scholarly journals A Methodology for the Identification and Assessment of the Conditions for the Practice of Outdoor and Sport Tourism-Related Activities: The Case of Northern Portugal

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7343
Author(s):  
Goretti Silva ◽  
Alexandra Correia ◽  
Susana Rachão ◽  
Alcina Nunes ◽  
Elvira Vieira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Sport Tourism ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Northern Portugal ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Assessment Matrix ◽  
And Performance

Tourists’ demand for outdoor sport-related activities has been growing in the last decade, leading to the recognition of the outdoor tourism potential of the development of rural and urban areas where the activities could take place. While the literature has recognized this potential, its features and the existing conditions for its practice are often not fully comprehended, mainly due to the lack of measurement systems and performance indicators. This study addresses this gap by proposing a wide-ranging assessment matrix of nine outdoor-related activities, employing northern Portugal as a study area. Based on an exploratory qualitative analysis employing semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders (public, private and third sector), the main contribution of this study lies in the development of the outdoor tourism assessment matrix (OTAM) to collect data. The OTAM matrix aims to identify and assess the conditions, namely the infrastructure and resources, for the practice of outdoor and sport tourism-related activities within the sustainable development pillars. The nine matrices comprising the OTAM allow the identification of the places where the outdoor activities can be practiced, and the conditions under which they can contribute to the definition of the development strategies of outdoor tourism.

scholarly journals ALS Curriculum Implementation for Juvenile Delinquents in Urban and Rural Areas in the Philippines: A Comparative Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Vandon Borela
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Juvenile Delinquents ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Alternative Learning ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas

Purpose: The aim of this research study is to evaluate the implementation of Alternative Learning System (ALS) curriculum offered to juvenile delinquents in urban and rural areas in the Philippines. The study also aims to determine whether the current education programs meet the needs of the juvenile delinquents with reference to Juvenile delinquency acts. The study is an attempt to highlight the aspects of Alternative Learning System (ALS) that should be developed.  Approach/Methodology/Design: The study is qualitative and conducted in Marikina City and Rizal province, the Philippines. This study used exploratory study analysis. The respondents are the Alternative Learning System (ALS) teachers. For data collection, three semi-structured interviews were employed and the respondents’ answers were categorized using analytical coding to compare and analyze the implementation of the ALS curriculum for juvenile delinquents. Findings: The interpretation and analysis of the data collected shows that the ALS teachers from both the rural and urban areas have the same experiences on the implementation of the ALS program for juvenile delinquents in terms of curriculum, instruction and assessment. Furthermore, the teachers gave an emphasis that once the juvenile delinquents undergo the program, they are given a new hope and new direction in life to pursue their dreams. Lastly, the teachers from both areas have the same suggestions for the improvement of the implementation of the program, such as additional funds for the development of quality learning materials, increasing the number of learning centers, and designing various forms of assessment.  Practical Implications: The study will contribute positively to the understanding of Alternative learning System. The significance of this study lies in the comparison of the alternative learning system curriculum and how it is implemented to the juvenile delinquents in urban and in rural areas. Originality/value: This study engages ALS teachers in assessing the ALS curriculum, reflecting actual experiences to meet the expectations and needs of the juvenile delinquents.

Discrimination Against People With HIV and AIDS in the Workplace

2022 ◽  
pp. 1255-1275
Author(s):  
Chinwe Rosabelle Nwanna
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
Rural Setting ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Lagos State

The main thrust of the chapter was to explore the discrimination experienced by people living with HIV and AIDS (PLHIV) in the workplace in Lagos State. A purposive sample of 80 PLHIV was selected from two local government areas (LGAs) of Lagos state: Epe, a rural setting, and Lagos Mainland, an urban one. Secondary data were obtained from internet sources while primary data were collected through structured interviews September 2005–April 2006. Data were analyzed using SPSS versions 11 and 13. Data between and within the rural and urban areas were also analyzed comparatively. The results indicate that PLHIV experienced instant dismissal from offices, mandatory HIV tests, alienation, denial of promotion, and exclusion from insurance schemes. This indicates that PLHIV's rights were violated. The study recommends intensive HIV education and enforcement of national HIV policy and international legal instruments in the workplace to protect PLHIV's rights.

scholarly journals Analisis Kualitas Layanan, Kemampuan Dan Kinerja Pengurus Pokjar Terhadap Kepuasan Mahasiswa di UPBJJ-UT Palangka Raya

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-129
Author(s):  
Rahmaddian Rahmaddian ◽  
Stefani Made Ayu A.K ◽  
Deni Surapto
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Development ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Study Groups ◽  
University Education ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Attainment Gap ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Set Up

