scholarly journals MANAGEMENT PLANS AND WEB-GIS SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS AS ACTIVE AND DYNAMIC TOOLS TO CONSERVE AND VALORIZE HISTORIC PUBLIC GARDENS

2019 ◽  
Vol XLII-2/W15 ◽  
pp. 291-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Cazzani ◽  
C. M. Zerbi ◽  
R. Brumana
Keyword(s):  
Web Gis ◽  
Topographic Map ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
Dual Nature ◽  
Public Gardens ◽  
Software Applications ◽  
Cultural Sites ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Gis Software

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Historic gardens are artefacts that evolve in a continuous and unavoidable way, and, at the same time, they are heritage and cultural sites that need to be conserved: the recognition of this dual nature motivates us to seek for new approaches to their management issues. Whilst it is necessary to follow site mutations and valorize its features while dynamically changes the appearance of the garden and the needs of the society, at the same time it is fundamental that an appropriate strategic plan sets a target for the garden, a midmid-long term vision, in order to preserve botanic and documentary value and maintain historic and artistic significance. The paper analyzes historical sources, surveys, thematic maps and interpretations to study historic public gardens, considering complexity and vulnerability of the components an d issues involved in historic gardens and consequent multidisciplinary approach. In order to identify conservation and management criteria it underlines analysis and evaluation of the environmental, architectural, land scape and perceptive features of the historic garden and its surroundings, demonstrating the importance to study the site historic stratification and the site context in order to define preservation goals to prevent decay, to mitigate impacts, to set up maintenance programs and management plans. The aim of this essay is also to highlight the role of GIS and WebGIS applications – targeted at public administrations – that integrate the spatial component (topographic map, ortophoto, physical plans, cadastral maps) and databases about botanic inventories and conservation and valorization treatments of historic public of public gardens.</p>

scholarly journals Multimedia integration of cartographic source materials for researching and presenting phenomena from economic history

2016 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 271-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dariusz Lorek
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Economic History ◽  
Texture Mapping ◽  
Topographic Map ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
Distinctive Character ◽  
Industrial Landscape ◽  
Multimedia Integration ◽  
The 19Th Century

Abstract The article presents a framework for integrating historical sources with elements of the geographical space recorded in unique cartographic materials. The aim of the project was to elaborate a method of integrating spatial data sources that would facilitate studying and presenting the phenomena of economic history. The proposed methodology for multimedia integration of old materials made it possible to demonstrate the successive stages of the transformation which was characteristic of the 19th-century space. The point of reference for this process of integrating information was topographic maps from the first half of the 19th century, while the research area comprised the castle complex in Kórnik together with the small town – the pre-industrial landscape in Wielkopolska (Greater Poland). On the basis of map and plan transformation, graphic processing of the scans of old drawings, texture mapping of the facades of historic buildings, and a 360° panorama, the source material collected was integrated. The final product was a few-minute-long video, composed of nine sequences. It captures the changing form of the castle building together with its facades, the castle park, and its further topographic and urban surroundings, since the beginning of the 19th century till the present day. For a topographic map sheet dating back to the first half of the 19th century, in which the hachuring method had been used to present land relief, a terrain model was generated. The transition from parallel to bird’s-eye-view perspective served to demonstrate the distinctive character of the pre-industrial landscape.

scholarly journals GIS “Spatial Mobility of the Szlachta under Peter the First” in a Prosopographic Study

2020 ◽  
pp. 206-218
Author(s):  
Andrei Viktorovich Zakharov ◽  
Alexey Frolov
Keyword(s):  
Social History ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Data Representation ◽  
Web Gis ◽  
Spatial Mobility ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
Text Data ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Web

The article discusses possibilities of geochronological tracking technology for studying the spatial mobility of social groups in Russia in the past. The GIS proposed is necessary to visualize and analyze spatial data in a prosopographic research of about 400 szlachta representatives in Peter&rsquo;s Epoch. Spatial mobility is understood as the intensity of person's translocation through settlements and his ability to respond to external challenges by moving. The archival materials of the Senate inspection of the szlachta (1721-1723) served the basis for the study and the resource formation. Particular attention is paid to the design of software research tools &ndash; the PostgreSQL database and the web GIS based on the latter. It is the first time when geochronological tracking as a geoinformatics method was used to prosopographically study the Russian nobility. The methods of historical source spatial data representation and visualization are implemented in the form of a geodatabase that is publicly available. Two program modules (the GIS among them) grant a wide range of Internet users an access to historical sources text data as well as synchronically visualized data on the szlachta service under Peter the first. &nbsp;The authors conclude that it is promising to create a special web interface which provides users with flexible text and geodata filtering and analysis. The web project created can be used both for research in the field of social history, historical geography, genealogy and for educational purposes in such courses as &ldquo;historical computer science&rdquo; and &ldquo;digital humanities&rdquo;.

scholarly journals Farmers and Pastoralists Participation in the Elaboration and Implementation of Sustainable Agro-pastoral Resources Management Plans in Northern Benin

