Theoretical Models for Determining Beach Management Strategy and Management Plans

2009 ◽  
pp. 93-120
Keyword(s):  
Management Strategy ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Beach Management ◽  
Management Plans

scholarly journals Beach Certification Schemes in Latin America: Are They Applicable to the Brazilian Context?

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 934
Author(s):  
Luidgi Marchese ◽  
Camilo M. Botero ◽  
Seweryn Zielinski ◽  
Giorgio Anfuso ◽  
Marcus Polette ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Coastal Zone Management ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Coastal Zones ◽  
Beach Management ◽  
Zone Management

Beaches are multidimensional ecosystems that develop relevant natural functions and host tourist activities of great economic value. Therefore, they are currently being subjected to severe human pressure and natural impacts often enhanced by climate change. Beach certification schemes (BCSs) were designed to bridge the gap between recreation and conservation uses. The aim of this paper is to assess the compatibility and potential contribution of nine Beach Classification Schemes (BCSs) used in Latin America with the Orla Project implemented in Brazil to optimize land use planning of coastal zones, including beaches. The weaknesses and strengths of each BCSs were assessed according to the criteria for integrated coastal zone management. As a result, four of the nine BCSs were found to be the most compatible with the context of Brazilian beaches (Ecuadorian, Colombian, Cuban, and Argentinean BCSs), indicating that BCSs can contribute to specific aspects of beach management, but they should not be the only management strategy. In conclusion, the strengths of the four BCSs identified in this study can be used to build a new management tool for Brazilian beaches aligned with the Orla Project—the main coastal planning and management instrument currently used.

Aligning IT Teams' Risk Management to Business Requirements

2011 ◽  
pp. 301-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corey Hirsch ◽  
Jean-Noel Ezingeard
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Risk Perception ◽  
Information Security ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Risk Tolerance ◽  
Management Teams ◽  
Enterprise Information ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Perceive Risk

Achieving alignment of risk perception, assessment, and tolerance among and between management teams within an organisation is an important foundation upon which an effective enterprise information security management strategy can be built .We argue the importance of such alignment based on information security and risk assessment literature. Too often lack of alignment dampens clean execution of strategy, eroding support during development and implementation of information security programs . We argue that alignment can be achieved by developing an understanding of enterprise risk management plans and actions, risk perceptions and risk culture. This is done by examining context, context and process. We illustrate this through the case of LeCroy Corp., illustrating how LeCroy managers perceive risk in practice, and how LeCroy fosters alignment in risk perception and execution of risk management strategy as part of an overall information security program. We show that in some circumstances diversity of risk tolerance profiles aide a management teams’ function. In other circumstances, variances lead to dysfunction. We have uncovered and quantified nonlinearities and special cases in LeCroy executive management’s risk tolerance profiles.

Modelling waste generated during construction of buildings using regression analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (8) ◽  
pp. 857-867 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo de Carvalho Teixeira ◽  
Marco Aurélio Stumpf González ◽  
Luiz Fernando Mälmann Heineck ◽  
Andrea Parisi Kern ◽  
Guilherme Manfredini Bueno
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Waste Generation ◽  
Porto Alegre ◽  
Statistical Parameters ◽  
Local Practices ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Building Characteristics ◽  
Waste Generation Rate

The building industry is responsible for a large amount of waste, and the measurement and modelling of this waste could be used to develop better waste management plans. Several theoretical models explain the relationships between waste and building characteristics, but local practices may result in different behaviours. This study aimed to measure and analyse the waste generated through construction. It was based on the analysis of 18 building sites located in the region of Porto Alegre, Brazil. Waste was measured at these sites, and the results showed an average waste generation rate of 0.151 m3 m-2. A regression analysis of the collected data presented a satisfactory performance in two models. The first model was developed to explain total waste generation, including the effects of certain attributes, with an R2 = 0.81. The changes in waste generated during construction were estimated. The second model considered time schedules and examined the effect of the construction stage on waste generation, and reached an R2 = 0.91. The model with time indicated an S-shaped relationship. The models presented satisfactory statistical parameters and could be used to produce better waste management plans in the preconstruction stage.

Beach management strategy for small islands: Case studies of China

2020 ◽  
Vol 184 ◽  
pp. 104908 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weiheng Zheng ◽  
Feng Cai ◽  
Shenliang Chen ◽  
Jun Zhu ◽  
Hongshuai Qi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Small Islands ◽  
Beach Management

scholarly journals Thai Nurses' Learning Needs Regarding Disaster Nursing: High Needs?

