Cancún – pierwotna kreacja urbanistyczna oraz współczesne skutki funkcjonowania przestrzeni miejskiej

Author(s): Dorota Matuszewska / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 4/2018

The article presents the development conditions of the Cancún urban space (a city in Mexico, situated in the Yucatán Peninsula, in the Quintana Roo state) and the spatial effects of tourist movement management in this settlement area. The city was planned from scratch. At the same time, it was assumed that the tourist function will dominate the shaping of the city’s space. Cancún has undergone many physical and organizational changes over the last 50 years. The changes were conditioned by the increase in the originally planned numberof tourists and residents and the growing of functional natural and anthropogenic barriers.

Centre-periphery Cleavage in Ukraine

Author(s): Valeriu Deciu / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Once the former USSR collapsed, countries like Ukraine have construed their own collective identity aiming to differentiate them from internal and external “others” in a nation building process. New territorial boundaries have been established over the mental ones, founding myths and heroes have been recovered or reinstated. This process looked successful for a while until a census unveiled a center-periphery cleavage formation. Meanwhile, Kiev’s centralizing policy had to face upheaval in the eastern part, and conflict is ongoing. Scholars have speculated mostly over ethnic and historical factors as well as Russia’s active involvement as main reasons for the shift in identity self-referencing of Donbas region’s inhabitants. This paper aims at examining this center-periphery cleavage formation from another standpoint: an internal political struggle between two regional clans that are still controlling the resources and hence hold political power in the so-called Donbas region from Eastern Ukraine. Without minimizing the influence of historical and ethnic factors, we posit that many eastern Ukrainians’ choice for identity self-referencing had shifted when their region started to decrease in terms of economic and political power on the central level. And the Donbas clans losing the central power control over fighting each other is along with historical and ethnic factors one of the main reasons for that.

Changes and correlations in land-use structure within the administrative boundaries of a town – a case study

Author(s): Patrycja Szarek-Iwaniuk / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2020

Urban areas continuously evolve. The main drivers of spatial change in towns and cities are urbanization processes. The aim of this study was to analyze changes in the process of urban development spanning a period of 30 years and to analyze the correlations between the distribution of various land-use types. The results were compared with the land use balance made in the 1970s. In the present study, the distribution of different land use categories in urban space was mapped with very high accuracy. The results of this study validate that areas with specific functions tend to coexist, whereas other areas exist separately in different parts of the town. Active urbanization processes were observed in the analyzed town. Developed and urbanized areas (mainly with residential functions) were significantly expanded in the analyzed period. The spatial and functional structure of the analyzed town and its development potential within the administrative boundaries are influenced by the geographic location, which significantly obstructs further expansion of developed areas. The proposed methodology can be used to improve land management in urban areas and can be implemented in other spatial units.

Changes in the landscape of rural areas located close to city – case study of Olsztyn

Author(s): Aleksandra Tataruch,Elżbieta Zysk,Mai Do Thi Tuyet / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2019

Transformations in suburban areas are consequences of a developing city. The main reason for the changes of rural areas located close to city is the increasing population rate and spatial changes. The purpose of study is to show the demographic and spatial changes that are influencing the landscape of rural areas located close to city Olsztyn. The subject of the analysis were the changes occurring in suburban municipalities: Stawiguda and Dywity. This study focuses on selected population processes and the analysis of the instruments of spatial planning that are affecting the spread of the buildings and the changes in the rural landscape.

Chosen statistical methods for the detection of outliers in real estate market analysis

Author(s): Beata Śpiewak / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2020

The paper contains the comparison of mechanism of two separately constructed statistical methods for the detection of outliers in real estate market analysis. For this purpose, databases with various types of real estate from local markets were created. Then the estimation of parameters of functional models describing dependencies prevailing on the examined markets was carried out. Subsequently, statistical tools called Baarda method and model residue analysis were used to detect outliers in the collected datasets. The last stage was a comparison of the obtained results of the parameters' estimation of the analyzed models and the measures of their quality, before and after the removal of outliers.The obtained results indicate that algorithms of chosen statistical methods, detecting outliers, allow to eliminate a smaller number of them, at the same time obtaining an improvement of the parameters of the functional model and its adjustment to the analyzed dataset. This gives the premise for the development of criteria for the selection of statistical methods that look for gross errors in the analyzed databases, among others, depending on functional model used, type of property and number of properties.

