scholarly journals An affective awareness

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Bronwyn Phillipps
Keyword(s):  
Natural Environment ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Structural System ◽  
Static Potential ◽  
Cultural Expectations ◽  
The Social ◽  
Night And Day ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Affective Awareness

<p>One of the most captivating qualities of the New Zealand wilderness is its temporality; season’s, weather, night and day, are multiple interconnected systems in flux. These temporal systems are intricately linked and determine the feel of the environment. We perceive this natural temporal environment through levels of experience that build from affects. Architecture is designed to resist this temporality, with lights, shelter, warmth and more. The limited engagement between interior and exterior also removes environmental conditions that have positive impact. The fixity of architecture, in its resistance to the uncontrollable, to the temporal flux inherent in the environment, limits the potential for wilderness architecture to relate to its constantly changing context. This thesis argues that non-static architecture creates a stronger connection between people, architecture and the natural environment. The success of architecture to emphasise this connection is analysed through the lens of affect as a preconscious reaction, which counters the social and cultural expectations of space. The study of affect provided a framework of understanding to inform the active designing. A fluid semi-permanent shelter is designed, constructed of a woven structural system responsive to both weather conditions and the occupants. The activities that occur within these structures maximise the non-static potential for movement and create a constant interaction with the landscape. The interplay between uncontrollable flux and controllable movement in the structures provides a challenging context that heightens the inhabitant’s awareness of the relationship between people, architecture and natural environment.</p>

scholarly journals An affective awareness

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Bronwyn Phillipps
Keyword(s):  
Natural Environment ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Structural System ◽  
Static Potential ◽  
Cultural Expectations ◽  
The Social ◽  
Night And Day ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Affective Awareness

<p>One of the most captivating qualities of the New Zealand wilderness is its temporality; season’s, weather, night and day, are multiple interconnected systems in flux. These temporal systems are intricately linked and determine the feel of the environment. We perceive this natural temporal environment through levels of experience that build from affects. Architecture is designed to resist this temporality, with lights, shelter, warmth and more. The limited engagement between interior and exterior also removes environmental conditions that have positive impact. The fixity of architecture, in its resistance to the uncontrollable, to the temporal flux inherent in the environment, limits the potential for wilderness architecture to relate to its constantly changing context. This thesis argues that non-static architecture creates a stronger connection between people, architecture and the natural environment. The success of architecture to emphasise this connection is analysed through the lens of affect as a preconscious reaction, which counters the social and cultural expectations of space. The study of affect provided a framework of understanding to inform the active designing. A fluid semi-permanent shelter is designed, constructed of a woven structural system responsive to both weather conditions and the occupants. The activities that occur within these structures maximise the non-static potential for movement and create a constant interaction with the landscape. The interplay between uncontrollable flux and controllable movement in the structures provides a challenging context that heightens the inhabitant’s awareness of the relationship between people, architecture and natural environment.</p>

scholarly journals Social Capital Household Welfare and Poverty: Evidence from Pakistan

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (4I-II) ◽  
pp. 467-482
Author(s):  
Nuzhat Ahmad ◽  
Mahpara Sadaqa
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Household Welfare ◽  
Heterogeneity Index ◽  
Variable Approach ◽  
The Social ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
Welfare And Poverty ◽  
The Relationship

The research addresses the missing link between social capital and analyses of household welfare and poverty. First the relationship between social capital and household welfare is analysed using a social capital index and a heterogeneity index. The social capital index is calculated using different dimensions: density of membership, attendance at meetings, cash and kind contributions and decision making in local organisations/associations. Heterogeneity index is based on differences in incomes, ethnicity, education and political affiliations in the composition of organisations. Endogeneity of social capital with household expenditure is tested through an Instrumental Variable approach. The relationship between social capital and probability of being poor is analysed through a logit model. The analysis uses data collected form 1050 households in and around the cities of Karachi, Lahore and Quetta. The main results indicate that social capital (however measured) has a positive impact on the welfare of the household. The study concludes that social capital and human capital have the same returns. A powerful result of the research is that households with social capital at their disposal are likely to be less poor and that poverty is less when households share risks though building associations and through collective action. The research has some policy implications which can be useful in building up social capital in the country.