2020 ◽  
pp. 34-44
Author(s):  
Latifou Idrissou ◽  
Léonce Sacca ◽  
Hakimou Imorou ◽  
Morrisson Gouthon
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
West African ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Buffer Zones ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Main Challenge ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Niger River ◽  
Set Up

Benin like many other West African countries has its economy mainly based on agriculture and livestock. These activities development depend heavily on natural resources in these countries. In the extreme northern part of Benin in Karimama district, farmers and pastoralists are constrained by the presence of the W park and the Niger river that occupy most of the grazing and arable lands. In order to sustainably manage these resources, the district and the W park management authorities decided to set up these resources’ management plans. This study investigated the involvement of farmers and pastoralists in the elaboration and implementation of the agro-pastoral resources management plans for their sustainable use. Therefore, 40 farmers and 40 pastoralists randomly selected in two villages of the Karimama district and several authorities were surveyed. Results show that both farmers and pastoralists recognized that Karimama district still has agro-pastoral resources for farming and livestock. However, they mostly stressed that they were not sufficiently involved neither in the elaboration nor in the implementation of their management plans. They also perceived negatively the plans set up because according to them beside their low implication, the facilities necessary for a good management of the buffer zones of the park and the Birds Island are not put in place, they are still unfairly arrested and fined and the areas delimitated for their activities is insufficient for them. The study concludes that the main challenge in the elaboration and implementation of agro-pastoral resources management plans is the genuine involvement of the different stakeholder categories in the process.

scholarly journals A New Approach to Calculate the Water Exploitation Index (WEI+)

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 3227
Author(s):  
Stefano Casadei ◽  
Francesco Peppoloni ◽  
Arnaldo Pierleoni
Keyword(s):  
Web Gis ◽  
Return Flow ◽  
Freshwater Resources ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Water Exploitation ◽  
Environment Agency ◽  
Gis System ◽  
Exploitation Index

The Water Exploitation Index (WEI), or withdrawal ratio, is an indicator of water scarcity, which has been updated into its WEI+ form by the Committee of Experts of the European Commission. In calculating the total abstraction of fresh water, this indicator also includes the possible return flow and management rules. The demand for freshwater and long-term freshwater resources are both necessary to calculate the WEI+. These values are not easy to assess at basin or sub-basin level and, for this reason, WEI values are generally calculated at the country level. This paper introduces a new approach to calculate the WEI+, with the purpose of extending its use to basin and sub-basin levels. The methodology is based on flow duration curve estimation, which evaluates freshwater resources, and a Web-GIS system that evaluates water abstractions distribution. This approach allows for the assessment of locally stressed areas in the hydrographic network and could provide a fundamental step toward more comprehensive regional water resources management plans. The new methodology is tested in some sub-basins of the Upper Tiber River Basin (Italy). These results contribute to the analysis of water withdrawals sustainability, based on the policy of the European Environment Agency, which is aimed toward the development of a proactive approach for reducing water stress.

Web GIS Research and Application Based on SVG

2014 ◽  
Vol 513-517 ◽  
pp. 2004-2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Wang ◽  
Li Yuan Dong
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Accident ◽  
User Interaction ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Web Gis ◽  
Text Format ◽  
Scene Management ◽  
Scripting Language ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Information Image ◽  
Accident Scene

In this paper we use the SVG technology to the field of Web GIS and set up the Traffic Accident Scene Management System (TASMS). Using text format characteristics of SVG, combined with ASP.NET technology and the scripting language JavaScript, we achieved dynamically load geographic information image, quick query and some user interaction functions.

Churches in Worcester Before and After the Conversion of the Anglo-Saxons

1989 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Bassett
Keyword(s):  
Seventh Century ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Set Up

The Anglo-Saxon see of Worcester was probably not established until 679 or 680, over eighty years after the arrival of the Augustinian mission. It has usually been taken for granted that the Hwicce, for whom the new see was set up, had until then been subject to the see of the Mercians, but there is no evidence to show this. The latter see, moreover, had itself not been created untilc. 656. Are we, therefore, to assume that the Hwicce remained non-Christian until the later seventh century? If they did, we have signally failed in our efforts to find their burials; and our historical sources are strangely silent about the eventual conversion to Christianity of a people who held out against it for so long.

