scholarly journals Las costas, regiones de desarrollo del turismo

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 703-706
Author(s):  
Carlos Gauna Ruíz de León ◽  
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Rosa Maria Chávez Dagostino ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Environment ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cultural Preservation ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
The Public ◽  
Sustainable Planning ◽  
New Type ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Popular Festivals

The coasts have become favorite spaces for tourist activities, this has caused modifications in the natural environment generating unsustainable damages in maritime and terrestrial spaces in the destinations, to satisfy an increasing demand of visitors, who increasingly require new satisfiers. Therefore, the activities must be regulated for their proper use. This dynamic has generated an increase in new residents attracted by employ‑ ment benefits or by second residence, a new type of tourism that makes beach places their “home” temporarily. Local people receive unfair benefits of tourism such as employment, expanding public services, and the genera‑ tion of wealth, but also the negative effects as general environmental degradation, loss of identity and traditions, as well as their social spaces, which must be shared with tourists. For this reason, local communities seek the cultural preservation of their popular festivals, among others. We present in this volume, work that analyze the configuration of tourism in coastal spaces, how the public, private and cooperative initiatives are built. Also, about the construction of their tourist identity from representative images, the role of science and sustainable planning based on tourists and local inhabitants’ perception of economic and socio-cultural capacities. These al‑ low an approximation to the reality of coastal areas based on tourism, the challenges they face in planning and operation, the living conditions of local populations and the natural environment, but also the opportunities it offers for the development and well-being of the local population when sustainable processes are carried out.

scholarly journals Interregional cooperation in the Russian Federation in the post-COVID reality: challenges and prospects

2021 ◽  
Vol 885 (1) ◽  
pp. 012031
Author(s):  
S I Violin
Keyword(s):  
Crisis Management ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Recovery Process ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Main Hypothesis ◽  
The Public ◽  
Federal States ◽  
Interregional Cooperation ◽  
The Russian Federation

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has seriously distorted the public administration systems around the world. In certain countries, like the Russian Federation, the pandemic has triggered different responses by authorities on a regional level. This article argues that the lack of the interregional coordination has exacerbated the negative effects of the pandemic both on the economic development and the well-being of citizens. The goal of this research is to search for ways to improve interregional cooperation in crises of interregional scale and importance. The main hypothesis is that the lack of interregional coordination leads to ineffective crisis management and unnecessarily prolongs the recovery process. Retrospective, statistical and comparative analysis have been used to test this hypothesis. On the example of Russia, the system of crisis management coordination on the interregional level is introduced and explained. The results of this research can be used for public policy in Russia and other federal states as well as to study coordination mechanisms on a supranational level.

scholarly journals A balanced perspective on the importance of extensive ruminant production for human nutrition and livelihoods and its contribution to greenhouse gas emissions

2020 ◽  
Vol 116 (9/10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michiel M. Scholtz ◽  
Frederick W.C. Neser ◽  
Mahlako L. Makgahlela
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Development ◽  
Greenhouse Gases ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Arable Land ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
The Public ◽  
Negative Environmental Impact

There is a general perception that ruminants produce large quantities of greenhouse gases which contribute to global warming. Sometimes percentages are quoted out of context. For example, the percentage quoted for developed countries indicates the greenhouse gas contribution from livestock is less than 6%, while that for developing countries is 40–50%. However, the reason for this relatively low contribution from developed countries is because of very high contributions from other sectors. Ruminant production also is in the spotlight as it is the world’s largest user of land and South Africa is no exception. Only ruminants can utilise areas of non-arable land where the vegetation is rich in fibre and convert this fibre into high-quality nutrients for human consumption. Foods from animal sources (including ruminants) are essential for the human diet, as they support early childhood and cognitive development. Many rural households depend on ruminants and these animals are central to the livelihoods and well-being of these communities. The negative effects of red meat on human health and the negative environmental impact of livestock production are overemphasised, while the higher bioavailability of nutrients from livestock source foods, which stimulates mental and cognitive development compared to vegetarian or grain based foods, is ignored. Here we estimate that livestock are responsible for only 4% of the world’s greenhouse gases through methane production. We also highlight that if the high fibre vegetation is not utilised by livestock, it will still produce greenhouse gases through burning or rotting, without any benefit to humans. Livestock source foods are important if global nutritional, educational and economic needs are to be met; and this message should be conveyed to the public.

scholarly journals Impact of Exposure to Natural and Built Environments on Positive and Negative Affect: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenfei Yao ◽  
Fei Chen ◽  
San Wang ◽  
Xiaofeng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Convincing Evidence ◽  
Built Environments ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Study Region

