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УДОВЛЕТВОРЕННОСТЬ ЖИЗНЬЮ В «ГОРОДЕ НЕВЕСТ»

Author(s): Ekaterina Vladimirovna Pankratova / Language(s): Russian Issue: 5/2013

The article is devoted to the analysis of life satisfaction phenomenon. Treatments of the concept of foreign and domestic scientists are given. Various ways of life satisfaction assessment are analyzed. The results of the author's sociological research (May, 2013) are given in article. The survey purpose is to study various aspects of Ivanovo population life satisfaction. As a result of research factors, influencing life satisfaction, are revealed.

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GEOMAGNETIC SURVEY OF CUCUTENI-SETTLEMENTS IN MOLDOVA – RESULTS OF THE FAU – CAMPAIGN 2015

Author(s): Carsten Mischka,Doris Mischka,Alexander Rubel / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2016

In spring 2015, the Cucuteni sites of Scânteia (Iași County), Izvoare, Răucești (both Neamţ County), Ţigǎnești, Stănișești and Fulgeriș (all Bacău County) where surveyed by gradiometer. At Scânteia, more than 50 burned houses, ordered in parallel lines, as well as a threefold ditch system were encountered. The magnetograms from Fulgeriș, Izvoare and Răucești revealed also the typical, massive ditch systems, which were used on most Cucuteni sites for the settlement's delimitation. To a certain extend, at Fulgeriș the spatial order of a settlement, aligned along a central pathway is visible, while the other sites where not similarly informative. As a multi–layer settlement Izvoare exhibits a condensed picture of overlying structures, while Răucești, Ţigǎnești and Stănișești show different stages of destruction by erosion, caused by modern land–use. These range from disarticulated, but still present features up to the presumably complete annihilation of any archaeological substance. The results show the extraordinary potential of the Cucuteni sites for future, extensive landscape–archaeology, but they also indicate the probably short time during which these unique sources of archaeological information will remain intact for analysis under the circumstances of today’s more and more mechanized agriculture.

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L’OPPIDUM DE BIBRACTE (MONT BEUVRAY, FRANCE) BILAN DE 10 ANNEES DE RECHERCHES (1996–2005)

Author(s): Laurent Dhennequin,Jean-Paul Guillaumet,Miklós Szabó,Philippe Barral,Erica Camurri,Beatrice Cauuet,Felix Fleischer,Jörg Frase,Benjamin Girard,Katherine Gruel,Gilles Hamm,Ralph Hoppadietz,Isabelle JOUFFROY-BAPICOT,Thierry Luginbühl,FRANÇOIS MEYLAN,Fabrice Monna,Fabienne Olmer,Christophe Petit,Richard Herve,Sabine Rieckhoff,Rosa Roncador,Dániel Szabó,Calin Tamas,Lőrinc Timár,Otto Urban,Daniele Vitali,Mattias Wöhrl / Language(s): French Issue: 1/2008

This article contains the results of 10 years of research in the Gaulish oppidum of Bibracte between 1996 and 2005. It discusses the thematic developed in Center archéologique européen of Bibracte in this period. It concerns the natural and human environment, the organization of the oppidum and the political and economic structures. The palaeoenvironmental analyses have demonstrated the strong impact of human activities, namely of paleometallurgy, on the natural environment. The understanding of the inner organization of the oppidum has been enriched by the study of the fortifications, the burials, the workshop and residential areas and the public buildings. The greatest result was the uncovering of a basilica complex of a Roman republican style in the center of the settlement (between 50 and 30 BC). Finally, the study of the finds has contributed to determination of the phases and the chronology of the settlement.

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Toponim Garić u povijesnim izvorima

Author(s): Silvija Pisk / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 4/2011

By the analysis of mediaeval documents, it was established that the toponym Garić occurred for the first time in sources in 1163. Since then, throughout the entire period of the Middle Ages, it had marked several terms: place, estate, fort, water (presently: potok Garešnica), mountain (presently: Moslavačka gora), administration area, and the Paulist monastery; it has been recorded in various forms (Garig, Garigh, Garyg, Garygh...). In the majority of sources, the term referred to is clearly stated; nevertheless, in some – particularly the earliest ones – the term to which the toponym Garić refers to needs to be sensed and deciphered. Today, the toponym Garić is almost exclusively connected with the fort (i.e. its ruins overlooking the village of Podgarić). Its mediaeval ambiguity had been lost in the course of time, which occasionally caused confusion in literature: e.g. the Paulist monastery of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Garić is sometimes wrongly located directly at the Garić fort.

