scholarly journals Multidisciplinary insight into late Roman rural settlement on the northeastern Adriatic coast of Croatia: Island of Rab case study

2019 ◽  
pp. 433-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabian Welc ◽  
Ana Konestra ◽  
Anita Dugonjić ◽  
Paula Androić Gračanin ◽  
Kamil Rabiega ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Marine Resources ◽  
Rural Settlements ◽  
Multidisciplinary Research ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Adriatic Coast ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Late Roman

Results of multidisciplinary research conducted on the island of Rab (Northeastern Adriatic, Croatia) are presented with particular focus on late Roman rural settlements and their economic activities. The settlement in Podšilo bay, Lopar peninsula, is analyzed in more detail, providing evidence on a vibrant local community engaged in diversified craft activities and the exploitation of local land and marine resources. Along with the specificities of its layout and organization, this site also presents unique possibilities to study environmental factors that influenced its setup and economy, but also its demise, tentatively placed within the 6th century AD.

Shadow economy in a turbulent environment: evidence from Poland

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 328-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bogdan Mróz
Keyword(s):  
Informal Sector ◽  
Tobacco Industry ◽  
Shadow Economy ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Think Tank ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Economic Agents ◽  
Insight Into

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an empirical insight into the functioning of the informal sector in Poland and highlight the reasons for involvement of economic agents in the new forms of the shadow economy. Design/methodology/approach The paper is focused on the analysis of different manifestations of unregistered economic activities in Poland. The author draws upon the latest available research findings on the subject including shadow economy estimates. Finally, the case study analysis of the tobacco industry in Poland has been used to exemplify and highlight the driving forces conducive to the expansion of the informal sector. Findings The informal sector’s share of the Polish economy in the years 2010-2015 was put as ranging between 12.1 per cent gross domestic product (GDP) and 14.5 per cent GDP (with the peak in 2013) by the GUS (Polish Main Statistical Office), between 19.2 per cent GDP and 21.1 per cent GDP by the IBnGR think tank (peak in 2012) and between 23.3 per cent and 25.4 per cent GDP by Professor F. Schneider. Research limitations/implications The case study of the tobacco industry, although well illustrates the dynamics of the shadow economy, does not provide a comprehensive picture of the Poland’s informal sector. Practical implications The paper provides tips and recommendations aimed at reducing the size of the shadow economy. Social implications Reducing the size of the informal sector could strengthen the social integrity and cohesion. Originality/value The paper provides insight into new areas and manifestations of the shadow economy in Poland exemplified by the case study of the tobacco industry.

Ethics at work: Diverse economies and place-making in the historical centre of Taranto, Italy

Urban Studies ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 004209802199222
Author(s):  
Marianna d’Ovidio
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Ethical Values ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Place Making ◽  
Urban Identity ◽  
Diverse Economies ◽  
Working Practices ◽  
Urban Pattern ◽  
Historical Centre

The paper examines five economic activities in the historical centre of Taranto, Italy and discusses how they impact upon the urban pattern. It is argued that meanings people ascribe to their work go beyond economic rationality, carrying identity, pleasure and ethical values. In fact, in the observed context, work becomes a tool for bottom-up urban regeneration, thus building urban identity and contributing to an imagining of the future city. Based on empirical case study analyses of economic activities in the sphere of culture and creativity, this paper investigates the different meanings of work and explores how the observed working practices represent actions of place-making and resistance to hegemonic forces that jeopardise the local community in the neighbourhood.

scholarly journals Samothraki in Transition: A Report on a Real-World Lab to Promote the Sustainability of a Greek Island

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 1932 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Fischer-Kowalski ◽  
Markus Löw ◽  
Dominik Noll ◽  
Panos Petridis ◽  
Nikolaos Skoulikidis
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Aegean Sea ◽  
Multidisciplinary Research ◽  
Biosphere Reserves ◽  
Mass Tourism ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
Sustainability Challenges ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Greek Island

This is a case study on a small mountainous island in the Aegean Sea with the policy goal of preparing it to become member of UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves. While the local community opted for such an identity very early on, there are a number of obstacles to be overcome. The multidisciplinary research is based upon a sociometabolic approach and focuses on two issues: The transformation of agriculture, mainly herding of sheep and goats, and the shift to tourism. The degradation of the landscape caused by extensive roaming of goats and sheep constitute one of the major sustainability challenges of the island. We analyze farmers’ opportunities and describe new initiatives to get out of this deadlock. The impacts of the transition to tourism are addressed from an infrastructural perspective: A shift from traditional stone buildings to bricks and concrete, the establishment of new roads and ports, and the challenges to water supply and wastewater removal, also with reference to the quality and amounts of wastes generated that need to be dealt with. The island has so far escaped mass tourism and attracts mainly eco-tourists who value its remoteness and wilderness. We discuss how to serve this clientele best in the future, and increase local job opportunities and income while maintaining environmental quality. Finally, we reflect upon emerging new forms of local collaboration and the impact of our research efforts on a sustainability transition that might be on its way.

scholarly journals The returning butterflies: Social entrepreneurs and sustainability in ecotourism

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 6-26
Author(s):  
Christine Revsbech Jensen ◽  
Luise Li Langergaard
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Central Importance ◽  
Critical Insight ◽  
Fundamental Values ◽  
Case Organization ◽  
Insight Into

