scholarly journals Inclusion of the Public in the Natural Capital, Ecosystem Services and Green Infrastructure Assessments (Results of Structured Interviews with Stakeholders of Commune Liptovská Teplička)

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milena Moyzeová
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Public ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Rural And Urban

AbstractNowadays, topics like natural capital assessment, ecosystem services and green infrastructure have become frequent subjects of a number of national and international projects accomplished on local, regional, national and cross-frontier levels. These projects respond to the deterioration of biotopes due to their fragmentation and degradation as a result of constructions and tourism/recreation. This situation requires an economic assessment of ecosystems from the view point of their capacities to satisfy human necessities with simultaneous conservation of the environmental quality, and the optimal status of landscape diversity both in rural and urban areas. The aim of the Green Infrastructure initiative is to stop the loss of land as an irreplaceable natural resource and to contribute to the inclusion of ecological and sustainability aspects into the spatial planning and regional development in rural and urban areas. Green Infrastructure is the tool that may reduce the loss of ecosystem services connected with future occupation of land and improve functions of land. It may support ecological measures aimed at conservation of agricultural landscape and adoption of measures in the sphere of forest and water economies. Important role in the assessment of ecosystems is played not only by the scientists but also by experts and the public at large. This is the reason why ever more stakeholders possessing knowledge of local territory and personal life experience participate in these projects. Their judgments and views, often bearing information important for the above-mentioned assessment, are applied to proposed measures aimed at the improvement of environmental quality and quality of life in terms of sustainability. This article brings the possible example of how to include a selected sample of stakeholders into the assessment of natural capital and ecosystem services on local level in the frame of Green Infrastructure. The aim of this paper is to analyse attitudes of the involved for the evaluation of natural capital and ecosystem services at a local level by means of structured interviews. Obtained views will be applied for the assessment of ecosystem services and proposals aimed at protection and conservation of natural capital and building of green infrastructure. The research was carried out in the model territory of the rural commune Liptovská Teplička.

scholarly journals ALS Curriculum Implementation for Juvenile Delinquents in Urban and Rural Areas in the Philippines: A Comparative Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Vandon Borela
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Juvenile Delinquents ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Alternative Learning ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas

Purpose: The aim of this research study is to evaluate the implementation of Alternative Learning System (ALS) curriculum offered to juvenile delinquents in urban and rural areas in the Philippines. The study also aims to determine whether the current education programs meet the needs of the juvenile delinquents with reference to Juvenile delinquency acts. The study is an attempt to highlight the aspects of Alternative Learning System (ALS) that should be developed.  Approach/Methodology/Design: The study is qualitative and conducted in Marikina City and Rizal province, the Philippines. This study used exploratory study analysis. The respondents are the Alternative Learning System (ALS) teachers. For data collection, three semi-structured interviews were employed and the respondents’ answers were categorized using analytical coding to compare and analyze the implementation of the ALS curriculum for juvenile delinquents. Findings: The interpretation and analysis of the data collected shows that the ALS teachers from both the rural and urban areas have the same experiences on the implementation of the ALS program for juvenile delinquents in terms of curriculum, instruction and assessment. Furthermore, the teachers gave an emphasis that once the juvenile delinquents undergo the program, they are given a new hope and new direction in life to pursue their dreams. Lastly, the teachers from both areas have the same suggestions for the improvement of the implementation of the program, such as additional funds for the development of quality learning materials, increasing the number of learning centers, and designing various forms of assessment.  Practical Implications: The study will contribute positively to the understanding of Alternative learning System. The significance of this study lies in the comparison of the alternative learning system curriculum and how it is implemented to the juvenile delinquents in urban and in rural areas. Originality/value: This study engages ALS teachers in assessing the ALS curriculum, reflecting actual experiences to meet the expectations and needs of the juvenile delinquents.

scholarly journals MASS PATTERNS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN TAMIL NADU

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (9(SE)) ◽  
pp. 57-62
Author(s):  
Rajendran ◽  
Udaya Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Educational Service ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Rural And Urban

Education plays a vital role for economic development of any nation. It reduces social and economic disparities in society. This study explores the public and private higher educational institutions and literacy level of Tamil Nadu. The literacy rate indicates educational level of total population. Education makes and ushers knowledge economy of a country. The importance of educational service is forever growing in the public and private sectors. Education facilitates the acquisition of new technology, skills and knowledge that ultimately increases productivity in rural and urban areas of India. Public and Private partnership institutions play an important role in delivering educational service in the society and itsrole for delivering general and technical educationfor achieving economic development and its producing skill and knowledge of  human resource.

