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Bioclimatic Indices Based on the Menex Modelexample on Banja Luka

Author(s): Milica Pecelj / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2013

It has long been known that weather and climate have influence on human health and well-being. The human organism is in constant interaction with the environmental conditions. To access the atmospheric impact on humans, different methods in human bioclimatology are created. Most of them are based on human heat balance. In this paper it has been tried to present several bioclimatic indices based on the human heat balance according to the bioclimatic model menex (man-environment exchange). The aim of this paper is to present bioclimatic conditions in Banja Luka vicinage (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and to explore climate-recreation relationship. In the near vicinity of Banja Luka there are three spa centers that are favorable for recreation. For this analysis average available daily weather data for two extreme months (January and July, 1990) were used as well as the average monthly weather values for the period 1961-1990. The data were taken from Banja Luka weather station. As a result, several thermophisiological bioclimatic indices have been obtained. These are heat load in man, physiological strain, subjective temperature, subjective physiological temperature.

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Composting In Serbia – Possibilities And Limitations

Author(s): Zorica Žujović,Gordana Komazec,Mirčeta Vemić / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2014

The concept of sustainable development of the planet Earth, which includes environmental, economic, social and institutional harmony of normal life of the people in it, is applicable to both the global and the regional and local level. This concept was promoted by the United Nations (UN) at the end of the last century, and one of the solutions has been offered in this direction: Vision 2050: The new agenda for business, published by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). In accordance with the above document, Serbia in 2008 adopted a National Strategy for Sustainable Development, in which it set out its vision and anticipated a number of measures for its realization. Within the projection of sustainable development, composting can take an important place as a process of natural decomposition of organic waste, by which, its quantity is reduced and harmful impact on the environment can be removed on the one hand, while on the other hand a cost-effective material used for soil conditioning or as fertilizer can be obtained. Surveys carried out in Serbia show that there are respectable agricultural and forest resources which generate substantial amounts of organic waste. In this paper, in the specific examples of regions of Belgrade, Novi Sad and Niš, the possible range of biodegradable waste suitable for composting is established, which is now in Serbia at the beginning of the application.

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Relationship Between Demographic And Environmental Factors And Knowledge Of Secondary School Students On Natural Disasters

Author(s): Jelena Stanišić,Vladimir Cvetković / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2015

The subject of quantitative research is to examine the connection between demographic (gender, age) and environmental factors (family, school and media) and knowledge and perceptions of students about natural disasters. Bearing in mind the orientation of the research design on determination of character and strength of relationships of demographic and environmental factors with the knowledge and perceptions of students about natural disasters, research has explicative goal. The authors use the method of interviewing high school students to identify demographic and environmental factors associated with the knowledge and perceptions of students about natural disasters. The study included 3,063 students of secondary schools in the city of Belgrade. Results suggest the existence of links between gender, success achieved in school and education of parents and the knowledge of students about natural disasters. The results also indicate that the education of students at school and within family does not affect the knowledge, but affects their perception on natural disasters. Bearing in mind the geographical space of Serbia, the study is based only on the Belgrade region, so the findings can be generalized only to the population of students in this area. Research findings indicate potential ways to influence students to raise level of knowledge about natural disasters to a higher level. Given the evident lack of education about natural disasters in Serbia, the study results can be used for policies of educational programs, which would contribute to improving the safety of youth culture.

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Influence of multicomponent contamination on the content of photosynthetic pigments in the leaves of woody plants commonly planted for greening of cities

Author(s): V. P. Bessonova,A. S. Chongova,A.V. Sklyarenko / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2020

