scholarly journals Greening the City: How to Get Rid of Garden Pavement! The ‘Steenbreek’ Program as a Dutch Example

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3117
Author(s):  
Derk Jan Stobbelaar ◽  
Wim van der van der Knaap ◽  
Joop Spijker
Keyword(s):  
Behavioural Change ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Specific Approach ◽  
Single Action ◽  
Model Based ◽  
The People ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The City ◽  
Insight Into

The Steenbreek program is a private Dutch program which aims to involve citizens, municipalities and other stakeholders in replacing pavement with vegetation in private gardens. The Dutch approach is characterized by minimal governmental incentives or policy, which leaves a niche for private initiatives like Steenbreek, that mainly work on behavioural change. The aim of this paper is to build a model based on theory that can be used to improve and better evaluate depaving actions that are based on behavioural change. We tested this garden greening behaviour model in the Steenbreek program. The main result is that the model provides an understanding of the ‘how and why’ of the Steenbreek initiatives. Based on this we are able to provide recommendations for the improvement of future initiatives. Steenbreek covers a wide range of projects that together, in very different ways, take into account elements of the theoretical framework; either more on information factors, or on supporting factors, sometimes taking all elements together in a single action. This focus is sometimes understandable when just one element is needed (e.g., support), sometimes more elements could be taken into account to be more effective. If a certain element of the framework is lacking, the change of behaviour will not (or will only partly) take place. The model also gives insight into a more specific approach aimed at the people most susceptible to changing their behaviour, which would make actions more effective.

scholarly journals Sosialisasi Kewirausahaan Melalui Pemanfaatan Hasil Produksi Pisang dan Ayam Potong untuk Meningkatkan Kesejahteraan Masyarakat

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Triyanto Triyanto ◽  
Irma Juraida ◽  
Rahma Husna Yana
Keyword(s):  
Family Income ◽  
Government Revenue ◽  
Surrounding Area ◽  
Regional Income ◽  
The People ◽  
The City ◽  
Insight Into

A country's economy is determined by government revenue, and government revenue is also closely related to regional income. Meanwhile, regional income is also related to community income. Many opportunities can improve the economy. Khairil Anwar's research revealed that many of the items sold in the city of Meulaboh and the surrounding area came from other regions both inside and outside the Aceh region. Of course, if this can be done by the people of West Aceh, the community's economy will improve. To improve community welfare, it is important to gain insight into the community. The method of implementation is to gather parishioners and then give them an overview of the results of research on goods used and consumed by the community. Then together, calculate the potential that can be done. As a result, the community has realized many ways to increase family income while increasing welfare by only planting bananas and chicken pieces.

Solo travellers to city destinations: an exploratory study in Sweden

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saeid Abbasian
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Regional Tourism ◽  
The People ◽  
City Tourism ◽  
Travel Agencies ◽  
The City ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Insight Into

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to gain more insight into the phenomenon of solo travel to city destinations and attain more knowledge on the topic.Design/methodology/approachThe study employed a questionnaire consisting of qualitative and quantitative items. In all, 21 individuals (12 women, 9 men) responded.FindingsThe most important reason for solo travel was their own free choice and in some cases, difficulty finding companions. Their activities at the destinations were mostly visiting attractions followed by visiting friends, shopping, walking, eating at restaurants, learning the language, working, etc. They mostly mentioned advantages but also some disadvantages with solo travelling. Their experiences, especially with the people in the host destinations, have been positive and they show overall satisfaction with their visit. A predominant share of the interviewees showed a kind of loyalty to one or more specific city destinations and wished to revisit them again and again.Practical implicationsThe current study might have some implications for city tourism developers/destination developers, travel agencies, national or regional tourism boards and tour operators in major urban areas and cities. Especially, this study has a practical contribution to the city tourism practitioners and gives them more insight in what values, attitudes, perceptions, expectations and motivations the solo travellers might have before or while they visit their cities. The study also has implications for potential solo travellers seeking more knowledge and information on the issue.Originality/valueThe phenomenon of solo travel to city destinations is an unresearched topic in Sweden. This exploratory study is the first in Sweden to focus on solo travellers visiting city destinations.

