scholarly journals An Analysis of the Role of Lifestyle in Urban Tourism Sustainable Development (Case Study: Esfahan City)

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 209
Author(s):  
Arghavan Momtazpour ◽  
Masoud Taghvaei ◽  
Neda Rahmani
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Urban Tourism ◽  
Statistical Population ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
The City

Since urban space is one of the important places that tourism takes place, in order to create stability in tourism, the interaction between tourism planning and urban sustainable development should be investigated with regard to cultural elements. Lifestyle is derived from culture as a social phenomenon and affects it and is a reflection of human thoughts in relation with behavior, ethics and culture. Therefore, this aim of this research is to investigate the role of lifestyle in urban tourism sustainable development in Esfahan city, the third most populous city in Iran. This research’s goal is Practical and developmental and about the origin and method, it is descriptive, analytical and casual that has been done in a field research method. The statistical populations of this research are: tourism custodians, tourism experts, national tourists who have travelled to Esfahan city and local residents of all 15 municipal districts of the city. Simple random sampling method was utilized and 838 questionnaires were gathered from 4 statistical populations. In order to analyze the data, factor analysis test was utilized by smart PLS software. The results show that there are meaningful connections among the variables “lifestyle”, “sustainable development” and “urban tourism”. The most frequent factor that was selected by respondents for the concept of lifestyle in the statistical population was sociocultural factor (such as: visiting relatives and friends and attending soirees, traditional foods and drinks festivals, the desirability of Esfahan city in order to spend leisure time, the willingness toward group entertainment). For the concept “urban tourism”, all the populations chose urban texture significantly (such as: revival of workshops for producing traditional clothes, hand-made attractions, systematizing historical areas, developing sidewalk routes, constructing modern entertaining centers and systematizing landscapes and providing equipment for parks). About the sustainable development and its multi-dimensional nature, however, different factors were selected by respondents which in order of importance and frequency are economic, environmental, urban management, sociocultural, urban texture and political factors. Among the recommendations, a few can be stated: arranging cultural plans with a focus on soiree and elders’ reunions, holding traditional and religious festivals in different parts of the city, improving the condition of the existing theme parks and diversifying leisure and entertainment facilities of Esfahan city and pitching in municipal management and being parallel with plans of different organization in city. Especially by mayoralty as a trustee for city and cultural heritage could be mentioned as a tourism trustee.

scholarly journals Euroregion as an Entity Stimulating the Sustainable Development of the Cross-Border Market for Cultural Services in a City Divided by a Border

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Łukasz Wróblewski ◽  
Andrzej Kasperek
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Cultural Policy ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Cultural Services ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
The Cross ◽  
The City

The article discusses the issue of the sustainable development of the cross-border market for cultural services in a city divided by the state border. The article uses the example of Cieszyn and Český Těšín, a city divided following the decision of the Council of Ambassadors in 1920. The research carried out so far indicates the main constraints in the harmonious functioning of the cross-border market for cultural services in this city, such as: different cultural policies implemented on both sides of the city, language barriers as well as legal and administrative differences. Therefore, the authors undertook research aimed at recognising the role of Euroregional structures in stimulating the sustainable development of this region. On the basis of the analysis of the Cieszyn Silesia Euroregion's documentation and the results of qualitative and quantitative research, the article describes the role of the Euroregion in building a cross-border market for cultural services. Recommendations were also prepared that could constitute the principles of a common cultural policy not only for Cieszyn and Český Těšín, but also for other European cities in the Schengen Area, which, like Cieszyn and Český Těšín, have been divided by a state border.

scholarly journals TRANSITION FROM INFORMAL TO SUSTAINABLE SETTLEMENT

2020 ◽  
pp. 44-49
Author(s):  
Merdassa Feven Tariku
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Addis Ababa ◽  
Informal Settlement ◽  
Informal Settlements ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
The City

The article is devoted to the features of informal settlement in Addis Ababa and the role of governmental and non-governmental organizations and public participation in the sustainable development of informal settlements. The purpose of the article is to identify the main types and characteristics of informal settlements and to reveal the factors that hinder the success of programs for updating informal settlements in the city. The research methods were the analysis and generalization of domestic and foreign literature on this research problem. The main conclusion of this study is that the principles of folk architecture are integral components of solutions for the sustainable development of informal settlements.

scholarly journals A business balance model of interaction between structures participating in sustainable development of cities

2018 ◽  
Vol 170 ◽  
pp. 02003
Author(s):  
Ludmila Kamenik
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Social Factor ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Balance Model ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Industrial Areas ◽  
The Social ◽  
Additional Costs

The paper considers the following components: business and problems of modernization of former industrial areas, as one of the important trends forming urban development stability. It is revealed that the social factor is not considered, which also prevents city are as from transforming and business from developing. Reconstructing urban space while handling former industrial areas is becoming a growing problem of cities and requires that business community should be involved in this sector. The specific role of business here is that these objects are located in residential neighborhoods and are closely connected with the social factor (population). Itimplies that the social factor need to be considered and leads to additional costs. Business does not want to participate in bearing these costs, there is no attractive model, and authorities can not fully cover all the costs by themselves. Citizens protest if the transformations violate their interests, which is accompanied by risks for capital, business and government bodies. Within a market economy, citizens are a business structure too, since they have an impact on capital. To solve the problem it is necessary to search for a new form of interaction between the three structures: business, state andcitizens. The author suggests a new model of interaction between the participants of the process, which, in her opinion, if applied in practice, is able to activate business development and accelerate the transformation of depressed areas, thereby contributing to the sustainable development of a city.

