Assessing the impact of global warming on the sport, tourism, and recreation industries in western Norway

Author(s): Karolina KORSAN-KUMIŃSKA / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2016

Sport, tourism, and recreation, like many other areas of life, are influenced by environmental factors, including climate. Climate is one of the major factors determining the living conditions on our planet, which determine the functioning and behavior of all organisms. Therefore, this poses the question: Are global climate changes seen by ordinary people? If so, how are they seen and how do they affect the various domains of life, in particular, sport, tourism, and recreation? The aim of the pilot research was to determine the impact of global climate changes (observed in the public media as well as being in the public consciousness) in the area of western Norway (WN) on sport, tourism, and recreation. Pilot research was conducted in the summer and autumn of 2015 using a diagnostic survey on the internet. The research tool was a questionnaire survey. Respondents came from two groups: 61 employees and entrepreneurs in the industries of sport, tourism, and recreation in WN and 32 people either actively partaking in sport and recreational activities or visiting the region as tourists.

Montánne vodohospodárske systémy v okolí Ľubietovej v 16. až 20. storočí (1950–1951)

Author(s): Pavel Hronček,Karol Weis,Martin Přibil,Marián Lukáč,Ladislav Hvizdák / Language(s): Slovak Issue: 2/2019

Water has been the main and affordable source of energy for centuries. In order to be able to use water power in the final technical facilities, water works had to be built for this purpose to ensure that the water was collected in the country. The aim of the present study is the reconstruction of the use of water and the reconstruction of water management systems in the historic mining landscape on the example of water management system of Ľubietová surroundings, whose effectiveness was also determined by the existence of so-called Little Ice Age. So far unknown facts, phenomena and contexts that contributed to formation of the water management system in the mountainous country have also been gained through field research.

Social cohesion in the Republic of Moldova, from the perspective of belonging, trust, and social solidarity (2016−2018)

Author(s): Petru Negură,Victor Mocanu,Mihai Potoroacă / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 2/2019

This article aims to study social cohesion in the Republic of Moldova according to the feeling of belonging of Moldovan citizens to the state Republic of Moldova, by the perceptions of solidarity towards other citizens, of social trust and discrimination. In the article, the concept of social cohesion was applied, within the social quality theory, elaborated by W. Beck, Y. Berman, D. Phillips and others. There have also been used the concepts of solidarity, integration and regulation, elaborated and theorized by E. Durkheim. The main hypothesis of this article is that the constitutive components of social cohesion have a low statistical value. In addition, we assume that low-income and low-educated people, self-positioned at the bottom of the social hierarchy show the lowest rate regarding the main indicators of cohesion (solidarity, trust, belonging). The responses to some questions included in an opinion poll carried out in November 2018 on a representative and stratified sample by the Association of Sociologists and Demographers of the Republic of Moldova (ASDM) have been triangulated with similar data from other recent surveys and researches (2016– 2018). The quantitative data obtained through opinion polls were also corroborated by analysing the qualitative data of some focus groups, conducted in 2016. The main results of this article largely confirm our initial assumptions, namely that participants to the surveys on which this article is based indicate a widely shared perception that the Moldovan society would be socially and culturally divided. However, the sense of belonging, constitutive of the concept of social cohesion, proves rather high values. On the contrary, trust in other citizens is very low. Also, social solidarity is not considered as a dominant value by the respondents, compared to other values. Respondents with a “lower” social status and a low education level express the lowest indices to these parameters.

Literary Discourses and Cultural Movements of Slowness in the 1980s and 1990s, Actualized in the Travel Form of Slow Tourism and Affirming the Political Component of Sustainability via the Triple Bottom Line’s Social and Environmental Dimensions

Author(s): Konrad Gunesch / Language(s): English Issue: 20/2/2019

This article synthesizes, compares and analyzes writings from several fields as of the 1980s and 1990s, namely from literature and lifestyle, travel and tourism, as well as sustainable business management. It is founded on a comprehensive analysis of recent literary history in the spirit of comparative literature. The four main investigated fields are these: a) Literary, cultural and philosophical expressions and related societal movements of “slowness” that began in the 1980s and 1990s and still reverberate in today’s literary and cultural landscape; b) Social, political and environmental writings that detail the notion of “sustainability” which arose during the same time period and has become ever stronger since; c) Entrepreneurial actualizations of the notion of the “triple bottom line” which equally and steadily has gained momentum in business and wider social circles; and finally, d) Slowness as practiced in the form of “slow travel and tourism” as of the 1980s and 1990s, linking political, economic, social and ecological concerns, and being shaped by the writings under a)-c).

