Foreign Investment Dilemma: Real Estate on Jeju Island, Korea Gregory Chu 01/31/19 Volume 61 Photo Essay Moving Cuba Jenny Pettit, Charles O. Collins 12/14/18 Feature Article Igarka Vanishes: The Story of a Rapidly Shrinking Russian Arctic City Kelsey Nyland, Valery Grebenets, Nikolay Shiklomanov, Dmitry Streletskiy 10/26/18 Geo Quiz Quiz Nine: Energy Wesley Reisser 09/03/18 Feature Article Agricultural Social Networks as the future of Karst Science Communication in Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park, Vietnam Elizabeth Willenbrink, Leslie North, Vu Thi Minh Nguyet 08/06/18 Photo Essay Guyana's Linden to Lethem Road: A Metaphor for Conservation and Development Karen Barton 07/05/18 Photo Essay Schools in South Korea: Where have All the Children Gone? Michael Robinson 06/03/18 Geo Quiz Quiz Eight: The Geography of Food Origins Antoinette WinklerPrins 05/10/18 Feature Article America's Public Lands: What, Where, Why, and What Next? David J. Rutherford 04/22/18 Feature Article Cuba's Precarious Population Pyramid Charles O. Collins 03/19/18 Feature Article Reimagining Zimbabwe’s Cape-to-Cairo Railroad Thomas Wikle 02/21/18 Geo Quiz Quiz Seven: The Built Environment Deborah Popper 02/05/18 Photo Essay Constructing Nationalism Through the Cityscape: The Skopje 2014 Project Wesley Reisser 01/24/18 Feature Article Agave Cultivation, Terracing, and Conservation in Mexico Matthew LaFevor, Jordan Cissell, James Misfeldt 01/17/18 Volume 60 Geo Quiz Quiz Six: Symbols Wesley Reisser 12/22/17 Photo Essay Organic Agriculture, Scale, and the Production of a Region in Northeast, India David Meek 12/08/17 Feature Article The Joola: The Geographical Dimensions of Africa's Greatest Shipwreck Karen Barton 11/02/17 Geo Quiz Quiz Five: Transportation Wesley Reisser 09/30/17 Feature Article Shrinking Space and Expanding Population: Socioeconomic Impacts of Majuli’s Changing Geography Avijit Sahay, Nikhil Roy 09/07/17 Photo Essay A Stroll through Seville W. George Lovell 08/14/17 Geo Quiz Quiz Four: Water Wesley Reisser 06/22/17 Photo Essay Wildlife Conservation in Kenya and Tanzania and Effects on Maasai Communities Daniel Sambu 05/24/17 Feature Article Floods Collide with Sprawl in Louisiana's Amite River Basin Craig Colten 04/24/17 Geo Quiz Quiz Three: The Arctic Wesley Reisser 03/08/17 Feature Article Exploring Arctic Diversity by Hitting the Road: Where Finland, Norway, and Russia Meet Julia Gerlach, Nadir Kinossian 02/06/17 Photo Essay Urban Agriculture in Helsinki, Finland Sophia E. Hagolani-Albov 01/03/17 Volume 59 Feature Article Living and Spirtual Worlds of Mali's Dogon People Thomas Wikle 10/27/16 Photo Essay Postcards from Oaxaca's Past and Present Scott Brady 10/27/16 Geo Quiz Quiz Two: Sustainability and Conservation Wesley Reisser 10/27/16 Feature Article From Ranching to Fishing – the Cultural Landscape of the Northern Pacific Coast of Baja California, Mexico Antoinette WinklerPrins, Pablo Alvarez, Gerardo Bocco, Ileana Espejel 07/06/16 Photo Essay Many Destinations, One Place Called Home: Migration and Livelihood for Rural Bolivians Marie Price 07/06/16 Geo Quiz Quiz One: Explorers Wesley Reisser 07/06/16 Foreign Investment Dilemma: Real Estate on Jeju Island, Korea

