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Wyzwanie edukacyjne: zmiana świadomości ekologicznej warunkiem ciągłości gatunku ludzkiego

Author(s): Paweł Zieliński / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2009

The educational challenge, the change of the ecological consciousness is the condition of the continuity of the human species. The article contains the main thesis: the threat of the natural environment is the threat for the survival of human species. The author proposes two new pedagogical terms: widely apprehended ecological consciousness and the system idea of the protection of the nature. He also writes about Poles ecological consciousness and describes the various models of the development of present societies, taking into account their relation to the natural environment. The article contains the most important attributes of the ecological education and its representatives as well as characteristic of the kinds of ecological consciousness. The ecological education is presented in global dimension.

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Changing Landscapes but Ingrained Power Relations? The Green Promise of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the (Un)sustainability of the Fashion Industry, and the Central-Eastern European Production Background

Author(s): Emese Dobos / Language(s): English Issue: 12/2022

The COVID-19 pandemic turned the spotlight on the inequalities and the vulnerability of the global supply chains. It showed the serious dependency and the asymmetrical power relations among the stakeholders of the fashion industry. The relocation tendencies – as fashion brands are trying to break up with Asia and move production closer – have already started, and the pandemic can give a boost to it. The Central-Eastern European region can be a possible destination. The shorter supply chains are not just a tool for resilience but are told to serve sustainability as well. My hypothesis is that even though the geography of fashion industry is changing, power relations are not, and the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic has even increased dependency among the different players. Power relations are important among the region’s production and the clients if relocation is to work out, as there is need for inclusive, fair, and decent employment, which is rarely guaranteed by fashion brands. Without it, sustainability cannot be achieved. In this paper, I focus on the examination of socio-economic processes in contemporary fashion such as the relocation tendencies and the power relations among the stakeholders, mainly fashion brands and production companies as subcontractors of the fashion industry. Especially, I examine profit and risk as factors within the relations. The critical essay uses literature review and document analysis to investigate a possible change in the current role of power relations and to examine the hypothesis.

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IMPACT OF CROP PRODUCTIVITY ON POVERTY AMONG FARM HOUSEHOLDS IN GHANA

Author(s): Boahen Atta Oppong,Edward Ebo Onumah,Ramatu M. Al-Hassan,Akwasi Mensah-Bonsu / Language(s): English Issue: 35/2021

Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy I & II sought to increase crop productivity to reduce high poverty incidence in farm sector, but the magnitude of impact of the productivity on poverty is not present in all agro-ecological zones in Ghana. The aim of the study is to estimate poverty headcount ratio, poverty gap and poverty severity, and link crop productivity to poverty according to agroecology subject to a two-step instrumental variable regression technique using Pseudo Panel data from the Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS rounds 5 & 6). Farmers’ poverty headcount ratio, poverty gap, and poverty severity reduced from 57%, 25%, and 14% in 2005 to 37%, 14%, and 7% in 2013 respectively. The result further indicates that 1% growth in crop productivity reduces the probability of poverty headcount ratio, poverty gap and poverty severity by 0.28%, 0.38% and 0.75% respectively in all agro-ecological zones. Additionally, the paper shows that education, livestock and remittance income reduces poverty, while household size and great distance to access water increase poverty differently from agro-ecology. The study recommends rapid crop productivity growth by prioritizing technology adoption and institutional coordination to suit agro-ecological conditions among the poor, illiterate and non-partisan.

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GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ECO-INDUSTRY SECTOR

Author(s): Maria Kaczmarczyk / Language(s): English Issue: 34/2021

Eco-industry has become an equal and recognized economic sector developing in all economic systems in the world. The main reason of its creation was the worsening state of the natural environment in the second half of the twentieth century and also the growing ecological awareness of the contemporary societies. However, the differences in its production level and the resulting regional specializations in its scope in the recent decades are determined by a number of economic, technological and institutional factors. The article discusses the functioning definitions and difficulties in their development and application, as well as the sources of the data on the size of the eco-industry sector in the world. In addition, calculations regarding the growth rate of the eco-industry sector in 1996, 2004, 2012 and 2017 and its internal global industrial structure in 2016 were presented. In the final part of the work there were given and analysed the reasons and consequences related to the explanation of the different production volumes of the eco-industry sector in various countries of the world.