Open University of Palangka Raya (UPBJJ-UT of Palangka Raya) has acknowledged the education-attainment gap between rural and urban areas, and officials have determined ways to connect with students in the far corners of Central Kalimantan. UPBJJ-UT of Palangka Raya has set up study groups (PokJar) through which non urban students acquire university education. Due to its wide range of locations and heterogeneous student populations, PokJar is established through management partnership that constitutes a governing body that oversees the district-wide operation and the delivery of the continuing education programs. On this optimistic basis, the service provided by PokJar administrators becomes central to optimizing quality education in a learning environment where the administrators and students are physically separated. However, the complexity of PokJar service and administrator performance may link to negative perceptions among students. Recognizing the nature of challenges facing PokJar management is expected to usher in the planning of improvement crucial to organizational development that is effective, efficient, accountable, responsive and transparent. This study taps into the quality service, the competence and performance of PokJar administrators of UPBJJ-UT of Palangka Raya in terms of student-perceived values using PLS-SEM method. The overall results address favorable responses, strongly suggesting a good measure of how PokJar administrators� service, competence and performance meet student expectation.

scholarly journals Collaboration between Public Sectors and Community Organizations to Inhibit the Insurgencies Occurring in the Unrest Areas in the Southernmost Provinces

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-95
Author(s):  
Chaleomsak Bunnam ◽  
Idsaratt Rinthaisong ◽  
Anuwat Songsom
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Community Organizations ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Peace Processes ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Public Sectors ◽  
Identity Expression

The present study purposes to identify the consequences of collaboration between public sectors and community organizations and to study influential factors towards collaboration to inhibit insurgencies in the unrest areas in the southernmost provinces. There were sixteen key informants habituating organizations situated in both rural and urban areas that include leaders, committees, or members who are deployed as representatives of the organizations in the southernmost provinces, and ten people in a focus group. The research instrument was semi - structured interviews. It was found that three phases of collaboration between public sectors and community organizations in the southernmost provinces are: 1) pre-insurgency collaboration in conducting activities and projects due to government policies; 2) insurgent periods collaboration in coordination, following up, and communication; 3) post-insurgency, collaboration in habitation, healing, and assistance. Moreover, influential factors towards collaboration to inhibit insurgencies in the unrest areas in the southernmost provinces, e.g. trustworthiness and communication between public sectors and community organizations, participation in peace processes, community administration, identity expression, and policy appropriateness. Int. J. Soc. Sc. Manage. Vol. 4, Issue-2: 90-95

scholarly journals Violence against rural women: conceptions of professionals in the intersectoral network of care

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 144-179
Author(s):  
Gabriela Bervian ◽  
Marta Cocco Da Costa ◽  
Ethel Bastos Da Silva ◽  
Jaqueline Arboit ◽  
Fernanda Honnef
Keyword(s):  
Rural Women ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
La Red

Introducción: La violencia contra las mujeres tanto en áreas rurales como urbanas requiere para su enfrentamiento la articulación de diferentes sectores, a través de una red de atención.Objetivo: Conocer las concepciones de profesionales de la red de atención acerca de la violencia contra las mujeres rurales.Método: Investigación cualitativa, realizada con 26 profesionales de la red de atención a las mujeres rurales en situación de violencia en cuatro municipios de Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. La generación de datos ocurrió a través de entrevistas semiestructuradas, siendo analizadas por el análisis de contenido temático.Resultados: Los profesionales relacionaban la violencia contra las mujeres rurales a aspectos culturales, generacionales y heterogeneidades de género, que naturalizan la violencia. Indicaban los distintos tipos de violencia vivenciados, desde la violencia física, psicológica, moral, sexual, dependencia, privación de libertad hasta las jornadas de trabajo intensas.Conclusiones: Los hallazgos refuerzan las desigualdades de género que perpetúan la subyugación y sumisión de las mujeres rurales. Introduction: Violence against women in both rural and urban areas requires the coordination of different sectors through a network of care. Objective: To know the conceptions of professionals of the care network about violence against rural women. Method: Qualitative research carried out with 26 professionals from the network of care to rural women in situations of violence in four cities of Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. Data were generated semi-structured interviews and analyzed using the thematic content analysis. Results: Professionals related violence against rural women to cultural, generational and gender heterogeneities, which makes violence natural. They pointed to the different types of violence experienced, either physical, psychological, moral, and sexual violence, dependence, deprivation of liberty and intense work hours. Conclusions: The findings reinforce the gender inequalities that perpetuate the subjugation and submission of rural women. Introdução: A violência contra mulheres tanto em áreas rurais quanto urbanas requer para seu enfrentamento a articulação de diferentes setores, por meio de uma rede de atendimento. Objetivo: Conhecer as concepções de profissionais da rede de atendimento acerca da violência contra mulheres rurais. Método: Pesquisa qualitativa, realizada com 26 profissionais da rede de atendimento às mulheres rurais em situação de violência em quatro municípios do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. A geração de dados ocorreu através de entrevistas semiestruturadas, sendo analisadas pela análise de conteúdo temática. Resultados: Os profissionais relacionavam a violência contra as mulheres rurais a aspectos culturais, geracionais e heterogeneidades de gênero, que naturalizam a violência. Apontavam os diferentes tipos de violência vivenciados, desde a violência física, psicológica, moral, sexual, dependência, privação de liberdade até as jornadas de trabalho intensas. Conclusões: Os achados reforçam as desigualdades de gênero que perpetuam a subjugação e submissão das mulheres rurais.

