scholarly journals Digital Technologies for the Sustainable Development of the Accessible Underwater Cultural Heritage Sites

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 955
Author(s):  
Fabio Bruno ◽  
Michela Ricca ◽  
Antonio Lagudi ◽  
Pari Kalamara ◽  
Angelos Manglis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Awareness ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Recreational Diving ◽  
Guided Tour ◽  
Regional Authorities ◽  
Underwater Sites

In recent years, the development in digital technologies such as Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) has evolved rapidly. These technologies are currently in the process of creating driving change in the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs), representing innovative means to share information, facilitating access and increasing the value and public awareness on Cultural and Natural Heritage. This is particularly relevant for underwater environments, where the most interesting cultural and naturalistic sites are accessible only to scuba divers, or not accessible at all, due to depth and/or environmental constraints. In addition, in underwater sites, guided diving tours are carried out by professionals that usually describe the area to be visited during the predive briefings; such step is needed due to the impossibility of underwater verbal communication without dedicated equipment, a practice very rarely adopted for recreational diving. So, these difficulties make it almost impossible to replicate under the sea, the guided tour approach that is usually offered in on-land museums. Considering such limitations, several technological applications are emerging to increase the accessibility underwater and enrich users’ experience both for divers and nondivers. This work aims to identify the potential of underwater sites (either cultural or natural) to support the development of sustainable tourism (economic, environmental, cultural and social) in the Mediterranean. Moreover, it focuses on supplying local/regional authorities and stakeholders with a multidisciplinary plan for managing Underwater Museums and Knowledge Centres, by promoting innovation in the diving industry and improving users’/tourists’ experience through value-added services and cutting-edge technologies.

scholarly journals Sustainability in the Most Globalized Sectors of Creative Industries in Slovakia

2021 ◽  
Vol 92 ◽  
pp. 03013
Author(s):  
Kristína Krúpová ◽  
Mária Trúchliková ◽  
Mária Kmety Barteková
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Business Success ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Media

Research background: To achieve long-term sustainability, it is necessary to strive for a green economy and come up with solutions to address limitations to resource footprints. This will require innovations across the board and creativity in all fields. Creativity and sustainability are closely linked. The sustainable development requires concerted efforts towards building an inclusive and resilient future for the planet. Innovation, the business of ideas, is increasingly seen as the key to future societal prosperity and business success. Purpose of the article: The aim of the paper is to analyse the sustainable development of the most globalized sectors of the creative industries in Slovakia mainly measured by the value added. The value added according to Kalecki (1990) is the sum of wages and profits of the companies. Methods: Sustainability, innovation and value creation (or value added) are nowadays the object of particular attention by the various stakeholders as economic institutions, public and governments. Findings & Value added: This is the first research paper which has used the data on value added recently calculated for the media, publishers and software enterprises, which represent the most globalized sectors of the creative industries in Slovakia. The companies with the highest value added have reached the sustainable development and the best economic performance within the media, publishers and software enterprises’ sector.

scholarly journals Implementing Multi-Criteria Analysis in the Selection of AUCHS for the Integration of Digital Technologies into the Tourism Offering: The Case of MeDryDive

Heritage ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 4460-4472
Author(s):  
Angelos Manglis ◽  
Paschalina Giatsiatsou ◽  
Dimitra Papadopoulou ◽  
Vasiliki Drouga ◽  
Anastasia Fourkiotou
Keyword(s):  
Site Selection ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Underwater Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Industry ◽  
Appropriateness Criteria ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
The Past ◽  
Tourism Product ◽  
Tourism Destinations ◽  
Selection Of

Focusing on both physical and virtual accessibility, this paper presents the methodology developed by MeDryDive for the selection of AUCHS (Accessible Underwater Cultural Heritage Sites) in Greece, Italy, Croatia, and Montenegro. MeDryDive is a project that aims at the promotion of AUCHS in the Mediterranean as distinctive tourism destinations through personalized dry dive experiences. The candidate sites are assessed in order to be included in the transnational thematic tourism product “Dive in the Past” and promoted through Creative and Cultural Industry (CCI) applications, including a Serious Game, Augmented and Virtual Reality applications, and promotional videos, all developed in the context of the project. The main goal of the methodology is to meet the requirements for both the sustainability of the thematic tourism product and the digital applications’ development. The assessment of AUCHS is based on specific criteria that result from setting weighing factors and classifying indicators as either critical or non-critical. The criteria are categorized into core (feasibility) criteria and complementary (appropriateness) criteria for determining the total level of readiness. This set of criteria enables site selection through an elimination method, identifying the suitable pilot and follow-on sites for the integration of digital technologies into the tourism offering.

scholarly journals Combating the illegal transplantation as a prerequisite for the sustainable development of regions (on the example of Sverdlovsk region)

2021 ◽  
Vol 94 ◽  
pp. 01018
Author(s):  
Margarita Khomyakova ◽  
Dmitry Bagretsov
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Successful Operation ◽  
Human Organ ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Organs ◽  
Legal Literacy ◽  
History Of ◽  
Regional Authorities ◽  
Tissue Transplant ◽  
Made In

