This paper intends to underline the importance of historic public spaces as the deposits of collective memories, proposing the critical analysis, reinterpretation, and systematization of relevant informative historical layers as a counter model to the globalizing tendencies and their fast pace of transformation. Baharestanis a historic square located in the northeast of Tehran?s Historic Center, and it is the home to Iran?s Parliament and the Ministry of Culture. It makes the square significant at the national level, especially due to its location surrounded by several exquiste historical heritage buildings. However, following the decline of Tehran?s historic center, Baharestan lost its socio-cultural vitality and spatial quality, hosting urban functions mainly heterogeneous to its identity, and eventually turning into a traffic node. Through the comparative study of numerous historical documents, and adapting the concept of ?palimpsest?, Baharestan Square has been interpreted as the assemblage of different city layers in relation to the environmental and socio-political narratives of the city. The shift from one layer to another intends to reflect some of the lost memories of Tehran and its collective identity in the transition from traditional to modern society. Later on, the paper argues how this palimpsest quality and co-evolution of those plural layers and narratives in Baharestan demonstrate this symbolic square as a ?catalytic social infrastructure?, giving Tehran an opportunity to overcome the challenge of ?social amnesia? and promoting its civic culture and cohesion.
{"title":"Public spaces as a palimpsest of city layers: The case of Baharestan Square in Tehran (Iran)","authors":"Hamza Benacer, Narges Golkar, Khalil Aouissi","doi":"10.2298/ijgi2203341b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/ijgi2203341b","url":null,"abstract":"This paper intends to underline the importance of historic public spaces as the deposits of collective memories, proposing the critical analysis, reinterpretation, and systematization of relevant informative historical layers as a counter model to the globalizing tendencies and their fast pace of transformation. Baharestanis a historic square located in the northeast of Tehran?s Historic Center, and it is the home to Iran?s Parliament and the Ministry of Culture. It makes the square significant at the national level, especially due to its location surrounded by several exquiste historical heritage buildings. However, following the decline of Tehran?s historic center, Baharestan lost its socio-cultural vitality and spatial quality, hosting urban functions mainly heterogeneous to its identity, and eventually turning into a traffic node. Through the comparative study of numerous historical documents, and adapting the concept of ?palimpsest?, Baharestan Square has been interpreted as the assemblage of different city layers in relation to the environmental and socio-political narratives of the city. The shift from one layer to another intends to reflect some of the lost memories of Tehran and its collective identity in the transition from traditional to modern society. Later on, the paper argues how this palimpsest quality and co-evolution of those plural layers and narratives in Baharestan demonstrate this symbolic square as a ?catalytic social infrastructure?, giving Tehran an opportunity to overcome the challenge of ?social amnesia? and promoting its civic culture and cohesion.","PeriodicalId":54076,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Geographical Institute Jovan Cvijic SASA","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87137261","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}
This study aims to help the management of the Stormwater Drainage System (SDS) of Bejaia City to manage urban flood problems, i.e., to provide them with tools for a better organization of information on SDS combined with a better optimization of its interventions on the network. Our study is based on a multicriteria analysis of the ?SDS-inundation-Impact? system. We used a multicriteria approach and classified the overflow points called Black Points (BPs) using two methods: Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Failure Mode, Effect and criticality Analysis (FMEA). The criteria and the evaluation scale were defined on the basis of past observations, expert opinions, and feedback experience. The map of the past flooded areas was made and used to calibrate the two models. We mapped the BPs according to intervention priorities (one to four). The outcomes from both models are greatly comparable to the results of the impact assessment of past floods. The proposed approach can also reduce flood risks by integrating some of influencing factors (causing floodings) and the application can be adapted and implemented in other cities too. Both methods are reliable, particularly the AHP for the most overflowing BPs. They could be advantageously combined to improve decision-making.
