Spatial statistical measures have been applied to Ethiopia’s Demographic and Health Survey data (EDHS), mostly at the national level. However, there is concern that most applications violate basic principles of statistics regarding autocorrelation, or are not cognizant of the first law of geography which states that all things are related but near things are more related. This study investigates local variations in attitudes toward wife-beating in Ethiopia with education as the main correlate. It does so by using a spatial measure known as the geographically weighted regression (GWR) which is more appropriate in conditions of geographic non-stationarity than the ordinary least squares regression (OLS). Equally importantly, it examines the appropriateness of existing OLS-based spatial studies of EDHS data. We found that most studies inappropriately applied OLS despite findings of spatially autocorrelated data. The GWR model showed an association between acceptance of wife-beating and educational status. It also generated a list of twelve sampling clusters where most women respondents stated that wife-beating was acceptable while admitting to having had no formal education, and where local R2s exceeded 0.5 in GWR modeling involving 72 nearest neighbors per sampling cluster. An education-focused bi-variate rather than multi-variate GWR avoided issues of multicollinearity while keeping the model simple and its results actionable. Although the majority of the twelve sampling clusters are in Harari Wereda and Kilil, which got their name from members of the Harari ethnic group that are predominantly Muslim, it is difficult to pinpoint which factor or set of factors can be cited as causally associated with characteristics that placed them on the list. The study makes methodological contributions to spatial studies of sociodemographic characteristics of populations, especially those in developing countries such as Ethiopia where local factors show significant geographic variations. It also adds to the literature on applied geographically weighted regression.
{"title":"The Social Geography of Women’s Attitudes toward Wife-beating in Ethiopia: A Contribution Towards Proper Application of Spatial Statistics","authors":"Aynalem Adugna","doi":"10.5539/jgg.v15n2p16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5539/jgg.v15n2p16","url":null,"abstract":"Spatial statistical measures have been applied to Ethiopia’s Demographic and Health Survey data (EDHS), mostly at the national level. However, there is concern that most applications violate basic principles of statistics regarding autocorrelation, or are not cognizant of the first law of geography which states that all things are related but near things are more related. This study investigates local variations in attitudes toward wife-beating in Ethiopia with education as the main correlate. It does so by using a spatial measure known as the geographically weighted regression (GWR) which is more appropriate in conditions of geographic non-stationarity than the ordinary least squares regression (OLS). Equally importantly, it examines the appropriateness of existing OLS-based spatial studies of EDHS data. We found that most studies inappropriately applied OLS despite findings of spatially autocorrelated data. The GWR model showed an association between acceptance of wife-beating and educational status. It also generated a list of twelve sampling clusters where most women respondents stated that wife-beating was acceptable while admitting to having had no formal education, and where local R2s exceeded 0.5 in GWR modeling involving 72 nearest neighbors per sampling cluster. An education-focused bi-variate rather than multi-variate GWR avoided issues of multicollinearity while keeping the model simple and its results actionable. Although the majority of the twelve sampling clusters are in Harari Wereda and Kilil, which got their name from members of the Harari ethnic group that are predominantly Muslim, it is difficult to pinpoint which factor or set of factors can be cited as causally associated with characteristics that placed them on the list. The study makes methodological contributions to spatial studies of sociodemographic characteristics of populations, especially those in developing countries such as Ethiopia where local factors show significant geographic variations. It also adds to the literature on applied geographically weighted regression.","PeriodicalId":42282,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geology Geography and Geoecology","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135060874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Topographic map evidence in the western North Carolina French Broad River drainage basin (upstream from Asheville) was used to determine if a new geology and glacial history paradigm (new paradigm) can explain previously unexplained (and anomalous) drainage system evidence. The new paradigm claims: 1) the Eastern Continental Divide was uplifted as the southeastern rim of a continental ice sheet created deep “hole” (in which the ice sheet was located) as immense and prolonged southwest-oriented meltwater floods flowed across it, 2) headward erosion of south and southeast-oriented valleys (in sequence from the southwest to the northeast) diverted floodwaters more directly to the Atlantic Ocean, and 3) headward erosion of north- and northwest-oriented valleys from the developing deep “hole” (in sequence from the southwest to the northeast) diverted floodwaters to deep “hole” space (located between the rising deep “hole” rim and the ice sheet margin) and then toward deep “hole” southern exits (eventually the Mississippi River valley became the only southern exit). The new paradigm permitted the following types of drainage system evidence to be explained:1) numerous barbed tributaries flowing to a northeast-oriented French Broad River segment, 2) a larger than required northeast-oriented French Broad River valley, 3) and diverging and converging valley complexes which are found throughout the northeast-oriented oriented French Broad River headwaters drainage basin. In addition, the map evidence could be interpreted to show: 1) headward erosion of the north- and northwest-oriented French Broad River valley captured southwest-oriented flow to the north-oriented Pigeon River valley which had captured flow to the northwest-oriented Little Tennessee River valley, 2) headward erosion of the south-oriented Broad River valley captured southwest-oriented flow to the northeast- and north-oriented French Broad River and the south-oriented Toxaway River and 3) and multiple gaps identify locations where southwest-oriented water entered and exited the present-day French Broad River headwaters drainage basin.