The text of this article emphasizes that the history of transplantation as an independent medical industry originated in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the first successful operation to transplant human organs and tissues was performed there by the surgeon Yuri Voronoy. Today Russia is one of the world-leading powers where human organ and tissue transplant operations are performed. Among all the subjects of Russia where transplant operations are carried out, Sverdlovsk region occupies a special place: doctors in this region conduct successful operations on organ and tissue transplantation and make discoveries that are significant for Russian transplantology. The study of Russian laws and regulations regulating relations in the field of transplantology conducted by authors, as well as an analysis of the scientific literature showed that relations in the field of transplantology are not fully regulated by Russian legislation, including criminal law. On the territory of Sverdlovsk region in particular, as well as on the territory of Sverdlovsk region as a whole, it is possible, for example, to carry out transactions for the sale and purchase of human organs and tissues with impunity, if such transactions are not related to causing harm to the life and health of the victim. These deals are illegal, but not punishable. As the analysis of the practice carried out in the framework of this study has shown, the inhabitants of Sverdlovsk region suffered from the imperfection of the norms of Russian legislation regulating relations in the field of transplantology. While the residents of Sverdlovsk region are suffering from illegal transplantation, one cannot speak of the sustainable development of this region. The authors of the study, in order to combat illegal transplantation in Sverdlovsk region, propose that the regional authorities strengthen measures to improve the general legal literacy of the population, introduce a register of citizens' opinions on the posthumous transplantation of their organs and tissues, and introduce mandatory registration of transactions made in Sverdlovsk region, a subject of which are human organs and tissues.

scholarly journals Public Awareness Towards Value Added Tax (VAT) System in Hetauda Sub-metropolitan City Area

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-156
Author(s):  
Tika Prasad Sapkota
Keyword(s):  
Public Awareness ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Value Added Tax ◽  
Design Data ◽  
Revenue Collection ◽  
Billing System ◽  
Awareness Program ◽  
The Government ◽  
Public Awareness Program

Value added tax (VAT) is indirect sources of revenue collection of nation. It has been the most essential choice like our developing countries, Nepal. Which leads to revenue enhancement and sustainable economic development. As VAT was an emerging concept in Nepal, a comprehensive taxpayer education program was launched to impart knowledge regarding the various aspects of VAT to parliamentarians, industrialists, businessmen, consumers as well related society. The study used descriptive and survey research design. Data were collected through questionnaires. Statistical tools were used to make a proper analysis. It is found that 20% businessmen and 33.33% consumers are not aware that the Government of Nepal  is levying VAT on all kind of products, 36% consumers are not aware of the fact that you pay VAT whenever you purchase any product, 88 % of the total respondents knowledge on earning from VAT is a major source of revenue for  Government, only 44 % response  of respondents  are  in favor of billing system, 33.33% consumer are not aware about existing rate of VAT in Nepal, 44% consumers specify the other problem in the present VAT implementation  except VAT collection ,VAT refund and registration.  Most of them ask for tax invoice to get the authenticity of sellers. VAT must be successful and this largely depends upon the public awareness, honesty, faith and morality of tax officials and the business community. There is a need for willpower and action. It is also found that public awareness program and tax education play prime role to increase the VAT revenue in Nepal. The finding of this study is majority of Tax expert and businessmen are aware about VAT system but the training and awareness program is essential.

scholarly journals Personnel Component of the Regions Innovation Infrastructure as a Driver for the Development of Smart Technologies

2020 ◽  
pp. 96-108
Author(s):  
Vladimir Byvshev ◽  
Irina Panteleeva ◽  
Kristina Parfenteva ◽  
Danil Uskov
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Krasnoyarsk Krai ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Innovation Infrastructure ◽  
Smart Technologies ◽  
Regional Authorities

The processes of digitalization and development of smart technologies today set a new paradigm for the development of economy and society as a whole. From year to year, the market capitalization of companies in the field of digital and smart technologies is growing, which reflects the rapid development of this sphere, but in Russia, the pace of development of the digital sphere is lower than in the leading countries in this area, one of the reasons for the lag is insufficient staffing and brain drain. The purpose of the article is to consider the possibility of developing personnel for digital and smart technologies using the personnel component of the regional innovation infrastructure. As a result of studying the experience of Krasnoyarsk krai, it is concluded that the regional law does not set tasks for the development of the regions human resources infrastructure, although the region has a basis for such development and the human resources component of the innovation infrastructure can act as a driver for the development of smart and digital technologies. However, this requires building a model of the network interaction between postgraduate, higher, secondary, general and additional education, as well as direct coordination with regional authorities and regional innovation infrastructure areas of training that are relevant to development in the region. In addition, coordination may consist in generating demand from the business community for personnel in the field of smart and digital technologies.

scholarly journals Rural Tourism within the Sustainable Development Goals: the Case of Ukraine