Using Social Media for Participatory City Branding

2017 ◽  
pp. 1459-1481
Author(s):  
Ebru Uzunoglu
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
City Branding ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
Communication Environment ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Global Arena ◽  
The City ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Insight Into

With the rapid explosion of Internet, social media has emerged as a new communication venue for city branding initiative. The aim of this chapter is to provide a deeper understanding of today's communication environment, and in particular, to focus the greater interactivity, engagement and responsiveness of resources in relation to city branding. Thus, this chapter firstly outlines the participatory city branding, which can be considered as an appropriate approach for involving wide range of stakeholders in promoting cities as brands. Secondly, the role of social media and its influential users are scrutinized to better present their importance for city branding. Following this, the examined Instagram campaign to promote the city of Izmir intends to allow greater insight into how to utilize online platforms in order to communicate a city both to its citizens and to global arena. And finally, the chapter leads to practical implications regarding how to benefit from social media for effective participatory city branding.

scholarly journals Masih Efektifkah City Branding Terhadap Peningkatan Jumlah Wisatawan

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (02) ◽  
pp. 20-33
Author(s):  
Gideon Christopher Hamzah
Keyword(s):  
City Branding ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Public Facilities ◽  
The People ◽  
New Information ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
The City ◽  
Conceptual Research

Currently, the development of technology and knowledge developed with very fast and unlimited, this makes all forms of information can be easily accessed or in the know. This convenience makes all the people getting interested to know a variety of new information and also share a variety of information and experience. Similarly happens to the world of tourism, see the greater opportunities that exist to make competition in the world tourism is increasingly rapidly develops, it can be seen by many different cities who do the activities of city branding or activities promoting and making the city as a tourist destination with a wide range of ways that provide a wide range of permissions that facilitate a variety of tourism activities more rapidly evolving improvements, a variety of public facilities and infrastructure, and various other promotional way. But in reality not all city branding goes in accordance  with  the  expectations  that existed,  in  some  city tours that the influence of city branding is not running or failed. Yet the number of conceptual research which deals with the effectiveness of city branding in an increasing number of tourists, as well as to examine theoretically about effectiveness city branding against an increase in tourists.

scholarly journals Eating identity: challenging narratives of Canadianness through culinary identity building

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalie Ramtahal
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Canadian Identity ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Land Mass ◽  
Social Contributions ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Eating Identity ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City ◽  
Insight Into

This MRP will examine how food can be used as a tool for challenging traditional nation stories and growing notions of what it means to be Canadian. There is an opportunity to write and shape a Canadian narrative that is inclusive of its evolving demography while simultaneously reconciling its violent history by developing a Canadian culinary identity. Food is political, social and cultural. Food can bring people together and can provide a platform to have compelling discussions about what it means to be Canadian; who is included in the definition of Canadian; and, how we can develop a sense of Canadianness that speaks to an evolving population. Historically and at present, Canada’s story has often excluded or minimized the cultural, political and social contributions of Indigenous peoples and racialized immigrants. There remains a prevailing sense of Canadian identity being tethered to whiteness despite over a century of global immigration. However, the very idea of what defines Canadianness is relatively tenuous one. There are few traits, markers, or qualities that are seen as characteristically Canadian. This is even more true for Canada’s culinary identity. What exactly is Canadian food? Canada, as a nation, is a relatively new country without a clear culinary identity. Further, Canada is an expansive land mass covering different time zones, geographic regions, and climates. To further complicate matters, it is place for people from all over the world to immigrate. Nowhere is the impact of immigration and the diversity of people more evident than in Toronto. How the city has changed demographically is reflected in the diversification of it’s culinary landscape. The wide range of available foods reveals and affirms how the appetites and desires of those that live here have also changed. International foods, restaurants and markets are not only ubiquitous, but a defining characteristic of the city. Where, what and how people eat can provide insight into how historical systems of inequality and colonial narratives persist. Growing and developing Canadian culinary identity is a way of challenging the idea of whiteness as a prerequisite for being Canadian. It is a potential way to acknowledge and include immigrant contributions. Food is wrapped up in politics of inequality and injustice, just as much as it is in pleasure and desire. Mapping how food is used as a tool that furthers colonization and racist dogma is key for shifting food to a tool for education and understanding. Food has the power to open up conversation and reshape understandings of Canadian identity through developing and defining a distinct Canadian culinary position. If an understanding about Canadian culinary identity is inclusive of its complex and divergent cultural and political history, then perhaps there is an opportunity to rethink Canadian identity as a whole. The goal of this MRP is to establish that food can be used as an ideological intervention that examines, challenges and reimagines Canadian identity.