scholarly journals The relationship between social and financial performance with the objectives of the kingdom vision (2030)

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Hichem Dkhili ◽  
◽  
Lassad Ben Dhiab ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Social Performance ◽  
The Social ◽  
Policy Suggestions ◽  
Methodological Tool ◽  
Vision 2030 ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

The objective of this paper is the study of the link between social and financial performance and the objectives of the Kingdom's Vision 2030. The methodological tool of this contribution tries to measure the effect of social and financial performance and the objectives of the Kingdom's Vision 2030. The main purpose of the research is focused on the empirical approach justified by the use of a linear model. The paper presents the results of an empirical analysis that showed a positive effect of social and financial performance on the objectives of the Kingdom's Vision 2030. The results found suggest that size, risk, and sector do not moderate the relationship between social responsibility and financial performance. The results showed a positive impact between social and financial performance with the objectives of the Kingdom Vision (2030) and implied that social and financial performance has a positive and significant relationship with the Kingdom Vision (2030). The results of the research can be useful for companies to promote the social and financial performance for a good realization of the Kingdom Vision (2030) and provide information to take the necessary policy suggestions to maintain the social performance and limit the average of financial performance.

scholarly journals The Effects on Corporate Social Responsibility by Shares and Teamwork Culture

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 171-180
Author(s):  
CHI FEN HUANG ◽  
Jer-Yan Lin
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Future Success ◽  
The Social ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Relationship

Corporate social responsibility has become an international trend in order to maximize profits and attract the attention of scholars and practitioners. Therefore Engaging in corporate social responsibility may affect the company's profits and cause increased costs. The social responsibility plan should determine the most necessary strategic concerns and the creating important value. Therefore Social responsibility is the key to an enterprise's pursuit of excellence. Creating social well-being and enhancing its competitive advantage may be an important factor for the company's future success. Promoting corporate social responsibility with shares and establishing a sustainable team-oriented culture can enhance corporate competitive advantages, create social well-being, and create value to stimulate Innovative. The empirical results showed that shares and team-oriented culture have significantly positive impact on corporate social responsibility that is further positively significant to enhance employee innovation behavior. Further finding supports that environmental altruism moderates the relationship between corporate social responsibility and shares.

Ecophilosophy and the Problem of Monitoring Hazards

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 163-170
Author(s):  
Renat Apkin ◽  
Emily Tajsin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Environment ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
Felix Guattari ◽  
Natural Systems ◽  
The Social ◽  
Monitoring And Forecasting ◽  
The Relationship

There is a strong interconnection between the social and environmental spheres. The efforts of monitoring and forecasting of disastrous events can illustrate benefits and threats of technicization and science. In ecophilosophy the forecasting of hazards is today extremely needed. It is not about creating theoretical unified structures or practical return to holistic harmony of a primordial man with nature. It is about, as Félix Guattari once held it, the complexity of the relationship between humans and their natural environment. Though the desired maintenance of the conflict between industrial society and natural systems now seems impossible, we still can start moving towards it: theoretically, by developing eco-philosophical ideas, and practically, monitoring and forecasting catastrophes and disasters, to protect human life and health and, as eco-philosophers would say, keep land usable for human purposes. The topic of the earthquakes forecast today is more in demand than ever.

scholarly journals Natural capital preservation and sustainable management as a prerequisite for year-round tourism

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 60-69
Author(s):  
Lidija Runko Luttenberger ◽  
Ivana Gudelj
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
The Relationship

Increasing number of tourists wants to experience nature and at the same time have a positive impact on nature during their tourist stay. This paper presents the relationship between the preservation of natural capital of the locality and tourist season duration, as well as destination sustainable management and longevity. Tourism greatly depends on natural world, meaning the beauty of landscapes and seascapes and man's connection with nature itself. It simultaneously depends on local natural environment and exerts an impact thereon. Conservation and sustainable management of natural capital maybe achieved in various ways. Countries are attempting to preserve natural capital and to monitor its change through regular reporting, using selected indicators. Croatia should strive to preserve its unique natural resources and devise the tools to measure own performance with due consideration of its specific feature, all with the aim of ensuring sustainable all-year tourism. Finally, the paper considers comprehensively all pressures on natural environment exerted by tourism as well as benefits for the locality of preserving domestic natural capital in a long term, while ensuring the monitoring of changes in state thereof. A 'high value, low impact' approach would bring in the growing share of affluent nature-loving tourists throughout the year, thus reducing present tourism seasonality and highly negative impact on nature, local communities and microclimate change.

