Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2022.2162944
Alexander Hollaus, Christoph Schunko, R. Weisshaidinger, P. Bala, C. Vogl
ABSTRACT Traditional rice agroecosystems face socioeconomic, political, technical and environmental challenges that are resulting in changes in the traditional land use and management system and its contributions to indigenous farmers. This study explored the contributions made by swidden and wet rice agroecosystems in a traditional rice cultivation landscape and how this landscape has been influenced by recent changes in land use and management. Data were gathered from two villages in the Upper Baram, Malaysia, using semi-structured interviews with 43 farmers, and examined by qualitative content analysis. Farmers perceived different benefits from the rice agroecosystems over and above rice, such as non-rice food supply, habitat creation and support of their identity. The wet rice agroecosystem benefits farmers through higher rice yields, while the swidden rice agroecosystem provides a greater diversity of material contributions. Recent trends in land use and management towards the wet rice agroecosystem and plantations, driven by farmer preferences, land use policies and socioeconomic factors, are challenging the contributions available to farmers from the traditional rice cultivation landscape. Actors involved in decision-making in the traditional rice cultivation landscape should therefore consider the impact of land use and management changes on the diversity of contributions provided by rice agroecosystems.
{"title":"Nature’s contributions to people in the context of a changing traditional rice cultivation landscape in the Upper Baram, Malaysia","authors":"Alexander Hollaus, Christoph Schunko, R. Weisshaidinger, P. Bala, C. Vogl","doi":"10.1080/00167223.2022.2162944","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00167223.2022.2162944","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Traditional rice agroecosystems face socioeconomic, political, technical and environmental challenges that are resulting in changes in the traditional land use and management system and its contributions to indigenous farmers. This study explored the contributions made by swidden and wet rice agroecosystems in a traditional rice cultivation landscape and how this landscape has been influenced by recent changes in land use and management. Data were gathered from two villages in the Upper Baram, Malaysia, using semi-structured interviews with 43 farmers, and examined by qualitative content analysis. Farmers perceived different benefits from the rice agroecosystems over and above rice, such as non-rice food supply, habitat creation and support of their identity. The wet rice agroecosystem benefits farmers through higher rice yields, while the swidden rice agroecosystem provides a greater diversity of material contributions. Recent trends in land use and management towards the wet rice agroecosystem and plantations, driven by farmer preferences, land use policies and socioeconomic factors, are challenging the contributions available to farmers from the traditional rice cultivation landscape. Actors involved in decision-making in the traditional rice cultivation landscape should therefore consider the impact of land use and management changes on the diversity of contributions provided by rice agroecosystems.","PeriodicalId":45790,"journal":{"name":"Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography","volume":"28 1","pages":"129 - 140"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89072236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-02DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2022.2081927
Aske Egsgaard, H. K. Hansen, L. Winther
ABSTRACT The recovery of cities has led to increased wealth while simultaneously amplifying the socioeconomic spatial divide and polarization within the resurgent city. Recently, renewed interest in the socioeconomic consequences of the city’s growth has focused on residential differences in terms of e.g. income and education. In this paper, we examine how the recovery of cities has influenced the internal divide in the socioeconomic structures of demography, education, and employment. Utilizing Danish register data for all residents in Copenhagen during the period from 1992 to 2017, we describe the development of the resurgent city in relation to two sets of processes, academification (formal academic education) and workification (employment rate), with a focus on young adults, and compare with the suburban municipalities bordering Copenhagen. We show that Copenhagen, like other major European and American resurgent cities, has seen a decrease in the mean age of its residents and an increase in young adults who have completed an academic education and found employment in the city. Moreover, we find that the relationship between residence and workplace location has become more divided according to educational background, further emphasizing the socioeconomic inequalities within the city.
