scholarly journals Bezbariérová Olomouc – příklad dobré praxe přístupu města k podpoře vytváření podmínek pro volnočasové aktivity osob nejen se zdravotním postižením

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 93-99
Author(s):  
Jana Čuková ◽  
Ondřej Ješina ◽  
Martin Kučera
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Sports Facilities ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
The City ◽  
Municipal Level

Cooperation differently oriented public institutions in order to develop leisure activities of people with disabilities is crucial in relation to the implementation of a series of legislative standards (UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Act on the promotion of sports, etc.). The city of Olomouc is one of the most active operators in the long term municipal level, which addresses support for people with disabilities or physical handicaps comprehensively. In 2012, the APA Center began an intense collaboration (Department APA, FTK UP in Olomouc) with the Department of Social Affairs to address accessibility of cultural and sports facilities, public spaces, playgrounds, etc for people woth special needs. As part of efforts to unify methodologies and sharing information we intend to use in the monitoring of barrier-free collaboration with Kazuist company. APA Center was invited to a group of community planning in the city of Olomouc. In addressing the use of specific professional works contracts by the city for the development of leisure activities, promotion of tourism and social services.

Branding Ideas for the Tokyo Olympics 2020

2017 ◽  
pp. 304-322
Author(s):  
Erica Liu
Keyword(s):  
Planning Process ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Event Tourism ◽  
Mega Event ◽  
The City

Tokyo successfully won the bid for the 2020 Olympic Games. When planning for mega event tourism such as the Olympics, cities reorder public spaces and arenas often with a long term vision, a legacy. This vision expresses the role of the event in achieving the desired future and goals of the hosting city. The planning process involves not only animating the city for staged spectacles; but also rebranding the city and managing how tourism is consumed - the planned and unplanned experience of consumption. Leisure motivated event tourists are seeking unique, personal and socially rewarding experiences (Getz, 2010). These experiences may be managed through the context in which people act. By altering the context, people's experience of the event changes; hence the perception of the host city and the Olympics' brand may also change. The author is therefore proposing branding directions to enhance these experiences.

„Respite care” as a significant instrument of support for carers of persons with disabilities

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (XIX) ◽  
pp. 151-167
Author(s):  
Maciej Borski
Keyword(s):  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Respite Care ◽  
The State ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
The Family

Naturally, it is the family who is predestined to take care of people with disabilities. However, they cannot be left alone with all their problems. What turns out to be necessary is the support from the state. It seems that nowadays public authorities recognize the necessity, however, they are trying to achieve the goal with the least possible financial involvement. What might constitute a very good example confirming the thesis is the long-term negligence of the state in the area of assistance to carers of persons with disabilities in the form of the so-called respite care. The author’s objective was to set this institution in a broader context of support for carers of persons with disabilities. For this purpose, what will be elaborated on is not only the origins and current legal measures functioning in Poland, but also those in selected European countries.

scholarly journals Health Behavior and Self-Assessed Health Among Some Long-Term Unemployed Living in Turku, Finland

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 232-243
Author(s):  
Filio Degni ◽  
Minja Vaherkylä ◽  
Saija Hurme
Keyword(s):  
Health Behavior ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Single Women ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Self Assessed Health ◽  
The City

Background:A number of previous studies have concluded that long-term unemployment is destructive to health.Objective:This study examined health behavior and self-assessed health of some long-term unemployed persons living in the city of Turku, in Southwestern Finland.Methodology:The qualitative data were collected from February to March 2016 from 40 long-term unemployed men and women, aged between 31 to 63 years.Results:Of the participants 85% (n=34) reported that their long-term unemployment situation had had a negative impact on their health. There were 95% (n=36) who needed medical care because of their health condition. There were 59% (n=24) who were not satisfied with the healthcare and social services compared to 49% (n=16) who were satisfied with the services.Conclusion:There were more single men than single women among the participants. Half of the participants had a profession of which the women constituted the majority. Several participants were suffering from a chronic disease. The participants were not satisfied of their lives and attributed their health behavior and poor health conditions to their long-term unemployment situation. They were not satisfied also with the healthcare and social services provided to them.

scholarly journals Participation and Partnership Within Revival Process. Case Study of a City of Poznan in Poland

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 108
Author(s):  
Dominika Pazder
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Social Aspect ◽  
Main Attention ◽  
Social Attitude ◽  
Educational Value ◽  
The City

