Natural, Technical and Social Threats and Their Impact on the Safety of Polish Offshore Urban Agglomerations

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 (38) ◽  
pp. 58-82
Author(s):  
Iwona Osmólska ◽  
Rajmund Smolarczyk
Keyword(s):  
Research Problem ◽  
Community Safety ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Fourth Generation ◽  
City Region ◽  
Port Cities ◽  
Port Security ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Urban Agglomerations ◽  
Development Plans

The links between a port and its city, region and further economic hinterland mean that the socio-economic processes taking place in a seaport affect not only the economic and social phenomena occurring in the port itself, but also the development processes on a regional and national scale, which directly affect hundreds of thousands of people. The research problem is: How to eliminate port threats that translate directly into urban and community safety? The goal is to be able to recognise and minimise threats and implement solutions that ensure not only the safety of ports but also of neighbouring urban agglomerations. Seaport development plans must be correlated with the development of port security systems and measures. The transformation of ports into fourth-generation ports brings with it an increase in technical threats which obliges both the governmental maritime administration and port operators to pay special attention to security. The study used theoretical research methods, i.e. literature analysis, analysis of phenomena occurring in the economy and inference as a cognitive factor of the analysed subject. The results of the research indicate that ensuring security, i.e. minimising threats, before emergencies arise, in port cities and regions is a guarantee not only of smooth development and functioning of the economy but also of undisturbed international cooperation and exchange. The use of appropriate solutions to minimise the threats associated with the activities of seaports significantly affects not only their safety but also the safety of the port urban agglomerations and the maritime transport chain. As a result, it contributes to the urban and economic development of port cities and entire regions.

Peculiarities of family roles distribution in the marrige subsystem

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (152) ◽  
pp. 57-64
Author(s):  
O. O. Oliinyk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Psychological Climate ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Problem Analysis ◽  
Family Roles ◽  
Marital Relations ◽  
The Family

Changing the system of family values, views of the society on the significance and functioning of the family institution contribute to the transformation of marital role relationships in modern families. The already formed model of role interaction, the ability of spouses to define and clearly distribute family roles and to treat them responsibly is the important factors in building constructive marital relations and creating a favorable psychological climate in the family. Objective. The research deals with the analysis of the essence of the “family role” concept and the classification of family roles; experimental definition and analysis of the main types of family roles in marital relations. Methods. Theoretical research methods were used to solve the research problem: analysis of scientific psychological literature, generalization method, systematization of scientific information. To solve the second part of the set objective, the empirical research methods were used, such as: conversation, psychodiagnostic method “Distribution of roles in the family” by Yu.Ye. Alioshyna, L.Ya. Hofman, O.M. Dubrovska, and also the method of processing and quantitative and qualitative interpretation of results. The research was conducted during September-October 2020. The study involved 11 married couples (husband and wife) with different marital experience of 22 people aged 25 to 47 years (Kyiv). All the couples have children aged 1 to 20 years. The results of an empirical study of the peculiarities of family roles distribution showed that the roles of entertainment organizer (63.64 %), master (mistress), (72.73 % and 63.64 %), the family subculture organizer (54, 55 % and 45.45 %) women and men share almost equally; the roles of educator and “psychotherapist” is more typical for women (90.91 % and 81.82 %); The role of sexual partner and the partner responsible for material support is more often performed by men (90.91 % and 72.73 %). The prospects for further research are seen in the study of role interaction in the parental families of adolescents and young people as a prerequisite for their future family roles.

scholarly journals Circular Economy Strategies in Eight Historic Port Cities: Criteria and Indicators Towards a Circular City Assessment Framework

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (13) ◽  
pp. 3512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonia Gravagnuolo ◽  
Mariarosaria Angrisano ◽  
Luigi Fusco Girard
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
City Region ◽  
Port Cities ◽  
Criteria And Indicators ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Life Cycle Perspective ◽  
Circular Design

The circular city is emerging as new concept and form of practice in sustainable urban development. This is a response to the complex and pressing challenges of urbanization, as highlighted in the New Urban Agenda (NUA). The concept of a “circular city” or “circular city-region” derives from the circular economy model applied in the spatial territorial dimension. It can be associated with the concept of a “self-sustainable” regenerative city, as stated in paragraph n.71 of the NUA. This paper aims to develop an extensive form of “screening” of circular economy actions in emerging circular cities, focusing on eight European historic port cities self-defined as “circular”. The analysis is carried out as a review of circular economy actions in the selected cities, and specifically aims to identify the key areas of implementation in which the investments in the circular economy are more oriented, as well as to analyze the spatial implications of the reuse of buildings and sites, proposing a set of criteria and indicators for ex-ante and ex-post evaluations and monitoring of circular cities. Results show that the built environment (including cultural heritage), energy and mobility, waste management, water management, industrial production (including plastics, textiles, and industry 4.0 and circular design), agri-food, and citizens and communities can be adopted as strategic areas of implementation of the circular city model in historic cities, highlighting a lack of indicators in some sectors and identifying a possible framework for “closed” urban metabolism evaluation from a life-cycle perspective, focusing on evaluation criteria and indicators in the (historic) built environment.