Chronos, kairos i choros. Dyskretne echo przestrzenne rachub czasowych

Author(s): Mikołaj Madurowicz / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 3/2020

Just as time itself closely intertwines with space, so do mental and practical articulations of time constitute close context for intellectual spatial discourse. The considerations herein firstly outline the traditional geographical understanding of chorology as well as general comprehension of chronology. Secondly, calculations of time in selected civilizations and cultures are presented (African, Indian, Andean, Chinese, Greek, Japanese, Islamic). Thirdly, the concepts of temporality by R. Ingarden (including the idea of real time) and by K. Pomian (chronometry, chronology, chronography, chronosophy) are introduced. The final point of the study includes the proposal of working interpretation of chorometry, chorology, chorography and chorosophy in the urban contest, and the indicative identification of urban space of time (topochronometry, topochronology, topochronography, topochronosophy).

Cihannüma: Tarih ve Coğrafya Araştırmaları Dergisi

Frequency: 2 issues / Country: Turkey

Cihannuma: Journal of History and Geography Studies is a peer-reviewed, biannual journal, published in July and December, by Izmir Katip Celebi University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Cihannuma accepts all sorts of publications pertaining to humanities and social sciences, though priority is given to works in fields of history, geography, and historical geography.

Our journal aims to contribute to the studies in field of humanities and social sciences in both national and international level by bringing together scholars publishing in field of humanities and social sciences and prompting them to share their knowledge and experiences.

Community Participation in Tourism Destination Development: A Literature Review

Author(s): Ionuţ-Călin Căzan / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

The aim of this article is to underline the way community is involved in decisions making regarding a tourism destination, how this process was developed during years and how it was studied before. Moreover, this research wants to find out, based on past researches, how communities are motivated to participate in tourism development, what are their benefits from involving in these activities and what is the importance of communities for tourism and their perception. While involvement and participation of communities in the tourism industry can be viewed in the decision making process and in the sharing of tourism benefits, community participation through employment brings more economic benefits directly to the household level On the other hand, participation is also open to a variety of interpretations arising from the fact that a ladder encompassing different levels of participation exists which often range from ‘only being told of’ to being able to influence or determine every aspect of the tourism development [5].

Conferinţa de cercetare în construcţii, economia construcţiilor, urbanism şi amenajarea teritoriului. Rezumate ale lucrărilor

Author(s): / Language(s): Romanian / Publication Year: 2012

Includes abstracts of the papers presented in the research conference on constructions, economy of constructions, architecture, urbanism and territorial development, editions 1-4.

Conferinţa de cercetare în construcţii, economia construcţiilor, urbanism şi amenajarea teritoriului. Rezumate ale lucrărilor

Author(s): / Language(s): English,Romanian / Publication Year: 2016

Includes abstracts of the papers presented in the research conference on constructions, economy of constructions, architecture, urbanism and territorial development, 12th edition.

Conferinţa de cercetare în construcţii, economia construcţiilor, urbanism şi amenajarea teritoriului. Rezumate ale lucrărilor

Author(s): / Language(s): English,Romanian / Publication Year: 2017

Includes abstracts of the papers presented in the research conference on constructions, economy of constructions, architecture, urbanism and territorial development, 13th edition.

Conferinţa de cercetare în construcţii, economia construcţiilor, urbanism şi amenajarea teritoriului. Rezumate ale lucrărilor

Author(s): / Language(s): English,Romanian / Publication Year: 2019

Includes abstracts of the papers presented in the research conference on constructions, economy of constructions, architecture, urbanism and territorial development.

Conferinţa de cercetare în construcţii, economia construcţiilor, urbanism şi amenajarea teritoriului. Rezumate ale lucrărilor

Author(s): / Language(s): English,Romanian / Publication Year: 2019

Includes abstracts of the papers presented in the research conference on constructions, economy of constructions, architecture, urbanism and territorial development

Consideraţii ecologice şi geografice privind potenţialul eco-energetic al României

Author(s): Alexandru-Ionuţ Petrişor / Language(s): Romanian / Publication Year: 0

The chapter presents several ecological and geographical considerations on and geospatial analyses of the eco-energy potential of Romania.

Consolidarea integrării teritoriului naţional în teritoriul comunitar european prin definirea identităţii spaţiale şi realizarea conexiunii teritoriale în cadrul Strategiei Europa 2020

Author(s): / Language(s): Romanian / Publication Year: 2015

The book is a result of research carried during 2012-2015 under the Nucleus Program "Consolidating the Consolidareaintegrării teritoriului naţional în teritoriul comunitar european prin definirea identităţiispaţiale şi realizarea coeziunii teritoriale în cadrul Strategiei Europa 2020the integration of the national territory in the European community territory by defining spatial identity and achieving territorial connectivity under the framework of Europa 2020 strategy", carried out by NIRD URBAN-INCERC, and funded by the National Research Authority.