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Aconitum lasiocarpum and A. variegatum (Ranunculaceae) populations near the eastern limits of their ranges in the lowlands of Ukraine

Author(s): V. I. Melnyk,O. R. Baransky,V. M. Batochenko,V. O. Volodymyrets,L. I. Dovhopola,N. V. Melnyczenko / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2023

The study of the ranges, habitats and current state of rare and threatened species of plants is a relevant task of ecological research. The paper presents the results of the study of habitats and current state of populations of two rare species of Ukrainian flora Aconitum lasiocarpum (Rchb.) Gáyer and A. variegatum L. (Ranunculaceae)in the lowlands of Ukraine. These species are members of the mountain element of the flora of lowlands of Ukraine and glacial relics, which descended from the Carpathians Mountains to the lowlands of Ukraine during glaciation. Aconitum lasiocarpum is a rare species of European flora, included to the Red Data Books of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Poland and Ukraine. Unlike the well studied A. lasiocarpum populations in the main part of the range in the Carpathian Mountains, local populations of this species near the eastern limit of the range in the lowlands of Ukraine remain undescribed. In these exclaves of the range in the lowlands of Ukraine A. lasiocarpum is a glacial relic. Here it grows in alder forests Ribo nigri-Alnetum ordo Alnion glutinosa alliance. Lowland A. lasiocarpum populations consist of 1000–10000 adults with a significant number of young individuals. In the past lowland A. lasiocarpum populations occupied a much large area. Deforestation and drainage melioration led to reduction of the populations. Taking into account the low number of glacial relic populations at the eastern limit of the range of A.lasiocarpum, all localities of this species in the lowland part of the range in Ukraine must be taken under protection in situ. Aconitum variegatum L. grows in wet alder and oak forest and in areas with hazel shrubs. The populations of this species in lowlands of Ukraine occupy a very small area and are characterized by low numbers of individuals. In the past populations of this species in the lowlands of Ukraine occupied a larger area. As a rare species of the Ukrainian flora A. variegatum deserves to be included to the Red Data Book of Ukraine. We propose to protect the unique population of A. variegatumnear Susk village in Rivne region as a botanical reserve.

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Ornithogalum boucheanum (Asparagaceae) in Eastern Europe: Native and synanthropic range, habitat conditions and state of population

Author(s): O. I. Shynder,Y. M. Nehrash,T. V. Mamchur,T. M. Kostruba / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2023

The geographical distribution, ecological and coenotic features of the place of growth and age structure of Ornithogalum boucheanum populations in Ukraine have been studied. In total, during the entire period of floristic research in Ukraine, 263 native sites of this species were recorded in 13 administrative regions (oblasts). Mostly these sites are concentrated in the Steppe zone, where the main part of the Eastern European fragment of the general natural range of O. boucheanum is represented. For other regions of Ukraine isolated reports of the species are known. It is noted that in addition to reduction in the number of natural habitats of O. boucheanum within the Forest-Steppe and in the southern part of Ukraine Polissya, a secondary adventive natural habitat of the species is formed, where it is part of the immigration group of foreign taxa. It was found that the natural habitats of O. boucheanum are characterized by a certain stenotopy, as the species needs some moisture and is more common in valley and balka landscapes most often in large river basins, which are not prone to drying out and can be favourable ecological corridors for long-distance migration. Favourable conditions for O. boucheanum habitats exist in floodplain and riparian forests, which have sufficient moisture, little competition from other species of grass and a sufficient amount of light in the spring. In addition, O. boucheanum can successfully master artificial and synanthropic groups of tree species, in particular being widespread in the Forest-Steppe and Steppe Robinia plantations. It was found that populations of O. boucheanum in Ukraine have different numbers: with an area of 4–6 hectares, in which there are tens and hundreds of thousands of individuals, to small populations on the northern border of distribution, in Kirovohrad and Kharkiv oblasts, which have a of young invasive character. It is possible that modern conditions have been favourable for the spread of O. boucheanumin the transition zone between the Forest-Steppe and Steppe, and that the process of forming new populations of O. boucheanumis taking place here.

