scholarly journals Potential of Slum Tourism in Urban Ghana: A Case Study of Old Fadama (Sodom and Gomorra) Slum in Accra

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franklin Komla Aseye ◽  
Matthew Opoku . ◽  
Agyeman-Duah .
Keyword(s):  
Life Style ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Regional Office ◽  
Slum Tourism ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Slum Community

The paper assessed the state of tourism in the slum community of Old Fadama (Sodom and Gomorra) in Accra, Ghana. It goes without saying that Old Fadama vehemently referred to as Sodom and Gomorra is a full embodiment of the characteristics of informal settlements better known as slums. Semi structured questionnaires were administered randomly to 250 dwellers of Sodom and Gomorra. In-depth interviews were purposively held with officials of local Travel and Tour Firms and the regional Office of the National Tourism Authority. Data was analyzed descriptively and thematically. Observing residents’ life style and photograph taking were found as the main tourist activities. Tourism was promoted through security consciousness of residents. Low involvement of residents in tourism affairs/businesses were the major drawbacks to tourism development in the slum. Residents needs to be sensitized to take advantage of their living conditions to establish tourism businesses in the short-term to empower them move to more ‘formal’ settlements of Accra in the near future to decelerate the growth of the notorious slum in Ghana’s capital city.

Home is Where the Heart Abides Migration, return and housing in Dakar, Senegal

2009 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 49-56
Author(s):  
Guilia Sinatti
Keyword(s):  
Home Country ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Architectural Features ◽  
Global Age ◽  
Perceived Importance ◽  
Local Construction ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Depth Interviews

The increased interconnectedness and possibilities for travel and communication that characterise the current, global age have strongly affected scholarly ways of understanding contemporary forms of identification and belonging. Literature on the subject strongly challenges the notion of home as a fixed place, particularly where migration is concerned. The case study of Senegalese migration, however, contrasts this argument. Based upon ethnographic research and in depth interviews with migrants conducted in Senegal and in Italy between 2004 and 2007, this article shows that for many Senegalese the ultimate home still remains strongly identified with the country of origin. Questioned on the issue at stake, Senegalese migrants unanimously express the eventual goal of return to the home-land. The perceived importance of an anchorage in Senegal is expressed even more strikingly than in words, in the practices of migrant investment in housing. Migrants invest massively in the home country, significantly altering the landscape of local cities. This article shows that the intensity and features of construction activities undertaken by migrants in the capital city of Dakar are provoking a veritable process of urban makeover, which is transforming the physiognomy of the built environment. Alongside transforming the landscape of many peripheral neighbourhoods by altering mainstream architectural features of buildings and importing Western styles and taste in local construction practices, migrants are also contributing towards the creation of new symbols of success.

scholarly journals University’s Catalytic Effect in Engendering Local Development Drives: Insight into the Instrumentality of Community-Based Service Learning

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Marcellus Mbah ◽  
Charles Fonchingong
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Instrumental Case Study ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Relevant Education

The context of this paper is Africa, where communities have historically looked up to universities within their locality to maximize their intellectual capital and knowledge creation to foster regional development. How well these universities are actively responding to the demands of economic and social development require attention. This paper reports an instrumental case study involving in-depth interviews and focus groups within a bounded locality in Cameroon to address what universities can do to enhance their contribution to local development. Findings suggest that whilst a university’s community-based service learning (CBSL) scheme can be ascertained as an instrument that can engender local development, this requires the fostering of relevant education for informed participation of different stakeholders in the framing but also firming up of CBSL objectives and processes. Furthermore, in order to optimize the prospect for local development instigated by CBSL activities, relevant stakeholders should go beyond short-term planning and adopt futuristic sustainable strategies. There is need to promote deeper dissemination, as well as follow-up on field findings for sustained implementation and outcomes.

scholarly journals ”Ingen kan bygge romferge alene” - Læreres utbytte av faglig etterutdanning innen romteknologi. "“You can’t build the space shuttle all alone!” - How teachers benefit from partici pating in an in-service course in space technology"

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 213-226
Author(s):  
Hanne Mehli ◽  
Berit Bungum
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Space Shuttle ◽  
Space Technology ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Scientists And Engineers ◽  
Teachers Professional Development ◽  
Depth Interviews