Czas umiejscowiony w kontekście geograficznego punktu widzenia Andrzeja Lisowskiego

Author(s): Jacek Kaczmarek / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 3/2020

The subject of considerations in the presented article is the context of justification of geographical thinking of Andrzej Lisowski described in his book Concepts of space in human geography. When undertaking the discussion with the aforementioned work, the following thesis was adopted: space, although a necessary condition of a geographical point of view, is not a sufficient one, because time should be also taken into account. Therefore, only the interaction of space and time must be accepted as a necessary and sufficient condition for the geographical thinking. Selected literary works of fiction constituted the research materials which allowed to gather the arguments justifying the legitimacy of the thesis.

Czy GIS podnosi rangę dyscyplin geograficznych? Znaczenie GIS i GIScience dla geografii

Author(s): Piotr Werner / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 4/2018

Geographers perceive information and communication technologies (ICT), including GIS software, as an element of inevitable transformations in geography. Some consider them to be ancillary to geography, some also note a digital turn that renews interest and links with areas such as computational social sciences and data-driven geography to gain a deeper insight into quantitative research, especially multi-resolution and multi-scale, on a time scale. Recently, the diversity of digital devices, platforms, applications and services is an inherent, normal and expected element of everyday life, and digital technologies are also a media standard for generating and analyzing knowledge in qualitative research. Progress, commercialization and popularization of geospatial technologies contribute to the development of spatial ontology and spatial epistemology. Semantic analysis of articles published in the most important geographical scientific journals (2014–2018) proves that interdisciplinary, methodological or applied geography approaches are most active in geographical scientific discourse.

Czy miasto (po)górnicze może być atrakcją turystyczną? Refleksje nawiązujące do badań roli miastotwórczej górnictwa w wybranych krajach Afryki Sub-Saharyjskiej

Author(s): Andrzej Kowalczyk / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 3/2020

Since ancient times, extraction of mineral resources has been one of the most important city-forming factors. However, due to various natural and anthropogenic conditions mining cities both quickly appear and disappear. In Poland, the problem of mining cities in Sub-Saharan Africa was dealt with in the 1970s by An-drzej Lisowski. Although many years have passed since then, mining is still the main function of many African cities. However, this does not apply to all cities whose emergence was associated with the discovery of mineral resources, as in some of them the mining function became secondary or even disappeared. Therefore, as part of the restructuring of former mining centers, some of them gained new functions, including tourist ones. The aim of this article is to trace the history of the emergence, development and disappearance (or limitation) of mining functions in towns located in two countries in Southern Africa – the Republic of South Africa (Pilgrim’s Rest and Okiep) and Namibia (Kolmanskop and Tsumeb), as well as to address their attractiveness as tourist resorts.

Decomposition of first births in Poland, according to timing of marriage and conception

Author(s): Krzysztof Tymicki / Language(s): English / Issue: 12/2018

Standard demographic analyses focus on changes in the share of marital and extra-marital births in the total number of births. The theory of the second demographic transition predicts that the increase in the share of extra-marital births is caused by a decrease in bridal pregnancies which were conceived premaritally, but born within marriage. The objective of the article is to analyse this issue through decomposition of data from the registration of births (1985—2016) provided by Statistics Poland into marital and extra-marital births as well as bridal pregnancies. In the analysed period, the results of the analyses show a constant decline in the share of bridal pregnancies, accompanied by a simultaneous increase in the share of extra-marital births and a slight increase in the share of marital births.

Definiowanie obszarów wiejskich w wybranych krajach UE

Author(s): Elżbieta Zysk,Alina Źróbek-Różańska / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 4/2015

In the European Union, where predominantly rural areas and intermediate areas cover 90%, the development of these areas is treated as a priority. It concerns also countries that joined EU in the current century. Planning and introducing development policies require both the analysis of supported and transformed areas and gaining knowledge from other countries. experience. However, direct comparison of activities and their effects meets methodological problem . rural areas are defined according to various guidelines. It caused the necessity of using unified EU statistics, which does not include the specifics of particular countries. The aim of the article was to indicate the Definiowanie obszarów wiejskich w wybranych krajach UE differences in definitions of rural areas in the countries that joined EU after 2004 and to underline the need for new, more adequate universal definition.