Discrimination Against People With HIV and AIDS in the Workplace

2022 ◽  
pp. 1255-1275
Author(s):  
Chinwe Rosabelle Nwanna
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
Rural Setting ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Lagos State

The main thrust of the chapter was to explore the discrimination experienced by people living with HIV and AIDS (PLHIV) in the workplace in Lagos State. A purposive sample of 80 PLHIV was selected from two local government areas (LGAs) of Lagos state: Epe, a rural setting, and Lagos Mainland, an urban one. Secondary data were obtained from internet sources while primary data were collected through structured interviews September 2005–April 2006. Data were analyzed using SPSS versions 11 and 13. Data between and within the rural and urban areas were also analyzed comparatively. The results indicate that PLHIV experienced instant dismissal from offices, mandatory HIV tests, alienation, denial of promotion, and exclusion from insurance schemes. This indicates that PLHIV's rights were violated. The study recommends intensive HIV education and enforcement of national HIV policy and international legal instruments in the workplace to protect PLHIV's rights.

scholarly journals Collaboration between Public Sectors and Community Organizations to Inhibit the Insurgencies Occurring in the Unrest Areas in the Southernmost Provinces

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-95
Author(s):  
Chaleomsak Bunnam ◽  
Idsaratt Rinthaisong ◽  
Anuwat Songsom
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Community Organizations ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Peace Processes ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Public Sectors ◽  
Identity Expression

The present study purposes to identify the consequences of collaboration between public sectors and community organizations and to study influential factors towards collaboration to inhibit insurgencies in the unrest areas in the southernmost provinces. There were sixteen key informants habituating organizations situated in both rural and urban areas that include leaders, committees, or members who are deployed as representatives of the organizations in the southernmost provinces, and ten people in a focus group. The research instrument was semi - structured interviews. It was found that three phases of collaboration between public sectors and community organizations in the southernmost provinces are: 1) pre-insurgency collaboration in conducting activities and projects due to government policies; 2) insurgent periods collaboration in coordination, following up, and communication; 3) post-insurgency, collaboration in habitation, healing, and assistance. Moreover, influential factors towards collaboration to inhibit insurgencies in the unrest areas in the southernmost provinces, e.g. trustworthiness and communication between public sectors and community organizations, participation in peace processes, community administration, identity expression, and policy appropriateness. Int. J. Soc. Sc. Manage. Vol. 4, Issue-2: 90-95

scholarly journals Estimating Education Production Functions in Rural and Urban Areas

1976 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
David L. Debertin
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Elementary And Secondary Education ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Educational Production ◽  
State And Local

Public elementary and secondary education represent the largest single expenditure by units of state and local governments. Nearly 30 percent of all tax dollars raised at the state and local level is spent for funding public elementary and secondary schools. The magnitude of expenditures for public education relative to other public goods makes questions concerning resource allocation for this service extremely important. It is not surprising that a great deal of attention has been directed toward determining if the educational process can be made more efficient.Politicians, school administrators and other decision-makers who deal with school finance problems in rural and urban areas face a key policy question concerning the educational production process: “Does the spending of additional tax dollars in local public schools necessarily insure increased scholastic achievement for all students?”

scholarly journals A Methodology for the Identification and Assessment of the Conditions for the Practice of Outdoor and Sport Tourism-Related Activities: The Case of Northern Portugal

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7343
Author(s):  
Goretti Silva ◽  
Alexandra Correia ◽  
Susana Rachão ◽  
Alcina Nunes ◽  
Elvira Vieira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Sport Tourism ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Northern Portugal ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Assessment Matrix ◽  
And Performance