There is increasing evidence that the natural environment provides substantial benefits to human emotional well-being. The current study synthesized this body of research using the meta-analysis and assessed the positive and negative effects of exposure to both the natural and built environments. We searched four databases and 20 studies were included in the review. The meta-analysis results showed the most convincing evidence that exposure to the natural environment could increase positive affect (standardized mean difference, SMD = 0.61, 95% CI 0.41, 0.81) and decreased negative affect (SMD = −0.47, 95% CI −0.71, −0.24). However, there was extreme heterogeneity between the studies, and the risk of bias was high. According to the subgroup analysis, study region, study design, mean age of the sample, sample size, and type of natural and built environment were found to be important factors during exposure to the natural environment. The implications of these findings for the existing theory and research are discussed. These findings will help convince the health professionals and policymakers to encourage the residents to increase their time spent in the natural environment. These findings of this systematic review also suggested that the creation, maintenance, and enhancement of accessible greenspaces or existing natural environments may form part of a multidimensional approach to increasing emotional well-being of the local populations.

scholarly journals Application of multi-criteria analysis and GIS in ecotourism development (Case study: Serbian Danube region)

2015 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanja Stojkovic ◽  
Snezana Djurdjic ◽  
Goran Andjelkovic
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Natural Areas ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Sustainable Planning ◽  
Protected Natural Areas ◽  
Danube Region ◽  
Multi Criteria Analysis ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Ecotourism can be defined as responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and cultural heritage and improves the well-being of local people. Sustainable planning and management of ecotourism development are important and necessary for increasing positive and decreasing negative effects on the complex environment. This paper analyses the suitability of selected protected natural areas in the Serbian Danube region for the purposes of ecotourism development. The multi-criteria analysis includes several natural and socio-economic factors and criteria which influence ecotourism development. The integration of Geographic Information System (GIS) and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) greatly facilitates the decision-making process in the ecotourism destination planning. A suitability map of the analysed protected natural areas for ecotourism development as one of the sustainable tourism types is highlighted as a result of this paper. Such analysis assists in the objective promotion of ecotourism destinations and thus contributes to the improvement of Serbian tourism development.

scholarly journals EXPLORING UNIVERSITY STUDENTS PERCEPTION OF STRESS AND STRESS MANAGEMENT DURING A UNIVERSITY HEALTH PROMOTION DAY

2019 ◽  
pp. 93-100
Author(s):  
FATHIA MOUSSE ◽  
HANA MORRISSEY ◽  
PATRICK ANTHONY BALL
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Stress Management ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
The Public ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Mental Well Being ◽  
Objective Stress

Objective: Stress, depression and anxiety are common, estimated at 19.7% people showing symptoms of these diseases. Although, effective treatment for depression and anxiety is available, they are still under diagnosed and treated to avoid stigma. The study aims to explore the impact of pharmacist-led health promotion to increase the university local population awareness about stress, the causes and management. Methods: A questionnaire-based study which included 50 participants aged 18 and over from the University of Wolverhampton. Results: The findings revealed that stress has an impact on the individuals’ lives, but they understood the effects of stress. The results informed the different factors that cause stress amongst the participants of multiple demographics. Conclusion: Change is required to improve the mental well-being of the public. This study improved the University of Wolverhampton’s student’s knowledge and awareness of mental health. It provides in-depth knowledge for a future pharmacist to learn about stress management to help patients with more advanced services given in community pharmacies. Expanding knowledge within this area could assist millions of affected people to seek help.

scholarly journals Pandemics as a New Type of Threat to Economic Security in the Context of Globalization

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (514) ◽  
pp. 18-23
Author(s):  
M. D. Kramchaninova ◽  
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V. V. Vakhlakova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Security ◽  
Global Integration ◽  
Stress Tests ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Type ◽  
Global World ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

In the article, the authors actualize the issues related to the problems of ensuring economic security from the position of growth of global integration processes in the world economy. It is specified that the formation of the global world is connected with the emergence of new global threats in the field of economic security, as exemplified by the coronavirus pandemic COVID-19. This creates the need to review some of the negative effects of globalization in order to provide greater control over global processes, making them more conscious, focused on both comprehensive security and sustainable development of countries. In the course of the research, the authors analyze the consequences for the economic activity of countries as result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The research draws attention to the pandemic-detected breaches in the economic security of countries related to some aspects of globalization. The results of the carried out research allow to identify the sectors most affected by economic pressure and consider possible directions and tendencies of further economic recovery. It is also assumed that in the future stress tests of all levels of economic security will have to take into account and analyze a wider range of possible scenarios and risks associated with the threat of pandemics and the impact of the related effects on the public interest. Prospect for further research in this direction may be the study on the relationship and possible consequences that arise in the social and political spheres in connection with global threats to economic security.