{"title":"Urban floods management using AHP and FMEA methods-case study of Bejaia, Algeria","authors":"Noredine Azoune, Marzouk Cherrared","doi":"10.2298/ijgi2203257a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/ijgi2203257a","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to help the management of the Stormwater Drainage System (SDS) of Bejaia City to manage urban flood problems, i.e., to provide them with tools for a better organization of information on SDS combined with a better optimization of its interventions on the network. Our study is based on a multicriteria analysis of the ?SDS-inundation-Impact? system. We used a multicriteria approach and classified the overflow points called Black Points (BPs) using two methods: Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Failure Mode, Effect and criticality Analysis (FMEA). The criteria and the evaluation scale were defined on the basis of past observations, expert opinions, and feedback experience. The map of the past flooded areas was made and used to calibrate the two models. We mapped the BPs according to intervention priorities (one to four). The outcomes from both models are greatly comparable to the results of the impact assessment of past floods. The proposed approach can also reduce flood risks by integrating some of influencing factors (causing floodings) and the application can be adapted and implemented in other cities too. Both methods are reliable, particularly the AHP for the most overflowing BPs. They could be advantageously combined to improve decision-making.","PeriodicalId":54076,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Geographical Institute Jovan Cvijic SASA","volume":"421 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77493732","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}
Marko Filipovic, Nikola Krunić, Ekaterina Zhelenkova
The transition period of post-socialist cities brought significant demographic and spatial changes within their daily urban systems (DUS). Functional transformations of the core, as well as functionally dependent settlements in the mentioned systems, had a significant impact on the daily mobility of the population. For the purposes of this paper, the example of Belgrade was taken as the core of the most significant DUS on the territory of Serbia, and beyond its borders. As a research time frame the focus is on the first intercensal period of the 21st century, taking into account social and economic changes in that period. The daily mobility of the labor force was used as a relevant indicator of the functional manifestation of the work center and the functional direction of the residential settlement. A model of the spatial manifestation of the workforce daily mobility was used as a basis for researching the structure, changes, and determining the boundaries of the territorial scope of the DUS. Based on the presented results, dynamic changes within the DUS of Belgrade were determined, which are manifested through an increase in its spatial and population coverage, as well as through the changes in the degree of functional dependence of the settlements that participate in it. Conclusions were drawn on the connection between the transformation of the DUS and its demographic component, as well as the factors that initiate the investigated changes.
{"title":"Functional dependence of settlements and its demographic component in the transition phase of the daily urban system","authors":"Marko Filipovic, Nikola Krunić, Ekaterina Zhelenkova","doi":"10.2298/ijgi2203323f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/ijgi2203323f","url":null,"abstract":"The transition period of post-socialist cities brought significant demographic and spatial changes within their daily urban systems (DUS). Functional transformations of the core, as well as functionally dependent settlements in the mentioned systems, had a significant impact on the daily mobility of the population. For the purposes of this paper, the example of Belgrade was taken as the core of the most significant DUS on the territory of Serbia, and beyond its borders. As a research time frame the focus is on the first intercensal period of the 21st century, taking into account social and economic changes in that period. The daily mobility of the labor force was used as a relevant indicator of the functional manifestation of the work center and the functional direction of the residential settlement. A model of the spatial manifestation of the workforce daily mobility was used as a basis for researching the structure, changes, and determining the boundaries of the territorial scope of the DUS. Based on the presented results, dynamic changes within the DUS of Belgrade were determined, which are manifested through an increase in its spatial and population coverage, as well as through the changes in the degree of functional dependence of the settlements that participate in it. Conclusions were drawn on the connection between the transformation of the DUS and its demographic component, as well as the factors that initiate the investigated changes.","PeriodicalId":54076,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Geographical Institute Jovan Cvijic SASA","volume":"251 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77963703","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}
O. Podra, N. Petryshyn, O. Bayik, Ulyana Bobko, H. Levkiv
Flows of external labor migration in most cases occur under the influence of the internal economic and political situation in the country; however, in 2020 these trends changed significantly for reasons which did not depend on the socio-economic situation. In order to determine the volume of labor migration in 2020, an analysis was conducted. According to the results, it has been concluded that, despite the restrictive quarantine measures implemented in the European Union (EU) that caused the partial return of migrants to their countries, the rise in unemployment and slow economic growth, labor migrants are highly employed in key occupations of EU that are vital in the fight against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). It has been noticed that EU countries increase the number of officially issued residence permits to citizens of non-member countries every year, and Ukraine has become the absolute leader in the number of received residence permits, as well as the leader among European countries by the volume of the received remittances. An abstract-logical and systematic approach, analytical, comparative, graphical, and critical methods were used in the study. Prospects for external labor migration of Ukrainians to European countries have been identified.