Tourists’ demand for outdoor sport-related activities has been growing in the last decade, leading to the recognition of the outdoor tourism potential of the development of rural and urban areas where the activities could take place. While the literature has recognized this potential, its features and the existing conditions for its practice are often not fully comprehended, mainly due to the lack of measurement systems and performance indicators. This study addresses this gap by proposing a wide-ranging assessment matrix of nine outdoor-related activities, employing northern Portugal as a study area. Based on an exploratory qualitative analysis employing semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders (public, private and third sector), the main contribution of this study lies in the development of the outdoor tourism assessment matrix (OTAM) to collect data. The OTAM matrix aims to identify and assess the conditions, namely the infrastructure and resources, for the practice of outdoor and sport tourism-related activities within the sustainable development pillars. The nine matrices comprising the OTAM allow the identification of the places where the outdoor activities can be practiced, and the conditions under which they can contribute to the definition of the development strategies of outdoor tourism.

scholarly journals Violence against rural women: conceptions of professionals in the intersectoral network of care

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 144-179
Author(s):  
Gabriela Bervian ◽  
Marta Cocco Da Costa ◽  
Ethel Bastos Da Silva ◽  
Jaqueline Arboit ◽  
Fernanda Honnef
Keyword(s):  
Rural Women ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
La Red

Introducción: La violencia contra las mujeres tanto en áreas rurales como urbanas requiere para su enfrentamiento la articulación de diferentes sectores, a través de una red de atención.Objetivo: Conocer las concepciones de profesionales de la red de atención acerca de la violencia contra las mujeres rurales.Método: Investigación cualitativa, realizada con 26 profesionales de la red de atención a las mujeres rurales en situación de violencia en cuatro municipios de Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. La generación de datos ocurrió a través de entrevistas semiestructuradas, siendo analizadas por el análisis de contenido temático.Resultados: Los profesionales relacionaban la violencia contra las mujeres rurales a aspectos culturales, generacionales y heterogeneidades de género, que naturalizan la violencia. Indicaban los distintos tipos de violencia vivenciados, desde la violencia física, psicológica, moral, sexual, dependencia, privación de libertad hasta las jornadas de trabajo intensas.Conclusiones: Los hallazgos refuerzan las desigualdades de género que perpetúan la subyugación y sumisión de las mujeres rurales. Introduction: Violence against women in both rural and urban areas requires the coordination of different sectors through a network of care. Objective: To know the conceptions of professionals of the care network about violence against rural women. Method: Qualitative research carried out with 26 professionals from the network of care to rural women in situations of violence in four cities of Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. Data were generated semi-structured interviews and analyzed using the thematic content analysis. Results: Professionals related violence against rural women to cultural, generational and gender heterogeneities, which makes violence natural. They pointed to the different types of violence experienced, either physical, psychological, moral, and sexual violence, dependence, deprivation of liberty and intense work hours. Conclusions: The findings reinforce the gender inequalities that perpetuate the subjugation and submission of rural women. Introdução: A violência contra mulheres tanto em áreas rurais quanto urbanas requer para seu enfrentamento a articulação de diferentes setores, por meio de uma rede de atendimento. Objetivo: Conhecer as concepções de profissionais da rede de atendimento acerca da violência contra mulheres rurais. Método: Pesquisa qualitativa, realizada com 26 profissionais da rede de atendimento às mulheres rurais em situação de violência em quatro municípios do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. A geração de dados ocorreu através de entrevistas semiestruturadas, sendo analisadas pela análise de conteúdo temática. Resultados: Os profissionais relacionavam a violência contra as mulheres rurais a aspectos culturais, geracionais e heterogeneidades de gênero, que naturalizam a violência. Apontavam os diferentes tipos de violência vivenciados, desde a violência física, psicológica, moral, sexual, dependência, privação de liberdade até as jornadas de trabalho intensas. Conclusões: Os achados reforçam as desigualdades de gênero que perpetuam a subjugação e submissão das mulheres rurais.

scholarly journals E-Governance as a Roadmap to Good Governance: A Digital Punjab Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 905-915
Author(s):  
Ume Laila ◽  
Najma Sadiq ◽  
Tahir Mehmood ◽  
Muhammad Farhan Fiaz
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Governance Mechanism ◽  
New Wave ◽  
Law And Order ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
The Public ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
The Government