This article reports a case study of how science teachers benefit from participation in an in-service course on space technology at Andøya Rocket Range in Northern Norway. The course deviates from current policy for teachers’ professional development by being short-term, targeting individual teachers and by having a somewhat narrow subject focus. In this course, teachers work closely with space scientists and engineers, forming a community of practice in highly technological settings. The transfer of this experience to classroom teaching is clearly challenging. By means of in-depth interviews, we have investigated teachers’ outcome from the course and how they see it benefiting their teaching. Results indicate three main categories of outcome: Affective outcome; content knowledge and practical skills; and technological process knowledge. This outcome is found to have an indirect, yet important, influence on the teaching of science that should be taken into account in policy for science teachers’ professional development.

scholarly journals A Qualitative System Dynamic Modelling on Sustainable Tourism Development (Case Study: Depok Beach at Bantul Regency)

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 40-46
Author(s):  
Didi Nuryadin ◽  
Jamzani Sodik ◽  
Wahyu Dwi Artaningtyas
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Dynamic Modelling ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Beach Management ◽  
Environmental Aspect ◽  
Sustainable Tourism Development ◽  
Attraction System ◽  
Depth Interviews

Depok beach is a tourism destination located in Yogyakarta's south coastal area with its unique attractions. The tourism development at Depok beach finds some problems, especially on tourism sustainability. This research tried to model a system for managing Depok beach as a sustainable tourist attraction. System dynamics were used for modeling the management strategy. The data of this study were gathered by doing observation and in-depth interviews with related stakeholders. This research found that the Depok beach management model is a complex system consisting of social, economic, and ecological subsystems. The management system of Depok beach was quite nice, even one environmental aspect, which is waste management was not fully appropriate. Locals waste management was done traditionally, neglecting any ecological problems that may be occurred. The optimization of Depok beach management might be achieved by strengthening the waste management system.

Merchants’ response towards urban tourism development in food markets

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 1089-1110
Author(s):  
Rotem Mashkov ◽  
Noam Shoval
Keyword(s):  
Tourism Development ◽  
Traditional Food ◽  
Physical Change ◽  
Local Identity ◽  
Food Markets ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Depth Interviews

Purpose In an age when a tourist’s gaze is more involved in the daily lives of locals, it is evident that traditional food markets are being rediscovered as a space for recreation. Yet, the pressure of tourism development may result in retail gentrification to the point of losing the sense of local identity. Focusing on the “boutiquing” process at Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem, this paper aims to measure the physical change in the marketplace, to understand merchants’ attitudes towards tourism development, and to differentiate merchants based on their responses to these changes. Design/methodology/approach Two main research methods were used: comparative mapping of the business mix and in-depth interviews with merchants. The first method was used to characterize the physical change in the market, and the second method was used to examine merchants’ attitudes and responses to tourism development. Findings There has been a significant physical change in the business mix of the market, with displacing mainly of traditional uses. A strong link between the merchants’ responses to tourism development and their stall ownership status has found. Research limitations/implications The limitations of the study lie in its nature as a qualitative study of a case study; there is difficulty in generalizing and drawing universal conclusions. Originality/value Add to existing knowledge regarding merchants’ responses in traditional food markets to tourism development in the context of retail gentrification.

scholarly journals COMFORT CHARACTER OF LANDSCAPE FEATURES OF TRADITIONAL STREETS IN AMMAN, JORDAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saja Jamil Alamoush ◽  
Nor Haslina Jaafar ◽  
Elina Mohd Husini ◽  
Wan Norisma Wan Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Capital City ◽  
User Perception ◽  
Landscape Features ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
The City ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Perception Survey ◽  
Method Approach

Fast expanding of urban development changes the street function and gives priority for vehicles, which effects the urban fabric and cultural life of the city. It makes walking in the street difficult and uncomfortable. Hence, this research aims to explore the influence of landscape features towards comfort character of traditional streets in Amman, Jordan. The case study was Rainbow Street in Amman, the capital city in Jordan. Mixed-method approach was used in this study, which involved direct observation (visual and behavioural) and user perception (survey and in-depth interviews) techniques. The data was analysed through thematic analyses for qualitative data and descriptive statistics for quantitative data. The results show that landscape features that contribute towards comfort character could be divided into two main categories, namely, pedestrian amenities and sidewalk. This should be taken into consideration in the design of the existing and future streets in Jordan.