{"title":"The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the volume of labor migration, employment, and remittances","authors":"O. Podra, N. Petryshyn, O. Bayik, Ulyana Bobko, H. Levkiv","doi":"10.2298/ijgi2102195p","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/ijgi2102195p","url":null,"abstract":"Flows of external labor migration in most cases occur under the influence of\u0000 the internal economic and political situation in the country; however, in\u0000 2020 these trends changed significantly for reasons which did not depend on\u0000 the socio-economic situation. In order to determine the volume of labor\u0000 migration in 2020, an analysis was conducted. According to the results, it\u0000 has been concluded that, despite the restrictive quarantine measures\u0000 implemented in the European Union (EU) that caused the partial return of\u0000 migrants to their countries, the rise in unemployment and slow economic\u0000 growth, labor migrants are highly employed in key occupations of EU that are\u0000 vital in the fight against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). It has been\u0000 noticed that EU countries increase the number of officially issued residence\u0000 permits to citizens of non-member countries every year, and Ukraine has\u0000 become the absolute leader in the number of received residence permits, as\u0000 well as the leader among European countries by the volume of the received\u0000 remittances. An abstract-logical and systematic approach, analytical,\u0000 comparative, graphical, and critical methods were used in the study.\u0000 Prospects for external labor migration of Ukrainians to European countries\u0000 have been identified.","PeriodicalId":54076,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Geographical Institute Jovan Cvijic SASA","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80147466","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}
T. Božović, I. Blešić, Milena Nedeljković-Knežević, Lukrecija Djeri, T. Pivac
Although tourism is an industry that has become resistant to various problems over time, the consequences left by COVID?19 pandemic have taken on global proportions. Serbia, like many other countries, has suffered a great damage in tourism industry since the beginning of the pandemic. However, research on the connection between COVID?19 and tourism in Serbia is in its infancy. As no research has been conducted in Serbia on the resilience of employees in different sectors of tourism, the main goal of this study is to determine the extent to which employees in tourism sectors in Serbia are resilient to changes caused by COVID?19 pandemic. Also, the study aimed to determine the intentions in the behavior of employees after the pandemic. Respondents who participated in the research are employed in various sectors of tourism (travel agencies, travel organizations, tourist guides, employees in the hospitality industry, and academic sector). To achieve goals, the survey was conducted among 264 participants in November and December 2020. A scale of 50 statements was applied, and by applying the Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), three resilience factors (competence, communication, and self?efficiency) were singled out. The results of the research show that employees in tourism are largely resilient to the changes, and the strongest factor that stands out among the respondents is competence. In addition, study proved that all the factors of the resilience are expected to have a positive effect on the behavior of employees in the post?crisis period.