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory H. Chu
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Northeast India ◽  
Jeju Island ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Feature Article ◽  
Photo Essay

scholarly journals THE GEOCULTURAL SPACE OF THE ARCTIC: LANDSCAPE VISUALIZATION AND ONTOLOGICAL MODELS OF IMAGINATION

2021 ◽  
pp. 48-94
Author(s):  
Дмитрий Николаевич Замятин
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Arctic Regions ◽  
Full Development ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Visual Landscape ◽  
Discursive Field ◽  
The Given

Геокультурное пространство любого региона формируется в результате взаимодействия двух слабо отделимых друг от друга элементов – геокультур, развивающихся на данной территории, и культурных ландшафтов. Полноценное развитие геокультурного пространства предполагает формирование уникальной онтологии воображения, создающей когнитивный «фундамент» для построения соответствующих моделей. Онтологические модели воображения характеризуют возможности расширенной репрезентации и интерпретации культурных ландшафтов какого-либо региона. Визуальность культурного ландшафта представляет собой сложное образование, в котором зрительные реакции и рефлексии оказываются результатом множественного воображения – одновременно и личностного, и группового. Геокультурное пространство Арктики в его визуально-дискурсивном измерении является сложным, поскольку традиция «колониального взгляда» вкупе с тенденцией к анализу постколониальных практик и к деколонизации различных арктических дискурсов создаёт амбивалентное дискурсивное поле актуальных визуальных практик и политик. Экзистенциальная ситуация постэкзотизма, типологически характерная для арктических регионов, является полем онтологизации множественных визуальных практик, закрепляющих ризоматические процедуры геокультурных различений. В результате полевого исследования прибрежных территорий Северо-Восточной Чукотки были выделены наиболее визуально интенсивные ключевые ландшафтные ассамбляжи: 1) морской охоты; 2) традиционных праздников морских охотников; 3) «первозданной» природы. Ландшафтные ассамбляжи репрезентируются теми или иными визуальными диспозитивами. Под визуальными диспозитивами понимаются устойчиво воспроизводящиеся и феноменологически фиксируемые визуальные ландшафтные (геокультурные) образы, характеризующие специфику определённых ландшафтных ассамбляжей. В результате проведённого исследования выделено пять ключевых визуальных диспозитивов, обусловливающих специфические формы воспроизводства и развития как самих геокультур, так и соответствующих культурных ландшафтов данных территорий: 1) диспозитив морских охотников, наиболее пограничный и фрактальный; 2) диспозитив праздников традиционной культуры морских охотников; 3) диспозитив разрушения и руинирования, связанный как с экстремальными природными условиями региона, так и с эпохой советского и постсоветского развития; 4) диспозитив «природного», «первозданного» пространства, связанный с низкой освоенностью территории; и 5) диспозитив мультинатурализма, проявляющийся в особенностях визуальных сред чукотских поселений (сел, поселков городского типа, небольшого города). Эти диспозитивы, переплетаясь и взаимодействуя между собой, создают множественные, постоянно трансформирующиеся ландшафтные ассамбляжи. В рамках представленных визуальных диспозитивов формируются феномены арктического постэкзотизма и внутреннего экзотизма, фиксирующие невозможность возвращения к доколониальной «ландшафтной оптике». The geocultural space of any region is formed as a result of the interaction of two weakly separable elements – geocultures developing in the given territory and cultural landscapes. The full development of a geocultural space involves the formation of a unique ontology of imagination, which creates a cognitive “foundation” for the construction of appropriate models. Ontological models of imagination characterize the possibilities of an expanded representation and interpretation of the cultural landscapes of a region. The visuality of a cultural landscape is a complex formation in which visual reactions and reflections are the result of multiple imaginations – both personal and group. The geocultural space of the Arctic, in its visual-discursive dimension, is complex, since the tradition of the “colonial view”, coupled with the tendencies to analyze postcolonial practices and to decolonize various Arctic discourses, creates an ambivalent discursive field of relevant visual practices and policies. The existential situation of post-exoticism, typologically characteristic of the Arctic regions, is a field of ontologization of multiple visual practices that consolidate rhizomatic procedures of geocultural distinctions. As a result of a field study of the coastal territories of North-Eastern Chukotka, the most visually intensive key landscape assemblages have been identified: 1) sea hunting, 2) traditional holidays of sea hunters, 3) “pristine” nature. Landscape assemblages are represented by various visual dispositives. Visual dispositives are understood as consistently reproducing and phenomenologically fixed visual landscape (geocultural) images that characterize the specifics of certain landscape assemblages. As a result of the study, five key visual dispositives have been identified that determine the specific forms of the reproduction and development of both geo-cultures themselves and the corresponding cultural landscapes of these territories: 1) the dispositive of sea hunters, the most borderline and fractal; 2) the dispositive of holidays of the traditional culture of sea hunters; 3) the dispositive of destruction and ruin associated with both the extreme natural conditions of the region and the era of the Soviet and post-Soviet development; 4) the dispositive of the “natural”, “pristine” space associated with the low development of the territory, and 5) the dispositive of multi-naturalism, manifested in the features of the visual environments of Chukchi settlements (villages, urban-type settlements, small towns). These dispositives, intertwining and interacting, create multiple, constantly transforming landscape assemblages. Within the framework of the presented visual dispositives, the phenomena of Arctic post-exoticism and internal exoticism are formed, which fix the impossibility of returning to the pre-colonial “landscape optics”.

