София, каквато беше 1944-1989

Author(s): Svetlin Kiradjiev / Language(s): Bulgarian

This book presents the city of Sofia from the second half of the 20th century. This period is marked not only by the end of World War 2 but by the change of political power in Bulgaria. Through this book, the author intends to give more information about moments of the development of the capital, it's it's influence over material and spiritual culture and he relates all of this to the citizens of Sofia in the reviewed decades. Sofia is very old city, although it's citizens don't realize it, but its modernization and geographical growth begun after the Liberation of Bulgaria in 1878. After 1944 Sofia has shown rapid development and population growth - for 300 000 to over 1 million citizens for a period lasting over 40 years. The houses have been replaced by modern buildings, the city districts have been expanded, the city has turned into a center of industry and slowly, but steady, Sofia has turned for average Balkan city to a capital with European influence.

Women from North Move to South: Turkey's Female Movers from the Former Soviet Union Countries

Author(s): Oksana Koshulko / Language(s): English

Oksana Koshulko in "Women from North Move to South: Contemporary Migration from the Former Soviet Union countries to Turkey" tells us about migration of women from the Former Soviet Union countries to Turkey. The book draws on a pioneering research in this area discussing the results from a field research carried out in Turkey. Koshulko interviewed women from the Former Soviet Union countries to understand their motives, difficulties and struggles they go through in their lives in Turkey. She explores their common problems in Turkey, their education, opportunities and restrictions. The discussions are contextualised with reference to broader economic and political circumstances in sending countries contrasted with the Turkish case.

Overeducated and Over Here: Skilled EU Migrants in Britain

Author(s): Bradley Saunders / Language(s): English

The UK’s offer of immediate free access to A8 workers resulted in a larger-than-expected influx of A8 migrants to the UK, which caused a public backlash and heated debates over the benefits and costs of large-scale immigration. Much has been written about the political and economic impact of this influx. This book focuses instead on the complex interweaving factors affecting the work and non-work lives of skilled migrant workers in the UK working in jobs which are not commensurate with their work experience, skills and interests. The focus on the European context addresses the need for a better understanding of contemporary labour mobility within the EU. The important, though often neglected, perspective of individuals who take on work below their level forms the focus of this book. In-depth interviews analyse the lived experiences of migrant workers in the UK working in jobs which are not commensurate with their qualifications and experience."Having spent approximately half my life away from my home country, it is perhaps not surprising that I chose to examine the lives of others who made similar decisions. A culture of migration runs in the family. I have met many others who also left their home country’s shores. Whether these were academics from London or labourers from Lahore, my conversations with them made me reflect on and question our life choices and experiences. Why had we decided to leave one country and move to another? Was there something different about us compared to our peers who did not make such a move?" CONTENT Acknowledgements About the author Introduction Chapter 1: Clarifying the terminology Chapter 2: Reasons for migrating Chapter 3: The Migrants Chapter 4: Factors influencing the migrant workers’ decision to come to the UK to take up or seek work Chapter 5: Barriers in finding work commensurate with qualifications and experience Chapter 6: Coping with the skill- and status- underemployment Chapter 7: Impact of nonwork and family factors on adjustment to living and working in the UK Conclusions Appendix 1: Interview guide References Index

PRZESTRZEŃ PUBLICZNA A PRZEMIANY MIASTA

Author(s): Małgorzata Dymnicka / Language(s): Polish

Przestrzeń publiczna, której rodowód sięga czasów starożytności, należy do tych obszarów miejskiej struktury, o których można powiedzieć, że pozwalają na doświadczanie obecności Innych. Dzięki takich cechom, jak otwartość, dostępność, czytelność, można się w niej znaleźć z osobistym bagażem biografii, niebędącym przeszkodą dla pozostałych jej użytkowników. W ostatnich latach sporo miejsca w dyskursie publicznym zajmuje kwestia zaniku, upadku, ale też odrodzenia przestrzeni publicznej. Dynamika kapitalizmu i związana z nim globalizacja, zawrotne tempo przemian w dziedzinie technologii informacyjnej i komunikacji powodują, że dawny porządek oparty na sztywnych podziałach prywatne–publiczne traci powoli na znaczeniu. Odrzucając dwa skrajne stanowiska: z jednej strony apokaliptyczną wizję upadku przestrzeni publicznej, z drugiej zaś – bezkrytyczne jej odrodzenie, w książce podjęto próbę pokazania, że każda z tych perspektyw rodzi różne konceptualizacje, transformacje i rekonstrukcje o charakterze przestrzennym, społecznym i kulturowym, wpisując się w szerszy projekt kształtowania współczesnych tożsamości miasta.