Ekološka kriza kao antropološki, kršćanski i odgojni izazov

Author(s): Ante Bekavac,Serđo Ćavar / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 22/2019

A man is inseparable from the other creature without which it is impossible to think. This burning issue is pointed out by many movements, civil initiatives as well as political parties which incorporate care for the environment and responsible behavior into their statutes. The paper starts with the contemporary anthropology which represents the foundation of the wrong understanding of the created world or danger from exploitation of its potentials. Namely, modern conception that created a dogmatic idea of anthropocentrism is becoming more ruinous. The idea of biocentrism, which clears the way to practical realization of all forms of life equalities, also represents a danger. That much-needed ecological conversion should include general solidarity as well as integral ecology in which Francis of Assisi can serve as a protector and witness. Renewed bioethical educational system cannot exclude spiritual art of behavior. Global ecological literacy should be built in order to emphasize the effect of a man on the environment in different phases and dimensions.

Izvještaj predsjedništva o radu Saveza speleologa

Author(s): France Habe / Language(s): Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian Issue: 3/1977

U Herceg-Novom od 9-14.9.1976. održan je VII Kongres speleologa Jugoslavije. Kongres je radio plenarno i u sekcijama. Oko 30 referenata izloženo u pet sekcija: I: Hidroeologija i fizička speleologija, II. Speleologija, III. Antropospeleologija, IV. Prijmjenjena speleologija i V. Ekološka probblematika krša. U okviru Kongresa organizivane su i dvije ekskurzije. Učesnici prve ekskurzije obišli su Crnogorsko Primorje i njegovo neposredno zaleđe, a učesnici druge obišli su još Durmitor i Taru.

Speleološki tečaj za početnike

Author(s): Željko Žibert / Language(s): Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian Issue: 3/1977

Planinarski savez BiH u saradnji sa Speleološkim društvom BiH održao je u vremenu od 26.-30.11.1976. godine speleološki tečaj za početnike u Bijambarama, kod Olova. Interes među planinarima za ovaj vid obrazovanja bio je dobar. Tečaj je pohađalo 25 planinara iz 9 planinarskih društava: Bukovina; Željezničara, Jahorine i Tekstilca iz Sarajeva, Vlašića iz Travnika, Pavlovice iz Novog Travnika, Konjuha iz Tuzle, Prenja iz Mostara te Zvijezde iz Ilijaša.

Bibliografija

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian Issue: 3/1977

Bibliography and review of: Herak M., Magaš B., Sarić A., Habe F.: "KRŠ JUGOSLAVIJE - PRILOG BIBLIOGRAFIJI KRŠA JUGOSLAVIJE (1666-1974), JAZU, 1976.; HIDROLOGIJA I VODNO BOGATSTVO KRŠA, Zbornik Jugoslavensko-američkog simpozijuma, Dubrovnik, Zavod za hidrotehniku GF, Sarajevo, 1975.; LeGrand H. E.: "HIDROLOŠKI I EKOLOŠKI PROBLEMI KRŠKIH PODRUČJA"; Zavod za hidrotehniku GF u Sarajevu i Poslovna zajednica za izučavanje vodoprivredne problematike krša, Izdanja br. 13, Sarajevo, 1975. ; Herak M.; "KRŠKA HIDROLOGIJA U OSAM ZEMALJA NA OBODU SREDOZEMLJA"; Zavod za hidrotehniku GF u Sarajevu i Poslovna zajednica za izučavanje vodoprivredne problematike krša, Izdanja br. 14, Sarajevo, 1975. ;