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As a result of the study of the core material of 540 thin sections from the boreholes of the northern marginal part and the paraxial part of the Dnieper-Donetsk Depression (DDD), a complex of fossil red calcareous algae including 14 species of 7 genera, as well as 2 species belonging to 2 genera identified for the first time for the Visean deposits of the DDD has been discovered. The studied carbonate deposits represent the Hlybokynskyi, Sukhynskyi, Stylskyi, Donetskyi and lower part of Mezhivskyi horizons of the Don-Dnipro Rift (DDR). It has been found that the greatest diversity of the taxonomic composition of fossil red calcareous algae in the DDD is observed in the deposits of the Sukhynskyi, Stylskyi and the most part of Donetskyi horizons, (XIII, XIIa, XII microfaunistic horizons of the DDD). It has been established that the limestones of the DDD paraxial zone dated to the uppermost Donetskyi and lower Mezhivskyi horizons (XI MFH of the DDD) are represented mainly by foraminiferous-polydetrital and algal wackestones, less often by wacke-packstones. The association of calcareous algae with dark ferruginous fragments indicatesthat the deposits formed in relatively deep conditions of the outer shelf. Carbonate sediments of the most part Stylskyi and Donetskyi horizons (XIIa, XII MFH of the DDD) of the northern marginal zone of the DDD are represented mainly by polydetrital wackestones, sometimes they are spicular, sometimes iron-bearing, which makes it possible to assume that these deposits, like the previous ones, belong to the relatively deep-water facies of the open platform, with moderate and reduced water circulation. Carbonate deposits of the Sukhynskyi and lowermost Stylskyi horizons (XIII MFH of the DDD) of the paraxial and northern rift side zones are represented mainly by polydetrital and fine-detrital-algal wackestones with remains of ostracods, mosses, spicules, brachiopod shells, fragments of Stacheaceae, green tubular algae of the family Palaeoberesellaceae Mamet et Roux. The predominance of green siphonocladal algae in the algal association indicates a calm hydrodynamic regime below the tide level as well as the depth of the basin, which mostly does not exceed 3-5 m, a small fluctuation in the depth of the sea basin, good illumination, and thermal conductivity of the sea basin. Carbonate deposits of the Hlybokynskyi horizon (XIV MFH of the DDD) exposed by the well 10 Skorobahatky in the northern marginal part of the DDD, are represented by organogenic, detritus-muddy packstones and wackestones with remains of bivalves, foraminifera, crinoids, ostracods, green, tubular algae of the family Palaeoberesellaceae Mamet et Roux with a transition in the upper part to sandy grainstone. This indicates that sediments were formed in the shallow water conditions under constant wave action, near the base of this action that led to the washout of clay mass.