A loosing combination for romanian cities? Shrinking population and urban sprawl

Author(s): Alina Băileşteanu / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Urban development represents a key element of the sustainable economic development in all the countries. The cities through concentration of the people, services and business are driven forces for competitiveness of the countries. More than 70% of the EU population lives in urban areas, urban areas generate more than 67% of EU GDP, cities are territories that focuses most jobs, most economic and higher education institutions can be found in these areas which also provides access to services and trade. But also, in urban areas - unemployment, social segregation, environmental or mobility (congestion) are emphasized. According to the 2007 report of UNFPA, entitled "Urbanization, urban expansion potential", the phenomenon of urbanization will be the most important factor influencing development in the 21st century. Apparently the Romanian cities are facing similar problems as the Western European cities: decay of inner urban space and deterioration in the social, economic, political and physical substance of the city. In spite of the apparent similarity in the forms of manifestation of these phenomena, their substance is different.After emerging the communism era, Romania had to tackle and overcome all sorts of disparities and to reconnect to current practices and policies developed in Western European countries.

Timp şi spaţiu în Bucureşti

Author(s): Irina Caretu,Amalia Balescu / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

Arhitectura şi contextul urbanistic ilustrează sau conturează intr-o masură importantă caracteristica esenţială a poporului ce îi dă viaţă, ce îi dă vibraţie şi o defineşte. Aşadar arhitectura veche si nouă, dar şi constructele de urbanism sunt cu atât mai interesant de urmărit cu cât ele dezvăluie parcursul istoric al unui popor şi ne lasă să intuim proprietăţile interacţiunii sociale ale acestuia. Această lucrare işi propune să analizeze evoluţia tumultoasă a Bucureştiului din perspectiva urbanistico-arhitecturală, să parcurgă toate etapele dezvoltării pentru o mai bună inţelegere a mediului construit variat si deosebit de interesant al acestui oraş, dar în acelaşi timp îşi propune să analizeze încercarea dinamică, reuşită sau nereuişită, a “oraşului” în demersul de a deveni un organism compus atât estetic cât şi funcţional. Pentru început vom incerca sa stabilim un scurt istoric al traseului pe care arhitectura si urbanismul l-au urmat în Bucureşti. Astfel vom parcurge punctual perioadele care si-au exercitat amprenta asupra orasului, urmărind influentele aduse de fiecare si integrarea acestora în structura ansamblului citadin de astăzi. Prima etapă de dezvoltare analizată este cea medievală, predominant caracterizată de construcţia mânăstirilor şi dezvoltarea aşezărilor domneşti, dar şi prin curente şi influenţe importante precum stilul brâncovenesc, neoclasicismul sau stilul eclectic. Următoarea etapă definitorie, caracterizată de un mediu economic prosper şi de un puternic motor de dezvoltare citadină, este perioada interbelică. Ea va fi urmată de perioada comunistă, o etapă lungă care a modificat radical întreaga structură urbanistico-arhitecturală a oraşului. Nu doar prin distrugerea în masă a clădirilor cu importanţă istorică semnificativă, ci şi prin stilul funcţional şi rece al construcţiilor comuniste care le-au înlocuit, majoritatea lipsite de valoare estetică sau arhitecturală. Un alt moment important adus în discuţie este cutremurul din anul 1977. Atunci o bună parte din oraş a fost distrusă datorita seismului, însă pe de altă parte conducerea comunistă, a folosit dezastrul ca pretext pentru multe demolări şi restructurări forţate, acestea făcând obiectul unei alte părţi importante ale lucrării. Capitolul ultim al lucrării prezintă modele de referinţă din diferite oraşe importante ale Europei, acestea ilustrând punctual rezolvări reuşite ale combinării constructelor arhitecturale actuale cu cele “moştenite” şi conturând direcţii demne de urmărit şi de documentat.

