scholarly journals Women Entrepreneurship in Slow Cities of Turkey from a Sociological Perspective

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zerrin Sungur
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Small Business ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Organic Farming ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Sociological Perspective ◽  
Women Entrepreneurship ◽  
Critical Issues

Cittàslow movement was established in Italy in 1999. The Slow City movement incorporates a philosophy and a commitment to maintain the cultural heritage and quality of life of their membership towns. A slow city aims to improve the quality of life of its citizens and its visitors. Member towns are obliged to pursue local projects protecting local cultures, contributing to a relaxed pace of life, creating conviviality and hospitality and promoting a unique sense of place and local distinctiveness. There are nine slow cities in Turkey in 2013. This study examines the women entrepreneurship in slow cities of Turkey from a sociological perspective. Slow cities offer many opportunities in the meaning of local development especially for women in Turkey. They can engage with small business, hand-crafts, and organic farming in slow cities. But training of women, certification of the quality of artisan products and awareness of the citizens of slow cities are the critical issues in the sustainable local development process. Therefore, it is possible to increase income level of women living in slow cities in Turkey and also to preserve local tastes.

Critical issues of the biopsychosocial treatment of Parkinson’s disease

2015 ◽  
Vol 156 (12) ◽  
pp. 472-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Péter Kincses ◽  
Norbert Kovács ◽  
Kázmér Karádi ◽  
János Kállai
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Cognitive Status ◽  
Psychological Burden ◽  
Her Family ◽  
Critical Issues

This paper is a summary report on the basic questions of the biopsychosocial approach to Parkinson’s disease. It deals with cognitive, affective and psychological health issues which significantly influence the outcome of the physical rehabilitation. In spite of the unchanged cognitive status, the psychological burden of the changes in the quality of life, the obstruction, the change in the affective tone, and the shrinking ability to fulfil social roles decrease the patient’s quality of life. An interdisciplinary approach is best suited for mitigating these effects. Not only the patient but also his/her family and environment is seriously affected by the disease and its consequences. Treatment and rehabilitation options for increasing or maintaining the quality of life of the affected patients are diverse, and significantly depend on the features of the health care system. The authors believe that the following review emphasizing health psychological principles may contribute to the work of professionals working in clinical and rehabilitational fields and through them may increase the quality of life of patients and their family. Orv. Hetil., 2015, 156(12), 472–478.

The Significance of the Quality of Life Technology (QoLT) Center: Focused on the Center's Initial Development Process

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
Kim Dong-il ◽  
정소라 ◽  
남지은 ◽  
이재호 ◽  
김경선
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Initial Development

scholarly journals Military Barracks as Cultural Heritage in Italy: A Comparison between before-1900- and 1900-to-1950-Built Barracks

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 782
Author(s):  
Federico Camerin ◽  
Nicola Camatti ◽  
Francesco Gastaldi
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
Italian Case ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
International Good ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
The Military ◽  
Military Barracks

This paper addresses the fundamental role that cultural heritage can play in local development processes to guarantee community wellbeing, quality of life, and quality of society. The enhancement of cultural heritage’s tangible and intangible values may result in sustainable and resilient territory, but a number of issues emerge when dealing with the reuse of specific inherited assets, such as former military barracks. This paper conducts an in-depth analysis of these assets, especially those released from the military after the end of the Cold War. We thus explore the Italian case through the comparison of before-1900 and 1900-to-1950 former military barracks. The objectives are the following. First, to discover how these two types of military sites are approached (or no) as proper heritage. Second, to understand how the reuse management is carrying out and how it deals with conservative and profit-driven approaches towards the achievement of cultural, economic, environmental, and social sustainability. Third, to compare the Italian case with similar international good practices to discover common/different trends and innovative solutions to be applied in Italy.

scholarly journals Селекция растений на устойчивость – основа защиты от болезней в органическом земледелии

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.G. Monakhos ◽  
A.V. Voronina ◽  
A.V. Baidina ◽  
O.N. Zubko
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Disease Resistance ◽  
Organic Farming ◽  
Plant Protection ◽  
High Specificity ◽  
The One ◽  
Durable Disease Resistance

Одна из ключевых проблем, сдерживающих распространение органических технологий, – экологически безопасная защита растений от болезней и вредителей. В силу выраженной специфики органического земледелия (требования к использованию природоподобных технологий и запрета на использование пестицидов, надежная генетическая устойчивость сортов и гибридов становится одним из основных путей решения этой проблемы. Представлен аналитический обзор современных данных по этой тематике.The role and importance of organic farming in improving the quality of life of humanity are obvious. The one of the key problems limiting the organic technologies is the problem of plant protection against diseases and pests. Due to high specificity of organic farming technologies, particularly the requirements for the use of nature-like technologies and the restrictions on the use of pesticides, durable disease resistance of crops becomes super-actual.