Engaging Audiences - new tools and innovative methods for polar education, engagement and communication

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inga Beck ◽  
Sophie Weeks ◽  
Pia Cassarini ◽  
Julia Dooley ◽  
Betsy Wilkening ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
International Workshop ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Research Process ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Collaborative Group ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Polar Science ◽  
Education And Outreach

<p>PEI is the leading international professional network for polar educators and scientists, formed in 2012 as an outcome of the Education and Outreach activities of the IPY, connecting polar education, research and the global community.  The organisation encourages collaboration, networking and dialogue between teachers and researchers developing science communication and engagement tools and methodologies, integrating and evaluating learning and engagement at all stages of the research process. Three opportunities to be involved in this work are highlighted.   </p><p>  </p><p>International Collaboration</p><p>PEI, collaborating with IASC, SCAR and APECS is working with researchers and polar educators to review and update Polar Science and Global Change - An International Resource for Education and Outreach (IPY2010), a comprehensive book of teaching and communication resources including scientific information, research material, methods and hands-on activities to bring polar research into classrooms and the community. The updated online version will provide existing and new resources, in multiple languages, downloadable as chapters and activities including: </p><p>Current science and future research questions</p><p>Emerging topics - 3rd pole, remote sensing and microplastics</p><p>Activities/Labs for teaching polar science</p><p>Communication techniques for different audiences</p><p>Public outreach initiatives</p><p>Capacity building and careers</p><p>Indigenous knowledge</p><p>Opportunities are available to join the collaborative group of educators and scientists to evaluate the existing resource and contribute to developing a new online resource.</p><p> </p><p>Professional Networking in Bits and Bytes</p><p>PEI members have been connecting, collaborating, and creating in an online environment since 2012. PEI members also get together at the PEI biennial international workshop to share and evaluate current polar education, outreach and science communication initiatives with international peers and experts. In preparation for the 2022 PEI Iceland workshop, members will present a programme of online professional development experiences for polar educators, science communicators and community members beginning in Spring 2021, highlighting strengths and challenges of engaging audiences . These will be shared freely and evaluated through discussion. </p><p> </p><p>Global Dialogue</p><p>PEI welcomes participation in a global cafe, connecting interdisciplinary and diverse communities, encouraging ongoing dialogue about effective polar education and action.</p><p>There are many networks and partnerships who engage in polar education, science communication, community learning and research but there are few opportunities to collect together this experience and expertise on a global scale. The first global conversation - Connecting Education, Indigenous Knowledge & Arctic Research, will contribute material for a report to the Arctic Science Ministerial. It Aims to connect dialogues about polar education and outreach, particularly concerning the Arctic, which is changing faster than any other environment on the planet.This is a unique opportunity for science, education and community partners with an interest in the Arctic to weave networks, lead dialogue and participate in a global conversation.</p>