scholarly journals Analisis Tata Kelola Pajak Bumi Bangunan Perdesaan dan Perkotaan di Kabupaten Bolaang Mongondow

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lydiastuti Monoarfa ◽  
Herman Karamoy ◽  
Ventje Ilat
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Wide Area ◽  
Property Taxes ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Descriptive Phenomenology ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
The Social ◽  
Depth Interviews

Abstract. The property taxes in rural and urban areas of tax collection (PBB-P2) are delegated to local government by the Indonesian government. This study aims to analize how the governance of PBB-P2 in Bolaang Mongondow regency. This study aims to analyze how the governance of PBB-P2 in Bolaang Mongondow regency. This study is a qualitative research by using descriptive phenomenology and the Field of Tax and Retribution in DPKKAD as the research object. Data were obtained by in-depth interviews, observation, and documentation study.  The key informants were purposively determined in order to gain accurate and correct informations. The in-depth interviews were conducted by semi-structured interviews. Triangulation methods used in this research were triangulation of researcher’s honesty, data sources, and literatures, in combine. Interviews were transcribed and analyzed by using content analysis. Codes were then established. The results of this study indicate that there are strengths and weaknesses in implementing the PBB-P2 governance at the Bolaang Mongondow regency. Internal factor is the wide area as the strength. On the other hand, the weaknesses are lack of quality and quantity of human resources; the inexistences of mapping applications and important data collection, poor internet connection the unavailability of bank service in such wide area.  In addition, the external factors which may raise the NJOP-TKP have not been maximed to increase local revenues. The threats are the social, economics, and politics in organizing those taxes (PBB-P2). Keywords: governance, regulations, human resources, infrastructure, economic, social, and polital conditions. Abstrak. Pajak Bumi dan Bangunan Sektor Perdesaan dan Perkotaan (PBB-P2) adalah taxing power. Regulasinya adalah UU No.28 Tahun 2009 tentang Pajak Daerah dan Retribusi Daerah. Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis bagaimana tata kelola PBB-P2 di Kabupaten Bolaang Mongondow. Metode penelitian menggunakan kualitatif deskriptif dengan pendekatan fenomenologi dan Bidang Pajak dan Retribusi Kabupaten Bolaang Mongondow. Data diperoleh melalui teknik wawancara mendalam, pengamatan dan studi dokumentasi. Informan kunci ditentukan secara purposif dalam mendapatkan informasi yang tepat dan akurat. Wawancara menggunakan in-depth interview jenis semi terstruktur. Metode triangulasi digunakan dalam pengujian triangulasi kejujuran peneliti, triangulasi sumber data, triangulasi metode, triangulasi dengan teori. Data transkrip dan transcribe dari hasil wawancara dianalisis dengan metode analisis SWOT. Hasil penelitian mengungkapkan bahwa  tata kelola PBB-P2 di Kabupaten Bolaang Mongondow terdapat faktor-faktor internal berupa kekuatan (strength) yakni luas wilayah, dan kelemahan (weaknesses) berupa kurangnya kuantitas dan kualitas SDM; aplikasi pemetaan dan pendataan penting belum ada; koneksi jaringan internet tidak terlalu baik; kemudahan pelayanan dalam kondisi luasnya wilayah, berupa bank mitra atau loket pembantu belum beroperasi; faktor eksternal yang mendatangkan peluang (opportunity) yakni NJOP-TKP belum optimal mendongkrak PAD; kondisi sosial, ekonomi dan politik yang menjadi ancaman (threats) dalam tata kelola PBB-P2. Kata kunci: Tata kelola, regulasi, SDM, sarana dan prasaran, kondisi sosial, ekonomi dan politik.