O biospeleološkim istraživanjima dr. Karla Absolona u našoj zemlji

Author(s): Sonja Mikšić / Language(s): Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian Issue: 4/1978

Proučavanje živog svijeta pećina Balkanskog poluostrva započelo je u stvari pronalaskom prvog slijepog insekta. Petnaestog septembra 1813. godine vodič u Postojinskoj pećini - Luka Čeč zapazio je jednog tvrdokrilca, koji je bio stanovnik podzemlja i predao ga grofu Franzu Hochenwartu, a ovaj ga je poklonio poznatom stručnjaku - bečkom entomologu Ferdinandu Schmidtu. Insekat je uskoro (1832. g.) ušao u nauku kao nova vrsta pod latinskim imenom Leptodirus hochenwarti Schmidt, dok mu je domaće ime (na slovenačkom) ostalo do danas - "drobnovratnik".

Treći međunarodni simpozij o praćenju tokova podzemnih voda

Author(s): Zdravko Šimunić / Language(s): Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian Issue: 4/1978

Treći međunarodni simpozij o praćenju tokova podzemnih voda (3. SUWT) održan je na Bledu u vremenu od 27. do 29. IX. 1976. godine kao nastavak ranijih simpozija koji su održani u Graz-u (Austrija) i Freiburg-u (BRD). Na Simpoziju je bilo 133 učesnika i to 58 iz stranih zemalja, te 75 iz SFRJ, od kojih 5 iz SR BIH.

Program akcija Speleološkog Društva "Bosansko-hercegovački krš" u 1978. g.

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian Issue: 4/1978

Bibliografija

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian Issue: 4/1978

Bibliography and review of: Međuakademijski odbor za zaštitu prirode pri Jogosl. Akad. Znanosti i Umjetnosti: Smipozij: Ekološko valoriziranje primorskog krša, Split, 1976, Zbornik; Božičević S.: Čovjek u podzemlju, Izdanje Školska knjiga, 68 str., Zagreb, 1977. D. Aranđelović: Geofizika na karstu (Geophysics in the karst); Izdanje: Institut za geološka, hidrogeološka, geofizička i geotehnička ispitivanja, knj. br. 17, Beograd 1976.

EUROPEAN INTERESTS AND EXTERNAL CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY OF THE EU TOWARD EGYPT

Author(s): Defne Günay / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2020

According to the International Panel on Climate Change, climate change will affect the rivers leading to the Mediterranean, desertification will increase, rise in sea level will affect coastal settlements, and crop productivity will decrease in the region. Therefore, climate change is an important issue for the Mediterranean region. The European Union (EU) is a frontrunner in climate change policy, committing itself to a decarbonized economy by 2050. The EU also promotes climate action in the world through its climate diplomacy. Such EU action in promoting the norm of climate action can be explained with reference to EU’s economic interests. In this paper, I analyse whether the EU serves its economic interests by promoting climate action in its neighbourhood policy towards Egypt. Based on documentary analysis, this paper argues that European companies benefitted from the market-based solutions adopted by the Kyoto Protocol in Egypt, exported renewable energy technologies to Egypt and face a level-playing field in terms of regulations promoted for them by the EU in Egypt.

ANTROPOSENTRİK KÜRESEL ÇEVRE POLİTİKALARININ EKOSENTRİK ÇEVRE ETİĞİ GÖRÜŞÜ ÇERÇEVESİNDE DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ

Author(s): Nihal Kirkpinar Özsoy,Poyraz Çini / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 1/2020

Environmental problems are dated back the start of the relations between human and nature. The structure of thought which gives direction to the relationship between human and nature is called environmental ethics. Anthropocentric environmental ethics, which assume that nature occuring as a tool for only serving for human usage, is the main reason that creates environmental problems. In the contrast of this view, there is ecocentric ethic approach that defends nature has an intrinsic value and ecosystem is a whole. Until today, many policies and strategies have been developed and many contracts have been signed about environmental problems. The aim of this study is to examine the reasons why environmental problems have gradually increased instead of being entirely solved although policies and strategies developed. The outcome of this study is that since the environmental policies produced in order to solve environmental problems and to protect the environment are mostly prepared within the framework of anthropocentric environmental ethics, real problems of environmental problems cannot be solved and these problems become more complicated every day.