通过对第聂伯-顿涅茨克凹陷北缘和近轴部分540个钻孔薄片岩心材料的研究，发现了7属14种的红色钙质藻类化石群，以及在该凹陷Visean沉积中首次发现的2属2种藻类化石群。研究的碳酸盐岩矿床代表了顿河-第聂伯罗裂谷(DDR)的Hlybokynskyi、Sukhynskyi、Stylskyi、Donetskyi和Mezhivskyi下段。在苏克hynskyi、Stylskyi和Donetskyi大部分层位(DDD的XIII、XIIa、XII微动物群层位)的沉积中发现了DDD中红色钙质藻类化石分类组成的最大多样性。确定了DDD近轴带的灰岩主要为有孔虫-多碎屑岩和藻类微晶岩，较少为微晶-包层岩。钙质藻类与深色铁质碎屑的结合表明，这些沉积物形成于相对较深的外陆架。DDD北缘的styskyi和Donetskyi层(DDD的XIIa、XII MFH)大部分碳酸盐岩沉积以多碎屑岩为主，有时呈针状，有时含铁，因此可以认为这些沉积与以往的沉积一样，属于开阔台地的相对深水相，水循环适度且减少。近轴裂谷带和北裂谷带Sukhynskyi和最下层的styskyi层(DDD的XIII MFH)的碳酸盐沉积主要为多碎屑岩和细碎屑藻碎屑岩，其中含有介形虫、苔藓、针状体、腕足类贝壳、Stacheaceae的碎片、古贝科Mamet et Roux的绿色管状藻类。藻群中绿色虹吸藻占主导地位，表明海盆深度和潮位以下水动力平静，大部分不超过3-5 m，海盆深度波动小，光照好，海盆导热性好。10井Skorobahatky在DDD北缘暴露的Hlybokynskyi层(DDD的XIV MFH)碳酸盐岩矿床，以有机成因的碎屑泥质砾岩和碎屑岩为代表，含双壳类、有孔虫类、海贝壳类、介形虫类、绿色管状藻类(Mamet et Roux)的残余，上部过渡到砂质颗粒岩。这表明沉积物是在持续波浪作用下的浅水条件下形成的，在这种作用的底部附近，导致了粘土块的冲刷。
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Well 11 is located near the village of Velika Lanna, Krasnograd District, Kharkiv Region, and at the current stage of research is the most representative section of the continental Upper Cenozoic deposits of the Dnieper-Donets depression. For the first time, a comprehensive description of the Upper Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene deposits obtained from the results of paleopedological, palynological, and paleomagnetic studies is presented for the research region. Characteristic features of 13 climatolites (pedocomplexes and intersoil clays) including five upper Miocene, three lower Pliocene, two upper Pliocene and two climatolites correlated with the Gelasian of the International Stratigraphic Scale were determined. According to the results of miner- alogical studies, three mineralogical strata such as montmorillonite-kaolinite, hydromica-montmorillonite, and hydromica were traced for the deposits of the section. The mineralogical boundaries are confined to the levels of the Salgir–Liubimivka and Siversk–Beregove climatoliths. The spore-pollen complexes of all studied deposits are described. It was established that the complexes characterizing each studied climatolith differ in taxonomic composition, the ratio of the pollen of the main groups of plants, and the presence of characteristic taxa. Changes in the composition of spore-pollen spectra characterizing all soils of pedocomplexes as well as intersoil clays and embryonic soils formed during short-term warming at the time of the cool stages of the Miocene, Pliocene, and Gelasian periods were traced. The described spore-pollen complexes and spectra were compared with those from the deposits of the same age in adjacent regions, which allowed identifying the general and regional features of the compared complexes. A detailed record of changes in the geomagnetic field during the formation of the Upper Miocene-Pleistocene deposits was obtained, which enables to construct a paleomagnetic section reflecting the areas with normal, reverse and anomalous polarity. According to the nature of distribution of such areas, the section is tied to the Cox scale. All these materials allowed carrying out the stratigraphic dissection of the Miocene-Gelasian deposits of the studied section, as well as to substantiate the feasibility of defining it as a reference for the Miocene-Pleistocene deposits of the Dnieper-Donets depression.
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V. Skalozubov, Sergii І. Мelnik, V. Vashchenko, Іrina B. Korduba, Vitalii Yu. Hrib
The original method for the nuclear safety analysis is given. The method is based on an adequate interpretation of the safety conditions changes based on the temperature of fuel elements and nuclear fuel claddings in the process of the nuclear power plants modernization. The temperature limitations for nuclear fuel and cladding made of structural material are analyzed. A method based on the nuclear safety analysis conservative criteria is proposed. The safety conditions according to the fuel element and its cladding temperature are obtained. The proposed method is based on conservative criteria of nuclear safety analysis and does not require modeling of all possible sequences using special codes. Therefore, the computational research amount is significantly reduced. In addition, the method ensures a rapid adaptation of the criteria method for the nuclear safety changes express assessment for various initial events and conditions, as well as modifications and/or changes in the nuclear fuel design. In accordance with the international experience of nuclear energy, the mo- nopolization of the types of operated nuclear power plants and their systems has a negative impact both on ensuring the conditions for nuclear and radiation safety, and on their competitiveness and operational efficiency. Taking into account the successful experience ofthe Czech Republic and Finland, Ukraine has launched and continues a program to diversify fuel assemblies of Westinghouse nuclear fuel for reactor plants with VVER-type reactors. In accordance with the nuclear legislation of Ukraine, any modernization of reactor facilities, including the diversification of nuclear fuel assemblies, requires an additional analysis of ensuring nuclear and radiation safety conditions. The use of traditional methods of safety analysis by deterministic codes for modeling the entire range of possible emergency situations in such a situation is limited due to the possible negative influence of the effects of differences in codes and users of codes, which indicates the importance and relevance of the work.