scholarly journals The quality of integrated reproductive health services: perspectives of clients in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Curationis ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
P Maharaj ◽  
C Munthree
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Health Facilities ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Reproductive Health Services ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Satisfaction With Services

The focus of family planning programmes has shifted away from an emphasis on controlling fertility towards helping individuals achieve their reproductive goals. This article seeks to expand knowledge about the quality of integrated services from the perspective of clients at health facilities in KwaZulu-Natal. The results from 300 structured interviews with clients visiting health facilities found that overall quality of services was relatively high. However, the quality of services varied somewhat between rural and urban areas. Clients visiting urban health facilities reported greater satisfaction with services than clients visiting rural health facilities. The interviews with clients suggests that existing efforts to integrate services has had limited success. Clients were rarely offered an expanded range of services during their visit. In most cases, clients only received services for which they presented at the health facility.

Novice, Portfolio, and Serial Founders in Rural and Urban Areas

1998 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 63-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Westhead ◽  
Mike Wright
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Work Experiences ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Economic Development Policy ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Rural Firms ◽  
Level Of Analysis

To encourage economic development policy makers and practitioners need to understand the backgrounds and objectives of entrepreneurs who own businesses in rural as well as urban areas. In this study rural firms owned by novice, portfolio, and serial founders were compared. In addition, urban firms owned by novice, portfolio, and serial founders were compared. At the founder level of analysis, similarities as well as differences in the personal background, work experiences, reasons leading to the start-up of businesses, and personal attitudes to entrepreneurship of these three types of founders were explored. At the organizational level of analysis, finance, employment and performance differences between the businesses owned by the three types of founders were analyzed. Implications for policy makers and researchers studying entrepreneurial careers and independent businesses over time are discussed.

scholarly journals Exploring Health Professionals’ Perceptions of Husbands’ Responsibilities in Muslim Women’s Health

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-34
Author(s):  
Restuning Widiasih ◽  
Katherine Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
And Behavior

Background: The husband has an important role in women's health. However, the information related to their roles is limited, including from the perspectives of health professionals. The health professionals' support and behavior have influenced men's and women's health behavior. Purpose: This study aimed to determine the health professionals’ perceptions of husbands’ roles and behavior in women's health, especially in the Muslim community.Methods: A qualitative descriptive approach applied in this study. Data were collected using the interview method. Ten clinicians from rural and urban areas of West Java, Indonesia, with a range of experience engaging with Muslim husbands involved in this study. Semi-structured interviews were recorded and then transcribed by the researchers. The transcribed data were analyzed using the comparative analysis for the interview technique.Results: Four main themes were identified: (1) Contextual factors impact husbands' roles in women's health; (2) Extensive roles of Muslim husbands in women's health; (3) Husbands and others involved in decisions about women's health; and (4) Level of health literacy affects husband's actions in women's health and cancer.Conclusion: Health professionals perceived that husbands' roles in Muslim women's health are pivotal, especially in supporting health treatments in health services. Little information was obtained about husbands' support in cancer prevention and early detection. Nurses can take the lead in improving Muslim husbands' understanding of women's health and cancer and raising their awareness of cancer screening for their wives.

scholarly journals EMERGING TRENDS FROM INDIGENOUS MUSIC AND DANCE PRACTICES: A GLIMPSE INTO CONTEMPORARY MALENDE AND TSHIGOMBELA

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
N G Mugovhani
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Past Research ◽  
State Function ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Indigenous Music ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Musical Practices ◽  
Concert Halls ◽  
And Performance

Past research into the history, state, function and performance contexts of indigenous African musical practices yielded a number of disturbing observations: there was no hope that the practitioners of this genre would ever begin deriving a living out of their art; there was the fear that some indigenous musical practices were nearing extinction because the few indigenous music practitioners still alive were on the brink of death, and there was therefore a need to capture the heritage before it was irretrievably lost. Lately the world of indigenous African music has undergone an evolution. South Africa’s rapidly changing postcolonial terrain has recently witnessed an upsurge of new stylistic trajectories  in  indigenous  musical  practices  –  nowadays  it  is  arranged  and performed by modern musical ensembles. Popular music which incorporates traditional genres has begun functioning within the socio-cultural and religious lives of Africans today, and it is no longer regarded as ‘foreign’ or alien to concert halls. It is now also frequently encountered in music stores, both in rural and urban areas. the current article traces this new, exciting and rewarding trajectory.

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