scholarly journals GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS OF SIZE AND PATTERN OF VILLAGES IN RAMPUR DISTRICT

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 46-49
Author(s):  
Satayendra Kumar ◽  
L.B. Rawal ◽  
Saudan Singh
Keyword(s):  
Human Geography ◽  
Spatial Relationships ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
Geographical Analysis ◽  
Remote Areas ◽  
Cultural Considerations ◽  
Human Interactions ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Habitat Boundaries

Habitat geography is the new sprout branch of human geography. Both rural domicile and urban domicile are the two main strands of geography. Habitat geography studies the effect of physical and cultural considerations on man-made habitats, just as human geography describes the environment and human interactions. Human occupancy is the focal center within and around which man builds his culture. Human occupancy refers to all the natural elements and man-made structures that the process of habitat establishes, habitat boundaries that separate them from each other, spatial relationships that link them to both adjacent and remote areas, and The institute, which has been set up to maintain its social and cultural, economic, political and other importance. अधिवास भूगोल मानव भूगोल की नवीन अंकुरित शाखा है। ग्रामीण अधिवास और नगरीय अधिवास दोनों ही अधिवास भूगोल के दो प्रमुख तन्तु है। अधिवास भूगोल मानव द्वारा निर्मित आवासों पर भौतिक तथा सांस्कृतिक बातों के प्रभाव का अध्ययन करता है, ठीक उसी भाॅंति जिस प्रकार मानव भूगोल वातावरण तथा मानव के पारस्परिक सम्बन्धों का विष्लेशण करता है। मानव अधिवास वह नाभीय केन्द्र है जिनके भीतर व जिसके चारों ओर मानव अपनी संस्कृति का निर्माण करता है। मानव अधिवास उन सभी प्राकृतिक तत्वों और मानव निर्मित संरचनाओं की ओर संकेत करता है जो बसाव स्थापन की प्रक्रिया आवासों का स्थापन, मानवीय सीमाएँ जो उनको एक-दूसरे से अलग करती है, स्थानिक सम्बन्ध जो उसको समीपवर्ती तथा दूरस्थ दोनों ही क्षेत्रों से जोड़ते है तथा वह संस्थान सामाजिक सांस्कृतिक, आर्थिक, राजनीतिक तथा अन्य जिनका स्थापन उसे संचालित व प्रधानता बनाये रखने के लिए किया गया है।

scholarly journals Use and abuse of the planet in non-rich regions: histories of fracking and windmills in a more than human geographical perspective

2022 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Angel Paniagua ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Vulnerable Populations ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Human Geography ◽  
Spatial Relationships ◽  
Marginal Populations ◽  
National Policies ◽  
Local Elites ◽  
Resistance Strategies ◽  
Local Populations ◽  
Marginal Areas

<abstract> <p>Remote and marginal areas with scarce and vulnerable populations are "comfortable" settings and suitable places for the development of new extractive activities for energy production. Fracking and modern windmills are often controversial activities in marginal areas for native and local populations, with varying political positions from local elites. The new scalar policies associated with the energy project introduce some of the resistance strategies in the form of more than human geographies or hybrid spatial relationships that characterize recent human geography. This paper explores and suggests possible ways of integrating local interests with regional or national policies based on the "health" of marginal populations, marginal rather than human materiality's and marginal more-than-human.</p> </abstract>

A trans-cultural comparison of the organisation of care at headache centres world-wide

Cephalalgia ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 316-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ria Bhola ◽  
Peter J Goadsby
Keyword(s):  
Physical Therapists ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Nursing Role ◽  
Global Perspectives ◽  
Organisation Of Care ◽  
Service Organisation ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Headache Centres

Background: The need to provide better outcomes for patients with headache, and to minimise the costs involved in doing so, has prompted the search for new modes of service delivery by exploring the service organisation and nursing role from various cultural, economic and global perspectives. Materials and Methods: This study was based on comparisons with the UK headache service up to 2007, the point at which this study was set up. This UK service was based at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN, UCLH Trust). Data were obtained from US headache centres in 2008 and from centres in Copenhagen, Bangkok, Sydney and Porto Alegre in 2009. Results: A comparison shows the key components of services at all centres showing the team structure and size of service. Prominent features at the centres included: team-working, regular meetings, educational input, good access and communication among team members, headache-trained neurologists, specialist nursing at most centres, and the input of psychological and physical therapists at some centres. Conclusions: The problems of tertiary headache care are very similar throughout the world and seem to transcend ethnic, cultural and economic considerations.

scholarly journals Characterisation of smallholders’ goat production systems in the Fatick area, Senegal