Foreign investment in Australian residential properties

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 166-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hassan F. Gholipour ◽  
Hooi Hooi Lean ◽  
Reza Tajaddini ◽  
Anh Khoi Pham
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
House Prices ◽  
Real Estate Market ◽  
Housing Development ◽  
Housing Construction ◽  
Annual Data ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Residential Properties ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the impact that foreign investment in existing houses and new housing development has on residential house prices and the growth of the housing construction sector. Design/methodology/approach The analysis is based on a panel cointegration method, estimated using annual data for all Australian states and territories spanning the period of 1990-2013. Findings The results indicate that increases in foreign investment in existing houses do not significantly lead to increases in house prices. On the other hand, a 10 per cent increase in foreign investment for housing development decreases house prices by 1.95 per cent. We also find that foreign real estate investments have a positive impact on housing construction activities in the long run. Originality/value Existing studies used aggregate foreign real estate investment in their analyses. As foreign investment in existing houses and foreign investment for housing development have different impacts on the demand and supply sides of housing market, it is crucial that the analysis of the effects of foreign investment in residential properties on real estate market is conducted for each type differently.

Housing Provision under Globalisation: A Case Study of Shanghai

2001 ◽  
Vol 33 (10) ◽  
pp. 1741-1764 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fulong Wu
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Market Price ◽  
Housing Development ◽  
Real Estate Development ◽  
Socialist Economy ◽  
Housing Provision ◽  
Housing Investment

Housing provision in China has undergone significant changes since economic reform. In the early stage of reform the objective was to solve the problems that are internal to the socialist economy, namely unrecoverable housing investment and housing shortages. The state adopted policies to ‘commodify’ and ‘decentralise’ housing provision. The mode of provision was transformed from a centrally allocated budget to shared investment contributed by state work-units, local governments, and individual households. Since the 1990s Chinese cities have seen increased foreign investment in real estate development and consequently experienced an unprecedented building boom. Little is know about the impacts of globalisation on housing development. The purpose of this paper is to examine the changes in housing investment and to highlight the dilemma of housing ‘commodification’ in the process of globalisation. Specifically, foreign investment contributed to initial capital formation in real estate development and more importantly helped to create a marketised housing segment. The buoyant market price demonstrated the profitability of real estate, thus attracting more capital into housing development. The combined effect of marketisation and globalisation has led to increasing social spatial differentiation and inadequate housing provision to marginal social groups.

Examining why developers encourage foreign investment in local residential real estate in India

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 580-600
Author(s):  
Alok Tiwari ◽  
Mohammed Aljoufie
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Housing Market ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Large Population ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Residential Real Estate ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Property Developers

Purpose The study aims to explore the role of non-resident Indian (NRI) investors into staggering local housing market and the efforts of developers and regulators to lure such investors. Design/methodology/approach Primary data for this exploratory study were assembled through a Google form-based questionnaire circulated over internet among NRIs residing in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, USA, Singapore and United Arab Emirates, whereas the secondary data sources include the Government of India policy documents, World Bank data, Reserve Bank of India archives and reports published in reputed financial and others print media sources. Findings Indian housing market is confronted with a demand and supply mismatch at present. While a massive demand lingers at affordable housing segment, on the contrary, millions of housing inventories are also piling up. Consequently, property developers are attempting to lure the large population of NRIs residing at global cities. Study observes that sentimental attachment to the homeland, higher rate of returns, anticipated rental incomes are the major decisive elements. Additionally, growth in infrastructure, world-class amenities offered by developers, conformity to sustainability and political stability is the other critical reasons. Research limitations/implications On first hand, the study outlines a novel kind of foreign investment in Indian local residential real estate that is via NRI channel. Second, non-resident investors might surprise to the property developers and government through a realistic strategic approach. Originality/value Probably, the study is first of its type gazing at NRI investors, as a foreign investor, in the local residential real estate.