scholarly journals Repercussions of the Coalition Governments Austerity Policy on Community Safety across Merseyside

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 389-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adegbola Ojo ◽  
Richard Evans ◽  
Jay Karecha
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Public Safety ◽  
Community Safety ◽  
Coalition Government ◽  
City Region ◽  
Budget Cuts ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Coalition Governments ◽  
Austerity Policy

Abstract This article explains the depth and breadth of financial cuts endured by community safety organizations across Merseyside. The article provides a robust explanation of how cuts to funding impacted on the delivery of public safety priorities under the coalition government (2010–15). This study implemented a mixed-methods approach which entailed in-depth consultations with the major community safety stakeholders within the region. Results reveal that over the course of the immediate past parliament, Merseyside Local Authorities within the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) and the police force area had to restructure staffing and service provision extensively in order to deliver efficiency savings of over £650 m. Budget cuts have had severe repercussions not just in terms of stakeholder’s capability to provide key services but also for the morale of their staff. We project a further 33% cutback in funding over the course of the current parliament though subsequent more favourable Government announcements suggest a more modest figure of up to 15%. This undoubtedly will result in the further streamlining of public services with potentially serious ramifications for levels of public safety.

Planning discourses, local state commitment, and the making of a new state space (NSS) for China: Evidence from regional strategic development plans in the Pearl River Delta

Urban Studies ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (14) ◽  
pp. 3281-3298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Sun ◽  
Roger CK Chan
Keyword(s):  
Pearl River Delta ◽  
River Delta ◽  
Pearl River ◽  
City Region ◽  
Strategic Development ◽  
The Pearl River Delta ◽  
State Administration ◽  
Development Plans ◽  
The Pearl River ◽  
The City

Grounded in the interpretive tradition, this paper applies the theory of New State Space (NSS) to China’s city regionalism. We argue that in the NSS effort in China, planning discourses enable a regulatory framework to be applied at the level of city region. City regionalism corresponds to the conceptualisation of NSS in two dimensions. First, the rise of the city region gives rise to a new territorial form of state administration. Second, the city region is made to be the most appropriate scale encapsulating capital–labour relationship (CLR). This study uses NSS to examine the regional strategic development plans (RSDPs) of the Pearl River Delta Region and presents two primary arguments based on an interpretation of the Outline of the Plan for the Reform and Development of the Pearl River Delta (2008–2020) (OPRDPRD) and the preliminary actions of various levels of government based on it. First, RSDPs serve as effective regulatory tools that not only enable new state administration articulating regulatory responsibility throughout the various levels of governmental hierarchy, but also elaborate the CLR in the interest of regional based industrial development, infrastructure construction, and formulation of social policies. Second, the city region has become a site for political rhetoric and related actions whereby regulatory order is unfolding in order to itself effect an economic restructuring and political reshuffle. Creating a city region is ‘planning ideological’ and solving problems is difficult because of the asymmetric jurisdictional power relations between municipalities.

Research on Planning of Urban Plant Landscape

2014 ◽  
Vol 716-717 ◽  
pp. 537-540
Author(s):  
Xu Dan Zhou ◽  
Hao Qi ◽  
Yue Qi ◽  
Yan Cai ◽  
Li Hong Yang
Keyword(s):  
Green Plant ◽  
Landscape Design ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Ecological Design ◽  
City Region ◽  
Vegetation Zone ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Protection Area ◽  
Landscape Ecological ◽  
Forest Plants

With the rapid economic development of our country in the 21th Century, the plant landscape design of city has changed. The scale of plant landscape design in city is improved into more large level gradually in its developing process. In this paper, we explore the green plant landscape ecological design methods and have the analysis of plant landscape situation and existing problems. Combines the city region characteristic property and culture, the arbor is backbone's biological community, abides by law of nature shown by this locality forest plants vegetation zone middle. From a macroscopic planning angle, we make clear and definite the notion of city plant landscape in the level of theoretical research, separate the plant landscape in city from in countryside or in the natural protection area, and reveal the characteristic of plant landscape in city which is a special ecological environment.

scholarly journals Responsabilidade do gestor público e a judicialização da saúde no contexto do Estado do Ceará / Responsibility of the public manager and health judicialization in the context of the State of Ceará

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 2042-2069
Author(s):  
Rômulo Luiz Nepomuceno Nogueira ◽  
Mariana Dionísio De Andrade
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Personal Responsibility ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
The State ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Public Manager