Reconsidering the suburbs in the context of expansive urbanization

Author(s): Oana-Diana CIUPERCA / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The article brings forward two main ideas: the living fact that urban sprawl is nowadays the most common reaction of hyper-urbanisation of the big cities and the lack of experience in the european space in how to deal with this phenomenon, in terms of people’s needs, the role that these satelite settlements receive in the urban system, and the dependency to the „mother city”. Nevertheless, Romanian cities have yet to find a solution for preventing the uncontrolable urban sprawl, which leads to economic and social gaps between these new areas and the main city’s. The reference suburb used for comparisson is Pantelimon Town, a small urban area, adiacent to Bucharest, and completely dependent of it’s range of services and labour market.

Evoluţia favelelor din Rio de Janeiro

Author(s): Roxana Pufu / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

The paper was developed to illustrate how problems arising with the process of urbanization that characterized the middle of the twentieth century, led to the emergence of new types of housing and urban landscape, favelas. Developing for over a century, this phenomenon spread throughout Latin America, creating new problems for the city of Rio de Janeiro which aspires to the status of global city and will be the host of two major international events: Football World Cup 2014 Olympic Summer Games 2016. City crisis caused by economic factors, extreme poverty and criminal practices developed within favelas led government and municipalities to launch projects for integrating these communities into the city, Brazil becoming a role model for other Latin countries.

Consideraţii urbanistice cu privire la creşterea confortului şi siguranţei deplasărilor pietonale, în oraşele româneşti

Author(s): Mihaela Hermina NEGULESCU / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

The unconditional and undifferentiated adaptation of Romanian cities to the functional and spatial requirements of a growing automobility lead to the conversion of the majority of public spaces into a road framework for traffic and parking, drained of their communitarian substance and landscape attributes. The (re)allocation and the (re)design of urban space as well as the regulations for their use, for the travels they contain, was often done in a discriminatory manner, resulting in deterioration of the functional and environmental quality of the pedestrians’ infrastructure and of the accessibility for people with reduced mobility - topics of current concern within the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans, strategic planning studies recommended by the European Commission. The pedestrian oriented reshape of urban zones relies on a contextualized planning of an appropriate balance between the two main vocations of the public realm: a. infrastructure for travels and b. places with social and aesthetical substance that (should) provide a safe and healthy environment for urban living. Starting from this prerequisite, the paper deals with two categories of inter-related themes, in an urban planning perspective: 1. sets of measures to encourage and boost safe and comfortable walking, on different tiers - road network (hierarchy, classification, connectivity, configuration), morphology of urban space (sharing of land resources, configuration-design), use of urban space (traffic corridors, priorities, speed); 2. criteria and models of (re)organization of public spaces with priority to pedestrians: pedestrian areas or shared-space schemes. The study outlines a theoretical framework for a spatial planning and design, integrated to a related (re)shape of mobility, more attentive to pedestrians’ needs, with a main focus on travel safety concerns. The paper partially presents results of the author’s research undertaken within the project SAFENET - Research on estimation and enhancement of intrinsic safety performances for urban traffic networks, PN-II-PT-PCC A-2011-3.2-1439 conducted through the “Partnership in priority areas” program - PNII, PCCA Tip 2, implemented with the support of ANCSI CNDI – UEFISCDI, between 2012-2016.

Analysis of the Relationship of Productivity between the Public Sector and the INTERSTAT

Author(s): Marcela Mitrita,Ovidiu Buzoianu,Amelia Diaconu,Ionut Victor Ratezanu / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Scientific progress embodies and depends on open communication, a common discourse that has roots in rationality, collaboration, as well as an easy and regular flow and efficient information exchange. These ideals can be considered hypocritical by elite power and can be displayed or emphasized in many other ways, but they are even involved in the idea of science, but they are based on the phenomenon called globalization and its practical outcomes. Business, banking and commerce depend on the flow of information and are facilitated by new communication technologies. The hardware of these technologies tends to be systemic and integrated - computerized, televised, cable, satellite, laser, optical fiber and microchip technology combining to create a vast network of communications and interactive information that can potentiate any people on earth have access to any other person, and each time they make each byte the availability of information for each set of eyes in search.

