scholarly journals MANAGEMENT OF CONSERVATION AREAS WITH PARTICIPATION OF COMMUNITIES IN MOZAMBIQUE

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 189-201
Author(s):  
José Manuel Elija Guamba
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Participatory Management ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Local Dimension ◽  
Conservation Areas ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Effective Conservation ◽  
Mode Of Production

This article discusses the challenges of managing conservation areas; in search of new institutional instruments and mechanisms that make effective conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems in protected areas. The management of conservation areas in some countries has been made from a growing demand for involvement of stakeholders and communities in decision-making in the process of managing natural resources. There are three issues surrounding the debate on participatory management of conservation areas, namely: the distribution of authority and responsibilities in the decision-making process; distribution of benefits and sustainability (ecological, social and economic).  The main reasons that justify the management of these areas with the participation of communities are: the restriction on access to resources can compromise the food security of families living there and; it is a prerequisite for communities to be able to carry out their activities, to set up joint enterprises with them, or other forms of management that make their participation effective.  The analytical approach was based on the theory of natural resource management and complemented by recent contributions from research in the areas of political sociology, poverty and the environment on the phenomenon of "participation". The local dimension, although the integrative synthesis between the natural and the human, historically and spatially located, makes essential a participatory management of conservation areas in countries such as Mozambique, because it allows the understanding and transformation of social relations that are carried out from a certain mode of production and organization established in a defined space of protection and conservation.

scholarly journals Measuring the Degree of Balance between Urban and Tourism Development: An Analytical Approach Using Cellular Data

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 9598
Author(s):  
Cheng Shi ◽  
Mengyang Liu ◽  
Yu Ye
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Conservation Areas ◽  
Conservation Area ◽  
Continuous Measurements ◽  
Logistic Analysis ◽  
Scientific Decision

This study presents an analytical approach for measuring the degree of balance between urban and tourism development, which has been previously analyzed qualitatively and was difficult to measure. With the help of 1012 million cellular data records generated by 20 million users in two weeks, we tracked the behavior of residents, commuters, and tourists at a set of historical conservation areas in central Shanghai. We calculated the degree of balance and visualized it via ternary graphs. Moreover, the relationships between key urban features derived from multi-sourced urban data and balanced degrees of tourism development were analyzed via multinomial logistic analysis. Insights gained from this analysis will help to achieve a more scientific decision-making process toward balanced urban development for historical conservation area. Achievements in this study contribute to the development of human-centered planning through providing continuous measurements of an “unmeasurable” quality.

scholarly journals Digital Twin for Monitoring Ergonomics during Manufacturing Production

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (21) ◽  
pp. 7758
Author(s):  
Alessandro Greco ◽  
Mario Caterino ◽  
Marcello Fera ◽  
Salvatore Gerbino
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Methodological Framework ◽  
Production Lines ◽  
Work Activities ◽  
Digital Twin ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Operational Issues ◽  
Smart Factories

Within the era of smart factories, concerning the ergonomics related to production processes, the Digital Twin (DT) is the key to set up novel models for monitoring the performance of manual work activities, which are able to provide results in near real time and to support the decision-making process for improving the working conditions. This paper aims to propose a methodological framework that, by implementing a human DT, and supports the monitoring and the decision making regarding the ergonomics performances of manual production lines. A case study, carried out in a laboratory, is presented for demonstrating the applicability and the effectiveness of the proposed framework. The results show how it is possible to identify the operational issues of a manual workstation and how it is possible to propose and test improving solutions.

PRE-COVERAGE ASSESSMENTS OF NEW HOSPITAL INTERVENTIONS ON AUSTRIA: METHODOLOGY AND 3 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philipp Mad ◽  
Sabine Geiger-Gritsch ◽  
Gerda Hinterreiter ◽  
Stefan Mathis-Edenhofer ◽  
Claudia Wild
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Medical Services ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Relevant Evidence ◽  
Objective Evidence ◽  
The Status ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Grade Methodology

