Water Systems in a Circular Economy

2021 ◽  
pp. 195-206
Author(s):  
Arvind Deshmukh
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Water Systems ◽  
Foundation Design ◽  
Natural Systems ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Macarthur Foundation

The circular economy is based on three fundamental principles as defined by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation: design out waste and pollution, keep products and materials in use, and regenerate natural systems. This chapter explores the relationship between the circular economy principles and the water management systems to identify the integration points where the water systems can be aligned with the circular economy. The chapter also ascertains the impediments which hinder this transition and identifies the opportunities that will present themselves in this endeavor. This chapter aims to help the readers understand the social, economic, and environmental impacts that will be created when water systems get integrated into the circular economy framework.

scholarly journals Innovación en la formación del profesorado de educación física (Innovation in teacher training on physical education)

Retos ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 251-257
Author(s):  
Francisco Carreiro da Costa ◽  
Miguel Angel González Valeiro ◽  
Martin Francisco González Villalobos
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Effective Teachers ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
New Teacher ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Pedagogical Strategies ◽  
Expert Opinions ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

El objetivo de este artículo es analizar la formación inicial del profesorado de Educación Física, incorporando elementos de reflexión y propuestas para considerar tanto en los planes de estudio como a nivel de las materias que componen el mismo. Todo esto, desde el convencimiento de que las cuestiones más importantes en nuestro campo se decidirán en un marco político que prioriza las cuestiones económicas y sociales ante la investigación y las opiniones de los expertos. Se desarrollará de acuerdo a la siguiente estructura:(1) Justificaremos que los procesos de innovación y cambio están influenciados principalmente por el contexto social, económico y político (más que por los resultados obtenidos desde la investigación); (2) analizaremos la evolución de la formación docente, prestando especial atención a la «nueva formación del profesorado» (docentes informados, críticos y capaces de promover el cambio); (3) defenderemos la necesidad de concebir y realizar una formación del profesorado capaz de prepararlos para ser eficaces; (4) nos referiremos a los desafíos para una formación de calidad del profesorado de Educación Física, centrándose en aspectos tales como: ¿Qué papel deben jugar las características de las/los estudiantes que quieren acceder a los programas de formación inicial del profesorado de educación física (FIPEF) y como transformar las creencias de los futuros docentes? ¿Qué tipos de programas contribuyen a la formación de un profesional más cualificado? ¿Cómo definir e impartir la materia dentro de los programas de FIPEF?, y ¿Cuáles son las características de los FIPEF de calidad? y, (5) concluiremos haciendo algunas recomendaciones para la formación inicial del profesorado de educación física.Palabras clave. formación inicial del profesorado, profesorado de educación física, educación física, innovación educativa.Abstract. The aim of this paper is to analyse the Physical Education in Teacher Education (PETE) in introducing elements of reflection and proposals considering both the curriculum and the contents used in this curriculum. We will do this based on the conviction that the most important issues in our field will be decided on a policy framework that prioritizes social and economic issues grounded on research and expert opinions. This article has the following structure: (1) we will introduce the topics of the article emphasising that the processes of innovation and changes are mainly influenced by the social, economic and political context (rather than the results obtained from research); (2) we will analyse the evolution of teacher education, giving special attention to the «new teacher education» (informed, critical and able to promote change); (3) we will defend the need to conceive and perform a PETE able to prepare teachers to become effective teachers; (4) we will refer to the challenges for PETE, trying to answer the following relevant questions: What role should PETE candidates’ attributes play in the PETE curriculum and what is the relationship between effective PETE and student achievement in physical education? What programmatic structures or curricular frameworks are most promising for preparing effective teachers? How should we define and deliver subject matter within PETE? What pedagogical strategies within PETE promote effective teaching? And, (5) we will conclude making some recommendations to PETE.

Circular economy, sharing and sustainability - Challenges for the social economy in a territory that wants to become a Smart Region

2022 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Keyword(s):  
Time Use ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Resource Sharing ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Investment Project ◽  
Paid Work ◽  
Knowledge Assets ◽  
The Social ◽  
Sustainability Challenges ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims to analyse the predisposition of social economy agents to resource sharing. To achieve this, it was chosen to implement an exploratory qualitative approach directed to managers and an exploratory quantitative approach directed to employees. The results allowed to estimate that they do have a significant economic impact on number, paid work and business volume. It was shown the relationship between the interest demonstration on sharing and the appropriate qualification for the jobs of managers and employees. It was demonstrated the practice of informal and non-regulated sharing of own and third parties’ resources, among close partners, without the existence of a management model of knowledge, assets, time, use/reuse and exploitation. It is anticipated that the study could serve as scientific/methodological basis for a regional investment project, R&D and establishment of partnerships, reconciling interest in a smart region, as well as the application of circular economy principles.

Social Entrepreneurship and Related Concepts

2021 ◽  
pp. 273-294
Author(s):  
Cristina López-Cózar-Navarro ◽  
Tiziana Priede-Bergamini
Keyword(s):  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
New Ventures ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

In the past few decades, a new way of responding to social and environmental problems has emerge: the social entrepreneurship. It is presented as a special type of venture, in which the creation of social value prevails over the maximization of profits. Thus, the main objective of these types of ventures is to serve the community and to search for a positive social change. In this chapter, in addition to presenting the concept of social entrepreneurship and its various approaches within the so-called third sector and the emergent fourth sector, the main sources of funding that can be used by social entrepreneurs are also presented, especially business angels and crowdfunding, are detailed. New paradigms such as the collaborative economy and the circular economy are also addressed within social economy, highlighting the relationship with social entrepreneurship and the path of opportunity to foster new ventures in these fields.