A Human Settlement's Assessment with GIS on Niche Suitability in Heng Yang City of China

2011 ◽  
Vol 268-270 ◽  
pp. 2054-2061
Author(s):  
Zui Hu
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Model ◽  
New Method ◽  
Leading Indicators ◽  
Environmental Niche ◽  
Human Settlement ◽  
Human Settlements ◽  
Thematic Map ◽  
Supermap Gis ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Gis Software

In order to assess the cities' human settlement, this paper proposes a new method according to the elements of niche suitability by the following: (1) the author selects meticulously 25 leading indicators what can reflect the best coupling between the reality niche and the best approximate niche; (2) the author sets up a new quantitative model of multiplies indices using niche suitability on assessing the cities' human settlements. By the way, the indices those the author uses to set up the model are form the economical, social and environmental niche respectively. The new method and the model are used to assessing the Heng Yang City of Hu Nan Province in China in order to take an example for its effect. With the help of the SuperMap-GIS software in his experiment, the author acquires a thematic map of Heng Yang Cities' human settlement, the results of this experiment display that this method and its model are very practicable for assessing a cities' inner human settlement. By the results of this paper, the author expresses his viewpoints for promotion the cities' human settlement that this paper does a research.

scholarly journals Guidance for using artificial intelligence for title and abstract screening while conducting knowledge syntheses

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Candyce Hamel ◽  
Mona Hersi ◽  
Shannon E. Kelly ◽  
Andrea C. Tricco ◽  
Sharon Straus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Data Extraction ◽  
Screening Process ◽  
Software Applications ◽  
Review Team ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Abstract Screening

Abstract Background Systematic reviews are the cornerstone of evidence-based medicine. However, systematic reviews are time consuming and there is growing demand to produce evidence more quickly, while maintaining robust methods. In recent years, artificial intelligence and active-machine learning (AML) have been implemented into several SR software applications. As some of the barriers to adoption of new technologies are the challenges in set-up and how best to use these technologies, we have provided different situations and considerations for knowledge synthesis teams to consider when using artificial intelligence and AML for title and abstract screening. Methods We retrospectively evaluated the implementation and performance of AML across a set of ten historically completed systematic reviews. Based upon the findings from this work and in consideration of the barriers we have encountered and navigated during the past 24 months in using these tools prospectively in our research, we discussed and developed a series of practical recommendations for research teams to consider in seeking to implement AML tools for citation screening into their workflow. Results We developed a seven-step framework and provide guidance for when and how to integrate artificial intelligence and AML into the title and abstract screening process. Steps include: (1) Consulting with Knowledge user/Expert Panel; (2) Developing the search strategy; (3) Preparing your review team; (4) Preparing your database; (5) Building the initial training set; (6) Ongoing screening; and (7) Truncating screening. During Step 6 and/or 7, you may also choose to optimize your team, by shifting some members to other review stages (e.g., full-text screening, data extraction). Conclusion Artificial intelligence and, more specifically, AML are well-developed tools for title and abstract screening and can be integrated into the screening process in several ways. Regardless of the method chosen, transparent reporting of these methods is critical for future studies evaluating artificial intelligence and AML.

scholarly journals Economic and political aspects of foreign trade in the scientific legacy of Ivan Vernadsky

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (54) ◽  
pp. 225-241
Author(s):  
Oleksandr Koliadych ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Trade ◽  
Mutual Benefit ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
Important Place ◽  
Scientific Legacy ◽  
Economic Methods ◽  
External Relations ◽  
History Of ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Conceptual Foundations

The article provides a historical digression on I. Vernadsky's development of foreign trade concepts, and considers its most significant factors, in particular the economic ones (freedom, mutual benefit, measure of needs, strength of economic law) and political ones (geopolitical influence, consolidation). The purpose of the article is to reveal the significance and relevance of I. Vernadsky’s views on the economic and political aspects of foreign trade and assess the scientist's contribution to the development of conceptual foundations of foreign trade based on historical sources. The theoretical basis of the research is the multi-directional application of the concept of foreign trade and the interpretation of foreign trade policy as a tool for successful economic development. The historical and economic methods of analysis, and the problem-personified approach to the study of the history of economic ideas are used. The author applies the tools of systematic approach for the layout of the studied by I. Vernadsky tools for the government’s activities in the field of customs policy and foreign trade. It is shown that I. Vernadsky was critical of the interpretation of an objective, and equivalent exchange and put forward the idea of the urgency of its participants’ needs, emphasizing the subjective nature of any exchange operations. At the same time, the scientist condemned the violent nature of external relations and exchange. Emphasis is placed on an important place in the study of foreign trade issues by I. Vernadsky – the influence of both economic and non-economic factors, in particular the nation’s level of education the and its connection with the level of trade. Also, in the article are highlighted the attitude of I. Vernadsky to the relationship of peoples, which is determined by the ratio of the size of their foreign trade. In return, asymmetry in trade can trigger the operation of the law of counteraction, which demonstrates the scientist's position on trade wars and their inevitability in the event of violence, expansion and robbery. It is emphasized that I. Vernadsky’s liberalism and policy of free trade in the issue of foreign trade should be implemented in conditions of low taxes and tariff duties. High duties not only minimize the mutual benefit of the parties in foreign trade, but also, according to the scientist, set up producers of individual countries against each other. This leads to a foreign policy confrontation between the two countries and international tensions. I. Vernadsky’s research of foreign trade issues in the XIX century is also relevant for the beginning of the XXI century, in particular, the idea of the importance of preventing neo-protectionism, trade conflicts and wars.

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