Woody plants, as an important element of optimization of the urban environment, respond negatively to the ever-increasing technogenic pressure in cities. Therefore, it is necessary to assess their vital status, the most sensitive indicator of which being the content of plastid pigments.In this article we analyze the effects of multicomponent contamination on quantitative fluctuation of the level of photosynthetic pigments in the leaves of woody plants and identify sensitive species for the purpose of phytoindication in order to assess the state the environment is currently in. For the purposes of our research we chose the most widespread tree species in the city of Dnipro (Steppe zone of Ukraine), growing in the area of intensive industrial pollution and high levels of emissions by vehicles. We determined the content of photosynthetic pigments (chlorophylls a and b, a + b, carotenoids) in the leaves of woody plants during different months of the growing season (June, July, August) and afterwards this data was used to compare the given parameters against the values taken from trees in the control area. The sum of chlorophyll levels a + b for the majority of plants was decreasing compared to the control. A more significant decrease in the content given by the sum of the a and b chlorophyll levels is observed in the assimilation organs of Aesculus hippocastanum L., Pinus pallasiana (D. Don) and Picea abies(L.) H. The most significant changes in the content of pigments in the leaves of plants under study were detected at the end of the growing season (in August). The content of green pigments in the leaves of Robinia pseudoacacia L., Platanus orientalis L. remains virtually unchanged. Under the influence of multicomponent contamination, the amount of pigments in the case of chlorophyll a in the majority of woody plant species decreases more rapidly compared to the control than in the case of chlorophyll b. The most noticeable drop in the content of chlorophyll a occurs in the leaves of Betula pendulaRoth, Ae. hippocastanum, P. pallasiana, Acer platanoidesL. and Tilia cordata Mill. The needles of P. abies and Picea pungens Engelm. 'Glauca’ on the contrary suffer from a significant reduction in the concentration of chlorophyll b. The species most resistant to multicomponent contamination in terms of changes in the content of chlorophyll in the leaf blade are R. pseudoacacia, P. orientalis. The concentration of carotenoids in the leaves of plants such as B. pendula, Ae. hippocastanum, A. platanoides, T. cordata, P. abies is lower than that of species growing in the relatively clean zone. The concentration of pigments in Populus alba L., P. pungens 'Glauca’ was higher during all of the months elapsed since the beginning of our study, whereas Ulmus laevis Pall., P. orientalis and R. pseudoacacia – had their concentrations reach an all time high in the second half of the growing season. Therefore, the peculiarities of quantitative fluctuation of photosynthetic pigments in plants, which are characterized by the variable resistance ability against the effects of technogenic multicomponent contamination, have been identified.

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İSLAM KENTİ: ELEŞTİREL BİR DEĞERLENDİRME

Author(s): Ülke Evrim Uysal / Language(s): Turkish Issue: Suppl. 1/2020

The relationship between Islam and the city can be easily grasped as Medinacentred Islamic state and its successors adopted a city-oriented civilization. Nevertheless, early urban studies focused on European cities and neglected non-European settlements; this hindered analyses of Islamic cities. After Weber’s the City, Euro-centrism dominated the field of urban studies. Cities of ‘the East’ were ignored due to the ‘lack’ of political autonomy and civil society. Furthermore, Weber defined these cities as monolithic settlements without any autonomy or urban identity. This paved the way for a concept of Islamic City, which is essentially Weberian and Self-Orientalist. Some researchers looked for Islamic counterparts of Weber’s categories, claiming that Islamic cities also possessed physical environment and autonomous institutions of European cities, so they did not actually rejected Weber’s Euro-centrism. This study emphasizes the close relationship between Islam and urbanization and comparatively evaluates both Orientalist and Self-Orientalist approaches of ‘Islamic city’.

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The Influence of Emotional Intelligence on Employee’s Counterwork Behavior and Organizational Commitment: Mediating Role of Transformational Leadership

Author(s): Bikhtiyar HUSSEIN,Mehmet YESILTAS / Language(s): English Issue: 71/2020

The study investigated direct and indirect impact of emotional intelligence on employee counterproductive work behavior and organizational commitment through transformational leadership. On the basis of theoretical and empirical studies, one exogenous variable (emotional intelligence) and three endogenous variables i. e transformational leadership, counterproductive work behavior, and organizational commitment were analyzed through structural equation modeling with the aid of AMOS V24. The participants were 302 administrative staff of private universities in Kurdistan region of Iraq. This study found emotional intelligence to significantly reduce counterproductive work behavior, while it was also found to significantly enhance employee commitment to their organization and transformational leadership. Moreover, transformational leadership was found to have a significant effect of reducing counterproductive work behavior among the staff, while it encourages their commitment to the university. In addition, transformational leadership was found to have a positive partial mediation in the relationship between emotional intelligence and counterproductive work behavior on one hand, and the relationship between emotional intelligence and organizational commitment on the other hand. Finally, the theoretical and practical implications of the study were addressed.

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HAVACILIK SEKTÖRÜNDE ÇEVRE YÖNETİMİ, EKONOMİK BÜYÜME ve KENTLEŞME İLİŞKİSİ: ÇEVRESEL KUZNETS EĞRİSİ ÜZERİNE BİR İNCELEME

Author(s): Gürkan Bozma / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 48/2020

The increase in the commercial relations of the countries in the global economy has caused the rapid development of various industries. The aviation sector is one of these industries. According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), it expects its emissions from the aviation sector to approximately triple by 2050. Carbon emissions in the transportation sector increase climate change concerns in institutions and organizations on a micro and macro basis. In recent years, especially in EU countries, policy steps have been taken to reduce the emissions caused by some sectors. In this context, environmental management policies of institutions and organizations in the aviation sector come to the fore. The aim of the study period 1990-2018 carbon emissions resulting from the aviation sector for Turkey (CO2) is examined in the context of the environmental Kuznets hypothesis. According to the findings obtained from the empirical analysis, it has been determined that there is a quadric relationship between per capita income and carbon emission. According to this result, it is estimated that the per capita income increases the CO2 emissions from the aviation sector and decrease after a certain threshold point ($ 27265). These results Environmental Kuznets Curve for Turkey in the period under review shows that the hypothesis is valid. Finally, it has been found that urbanization has a positive effect on CO2 emissions.