 DOI: 10.12957/rqi.2018.29241  ResumoO presente artigo se propõe a responder ao seguinte problema de pesquisa: deveria o gestor público responder pessoalmente pela ineficiência na prestação dos serviços públicos de saúde? O artigo possui como objetivo a análise da responsabilidade do gestor público, no âmbito do Estado do Ceará, diante do fenômeno da judicialização da saúde, demonstrando seus impactos na Administração Pública e para o próprio burocrata na gestão da pasta. O estudo possui abordagem qualitativa, porque interpreta a relação de causalidade entre fenômenos jurídicos e sociais, e possui suporte em elementos quantitativos, na medida em que utiliza dados mensuráveis e padrões numéricos para a melhor compreensão do assunto. Conclui-se que a ineficiência do Estado na promoção da saúde não poderia ser resolvida apenas por um administrante, que poderá sofrer sanção judicial por fatos anteriores à sua gestão. Verifica-se, ainda, a relevância do contínuo debate acerca dos meios de resolubilidade da judicialização da saúde, considerando a abrangência e importância essencial desse direito fundamental.Palavras-chave: Judicialização da Saúde; Responsabilidade Pessoal; Gestor Público; Ineficiência do Estado; Resolubilidade da Judicialização.AbstractThe present article proposes to answer the following research problem: should the public manager respond personally for the inefficiency in the provision of public health services? This article aims to analyze the responsibility of the public manager, in the context of the State of Ceará, facing the phenomenon of health judicialization, demonstrating its impact on the Public Administration and on the bureaucrat himself in the management of the agenda. The study has a qualitative approach, because it interprets the causal relationship between legal and social phenomena, and has support in quantitative elements, in that it uses measurable data and numerical standards to the better understanding of the subject. It is concluded that the inefficiency of the State in the promotion of health could not be solved only by an administrator, who could suffer judicial sanction for facts previous to his management. It is also verified the relevance of the continuous debate about the means of resolubility of the health judicialization, considering the comprehensiveness and essential importance of this fundamental right.Keywords: Health Judicialization; Personal Responsibility; Public Manager; Inefficiency of the State; Resilubility of the Judicialization.

scholarly journals Model of stochastic process of restoration of working capacity of agricultural machine in inertial systems with delay

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 143-150
Author(s):  
I. L. Rogovskii ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Research Problem ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Working Capacity ◽  
Maintenance System ◽  
Healthy State ◽  
Maintenance Service ◽  
System Maintenance ◽  
Basic Functions ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
Complex Indicators

In the article the analysis of existing agricultural machines in a healthy state, followed by work on the maintenance system subject to the conditions of reforming of the agrarian sector. Under maintenance refers to the complex of works on maintenance of working capacity or serviceability of the products during use by adjusting, knowledgeable, filling and retaining work. For the assessment of the alternatives it is advisable to conduct morphological analysis of the entire set of possible solutions to the research problem presented in a morphological matrix, which presents the basic functions of the machine and options the subject of the forms of their implementation. Theoretical research has provided the answer to two fundamental questions – how to change maintenance system depending on the level of development of agricultural production, and what parameters must have the system maintenance service to perform the appropriate intervention with the minimum technologically necessary costs of resources and investment. Assessment of the level of maintenance of agricultural machinery is provided to carry on the totality of organizational and technical factors, formalized through parts and complex indicators, in two phases. The first evaluation of using of the indicators for each factor separately. Second – assessment of a complex indicator (for all factors).

scholarly journals A Multi-Carrier Waveform Design for 5G and beyond Communication Systems

Mathematics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 1466
Author(s):  
Imran Baig ◽  
Umer Farooq ◽  
Najam Ul Hasan ◽  
Manaf Zghaibeh ◽  
Varun Jeoti
Keyword(s):  
Communication Networks ◽  
Spectral Efficiency ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing ◽  
Average Power ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Cumulative Distribution ◽  
Fourth Generation ◽  
Power Domain ◽  
Selective Mapping

The next generation communication network (NGCN) is expected to provide higher spectral efficiency, low latency, large throughput and massive machine-to-machine type communications. In this regard, the design of the multi-carrier waveform (MCW) is posing a major research problem for the NGCN. To overcome the stated problem, a lot of state-of-the-art work exists that proposes various MCW alternative to the standard orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) waveform. It is true that OFDM was used in a number of real-time communication systems of fourth generation (4G) networks. However, their use in the upcoming fifth generation (5G) network is not very feasible. This is because of the strict requirements of 5G communication systems, which also extend beyond 5G systems; hence rendering the use of OFDM infeasible for newer communication standards. To satisfy the requirements of upcoming communication networks, there is a dire need for MCWs with better flexibility. In this regard, a precoding-based MCW has been proposed. The proposed MCW fulfills the requirements of the NGCN in terms of low peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR), high spectral efficiency and throughput. The MCW proposed in this work uses power-domain multiplexing such as non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) and phase rotation by using the selective mapping (SLM) and generalized chirp-like (GCL) precoding of the input signal to the universal filtered multi-carriers (UFMC) modulations. Statistical analysis of the PAPR is presented by using the complementary cumulative distribution function (CCDF). The MATLAB® simulations have been carried out to implement the CCDF of PAPR and results show that a PAPR gain of 5.4 dB is obtained when the proposed waveform is compared with the standard NOMA-UFMC waveform at clip rate of 10−3, using 4-QAM.