Life and Sport — Analysis on the Influence of Sports Architecture on Urban Development

2014 ◽  
Vol 584-586 ◽  
pp. 559-563
Author(s):  
Yang Zhao ◽  
Xu Bai
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Functional Role ◽  
Urban Culture ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Cultural Development ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

Sports will bring interests for the urban development, which is the starting point of the paper, then the relationship between urban development, urban landscape environment, urban culture and the sports building is analyzed to reflect on the design demands and the transformation of functional role, moreover the diversified development trend of sports building in the social, economic and cultural development as well as their commensal and harmonious design are proposed.

scholarly journals Understanding and Managing Vacant Houses in Support of a Material Stock-Type Society—The Case of Kitakyushu, Japan

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (13) ◽  
pp. 5363
Author(s):  
Wendy Wuyts ◽  
Raphael Sedlitzky ◽  
Masato Morita ◽  
Hiroki Tanikawa
Keyword(s):  
Circular Economy ◽  
Gis Analysis ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Patterns ◽  
Material Management ◽  
Temporal Dimension ◽  
The Social ◽  
Management Perspective ◽  
Stock Type ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

From a sustainable material management perspective, vacant houses represent material stock and still have potential in the circular economy. This article addresses two aspects of understanding and managing vacant houses: the difficulty of understanding their spatial and temporal patterns and the management of the social costs behind the phenomenon of vacant houses. These aspects are approached by combining a 4D GIS analysis with expert interviews and additional qualitative tools to assess the spatial and temporal dimension of vacant houses. Furthermore, this manuscript presents a tool to estimate the obsolete dwelling material stock distribution within a city. The case of the city of Kitakyushu demonstrates the relationship that exists between the historical trajectories of housing norms and standards, such as comfort, cleanliness, safety, and convenience, and the dynamics of the built material stock and demography for three selected neighbourhoods. The results show that the more locked-in a district is in terms of “obsolete norms and codes”, the more likely it is that the obsolete stock is dead, and consequently, urban mining should be considered. The article concludes that a revisiting of the norms and standards of convenience and other domains is one of the prerequisites of the transition toward a circular built environment and the prevention of obsolete stock accumulation.

Golf Courses: Environmental Impacts

2006 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 218-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miquel Salgot ◽  
Josefina C. Tapias
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Golf Courses ◽  
Environmental Aspects ◽  
Natural Areas ◽  
The Core ◽  
Social Pressures ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Way

The relationship between golf courses, forced ecosystems and the environment is extremely complex and need to be established carefully because of the social pressures and implications of this type of facilities. The main environmental aspects of golf courses, the way the golf structures exert an influence on the environment, the management practices and the use of pesticides are the main features to be considered. The soil-plant-atmosphere continuum is at the core of the golf and must be managed in an integrated way to reduce environmental impacts of the whole facility. Many golf courses are located in natural areas, where wildlife exists and there is an influence on the course and vice versa. There is also the need to define the relationships between a course and its surrounding environments.

LEADERS, FARMERS, AND CRAFTERS: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEADING HOUSEHOLDS AND HOUSEHOLDS ACROSS THE CHAN COMMUNITY

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 371-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia Robin ◽  
Laura Kosakowsky ◽  
Angela Keller ◽  
James Meierhoff
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
Community Leaders ◽  
Political Strategies ◽  
Postclassic Period ◽  
Farming Community ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Dimensions ◽  
Household Interaction ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Organization Research

AbstractHouseholds, communities, and society exist in a mutually constituting relationship, shaping and being shaped by one another. Daily life within households can have political dimensions and affect societal organization. Research at the Maya farming community of Chan in Belize demonstrates how households shaped their lives, history, and politics for 2,000 years (800b.c.–a.d.1200). We examine the households of Chan's leaders and the social, economic, political, and religious relationships between leading households and other households across the community to show how novel forms of political practice arose through household interaction. Community leaders and households across the community developed community-focused ritual practices and group-oriented social, economic, ideological, and political strategies that were critical in the development of their community, were distinctive from normative individual-focused political practices of the Classic Maya kings, and may have influenced the later development of more diverse political strategies in the Maya area in the Postclassic period.

scholarly journals Kabbalist and Communal Leader: Rabbi Yudel Rosenberg and the Canadian Jewish Community

1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ira Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Turn Of The Century ◽  
Orthodox Judaism ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Religious Law ◽  
Competing Demands ◽  
The Relationship

The social, economic and religious pressures encountered by Eastern European Jews who emigrated to North America have been well documented. But focus on these areas has mostly failed to take into account the relationship between Orthodox Judaism and the process of adaptation to the New World. At the turn of the century, Orthodox rabbis, immigrants themselves, actively wrestled with the competing demands of Orthodox tradition and modern society. One such rabbi, Judah (Yudel) Rosenberg, brought with him to Canada a background combining both traditional Hasidism and secular learning. Rosenberg sought to draw the people closer to tradition by making it more accessible to them. Mysticism, especially, he viewed as the key to the preservation and regeneration of Judaism amongst a population that found it easier to make excuses than to follow the letter of religious law.

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