Potential impacts of p2p accommodation on rural-mountain areas. A case study from the Catalan Pyrenees (Spain)

This paper seeks to contribute to existing literature by exploring the potential impacts of Peer-to-Peer (p2p) accommodation on a rural mountain area in the Pyrenees in Catalonia (Spain). The results indicate how widely p2p accommodation can penetrate areas of this kind. The findings suggest that this phenomenon has brought few benefits for local development and has created severe competition for conventional tourism accommodation, despite having a smaller economic impact in terms of job creation and tourist spending. In addition, the relative ease with which it avoids administrative and fiscal controls has negative repercussions for the tax revenues of local authorities. The growth in tourist rental properties is also having harmful effects on the study area in terms of its tourist load capacity, and the high pressure it puts on housing stock is causing shortages in residential housing and sharp price increases.

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ASSESSMENT OF THE PROBLEMS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF URBAN HOUSING (A CASE STUDY OF OWERRI MUNICIPALITY, IMO STATE)

EPRA International Journal of Research & Development (IJRD) ◽

10.36713/epra7310 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 441-450

Author(s):

Nwabueze, O.p.O ◽

Onwuka, E.O ◽

Uzomba, N.I ◽

Ekeh, C.U.N ◽

Akuesi, C.U

Keyword(s):

Urban Growth ◽

Housing Stock ◽

Urban Housing ◽

High Rate ◽

Population Increase ◽

Residential Housing ◽

Rapid Urbanization ◽

Field Surveys ◽

New Settlements

The high rate of migration, coupled with population increase triggered rapid urbanization. However, a great proportion of the population still lives in substandard and low quality houses in a deplorable unsanitary residential environment particularly in developing countries. Urban and Economic growth have brought about all typical problems associated with rapid urban development resulting in housing shortage both quantitative and qualitative, slums, illegal settlement and squatting as experienced in owerri municipality. These have resulted into many urban and housing problems within the state capital owerri. This study examined the nature of urban growth and housing problems in owerri municipality. Also it tries to examine residential housing stock, identity the nature of housing problems, government policies and programmes in other to address the problems. The pattern of growth was determined using spatial analysis, and the housing problems were identified through questionnaire and field surveys. Findings revealed that the growth of urban housing in owerri municipality increases by 1034.0 hectare which is equivalent to 38.5% which is in line with Maurice (2004). It was also discovered that over a period of time, new settlements have evolved. Also, the construction and expansion of road networks are evidences of urban growth in owerri municipality. KEYWORDS: Development, Urban growth, Housing problems, population, owerri municipality.

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Mountain Landscape Preferences of Millennials Based on Social Media Data: A Case Study on Western Sichuan

Land ◽

10.3390/land10111246 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (11) ◽

pp. 1246

Author(s):

Keying Ding ◽

Mian Yang ◽

Shixian Luo

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Current Knowledge ◽

Mountain Areas ◽

Mountain Area ◽

Social Media Data ◽

Western Sichuan ◽

Mountain Landscape ◽

Mountain Landscapes ◽

Media Data

Mountain area is one of the most important modern tourist attractions, and unique mountain landscapes are highly appealing to millennials. Millennials post their travel photos and comments on social media, and these media messages can positively influence other millennials’ travel motivations. To fully understand the attraction of mountain tourist destinations to millennials, this study analyzed their landscape preferences using images posted on social media. As a case study, we analyzed the landscape resources in Western Sichuan Plateau Mountain Areas (WSPMA). We found that differences in genders, modes of transportation, and travel patterns of the millennials influenced their preferences for mountain landscapes. Our results broaden the current knowledge on mountain tourism from the perspective of millennials through social media data. Moreover, studying the landscape resources in WSPMA can facilitate the analysis of regional advantages. This will ultimately enhance tourism publicity and integrate various resources for tourism management and planning in more targeted and attractive ways.