Theorizing Gender and Information Technology Research

2011 ◽  
pp. 1154-1159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eileen M. Trauth
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
The Body ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Women In It ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Women's Relationships ◽  
Underrepresentation Of Women ◽  
Gender And It

A fundamental consideration when attempting to understand the complex factors leading to the underrepresentation of women in IT is the choice and use of theory. Theories about women and their relationships to information technology and the IT profession guide the conceptualization of the research problem, the methods of data collection, the basis for analysis, and the conclusions that are drawn. However, a criticism of gender and IT research is that the topic of gender and IT is currently undertheorized (Adam, Howcroft, & Richardson, 2001, 2004). This undertheorization takes on several different forms. First, there are cases in which there is no theory in evidence to guide the conceptualization of the research project or to inform the data collection and analysis. Rather, the focus is typically on compiling and representing statistical data regarding the differences between men and women with respect to technology adoption, use or involvement in the IT profession. This form of undertheorization can be labeled pre-theoretical research. Second, other research, while not explicitly articulating a particular theory, nevertheless, is guided by a theory-in-use. For example, quite often a theory of inherent differences between males’ and females’ relationships to IT is used implicitly to guide data collection and analysis. This form of undertheorization can be labeled implicit-theoretical research. This approach is considered to be a type of undertheorization in that the lack of explicit discussion of a theory makes it difficult for others to discuss, challenge or extend the research. Finally, the body of research that reflects explicit theory-in-use has been shown to have gaps in the theoretical landscape (Trauth, 2002). That is, an argument has been made that current theories about gender and IT do not fully account for the variation in men’s and women’s relationships to information technology and the IT field. This form of undertheorization can be labeled insufficient-theoretical research. It is this third condition that is addressed in this article: the need for new theoretical insights to guide our effort to understand the underrepresentation of women in the IT profession.

scholarly journals Effects of holistic socialization-individualization of preschool children with severe speech impairments in sports and health-improving activities

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 246-257
Author(s):  
Karina E. Panasenko ◽  
◽  
Lyudmila N. Voloshina ◽  
Lyudmila V. Shinkareva ◽  
Olga G. Galimskaya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Normal Level ◽  
Motor Coordination ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Speech Disorders ◽  
Speech Development ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Pedagogical Practice ◽  
Speech Impairments ◽  
Special Educational Needs

The urgency of this problem is due, on the one hand, to the need to include children with severe speech impairments in the educational space of Childhood, taking into account their special educational needs, on the other hand, to the need to shift the emphasis both in theoretical research and pedagogical practice towards ensuring the integrity of socialization-individualization. The research purpose was to identify and assess the effects of holistic socialization-individualization of preschoolers with severe speech impairments in sports and health-improving activities. The experimental study involved 100 senior preschool children with a normal level of speech development and 100 senior preschool children with severe speech impairments attending preschool educational institutions in Belgorod and the Belgorod region (Russian Federation). Theoretical (analysis of literary scientific sources), empirical (pedagogical experiment (ascertaining stage), testing) research methods, as well as methods of mathematical statistics (Student’s t-test, Fisher’s φ-test) were used. The study and assessment of the effects of holistic socialization-individualization of senior preschool children with severe speech impairments in sports and health-improving activities were carried out in the following fields – communication, self-awareness, activity. During the study, statistically valid differences were obtained in the level of self-esteem of preschool children (φemp=2.595 > φcrit=2.31 with p<0.01); self-assessment by parameter “Strong” (φemp=2.574 > φcrit=2.31 with p<0.01), “Fast” (φemp=2.715 > φcrit=2.31 with p<0.01), “Accuracy” (φemp=2.567 > φcrit=2.31 with p<0.01), “Dexterous” (φemp=2.56 > φcrit=2.31 with p<0.01), “Flexibility” (φemp=2.85 > φcrit=2.31 with p<0.01); by the level of anxiety (φemp=2.517 > φcrit=2.31 with p<0.01). The assessment of motor abilities (motor-coordination, speed-power, strength, flexibility, accuracy, endurance) of senior preschool children made it possible to reveal statistically valid differences between the data of children with a normal level of speech development and children with severe speech disorders (p<0.05). The obtained research results confirm the data presented in the works of domestic and foreign scientists, and the need to substantiate the use of the potential of sports and health-improving activity in solving the research problem.

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