Kulturno-historijski spomenici Gorskog kotara i Ogulinsko-plašćanske zavale : s pregledom povijesti Gorskog kotara i Ogulinsko-plašćanske zavale od prapovijesti do 1881

Author(s): Filip Škiljan / Language(s): Croatian

Gorski kotar i Ogulinsko-plaščanska zavala nalaze se na području zapadne Hrvatske. Na sjeveru je međa Gorskog kotara istovjetna s linijom državne granice između Hrvatske i Slovenije. U najvećem svojem dijelu ta se granica podudara s tokom rijeke Kupe i rječice Čabranke. Radi se o povijesnoj granici koja postoji od 17. stoljeća i koja je u vrijeme Habsburške Monarhije dijelila pokrajinu Kranjsku od Hrvatske, kasnije, ujedno i austrijski dio od ugarskog dijela Monarhije.

Un secol lung de geografie la Academia de Studii Economice din București. Masteratul de Geopolitică

Author(s): Marius-Cristian Neacșu / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

Gdzie dom styka się ze światem. Cztery punkty uważności życia

Author(s): Aleksandra Kunce / Language(s): Polish

A small thing: four oikological essays, preceded by an introductory word, on our entanglement in the “home-world.” If we were to take the title as the question, “Where does the home meet the world?”, the answer would be: “In the points that require our attentiveness of life.” Attentiveness requires discipline and precision, and it is not only about precision in actions and observations, but about our being at home and in the world, in the changing rhythms of being rooted and wandering. Being mindful guides us towards a place, and concern extends over time to finally lead us home. Home is a peculiar time(lessness); it is a dynamically understood and open place that allows us to direct our desire to what is distant, inconceivable, and unimaginable. When we say ‘home,’ we do not mean a familiar and closed stronghold but a home rooted in the idea of the cosmos. It corresponds also to the idea of Heimat. The four points of contact between home and the world are found through (1) the humanities, (2) man, (3) friendship with the place, and (4) the university. The four oikological essays look into the entanglements, overlaps, but also the truest lack of the indeterminate at the boundary of home, around the threshold that symbolically not only testifies to the boundary in rituals, but delineates the space of attentiveness. At these points where home meets the world, our entanglement in the "home-world" is brought out.

Tradice a kulturní hodnoty území v péči UNESCO : Možností účelové obnovy tradičního hospodaření

Author(s): Libor Lněnička,Jaromír Kolejka,Mária Kozová,Jozef Bašary,Martin Boltižiar,Petr Čupa,Lenka Dvořáková,Eva Pauditšová,František Petrovič,František Synek,Pavol Šrankota,Jan Vybíral / Language(s): Slovak,Czech

This monography provides a description of traditional natural and cultural values in the protection and preservation of UNESCO heritage. The case study in territory are on the Slovak side Vlkolínec (for 25 years in UNESCO) and on the Czech side the Slavonic fortified settlement in Mikulčice, which is a potential candidate for registration on the UNESCO heritage list. In particular, practical options for using existing tools for the protection of monuments, such as land use plans, management plans or monument protection zones, are mentioned. The publication is the outcome of the project NKP3040D001: UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the Life of Municipalities, Cities and Regions.

Geografie bariér: Příklady dobrých bezbariérových realizací

Author(s): / Language(s): Czech

The book Geography of Barriers: Examples of Good Barrier-free Practice offers a collection of texts that are interested in making space, services, and information accessible. Thus, the collection is primarily about barriers, their nature, localization, and possible effects. Under barriers, most people imagine material barriers for wheelchair users in the form of steps or sidewalk curbs. Only a few would think that barriers can be represented by loosely placed rugs, unfit lighting, large glass surface, a doorbell without visual output, unwanted attention, frequent asking and offering help, lack of language knowledge, pity, etc. Thus, the book broadens awareness of what can be considered a barrier. The texts are divided into three parts – theoretical, methodic, and empirical – and their arrangement follows the logic of thematic focusing from the most general to the most concrete types of barriers. While the theoretical part places the policies of accessibility into the wider context of scientific disciplines and their development – such as disability studies, disability geography or service design, the methodic part discusses the introduction of accessibility policies in the city of Brno, describing how it tried to make its space, services, and information more accessible. Finally, the empirical part offers 18 examples of relatively good barrier-free implementations that have been recently realized in Brno. This division reflects an effort to target several groups of readers. The first part thus addresses mainly students interested in accessibility issues, the second, methodic part is intended for politicians and municipalities searching for inspiration to implement their own accessibility measures and policies. The last part stating concrete examples of good barrier-free implementations is aimed at general public, at people who like to think about a whole range of topics related to accessibility of space, services, and information.