Quality of Life and Diverse Temporalities amid Fast Urbanism

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 427-448
Author(s):  
Mihye Cho
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Public Housing ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Improve Quality ◽  
Life Domains ◽  
Life Conditions ◽  
Quality Of Life Research ◽  
Life Evaluation ◽  
Critical Issues

Abstract Quality-of-life research leans toward measuring placed-based attributes of a locale while less attention has been given to understanding what people mean by quality of life. This paper reiterates that quality-of-life research is intrinsically about juxtaposing life conditions and life evaluation, thereby unveiling critical issues immanent in a society (Castells, 1983). This paper draws on interviews conducted in public housing neighbourhoods in Singapore to examine the colloquial meanings of quality of life and the normative connotations that people attach to it. It unveils the efforts to reconcile fast and slow and discusses the different temporalities underpinning life domains and how spatial planning could engage with the issue of time to improve quality of life. The Singapore case is insightful to contemplate the challenges of reconciling the increasing needs of going slower amid an accelerated pace of life, which is a contradictory yet pervasive characteristic of life in contemporary capitalist societies.

Visitor Centres as a Contribution to Improving Urban-Rural Relations

2020 ◽  
pp. 193-214
Author(s):  
Aleksandar Videnovic ◽  
Milos Arandjelovic
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Public Buildings ◽  
The Third ◽  
Urban Rural

The architecture of public buildings in rural areas, through the advancement of skills, knowledge, technologies, and materials, has become increasingly representative in recent decades, especially considering tourism as a global theme. The work is related to the planning of visitor centers in rural areas and the main task is defined by the effort to improve the quality of life in such areas, that is, highlight the major advantages in space, such as the natural environment. The aim of the research is defined by establishing certain elements in the planning of the visitor centers within the idea of promoting local values and cultural heritage. The first part of the chapter has been defined as an analysis of the theoretical views. The second part of the study has been defined as an analysis of the visitor centers. Through a case study, in the third part of the chapter, the work presents a comparative overview of the process to achieve two individual similar investments in Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

The Role of Culture in City Branding

2017 ◽  
pp. 1125-1142
Author(s):  
Selda Uca Ozer
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
International Strategy ◽  
Development Studies ◽  
City Branding ◽  
Critical Importance ◽  
The City

City branding means all types of image development studies for a city in order to attract more visitors, raise the quality of life and awareness of the city and provide development etc. Today, the increasing competition among the cities has made city branding a necessity. There are different strategies implemented for city branding. The mostly used strategy among those is the culture-focused branding studies. Culture has a critical importance for city branding and it is used as an international strategy for the economic, social and environmental renovation of cities. Marketing the cultural city sources and activities in an efficient way and branding the city accordingly have become increasingly important. In this chapter, the role and importance of culture which is one of the most important strategies used in city branding has been discussed in detail. Also, the cases of cultural cities which become successfully different from their rivals with their cultural heritage and the strategies implemented in these cases have been analyzed.

Developing Electronic Content for the Support of the European Cultural Inclusion

2011 ◽  
pp. 107-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioannis Chochliouros ◽  
Ioannis Bougos ◽  
Stergios Chochliouros
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Improve Quality ◽  
Business Partnerships ◽  
Electronic Communications ◽  
Societal Issue ◽  
Cultural Inclusion ◽  
Electronic Content

Various European initiatives and appropriate policies have been deployed (and are still in progress) to promote the creation and the distribution of new forms of electronically available content, aiming to support the “European cultural inclusion,” which constitutes a high-priority societal issue. The present works investigates diverse potential opportunities for realizing and offering innovative services, applications, and/or related facilities in the market through the proper use of modern electronic communications, especially for the promotion of cultural and social targets. Such options implicate vigorous participation both of state authorities and market industry players to launch dynamic business partnerships in parallel with efforts to improve quality of life and social cohesion in order to forward new ways of participating in society and to advance the European diversity and rich cultural heritage.

Issues in pharmacoeconomic studies with psychotropics: Some practical considerations

1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (S3) ◽  
pp. 275s-278s ◽  
Author(s):  
G Simeon
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Cost Utility ◽  
Psychotropic Medications ◽  
Alternative Strategies ◽  
Optimal Decisions ◽  
Additional Work

Summary The assessment of quality of life (QoL) and economic outcomes of psychotropic medications are closely related. Both costs and QoL are important in establishing the value of new and existing drugs in order to assist patients, physicians, payors of health care, and society to make optimal decisions. These parameters may be combined, as in cost-utility analyses, or analysed separately. Although not a true reflection of normal practice, clinical trials are most often the setting for measurement of these parameters. The viability of such analyses, which often necessitate the inclusion of active comparators and additional work measuring costs and QoL, within the context of controlled studies must be established early on in the development process. If ‘registration oriented’ trials are inappropriate, alternative strategies must be pursued.

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