{"title":"Resilience of tourism employees to changes caused by COVID-19 pandemic","authors":"T. Božović, I. Blešić, Milena Nedeljković-Knežević, Lukrecija Djeri, T. Pivac","doi":"10.2298/ijgi2102181b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/ijgi2102181b","url":null,"abstract":"Although tourism is an industry that has become resistant to various problems\u0000 over time, the consequences left by COVID?19 pandemic have taken on global\u0000 proportions. Serbia, like many other countries, has suffered a great damage\u0000 in tourism industry since the beginning of the pandemic. However, research\u0000 on the connection between COVID?19 and tourism in Serbia is in its infancy.\u0000 As no research has been conducted in Serbia on the resilience of employees\u0000 in different sectors of tourism, the main goal of this study is to determine\u0000 the extent to which employees in tourism sectors in Serbia are resilient to\u0000 changes caused by COVID?19 pandemic. Also, the study aimed to determine the\u0000 intentions in the behavior of employees after the pandemic. Respondents who\u0000 participated in the research are employed in various sectors of tourism\u0000 (travel agencies, travel organizations, tourist guides, employees in the\u0000 hospitality industry, and academic sector). To achieve goals, the survey was\u0000 conducted among 264 participants in November and December 2020. A scale of\u0000 50 statements was applied, and by applying the Exploratory Factor Analysis\u0000 (EFA), three resilience factors (competence, communication, and\u0000 self?efficiency) were singled out. The results of the research show that\u0000 employees in tourism are largely resilient to the changes, and the strongest\u0000 factor that stands out among the respondents is competence. In addition,\u0000 study proved that all the factors of the resilience are expected to have a\u0000 positive effect on the behavior of employees in the post?crisis period.","PeriodicalId":54076,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Geographical Institute Jovan Cvijic SASA","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84605195","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}
Маrija Drobnjakovic, Gordana Petrović, D. Karabašević, Svetlana Vukotić, Vuk Mirčetić, Vladimir Popović
The paper starts from the hypothesis that the examined area is characterized by a process of intensive functional transformation accompanied by certain population changes. The transformation of the settlement structure is shown in the area of Sumadija district. The trend of demographic and economic development was observed with a historical overview. It was upgraded with quantitative analyzes (chain index, population change index, functional classification, index of specialization and localization) for the period 1971-2011. The aim was to determine the degree of socio-economic transformation of Sumadija district and the regularities according to which these changes took place. Industrialization generally brings changes in the functional orientation and redistribution of the population. The deagrarianization was one of the main features, with parallel emigration of the rural population. These changes were intensive in 1961-1981, when the peak of employment in secondary activities was registered. Since then, significant spatial transformation in Sumadija district was visible. Special analyzes were used to confirm the assumption that Kragujevac is a dominant labor center, an administrative and service nucleus, which has a propulsive influence on the development of its immediate surroundings (suburban belt) and the wider area (Sumadija district). The contribution of this paper is in the understanding of the scope, spatial distribution, and intensity of changes that have occurred in Sumadija district. It introduces the historical circumstances and quantitative research into a broader concept as a basis for understanding the trajectories of spatial and socio-economic development, and responds to many social challenges specific for this territory.
{"title":"Socio-еconomic transformation of Sumadija district (Serbia)","authors":"Маrija Drobnjakovic, Gordana Petrović, D. Karabašević, Svetlana Vukotić, Vuk Mirčetić, Vladimir Popović","doi":"10.2298/ijgi2102163d","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/ijgi2102163d","url":null,"abstract":"The paper starts from the hypothesis that the examined area is characterized\u0000 by a process of intensive functional transformation accompanied by certain\u0000 population changes. The transformation of the settlement structure is shown\u0000 in the area of Sumadija district. The trend of demographic and economic\u0000 development was observed with a historical overview. It was upgraded with\u0000 quantitative analyzes (chain index, population change index, functional\u0000 classification, index of specialization and localization) for the period\u0000 1971-2011. The aim was to determine the degree of socio-economic\u0000 transformation of Sumadija district and the regularities according to which\u0000 these changes took place. Industrialization generally brings changes in the\u0000 functional orientation and redistribution of the population. The\u0000 deagrarianization was one of the main features, with parallel emigration of\u0000 the rural population. These changes were intensive in 1961-1981, when the\u0000 peak of employment in secondary activities was registered. Since then,\u0000 significant spatial transformation in Sumadija district was visible. Special\u0000 analyzes were used to confirm the assumption that Kragujevac is a dominant\u0000 labor center, an administrative and service nucleus, which has a propulsive\u0000 influence on the development of its immediate surroundings (suburban belt)\u0000 and the wider area (Sumadija district). The contribution of this paper is in\u0000 the understanding of the scope, spatial distribution, and intensity of\u0000 changes that have occurred in Sumadija district. It introduces the\u0000 historical circumstances and quantitative research into a broader concept as\u0000 a basis for understanding the trajectories of spatial and socio-economic\u0000 development, and responds to many social challenges specific for this\u0000 territory.","PeriodicalId":54076,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Geographical Institute Jovan Cvijic SASA","volume":"106 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89942680","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}