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Different Management Functions in Housing Operation Practice: Ukrainian Case Study

Real Estate Management and Valuation ◽

10.2478/remav-2021-0011 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 29-37

Author(s):

Vsevolod Nikolaiev ◽

Andrii Shcherbyna ◽

Nikolai Siniak ◽

Tetiana Nikolaieva

Keyword(s):

Housing Stock ◽

Facility Management ◽

Property Management ◽

Eastern European ◽

Residential Housing ◽

Professional Managers ◽

Building Maintenance ◽

Eastern European Countries ◽

Management Functions

Abstract The analytical part of the article describes the situation after 1990s, when the residential housing stock in most Central and Eastern European countries was privatized, in poor condition, and required costly major repairs at the expense of new owners, which was impossible in terms of finance. In this situation the building maintenance and operation functions are transferred to private or municipal management companies, or remain executed directly by owners’ organizations. The article examines existing services proposed to customers as residents, not taking account the functions of residents as building co-owners. The authors studied the relevant theories and legislation, comparing the current building maintenance and facility management functions to strategic functions of asset and property management. It was shown that the different interests of consumers and owners should be covered by different functions of professional managers. The obstacle is that the structure of residential housing management companies mixes them in a dual customer and owner body. This creates contradictions between the aim to minimize customer’s expenses and the need to preserve assets and property. A conclusion was reached to separate the ownership and property management of houses.

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Traditional Farming and Sustainable Development of an Indigenous Community in the Mountain Area—A Case Study of Wutai Village in Taiwan

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su10103370 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (10) ◽

pp. 3370 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Qing-Xiong Ba ◽

Dau-Jye Lu ◽

Warren Kuo ◽

Po-Hsin Lai

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Participant Observation ◽

Social Institutions ◽

Local Environment ◽

Indigenous Community ◽

Mountainous Area ◽

Traditional Farming ◽

Mountain Areas ◽

Mountain Area

The present study aimed to explore traditional farming and its role in sustainable development of the mountainous area based on the indigenous community of Wutai in Taiwan as a case study. It adopted qualitative methods with an ethnographic orientation, to conduct in-depth interviews, participant observation, and focus groups as an integral component of public participation geographic information system (PPGIS), and aerial photo analysis to collect and analyze field data, mainly in 2013 and 2017. The results revealed the continuation of traditional farming practices guided by the traditional farming calendar and characterized by mixed cropping, inter cropping, and rotation, which optimized the use of limited arable lands in the area. These practices also contributed to maximizing and securing local food supply, and maintaining endemic crop varieties. The results suggested that traditional farming offered a way to overcome the limitation of modern agriculture and support ecotourism as a sustainable alternative to mass tourism, by preserving crop diversity, social institutions and cultural traditions, and stabilizing the local environment. Furthermore, our findings showed that traditional farming, in keeping with local capacity, was adaptable to the impacts of climate change. In the last two decades, a returning tide of young residents and retired people involved in traditional farming might play a key role in the slowing down of the loss of agricultural lands in Wutai, influenced by the fashion of healthy foods and environments, as well as development of local ecotourism industry. Learned from this study, while there would be some opportunity for traditional farming to be recognized as one of the key components to promote the sustainable development of indigenous villages in mountain areas, more policy incentives might be considered.

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A case study of the education and training for job creation based on the local fashion industry

The Research Journal of the Costume Culture ◽

10.29049/rjcc.2020.28.4.527 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 28 (4) ◽

pp. 527-543

Author(s):

Jie-Yurn Kim ◽

Lynn Yim

Keyword(s):

Job Creation ◽

Education And Training ◽

Fashion Industry ◽

And Training

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EVALUATION OF MOUNTAIN AREA AS NON-POINT SOURCE OF NITROGEN FOR SETO INLAND SEA: THE NORTHERN SHIKOKU REGION, JAPAN

Proceedings of International Conference "Managinag risks to coastal regions and communities in a changinag world" (EMECS'11 - SeaCoasts XXVI) ◽

10.31519/conferencearticle_5b1b9389d98135.84095825 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Shohei Morisawa ◽