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Impact of hydrotechnical construction on aquatic ecosystems of the Kiliia branch of the Danube Delta

Author(s): A. V. Liashenko,K. Y. Zorina-Sakharova,M. S. Pohorielova,T. M. Sereda,I. I. Abramyuk,V. V. Trylis / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2022

Resumption of shipping in the Bystryi branch in the Ukrainian part of the Danube Delta, one of the largest aquatic-wetland areas of Europe and the world, has made it necessary to control the anthropogenic impact on the neighboring water areas of the Danube Biosphere Reserve. The objective of the study was comparing the compositions and structure of phytoplankton, microphytobenthos, macrophytes, benthic invertebrates and ichthyofauna of the mouth area of the Bystryi branch with such communities of the mouths of the branches Vostochnyi, Tsyhanka and Starostambulskyi, which are situated in the protected zone and characterized by limited anthropogenic activity. We also determined the correspondence of the descriptors of biotic groups to the categories of the ecological status according to the Water Framework Directive of the EU. The studies were performed in the autumn and summer periods in 2020–2021. We recorded 367 species of animals and plants, the richest biodiversity was seen for the biota of the Bystryi branch – 250 species, and 180–231 species of hydrobionts were found in the undisturbed mouths. We determined 25.3% of shared species for the water areas, and therefore high values of similarity of the species compositions according to Bray-Curtis(47.5% to 81.5%). We determined no significant differences between the groups of the mouths of the examined branches according to most indicators of taxonomic and ecological structure. As the descriptors of ecological status, we chose assemblage indices of phytoplankton and microphytobenthos, which are based on ratios of biomass of functional groups of algae, and also the Macrophyte Biological Index for Rivers, saprobic index of Zelinka & Marvan and Biological Monitoring Working Party Index of Benthic Invertebrates and Representation of Species of Ichthyfauna according to vulnerability to actions of environmental factors. We determined that the range of descriptors of phytoplankton and microphytobenthos corresponded to the “high” ecological status category, such of macrophytes and benthic invertebratesto “good”, and such of ichthyofauna varied “high” to “good”. In general, all the mouth areas were characterized by “good” ecological status. Similarities of the species composition and the structure of biotic communities of the mouths of the studied branches of the delta indicate the absence of negative impact of the deep water shipping on adjacent ecosystems, which may be related to the peculiarities of reactions of groups in the water areas with natural stress, as well as local impact of the hydrotechnical construction.

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Spatio-temporal analysis of North African forest cover dynamics using time series of vegetation indices – case of the Maamora forest (Morocco)

Author(s): S. Moukrim,A. Benabou,S. Lahssini,A. Aafi,A. Chkhichekh,F. Moudden,M. Ben Bammou,A. El Aboudi,S. Laaribya / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2022

North African forest areas play several roles and functions and represent a heritage of great economic and ecological importance. As a result of global changes, that act independently or synergistically, these areas are currently undergoing a pronounced degradation and their productivity is decreasing due to several factors. This work aims to characterize spatio-temporal dynamics of vegetation within the Maamora forest. This forest is considered as the most extensive cork oak woodland in the world and is divided, from west to east, into five cantons A, B, C, D and E. The data, extracted between 2000–2021 from MODIS NDVI/EVI images of 250 m, were analyzed using statistical parameters with the Pettitt homogeneity and the Mann-Kendall trend tests, with their seasonal and spatial components, in order to better consider the vegetation distribution of this forest. Results show a clear temporal and spatial (inter-canton) variability of vegetation intensity, unrelated to the continental gradient. In fact, recorded mean values in cantons C and E are significantly higher than those of cantons B and D respectively. This is confirmed by both regressive and progressive trends, which were identified respectively from the months of March 2012 and October 2008, in the data series of cantons B and E successively. Spatially, the regressive dynamic remains generalized and affects more than 26.7% of the Maamora’s total area with extreme rates (46.1% and 14.0%) recorded respectively by the two aforementioned cantons. Similarly, all the stand types in canton B show the highest regressive rates, especially the cork oak regeneration strata (75.4%) and the bare lands (86.1%), which may explain the positive tendencies identified by the related series during the fall season. However, the cantons C and E record the lowest rates, respectively, for natural stands of cork oak and artificial plantations. These results highlight also the absence of a causal relationship between the contrasting vegetation dynamics of the Maamora and the climatic conditions, expressed here by the continental gradient. However, they do highlight the effects of other factors, particularly those of a technical nature.