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fafa Sow ◽  
Younouss Camara ◽  
El Hadji Traore ◽  
Jean-François Cabaraux ◽  
Ayao Missohou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Production Systems ◽  
Multiple Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Farming System ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Pastoral System ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Cultural Considerations ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Goat Farming

AbstractSenegal, like the other Sahelian countries, remains an important livestock area, particularly for ruminants, with almost 36% of its livestock population was goat in 2016. The national herd increased from 2010 to 2016, from 3.32 to 3.54 million head of cattle, 5.6 to 6.68 million sheep and 4.8 to 5.7 million goats, i.e. annual growth rates of 1.1%, 3.2% and 3.13% respectively. Thus, due to diversification of local agricultural resources and the strengthening of goat breeding techniques in the Fatick area, a programme aiming to develop the local goat sector was set up in 2010. The programme focused on improving animal husbandry, providing new added values to goat products and structuring the goat sector. This study’s aim is to better understand goat rearing systems in the area, in order to propose, together with the herders, ways of improving these systems, taking into account family and socio-cultural considerations. To better evaluate the diversity in different production systems, a survey of animal rearing practices was carried out. The survey involved 45 farmers in four localities. It revealed that the farmers were all agro-pastoralists practising a mixed farming system. The majority (93%) supplemented their animals with agricultural by-products, agro-forestry and kitchen leftovers. A multiple correspondence analysis identified three groups: cluster 1 (milk producers and processors into traditional curdled milk, selling animals for household needs), cluster 2 (milk processors into yoghurt and cheese) and cluster 3 (goat vendors in pastoral and the agro-pastoral system).The study of the objectives and contexts of goat farming in the Fatick will enable policy-makers to design strategies for the sustainable development of family goat farming in the area.

Research issues in perinatal HIV

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 337-343
Author(s):  
Hari Balakrishna ◽  
Ruchi N. Nanavati ◽  
Jayashree A. Mondkar ◽  
Nandkishor Kabra
Keyword(s):  
Major Research ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Perinatal Hiv ◽  
Set Up

India has a huge burden of maternally transmitted HIV. There are unique socio-cultural, economic, nutritional and system issues which require different approaches and solutions. This article summarizes the major research issues and gaps in knowledge in the Indian set-up,

Long-term automated monitoring of the distribution of small carnivores

2007 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 140 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. M. King ◽  
R. M. McDonald ◽  
R. D. Martin ◽  
G. W. Tempero ◽  
S. J. Holmes
Keyword(s):  
Rattus Rattus ◽  
Target Species ◽  
Digital Photograph ◽  
Remote Areas ◽  
Automated Monitoring ◽  
Routine Monitoring ◽  
Mustela Furo ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Tracking Tunnels

A new automated monitoring device for small carnivores, the Scentinel®, is a ‘smart’ tracking tunnel. It records time, date, weight and a digital photograph of every animal visiting it, and stores the data to be downloaded on command. This paper describes a field trial aiming, first, to verify the Scentinel’s species identifications against those given by footprint tracking papers, and then to compare the efficacy of routine monitoring with the Scentinel against standard tunnel tracking methods. In February–April 2005 we identified to species 98% of 1559 visiting animals, mainly hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus), ferrets (Mustela furo), cats (Felis catus) and rats (Rattus rattus and R. norvegicus) in 1718 Scentinel-nights. In May–June 2005 we set up three monitoring lines 1 km apart, each with 10 tracking tunnels and two Scentinels. We recorded 656 visits by ship rats (Rattus rattus), 88% of them on only one of the three lines, in 198 Scentinel-nights (over 5 weeks). The 30 footprint tracking tunnels set intermittently (360 trap-nights) recorded high (70–100%) tracking rates on all lines. The presence of a stoat (Mustela erminea) was detected by both methods, but earlier by Scentinels than by tracking tunnels. These results confirm that it is possible to use automated devices to record detailed monitoring data on small carnivores in remote areas over long periods, unaffected by interference or bait loss from common non-target species.

Structural Health and the Politics of African American Masculinity

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 68S-72S ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan M. Metzl
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Black Men ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Risky Behaviors ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
Individual Choice ◽  
Structural Barriers ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Barriers To Health

This commentary describes ways in which notions of African American men’s “health” attained by individual choice—embedded in the notion that African American men should visit doctors or engage in fewer risky behaviors—are at times in tension with larger cultural, economic, and political notions of “health.” It argues that efforts to improve the health of Black men must take structural factors into account, and failure to do so circumvents even well-intentioned efforts to improve health outcomes. Using historical examples, the article shows how attempts to identify and intervene into what are now called social determinants of health are strengthened by addressing on-the-ground diagnostic disparities and also the structural violence and racism embedded within definitions of illness and health. And, that, as such, we need to monitor structural barriers to health that exist in institutions ostensibly set up to incarcerate or contain Black men and in institutions ostensibly set up to help them.

