scholarly journals The Design Comes as We Build

2021 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 4-11
Author(s):  
Matias Echanove ◽  
Rahul Srivastava
Keyword(s):  
Formal Education ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Professional Relationship ◽  
Local Resources ◽  
Trust And Reputation ◽  
Close Proximity ◽  
Local Actors ◽  
Inherent Part

This essay discusses urbz' 'The Design Comes As We Build Project' which recognizes local builders in homegrown settlements by providing them a space to showcase their design imagination. The project started in Dharavi, Mumbai, a settlement populated by self-taught experts with a strong, practice-based, and experience-rich learning background. By recognising the agency of local actors in the production of their own habitats, this essay focuses on the processes at work in this context. We employ an ethnographic lens informed by the language of architecture to illustrate how artisans imagine and build thousands of tiny houses on a daily basis. These anonymous “contractors”, usually blamed for operating illegally and without formal education, are shown to be the heroes of an epic story in which neighbourhoods are created out of nothing through the transformation of meager local resources. Typically selected on the basis of previous work and common acquaintances, these artisans belong to the same community as their clients, often living in close proximity. Together, they design and build without formal plans or contracts, using trust and reputation as the cornerstones of their professional relationship. As a result of their collaboration in all stages of the project, unpredictable features become an inherent part of the structures that emerge organically from this process.

scholarly journals Start-ups in entrepreneurial ecosystems: the role of relational capacity

2021 ◽  
Vol 59 (13) ◽  
pp. 115-135
Author(s):  
Gaël Gueguen ◽  
Servane Delanoë-Gueguen ◽  
Christian Lechner
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Firm Characteristics ◽  
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems ◽  
Relational Capacity ◽  
Local Resources ◽  
Local Actors ◽  
Start Ups

PurposeEntrepreneurial ecosystems provide the context for start-ups to access resources. The authors investigate the reliance of start-ups on their entrepreneurial ecosystem and the driving factors behind the proportion of local actors (belonging to their entrepreneurial ecosystem) within their overall set of relationships (their business ecosystem). Recognizing the limited relational capacity of firms, the authors focus on three differentiating firm characteristics: size, age and innovation of firms.Design/methodology/approachThe authors developed a sample of 163 start-ups located in the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Toulouse, France. The authors investigated the characteristics of their relationship sets using regression analysis.FindingsThe results confirm that age is inversely related to the proportion of a start-up's relationships located in its entrepreneurial ecosystem. More surprisingly, for older start-ups, the authors also highlight the presence of a moderating effect of the start-up's size on the relationship between its degree of innovation and the proportion of its relationships in its entrepreneurial ecosystem: Larger and more innovative start-ups appear to rely more on their local entrepreneurial ecosystem.Originality/valueThis research increases the understanding of the characteristics driving the interactions of start-ups with their entrepreneurial ecosystems by adopting a relational capacity approach. The authors introduce digital methods as an innovative approach for uncovering firms' ecosystems. Finally, from a practical point of view, the research should provide public authorities seeking to promote the link between local resources and the development of innovative start-ups in their regions with interesting insights.

Appropriate Technology for Oil Spill Management in Developing Nations

1999 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 203-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. C. Wayment ◽  
B. Wagstaff
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Oil Pollution ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Appropriate Technology ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Mutual Aid ◽  
Local Resources ◽  
Contingency Plans ◽  
Considerable Impact

It has been estimated that some 6 million tonnes of crude oil is routinely transported by tankship around the world's oceans on a daily basis. Despite the introduction of stringent operating and safety regimes there remains the possibility of an incident occurring that could threaten the waters and shorelines of countries that are in the vicinity of these routes. Shipboard and international contingency plans assume a level of preparedness which may be limited in some of the countries that lay along these shipping lanes.Although the probability of significant oil pollution incidents occurring whilst the vessel is on the high seas is m minimal, they have occurred, some with considerable impact on the areas concerned. Whilst the majority of countries have some form of mutual aid and agreements in place and a number have access to equipment stockpiles, there are still a significant number of areas where there is heavy reliance on local resources. This paper addresses ways in which countries with limited resources can best be prepared for an oil spill and some of the challenges, which this entails.

scholarly journals Determinants of knowledge and safety practices of occupational hazards of textile dye workers in Sokoto, Nigeria: a descriptive analytic study

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nneka Christina Okafoagu ◽  
Mansur Oche ◽  
Kehinde Joseph Awosan ◽  
Hashim Bala Abdulmulmuni ◽  
Godwin Jiya Gana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
Textile Dye ◽  
Occupational Hazards ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Workplace Hazards ◽  
Safety Practices

