Facing the Three Ds

2021 ◽  
pp. 25-41
Author(s):  
Clara Rachel Eybalin Casseus
Keyword(s):  
Local Development ◽  
The Bahamas ◽  
Urban Dynamics ◽  
The Third ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
The Third World ◽  
The City ◽  
Environmental Landscape ◽  
Epistemic Perspective ◽  
Level Analysis

In this chapter, the author provides a unique set of insights concerning the policy of urban dynamics that is part of a complex process. The focus is on how disasters and development are understood and experienced through the lens of decolonial thinking based on a discussion of the displaced issue in a complex global socio-economic context of the city. Because the third world is associated with development needs to be reformulated in terms of dialogues from different enunciation loci, it becomes pertinent to consider the decolonial epistemic perspective in a space that constantly faces disasters that jeopardize its development in the framework of the effects on the environmental landscape and local development initiatives of Hurricane Dorian. Based on an informative discussion of an institutional level analysis, the author concludes with important insights about the case of Haitians in the Bahamas to demonstrate some interesting implications for (mis)management through NGOs.

scholarly journals The Production and Consumption of Cultural Villages in South Africa: A Decolonial Epistemic Perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morgan Ndlovu
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Third World ◽  
The Third ◽  
The People ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Tourism Studies ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
The Third World ◽  
Epistemic Perspective

While many of the peoples who exist in the ‘spatio-temporal’ construct known as the postcolonial world today are convinced that they have succeeded – through anticolonial and anti-imperial struggles – to defeat colonial domination, the majority of the people of the same part of the world have not yet reaped the freedoms which they aimed to achieve. The question that emerges out of the failure to realise the objectives of anti-colonial and anti-imperial struggles by the people of the Third World after a number of years of absence of juridical-administrative colonial and apartheid systems is to what extent did the people who sought to dethrone colonial domination understand the complexity of the colonial system? And to what end did the ability and/or inability to master the complexity of the colonial system affect the process of decolonization? Through the case study of the production and consumption of cultural villages in South Africa, this article deploys a de-colonial epistemic perspective to reveal, within the context of tourism studies, the complexity of the colonial system and why a truly decolonized postcolonial world has so far eluded the people of the developing world.

The City in the Third World.

1975 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 505
Author(s):  
Paul Wheatley ◽  
D. J. Dwyer
Keyword(s):  
Third World ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Third World ◽  
The City

scholarly journals Corresponding Makeup of the Art Market of Erie, Pennsylvania with Regional Success

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cassandra Askins ◽  
Robert Hodgson ◽  
Jeffrey Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Predominantly White ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
Final Section ◽  
Art Market ◽  
For Profit ◽  
The Third ◽  
Art Economics ◽  
The City ◽  
Racial Demographics ◽  
Level Analysis

The art market is a sector of the economy that holds great significance in terms of composition and economic impact. Information pertaining to the for profits of the market is often difficult to obtain, leading to a lack of research in the field. A Colorado based report explored the for profit arts of the state using EMSI data to overcome for profits lack of transparency. This report presented the art market of Colorado as having a major economic impact and served as a foundation for further case studies of the art economy within the nation. Additionally, though diversity in markets generally corresponds with economic success, the racial demographics within the art market as a whole show the market to be predominantly white. This paper consists of four sections specialized to answer the question, “To what extent does the makeup of the art economy of Erie, Pennsylvania correspond with regional success?”. First, I review the current literature regarding arts and their relationship with economics. The second section is developing a multi-pronged replicable methodology geared towards city level analysis that corresponds the makeup of a market to its economic impact. The third section analyzes the findings the methodology provides, and the final section explores the implications this study has in regards to the city investigated and others in the field of art economics moving forward. 

A Win-Win Strategy for Economic Wealth and Climate Protection – Equally Important for the First and the Third World

1997 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilfrid Bach
Keyword(s):  
Third World ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
World Population ◽  
Climate Protection ◽  
Commercial Sector ◽  
Economic Wealth ◽  
The Third ◽  
Electricity Use ◽  
The Third World ◽  
The City