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Ecological and faunal characteristics of helminths of wetland birds in North-Western Uzbekistan

Author(s): I. Arepbaev,F. Akramova,U. Shakarbaev,Z. Yorkulov,A. Mirzayeva,S. Saidova,J. Esonboyev,F. Safarova,K. Saparov,M. Jumanov,Dilmurod Azimov / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2022

The article studies some faunistic features of helminths of wetland birds in the ecological crisis zone in North-Western Uzbekistan. Parasites of wetland birds collected in the basin of the lower reaches of the Amu Darya during the hunting seasons of 2018–2022 were used as material for this work. 500 individuals of birds representing 39 species from 24 genera, 13 families and 9 orders were examined using the parasitological dissection method. The article discusses the distribution and ecology of the helminths in the studied groups of birds. A total of 112 helminth species were identified in the region – 28 species belong to the class Cestoda, the class Trematoda is represented by 57 species, Nematoda – 23 and Acanthocephala – 4 species. 92 species of heminths were identified in the study area for the first time. The work provides original data on the structure of the helminth fauna from 9 orders of wetland birds. Various paths of helminth transmission in the circulation of infection were specified. The researchers identified four ways parasites use to enter their definitive host: helminths penetrate the host’s body when the latter eats other organisms, intermediate or reservoir hosts of helminths, which are part of the definitive’s host’s diet; helminths enter the host as mechanical impurity to food or water; they make active efforts to penetrate their host; helminths are transmitted by the intermediate host when the latter forages on the definitive host. Most of intermediate hosts for representatives of the classCestoda were crustaceans – inhabitants of different types of water bodies; Oligochaeta are also included here as second or reservoir hosts. The development of trematodes occurs with the participation of aquatic molluscs acting as the first intermediate host. Various species of insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles and small mammals were identified as the second hosts. Nematoda use a wider range of intermediate hosts (Oligochaeta, crustaceans, insects – aquatic and terrestrial). Fish and amphibians were registered as the second and reservoir hosts of nematodes. The food chains of individual orders of wetland birds largely determine the composition of helminths parasitising them and are the main factor in the formation of their helminth fauna. These processes undoubtedly occur in time and space under the strict control of environmental factors.

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Biofouling growth on plastic substrates: Experimental studies in the Black Sea

Author(s): A. O. Snigirova,O. Y. Uzun,O. S. Bondarenko,I. A. Kapshyna,I. A. Synegub,V. V. Portianko,S. A. Kudrenko,O. A. Rybalko,L. V. Vorobyova,O. K. Vynogradov / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2022

Despite long-term research on marine litter there is still insufficient knowledge about benthic organisms associated with these substrates, especially experimental studies and methodology of sampling for complex biofouling assemblages. To predict the fate of plastic in the marine environment it is necessary to know how long the macrolitter can stay in different sea matrices and what are the steps of colonisation by marine organisms. The experiments were carried out during various seasons in situ in the north-western Black Sea coastal area. Three new types of the experimental constructions intended for different durations of exposure (1–10 months) were designed. This article is the first to present the methodology and the results of complex experiments investigating marine fouling (from microalgae to meio- and macrofauna) on plastic surfaces. Overall, 28 genera of microalgae, 13 major groups of meiobenthos and 36 species of macrofauna were found on plastic during the experiments. The microalgae fouling was mainly formed by representatives of genus Cocconeis. The species composition of microalgae was common for the research area. The average density and biomass of meiobenthos were the greatest on I construction type after 8 months of exposure. In the total macrozoobenthos biomass and density of Bivalvia and Crustacea dominated, respectively. The obtained results on the interaction between fouling organisms and plastic materials in the marine environment form an important contribution to the understanding of the "good ecological status" of the sea. Additional studies based on the tested methodology could be used as a component of ecological monitoring during development and implementation of the approaches of the Marine Strategy (descriptor 10).