{"title":"The method of express analysis of nuclear and ecological safety during the modernization of nuclear fuel","authors":"V. Skalozubov, Sergii І. Мelnik, V. Vashchenko, Іrina B. Korduba, Vitalii Yu. Hrib","doi":"10.15421/112335","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15421/112335","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000The original method for the nuclear safety analysis is given. The method is based on an adequate interpretation of the safety conditions changes based on the temperature of fuel elements and nuclear fuel claddings in the process of the nuclear power plants modernization. The temperature limitations for nuclear fuel and cladding made of structural material are analyzed. A method based on the nuclear safety analysis conservative criteria is proposed. The safety conditions according to the fuel element and its cladding temperature are obtained. The proposed method is based on conservative criteria of nuclear safety analysis and does not require modeling of all possible sequences using special codes. Therefore, the computational research amount is significantly reduced. In addition, the method ensures a rapid adaptation of the criteria method for the nuclear safety changes express assessment for various initial events and conditions, as well as modifications and/or changes in the nuclear fuel design. In accordance with the international experience of nuclear energy, the mo- nopolization of the types of operated nuclear power plants and their systems has a negative impact both on ensuring the conditions for nuclear and radiation safety, and on their competitiveness and operational efficiency. Taking into account the successful experience ofthe Czech Republic and Finland, Ukraine has launched and continues a program to diversify fuel assemblies of Westinghouse nuclear fuel for reactor plants with VVER-type reactors. In accordance with the nuclear legislation of Ukraine, any modernization of reactor facilities, including the diversification of nuclear fuel assemblies, requires an additional analysis of ensuring nuclear and radiation safety conditions. The use of traditional methods of safety analysis by deterministic codes for modeling the entire range of possible emergency situations in such a situation is limited due to the possible negative influence of the effects of differences in codes and users of codes, which indicates the importance and relevance of the work. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":42282,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geology Geography and Geoecology","volume":"116 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85316674","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The development of the theory of geocultural technologies is an attempt to integrate various theories and practices of foreign policy cultural activities of states on the world stage within the framework of a generalizing scientific vision, as well as to rethink international relations on the basis of geographical and cultural determinism, as well as the technological approach. The constitutive basis of the theory of geocultural technologies in international relations is the idea that the subordination of social actors to power is determined by its cultural attractiveness for them and leads to their further internalization, immersion in the cultural and symbolic interpretive matrix that justifies and justifies power in its geocultural originality. The complementary application of geographical, civilizational, cultural, deterministic, communicative and technological approaches has made it possible to outline the contours of the theory of geocultural technologies in international relations, to interpret effective practices of cultural engagement in the local, regional and global dimensions as geocultural technologies. Today, the problem of global cultural governance is increasingly coming to the fore among scholars. By actively participating in global cultural governance, states can not only realize their national interests, but also build the world of the future in accordance with their long-term strategies and culturally determined ideals of coexistence in the context of further increasing interdependence between peoples. In this sense, geocultural technologies are effective means of global cultural governance. The multidimensional nature and manifestations of geocultural technologies as effective practices in the international arena for the dissemination of geocultures allows them to be considered as means of international communication, as tools for public diplomacy, as means of cultural diplomacy, as soft power, as propaganda, and as legitimization. Thanks to geocultural technologies, a global transculture is being formed, which is a synthesis of ideas, images, and material things from different geocul- tures. Geocultures are defined as historically ordered sets of symbols, values, ideals, ideas, language practices, religious traditions, technologies of reproduction and transformation of social relations that embody the spirit of a particular geographical part of the world. Geoculture is inherent in any civilizational community or national-political entity.