Reduction targets for a desired degree of climate protection are negotiated at the international circuit. Concrete measures for reaching such targets are implemented at the national and city levels. Demonstrated here for electricity use in the commercial sector of the City of Muenster is a “Win-Win Strategy” which, if correctly done will result only in winners. Specifically, it is shown that electricity use between 1990 and 2005 in a Trend Scenario would increase by ca. 25 %, while in the Climate Protection Scenario it could decrease by ca. 23 % due to savings and substitution measures. The benefits, costs, and net gains are computed for different price developments. For a favored variant, the net gain to customers is ca. 66 M DM and that of the city utility – acting as an investor/contractor – is ca. 44 M DM over the period 1996–2021. The monetary savings are calculated by individual uses and user categories. The calculated benefit-loss developments show favorable payback times ranging from 11 to 14 years for the total commercial sector or 2 to 5 years for individual objects. Rough estimates show that over the next 10 years the “Win Win Strategy” could provide 256 additional jobs in the commercial electricity sector of Muenster, and about 700 000 new jobs when projected for Germany as a whole. Additionally, studies show that implementing the electricity efficiency potential in five Western European countries by 2020 could save between 20 and 50 Bil.(billion) ECU, whilst the need for some 90 additional 1000 MW power plants could be avoided. If current commercially available efficiency technologies were used to reach a standard of living equal to that in W. Europe in the late 1970s, the Third World final energy demand would be ca. 1 kW/cap, and in the First World perhaps a little greater. The energetic limit of the ecosphere is estimated to be ca. 1.5 kW/cap at the current world population. Finally, the policy options discussed here can help tap this huge available energy efficiency gold mine by the North and the South alike. The function of the “Win Win Strategy” is to help supply the funds for paving the way toward a sustainable future.

Do Cities ‘Modernize’ the Developing Countries? An Examination of the South Asian Experience

1974 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 266-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Qadeer
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Third World ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
Industrial City ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Third World ◽  
The City

The City is a civilizing influence. This is one of the enduring themes of western thought. The crowding, filth, and exploitation of the industrial city in nineteenth-century Europe could not dampen the enthusiasm of urbanists such as Weber, Ruskin, or Spengler; nor is there any dearth of eulogizers of today‘s sprawling megalopolis. This mode of thought has also found its way into the poor countries of the third world, where the overwhelming majority lives in isolated villages. The current message for them is to seek urbanization if they want to be prosperous. This is the essence of a now familiar proposition that cities are necessary for economic development.

scholarly journals Desarrollo local y vaciamiento demográfico en Moratalla (Murcia, España): ¿un proceso reversible a través de la promoción turística?

2021 ◽  
pp. 605
Author(s):  
Francisco José Morales Yago
Keyword(s):  
Economic Activity ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Historic Center ◽  
The Third ◽  
Population Evolution ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
The City

Resumen: El municipio de Moratalla, ubicado en la comarca del NO de Murcia (España) presenta por sus datos respecto a la evolución poblacional una de las pocas excepciones en el conjunto regional, ya que pierde población desde al menos cuatro décadas. Esta situación significa un progresivo deterioro en la actividad económica, el envejecimiento de la población y un importante abandono del casco histórico de la ciudad, así como en una serie de pedanías localizadas en un amplio término municipal de 954,82 km2, el tercero más extenso de la Región de Murcia que está compuesta por cuarenta y cinco términos municipales. Los análisis estadísticos, cuestionario tabulados y entrevistas de carácter cualitativo a expertos locales señalan un escenario para esta ciudad y su término municipal preocupante, que en caso de que no se consiga frenar podría desembocar a medio y largo plazo en una aguda regresión social y económica de este municipio. A través de la herramienta DAFO aplicada básicamente a la promoción turística de interior se harán propuestas que contribuyan a detener la sangría demográfica, diversificando la económica local basada en el sector primario y en la salida diaria de muchos vecinos a otras localidades, donde desarrollan sus puestos de trabajo.   Palabras clave: Despoblación, vaciamiento, desarrollo local, Moratalla, estrategia territorial.   Abstract: The municipality of Moratalla, located in the NW region of Murcia (Spain) presents, due to its data regarding population evolution, one of the few exceptions in the regional set, since it has lost population for at least four decades. This situation means a progressive deterioration in economic activity, the aging of the population and a significant abandonment of the historic center of the city, as well as in a series of districts located in a large municipal area of 954.82 km2, the third largest of the Murcia Region, which is made up of forty-five municipalities. Statistical analyzes, tabulated questionnaires and qualitative interviews with local experts indicate a worrying scenario for this city and its municipal area, which in the event of failure to stop could lead in the medium and long term into an acute social and economic regression of this municipality. Through the SWOT tool applied basically to inland tourism promotion, proposals will be made that help to stop demographic bleeding, diversifying the local economy based on the primary sector and the daily departure of many residents to other locations, where they develop their jobs of work.   Key words: Depopulation, emptying, local development, Moratalla, territorial strategy.

Wuzhen Conference signals China internet policy shift

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Third World ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Third ◽  
Internet Policy ◽  
Policy Shift ◽  
Foreign Governments ◽  
The Third World ◽  
The City

Subject China's internet policy. Significance The third World Internet Conference, held in the city of Wuzhen last month, provides clues about China's cyber policy under the new head of the Cyberspace Administration, who took over earlier this year. Impacts The Cyberspace Administration of China is likely to play a lower-key role from now on. Foreign governments face an urgent question about engagement or non-engagement with China in cyberspace. Engagement would mean meeting China halfway on its demands; participation in the Wuzhen process would be one way.

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