scholarly journals PENINGKATAN PEMAHAMAN DAN PENGIMPLEMENTASIAN WISATA ISLAMI BAGI PELAKU WISATA DI KOTA PADANG

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 144
Author(s):  
Yunia Wardi ◽  
Abror Abror ◽  
Okki Tri Trinanda
Keyword(s):  
Community Service ◽  
Good Prospect ◽  
Taxi Drivers ◽  
The People ◽  
Excellent Service ◽  
Service Training ◽  
Tourism Service ◽  
Tourism Services ◽  
The City ◽  
Insight Into

Islamic tourism is considered to have a very good prospect in the development of tourism in Indonesia, especially in the city of Padang. This assessment came about because of the culture of the people in the Islamic city of Padang. But despite the huge potential, there are still some problems related to the service. Whereas the implementation of good Islamic tourism is with the integration of various aspects of tourism services that exist. That is starting from the promotion of tourism, tourism service itself until the tourists are back again to their respective regions. Based on the background of the importance of Islamic tourism services in the tourist areas above, the activities of community service in the form of Islamic tourism service training is implemented, to provide insight into aspects of excellent service to tourists who make the tourist area more attractive and satisfying . As for the object of community service activities is the actors of tourism that deal directly with the tourists who come to the city of Padang. Namely the managers of travel bureaus, hotels, guides, guides, taxi drivers, and other parties. With the implementation of this activity, tourism actors have a good understanding of the concept and importance of Islamic Tourism, so they can integrate various tourist services to create a good Islamic tourism experience for tourists.

scholarly journals Insight into the city/town names of Latvia

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-59
Author(s):  
Laimude Balode
Keyword(s):  
Research Topic ◽  
Place Names ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Ancient Times ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Contemporary Situation ◽  
The City ◽  
Insight Into

Abstract. The origin of place names is a research topic for linguists (or onomasticians) and geographers, but since ancient times a wide range of people have also been interested in the subject. As Latvia is the closest neighbour to both Lithuania and Estonia, they share, to a large extent, a common history, as well as – because of this fact – a number of borrowed common words and names. This article is based on the toponymical material included in the short dictionary of Latvian geographical names entitled “No Abavas līdz Zilupei” (“From Abava to Zilupe. The origin of Latvian geographical names”), which was compiled by Laimute Balode and Ojārs Bušs and published in Rīga in 2015. It offers insights into the contemporary situation of Latvian oikonyms as well as providing comparisons of the names of inhabited places with their historical names.Kokkuvõte. Laimute Balode: Pilk Läti linnanimedele. Kohanimede päritolu on keeleteadlaste (täpsemalt nimeuurijate) ja geograafide uurimisvaldkond, mis on ammustest aegadest huvi pakkunud ka kõikidele teistele. Kuna Läti on Leedu ja Eesti lähinaaber, jagavad riigid suurel määral ühist ajalugu, mistõttu on neil ka hulk ühiseid laensõnu ja laenatud nimesid. Käesolev artikkel põhineb Läti kohanimeleksikoni “No Abavas līdz Zilupei” toponüümilisel ainestikul. See heidab pilgu tänapäeva Läti oikonüümide olukorrale ning võrdleb asustuste nimesid nende ajalooliste nimedega.Märksõnad: onomastika; linnanimed; Läti

scholarly journals An Exploration of Queer Diasporic Subjectivities in Shani Mootoo’s 'Out on Main Street'