This study is aimed to investigate the regional pressure groups' effect on the government size in Turkey. According to the public choice theory, elections, political parties, interest and pressure groups, and bureaucracy significantly affect the public production process. Among these actors, pressure and interest groups directly affect variables such as economic growth and public expenditures. In this study, panel data analysis was used to observe the regional effect. The research data set covered 81 provinces of Turkey and the period between 2006 and 2018. According to the results, it was found that interest and pressure groups increase the public expenditures in the less developed regions in Turkey. These results are consistent with the empirical and theoretical studies. For this reason, the study has an important contribution to the literature. This study offers significant conclusions that public economic policies might be under the influence of interest and pressure groups. Even if stated that the results of this study might have many economic, demographic, social, and political reasons regarding Turkey, in the context of public choice theory, it could be seen as a significant indicator of not using public expenditure policies as efficient instruments. This situation shows that public resources are not used efficiently in Turkey and the government has a negative effect on the economy. To eradicate this negative effect, governments coming to power in the future ought to produce economic, political, and social policies in order to decrease the regional differences dramatically in Turkey.
{"title":"The impact of interest groups on government size-regional evidence from Turkey","authors":"Ersin Nail Sağdıç, Öner Gümüş, Güner Tuncer","doi":"10.2298/ijgi2102151s","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/ijgi2102151s","url":null,"abstract":"This study is aimed to investigate the regional pressure groups' effect on\u0000 the government size in Turkey. According to the public choice theory,\u0000 elections, political parties, interest and pressure groups, and bureaucracy\u0000 significantly affect the public production process. Among these actors,\u0000 pressure and interest groups directly affect variables such as economic\u0000 growth and public expenditures. In this study, panel data analysis was used\u0000 to observe the regional effect. The research data set covered 81 provinces\u0000 of Turkey and the period between 2006 and 2018. According to the results, it\u0000 was found that interest and pressure groups increase the public expenditures\u0000 in the less developed regions in Turkey. These results are consistent with\u0000 the empirical and theoretical studies. For this reason, the study has an\u0000 important contribution to the literature. This study offers significant\u0000 conclusions that public economic policies might be under the influence of\u0000 interest and pressure groups. Even if stated that the results of this study\u0000 might have many economic, demographic, social, and political reasons\u0000 regarding Turkey, in the context of public choice theory, it could be seen\u0000 as a significant indicator of not using public expenditure policies as\u0000 efficient instruments. This situation shows that public resources are not\u0000 used efficiently in Turkey and the government has a negative effect on the\u0000 economy. To eradicate this negative effect, governments coming to power in\u0000 the future ought to produce economic, political, and social policies in\u0000 order to decrease the regional differences dramatically in Turkey.","PeriodicalId":54076,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Geographical Institute Jovan Cvijic SASA","volume":"194 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78116337","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}
Special Nature Reserve (SNR) Gornje Podunavlje is located in the northwestern part of Serbia, on the left bank of the Danube, along the border of Croatia and Serbia. This area is a significant spatial unit for the development of nature-based tourism and ecotourism. It is part of Backo Podunavlje Biosphere Reserve, protected by UNESCO, and a wider area of Transboundary Biosphere Reserve Mura-Drava- Danube, which includes 10 protected natural areas in five countries. The research aims to examine the attitudes of the local population about the state of sustainable tourism development in the SNR Gornje Podunavlje using a questionnaire. A total of 205 respondents expressed their satisfaction with the environmental, economic, and socio-cultural aspects of sustainability. After quantitative analysis, the results of the research can provide nature conservation guidelines and specify the role of protected natural areas in sustainable tourism development. As the most important dimensions of sustainability, the residents highlighted the Socio-cultural and Institutional dimensions of sustainable tourism development. Slightly lower values, according to the attitudes of residents, were given to Environmental and Economic sustainability. The results of the research indicate that this destination can be important for the development of sustainable tourism. By adopting the planned management measures, this protected natural area can be a significant destination for ecotourism and other forms of nature-based tourism.