{"title":"Theory of geocultural technologies in international relations","authors":"O. Vysotskyi, Ivan K. Holovko, Olha Y. Vysotska","doi":"10.15421/112338","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15421/112338","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000The development of the theory of geocultural technologies is an attempt to integrate various theories and practices of foreign policy cultural activities of states on the world stage within the framework of a generalizing scientific vision, as well as to rethink international relations on the basis of geographical and cultural determinism, as well as the technological approach. The constitutive basis of the theory of geocultural technologies in international relations is the idea that the subordination of social actors to power is determined by its cultural attractiveness for them and leads to their further internalization, immersion in the cultural and symbolic interpretive matrix that justifies and justifies power in its geocultural originality. The complementary application of geographical, civilizational, cultural, deterministic, communicative and technological approaches has made it possible to outline the contours of the theory of geocultural technologies in international relations, to interpret effective practices of cultural engagement in the local, regional and global dimensions as geocultural technologies. Today, the problem of global cultural governance is increasingly coming to the fore among scholars. By actively participating in global cultural governance, states can not only realize their national interests, but also build the world of the future in accordance with their long-term strategies and culturally determined ideals of coexistence in the context of further increasing interdependence between peoples. In this sense, geocultural technologies are effective means of global cultural governance. The multidimensional nature and manifestations of geocultural technologies as effective practices in the international arena for the dissemination of geocultures allows them to be considered as means of international communication, as tools for public diplomacy, as means of cultural diplomacy, as soft power, as propaganda, and as legitimization. Thanks to geocultural technologies, a global transculture is being formed, which is a synthesis of ideas, images, and material things from different geocul- tures. Geocultures are defined as historically ordered sets of symbols, values, ideals, ideas, language practices, religious traditions, technologies of reproduction and transformation of social relations that embody the spirit of a particular geographical part of the world. Geoculture is inherent in any civilizational community or national-political entity. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":42282,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geology Geography and Geoecology","volume":"401 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79650817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
To date, Transcarpathian region is where the conservation indicator in Ukraine is the highest (15.52%). However, the network of natural geosystems includes areas that – due to absence of well-established mechanisms of nature protection – are being harmed by by excessive economic development and use of outmoded environmental management approaches. One such important natural complex requiring protection of its biotic and landscape diversity is the Borzhava range. In this paper, the authors provide a rationale for the creation of the National Nature Park (NNP) within the boundaries of the Borzhava mountain range, taking into account the landscape and bioecological approaches, as well as accounting for the limiting factors of the existing manage- ment of natural resources. We determined the optimal location for the park, delineated its configuration, boundaries, and total area, and proposed a cartographic model of its functional zoning. We identified the NPP’s role in the regional econetwork and the main negative anthropogenic factors that must be regulated. In order to solve the aforesaid tasks, the authors clarified the boundaries of the Borzhava mountain range and high-landscape areas. We charted a schematic map and a supporting table «Existing environmental preservation territories within the Borzhava physical-geographical sub-district in the landscape areas» to the scale scale of 1: 500,000. To identify the functional and regime zones of the proposed park, we have compiled the «Species and age structure of forests, vegetation groups of meadows and other non-forest lands within the projected Borzhava NNP» map. In particular, it identifies species and age charac- teristics of forests, groups of shrubs and herbal phytocenoses in the meadows within the previously outlined NNP territory. To analyze the anthropogenic factors, economic and other functional zones influencing the park’s ecosystems, the authors charted the additional schematic maps of «Functional purposes and forms of ownership of land proposed to be included in the boundaries of the Borzhava NNP» and «Categories of land and forests suggested for inclusion in the Borzhava NNP». The authors believe that the research presented in this article gives ample reason for designing a Park’s project with further submission of necessary materials to be reviewed by the Department of ecology and natural resources of Transcarpathian region.