Zemlja je zelena kao narandža

Author(s): Nihad Agić / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 1-4/2020

S obzirom na ekološke katastrofe na globalnoj razini, u suvremenoj filozofiji i umjetnosti odnos čovjeka i prirode čini najvažnije pitanje dvadeset prvog stoljeća. U svojoj utjecajnoj knjizi "Ekologija Drugog" (2011) francuski filozof Philippe Descola tvrdi da suvremeno društvo nikad nije postalo moderno, jer je priroda odvojena od sfere socijalnog i, sukladno tome, još uvijek postoji jaz između prirode i kulture. Nastavljajući svoju argumentaciju u ovom smjeru on tvrdi da konstituciju zapadne moderne obilježava upravo ova podjela i nepomirljiva suprotnost, i s obzirom na tehno-naučne promjene zemlje, ekologija i pitanje o globalnim uvjetima preživljavanja čovjeka postaju središnjim predmetom zanimanja filozofije, znanosti i umjetnosti. Ako se to ima u vidu, onda ekologija nije nauka, nego kompleks materijaliteta prirodnog okoliša koji je u permanentnoj krizi, kompleks što traži odgovore na pitanja kako doprijeti do unutrašnjosti svijeta, kakav treba da bude, odnosno kakvim će taj svijet postati?

Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Katı Atık Kirliliği ve Yönetimi Konusundaki Farkındalıkları ve Davranışlarına Eğitimin Etkileri

Author(s): İme Akanyeti,Çağın Kazımoğlu / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 97-1/2019

Nowadays, pollution caused by solid waste littering is a major threat both to the environmental and human health. Previous studiesshowed that not littering solid waste and keeping the environment clean are directly correlated to the perception, knowledge, awareness, attitude and behavior of public domain regarding solid waste pollution and management. While there are many internal and external factors affecting individuals' awareness and behavior towards the environment; environmental education is at the forefront of these factors. This study investigates whether or not the courses regarding Solid Waste Pollution and Management taught in the Department of Environmental Engineering, Cyprus International University has an impact on the environmental awareness and behavior of Faculty of Engineering students. The students were surveyed in two different groups; first group of students who completed at least one course regarding Solid Waste Pollution and Management and the second group of students who did not take any course. The findings of the study show that the students who completed at least one course have more conceptual knowledge about solid waste pollution and management than those students who did not complete any course. However, the environmental courses taken did not create a positive influence on the attitude and behavior of the students particularly on waste disposal activities.

Turkish and American Female Sephardic Children among Turkish Children in the 1950s

Author(s): Fazıla Derya Agiş / Language(s): English Issue: 100/2019

The aim and scope of this research was to discover the games appreciated by Turkish Sephardic, American Sephardic and Turkish Muslim female children in the 1950s, their environmental teachings, and transnationalism. Old people teach children games, which can also be transnational and narrated in other countries. Oral history interviews were conducted with these three groups of women, and they were asked about the metaphors in their childhood games. These informal chats also led to the discovery of some games played by female children. Similarities of these metaphors were used to suggest a peace building theory based on environmental humanities. Accordingly, the metaphorical concepts in female children’s games were analyzed through the conceptual metaphor theory developed by Lakoff and Johnson (1980) for deciphering their environmentalist teachings and their impacts on the formation of children. As the transnational nature of games makes one understand that children would play together regardless of their creed and ethnicity in the 1950s, such games are recommended to be taught to today’s children who rarely play games outside their houses with other children. As a result of this study, it was found that conceptual metaphors based on the protection of the environment were similar in certain games regardless of children’s cultural backgrounds. The conceptual metaphors of “NATURE IS A MOTHER,” “ANIMALS ARE LOVE,” and “NATURE IS A SHELTER” were commonly used in these children’s games, and these similarities should be taught children by encouraging them to recognize and adapt the concept of unity in diversity. Consequently, the crimes committed by children against animals should be prevented, and children should learn the ways to preserve the environment and nature easily without damaging any plants or animals. It is crucial to teach children similar games with similar elements are played in different parts of the world. In these games, similar environmental, educative, and metaphorical objects and word games may also be used.