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirana Phakdeechanuan ◽  
Praneed Songwathana ◽  
Wipa Sae-Sia
Keyword(s):  
Management Strategy ◽  
Sampling Methods ◽  
First Aid ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Nursing Management ◽  
Alpha Coefficient ◽  
A Value ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
And Training

Background: Disaster nursing has become a critical concern, worldwide, due to a trend toward management strategy. However, limited studies are conducted in Thailand where nurses have faced increasing threat to both natural and man-made disasters.Purpose: To describe the amounts of learning needs (both expressed and normative needs) regarding disaster nursing among Thai nurses.Methods: The sample included 454 registered nurses who have been working inThailand for at least six months selected through the multi-stage sampling methods. Data were collected using questionnaire included the Learning Needs Regarding Disaster Nursing Questionnaire (LNDNQ), developed based on the learning needs triangle model and the concept the International Council of Nurses (ICN) Framework of Disaster Nursing Competencies. The LNDNQ was tested for content validity by three experts and for reliability with 20 nurses using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient yielding a value of .97 (expressed needs), and .99 (normative needs), respectively. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics.Result: This study found that the top three contents of the most learning needs in expressed needs were similarly with the most normative needs which items were related to mitigation/prevention and response phase. The most learning needs they expressed were assisting and first aid for victims at the scene (n=229, 50.4%), followed by basic principle of triage (n=218, 48.0%), and training of the disaster nursing management plans (n=217, 47.80%). However, the top least expressed needs were related to mitigation/prevention and recovery/rehabilitation phase. These were providing an information for community with the notification, and announcement the severity level of disaster (n=32, 7.0%), followed by preparing and organizing the evacuation area for victims (n=37, 8.1%).Conclusion: The contents related to the most learning needs (expressed needs andnormative needs) regarding disaster nursing must be emphasized in training course and nursing curriculums in Thailand to improve Thai nurses' capability in disaster nursing management.

On the Competitive and Collaborative Implications of Category Captainship

2017 ◽  
Vol 81 (4) ◽  
pp. 127-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasin Alan ◽  
Jeffrey P. Dotson ◽  
Mümin Kurtuluş
Keyword(s):  
Management Strategy ◽  
Product Category ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
The Other ◽  
Private Label ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Unique Data ◽  
Category Captainship ◽  
Joint Consideration ◽  
The Impact

Category captainship (CC) is a retailing practice wherein a retailer collaborates with one of the manufacturers in a product category (referred to as the captain) to develop and implement a category management strategy. Although CC has been studied using both theoretical models and surveys, empirical evidence on the benefits and drawbacks of CC is scarce. The authors use a unique data set collected during a CC implementation to empirically examine the impact of CC on the retailer, the captain, and the other manufacturers in the category. The authors find that both the retailer's private label and the captain benefit from CC because of pricing and assortment changes. They also find that some competing manufacturers benefit from CC while others suffer. Specifically, the manufacturers that closely compete with the captain benefit, whereas the manufacturers that are in close competition with the private label suffer because the retailer protects its private label. The authors show that category sales would have been higher if the retailer had not protected its private label. This study sheds light on how joint consideration of assortment and pricing, the presence of a private label, and product characteristics may influence the outcomes of CC implementations.

scholarly journals Fishing diseased abalone to promote yield and conservation

2016 ◽  
Vol 371 (1689) ◽  
pp. 20150211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tal Ben-Horin ◽  
Kevin D. Lafferty ◽  
Gorka Bidegain ◽  
Hunter S. Lenihan
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Parasite Prevalence ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Diagnostic Tools ◽  
Parasite Transmission ◽  
Good Management ◽  
Red Abalone ◽  
Diagnostic Cost ◽  
Withering Syndrome

Past theoretical models suggest fishing disease-impacted stocks can reduce parasite transmission, but this is a good management strategy only when the exploitation required to reduce transmission does not overfish the stock. We applied this concept to a red abalone fishery so impacted by an infectious disease (withering syndrome) that stock densities plummeted and managers closed the fishery. In addition to the non-selective fishing strategy considered by past disease-fishing models, we modelled targeting (culling) infected individuals, which is plausible in red abalone because modern diagnostic tools can determine infection without harming landed abalone and the diagnostic cost is minor relative to the catch value. The non-selective abalone fishing required to eradicate parasites exceeded thresholds for abalone sustainability, but targeting infected abalone allowed the fishery to generate yield and reduce parasite prevalence while maintaining stock densities at or above the densities attainable if the population was closed to fishing. The effect was strong enough that stock and yield increased even when the catch was one-third uninfected abalone. These results could apply to other fisheries as the diagnostic costs decline relative to catch value.

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