{"title":"The importance of nature-based tourism for sustainable development - A report from the selected biosphere reserve","authors":"Igor Trišić, S. Štetić, Donatella Privitera","doi":"10.2298/ijgi2102203t","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/ijgi2102203t","url":null,"abstract":"Special Nature Reserve (SNR) Gornje Podunavlje is located in the northwestern\u0000 part of Serbia, on the left bank of the Danube, along the border of Croatia\u0000 and Serbia. This area is a significant spatial unit for the development of\u0000 nature-based tourism and ecotourism. It is part of Backo Podunavlje\u0000 Biosphere Reserve, protected by UNESCO, and a wider area of Transboundary\u0000 Biosphere Reserve Mura-Drava- Danube, which includes 10 protected natural\u0000 areas in five countries. The research aims to examine the attitudes of the\u0000 local population about the state of sustainable tourism development in the\u0000 SNR Gornje Podunavlje using a questionnaire. A total of 205 respondents\u0000 expressed their satisfaction with the environmental, economic, and\u0000 socio-cultural aspects of sustainability. After quantitative analysis, the\u0000 results of the research can provide nature conservation guidelines and\u0000 specify the role of protected natural areas in sustainable tourism\u0000 development. As the most important dimensions of sustainability, the\u0000 residents highlighted the Socio-cultural and Institutional dimensions of\u0000 sustainable tourism development. Slightly lower values, according to the\u0000 attitudes of residents, were given to Environmental and Economic\u0000 sustainability. The results of the research indicate that this destination\u0000 can be important for the development of sustainable tourism. By adopting the\u0000 planned management measures, this protected natural area can be a\u0000 significant destination for ecotourism and other forms of nature-based\u0000 tourism.","PeriodicalId":54076,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Geographical Institute Jovan Cvijic SASA","volume":"102 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80512466","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}
Ericson H. Peñalba, Albert Patrick David, Michael Mabanta, C. Samaniego, Sheryl Ellamil
Climate change poses challenges and risks to coastal communities, and the adaptation of local residents is a critically relevant issue that needs to be addressed in the policymaking process. The main purpose of this paper is to determine the perceptions and experiences of climate change among coastal community residents in the Philippines. This study used a combination of methods, such as participatory mapping exercises, focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and document analyses. The data, which were primarily collected from three coastal villages in the province of Bulacan, were subjected to a thematic network analysis. The findings revealed four dominant themes pertaining to climate change adaptation in a coastal community setting: vulnerability conditions, risk awareness, risk perceptions, and climate change awareness and perceptions. In particular, it was found out that the communities were exposed to the threats of natural hazards like flood and storm surge. Such exposure highlighted the residents' concerns over the risks of hazards on their livelihoods and properties. The residents also observed the unpredictability and the worsening effects of climate change. With their direct experiences of the natural hazards' impacts and awareness of the presence of risks, residents had undertaken actions to build their adaptive capacity. This study then highlights the value of integrating local knowledge into the mapping exercises, revealing crucial information regarding vulnerabilities, risks, and adaptation practices.