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Reflections on the Phenomenon of Globalization, from the Perspective of the Impact on Current Society

Author(s): Cătălin Peptan / Language(s): English Issue: 2020/2020

The beginning of the 21st century coincides with the beginning of a historical period of a new type, as complex as it is complicated, generating a reconfiguration of the entire global architecture. The new reality and the evolution of all societies are part of the process of globalization. Phenomenon, ideology, strategy, or a mix of them, globalization characterizes, in today's world, the intensified interactions between people and market integration activities, all with results that generate changes in political, economic, technological or cultural due to the disappearance of the classical barriers, drawn by state borders. At the time of this research, globalization is considered the main „architect” on the international security agenda, with a major impact on the evolution of international relations; on the one hand, it generates and accelerates the broad development of productive forces and involves scientific and technical progress worldwide, emphasizes contacts and interstate collaboration, entailing joint efforts to maintain and develop international security, and, on the other hand, it produces devastating effects in terms of security, by creating favorable conditions for the proliferation of asymmetric and unconventional threats and risks, such as the unprecedented manifestation of major forms of transnational organized crime (arms trafficking and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, drug trafficking, human trafficking, illegal migration), the virulent manifestation of the terrorist phenomenon in increasingly diverse areas, the resuscitation of chronic local and regional phenomena that are fueled by ethnic and religious extremism, the amplification of social unrest, border crises and tensions between nation states. Being a constantly evolving phenomenon, it is hard to anticipate the final result of this process. The only certainty is that globalization is becoming an essential factor in the international security equation, even in the context in where its impact on the evolution of relations between states is contradictory.

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Spotkania na krańcach życia

Author(s): Jakub Momro / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2020

Momro outlines the key themes currently bearing on the humanities with regard to the challenges that humanity faces as a species that destroys the planet. His main thesis is that the humanities must reformulate their ways of legitimising and creating knowledge and truth procedures. Momro highlights the essential elements of the biological, technological, environmental and climate crisis in the context of the discursive and political crisis that emerges with the revival of the apocalyptic imagination.

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Radioaktywne kwiaty wiśni. Relacje Japończyków ze skażonymi obszarami wokół elektrowni Fukushima Daiichi

Author(s): Aleksandra Brylska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2020

Brylska traces the process of coming to terms, culturally and socially, with the Fukushima Daiichi power plant disaster and reflects on how it impacts people’s relationship with the contaminated environment in Japan. She also takes up the challenge of narrating the catastrophe through a landscape in which nature becomes an important carrier of meaning – meaning concerning the event itself and its social and cultural consequences.

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Miejskie epidemie głuchoty – brzmienie nowoczesnośc

Author(s): Magdalena Zdrodowska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2020

Tracing the history of the phrase “epidemic of hearing loss,” Zdrodowska identifies two aspects of the moral panic related to deafness: blaming the epidemic on the noisy urban environment and pointing to particularly vulnerable groups, i.e. children, individuals with health conditions and intellectuals. Urban noise is considered to be an ambivalent phenomenon – it is the scourge of big cities of the nineteenth and twentieth century and at the same time it is an indicator for a modern Western lifestyle. The use of the term “epidemic” activates a medical discourse around the urban threats to hearing – the city is examined and diagnosed; it is perceived not only as an acoustically dangerous environment, but also as a patient consumed by a major disease.

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10. Bienalna konferenca European Society for Environmental History: Boundaries in/of Environmental History

Author(s): Žiga Zwitter / Language(s): Slovenian Issue: 15/2019

10. Bienalna konferenca European Society for Environmental History: Boundaries in/of Environmental History, Talin, 21.–24. avgust 2019

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Dražen Podravec, Moj zeleni zavičaj: O ekologiji i ekološkom odgoju i obrazovanju u Virju

Author(s): Nikola Cik / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 15/2019

The review of: Dražen Podravec, Moj zeleni zavičaj: O ekologiji i ekološkom odgoju i obrazovanju u Virju; Općina Virje, Virje, 2019., 336 str.