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 45-52
Author(s):  
Cristina Salcedo González
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
National Identities ◽  
Marginalized Communities ◽  
Main Street ◽  
Queer Diaspora ◽  
Normative Logic ◽  
The City ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
The Way

In view of the acute lack of analyses of Indian-Trinidadian queer diasporic subjectivities, this article will focus on Shani Mootoo’s “Out on Main Street” by using a queer diasporic theoretical framework, one which hinges on unveiling the violent practices to which sexually and racially marginalized communities are exposed and on exploring the ways by which queer diasporic subjects subvert dominant assumptions. In order to carry out the analysis, I will, first, offer an overview of the uses and implications for invoking the concept of a queer diaspora to study Mootoo’s story; second, I will scrutinize the manner in which the queer diasporic narrator is affected by exclusivist definitions of gender and national identities, and, third, I will examine the specific tactics through which she unsettles the normative logic. Ultimately, the study of Mootoo’s story under a queer diasporic approach will offer a further insight into the diaspora experience, one which considers both sexuality and translocation as crucial factors shaping the way the narrator inhabits the city.

Using Social Media for Participatory City Branding

2017 ◽  
pp. 94-116
Author(s):  
Ebru Uzunoglu
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
City Branding ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
Communication Environment ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Global Arena ◽  
The City ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Insight Into

With the rapid explosion of Internet, social media has emerged as a new communication venue for city branding initiative. The aim of this chapter is to provide a deeper understanding of today's communication environment, and in particular, to focus the greater interactivity, engagement and responsiveness of resources in relation to city branding. Thus, this chapter firstly outlines the participatory city branding, which can be considered as an appropriate approach for involving wide range of stakeholders in promoting cities as brands. Secondly, the role of social media and its influential users are scrutinized to better present their importance for city branding. Following this, the examined Instagram campaign to promote the city of Izmir intends to allow greater insight into how to utilize online platforms in order to communicate a city both to its citizens and to global arena. And finally, the chapter leads to practical implications regarding how to benefit from social media for effective participatory city branding.

The Spirit of a Heroine: Ya Mo—Spirit Reverence, Patriotism and Thai Buddhism

2011 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 1599-1625 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARTE NILSEN
Keyword(s):  
Nation Building ◽  
Theravada Buddhism ◽  
Good Luck ◽  
Loving Kindness ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
The People ◽  
Historical Figure ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The City

AbstractThe story of Ya Mo is that of a great Thai heroine honoured with a grand monument (the Suranari memorial) in the centre of Khorat, a city in the north-east of Thailand. The monument is a sacred shrine embedding Ya Mo's guardian spirit which protects the people of the city. She is a grantor of protection, auspiciousness and good luck, and can fulfil wishes, needs and requests. Her spirit can be benevolent as well as ferocious and revengeful. She is a warrior and a guardian, but also a grandmother and a symbol of patriotism, kinship and loving kindness. Ya Mo and her shrine must be perceived in relation to Thai religion and the position of deities, spirits, ghosts and otherworldly beings in Theravāda Buddhism. Ya Mo represents a wide range of meanings and functions, but when viewed exclusively as a historical figure, most of these do not surface. In order to understand the Ya Mo phenomenon, the field between religion and magic in Thai Theravāda Buddhism must therefore be explored, as well as how people create and uphold distinctions between religion and magic, and how they communicate and negotiate between these two spheres or dimensions. This paper attempts to analyse how non-Buddhist monuments and shrines, in this case a historical memorial to Ya Mo, erected as part of Thai nation-building, represent a vivid part of Thai religious and spiritual life, deeply rooted in a Buddhist worldview.

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