{"title":"Climate change adaptation: the case of coastal communities in the Philippines","authors":"Ericson H. Peñalba, Albert Patrick David, Michael Mabanta, C. Samaniego, Sheryl Ellamil","doi":"10.2298/ijgi2102115p","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/ijgi2102115p","url":null,"abstract":"Climate change poses challenges and risks to coastal communities, and the\u0000 adaptation of local residents is a critically relevant issue that needs to\u0000 be addressed in the policymaking process. The main purpose of this paper is\u0000 to determine the perceptions and experiences of climate change among coastal\u0000 community residents in the Philippines. This study used a combination of\u0000 methods, such as participatory mapping exercises, focus group discussions,\u0000 key informant interviews, and document analyses. The data, which were\u0000 primarily collected from three coastal villages in the province of Bulacan,\u0000 were subjected to a thematic network analysis. The findings revealed four\u0000 dominant themes pertaining to climate change adaptation in a coastal\u0000 community setting: vulnerability conditions, risk awareness, risk\u0000 perceptions, and climate change awareness and perceptions. In particular, it\u0000 was found out that the communities were exposed to the threats of natural\u0000 hazards like flood and storm surge. Such exposure highlighted the residents'\u0000 concerns over the risks of hazards on their livelihoods and properties. The\u0000 residents also observed the unpredictability and the worsening effects of\u0000 climate change. With their direct experiences of the natural hazards'\u0000 impacts and awareness of the presence of risks, residents had undertaken\u0000 actions to build their adaptive capacity. This study then highlights the\u0000 value of integrating local knowledge into the mapping exercises, revealing\u0000 crucial information regarding vulnerabilities, risks, and adaptation\u0000 practices.","PeriodicalId":54076,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Geographical Institute Jovan Cvijic SASA","volume":"60 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77206967","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}
Soil erosion depends on a number of factors including rainfall intensity, density of plant cover, and area cover. The objective of this study is to investigate the impact of these factors on flow velocity, overland flow regimes, sediment concentration, and absolute soil detachment. The soil used in this study was sandy remolded agricultural soil. The soil is packed in a tray of 1 m2 fixed on a slope of 3%; five different intensities were simulated under different vegetation cover (density and area). The results indicated that the overland flow velocity with vegetation cover was best described by polynomial function. The mean flow velocity varied from 0.021 to 1.244 m/s. Overland flow regime is subcritical and laminar. However, there are significant relationships between the vegetation cover density and sediment concentration and absolute soil detachment. The sediment concentration ranged from 1.38 to 5.65 kg/m3 whereas the absolute soil detachment ranged from 0.021?10-3 to 1.244?10-3 kg/m2/s. Finally, the vegetation cover presented a good protector to soil sediment from erosion.
{"title":"Vegetation cover effects on sediment concentration and overland flow under artificial rainfall intensity","authors":"M. Boussaadi, L. Mouzai","doi":"10.2298/ijgi2102135b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/ijgi2102135b","url":null,"abstract":"Soil erosion depends on a number of factors including rainfall intensity,\u0000 density of plant cover, and area cover. The objective of this study is to\u0000 investigate the impact of these factors on flow velocity, overland flow\u0000 regimes, sediment concentration, and absolute soil detachment. The soil used\u0000 in this study was sandy remolded agricultural soil. The soil is packed in a\u0000 tray of 1 m2 fixed on a slope of 3%; five different intensities were\u0000 simulated under different vegetation cover (density and area). The results\u0000 indicated that the overland flow velocity with vegetation cover was best\u0000 described by polynomial function. The mean flow velocity varied from 0.021\u0000 to 1.244 m/s. Overland flow regime is subcritical and laminar. However,\u0000 there are significant relationships between the vegetation cover density and\u0000 sediment concentration and absolute soil detachment. The sediment\u0000 concentration ranged from 1.38 to 5.65 kg/m3 whereas the absolute soil\u0000 detachment ranged from 0.021?10-3 to 1.244?10-3 kg/m2/s. Finally, the\u0000 vegetation cover presented a good protector to soil sediment from erosion.","PeriodicalId":54076,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Geographical Institute Jovan Cvijic SASA","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78543940","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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