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Zvonimir Ištvan: 145 godina šumarstva Podravine i Prigorja

Author(s): Nikola Cik / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 15/2019

The review of: Zvonimir Ištvan: 145 godina šumarstva Podravine i Prigorja, Vlastita naklada, Molve, 2019., 82 str.

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Ekologija u svjetlu Capetownskog iskaza o predanju

Author(s): Danijel Časni / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 2/2020

The creation of the planet Earth together with the flora and fauna culminates with the process of creating man in the image of God. But that image man defiled with sin. This has resulted in the separation of creation from the Creator and the creation of various crises, including ecological crises. Accordingly, the topic of ecology is increasingly relevant in our time, and many representatives of the Protestant and Evangelical Christian Churches throughout history have spoken about the importance of ecology. In our time, that topic was discussed 2010. at the Third Lausanne Congress for the Evangelization of the World in Cape Town. Since the congress gathered a large number of representatives of evangelical churches around the world, the position presented in the form of a document is also a view of ecology from the prism of evangelical Christianity. Since the love of God, among other things, is expressed in the love of God’s creation, this article first analyzes the relationship between theology and ecology. After that, the discussion is about how the biblical record of creation should inform and shape the relationship of evangelical Christians toward the Earth. The third part of the article deals with the issue of “ecological footprint” at the world level but also looks at where is Croatia in all this. The fourth part of the article brings an overview of ecology from the prism of Protestant and evangelical churches, while the fifth part discusses the challenges of today and offers two directions: one is materialistic-humanistic, and the other is Protestant-evangelical. The article concludes that Christians as children of God are called to do the will of the Heavenly Father and to be the example and light in today’s egocentric world. Ecological crises are directly correlated with the crisis of morality, but equally, all activities carried out to preserve the environment without changing human nature and consequently his habits, achieve only short-term results without fundamental changes. Only by changing man himself and his repentance can he become responsible in his ethical approach to the environment that surrounds him.

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Ukraińskie Klondike - Historia bursztynowej gorączki

Author(s): Natalia Bryżko‑Zapór / Language(s): Polish Issue: 682/2020

Proceder nielegalnego wydobycia bursztynu trwa, a tymczasem ogromne połacie poleskich lasów i puszcz, zaopatrujących Europę w tlen, wymierają bezpowrotnie. To ekologiczna katastrofa, o której świat milczy. Proceder, o którym głośno w całej Ukrainie.

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Jesteśmy erupcją

Author(s): Wojciech M. Szot / Language(s): Polish Issue: 683/2021

Review of: Wojciech Szot - Andri Snær Magnason, O czasie i wodzie, Karakter, Kraków 2020, 304 s.

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Migrující ženy a muži – v kontextech migrace a integrace

Author(s): Monika Nová / Language(s): Czech Issue: 3/2019

The paper examines male and female roles played by migrants in their effort to integrate into new environment. It concentrates primarily on the structure of households; differentiation of roles; and intergenerational ambitions associated with the integration and residence of migrants in the Czech Republic. The text presents also a genderconscious analysis and its underlying propositions. Moreover, it offers practical gender-differentiating recommendations concerning education; division of labor; and integration into the labor market.

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Living with Reindeer Thirty Years after Socialism: Land Use and Large Reindeer Herding among the Evenki of Southeast Siberia

Author(s): Donatas Brandišauskas / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2020

30 years after socialism many groups of Evenki reindeer herders failed to survive in the suboreal taiga of East Siberia. By making reference to two case studies from the northern part of the Zabaikal region and southern part of the Republic of Sakha, this article shows how the successful continuation of reindeer herding is based on the ability of charismatic leaders mobilising Evenki communities around reindeer herding and subsistence economies. This success also relies on connection to different agents of power in local administrations, large cities and governments and the use of all of the available opportunities that infrastructure or economic agents can offer.

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LANDSCAPE AS MONUMENT: SÁMILAND AND ITS CONTESTED PATRIMONY

Author(s): Lars Rhodin,Sun Jiuxia / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2020

Monuments are typically seen as physical objects created by humans as focal points for unity based on common beliefs, for remembering significant events or individuals and/or as reminders of past glories. For some indigenous groups, including the Sámi, the landscape, or at least some parts of it, has the same or similar associations. For the dominant political forces in the nations that have taken over Sámi lands, however, including those Sámi who have changed and adapted their lives in favour of modern capitalist society, the landscape is less a monument and more an exploitable resource. This dilemma, between the Sámi that retain traditional values and perspectives and a mainstream more concerned with economics and ecology within a modern Eurocentric frame, may be resolvable through compromise, through a mutual recognition of the landscape as a monument on the one hand and modern realities on the other.

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