{"title":"Rationale for the creation and planning organization of the national nature park within the boundaries of the Borzhava mountain range","authors":"M. Teslovych, D. Krychevskа","doi":"10.15421/112337","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15421/112337","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000To date, Transcarpathian region is where the conservation indicator in Ukraine is the highest (15.52%). However, the network of natural geosystems includes areas that – due to absence of well-established mechanisms of nature protection – are being harmed by by excessive economic development and use of outmoded environmental management approaches. One such important natural complex requiring protection of its biotic and landscape diversity is the Borzhava range. In this paper, the authors provide a rationale for the creation of the National Nature Park (NNP) within the boundaries of the Borzhava mountain range, taking into account the landscape and bioecological approaches, as well as accounting for the limiting factors of the existing manage- ment of natural resources. We determined the optimal location for the park, delineated its configuration, boundaries, and total area, and proposed a cartographic model of its functional zoning. We identified the NPP’s role in the regional econetwork and the main negative anthropogenic factors that must be regulated. In order to solve the aforesaid tasks, the authors clarified the boundaries of the Borzhava mountain range and high-landscape areas. We charted a schematic map and a supporting table «Existing environmental preservation territories within the Borzhava physical-geographical sub-district in the landscape areas» to the scale scale of 1: 500,000. To identify the functional and regime zones of the proposed park, we have compiled the «Species and age structure of forests, vegetation groups of meadows and other non-forest lands within the projected Borzhava NNP» map. In particular, it identifies species and age charac- teristics of forests, groups of shrubs and herbal phytocenoses in the meadows within the previously outlined NNP territory. To analyze the anthropogenic factors, economic and other functional zones influencing the park’s ecosystems, the authors charted the additional schematic maps of «Functional purposes and forms of ownership of land proposed to be included in the boundaries of the Borzhava NNP» and «Categories of land and forests suggested for inclusion in the Borzhava NNP». The authors believe that the research presented in this article gives ample reason for designing a Park’s project with further submission of necessary materials to be reviewed by the Department of ecology and natural resources of Transcarpathian region. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":42282,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geology Geography and Geoecology","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89935898","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
It is known that over 90% of oil, gas and gas condensate in Azerbaijan is produced from Productive Series (PS) of the Early Pliocene. In this respect, the detailed study of Pro- ductive Series deposits and their evolution conditions has a special value. Currently in most sedimentary basins of the world the latest highly informative methods of stratigraphic analysis are applied and one of these methods is sequence-stratigraphy, which is used in this study. The application of the concept of sequence stratigraphy enables an in-depth analysis of the study area to be conducted from a geological point of view. Despite the fact that the search for oil and gas deposits in the basins of Azerbaijan Republic has been going on for many years, there is a limited understanding of the distribution of elements associated with the oil system within the sequence stratigraphic structure. This is evidenced by the small number of scientific publications that exist in this area at the moment. To study in more detail the sedimentation process of PS of the Pliocene in the Galmaz field the genetically tied facies have been outlined and correlated within the framework of chronostratigraphic boundaries. As the study targets we have chosen the stages of Absheron, Akchagyl and PS of Pliocene in the Galmaz field. New data acquired by well logging techniques were re-examined in detail. To analyze and interpret the data , NeuralogTM and PetrelTM software were applied. From positions of the sequence-stratigraphy and taking into account the curve features (gamma ray log) predictions of the sedimentation environment of PS have been made. In the study process the sequences and system tracts have been outlined and studied, the sedimentation periods of the outlined sequences have been defined. It has been suggested to apply stratigraphic surfaces for tracing changes in regression and transgression surfaces. Clay and sand fractions of rocks were evaluated with further lithological analysis. On the gamma-ray curves, the intervals with intensity values less than 3.5 mR/h were considered as reservoir layers. At the same time, the normalized value of αSP, calculated from the curve of Spontaneous Polarization, was assumed to be greater than 0.6. Based on the sequence-stratigraphy analysis of oil-field geophysical data it has been established that the geological section of the Galmaz area was developing at various rates and in frequently changing energy mode. It has been also made clear that parasequences of the Absheron stage and Productive Series were formed in progradation mode by detritus brought by river flows. Akchagyl sediments play the role of the regional major cap in the basin.