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ФОРМУВАННЯ ГОТЕЛЬНО-РЕСТОРАННИХ ПОСЛУГ ПІДПРИЄМСТВ СІЛЬСЬКОГО ЗЕЛЕНОГО ТУРИЗМУ

Author(s): Oksana Marchenko,Anatoly Postol / Language(s): Ukrainian Issue: 55/2022

The subject of the research is the theoretical and practical aspects of the development of hotel and restaurant services of enterprises of rural green tourism. The purpose of the article is to substantiate the prospects for the development of hotel and restaurant services of rural green tourism enterprises, to determine their features and use in administration and management. The methodological basis of the article was both general scientific and special methods of scientific knowledge. The article used scientific research methods: historical, system-structural analysis and synthesis, monographic, statistical-economic, problem-targeted. Results of the article. It is noted that the implementation of functions, the provision of services by rural green tourism enterprises and their focus on the hotel and restaurant direction of business are based on the presence and use of significant tourism and recreation potential on the one hand and a relatively free market segment for small businesses in this area on the other. It is substantiated that rural green tourism is integrated into the general structure of tourist and hotel-restaurant activities and allows providing services even where it is not economically feasible to build separate hotels and restaurants. It was determined that the concentration of efforts of rural settlements and other small enterprises of rural green tourism mainly on hotel and restaurant services requires them to improve the quality of such services, to observe high sanitary and hygienic standards; security conditions; appropriate level of service; training of hosts and/or their employees in hospitality, tact, business communication; certain aesthetics and style of places of accommodation and food. Field of application of results. The results can be used by tourism enterprises, territorial communities, regional and state authorities, public organizations, individual entrepreneurs and activists, institutions of higher education, scientific institutions. Conclusions. Combined efforts are achieving changes for the better in the field of service, tourism, and the hotel and restaurant industry. And this, at the same time, is a significant contribution to the development of the village. An example can be the creation of local branches of the Association for the Development of Rural Green Tourism in the administrative regions of the country, associations of citizens interested in the development of infrastructure for rural green tourism, etc. Thus, we can assert the existence of a «multiplier effect» from rural tourism for both the hotel and restaurant business and for the formation of a special multifunctional model of the development of rural areas.

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Internal Combustion Engines at the Turn of Millennia

Author(s): Jerzy Merkisz,Vladimir Hlavna / Language(s): Slovak,English Issue: 1/1999

Trends in the development of piston internal combustion engines in a view of tightened ecological regulations (exhaust and noise emissions, fuel consumption) have been presented in this paper. Possibilities and ways of engine design adjustments, both gasoline and diesel type (light and heavy duty), that were undertaken to fulfil the present as well as the expected standards of exhaust toxicity have been discussed as well.

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Construction of Agency within Climate Change Framing in Media Discourse: a Corpus-Based Study

Author(s): Natalie Kramar / Language(s): English Issue: 43 (48)/2023

The study addresses the role of linguistic agency in framing climate change in media discourse based on the corpus of 75 articles from leading British and American news outlets. We have used corpus manager AntConc to analyse the linguistic context of the phrase climate change and alternative terms (climate crisis, climate emergency, etc.) when positioned as an agent vs a recipient of the process. Both metaphorical and non-metaphorical framing patterns have been identified, with the discussion of their broad social implications. We have revealed that climate change is routinely represented as a contributor towards negative situations of different kinds but rarely as a direct and exclusive cause. This may divert the readership’s attention from the urgency of the problem, as its salience is not underscored enough. The most important finding is that climate change is frequently associated with humanlike agency, presented as an evil-doer or an enemy that must be fought. We argue that this framing is problematic as it backgrounds humans’ responsibility for causing and exacerbating climate change.

