeast Spain, gives rise to very interesting practices in the management of this scarce resource. The key issue in water use both in the Júcar Catchment and in Marina Baja district is the growing demand for water in inland areas for intensive crop irrigation (principally fruit, medlars and citrus fruit) and the growth in demand for water for urban use, as well as for use in the tourist industry and its related services mainly in the towns in the coastal areas, due to strong growth in tourism. This trend of increasing demand has created a tense situation as well as conflict between existing water uses and the need for integrated water management in the area. This step implies that procedures for water exchange contracts have to be developed, that are significantly different from emerging water markets.

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“Invisible” Gold in Pyrite and Arsenopyrite from The Pavlik Deposit (Northeastern Russia)

Doklady Earth Sciences ◽

10.1134/s1028334x20110136 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 495 (1) ◽

pp. 821-826

Author(s):

N. V. Sidorova ◽

V. V. Aristov ◽

A. V. Grigor’eva ◽

A. A. Sidorov

Keyword(s):

Northeastern Russia ◽

Invisible Gold

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LEAP-Based Greenhouse Gases Emissions Peak and Low Carbon Pathways in China’s Tourist Industry

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18031218 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 1218

Author(s):

Dandan Liu ◽

Dewei Yang ◽

Anmin Huang

Keyword(s):

Greenhouse Gas ◽

Global Climate ◽

Ghg Emissions ◽

Control Measures ◽

Growth Potential ◽

Planning System ◽

Tourist Industry ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Carbon Reduction ◽

Co2 Equivalent

China has grown into the world’s largest tourist source market and its huge tourism activities and resulting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are particularly becoming a concern in the context of global climate warming. To depict the trajectory of carbon emissions, a long-range energy alternatives planning system (LEAP)-Tourist model, consisting of two scenarios and four sub-scenarios, was established for observing and predicting tourism greenhouse gas peaks in China from 2017 to 2040. The results indicate that GHG emissions will peak at 1048.01 million-ton CO2 equivalent (Mt CO2e) in 2033 under the integrated (INT) scenario. Compared with the business as usual (BAU) scenario, INT will save energy by 24.21% in 2040 and reduce energy intensity from 0.4979 tons of CO2 equivalent/104 yuan (TCO2e/104 yuan) to 0.3761 Tce/104 yuan. Although the INT scenario has achieved promising effects of energy saving and carbon reduction, the peak year 2033 in the tourist industry is still later than China’s expected peak year of 2030. This is due to the growth potential and moderate carbon control measures in the tourist industry. Thus, in order to keep the tourist industry in synchronization with China’s peak goals, more stringent measures are needed, e.g., the promotion of clean fuel shuttle buses, the encouragement of low carbon tours, the cancelation of disposable toiletries and the recycling of garbage resources. The results of this simulation study will help set GHG emission peak targets in the tourist industry and formulate a low carbon roadmap to guide carbon reduction actions in the field of GHG emissions with greater certainty.

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Is Architecture Connected with Intangible Cultural Heritage? Reflections from Architectural Digital Documentation and Interactive Application Design in Three Aegean Islands

Heritage ◽

10.3390/heritage4020038 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 664-689

Author(s):

Pavlos Chatzigrigoriou ◽

Vasiliki Nikolakopoulou ◽

Theodoros Vakkas ◽

Spyros Vosinakis ◽

Panayiotis Koutsabasis

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽

Tourist Industry ◽

Interactive Technologies ◽

Aegean Islands ◽

Research Findings ◽

Digital Documentation ◽

Early Design Stages ◽

Interactive Application ◽

Areas Of Interest

The research project “Mouseion Topos” (in English: “Museums Place”), focusing on traditional local settlements situated at three Aegean islands, aims to contribute to the promotion of their physiognomy and intangible cultural heritage by connecting regional museums with each settlement. The present article, part of the project’s initial phase, via the application of the HERMeS methodology (version 1 and 2) and the development of the associate digital documentation tools, identifies and records the architectural and urban elements influenced by each settlement’s intangible cultural heritage as listed by UNESCO and presented by their corresponding museums. The research findings revealed connections between the museums’ content and the documented tangible heritage based on the formulated conceptual and heatmaps, which can be used at the early design stages of the current project’s interactive applications, especially in mobile tours. Finally, the research findings verify that despite the limitations and issues for further research, the introduced HERMeS methodology and digital tools are reliable and contribute to the respective field’s theory. The paper also provides beneficial deliberation on digital architectural heritage documentation methods and interactive technologies, highlighting points and areas of interest that the tourist industry, technology designers, museum curators, and architects can employ.

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