Rural and Urban Contexts in North-Eastern Spain:

2018 ◽  
pp. 179-192
Author(s):  
Pilar Diarte-Blasco
Keyword(s):  
Rural And Urban ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Urban Contexts

scholarly journals Continued professional development of teachers to facilitate language used in numeracy and mathematics

2012 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna-Maria Wium ◽  
Brenda Louw
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
South African ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Mathematical Problems ◽  
Standard Terminology ◽  
Urban Contexts ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Performance Teachers

Learners in South African schools have been found to perform poorly in mathematics because they do not understand the language used in solving mathematical problems. In order to improve academic performance teachers need to be made aware of the importance of language in the development of numeracy. A continued professional development (CPD) programme addressed this need. The purpose of the research was to understand how the participants implemented the strategies developed during the programme and how they perceived the support provided by the programme. The research was conducted over 2 years in semi-rural and urban contexts. As part of a more comprehensive mixed method study, the qualitative data referred to in this article were obtained through open-ended questions in questionnaires, focus groups, reflections in portfolios, and a research diary. Results showed that numeracy terminology was often used by learners that differed from standard terminology prescribed by the curriculum. The participants themselves did not necessarily understand the numeracy terminology and thus found it a challenge to implement curriculum outcomes. Issues related to language use of the participants in teaching numeracy were associated with the lack of resources available in the language of learning and teaching  (LoLT). Some of the participants taught numeracy in English, rather than LoLT. The results indicated low teacher expectations of the learners. The CPD programme was considered valuable and effective. SLPs in schools need to be expand their role to provide CPD opportunities for teachers.

scholarly journals Introduction

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Soheila Shahshahani
Keyword(s):  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Poetic Language ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Human Environment ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Environmental Adaptations ◽  
Urban Contexts

In this special issue, not only is the human-environment relationship addressed with a few types of environmental adaptations in rural and urban contexts, including governmental measures and disaster situations, but also the process of culture making is explored through the use of vocabularies in forming mind sets. In this way, a wide spectrum of ideas and situations is portrayed, and the role of culture in making these processes meaningful is shown. The articles in this issue concern Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and they also consider migration. While environmental problems are partial causes for migration, yet symbolic reference to parts of that same environment can symbolise the lost land. The role of poetic language is seen here, while poetry itself becomes a means of better adaptation for a migrant.

scholarly journals Thermal Performance Analysis of a Newly Designed Circular Firewood Boiling Salt Stove

2021 ◽  
Vol 53 (5) ◽  
pp. 210507
Author(s):  
Apichart Srichat ◽  
Weerapol Kaewka ◽  
Ponthep Vengsungnle ◽  
Songkran Wiriyasart ◽  
Paisarn Naphon
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Efficiency ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Salt Crystal ◽  
Eastern Area ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Productive Activities ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Salt Crystals ◽  
Circular Configuration

Different biomass stoves are introduced and distributed among people living in rural and urban areas, especially in developing countries. For salt crystal production in Thailand’s rural north-eastern area, open fire stoves are used in domestic and small productive activities. Their thermal efficiency is very low for converting heat into utilization energy. A new stove with a circular configuration was designed and constructed to consider its thermal efficiency and economics, which were compared with those from a traditional and an improved traditional stove. The obtained thermal efficiency of the newly designed stove was 14.77% higher than that of the improved stove and 81.45% higher than that of the traditional stove. For the same initial saline volume, the final amounts of salt crystals and salt flowers obtained from the newly designed stove was higher compared with those obtained from the improved stove and the traditional stove, respectively, resulting in a 69.25% shorter payback period.

COUNTRY–CITY AND RURAL–URBAN RELATIONS IN THE TWENTIETH-FIRST CENTURY

Geo UERJ ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. e57686
Author(s):  
Glaucio José Marafon ◽  
Gabriel Bias Fortes ◽  
Rogério Seabra
Keyword(s):  
Social Practices ◽  
First Century ◽  
Urban Transit ◽  
Rural Space ◽  
Spatial Production ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Technological Level ◽  
Urban Contexts ◽  
Space Production ◽  
The City