In the following paper there are presented the projects implemented by the Author, together with the Division of Revitalization of the City of Poznan. The issues were undertaken within a revitalization process – especially in its soft, social aspect. Presented effects are results of a long-term cooperation with Poznan Municipality. The main attention is focused on selected activities related to the issues of renewal and activation of public spaces and those of educational value. These are important tools to start a dialogue with city residents and can have a positive impact on social attitude to revival process.

scholarly journals SUPPORT STRUCTURES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-25
Author(s):  
Venelin Terziev ◽  
Natalia Bekiarova ◽  
Marin Georgiev
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
The Social ◽  
The One

In the last decade the concept of development and promotion of social economy and social entrepreneurship are part of EU policy to tackle the social exclusion of persons in a vulnerable position. Also, the model of social economy is one of the key instruments for achieving social objectives within the framework of the sustainable and inclusive growth. Social benefits are measured by integration and employment of disadvantaged people, the contribution to the process of social inclusion of other vulnerable people, and the economic indicator is expressed by saved public funds for social welfare, on the one hand, and the additional funds compensating the social costs of long-term unemployment. What is important to happen is to create suitable conditions for the development of social enterprises with the widest possible range - vulnerable groups themselves and their problems are diverse and different, and the "answer" to their needs must be flexible in order to be efficient and effective; "way to solutions" is not important (the path may be different, as are diverse and vast opportunities for economic initiatives) that leads to the result itself, the result is important - better integration and sustainable tackling of social exclusion.The Economic and Social Council of the Republic of Bulgaria (ESC) believes that social enterprises in Bulgaria are still an untapped business model. Current social enterprises are mainly non-governmental organizations by applying the relevant legislation creating social enterprises whose business is focused on the realization of the social purpose and mission of the organization. Social enterprises in Bulgaria operate in various sectors, the most serious part are in: the delivery of social services; providing jobs for people with disabilities; mediation in finding employment of unemployed persons; provision of health services; аctivities in the field of education and others.In realizing these activities the leading is not the end product but the achieved social effect on individuals themselves expressed in obtaining the necessary support to integrate into society. In this sense, there are three basic models of social enterprises: The most common model is the one that creates jobs and develops the workforce. By business jobs are created primarily for people with disabilities. Most often the social enterprise is the employer of people with disabilities in order to achieve the integration of persons with disabilities in the labor market and create conditions for a better life. Another popular model of a social enterprise is the one in which the enterprise produces goods and seeks markets, also engaging with their distribution. Most often social enterprises involve persons with disabilities in the form of occupational therapy involved in the production of certain goods. Existing social enterprises in Bulgaria within this model are engaged in the manufacture of certain products by persons who are unemployed or socially excluded. The aim is to enable them to work and improve their social inclusion. The third existing model in Bulgaria is related to the provision of social services generally through payment of external customers, while social enterprise provides social services to its members. Payment is under contract with the state or a municipality. Within this model, services are provided to different users paid directly to social enterprise for direct service.

scholarly journals Participation and Partnership Within Revival Process. Case Study of a City of Poznan in Poland

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 108
Author(s):  
Dominika Pazder
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Social Aspect ◽  
Main Attention ◽  
Social Attitude ◽  
Educational Value ◽  
The City

In the following paper there are presented the projects implemented by the Author, together with the Division of Revitalization of the City of Poznan. The issues were undertaken within a revitalization process – especially in its soft, social aspect. Presented effects are results of a long-term cooperation with Poznan Municipality. The main attention is focused on selected activities related to the issues of renewal and activation of public spaces and those of educational value. These are important tools to start a dialogue with city residents and can have a positive impact on social attitude to revival process.

scholarly journals PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS AND UNIONS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AS SUBJECTS OF PROVIDING SOCIAL AND REHABILITATION SERVICES MEANS OF INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY TOURISM

2020 ◽  
pp. 193-194
Author(s):  
Галина Кучер
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Public Organizations ◽  
Rehabilitation Services ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Community Tourism

In today's conditions, public organizations of persons with disabilities are experiencing a new stage of development, gradually moving from users of social services to their providers. They carry out social and public activities based on new approaches in statutory activities, which encourages the search for more effective forms of interaction with people with disabilities of different nosologies and ages, government, media, business, and among themselves.

scholarly journals Disability Inclusive Public Transport in a City in Perú

2021 ◽  
pp. 21-27
Author(s):  
Karin Ponce Rojas
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Rank Correlation ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Regulatory Compliance ◽  
Transport Service ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Spearman’S Rank Correlation ◽  
Urban Public Transport ◽  
The City