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Обзор межрегионального научно-практического круглого стола "Межрегиональное и межмуниципальное взаимодействие в условиях экологических вызовов на территории Волжского региона"

Author(s): Zavdat Fayzrakhmanovich Safin,A. K. Khamaev,A. A. Tarkhanova,Evgeny Batyrovich Sultanov,E. V. Luneva / Language(s): Russian Issue: 4/2022

This review summarizes the keynote speeches and some presentations on specific problems delivered by the participants of the interregional scientific and practical round-table discussion “Interregional and Intermunicipal Collaboration under the Conditions of Environmental Challenges in the Volga Region” held on June 29, 2021 at Kazan Federal University. The event was attended by representatives of the local government authorities of the Republic of Tatarstan that are directly working on ensuring the environmental safety, as well as by legal scholars and applied researchers of the Volga Federal District. Based on the exchange of views, the Law Department of Kazan Federal University drafted and presented its interdisciplinary project “An organizational and legal mechanism of tackling ecological challenges under the conditions of spatial development of the Volga region and the Caspian ecosystems: Convergence and divergence of the legal systems of Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan (EcoINTERVolga–Caspian)”. The article ends with a resolution adopted as a follow-up of the fruitful joint work of all participants.

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SOME CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT ECOSOPHY

Author(s): Gabriela – Cornelia Piciu / Language(s): English Issue: 32/2023

Governments and institutions seem unable to understand the ecological problem, the environment, in all its implications, and even if there is a partial understanding of the most visible dangers that threaten the natural environment of man and societies, it boils down to the general approach of industrial damage, and only from a technocratic perspective. What can answer these problems is the ethico-political, ecocentric articulation, called ecosophy, located between the three ecological dimensions - of the environment, of social relations and of human subjectivity - could properly explain and clarify this problem, from the perspective deep ecology.

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TOWARDS GREEN RESILIENT CITIES IN EASTERN EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES

Author(s): Alexandru Bănică,Marinela Istrate,Ionel Muntele / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2020

Investing in green facilities is a process of urban renewal that can transform cities by enhancing the quality of life, strengthening the local economy and reducing the environmental impact. Nevertheless, greener cities are not a guarantee for improved adaptive capacity when facing current local or global challenges. In this context, we have taken into account a series of sample cities from Central and Eastern European Union. Using the green cities typology proposed by the European Environment Agency, the present approach studies the statistical relationship between indicators of green infrastructure and different proxies for the resilience capacity and performance. The results distinguish between different types of green cities, indicating which are more resilient and, respectively, which are less resilient. The statistical relationship between the indicators shows that green infrastructures are developed in new urban areas, while the natural areas diminish the flood risk and air pollution and make cities more attractive; however, in older and higher density cities, the green is sacrificed for other uses that are considered more profitable. The conclusions highlight the contradictory characteristics in the territorial distributions of cities in relation to their green infrastructure and resilience features. The present assessment contributes to promoting an integrated vision that could be used in urban planning and in more coherent strategies for sustainable cities.

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İklim Politika Belgelerinde İklim Dostu Kentler ve Dirençlilik Stratejileri

Author(s): Hicran Hamza Çelikyay,Hülya Küçük Bayraktar / Language(s): Turkish Issue: Spec. Iss./2023

Cities are important in reaching solutions to global problems. One of the most significant issues where cities are expected to play a proactive role is growing more urgent is climate change. Urban authorities are given a significant role in this context since it is anticipated that the policies outlined in the documents developed by international organizations would be implemented primarily in urban areas. Cilimate-friendly policies are becoming more critical. The United Nations has published strategy documents “Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)” and “Climate Action Plan”. Türkiye, has released its Strategic Plan (2019–2023) as well as its Climate Change Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan (2011–2023). In this study, the strategies for addressing climate change in policy documents were studied, and comparisons were made between the national documents' aims and the international targets set for cities. A future road map for Türkiye’s cities is intended to be presented.

