scholarly journals Spatial Analysis of Asymmetry in the Development of Tourism Infrastructure in the Borderlands: The Case of the Bystrzyckie and Orlickie Mountains

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michalina Jędruch ◽  
Marek Furmankiewicz ◽  
Iwona Kaczmarek

This paper discusses the issue of analyzing the development of cross-border tourism infrastructure in the borderlands of countries with diversified administrative divisions and spatial databases, which hinders the use of national statistical units for comparative research. As an example, the ability to use the square grid and kernel density estimation methods for the analysis and spatial visualization of the level of tourism infrastructure development is studied for the Orlickie and Bystrzyckie Mountains, located in the Polish–Czech border area. To synthetically assess and compare the level of diversity, the methodology used in the Human Development Index was adapted using selected component indicators calculated for a square grid clipped to the boundaries of the area under study. This analysis enabled us to quantify the asymmetry in the development of tourism infrastructure in the borderlands via the calculation of the synthetic infrastructure development index. This index is 1.29 times higher in the Czech than in the Polish border area. However, the spatial concentration analysis of infrastructure shows that the diversity in the study area can be assessed as higher than the results using the average density indicators. This paper also discusses the benefits and problems associated with using the square grid method for the representation and analysis of heterogeneous data on tourism infrastructure in two neighboring national states.

2019 ◽  
Vol 138 ◽  
pp. 02014
Author(s):  
Natalia Levoshich ◽  
Alina Fatkullina

The purpose of the article is to develop some recommendations on the improvement of housing-and-communal services financing on the basis of the mechanism of public-and-private partnership, and namely on the basis of concessionary agreements. The analysis of the housing-andmunicipal industry condition was carried out with the use of the municipal infrastructure development index. According to the analysis results, the that a considerable part of housing-and-communal facilities are in crisis or pre-emergency condition. It is fraught with technogenic accidents, damage to an environment, additional expenses on compensation of the environmental damage. Besides, the ecological costs of outdated and wornout facilities are high even without emergence of accidents. The conclusion was drawn that development, repair and replacement of worn-out objects of housing-and-communal infrastructure are necessary. In turn, additional financing of the sphere is necessary for this purpose. The experience of the concessionary agreements implementation in the Russian regions is considered. The conclusion is drawn that this experience positive in general, but the mechanism also has some shortcomings, some problems of the legislative regulation exist. Further distribution of concessions demands purposeful measures. The corresponding recommendations, developed by the author of the article, can be useful for regional and municipal authorities as well as for specialists of the companies, working in the field of housing-and-public services.


Author(s):  
Charles Leyeka Lufumpa ◽  
Nirina Letsara ◽  
Slaheddine Saidi

Despite robust recent economic growth rates, Africa remains the least competitive global region. Inadequate infrastructure is a serious constraint on doing business in the continent. This demonstrates the close linkage between infrastructure and the region’s competitiveness. Moreover, the Africa Progress Panel has ranked infrastructure development as a key priority for the advancement of the continent, and has urged the G20 leadership to continue to give it their highest support. It is against this background that the African Development Bank developed the Africa Infrastructure Development Index (AIDI) to monitor the status and progress of infrastructure development across the continent. This effort is to enhance evidence based policy making in Africa – especially with specific reference to infrastructure. The Index provides countries with the framework to assess their position and related changes with respect to the requisite infrastructure investments.


2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 947-965
Author(s):  
Shafiza Ariffin Kashinath ◽  
Salama A. Mostafa ◽  
David Lim ◽  
Aida Mustapha ◽  
Hanayanti Hafit ◽  
...  

