IMPORTANCE OF THE NATIONAL GEOINFORMATION CENTER FOR NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC RISKS PREVENTION IN BULGARIA

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolay Miloshev ◽  
Petya Trifonova ◽  
Ivan Georgiev
Keyword(s):  
Anthropogenic Risks ◽  
Risks Prevention

scholarly journals The Governance of Covid-19: Anthropogenic Risk, Evolutionary Learning, and the Future of the Social State

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 539-594
Author(s):  
Simon Deakin ◽  
Gaofeng Meng
Keyword(s):  
Theory And Practice ◽  
State Of Exception ◽  
External Shocks ◽  
Feedback Effects ◽  
International Agencies ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Face ◽  
Anthropogenic Risks ◽  
Industrialised Countries

Abstract We consider the implications of the Covid-19 crisis for the theory and practice of governance. We define ‘governance’ as the process through which, in the case of a given entity or polity, resources are allocated, decisions made and policies implemented, with a view to ensuring the effectiveness of its operations in the face of risks in its environment. Core to this, we argue, is the organisation of knowledge through public institutions, including the legal system. Covid-19 poses a particular type of ‘Anthropogenic’ risk, which arises when organised human activity triggers feedback effects from the natural environment. As such it requires the concerted mobilisation of knowledge and a directed response from governments and international agencies. In this context, neoliberal theories and practices, which emphasise the self-adjusting properties of systems of governance in response to external shocks, are going to be put to the test. In states’ varied responses to Covid-19 to date, it is already possible to observe some trends. One of them is the widespread mischaracterisation of the measures taken to address the epidemic at the point of its emergence in the Chinese city of Wuhan in January and February 2020. Public health measures of this kind, rather than constituting a ‘state of exception’ in which legality is set aside, are informed by practices which originated in the welfare or social states of industrialised countries, and which were successful in achieving a ‘mortality revolution’ in the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Relearning this history would seem to be essential for the future control of pandemics and other Anthropogenic risks.

Oesophageal cancer: risks, prevention, and diagnosis

BMJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. l4373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sri G Thrumurthy ◽  
M Asif Chaudry ◽  
Sasha S D Thrumurthy ◽  
Muntzer Mughal
Keyword(s):  
Oesophageal Cancer ◽  
Cancer Risks ◽  
Risks Prevention

scholarly journals Analysis of the sustainability level of the natural-territorial complex of the city of Tyumen

2020 ◽  
Vol 164 ◽  
pp. 04011
Author(s):  
Marina Podkovyrova ◽  
Anatoliy Oleynik ◽  
Olga Volobueva ◽  
Anastasia Larionova
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Anthropogenic Impact ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Natural Systems ◽  
Hierarchy Analysis ◽  
Sociocultural Research ◽  
Anthropogenic Risks ◽  
The City

In this article, the authors present the results of the analysis of the key components of the natural-territorial complex (NTC) of the city, or the territory, natural, and natural-economic systems of the city. Under the conditions of urban development of the territory, the natural-territorial complex of the city undergoes anthropogenic impact, existing natural systems are modified, internal interconnections are broken, new ones are being formed for the purpose, content and functioning of natural-economic systems, and natural and anthropogenic risks can be manifested. The current conflict between natural and anthropogenic subsystems requires a comprehensive and integrated approach to their assessment [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]. The authors proposed a methodology according to which the level of sustainability of the natural-territorial complex of the city of Tyumen in terms of its urbanization is determined. The methodology includes a hierarchy analysis method, a comprehensive assessment, cluster analysis, sociocultural research, a cartographic method, and a modeling method [5, 8, 9, 10, 11]. The analysis includes ten planning areas (districts) of the city: Bereznyakovsky (1), Tarmansky (2), Parfenovsky (3), Zatyumensky (4), Zarechny (5), Central (6), Gilevsky (7), Verkhneborsky (13), Mysovsky (14), Novoroshchinsky (15). The assessment is presented in more detail on the example of two districts – Central and Zarechny (Fig. 2).

scholarly journals How health risks prevention shapes collective identities: a micro-sociological approach

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 420-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Don Weenink ◽  
Christian Bröer ◽  
Jolanda Boersma
Keyword(s):  
Health Risks ◽  
Collective Identities ◽  
Sociological Approach ◽  
Risks Prevention

NGIC: turning concepts into reality

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolay Miloshev ◽  
Petya Trifonova ◽  
Ivan Georgiev ◽  
Tania Marinova ◽  
Nikolay Dobrev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Earth Observation ◽  
Data Resource ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Data Products ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Governmental Institutions ◽  
Anthropogenic Risks

<p>The National Geo-Information Center (NGIC) is a distributed research infrastructure funded by the National road map for scientific infrastructure (2017-2023) of Bulgaria. It operates in a variety of disciplines such as geophysics, geology, seismology, geodesy, oceanology, climatology, soil science, etc. providing data products and services. Created as a partnership between four institutes working in the field of Earth observation: the National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography (NIGGG), the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH), the Institute of Oceanology (IO), the Geological Institute (GI), and two institutes competent in ICT: the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics (IMI) and the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies (IICT), NGIC consortium serve as primary community of data collectors for national geoscience research. Besides the science, NGIC aims to support decision makers during the process of prevention and protection of the population from natural and anthropogenic risks and disasters.</p><p>Individual NGIC partners originated independently and differ from one another in management and disciplinary scope. Thus, the conceptual model of the NGIC system architecture is based on a federated model structure in which the partners retain their independence and contribute to the development of the common infrastructure through the data and research they carry out. The basic conceptual model of architecture uses both service and microservice concepts and may be altered according to the specifics of the organization environment and development goals of the NGIC information system. It consists of three layers: “Sources” layer containing the providers of Data, Data products, Services and Soft-ware (DDSS), “Interoperability”- regulating the access, automation of discovery and selection of DDSS and data collection from the sources, and “Integration” layer which produces integrated data products.</p><p>The diversity of NGIC’s data, data products, and services is a major strength and of high value to its users like governmental institutions and agencies, research organizations and universities, private sector enterprises, media and the public. NGIC will pursue collaboration with initiatives, projects and research infrastructures for Earth observation to enhance access to an integrated global data resource.</p>

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