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PREVREMENI MORTALITET U SRBIJI – UTICAJ AEROZAGAĐENJA I PANDEMIJE COVID-19

Author(s): Marko Galjak / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 2/2022

Premature mortality in Serbia is a problem that is often overlooked. The paper quantifies the premature mortality in Serbia, the total premature mortality, as well as the mortality caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and PM2.5 air pollution. Detailed mortality (vital statistics based) data is combined with remote sensing data of PM2.5 estimate how affected are the municipalities of Serbia by air pollution. The results show that Serbia loses over half a million years of potential life per year. Premature mortality due to PM2.5 air pollution is most prominent in municipalities of Vojvodina (North Banat). Results indicate that the initial year of pandemic does not paint a full picture when it comes to premature mortality caused by COVID-19. The paper offers recommendations in the form of a needed paradigm shift when it comes to population policy (instead of a pronatalist one – to one that focuses on improvement of public health as a population policy), revision of strategic documents, focus on prevention and opening data as a cheap way to encourage research, inform and educate the public.

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Verticalising the multi-level analysis of urban and spatial development across geographies

Author(s): Antonia Milbert,André Mueller,Debolina Kundu,Pragya Sharma / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2023

Making the analysis of urban and spatial development more acceptable by all levels of analysis and governance requires a multi-level – or in other words vertical – approach to indicators measuring development paths. The 2030 Agenda of the United Nations with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals offers a promising chance to establish, maintain, and further develop a monitoring system that is supported by all levels involved, as well as all stakeholder groups and individuals across all levels. First experiences gathered in a nation (Germany) and bilateral and supranational context (Germany, Europe, and India) deliver recommendations for research and practice, and might thus show a possible way to attain successfully this goal.

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SANJAJU LI SLIKE BUDUĆNOST?

Author(s): Sonja Briski Uzelac / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 37-38/2023

Naslov ovog teksta je parafraza naziva izložbe riječkog vizualnog umjetnika Igora Eškinje – Sanjaju li biljke sutrašnjicu?, koja je održana kao sastavni dio programskog pravca Dopolavoro projekta EPK Rijeka 2020 - Luka različitosti.1 Podnaslovom se teksta ukazuje na pravac propitivanja statusa slike u širem kontekstualnom sklopu "posthumane humanosti", prema Rosi Braidotti,2 kao kritičko-teorijskog pristupa "podrugojačenom" humanističkom subjektu. Unutar tog pristupa tematizira se koncept slike u perspektivi "posthumanog doba", slike kao spoja kritičkog otpora i nalaženja kreativnih alternativa, kao lokusa susreta dvije osi – osi označavanja i osi subjektivacije. Iz ove perspektive slika nije tek ploha s koje se linearno "čita", jer "označavanje uvijek uključuje bijeli zid na koji upisuje svoje redundancije. Subjektivacija uvijek uključuje crnu rupu u koju pohranjuje svoju svijest, svoju strast, svoje redundancije".3 Dovoljno je već spomenuti riječ "sutrašnjica" ili distopijski senzibilitet suvremenih slika, pa da se sa zebnjom postavi pitanje kuda vodi posthumana kriza novog "doba antropocena"4 kao ekološki ugroženog, globalno sudbinski povezanog i tehnološki posredovanog svijeta. I dalje, ako slike kao entiteti u novonastaloj medijsko-tehnološkoj situaciji razvijaju svoj vlastiti život, da li one pored misije "arhiva kolektivne memorije" (i ne samo u najreprezentativnijim umjetničkim primjerima kao, recimo, kod Anselma Kiefera5 ) u sebi imaju dovoljno jak zorni karakter i moć kritičkog potencijala da postanu ishodišne točke za propitivanje, promišljanje i preoblikovanje svijeta budućnosti.

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