{"title":"Sequence stratıgraphıc analysıs of the Galmaz field based on well loggıng data","authors":"V. Seidov, Lala N. Khalilova","doi":"10.15421/112333","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15421/112333","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000It is known that over 90% of oil, gas and gas condensate in Azerbaijan is produced from Productive Series (PS) of the Early Pliocene. In this respect, the detailed study of Pro- ductive Series deposits and their evolution conditions has a special value. Currently in most sedimentary basins of the world the latest highly informative methods of stratigraphic analysis are applied and one of these methods is sequence-stratigraphy, which is used in this study. The application of the concept of sequence stratigraphy enables an in-depth analysis of the study area to be conducted from a geological point of view. Despite the fact that the search for oil and gas deposits in the basins of Azerbaijan Republic has been going on for many years, there is a limited understanding of the distribution of elements associated with the oil system within the sequence stratigraphic structure. This is evidenced by the small number of scientific publications that exist in this area at the moment. To study in more detail the sedimentation process of PS of the Pliocene in the Galmaz field the genetically tied facies have been outlined and correlated within the framework of chronostratigraphic boundaries. As the study targets we have chosen the stages of Absheron, Akchagyl and PS of Pliocene in the Galmaz field. New data acquired by well logging techniques were re-examined in detail. To analyze and interpret the data , NeuralogTM and PetrelTM software were applied. From positions of the sequence-stratigraphy and taking into account the curve features (gamma ray log) predictions of the sedimentation environment of PS have been made. In the study process the sequences and system tracts have been outlined and studied, the sedimentation periods of the outlined sequences have been defined. It has been suggested to apply stratigraphic surfaces for tracing changes in regression and transgression surfaces. Clay and sand fractions of rocks were evaluated with further lithological analysis. On the gamma-ray curves, the intervals with intensity values less than 3.5 mR/h were considered as reservoir layers. At the same time, the normalized value of αSP, calculated from the curve of Spontaneous Polarization, was assumed to be greater than 0.6. Based on the sequence-stratigraphy analysis of oil-field geophysical data it has been established that the geological section of the Galmaz area was developing at various rates and in frequently changing energy mode. It has been also made clear that parasequences of the Absheron stage and Productive Series were formed in progradation mode by detritus brought by river flows. Akchagyl sediments play the role of the regional major cap in the basin. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":42282,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geology Geography and Geoecology","volume":"231 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88994882","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The results of the scientific work on the theory and methodology of the study of sacral-recreational potential are highlighted in this article. Interpretation of the concept of sacral-recreational potential of the territory as a combination of conditions and resources, as well as sacred landscapes of natural and anthropogenic origin, their components, which are aimed at ensuring the recreational demand of the population on the basis of a generalization of scientific works that relate to the study of the concepts of sacral-recreational potential, the sacral-tourist potential was formulated for the first time. The conceptual components of sacral and potential potential are resources and conditions. Sacred objects of natural and anthropogenic origin serve as resources of sacred-recreational potential and, regardless of their genesis, can function only within the limits of a specific geographical envi- ronment. Such a combination is characterized by a set of relationships and ensures the formation of a sacred landscape. The natural (geological, geomorphological, hydrogeological, hydrological, climatic), social (historical-cultural, social, economic, political), an- thropogenic-transforming (positive, negative) conditions and resources for the development of the sacral-recreational potential of the territory are identified and characterized. The article testifies that due to the russian aggression against Ukraine, a significant part of religious buildings, which are part of the sacral-recreational potential of the country, were destroyed. The essence of various types of evaluations was defined and adapted to the sacral-recreational potential. Thanks to the above, it became possible to build a structural and logical scheme of its evaluation, where the object of evaluation is the sacred landscape/sacred object, and the subject is the manager of the recreation organization or the recreant. Types of evaluations and approaches to evaluating the sacral-recreational potential of the territory are summarized.