Welfare State Values and Public Service Media in the Era of Datafication

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaarina Nikunen ◽  
Jenni Hokka
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
Social Solidarity ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
The Public ◽  
Media Companies ◽  
Data Practices ◽  
Public Media ◽  
New Public

Welfare states have historically been built on values of egalitarianism and universalism and through high taxation that provides free education, health care, and social security for all. Ideally, this encourages participation of all citizens and formation of inclusive public sphere. In this welfare model, the public service media are also considered some of the main institutions that serve the well-being of an entire society. That is, independent, publicly funded media companies are perceived to enhance equality, citizenship, and social solidarity by providing information and programming that is driven by public rather than commercial interest. This article explores how the public service media and their values of universality, equality, diversity, and quality are affected by datafication and a platformed media environment. It argues that the embeddedness of public service media in a platformed media environment produces complex and contradictory dependencies between public service media and commercial platforms. The embeddedness has resulted in simultaneous processes of adapting to social media logics and datafication within public service media as well as in attempts to create alternative public media value-driven data practices and new public media spaces.

Penguatan Wilayah Perbatasan: Studi Kasus Pulau Sebatik Kabupaten Nunukan Provinsi Kalimantan Timur

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
Baskoro Wicaksono
Keyword(s):  
Central Government ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Public ◽  
East Kalimantan ◽  
Border Policy

This study describes the border management policy conducted by the central government, provinceof East Kalimantan and Nunukan. Policies such as the establishment of regulatory, institutionalstrengthening, programs and infrastructure development. The policy is getting good responsefrom the elite and the masses. On the other hand policy makers have expectations of localcommunities border synergism Sebatik Island in order to build and develop the border areas so asto break the chain of dependence on Malaysia. The research was conducted in Sebatik Island,East Kalimantan province Nunukan with the formulation of the problem (a) what policies areoriented to maintain borders, (b) How is the public response to government policy, (c) What areyour expectations of policy makers in local communities to regional border. This study usedqualitative methods to phenomenological research strategy. Techniques of data collection in thisstudy using two ways, namely in-depth interviews and secondary data view Results indicate thatthe existing policy of both the central and provincial to district borders do not solve the problembecause it is made on the island of Sebatik with other border regions. The policy does not includelocal knowledge, where it is desperately needed by the people Sebatik. In addition to policies onprograms and infrastructure development of the center, the district adopted a policy of inactionagainst the illegal cross-border trade, which on the one hand against the rules but if enforced thenpeople can not perform economic activities that impact well-being. Policies like this gets a positiveresponse from the public. Expectations for the future border policy is to load local content orlocal knowledge.Keyword: border policy, local knowledge, dependent relationship

Optimism

2009 ◽  
pp. 302-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles S. Carver ◽  
Michael F. Scheier ◽  
Daniel Fulford
Keyword(s):  
Disease Progression ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Problem Solution ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Negative Feelings ◽  
Seriously Ill

Optimism is expecting good things to occur in one's life. Such positive expectations are associated with higher subjective well-being, even under conditions of stress or adversity. In contrast, pessimists respond to adversity with more intense negative feelings. There are also differences in the manner in which optimists and pessimists try to cope with adversity. Optimists tend to put the best face on the adversity, but they acknowledge its existence and its importance, and they try to do as much as possible to resolve whatever problems can be resolved. Pessimists are more likely to distance themselves from the problem and put off doing anything about it as long as possible. They are also more likely to give up trying, if things remain difficult. Some kinds of problem solution is proactive, engaged in before the problem arises. Optimists also tend to engage in such proactive efforts, including taking actions to minimize various kinds of health risks. Perhaps, as a consequence of these preventive steps, optimists also tend to have better health than pessimists. They seem to heal faster from wounds, and there is some evidence that when they are seriously ill they experience slower disease progression. It has been suggested that optimists sometimes are no better off than pessimists, and sometimes are worse off: that their confidence can get them into situations where it is difficult to cope effectively. Evidence of such negative effects of optimism does exist, but it is relatively sparse.

scholarly journals School-Based Mind–Body Interventions: A Research Review

Human Arenas ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mauro Cozzolino ◽  
Deborah R. Vivo ◽  
Giovanna Celia
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Third Graders ◽  
Research Review ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Twelfth Graders ◽  
School Based ◽  
Current Review ◽  
School Based Interventions ◽  
School Curricula

AbstractThis paper contains a narrative review of the literature in the field of school-based mind–body interventions (MBIs). The aim of the current review is to verify whether the school-based MBI programs implemented in primary and secondary schools over the past 5 years are effective in helping schoolchildren cope with stress-related, behavioral, and affective issues, as well as improve stress response and school performance. All articles were retrieved using a number of databases. Inclusion criteria comprised qualitative and quantitative, English language, and peer-reviewed studies among third graders (8–9 years old) to twelfth graders (17–18 years old), including special needs pupils. Qualitative studies were limited to pupils’ experience only. Ten studies meeting the criteria for this review were assessed. The school-based interventions included yoga-based programs and mindfulness training. Evidence was evaluated and summarized. Across the reviewed studies, we found support for MBIs as part of school curricula to reduce negative effects of stress and promote overall well-being with caveats to consider in choosing specific programs. The practical implications of the current review include considerations related to the incorporation of MBIs in school curricula, which would likely benefit schoolchildren.

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