Chinese Cultural Construction of Harmony: Implications for an Ongoing Dialogue on Sustainability

2007 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 303-315
Author(s):  
Tian Shi
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Cultural Construction ◽  
Policy Goal ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
Cultural Considerations ◽  
Institutional Settings ◽  
Ongoing Dialogue ◽  
Current Stage

Sustainable development has now become a general policy goal around the world. However, this concept is open to interpretation depending on different socio-cultural, economic and political circumstances. This is mainly because we are now living in a world that is characterised by heterogeneous rather than homogeneous frames of reference, motives and interests, institutional settings and agendas. This paper provides a brief Chinese cultural context of the sustainability discourse. It is argued that social and cultural considerations will be crucial on the way towards the achievement of sustainable development. Chinese interpretation of sustainability has reflected the significant influence from the country’s unique cultural and philosophical heritage. Although the concept of sustainable development still remains ambiguous and lacks consistency in its use, it has allowed peoples with different backgrounds and often conflicting interests to reach some common ground upon which concrete policies can be developed and implemented toward a sustainable future. To achieve the goal of sustainable development, it is proposed that one of the priorities at the current stage is to maintain cultural diversity and promote inter- and trans-cultural communications.

scholarly journals Local administrative capacity based on the presence of expert staff in municipal city halls and inter-municipal cooperation entities

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Eva Marín Hlynsdóttir
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Rural And Remote ◽  
Remote Areas ◽  
Administrative Capacity ◽  
The Past ◽  
Large Bulk ◽  
Rural And Remote Areas ◽  
Set Up

Local government in Iceland has been through extensive functional reforms in the past three decades. Territorial reforms have been less successful even though the central government has openly aimed to enhance the capacity of the local governments. This study aims to estimate the administrative capacity of Icelandic local governments by estimating the level of expertise in the tasks of planning, education and social service. The findings show that there is a considerable difference with respect to size, as municipalities with more than 3,000 citizens have much higher levels of expertise in comparison to smaller municipalities. The municipalities are only partially able to turn to inter-municipal cooperation (IMC) for compensation because the municipalities in more densely populated areas are more likely to set up IMC entities than those in more sparsely populated areas. The municipalities in less populated areas are also more likely to buy their services from private service providers. Moreover, the smallest municipalities have transferred a large bulk of their functions to other municipalities through contracting. The findings suggest that IMCs may not be the best answer for small municipalities, especially those in rural and remote areas.

scholarly journals Big Data and Human Geography

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Rowe
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Human Geography ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Human Interactions ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Extensive Coverage ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
And Storage

Technological advances have enabled the emerge of ‘Big Data’ through the production, processing, analysis and storage of large volumes of digital data. Data that could not previously be stored or used to be captured using analog devices can now be digitally recorded. This chapter identifies and discusses the existing and future challenges and opportunities of Big Data for human geography. Big Data offer high geographic and temporal granularity, extensive coverage and instant information to transform our understanding of human interactions and our social world. At the same time, Big Data present major epistemological, methodological and ethical challenges which need to be addressed to realise these opportunities. I identify the key challenges and actions for the future of human geography emerging from the use of Big Data.

“Regional” Cinema or Products of Bricolage? An Introduction to Malayalam Studio Film of the Early 1950s

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenson Joseph
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Structure ◽  
Cultural Considerations ◽  
Indian Cinema ◽  
South Indian ◽  
The Family ◽  
Stage Performances ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Cultural Pressures

This article offers an overview of the exhibition and distribution sectors in Kerala between the late 1920s and the 1940s, and the economic and cultural considerations behind the initiatives to set up production centers within this region by the late 1940s. The incipient industry identified the “family social” as a convenient format to negotiate with the industrial and aesthetic terms set by South Indian cinema, mainly based in Madras, and the cultural demands placed on it by linguistic constituencies and elite patronage in the 1950s. The industrial constraints of small budgets and a narrow linguistic market necessitated an aesthetic that could cater to a socially and regionally mixed audience. Strategies of adapting existing popular genres like mythologicals, and subordinating these to the overarching narrative structure privileging an aesthetic of contemporaneity, enabled the early studio films to negotiate commercial and cultural pressures. Jeevithanouka (The Boat of Life; Vembu, 1951 ) is discussed as an instance where elements from popular mythologicals and stage performances were appropriated to privilege rationalist values.

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