Objectives: A new decision-making process was set up by the Austrian Ministry of Health to regulate coverage of new proposed Extra Medical Services (EMS; German: Medizinische Einzel-Leistung [MEL]) in 2008. As part of the annual decision-making process an independent academic institution (LBI-HTA) is evaluating relevant evidence on these new technologies and provides HTAs, including evidence-based recommendations for decision makers.Methods: About ten EMS assessments are performed annually by the LBI-HTA simultaneously between January and March. Each peer-reviewed report consists of a systematic literature review and critical appraisal of evidence using the GRADE methodology. The generation of numerous reports of good quality standards within the short timeframe is achieved by a standardized workflow with predefined assignment of tasks for all participants.Results: In total, the LBI-HTA performed twenty-five EMS assessments on thirty-three different interventions in the last three years. Coverage was recommended with limitation for eleven (33%) interventions, and not recommended for twenty-two (66%) interventions. The federal health commission decided on acceptance or preliminary acceptance of coverage in seven (22%) cases, rejection in eighteen (55%) cases and changed the status to “subject to approval” in seven (24%) cases.Conclusions: Pre-coverage assessment of new hospital interventions was implemented successfully in Austria. It has proved to be a useful tool to support decision makers with objective evidence when deciding whether or not to reimburse medical services.

scholarly journals STUDY OF WORKING – WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN SOUTH ASIA: CASE OF PAKISTAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Farah Naseer, Yasmin Syed, Safia Habib,
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Personal Income ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Household Decision ◽  
Supportive Role ◽  
Basic Scale ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Chi Square Analysis

Women are the integral part of all societies no society can progress without the active participation of women. The involvement of women in decision making process is very important in every field of life. Like many other developing countries Pakistan has also patriarchal social set up where women take decisions under the dominance of their father, husband. Objective of the study was find out the factors influencing the decision-making power of women in family matters’ sample of 120 married universities teachers was selected from the three selected universities of Quetta city. Chi square analysis is used to see the influence of age and personal income on women decision making power. The result reveals that there is significant association between different basic scale and right to take decision as a wife(p<0.020) or as a mother (p<0.026), Married university teachers believe in husband seniority in age (r =0.111; p<0.002) with their decision-making power. Furthermore, they achieve socio economic status (p=<0.049) due to their personal income and their income play supportive role (p =<0.014) in decision making process. 75% respondents free to spend their income on household expenditure(p=<0.026) but have less authority over property related decisions. Overall women education, age, occupation and income has a significant effect on household decision making.

scholarly journals The Effect of Work Pressures on Decision-Making: An Empirical Study on Al Rajhi Bank in Jeddah for the Period from 2018-2020

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Malak S. S. Hussein
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Work Stress ◽  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Scientific Hypothesis ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Impact

This study deals with identifying the impact of work pressures on decision-making, at Al-Rajhi Bank in Jeddah - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The main objective of this research is to answer the following research questions: - What is the effect of work stress on the decision-making process? To answer these questions, on which the problem is centered, the following scientific hypothesis has been put forward: - There is a statistically significant relationship between work pressures at the bank and decision-making. The descriptive analytical approach was used to describe the phenomenon under study, and the questionnaire was used to collect various data to distribute the questionnaire to the sample members, who numbered (35) employees, to do the statistical analysis for this study. The most important results that came out of the study, the level of work stress among the sample members is considered acceptable. The study also recommended more attention to the human cadre regarding the issue of work stress and the decision-making process, and more research on the effects of different work pressures, as well as other factors affecting the decision-making process.

scholarly journals Dificuldades organizacionais nas primeiras escolas graduadas da cidade de Lisboa (segunda metade do século xix)

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 403
Author(s):  
Carlos Manique da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Classroom Management ◽  
Grade Retention ◽  
Institutional Context ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Cognitive Levels ◽  
Municipal Schools ◽  
School Model ◽  
Set Up

This study is focused on the graded schools of Lisbon (Casa Pia and municipal schools) in the second half of the nineteenth century. The aim was to understand how the dysfunctions of the graded school model were being «corrected». Indeed, it was inconceivable for the model to be contested (as the research shows), – it simply had to work better. The greatest organizational difficulty in such schools resulted from the teacher’s task of looking after students with different cognitive levels and needs. During the 1880s, this classroom heterogeneity resulted in several classroom management problems in the institutional context of the Lisbon Casa Pia, even though the graded school model had proved its effectiveness there in the 1860s. Among other measures introduced to counter such problems, the school board was set up with the idea of overcoming organizational difficulties by involving teachers in the decision-making process. However, the extremely strict criteria that needed to be met to pass onto a higher grade hampered the flux of students in the municipal schools of Lisbon, making grade retention an ordinary procedure – particularly in the first grades. The school boards proposed several solutions to this problem, among which curriculum segmentation. 

scholarly journals 3.L. Workshop: It’s time for timeliness in Health Technology Assessment