Abstract Designing a data-responsive system requires accurate input to ensure efficient results. The growth of technology in sensing methods and the needs of various kinds of data greatly impact data fusion (DF)-related study. A coordinative DF framework entails the participation of many subsystems or modules to produce coordinative features. These features are utilized to facilitate and improve solving certain domain problems. Consequently, this paper proposes a general Multiple Coordinative Data Fusion Modules (MCDFM) framework for real-time and heterogeneous data sources. We develop the MCDFM framework to adapt various DF application domains requiring macro and micro perspectives of the observed problems. This framework consists of preprocessing, filtering, and decision as key DF processing phases. These three phases integrate specific purpose algorithms or methods such as data cleaning and windowing methods for preprocessing, extended Kalman filter (EKF) for filtering, fuzzy logic for local decision, and software agents for coordinative decision. These methods perform tasks that assist in achieving local and coordinative decisions for each node in the network of the framework application domain. We illustrate and discuss the proposed framework in detail by taking a stretch of road intersections controlled by a traffic light controller (TLC) as a case study. The case study provides a clearer view of the way the proposed framework solves traffic congestion as a domain problem. We identify the traffic features that include the average vehicle count, average vehicle speed (km/h), average density (%), interval (s), and timestamp. The framework uses these features to identify three congestion periods, which are the nonpeak period with a congestion degree of 0.178 and a variance of 0.061, a medium peak period with a congestion degree of 0.588 and a variance of 0.0593, and a peak period with a congestion degree of 0.796 and a variance of 0.0296. The results of the TLC case study show that the framework provides various capabilities and flexibility features of both micro and macro views of the scenarios being observed and clearly presents viable solutions.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 00009
Author(s):  
Gerry Utama ◽  
Agus Hendratno

Indonesia's sea border areas have various problems besides economic inequality, limited access to infrastructure, and low human resources quality. This condition is very vulnerable to the sea border which acts as a gateway to the sovereignty of the country which has great natural resources potential which has not been developed optimally. Development of marine border area is one of the efforts to carry out sustainable development in managing and utilizing the potential of small islands and the foremost islands by integrating development planning through archipelago ecotourism approaches based on the characteristics of island typology, geology, geomorphology, coastal aquatic ecosystems, and sea, as well as socio-cultural characteristics. The research location is located in Anambas Archipelago Regency, Riau Archipelago Province, which has a vital role in geopolitical, geostrategic, and geo-economic conditions that are in the Indonesian Archipelago Sea Flow (ALKI 1) which is an international shipping lane and transportation. The purpose of this study is; 1) providing a model of developing the sea border area with an archipelago ecotourism approach; 2) inventorying potential information on tourist attraction objects, and 3) compiling directives and recommendations for planning and developing sustainable archipelago ecotourism. The method of this research was carried out by conducting an inventory of potential archipelago ecotourism which was then carried out with spatial analysis through data collection in the field and then processed through the compilation of spatial databases for the development of archipelagic ecotourism-based tourist attraction objects, after which spatial valuations related to projections of developing needs were carried out archipelago ecotourism related to supporting infrastructure needs by taking into account disaster risk aspects and environmental carrying capacity. The results of this study indicate that the archipelago ecotourism approach is a breakthrough in reducing the gap and underdevelopment of sea border areas through accelerating economic growth by managing and utilizing the potential of sustainable natural resources in the sea border area. The formation of new jobs based on the aspect of tourism is accompanied by an increase in the quality of human resources gradually through the opening of information on tourist attraction objects which are then managed by involving local communities.


2021 ◽  
Vol 248 ◽  
pp. 03001
Author(s):  
Wen Yongxiao ◽  
Yuan Xitun ◽  
Yang Xiongfei ◽  
Zhang Hang ◽  
Han Qi

In actual engineering construction, the calculation of earthwork directly affects the cost budget of the project and the selection of the optimal plan. Therefore, the calculation accuracy and efficiency of the earthwork are very important. This article introduces the construction principle of the TIN model. Based on the TIN model, the earthwork calculation is carried out by the triangular prism method. The data of a fill-excavation balance project in a rugged mountainous area is selected, and under different conditions, the TIN network method and the square grid method are used to calculate the earthwork, and the results are compared and analyzed with accuracy. Estimate. After comparative analysis, it is found that the earthwork calculation using the TIN network method is simple and cheap, and the calculation result is more accurate. It is better than the traditional square grid method as a whole, and can be used in the actual engineering earthwork calculation.