Yukio Komai ◽

Takao Kunimatsu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Average Concentration ◽

Point Sources ◽

Seto Inland Sea ◽

Mountain Streams ◽

Unit Load ◽

Mountain Areas ◽

Mountain Area ◽

The Seto Inland Sea ◽

Unit Load Method ◽

Important Position

The northern Shikoku region is located in the Western part of Japan and faces towards the Seto Inland Sea. The forest area, which is one of the non-point sources in the Seto Inland Sea watershed, occupies 75% of the land use in the watershed of the northern Shikoku region. The amount of loadings of nutrients and COD in the Seto Inland Sea has been estimated by the unit load method but actually the data has not been investigated. It is however, necessary to know the real concentration of nitrogen in mountain streams to evaluate the role which is the mountain area plays as non-point sources. Therefore, more water samples of mountain streams in the watershed need to be taken and the concentrations of nitrogen analyzed. The mountain streams in the northern Shikoku area were investigated from April, 2015 to November, 2015. The number of sampling sites was 283, in addition to the past data by Kunimatsu et al. The average concentration of nitrate nitrogen in Ehime, Kagawa, and Tokushima was 0.61mg/L, 0.78mg/L and 0.34mg/L, respectively. The environmental standard range for nitrogen in the Seto Inland Sea is from between less than 0.2mg/L and less than 1mg/L. Therefore, the average concentration of nitrogen in these regions was over category II, and those of mountain streams in Kagawa Prefecture exceeded category III. About 20% of mountain streams were more than 1mg/L. It has become clear that mountain areas occupy an important position as non-point sources for the Seto Inland Sea.

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A Case Study on Lifelong Education Policy and Social Job Creation in Japan

The Journal of Humanities and Social sciences 21 ◽

10.22143/hss21.10.1.46 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 659-672

Author(s):

Youngeon Yim ◽

Iltae Kim

Keyword(s):

Education Policy ◽

Job Creation ◽

Lifelong Education

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Integrating dark diversity and functional traits to enhance nature conservation of epiphytic lichens: a case study from Northern Italy

Biodiversity and Conservation ◽

10.1007/s10531-021-02211-w ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Diego Pires Ferraz Trindade ◽

Meelis Pärtel ◽

Carlos Pérez Carmona ◽

Tiina Randlane ◽

Juri Nascimbene

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Nature Conservation ◽

Functional Traits ◽

Growth Form ◽

Northern Italy ◽

Epiphytic Lichens ◽

Mountain Areas ◽

High Elevations ◽

Harsh Conditions

AbstractMountains provide a timely opportunity to examine the potential effects of climate change on biodiversity. However, nature conservation in mountain areas have mostly focused on the observed part of biodiversity, not revealing the suitable but absent species—dark diversity. Dark diversity allows calculating the community completeness, indicating whether sites should be restored (low completeness) or conserved (high completeness). Functional traits can be added, showing what groups should be focused on. Here we assessed changes in taxonomic and functional observed and dark diversity of epiphytic lichens along elevational transects in Northern Italy spruce forests. Eight transects (900–1900 m) were selected, resulting in 48 plots and 240 trees, in which lichens were sampled using four quadrats per tree (10 × 50 cm). Dark diversity was estimated based on species co-occurrence (Beals index). We considered functional traits related to growth form, photobiont type and reproductive strategy. Linear and Dirichlet regressions were used to examine changes in taxonomic metrics and functional traits along gradient. Our results showed that all taxonomic metrics increased with elevation and functional traits of lichens differed between observed and dark diversity. At low elevations, due to low completeness and harsh conditions, both restoration and conservation activities are needed, focusing on crustose species. Towards high elevations, conservation is more important to prevent species pool losses, focusing on macrolichens, lichens with Trentepohlia and sexual reproduction. Finally, dark diversity and functional traits provide a novel tool to enhance nature conservation, indicating particular threatened groups, creating windows of opportunities to protect species from both local and regional extinctions.

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