THE DESIGN OF A CYCLING ROUTE IN THE MODEL TERRITORY OF LEVICE AND ITS SURROUNDINGS

Author(s): Tomáš Kováč,Martin Boltižiar / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The importance of bicycle touring is currently getting more attention, mainly in other countries of the European Union, but recently also here in Slovakia. In the article, we focus on the impact of bicycle touring on tourism in Slovakia with its legislative provisions and on the design of new cycling routes. We pay special attention to the particular importance of bicycle touring in the town of Levice and the surrounding area. After analyzing and evaluating of the existing routes, we decide to propose two new ones, which could have a positive impact on the development of the territory. We designed the first route outside of the town of Levice (Levice-Dolná Seč-Vyšné nad Hronom-Žemliare-Jur nad Hronom-Starý Hrádok-Mýtne Ludany časť Dobogov - Levice) 29 km in length. We situated the second route in the built-up area of the town of Levice; its length is 6.9 km. Both proposed routes have “rekrea” difficulty, i.e., they are designed for families with children or cyclists with a lower fitness level.

Women in a Global World, Edition III: Empowerment and Challenges

Author(s): / Language(s): English

This book has been prepared as the third installment in the book series titled “Women in a Global World III.” All research articles that constitute this book are interdisciplinary and international comparative studies. Researchers from around the world presented their diverse perspectives on women-themed topics such as “Women’s Empowerment, Women’s Challenges in Society, Women and Literature.” The book provides a thought-provoking and informative account of the experiences and travails of women around the world. It serves as a reminder of the intrinsic value of women’s voices and stories, and advocates for their elevation to the forefront of contemporary social discourse.

Küreselleşen Dünyada Kadın – IV: Güçlenme ve Zorluklar

Author(s): / Language(s): Turkish

The aim of this research is to discuss the key elements of the gender equality plan (GEP) development process in the universities and other research institutions, based on the experiences of the Gender Equality Plan preparation process at Yaşar University within the scope of the Horizon 2020 project titled “Linking Research and Innovation for Gender Equality (CALIPER)” from the perspective of the effects of the European Union financial supports on the institutional change process. The scope of the research includes the analysis process of the data obtained from the semi-structured interviews, focus groups and surveys conducted within the scope of internal and external current situation analysis, using qualitative and quantitative research methods. Through the research, main gaps in institutional processes, practices and procedures related to gender equality were identified under six key areas: human resources, institutional governance, research, teaching, institutional communication and gender-based harassment. The result of the research highlights the importance of evaluating the institutional factors and procedures with a multidimensional perspective in the planning and implementation of the institutional change process with respect to gender equality.

Il fenómeno migratorio in Puglia

Author(s): Michela C. Pellicani / Language(s): Italian

"Non migrano i più deboli, non solcano i mari lasciando dietro di sé la Patria e la famiglia, i più pavidi, ma, nella grande generalità, coloro per i quali la vita è battaglia e l’animo è abbastanza forte per combatterla anche nelle più difficili condizioni."

PROMĚNA TERITORIALITY VE ZKUŠENOSTI OSOB PO ZTRÁTĚ ZAMĚSTNÁNÍ

Author(s): Robert Osman,Ondřej Šerý / Language(s): Czech Publication Year: 0

The paper focuses on the lived territorial experience of people after job loss and aims to answer the research question "How was transformed the territoriality of people just after losing their jobs?" Losing a job can manifest by a sense of a reduction of social status, a decline in economic security or lack of regular daily routine, which is then reflected in the territorial behaviour of people after job loss. The text is based on a series of semi-structured interviews conducted in the first half of 2016 with the communication partners who have left their jobs in the past six months. The subsequent analysis of the interviews revealed the loss of one of the major anchor points in the form of the workplace and the creation of new activity spaces (possibly increasing their importance). The newly formed action space has changed its form from the network a few lines to the territory with a central point in the home and among other things is influenced by gender, voluntary/involuntary abandonment of previous employment, respectively eventual financial distress or assumption of troubled/trouble free finding a new job.