THE ROLE OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SUSTAINABLE STRATEGY

2017 ◽  
Vol 66 (0) ◽  
pp. 55-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Brdulak
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The City

To provide a good level of the quality of life of the city inhabitants, it is indispensable to follow sustainable development strategy, allowing to create social capital. This is important especially for local authorities, which should govern society by cooperating with them. Therefore, the main purpose of the article is to present implementation process and its conditions of the sustainable development strategy within the structures of local government units in Poland. Analysis is based on the authoress’ own qualitative research conducted in four voivodships in the Southern of Poland.

scholarly journals STREET ART IN THE SPACE OF THE TOURIST ENVIRONMENT OF ZHYTOMYR

2019 ◽  
pp. 41-49
Author(s):  
Oksana Romaniv ◽  
Oleksii Rybachok ◽  
Daria Savelyeva
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Market Research ◽  
Wall Painting ◽  
Urban Tourism ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Street Art ◽  
Actual State ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
The City

The aim - to study the main characteristics of the tour "Street art Zhitomir" and its strategy to promote on the urban tourism market. Research methodology includes a system of methods and techniques: monographic, methods of market research (applied in the study of the existing demand for the proposed type of travel products and attitudes of local people to the street art), interviews with experts (used in collecting information about sightseeing objects), the method of field research (used in the study of the actual state of excursions subjects in real-world conditions of the area). Research results. Reviewed the role of street art in urban space rethinking the example of prominent projects in the world. Established terminological meaning of "street art", "mural", "graffiti" and so on. The benefits of increasing the popularity of street art are noted. Wall painting or mural (in Spanish muro - "wall", "masonry") - a kind of monumental and decorative painting, performed directly on the wall or plaster, in which the images and decorative ornaments are subordinated to architectural forms. It allows to improve urban landscapes in combination with post-Soviet architecture. Other positives of street art are: creating landmarks, designing space, marking space, and more. A separate positive of the Murals: they help attract more tourists to the cities. The text of the publication gives examples of murals in famous tourist centers, which have helped to transform the urban space. The article discusses the importance of street art as one of the most popular and fastest growing types of contemporary art in shaping the space of the urban tourism environment of Zhytomyr. It defines the role of murals as the most common direction of Zhytomyr street art. The results of the study of the most famous and significant murals of the city of Zhytomyr by available sources of information are presented, the possibility of their involvement in the excursion program is analyzed. The main components of the excursion product "Street Art Zhytomyr" in the publication are developed. The tools for promoting the proposed excursion product to the urban tourism market are identified. The scientific novelty of the work: an innovative city excursion product was developed. The excursion program includes fifteen locations. The content of the tour is designed for both professional artists and those who are not experts in the field of art. The practical significance of the work: this excursion product can be introduced into the tourism market and it will contribute to the formation of a positive tourist image of the city of Zhytomyr.

scholarly journals TERRITORIAL AND LOGISTICAL ORGANIZATION OF URBAN TOURISM IN CONTEXT OF ITS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (UKRAINE’S CASE)

2018 ◽  
pp. 20-24
Author(s):  
I. Smyrnov
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Urban Tourism ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Urban Waste ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Tourist Flows ◽  
Tourist Infrastructure ◽  
The City

The territorial and logistic aspects of the integrated strategy of sustainable development of urban tourism, based on two concepts – tourism decentralization and reverse logistics are outlined. The first concept is based on the geologistical organization of the tourist space of the city, which includes such components as: geologistical (geographical and logistical) identification of the resource base of urban tourism; geologistical planning of tourist flows and determination of their needs; geologistical design of tourist infrastructure; geologistical design of supply chains of tourist infrastructure. At the same time, the geographical identification of the resource base of urban tourism means geospatial localization of tourist objects in the city. They should be considered as a kind of “tourist magnets”, which attract the flow of tourists to certain parts of the city. Accordingly, the territorial concentration of tourist objects causes a concentration of tourist flows, therefore these considerations should be taken into account when creating and placing new tourist objects in certain parts of the city so that there will be no territorial over-saturation of them. Consequently, instead of the territorial concentration of tourist objects in the central parts of the city, their territorial dispersion, that is, dispersion across the city territory, should be proposed. Logistical identification of the resource base of urban tourism means the definition of the logistic potentials of individual tourist objects, that is, the maximum possible tourist flows, which will not affect the sustainable development of tourism and the state of tourist resources. Geologistical planning of tourist flows and their needs means forecasting the size and structure of tourist flows and their needs, which can be divided into needs of the first and second levels. Geologistical planning of tourist infrastructure is to develop a network of tourism infrastructure objects in order to meet the previously determined needs of tourists of the first and second levels. The geologistical design of supply chains to ensure the functioning of tourism infrastructure objects includes the development of territorial transport and logistic schemes for their supply, taking into account the characteristics of the road network of cities and the locations of the objects themselves. The second concept involves an integrated approach to the recycling of the total amount of urban waste, including tourist one, taking into account their collection and removal from the city, as well as processing at special enterprises. The experience of Ukrainian cities of Lviv and Kyiv in this context is considered. At the same time Kyiv is more efficient in processing municipal waste, including tourist one, and Lviv faces the problem of the removal and recycling of urban waste, including tourist, over which the city now works.