This article is based on a field study of adventure ecotourism in Nepal, and aims to explore how social entrepreneurs operationalize and practice sustainable development in this field. The qualitative data material was analyzed from a critical hermeneutical approach. The article reviews views of currently discussed, multi-dimensional sustainability models representing the idea that sustainability can be developed with an eye to the dynamics between society, the environment, and economy. These dimensions of sustainability were brought into the analysis of the case organization, offering empirical practice perspectives on: the articulation of fundamental values put into action; efforts towards ecology; and the involvement of the local community. All of these have an emphasis on education as a tool for change. Based on examples and critical insight into current sustainability models, the article concludes: that it is of central importance to the case study organization to find a balance between the dimensions; that they are interconnected; and that one aspect of this implies viewing economy as a means rather than an end in itself.

scholarly journals What Drives the Private Innovation in Rural Areas? In-Depth Case Study of Slovak Rural Region

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Hrivnák Michal ◽  
Roháčiková Oľga ◽  
Schwarcz Pavol
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Settlements ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Business Services ◽  
Rural Economies ◽  
Determining Factors ◽  
Baseline Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Intensive ◽  
Basic Infrastructure

Innovation and small fast-growing knowledge-intensive enterprises are often described as a potential engine for development of rural economies of the post-socialistic countries, struggling with problem of depopulation, decline of agriculture, monostructural economic base, overexploitation of natural resources and many others. However, we still know too little about, how private innovation emerge in underdeveloped space or how knowledge-intensive economic activities can successfully operate in small municipalities, providing almost non business services, basic infrastructure or potential for local networking. Thus, in this regional case study, we wanted to shed a light on a phenomenon of private innovation emergence in small rural settlements, provide baseline knowledge about motivation and determining factors of development of the innovative business in the rural, local economies. Special attention was devoted to examining the relationship between family entrepreneurship, residence of entrepreneur, interest to contribute to solution of local challenges and localization of knowledge-intensive business in rural municipality.

A case study on impacts of community participation in tourism planning and destination management in Kerala, India.

2021 ◽  
pp. 5-22
Author(s):  
Anu Treesa George ◽  
Min Jiang ◽  
Terry DeLacy
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Tourism Planning ◽  
Conceptual Foundation ◽  
Employment Opportunities

Abstract This case study in Kerala, India explores the positive impacts of community participation on economic, socio-cultural and environmental factors through responsible tourism initiatives in Kumarakom destination. This research evaluates the effectiveness, fundamental elements and conceptual foundation of participatory design in the case study destination. The results of the case study indicate that participatory design can accelerate local community development, innovative initiatives, leadership, employment opportunities, demand for local products and sustainable development in the destination.

Environment and atmosphere of night tourism based on the local wisdom: A case study of Berastagi

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Selly Veronica ◽  
Nurlisa Ginting ◽  
AmyMarisa
Keyword(s):  
Field Observation ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Innovative Strategy ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Descriptive Method

Night tourism development comes up as an innovative strategy for tourism development in this current intense competition. There are four main elements in night tourism, namely economic, social, environmental, and night atmosphere. Berastagi is the most popular tourist destination in Karo Regency, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia, which already have night tourism destination but unfortunately undeveloped yet. Night tourism development in Berastagi must be with the local wisdom approach to maximize its benefit. Karonese as the majority ethnic of the local community in this area potential to be developed on its night tourism. This paper only analyzes the environmental and night atmosphere aspects in Berastagi’s night tourism, which based on local wisdom. Qualitative primary data from field observation and depth interview results have been analyzed by using the descriptive method. The study shows that involving local wisdom in developing the environment and night atmosphere can give the typical identity for the night tourism in Berastagi.Night Tourism

Margins and Modernity: A Geocritical Approach to Anna Seward's Llangollen Vale

Romanticism ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-80
Author(s):  
Ruth Knezevich
Keyword(s):  
Analytic Approach ◽  
Romantic Era ◽  
Insight Into

The genre of annotated verse represents an under-explored form of transporting romanticism. In annotated, locodescriptive poems like those in Anna Seward's Llangollen Vale, readers are invited to read not only the spatiality of the landscapes depicted in the verse but also the landscape of the page itself. Seward's poems, with their focus on understanding geographical, political, and historical spaces both real and imaginary, provide geocritical insight into poetic productions of the early Romantic era. Likewise, geocriticism offers a fresh and useful – even necessary – analytic approach to such poems. I adopt Anna Seward as a case study in annotated verse and argue that attending to the materiality and paratextuality of her work allows us to access the complexities of her poetry and prose as well as her position within the wider framework of transporting Romanticism.

Transformative Encounters and Uncanny Intimacies: Biotechnology and Contemporary Art – A Practitioner's Approach and Perspective

Somatechnics ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svenja J. Kratz
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Culture ◽  
Human Skin ◽  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Skin Equivalent ◽  
Biomedical Innovation ◽  
Equivalent Models ◽  
Science Projects ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Human Skin Equivalent

Abstract: Presented from an ArtScience practitioner's perspective, this paper provides an overview of Svenja Kratz's experience working as an artist within the area of cell and tissue culture at QUT's Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI). Using The Absence of Alice, a multi-medium exhibition based on the experience of culturing cells, as a case study, the paper gives insight into the artist's approach to working across art and science and how ideas, processes, and languages from each discipline can intermesh and extend the possibilities of each system. The paper also provides an overview of her most recent artwork, The Human Skin Equivalent/Experience Project, which involves the creation of personal jewellery items incorporating human skin equivalent models grown from the artist's skin and participant cells. Referencing this project, and other contemporary bioart works, the value of ArtScience is discussed, focusing in particular on the way in which cross-art-science projects enable an alternative voice to enter into scientific dialogues and have the potential to yield outcomes valuable to both disciplines.

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