Introduction: The thought regarding the countryside/city relationship in modern times implies going beyond the past representations concerning the rural space, that is, overcoming the dichotomic proposal, conceived within a context of reaffirmation of the urban logic, and thus recognizing the city and the city/countryside couplet as elements bonded by the same, though diverse, logic, typical of the space production under the rule of capitalism. Objective: The work aims at systemizing a reflection on the countryside/city and rural/urban couplets, based on the understanding that the countryside and the city may be associated to the same flow of spatial production insofar as the terms rural and urban are articulated with each other, involving subjective aspects as identity, form and rhythm of life, relation with nature and social interactions among the agents that reproduce (or even reinvent) such subjectivities. Results: In spite of the dissociation between the rural/urban and countryside/city binomials, the academic debate can still find traces of the previous paradigm from the observation of territories whose rural/rural and city/urban association coincide. Conclusion: As the countryside and the city are consolidated as material structures based on the patterns of land-use and occupation, the rural and the urban transit to the immaterial sphere becoming constructions and social practices - both dynamic and changeable - that can occur both in the countryside and the city alike. This enables the existence of localities presenting aspects related both to the rural and the urban contexts, such as urbanized fields and rural cities, bearing in mind that these aspects (urbanities and ruralities) do not concern the technological level itself, but the constructions and social practices that sustain the urban or rural characters (or both).

scholarly journals Understanding the Implementation of Airbnb in Urban Contexts: Towards a Categorization of European Cities

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 522
Author(s):  
Laura Serrano ◽  
Antonio Sianes ◽  
Antonio Ariza-Montes
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Hierarchical Cluster ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
European Cities ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Urban Contexts ◽  
Accommodation Sector ◽  
Tourist Accommodation

The sharing economy has experienced exponential growth in recent years, especially in the short-term rentals (STRs) tourist accommodation sector. This growth has caused disruptive effects in rural and urban contexts, especially in highly touristic cities. These effects can be both positive and negative, revitalizing certain areas and bringing about tension in the socioeconomic fabric. Today, Airbnb is considered the paradigm of this sharing economy model and the STR industry leader. However, as this study suggests, on many occasions the implementation of Airbnb exhibits more of a traditional economic business model than a collaborative economic business model. Through hierarchical cluster analysis, this study identifies different groups of European cities according to the degree of professionalization of Airbnb implementation in their territory. The goal is to find similar patterns in the Airbnbisation process in major European cities, as the social, economic, and spatial impacts of various typologies are very different and even contrary. By understanding and identifying such different models implemented in each territory, better policies can be informed, and more adapted strategies can be pursued by local governments and the tourism industry.

Health and Well-Being of Childbearing Women in Rural and Urban Contexts

1994 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 168-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorraine O. Walker ◽  
Misha L. Walker ◽  
Mary E. Walker
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Urban Contexts ◽  
Childbearing Women ◽  
Health And Well Being

scholarly journals Rural-urban differences in children’s musculosceletal injuries in North-eastern Poland

2019 ◽  
pp. 557-566
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Severe Injuries ◽  
Permanent Disability ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Duration Of Hospitalization ◽  
Northeastern Poland

OBJECTIVE. To investigate rural-urban differences in severity of injuries, by means of age, sex and duration of hospitalization of injured children in northeastern Poland. METHODS. The study included children admitted to the Department of Pediatric Orthopaedics and Traumatology in between 2002-2005 (1322 patients) and 2012-2013 (1725 patients) due to injury. We applied the rural-urban division on the base of number of inhabitants (rural – below, urban – over 25000). We divided injuries into four categories based on severity. Statistical analysis was performed to compare the risk of hospitalization due to different types of injuries among children in different age and sex groups, living in rural and urban areas RESULTS. Children from urban areas have a higher risk of hospitalization compared to their peers living in rural areas due to two least severe categories of injuries. Children from rural areas had much higher risk of hospitalization due to most severe injuries. Results were consistent for both time intervals.. The average duration of hospitalization was significantly longer among rural populations. However, in both rural and urban areas the mean length of stay has been shortened in comparison with the years 2002-2005. The average age of urban patients has been reduced over the years and remained stable among rural population. In both groups boys comprised the majority of patients with all kinds of injuries. CONCLUSIONS. Analysis of the risk of hospitalization among children from rural and urban areas brings constructive conclusions only after applying the division based on severity of injuries. Children living in rural areas and small towns are at a higher risk of suffering severe injuries that pose a risk of permanent disability, and of longer hospitalization because of them, compared to children living in larger cities.

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