{"title":"Theoretical foundations of the study of sacral-recreational potential","authors":"O. Mishchenko","doi":"10.15421/112331","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15421/112331","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000The results of the scientific work on the theory and methodology of the study of sacral-recreational potential are highlighted in this article. Interpretation of the concept of sacral-recreational potential of the territory as a combination of conditions and resources, as well as sacred landscapes of natural and anthropogenic origin, their components, which are aimed at ensuring the recreational demand of the population on the basis of a generalization of scientific works that relate to the study of the concepts of sacral-recreational potential, the sacral-tourist potential was formulated for the first time. The conceptual components of sacral and potential potential are resources and conditions. Sacred objects of natural and anthropogenic origin serve as resources of sacred-recreational potential and, regardless of their genesis, can function only within the limits of a specific geographical envi- ronment. Such a combination is characterized by a set of relationships and ensures the formation of a sacred landscape. The natural (geological, geomorphological, hydrogeological, hydrological, climatic), social (historical-cultural, social, economic, political), an- thropogenic-transforming (positive, negative) conditions and resources for the development of the sacral-recreational potential of the territory are identified and characterized. The article testifies that due to the russian aggression against Ukraine, a significant part of religious buildings, which are part of the sacral-recreational potential of the country, were destroyed. The essence of various types of evaluations was defined and adapted to the sacral-recreational potential. Thanks to the above, it became possible to build a structural and logical scheme of its evaluation, where the object of evaluation is the sacred landscape/sacred object, and the subject is the manager of the recreation organization or the recreant. Types of evaluations and approaches to evaluating the sacral-recreational potential of the territory are summarized. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":42282,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geology Geography and Geoecology","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91382560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Over the recent decades, China has built an economic foundation enabling its citizens to travel. During this time, the numbers of tourists from the People’s Republic of China increased by several times, and therefore the Chinese tourists have a great role on the global stage. China’s progressive, superlarge outbound market is becoming appealing to other countries. The Chinese tourist is different from the standard «Western» tourist, and thus their thinking and preferences should be understood better. A literary analysis of scientific researches of the Chinese tourism demonstrated the interest to this topic growing since the 2010s. The majority of researchers, practitioners in tourism, and representatives of state administrations and specialists of professional tourism institutions agree that the Chinese tourism market has a hyper-potential and is developing hyper-dynamically. However, if the scientific reviews of the last decade focused only on the research dealing with geography where the Chinese travel and dynamics of the Chinese outbound tourism, modern works contain a deep understanding of the behavior and experience of the Chinese tourists and highlight the negative aspects of Chinese mass tourism. The objective of this study was analyzing the Chinese outbound market, its features and opportunities to increase the flow of Chinese tourists. For those purposes, it is necessary to carry out a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the Chinese outbound tourist market; to form a portrait of the average Chinese tourist; identify negative and positive features of the Chinese mass tourism. That is why the paper analyzed the position of the Chinese outbound tourism on the global market based on such indicators as the number of outbound tourists and tourists’ expenditures. The paper presents the geography of tourist visits by the Chinese and the share of Chinese tourists in the structure of tourists of the world’s most visited destination cities. The portrait of the average Chinese tourist has been specified in terms of age, gender, education, income level, average spend receipt, length of stay during the trip, motives and reasons for the visit. We analyzed the influence of the Chinese mass tourism. The results of the research can be used in practice by tourism enterprises when designing marketing projects aimed at the Chinese consumer, as well as when forming new products for tourists from the PRC.
{"title":"Features of the outbound tourist market of China in the current realities","authors":"M. Lushchyk","doi":"10.15421/112329","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15421/112329","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000Over the recent decades, China has built an economic foundation enabling its citizens to travel. During this time, the numbers of tourists from the People’s Republic of China increased by several times, and therefore the Chinese tourists have a great role on the global stage. China’s progressive, superlarge outbound market is becoming appealing to other countries. The Chinese tourist is different from the standard «Western» tourist, and thus their thinking and preferences should be understood better. A literary analysis of scientific researches of the Chinese tourism demonstrated the interest to this topic growing since the 2010s. The majority of researchers, practitioners in tourism, and representatives of state administrations and specialists of professional tourism institutions agree that the Chinese tourism market has a hyper-potential and is developing hyper-dynamically. However, if the scientific reviews of the last decade focused only on the research dealing with geography where the Chinese travel and dynamics of the Chinese outbound tourism, modern works contain a deep understanding of the behavior and experience of the Chinese tourists and highlight the negative aspects of Chinese mass tourism. The objective of this study was analyzing the Chinese outbound market, its features and opportunities to increase the flow of Chinese tourists. For those purposes, it is necessary to carry out a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the Chinese outbound tourist market; to form a portrait of the average Chinese tourist; identify negative and positive features of the Chinese mass tourism. That is why the paper analyzed the position of the Chinese outbound tourism on the global market based on such indicators as the number of outbound tourists and tourists’ expenditures. The paper presents the geography of tourist visits by the Chinese and the share of Chinese tourists in the structure of tourists of the world’s most visited destination cities. The portrait of the average Chinese tourist has been specified in terms of age, gender, education, income level, average spend receipt, length of stay during the trip, motives and reasons for the visit. We analyzed the influence of the Chinese mass tourism. The results of the research can be used in practice by tourism enterprises when designing marketing projects aimed at the Chinese consumer, as well as when forming new products for tourists from the PRC. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":42282,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geology Geography and Geoecology","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89610547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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