Reporting on the State Legislature: A Case Study of Inter-Media Agenda-Setting

1987 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Atwater ◽  
Frederick Fico ◽  
Gary Pizante
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
State Legislature ◽  
The State ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Media Agenda ◽  
The Wire

This study investigates how media agendas become established. “Inter-media agenda-setting” was studied through the statehouse news coverage of wire services, newspapers, radio and television stations in a midwest capital city during a two-week period. Results suggest that while the wire service news media broke more stories over the short term, newspapers were more likely to set the statehouse news agenda in general.

scholarly journals Citizen Journalism and Online Community Media: A Case Study of pwmu.co

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 198
Author(s):  
Filosa Gita Sukmono ◽  
Fajar Junaedi
Keyword(s):  
Online Community ◽  
Citizen Journalism ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Media Management ◽  
Community Media ◽  
Regional Office ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Depth Interviews

<p><em>One of the most prominent online community media in Muhammadiyah is pwnu.co (</em><em>https://pwmu.co/</em><em>) that published by the Regional Office of Muhammadiyah (PWM) East Java. This article departs from an interest of the writing team to find out how citizen journalism-based media management works in the online community media, especially pwmu.co. This study itself uses a case study method by collecting data using in-depth interviews, then selecting informants using purposive sampling or criterion-based selection. In this study, informants were pwmu.co editors, while observations were made by looking carefully at the pwmu.co editorial room. The result demonstrates that community media management executed by pwmu.co accentuates citizen journalism principles and voluntarily actions to resolve their works relating to collecting news. Journalists and reporters in this community are citizen journalist that comes from Muhammadiyah people and they are trained through a series of the workshop by the editors of pwmu.co.</em></p>

scholarly journals COMFORT CHARACTER OF LANDSCAPE FEATURES OF TRADITIONAL STREETS IN AMMAN, JORDAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Saja Jamil Alamoush ◽  
Nor Haslina Jaafar ◽  
Elina Mohd Husini ◽  
Wan Norisma Wan Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Capital City ◽  
User Perception ◽  
Landscape Features ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
The City ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Perception Survey ◽  
Method Approach

Fast expanding of urban development changes the street function and gives priority for vehicles, which effects the urban fabric and cultural life of the city. It makes walking in the street difficult and uncomfortable. Hence, this research aims to explore the influence of landscape features towards comfort character of traditional streets in Amman, Jordan. The case study was Rainbow Street in Amman, the capital city in Jordan. Mixed-method approach was used in this study, which involved direct observation (visual and behavioural) and user perception (survey and in-depth interviews) techniques. The data was analysed through thematic analyses for qualitative data and descriptive statistics for quantitative data. The results show that landscape features that contribute towards comfort character could be divided into two main categories, namely, pedestrian amenities and sidewalk. This should be taken into consideration in the design of the existing and future streets in Jordan.

Environment and atmosphere of night tourism based on the local wisdom: A case study of Berastagi

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Selly Veronica ◽  
Nurlisa Ginting ◽  
AmyMarisa
Keyword(s):  
Field Observation ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Innovative Strategy ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Descriptive Method

Night tourism development comes up as an innovative strategy for tourism development in this current intense competition. There are four main elements in night tourism, namely economic, social, environmental, and night atmosphere. Berastagi is the most popular tourist destination in Karo Regency, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia, which already have night tourism destination but unfortunately undeveloped yet. Night tourism development in Berastagi must be with the local wisdom approach to maximize its benefit. Karonese as the majority ethnic of the local community in this area potential to be developed on its night tourism. This paper only analyzes the environmental and night atmosphere aspects in Berastagi’s night tourism, which based on local wisdom. Qualitative primary data from field observation and depth interview results have been analyzed by using the descriptive method. The study shows that involving local wisdom in developing the environment and night atmosphere can give the typical identity for the night tourism in Berastagi.Night Tourism

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