{"title":"Resurgent cities and the socioeconomic divide: the young, educated and affluent city of Copenhagen, Denmark","authors":"Aske Egsgaard, H. K. Hansen, L. Winther","doi":"10.1080/00167223.2022.2081927","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00167223.2022.2081927","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The recovery of cities has led to increased wealth while simultaneously amplifying the socioeconomic spatial divide and polarization within the resurgent city. Recently, renewed interest in the socioeconomic consequences of the city’s growth has focused on residential differences in terms of e.g. income and education. In this paper, we examine how the recovery of cities has influenced the internal divide in the socioeconomic structures of demography, education, and employment. Utilizing Danish register data for all residents in Copenhagen during the period from 1992 to 2017, we describe the development of the resurgent city in relation to two sets of processes, academification (formal academic education) and workification (employment rate), with a focus on young adults, and compare with the suburban municipalities bordering Copenhagen. We show that Copenhagen, like other major European and American resurgent cities, has seen a decrease in the mean age of its residents and an increase in young adults who have completed an academic education and found employment in the city. Moreover, we find that the relationship between residence and workplace location has become more divided according to educational background, further emphasizing the socioeconomic inequalities within the city.","PeriodicalId":45790,"journal":{"name":"Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography","volume":"31 1","pages":"1 - 20"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85634264","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-02DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2022.2073899
Christine Benna Skytt-Larsen, H. K. Hansen, A. Busck
ABSTRACT Today, temporary urban activities are conceived as a strategic planning tool for both private investors and urban governments. This study discuss the potential of such urban activities to serve as incubation space for small-scale urban-based entrepreneurship. The analysis indicates that short-term arrangements and low establishment costs appeal to small-scale entrepreneurs who want to try out a business idea without major initial investment risks. Also, the study shows that a focused effort to establish a solid network structure to tap into, as well as informal network relations between the individual entrepreneurs, are prerequisites if temporary urban activities are to facilitate sustainable businesses. Thus, the study finds that temporary urban activities can serve as incubator spaces if the right supporting structures are in place.
{"title":"Temporary urban activities as potential business incubators: the role of networks, time and space","authors":"Christine Benna Skytt-Larsen, H. K. Hansen, A. Busck","doi":"10.1080/00167223.2022.2073899","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00167223.2022.2073899","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Today, temporary urban activities are conceived as a strategic planning tool for both private investors and urban governments. This study discuss the potential of such urban activities to serve as incubation space for small-scale urban-based entrepreneurship. The analysis indicates that short-term arrangements and low establishment costs appeal to small-scale entrepreneurs who want to try out a business idea without major initial investment risks. Also, the study shows that a focused effort to establish a solid network structure to tap into, as well as informal network relations between the individual entrepreneurs, are prerequisites if temporary urban activities are to facilitate sustainable businesses. Thus, the study finds that temporary urban activities can serve as incubator spaces if the right supporting structures are in place.","PeriodicalId":45790,"journal":{"name":"Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography","volume":"9 1","pages":"21 - 31"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82911432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-02DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2022.2053999
R. Neog
ABSTRACT The objective of the study is to understand the pattern of land surface temperature (LST) and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) developed in Ranchi city during Covid-19-induced lockdown (2020) and its comparison with previous years. The study incorporated Landsat 8 (Operational land imager) data from United States Geological Survey and air temperature and relative humidity data from power.larc.nasa.gov for the years 2017, 2019 and 2020. The results exposed a drastic change in the LST and NDVI pattern of the city. The mean LST of the city during April has declined from 39.80°C in 2017 to 32.38°C in 2020. Similarly, the mean LST of May also declined from 38.41°C in 2017 to 34.84°C in 2020. On the contrary, the city experienced an ascending growth of NDVI from 0.24 to 0.26 in April and May 2017 to 0.349 and 0.37 in 2020, respectively. Additionally, the city portrays declining air temperature with enhanced relative humidity. Ranchi city also exhibited relatively maximum area under ecologically excellent category in the year 2020 and reduced area under ecologically the worst category based on urban thermal field variance index. Thus, reduced temperature with augmented humidity and NDVI developed a healthy urban environment.