Textile dye workers are subject to occupational hazards on a daily basis due to exposure to precarious conditions in the workplace. This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude and safety practices and its determinants among textile dye workers in Sokoto metropolis, Nigeria. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted among 200 textile dye workers and the respondents were selected by multi stage sampling technique. Data was collected using an interviewer administered questionnaire. Data was processed using SPSS IBM version 20 and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Majority of the respondents (74.0%) had good knowledge of workplace hazards; (81.0%) had positive attitude and only 20% observed all the safety practices. Formal education (P=0.047); working less than 5 days a week (P=0.001) and permanent employment (P=0.013) were found to be determinants of respondents’ knowledge and attitude towards workplace hazards. Although the respondents had good knowledge and positive attitude, their lack of observance of safety practices brings to fore the need for direct safety instruction and training and retraining of textile dye workers on workplace hazards and safety practices.

scholarly journals RESILIENCE AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT: A QUALITATIVE INVESTIGATION OF ENTREPRENEURIAL INDONESIAN WOMEN

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (01) ◽  
pp. 107-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
JENNIFER M. I. LOH ◽  
RAYINI DAHESIHSARI
Keyword(s):  
Formal Education ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Female Entrepreneurship ◽  
Female Entrepreneurs ◽  
Business Failures ◽  
Depth Interviews

The development of female entrepreneurs in Indonesia is an integral part of Muslim women's economic contributions and empowerment. However, there is a lack of reliable research about female entrepreneurship and how gender may affect the experiences of business ownership in Indonesia. Therefore, the aim of this study is to explore the challenges encountered by these women entrepreneurs on a daily basis. Qualitative in-depth interviews were conducted with 30 female Indonesian entrepreneurs. Participants were recruited using theoretical and maximum variation sampling techniques. Content analysis was then used to analyze the data. Results revealed high levels of variations, both within and between women, suggesting that the quality of business entrepreneurship and success depended largely on the personal characteristics of these women, rather than on any system of formal education or training. This study also found that many women displayed resilient coping strategies when dealing with business failures. As a consequence, they were able to thrive despite restrictive social, cultural and political constraints. The paper highlights the importance of the experiences of female entrepreneurs in a developing country and the need to integrate the development of female entrepreneurship as a part of women empowerment effort.

Rhythmanalysis: Rethinking the politics of everyday negotiations in ordinary public spaces

2021 ◽  
pp. 239965442110200
Author(s):  
Marie Gibert-Flutre
Keyword(s):  
Public Spaces ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Time Sharing ◽  
Temporal Dimension ◽  
The Public ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
The Social ◽  
Local Actors ◽  
Depth Interviews

The nature of everyday life in metropolitan public spaces is an unprecedented entanglement of activities, emerging from the presence of multiple actors competing for a limited space. Making sense of this complexity is a longstanding challenge in the social sciences: how can such a mesmerizing ‘urban ballet’ be explained in the absence of overall orchestration? I hypothesize thatthis urban rhythm – the temporal alternation of activities in the public spaces of a city – is not neutral, but reveals entrenched power relations which are renegotiated and reaffirmed on a daily basis. Building on the notion of rhythmanalysis, I develop a methodology combining a visual timeline called ‘urban tempo’ with in-depth interviews. I present a case study of a market in pericentral Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), where local actors negotiate access to more or less valuable time slots and spaces throughout the day. I show that such negotiations pertaining to time result in a very practical sense in the production of ordinary public spaces. The findings reveal four types of actors, classified according to their negotiating power. Broadly, the rhythmanalysis presented here reiterates our understanding of power as relational, highlighting the unequal conditions of negotiations in public spaces at a micro-level. By adding a temporal dimension to the politics of the everyday, it also opens up a promising research agenda, inviting comparisons of ‘time-sharing regimes’ across metropolitan contexts.

scholarly journals Initiatives based on local resources − new challenges of agricultural law.

2018 ◽  
pp. 91-100
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Szymańska
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Sustainable Rural Development ◽  
Local Resources ◽  
The Social ◽  
Local Actors

The model of sustainable rural development recognises the necessity of local development based on local resources. Investing in the growth of social capital refers to the postulates of implementing an integrated model of rural development, where different local actors engage and cooperate for the common good. Agricultural law also faces these challenges. The social capital of rural areas is characterised by bottom-up activities, locality and territoriality of initiatives, an integrated approach, a partnership action through local action groups, innovation in problem solving, independent management and financing of activities. It encourages local communities to work together to change their surroundings, solve urgent problems, invest in activities diversifying their income, for example through small entrepreneurship, setting up non-agricultural activities, thematic villages, care farms, production of traditional, regional and ecological high quality products, folk handicrafts, crafts.