Climate Change: An Apocalypse for Urban Space? An Ecocritical Reading of “Venice Drowned” and “The Tamarisk Hunter”

Author(s): Özlem Akyol / Language(s): English Issue: 101/2020

As encapsulated by eco-conscious author Margaret Atwood, climate change has an unprecedented effect on human life. Throughout history human beings have adapted to numerous climatic changes by complying with the available sources of food, housing, clothing, water or warmth. Today, however, climate change creates more devastating and instant consequences that populations and the ecosystem cannot cope with. The situation seems to have become too compelling to ignore so many authors feel an urge to warn people by transforming graphs and scientific data into emotion and experience in their narratives. At this point, “climate fiction” commonly known as “cli-fi” emerges as a new category engaging global and local effects of the global warming with literature. Despite the fact that cli-fi was not officially coined until the late 2000’s, many authors have been writing about climate change for years now. In this sense, “Venice Drowned” (1981) and “The Tamarisk Hunter” which was published 25 years later are the best examples to illustrate how deep-rooted and long-standing environmental issue climate change is. Kim Stanley Robinson and Paolo Bacigalupi have produced a great deal of works relating to not only the physical destruction of climate change to the Earth but also its long-term effects on our social and economic structures. Accordingly, the stories both set in urban space skillfully exemplify the social, political and economic effects of climate change. So far, a great amount of cli-fi texts have been produced and literary critics have also responded to this trend with an increased quantity of analyses in the context of eco-criticism. In this paper “Venice Drowned” by Kim Stanley Robinson and “The Tamarisk Hunter” by Paolo Bacigalupi will be studied through the theories of ecocriticism in order to demonstrate how cli-fi texts function in providing the reader with an objective perception by elucidating the explicit and belated challenges posed by the problem of climate change.

Nadwarciańskie młyny ziemi wieluńskiej – okolice Konopnicy i Osjakowa

Author(s): Anna Nierychlewska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 18/2018

In the past, watermills were an important element of the Warta landscape. Currently, unused and abandoned, they are disappearing quickly. At present, only two watermills with the tradition dating back to the late Middle Ages – in Kochłów and Konopnica, remained on the Warta river. The watermill in Konopnica became the inspiration for this article. The first information about the mills in the Wieluń region on the Warta river comes from the beginning of the 15th century. In the middle 16th century, according to A. Pawiński’s records, over the Warta river and its tributaries were locaded at least 16 watermills in Rychłocice Duże (Wielkie), Konopnica, Osjaków, Walków, Radoszewice, Drobnice, Raduczyce, Lipnik, Kochłów, Kamion, Mierzyce, Przewóz, Bobrowniki, Działoszyn, Trębaczów and Niwiski. From previous sources were also known watermills in: Rychłocice Małe and Nowa Wieś (Osjakowska Wola), not mentioned in the records from the mid-16th century.

Kentsel sürdürülebilirlikte toplumsal dayanişma ve bütünleşme kültürü: Izmir üzerine bir araştirma

Author(s): İbrahim Güray Yontar,Sıla Çağlican / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 2/2019

In the 21st century, which is referred to as the century of cities, the fact that cities face a growth trend that is considerably higher than their capacity has made cities the center of many porblems environmental degradation, energy problem, food shortage, air and water pollution , as well as poverty, inequality and exclusion. In this process, urban sustainability has emerged as an approach which handles sustainability in urban scale and aims to make cities become more livable, fair and inclusive living spaces. Urban sustainability, which is the subject of the study, is seen as a very important effort in leaving future generations livable cities. In order to achieve urban sustainability with its economic, physical, managerial, environmental and social dimensions, decisive steps which take all these dimensions into account are needed. However, it is observed that the social dimension of urban sustainability remains relatively backward. For this reason, the aim of the study is to illuminate the social dimension which is thought to be relatively backward and to put forth how the social solidarity and integration level is perceived by fellow citizens in the case of İzmir. The field study was conducted exclusively for the city of İzmir in the stated context and the results coming out of the research.