摘要:本研究旨在了解兰契市在2019冠状病毒病疫情封锁期间(2020年)地表温度(LST)和归一化植被指数(NDVI)的变化规律,并与往年进行比较。该研究结合了美国地质调查局(United States Geological Survey)的Landsat 8 (Operational land成像仪)数据,以及power.larc.nasa.gov网站2017年、2019年和2020年的气温和相对湿度数据。结果表明,城市的LST和NDVI格局发生了剧烈变化。该市4月平均地表温度从2017年的39.80℃下降到2020年的32.38℃。同样,5月平均地表温度也从2017年的38.41°C下降到2020年的34.84°C。相反,2017年4月和5月的NDVI分别为0.24 ~ 0.26,到2020年分别为0.349和0.37,呈上升趋势。此外,这座城市的空气温度下降,相对湿度增加。基于城市热场方差指数,兰契市在2020年生态优类面积相对最大,生态劣类面积相对减少。因此,降低温度,增加湿度和NDVI,形成健康的城市环境。
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Pub Date : 2022-01-02DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2022.2073898
Jiashuo Zhang, Zhongfa Zhou, Quan Chen, Changli Zhu, Guoxuan Ma
ABSTRACT After eliminating absolute poverty in 2020, China is shifting its focus from poverty eradication to achieving common prosperity, and relative poverty is currently a research focus.This paperuses interdisciplinary analysis methods to measure households’ livelihood sources and relative poverty in the karst mountains and explore the impact of livelihood sources on relative poverty. The results show that relative poverty in the Huajiang demonstration area is mainly manifested by a lack of material conditions influenced by natural conditions. The status of household labour, production conditions, social networks and natural conditions affect households’ livelihood sources. Increasing household livelihood sources can significantly alleviate their relative poverty status. The increase in household livelihood sources , agricultural modernization and breeding specialization can all significantly reduce household poverty level, whereas increased subsidy income may reduce the incentive for households to develop themselves. The study’s findings provide an important scientific basis for improving the livelihood resilience of households in the karst mountains and help consolidate and expand poverty alleviation.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-02DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2022.2068636
Athina Avagianou, T. Kizos, Stelios Gialis
ABSTRACT The 2008/2009 global economic recession and the Covid-19 pandemic fuelled a heap of social and economic problems, including growing youth unemployment and inactivity. Amidst this pressing conjuncture, female youngsters living in economically deprived regions have been affected the most. The paper in hand studies the changing analogies between young women that are “Not in Employment, Education or Training” (the so-called NEETs) and young men of the same status, between 2008 and 2020, across the regions of four EU South countries. By employing a mixed-methods approach, namely analysing quantitative indices and semi-structured interviews, we put the gender divisions and the geographically uneven distribution of NEETs under thorough scrutiny. Furthermore, by adopting a spatially-sensitive perspective, the paper elucidates key underlying factors behind NEETs’ persistence in some of the EU’s least-prosperous regions. Along with several structural and institutional factors, peripherality, regional specialization and gender divisions are indicated as crucial, though commonly neglected, dimensions of contemporary youth disengagement.
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Pub Date : 2021-12-29DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2021.2019073
Chen-Li Xue, Cheng Jin, Liangchen Zhou, Guannan Li
ABSTRACT Increasing attention has been paid to the analysis of street greenery using the Green View Index (GVI). Current methods of vegetation extraction are not suitable for processing large amounts of data. This study introduces Visible Difference Vegetation Index (VDVI) to process Baidu Map panoramic static images which is relatively convenient for GVI calculation. The method is used to analyse the spatial distribution of street greenery in Guangzhou city in China. The results show that: (1) The spatial distribution of GVI values in Guangzhou show obvious agglomeration. (2) The average level and evenness of street greenery distribution is analysed. Tianhe and Yuexiu districts had high levels of evenly distributed street greenery; Liwan, Haizhu, Huangpu, and Panyu districts had good levels of street greenery but uneven distributions; Baiyun and Nansha had low levels of street greenery. (3)There is a significant correlation between road grade, house price, building age, land use and GVI values, which reveals the driving factors of GVI value distribution in Guangzhou. The GVI calculation method in this method is relatively convenient and accurate. GVI can be a new evaluation tool for street greenery in urban planning, additionally used as an index for urban environmental research.