2021 ◽  
Vol 95 ◽  
pp. 01004
Author(s):  
Hanna Shevchenko ◽  
Mykola Petrushenko
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Graphical Analysis ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Inclusive Development ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Green Tourism ◽  
Development Goals

Research background: rural tourism is an economic and environmental activity that fits harmoniously into the concept of sustainable and inclusive development. In Ukraine, it is called rural green tourism, but in practice not all aspects of it can meet the Sustainable Development Goals 2030. Purpose of the article: to analyze the relationship between the structures of the rural tourism goals and the SDGs, to demonstrate the evolution, possibilities of the development on the example of Ukraine’s rural tourism, especially in the framework of the European Green Deal. Methods: factor analysis – when studying the structure of the rural tourism goals and the factors that affect it, as well as when comparing it with the structure of other sustainable activities; elements of graph theory – in the graphical analysis of the Sustainable Development Goals decomposition in their projection into the plane of rural tourism. Findings & Value added: the structure of the rural green tourism goals in Ukraine have been harmonized with the Sustainable Development Goals 2030. Sustainability factors have been identified that allow the tourism and recreation sphere in the medium and long term perspective not only to form a competitive market for relevant services, but also to serve as an important component of the inclusive development. Factors of tourism sphere transformation due to the coronavirus pandemic are taken into consideration. The concept of the phased programming in sphere of rural tourism in Ukraine within the framework of the European Green Deal 2030 and 2050 has been improved.

INTRODUCTION OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE ACTIVITIES OF REGIONAL AUTHORITIES: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (11) ◽  
pp. 93-97
Author(s):  
O. B. DIGILINA ◽  
◽  
P. ALEKSASHIN ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Training System ◽  
Communication Services ◽  
Digital Platform ◽  
Vladimir Region ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Regional Authorities

This article discusses the problems and prospects of the introduction of digital technologies in the activities of state authorities of the Vladimir region. The most acute problems of the implementation of the program “Digital Economy of the Russian Federation” in the region, the authors attribute: the inefficiency of the training system for the implementation of digital economy projects; low availability of communication services, relative to the average Russian value; a significant gap in the level of technological development of various sectors of the region’s economy. To solve these problems in the Vladimir region, a unified digital platform was developed, which will significantly increase the efficiency of the activities of state authorities, as well as a number of regulatory legal acts that are analyzed in this article have been adopted.

A Paradigm of Constructing Industrial Symbiosis and Coupling in China’s County-Region Economic Sustainable Development

2013 ◽  
pp. 1218-1231
Author(s):  
Guangming Li
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Economic Incentives ◽  
Environmental Cost ◽  
Ecological Environment ◽  
Industrial Symbiosis ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Industrial Chain ◽  
Recycle Economy

This chapter introduces the sustainable development of county-region economy under the constraint of natural resources and environment in China when parts of classic industries along the south-eastern coast are shifting to the poorer mountain areas and middle-western areas. It argues that the county regional economic development at the stage should focus on the agricultural growing and breeding their processing sectors, natural resource exploitation and its processing, manufacturing, tourism, and ecological industrial (shift) park, according to the resource endowment. The local government should guide the scientific planning of county-region industries’ layout, structure, symbiosis, and coupling relationships. By means of environmental cost internalization, region industries’ symbiosis and coupling size, roles of social network, cultivation of innovative culture, guidance of government subsidy, pressure from public monitoring, the market mechanism, and economic incentives will play roles in resource allocation. In practice, the local government or industrial authority can design the “lack in” value chain parts and package them into some feasible and profitable projects open to the market investors, encourage firms to participate regional industrial symbiosis and coupling, and construct a complete industrial chain or network, in order to realize the integration of closed-circuit industry, higher value-added ecological agriculture, tourism and related service sectors, creative economic industrial park, urbanization, and ecological environment. This will avoid the heavy-damage from traditional industrialization and urbanization on county-regional ecological environment, and then realize the harmony development of county-regional recycle economy, society, and environment.

The Use of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality in Cultural Heritage and Deep-Diving Destinations

2022 ◽  
pp. 138-160
Author(s):  
Nihan Garipağaoğlu-Uğur ◽  
Orhan Akova
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Underwater Cultural Heritage ◽  
Sustainable Tourism Development ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Deep Diving ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Recreational Diving

Underwater cultural heritage and deep diving are important attractions for tourism. Using cutting-edge technology tools for cultural heritage became more important for tourism destinations. The purpose of this chapter is to evaluate the use of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) in tourism from the perspective of cultural heritage and deep diving. This chapter will contribute to the literature to show a new way of sustainable tourism. Commercial diving to an underwater heritage site a is popular touristic activity. Sometimes shipwreck recovery can be hazardous for cultural heritage. The review results indicate that these underwater cultural heritage sites need to be protected for sustainable tourism development. Virtual tours contribute to the sustainability of cultural heritage. On the other hand, treasure hunting trips and recreational diving may cause damage to the archaeological sites. Underwater cultural heritage sites should be protected for sustainable tourism. VR and AR applications can be used to promote a touristic destination by tourism marketers for experimental marketing.

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