scholarly journals Greening of Public Spaces in Cherepovets during Urbanization, 1870 - 1930s: Contradictions of Sustainable Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
Anna B. Agafonova
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental History ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Everyday Practices ◽  
Urban Environmental History ◽  
The City ◽  
The Town

From the second half of the XIX century, public gardens and boulevards have become an integral part of provincial Russian towns. They played an aesthetic and sanitary-hygienic role in urban space, being, in fact, green oases in a dusty and noisy town. However, in the XX century, the functional purpose of town gardens has changed: the recreational component is being replaced by the cultural and entertainment one, which became dominant in the Soviet period. This article considers the process of urban space greening in the provincial town of Cherepovets as an example of this process and transforming the functions of the town garden. It also presents the analysis of everyday practices of using urban flora by the population of Cherepovets. The methodological basis of the work is urban environmental history. The research is based on archival and office materials, official statistics, and periodicals. Soviet power kept the tradition of new blocks greening, that formed in the pre-revolutionary period. At the same time, the entertainment and leisure functions of the recreation park supplanted the recreational function, and everyday practices of the town residents showed a dismissive and utilitarian attitude towards the town green spaces. It was due to the peculiarities of urbanization in the city. In the conditions of the constantly expanding town space and the influx of rural population, green spaces could not prevent the degradation of the natural environment, which led to the destabilization of the ecological situation in Cherepovets and prevented the sustainable development of the city.  Keywords: urban environmental history, urban greening, a city garden, everyday practice

scholarly journals Practical approach to the sustainable development in cities

2018 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
pp. 23-37
Author(s):  
Maria Mąkólska-Tenold ◽  
Monika Bąk
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
City Development ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Implementation Processes ◽  
Sustainability Strategies ◽  
American Cities ◽  
The City

The concept of sustainable development increasingly affects cities and the challenges they face. At the present stage of sustainability awareness it is desired that the discussion about the city development combines the financial aspects and harmonious social relationships with the natural environment. The role of local authorities in implementation processes is undeniable. The objective of the paper is to verify theoretical assumptions regarding sustainable development governance in cities. A special attention is paid to transport and logistics solutions as supported measures but also as barriers of implementation. The detailed questionnaire in the form of the survey was chosen to examine how local governments practice the concept of the green urban economy to strengthen the sustainable development in different cities. Results prove that Scandinavian cities, in comparison to other European and some North American cities, are indisputable leaders in the development and implementation of sustainability strategies. They extensively involve stakeholders and facilitate open dialogue approach, create public-private partnerships and stimulate more sustainable behaviour through variety of financial incentives.

scholarly journals THE CONTRIBUTION OF WOMEN IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF LOCAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (15) ◽  
pp. 1327-1332
Author(s):  
Vasileios Papavasileiou¬ ◽  
Eleni Nikolaou ◽  
Nikos Andreadakis ◽  
Yota Xanthacou ◽  
Dimitrios Matzanos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
Local Sustainable Development

Sustainable local development aims to improve economy while taking into account environmental protection. Within this context, the contribution of women to sustainable local development over the years is essential to be explored in order to highlight the importance of their offer. This research aims to investigate the role of women in environmental protection for sustainable local development in a Greek island, Rhodes. A semi-structured interview was designed as a data collection tool. It was a field research which was conducted in the villages of the island as well as in the city of Rhodes. The sample of the survey was composed of women over sixty-five (65) years of age. The results of the survey show that the participation of women was particularly important in the environmental protection of the island, as their daily habits and occupations were environmentally friendly. The yards of their houses were decorated with flowers and trees. In their gardens they planted vegetables that were cultivating without using fertilizers or pesticides. They also collected rain water and they generally spent water with great care and attention. They did not throw the excess food in the garbage, they were giving pets or domestic animals the leftover food, and they also made sure that garbage from housework was scarce. Therefore, their work, their everyday habits and their way of life did not burden the environment, so they made a decisive contribution to the sustainable development of the island. Keywords: environmental, local sustainable development, women

The role of parliament in the sustainable development of the country: Agenda for Kazakhstan

2020 ◽  
pp. 29-52
Author(s):  
Aliya Kassymbek ◽  
Lazzat Zhazylbek ◽  
Zhanel Sailibayeva ◽  
Kairatbek Shadiyev ◽  
Yermek Buribayev
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
The Sustainable Development
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