scholarly journals Social Embeddedness and Economic Behaviour in Pesantren Mlangi

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mustaghfiroh Rahayu
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Rational Choice ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Negative Trend ◽  
Social Embeddedness ◽  
Economic Behaviour ◽  
Entrepreneurial Behaviour ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

In contrast to global research on the relationship between Islam and entrepreneurship, analyses which shows a negative trend, researches on this topic in Indonesia show different findings. Various researches show the positive impact of the teachings of Islam on Muslim entrepreneurial behaviour, including multiple studies conducted in Mlangi. Continuing the existing research, this research looks at the role of pesantren networks in entrepreneurial practices carried out by entrepreneurs as well as caregivers for pesantren in Mlangi. By using the social embeddedness theory, this research found out that there is a dialogue between rational choice, social context and pesantren networks in the business run by entrepreneurs cum caregivers of pesantren in Mlangi. Keywords: social embededdness), Mlangi, pesantren entrepreneur

scholarly journals Impact of the Energy Sector on the Quality of the Environment in the Opinion of Energy Consumers from Southeastern Poland

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (17) ◽  
pp. 5551
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Kud ◽  
Marian Woźniak ◽  
Aleksandra Badora
Keyword(s):  
Natural Environment ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Interview Method ◽  
Social Expectation ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Huge Challenge

Limiting CO2 emissions has been adopted as a contemporary challenge and introduced into numerous global and regional policies. The measures taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions largely relate to the decarbonization of the economy. Changes in the Polish energy sector are a huge challenge because the energy mix is dominated by the energy derived from coal combustion. Decarbonizing the energy sector will require significant financial resources. Therefore, several questions arise: What is the social attitude to the planned changes? How do residents treat the issue of greenhouse gases? Do they perceive the relationship between energy production and the quality of the natural environment? What are their expectations regarding the transformation of the energy sector? The aim of this study was to identify the opinion of the inhabitants of southeastern Poland on changes in the energy sector and its impact on the quality of the natural environment. The study was conducted at the turn of 2020 and 2021. The survey was partial and carried out using the CAWI (Computer Assisted Web Interview) method; 1539 questionnaire forms were filled in and the sample was randomly selected. The study confirms the following research hypotheses: 1. There is social support for the view that climate change is currently one of the greatest threats to modern civilization. 2. There is a social belief that the quality of the natural environment in southeastern Poland is good compared to other regions of Poland and Europe. 3. Increasing the share of energy based on renewable energy sources is socially expected. 4. There is a social expectation of nuclear energy. It can therefore be concluded that the surveyed community accepts the direction of changes in the energy sector.

The need to ‘belong’: social connectedness and spatial attachment in Polar Eskimo settlements

Polar Record ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Pax Leonard
Keyword(s):  
Natural Environment ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Consumer Society ◽  
Need To Belong ◽  
Quota System ◽  
Climate And Environmental Change ◽  
The Social ◽  
Man And Nature ◽  
Self Rule ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACTClimate and environmental change places a variety of different pressures on remote, indigenous Arctic communities. The sea ice is the platform on which the Inugguit culture of northwest Greenland is based and thus it is inevitable that its retreat will have implications for the indigenous notion of place and for the manner in which the Inugguit articulate their sense of belonging with respect to the natural environment. With the demise of story-telling, the traditional vehicle for knowledge transmission, and the squeeze on hunting by consumer society and the Greenland Self Rule imposed quota system, it is apparent that some younger people are now engaging with more western ontologies of place. The relationship between man and nature is for some beginning to be expressed in terms of detachment and not extension. Whilst the way the Inugguit relate to their immediate natural environment might be in flux, other social practices of belonging such as naming and visiting are unchanged and still characterise these communities. In northwest Greenland, the need to ‘belong’ remains the social imperative that it has always been and the mechanisms used to reinforce this remain intact.

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