scholarly journals Factors influencing Local Community Participation in Wildlife Conservation Projects in Northeast India

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sayan Banerjee ◽  
Ambika Aiyadurai
Keyword(s):  
Community Participation ◽  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Community Dynamics ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Northeast India ◽  
Conservation Projects ◽  
Periodic Feedback ◽  
External Actors

Participation by local communities in wildlife conservation projects have long been advocated since it is socially just and is effective to reach conservation and development goals. Socio–economic variables that drive participation and impact of participation have been studied, but the contextual process that stir up local community participation remains understudied. In this paper, we studied factors facilitating community participation in three wildlife conservation projects in Northeast India. Through ethnographic fieldwork at these sites we identified conservation actors and examined interactions between them.We found common modes of participation at these sites and these were related to gaining material incentives, providing labour, attending consultative workshops. Levels of interaction and coercion were found to be different in three sites. Three critical factors that drive participation were: (1) trigger, (2) negotiation and (3) sustenance. Trigger factors kickstart participation through establishment of a crisis narrative and facilitation by external actors. Negotiation factors emerge from day–to–day interaction between local community and external actors and involve effective entry stage activities, income opportunity, mediating voices within the community and intra–community dynamics. Sustenance factors affect the long term participation by community in the conservation project and involve tangible/intangible results, capability development of locals, funding and availability to critical information. In our paper we argue that investment of time and fund to understand the stakeholders and their concept of participation, periodic feedback sessions, capacity development of locals for self–mobilization, innovative information dissemination and securing long term funding are necessary for effective local community participation.

Canadian foreign homebuyer taxes may backfire

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Property Tax ◽  
Provincial Government ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Real Estate Markets ◽  
Metro Vancouver ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
International Investors

Subject British Columbia's property tax for foreign homebuyers. Significance The provincial government of British Columbia introduced a 15% tax on foreign buyers of domestic property that came into effect on August 2, in an effort to lower prices in the Metro Vancouver region, with foreign investment widely perceived to be driving unaffordability. Canadian real estate has developed a reputation as a safe asset among international investors seeking to diversify their portfolios and hedge against uncertainty in the global economy. The tax is being studied by other subnational Canadian jurisdictions, such as Toronto, where local residents are priced out of overheated real estate markets. Impacts Governments in Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Singapore are considering or have pursued similar levies. Tax-driven obfuscation of purchase records for real estate may have negative implications for broader global anti-corruption efforts. If the benefits of British Columbia's initiative prove to outweigh the costs, Ontario may consider such a foreign homebuyer tax.

Trans Revolutionaries

Public ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (62) ◽  
pp. 92-108
Author(s):  
Olga Chagaoutdinova ◽  
Morag Shackerley-Bennett ◽  
Wilfredo Candebat Lussón ◽  
Malu Cano Valladares
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Legal Structure ◽  
Domestic Setting ◽  
Photo Essay ◽  
Medical Policy ◽  
Insight Into

Photo essay, and accompanying article, exploring the historical and cultural landscape of the Trans community in Havana, Cuba. Models, captured in their domestic setting, allow photographer Olga Chagaoutdinova and writer, Morag Shackerley-Bennett, an intimate insight into an unseen world. The juxtaposition of progressive medical policy and poor legal structure in Cuba has left many of its Trans population unsure not only of their future, but that of Cuban LGBTQ2I+ rights also.

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