2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Dadan Rohimat ◽  
Rita Rahmawati ◽  
G. Goris Seran

The background of this research based on constitution article 27 paragraph 2 which states that “every citizen is entitled to work and means appropriate for humanity ”. Several steps are taken by a government in implementing this law such as the national program of community empowerment like KOTAKU/PNPM. Generally, there are contemporary issues in development such as Human Development Index (HDI), Poverty , Justice and Social Equality and accordingly there are strategic issues in the Bogor area such as  Human Development Index is still low, marked by unemployment and poverty rate is still high and although Bogor has sufficient natural resources and competitive , but not yet been explored optimally. Thefore, it is important to discuss the participation of the  program KOTAKU / PNPM as a form of community involvement to resolve these issues. KOTAKU Program use synergy platform the collaboration of local government and other stakeholders in the district and community-based infrastructure development to accelerate the handling of urban slum problems.The formulation problem are how public participation of the program KOTAKU/ PNPM, what problem occured and influenced the program, and what efforts are taken to solve the problem. The purpose of research are to understand the extent of effectiveness of the KOTAKU program and the level of participation from general public. According to Cohen and Uphoff, as cited by Siti Irene Astuti (2011: 61-63) distinguish participation can be devided into four types: (1) participation in decision making, (2) participation in the implementation, (3) participation in the utilization, and (4) participation in evaluation. Some factors that affects participation namely benefit of activities, an opportunity, skill, a feeling of ownership and community figures. Meanwhile, the implementation is action performed either by individuals or groups or government officials or private directed at the achievement of the some of the causes that have determined in the policy decision (Van Meter and Van Horn, 1975. In addition, policy implemenentation theory proposed by George C.Edwards III (1980) states that policy implementation is influenced by four variable as follow : (1). Communication, (2). Resources, (3). Disposition/Attitude, and (4). Bureaucratic Structure.Research methodology used is quantitative descriptive, technique of data collection and data analysis use primary and secondary data based on observation technique , the questionnaire and interview , and then  processed into the form of figures to do statistic calculation to draw conclusion. The sampling technique used is proportional random sampling in accordance to Solvin’s formula , and obtained samples of 100 respondents , with reference to productive ages .Based on the research it can be concluded that based on the calculation on those dimensions of public participation in Ciawi district has a value of 3.72 and intepreted as “good” category. With the conditions of Ciawi district which is so vast, potential large enough of religious communities, but still high poverty rate and many things to be improved and could not be separated from public participation in developing their areas. But there are several things must be done to increase, among others as follow :Socialization should be increased , that intention and purposes can be implemented and in accordance with the target.Optimalitazing society organizations in the each area/Village.Budget transparancy is needed to maintain of public trust. Keywords : Participation, Implementation, Program


2017 ◽  
pp. 25-88
Author(s):  
Charles Leyeka Lufumpa ◽  
Nirina Letsara ◽  
Slaheddine Saidi

The results revealed that Bhuntar market was found to be the most developed on the basis of infrastructure development index (0.71) whereas Bandrol (0.15) market was least developed due to the reason that market is operational only during the peak season and there were no permanent sheds or shops for marketing of produce. It was found that all the sample farmers were selling their produce through regulated markets and the study showed that 56.67 percent of the farmers were well aware of these regulated markets. The most important motivating factor for preferring the regulated markets by the farmers was market information as 46.67 percent farmer preferred regulated markets because of this factor alone. As far as working of regulated markets was concerned that sample farmers were highly satisfied with physical functions related with producer’s welfare like provision of drinking water and toilets, farmer’s rest sheds, canteen and parking facility.


Significance His comments follow the NLD’s performance in by-elections held on April 1: the party that stormed to election victory in November 2015 won just nine of the 18 seats it contested in 19 constituencies. It lost to the former governing Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) and to ethnic minority parties. Impacts Difficult dialogue with some ethnic minorities will hinder the peace process. China will be concerned about any further military-ethnic minority fighting on Myanmar’s border. Border-area conflicts will also hinder mining sector development. Infrastructure development activities will expand in Rakhine State.


2018 ◽  
Vol 239 ◽  
pp. 04019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Mottaeva ◽  
Elena Vasilyeva

The features of transport infrastructure of megalopolises are systematized in the article. The concept of the infrastructure development index is defined, its components are considered. The level of the transport infrastructure development in the largest megalopolises of Russia – Moscow and St. Petersburg is analysed, their place among the megalopolises of the world, according to the standard criteria, is presented. The research is based on statistical and analytical data from 2010 till 2018. The main directions of strategic development of transport infrastructure in the Russian megalopolises and expected indicators till 2030 are also considered. The authors point out the problems of road-and-transport infrastructure in megalopolises, but on the other hand they reveal the advantages of megalopolises, which contribute to the development of their transport complexes.


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