Aims: In Latin America and the Caribbean, a large percentage of the urban and interurban transport service remains inaccessible for citizens with a disability. In Peru, citizens with complex disabilities have been made invisible in the public transport service. The objective of this research is to determine the relationship between the management of inclusive urban public transport and the accessibility of persons with disabilities in the city of Trujillo, 2020, and how public management impacts on this group of citizens. Methodology: A questionnaire was used based on the dimensions of each variable. The variables were: Inclusive urban public transport management composed of 5 dimensions (equipment and services, adapted vehicles, preferential rate, regulatory compliance, state of the roads) and accessibility of people with disabilities, composed of 5 dimensions (physical environment, attitudinal , social activities, mobility, comfort). Spearman's rank correlation was used. Results: The results allowed identifying that the management of inclusive urban public transport in the city of Trujillo has a predominantly deficient level, and the accessibility of people with disabilities is mainly poor. Conclusion: A direct and significant relationship was evidenced between the management of inclusive urban public transport and its dimensions (equipment and services, adapted vehicles, preferential rates, regulatory compliance, state of the roads) with the accessibility of people with disabilities in the city of Trujillo.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF THE FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE OF ARCHITECTURAL AND URBAN PLANNING FORMATION OF SPORTS AND LEISURE COMPLEXES

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (163) ◽  
pp. 75-82
Author(s):  
D. Baibak
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Youth Policy ◽  
Active Implementation ◽  
The City

Nowadays there is an urgent need for Ukrainians to meet the demands of quality, diversity and availability of sports services. Therefore, sports and leisure complexes, which are integrated into the urban infrastructure, act as interactive public spaces with tactile surfaces. Analysis of foreign practical experience in the formation of sports and leisure complexes demonstrates what it means to move around the city, breathe new life into abandoned places and how the architecture of modern life is changing. The countries of China, Russia, and Denmark were analyzed. This analysis showed that the typical objects for leisure activities are: 1) Squares, parking lots with integrated sports and leisure areas; 2) Separate specialized buildings of sports and leisure centers or centers of youth culture with different sports; 3) Open public spaces in parks, residential complexes, preschool education constructions, health centers. The analysis of the features of sports and leisure complexes formation in the territory of Ukraine allowed to reveal two groups. The first group consists of outdoor areas, which contain outdoor simulators or sports complex workout for trainings, both for professional athletes and amateurs. The second group of sports and leisure complexes contains "urban parks" as centers for the development of street culture, which has become a part of the state youth policy. The analysis of foreign and domestic practical experience of architectural and urban planning formation of sports and leisure complexes proved that there is an active implementation of the advanced world concepts related to a healthy lifestyle in Ukraine. At the same time, the design of sports and leisure complexes is at the stage of formation and requires the development of special methods, as well as research in terms of typological, structural-functional and planning analysis. Determination of the factors influencing the development of the studied objects and the principles of their formation is needed. This can be considered as the next stage of this research.

scholarly journals Application of Geo-Information Technologies in Information and Analytical Support for the Implementation of the Сity Program "My District"

2020 ◽  
pp. 43-49
Author(s):  
PETRUKHIN V.O. ◽  
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SKVORTSOV S.A. ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Mapping Software ◽  
Quality Health ◽  
Improvement Programs ◽  
The City

The article sets out the goals and objectives of the City Program “My District”, which provides for a significant improvement in the quality of life of citizens and the formation of equal development conditions for all districts of the city, taking into account the suggestions and wishes of local residents. The program is a flexible individual plan for each district, the implementation of which will ensure equal opportunities to receive quality health services, education and social services, leisure activities and a healthy lifestyle. To implement the tasks set, targeted, systematic information and analytical activities are necessary. Successful coordination of the implementation of improvement programs and operative solution of problems at all stages are possible only if the information base is prepared for making optimal management decisions. The use of modern information technologies, including geo-information technologies, makes it possible to ensure high quality of analytical and presentation materials created. The methodology for organization of work on the preparation of cartographic materials using geo-information technologies is shown: MapInfo software for processing and storing geographical information, GeoServer mapping software for publishing and managing geo-data in order to optimize the time spent, “Geo-bookmarks” utilities for automating the publication of cartographic and attribute information. Keywords: urban environment development, “My District” program, comfortable environment, landscaping, cartography, database, geo-information system, MapInfo, GeoServer, information-analytical materials.

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