scholarly journals EKSPLORASI PENGETAHUAN KEARIFAN LOKAL (ETNOMEDICHINE) DALAM MENANGANI MASALAH KEGAWATDARURATAN SEHARI-HARI MASYARAKAT DI WILAYAH KOTA TERNATE

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Wasis Nugroho
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Regional Culture ◽  
Community Knowledge ◽  
Local Resources ◽  
The People

Modernization and acculturation of regional culture can affect community knowledge in the use of local resources as a source of treatment, including in emergencies that occur on a daily basis. Local resources need to be studied in detail regarding the benefits, methods of use and side effects. This study aims to explore community knowledge about local wisdom (ethnomedicine) in handling daily emergency problems in the people of Ternate. The research method uses descriptive with purposive sampling technique. The total sample was 40 people who experienced using local wisdom in handling daily emergencies. Data obtained through questionnaire, interview, observation and documentation. The results showed that there were 11 emergency problems occurred that dealt with using 108 herbs. From this herb, 22 types of medicinal plants were identified. The need for educative improvement on daily emergency problems that occur in the community and how the use of local wisdom as an alternative to the first treatment is done. Related agencies need to provide support for the preservation of family medicinal plants which in addition to this beauty are also saved many benefits.

THE ROLE OF NON-FORMAL AND INFORMAL EDUCATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TERRITORIES OF SOUTHERN UKRAINE ON THE BASIS OF SMART – SPECIALIZATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 298 (5 Part 1) ◽  
pp. 82-86
Author(s):  
Halyna Savina ◽  
Stanislav Savin ◽  
Elena Dyagileva ◽  
Daryna Makarchuk ◽  
I. SOKUR ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Informal Education ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Preliminary Training ◽  
The South ◽  
Training Time ◽  
Local Resources ◽  
Smart Specialization

The article considers the essence and prerequisites for the formation and application of informal and non-formal education in Ukraine. The essence of formal education is revealed and distinctive features of informal and non-formal education are determined, namely: absence of age restrictions; lack of time frame; lack of preconditions for starting training (level of preliminary training, etc.); short training time (several days, several weeks); accessibility for residents of small towns; the possibility of using distance learning; the possibility of flexible formation and updating of training programs for the needs of the local community. The connection between human capital and informal and non-formal education is shown. The expediency of studying the development of territories from the standpoint of the concept of SMART-specialization is substantiated. SMART-specialization involves identifying the strengths and development of the region’s competitive advantages and determining the direction of strategic development related to the priority resources of the region. Examples of resource specialization of the territories of the South of Ukraine are given. Particular attention is paid to resources used in tourism. It is noted that territorial tourist and recreational resources are distributed very unevenly. Areas located on the coast are more attractive to tourists during the summer holidays, while areas away from the coast can offer year-round tourism products that are based on the use of such resources as: cultural, architectural, health -recreational, event-cognitive and others. The role of formal and non-formal education in the development of the territories of the South of Ukraine is determined on the basis of SMART – specialization, which is as follows: informal and non-formal education increase the level of knowledge of the population in the context of effective ecological and economic use of local resources. This means the following: first, it is necessary to study the priority of territorial resources in terms of obtaining at their expense environmental, economic and social effects; secondly, it is necessary to plan programs of informal and non-formal education in a certain territory, based on how progressive the changes will be due to the acquired knowledge about the use of local resources.

scholarly journals For a Local Tax System Dedicated to Sustainable Development Incorporating Governance, Transparency and Innovation

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 212
Author(s):  
Hamza Lachheb ◽  
Rachid Bouthanoute ◽  
Mohammed Bendriouch
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Local Resources ◽  
Local Actors ◽  
Institutional Communication ◽  
Governance Transparency ◽  
The Relationship

Local authorities have a duty to find local financing solutions. Indeed, tax proves to be the most effective financial instrument that will supply local public budgets in order to contribute to local development in its economic, social and environmental levels. The local tax is not only a tool to increase local resources, but also a detour to sit in the territories, economic efficiency, social equity and environmental protection. Tax resource is a resource that meets present needs without touching the capacity of future generations. However, the success of a local taxing dedicated to sustainable development requires the establishment of three major pillars: governance, transparency and innovation. Improving governance requires greater involvement of local actors in the processes that affect the exercise of powers at local level, particularly in terms of openness, participation, accountability, effectiveness and consistency in local taxation. Transparency is a prerequisite and guarantor of good governance, this assumes perfect clarity and accessibility oftax public information and institutional communication and more effective close. The third pillar of this tripartite packaging of local sustainable development is the administrative innovation through simplifying procedures, legislative innovation, e-government, the implementation of new rules to improve the relationship local tax office / taxpayer and promoting research and development in this field.

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