{"title":"Exploring the distribution of city street greenery from eye-level: an application of Baidu Map panoramic images data","authors":"Chen-Li Xue, Cheng Jin, Liangchen Zhou, Guannan Li","doi":"10.1080/00167223.2021.2019073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00167223.2021.2019073","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Increasing attention has been paid to the analysis of street greenery using the Green View Index (GVI). Current methods of vegetation extraction are not suitable for processing large amounts of data. This study introduces Visible Difference Vegetation Index (VDVI) to process Baidu Map panoramic static images which is relatively convenient for GVI calculation. The method is used to analyse the spatial distribution of street greenery in Guangzhou city in China. The results show that: (1) The spatial distribution of GVI values in Guangzhou show obvious agglomeration. (2) The average level and evenness of street greenery distribution is analysed. Tianhe and Yuexiu districts had high levels of evenly distributed street greenery; Liwan, Haizhu, Huangpu, and Panyu districts had good levels of street greenery but uneven distributions; Baiyun and Nansha had low levels of street greenery. (3)There is a significant correlation between road grade, house price, building age, land use and GVI values, which reveals the driving factors of GVI value distribution in Guangzhou. The GVI calculation method in this method is relatively convenient and accurate. GVI can be a new evaluation tool for street greenery in urban planning, additionally used as an index for urban environmental research.","PeriodicalId":45790,"journal":{"name":"Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography","volume":"5 1","pages":"73 - 86"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2021-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84792624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-03DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2021.2003714
Liangang Xiao, Christian Fertner, Chang-chun Feng
ABSTRACT Rural–urban migration is considered one of the main reasons for rural decline, but the links between out-migration and rural settlement change are not well understood. This study explores the microimpact of out-migration on rural livelihoods and housing strategies in Southwest China. It is based on the results of a survey with 411 respondents. A cluster analysis revealed five distinct types of rural households considering their ways of migration and livelihoods. Only one of them depends on agriculture, whereas the others are characterized by different kinds of migration and off-farm activities. This study provides in-depth insights into the microimpact, thus informing future rural development policy.
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Pub Date : 2021-07-03DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2021.1994866
Nina Dvořáková, M. Horňáková
ABSTRACT Suburbanization is the most significant process involved in shaping the socio-spatial structure of many western European and post-Socialist cities. In Prague, suburbanization began in the mid-1990s. In contrast with most studies, we consider the suburbs not as a final residential destination but as a place that people leave as a result of life-phase changes. For example, families who moved to the suburbs in the mid-1990s and early 2000s, and are now empty-nest households, may wish to move away. In an attempt to analyse future residential mobility and strategies for later-life suburban households in Czechia, we conducted a questionnaire survey in two suburban municipalities (n = 177). Respondents were aware that as they aged, their current residences and residential environments were likely to become less suitable. Nevertheless, most of our respondents were “stayers” and employed various assimilative coping strategies to adapt their homes, rather than moving or leaving the suburbs. It is suggested that a greater emphasis be placed on the promotion of barrier-free housing solutions and the use of innovative technologies.
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Pub Date : 2021-07-03DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2021.1949366
Yannik E. Roell, N. M. Jacobsen, M. Graversgaard, Nele Lohrum, A. Beucher, M. Greve, M. Greve, C. Kjeldsen
ABSTRACT Agricultural land use and population density have been increasing around the world. Determining if physical geography is a driving factor of historical change on a larger scale has received little research interest in the past outside local-scale case studies. The aim of this study was to model historical agricultural development and population density throughout Denmark using geographically weighted regression with environmental variables and data for parishes from 1860 to 1890. We analysed rye production, sheep count, and population density on the national scale. The incorporated variables were selected to represent aspects of soil, climate, and topography. Models for rye and sheep had high explanatory power (global R2: between 0.60 and 0.68) for both time periods whereas the model for population density had low explanatory power (global R2: 0.09 in 1860 and 0.25 in 1890). The results indicate that historical development in agricultural geography can be explained using physical geography. However, population density is more complex due to influences of industrialization, culture and scalar structure. This questions the classical understanding that soil quality is a strong determinant of population density on its own in Denmark. We instead argue that soil quality has a dynamic multidirectional interplay with human and agricultural activity.
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