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Health Technology Assessment ◽  
Technology Assessment ◽  
Health Technology ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Health Technologies ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Set Up

Abstract The timeliness of the release of results is one of the most critical issue regarding Health Technology Assessment (HTA) and its potential to support decision-making. This matter may reflect the deep conflict between HTA doers and users. HTA is a form of evidence-based research, expected to timely inform decision-making at several levels - from health policy (macro) to hospital and clinical management (meso and micro) - ensuring accuracy and assessment of both short- and long-term effects of a health technology. HTA purpose therefore is to respond to real world needs, while not overlook a correct methodology. Fast developing health technologies have rapidly spread over the past decades, hence increasing demand for timely assessment aimed at their prompt implementation and management, especially at meso and micro decisional levels. Furthermore, the need for quick answers is emphasized by the pressures placed on policy-makers when a health technology is publicly promoted or contested. Furthermore, an ill-timed assessment can lead to several consequences, among which possible inequalities in access to healthcare. In order to address the challenge of timeliness, organizations involved in HTA should set up models and tools to deliver timely information. The aim of this workshop is to point out the timeliness of HTA as crucial in the decision-making process as a mismanagement of HTA system could be an obstacle to an appropriate healthcare policy. Else more, the workshop would like to critically present examples where research was on time or too late to be included in the decision-making process and elaborate on possible models to successfully deal with timeliness of HTA deliverables in particular at hospital level. Key messages The timeframe of HTA should ensure the accuracy of information and of methodological and legal steps, without forgetting the timeliness of delivery. Models and instruments should be implemented in order to guarantee the timeliness of HTA reports.

scholarly journals MENDESAIN HUBUNGAN KABINET DENGAN GUBERNUR DALAM SISTEM PRESIDENSIAL INDONESIA

LITIGASI ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 80-103
Author(s):  
Rizky Jayuska
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Power Level ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Freedom Of Speech ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Good Relationship ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Ministerial Power

Article 4 paragraph 1 of the 1945 Constitution concerning the President of the Republic of Indonesia holds governmental authority under the Constitution. However, Governor elected sometimes set up policies ultra viresfor they thought that they held legitimacy to exercise the power from their consituents. Poor coordination between Cabinet and the Governor and program mismatched implicated in bad development program and public service in the region. President, in the context of presidentialism, is the apex of hierarchy. The Cabinet must be loyal to the president not to other patrons. Proposal to grant a ministerial power level of position and role to the Governor or to provide seats for Governor and Deputy Governor at the cabinet meeting is worth a consideration. In addition to lessen the miscommunication with the Cabinet, it is also to ease the works of the Cabinet in the regions. Governor and the Cabinet would have a good relationship whenever the program and policy of the Cabinet are transparently conveyed to all governors and when people are also informed. Participation should be developed on the ground of freedom of speech. Therefore, the decision-making process in the Cabinet that was formerly hierarchical will shift to the process involving the entire people of Indonesia. Certainly, the mechanism of this participation would be easier if the representative of the governor or the Governer seats in the Cabinet and vice versa

Evaluating the adaptive reuse potential of buildings in conservation areas

Facilities ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 202-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Hong ◽  
Fei Chen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Adaptive Reuse ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Historic Buildings ◽  
Conservation Areas ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Grand Canal ◽  
The Grand Canal

Purpose Adaptive reuse of building assets is an important approach to sustainability. Adapting a building for new uses often involves complex factors in the decision-making process, particularly in conservation areas. The paper aims to show an evaluation process of the adaptive reuse potential of historic buildings that are subject to change in the Grand Canal area, a world heritage site in Hangzhou, China. Design/methodology/approach For this purpose, a model has been established with aggregated views of professionals on the degree to which a variety of factors affect the buildings’ potential for adaptive reuse. The model intends to help prioritise some of the buildings in the area for adaptive reuse, which is important for effective allocation of public resources. Interviews with professionals, analytic hierarchy process and the Delphi method have been used to establish the evaluation model. It is then applied to the Grand Canal area to generate indices for buildings’ adaptive reuse potential and the ranking of priority. The indices are generated through public scoring of historic buildings against the variables and calculated through the model. Findings The paper concludes that the evaluation process is an effective way to engage the public in the decision-making process and to balance conflict interests of various stakeholders in the management of historic building assets in conservation areas. Originality/value The research has proposed an evaluation model to help set priority of buildings subject to adaptive reuse and to help distribute public fund effectively. It facilitates wide public engagement in the decision-making progress of adaptive reuse of historic buildings.

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