A new wave of technology hit at the turn of millennium which inspired millions around the world to utilize information technology in their daily lives. Governments have also started taking technological initiatives, as it makes their processes cost and time efficient – but the question remains, does e-governance make the government activities transparent as well? What is the level of accountability in the e-governance mechanism? Innovations in the government processes are flowing easily after the advent of e-governance. Even though there is a huge digital divide between the rural and urban areas of Pakistan, which consequently translates into slower implementation of technological services, in backward areas, the Punjab Information and Technology boards is taking leaps in delivering the public service which spans but is not limited to the health, education and law and order sectors.

scholarly journals O RURAL E O URBANO NO MARANHÃO MERIDIONAL: apontamentos a partir da Região Geográfica Intermediária de Imperatriz

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (19) ◽  
pp. 202017
Author(s):  
Helbaneth Macêdo Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Population Data ◽  
Intermediate Region ◽  
Historical Process ◽  
The Public ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Regional Dynamics ◽  
De Se

RURAL AND URBAN IN THE SOUTHERN MARANHÃO: points from the Geographical Intermediary Region of ImperatrizRURAL Y URBANO EN EL MARANHÃO MERIDIONAL: notas de la Región Geográfica Intermedia de ImperatrizRESUMOO presente artigo consiste em compreender a porção sul do estado do Maranhão, adjetivada aqui por Região Intermediária de Imperatriz, a qual está inserida no contexto da Amazônia Oriental e partícipe das políticas públicas de integração do território nacional, tendo a construção da Rodovia Belém-Brasília como um dos projetos que impactaram diretamente a urbanização do sul maranhense. Observando estas colocações se pontua que a Região Intermediária de Imperatriz é composta por quatro regiões imediatas, as quais fornecem subsídios para se entender a dinâmica regional em recorte. Assim, o estudo objetiva então fornecer as bases para a compreensão da Região Intermediária de Imperatriz, observando suas regiões imediatas e, para isso, se fez uma discussão sobre o rural e o urbano. Posteriormente se apresenta brevemente o processo histórico de constituição do Sul do Maranhão, para então levantar uma identificação geral, apresentando dados populacionais, de área territorial, bem como a distribuição do PIB nos três setores da economia, tudo isso no intuito de se evidenciar a importância da Região Intermediária de Imperatriz.Palavras-chave: Rural e Urbano; Região Intermediária de Imperatriz; Sul do Maranhão.ABSTRACTThe present article consists of understanding the southern portion of the state of Maranhão, hereby adjective called Imperatriz Intermediate Region, which is inserted in the context of the Eastern Amazon and, participant of the public policies of integration of the national territory having the construction of Belém-Brasília Highway as one of the projects that directly impacted the urbanization of Southern Maranhão. Observing these statements, it is pointed out that the Imperatriz Intermediate Region is composed of four immediate regions, which provide subsidies to understand the regional dynamics. Thus, the study aims to provide the basis for the understanding of the Imperatriz Intermediate Region by observing its immediate regions and, for this, a discussion about the rural and urban areas is presented, afterwards the historical process of constitution of Southern Maranhão is briefly presented. In order to obtain a general identification, presenting population data, of territorial area, as well as the distribution of PIB in the three sectors of the economy, all in order to highlight the importance of the Imperatriz Intermediate Region. Keywords: Rural and Urban; Intermediate Region of Imperatriz; Southern Maranhão.RESUMENEl presente artículo consiste en comprender la parte sur del estado de Maranhão, denominada aquí como Región Intermedia de Imperatriz, que se inserta en el contexto de la Amazonía Oriental y participa de las políticas públicas de integración del territorio nacional, teniendo en la construcción de la carretera Belém-Brasilia, uno de los proyectos que impactaron directamente la urbanización del sur del estado. Siguiendo estas declaraciones, se señala que la Región Intermedia de Imperatriz está compuesta por cuatro regiones inmediatas, que proporcionan subsidios para comprender la dinámica regional seleccionada. Por lo tanto, este artículo tiene como objetivo proporcionar la base para comprender la Región Intermedia de Imperatriz, observando sus regiones inmediatas, presentando para esto una discusión sobre lo rural y lo urbano, y una breve contextualización del proceso histórico de constitución del sur de Maranhão, con el fin de obtener una identificación general. Se usan datos de población, del área territorial, así como la distribución del PIB en los tres sectores de la economía, para resaltar la importancia de la Región Intermedia de Imperatriz.Palabras clave: Rural y Urbano; Región Intermedia de Imperatriz; Maranhão del Sur.

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