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По въпроса за градоустройството на Аполония Понтика в Късноархаичната и Класическата епохи

Author(s): Pavlina Devlova / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 24/2019

Apollonia Pontica is the earliest Greek apoikia on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. The Greek city was founded at the end of the 7th century BC and gradually acquired the appearance of a classical, well-developed city centre with monumental public buildings, fortress walls, organised residential neighborhoods, necropolis and suburban territories. As a result of the surveys over the past 25 years, new data have been gathered on the urban planning, public works, citizens’ lives, and the symbiosis between the Thracian tribes: Skirmians and the Ionian colonists. Survey results show that since the very beginning, the settlers occupied the St. Cyricus Island and the Skamni Peninsula. They created and developed a pre-planned city, where continuity and long-term use of public and residential buildings is observed. For the first time in 2017, the complete structure was fully explored since the earliest period of the city: the first years of settling of the colonists. A dwelling dug into the rock from the end of the 6th to the beginning of the 5th century BC was discovered. The related archaeological materials reveal a great variety and luxury in the life of the citizens. By examining the city’s pre-planning, the continuity in the location of neighborhoods, buildings and street network, and the conservatism of the society of that time, a hypothesis was proposed for the commercial part of the city, where some of the most important public buildings had existed. Unknown to research until 2017 is the fortified fortress found on the territory of Apollonia Pontica and located in the land of the village of Ravadinovo at approximately 6 km from the coastline. The explorations initiated discovered sections of a wall of considerable size (with preserved height of 1.80 m and thickness from 1.60 m to 2.20 m). A massive building (citadel) was discovered in the protected area. Based on the analysis of the archaeological finds at this stage of the study, the site is placed in the chronological framework of the most powerful period of the colony development (mid-5th century BC – second half of the 4th century BC).

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Integrarea serviciilor ecosistemice în planificarea spaţială prin soluţii bazate pe natură

Author(s): Mădălina Sbarcea,Filip Raicu,Alexandru-Ionuţ Petrişor / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 1/2019

Global changes, driven by land use changes, human population growth and consumption or pollution, manifest themselves through extensive urbanization and amplified extreme climate phenomena, that are threatening environmental systems and human well-being. Consequences of these changes results in habitats and ecosystems fragmentation and quality degradation, that lead to lower capacity of delivering ecosystem services as well as to negative impacts for human health. At the global and European level, nature-based solutions (NBS) have gained traction as an alternative to traditional measures to tackle these environmental and socioeconomic challenges. In this context, the EU oriented its Research and Innovation agenda towards NBS, aiming at green economic growth and new jobs creation, sustainable urbanization, regenerating degraded areas and improving citizen quality of life. Nature-based-solutions projects usually tackle complex problems and provide a series of benefits, most of which can be assessed from an ecosystem services perspective. The planning and implementation process usually involve multiple stakeholders, from governments to NGOs or lay citizens. Besides further need for monitoring, especially of quantitative effects, the complexity of interactions between humans and their environment require a systems approach to adequately represent feedbacks between variables like public health, wellbeing or environmental quality and ecosystem services. Given these complex relationships and context-dependency, the development of frameworks that support spatial planning professionals and decision makers and that involve regional stakeholders in a participatory process would maximize the benefits obtained by NBS implementation.

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Understanding the trends and characteristics of smart urbanism across continents

Author(s): Lim Seng Boon,Jalaluddin Abdul MALEK,Mohd Yusof HUSSAIN,Zurinah TAHIR / Language(s): English Issue: 01/2020

Lack of understanding across the global north and global south, and with the need for alternative development paths in smart urbanism discourse are issues highlighted by recent smart urbanism research. Therefore, this paper aims to comprehend the trends of smart urbanism across contrasting geographies and to learn about the alternative direction of the development of smart cities. This study applied the research methods of document analysis and case study on the continents of North America, Europe, and Asia. The study showed that the North America corporations (i.e., IBM smarter city) are leading the approach of technology-driven method (TDM) and corporate smart city concept, European scholars and institutions have strong influence on the human-driven method (HDM) approach (i.e., the Amsterdam smart city), while Asian countries are discursively learning and applying smart city’s ideas and practices from North America and Europe. A mixture of approaches are found in Asian countries, such as the TDM approach in China and Malaysia, and the case of a shift of paradigm towards HDM with Singapore. Overall, the authors found that the worldwide trend was dominated by the TDM approach. However, a push towards the HDM approach was also apparent, with the appearance of proposals such as citizen centricity and participation. The results of this study serve as a benchmark on the normative neoliberal politics and an opportunity to nurture humanism aspects. This paper marks a contribution to the phenomenon of contemporary smart urbanism and provides insights for policymakers and stakeholders who wish to work together as co-partners in the quest for a more humanistic smart city.

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Challenges of the Iranian government in smartening cities by emphasizing the model of good governance:

Author(s): Garine Keshishian Siraki,Parvin Neginraz / Language(s): English Issue: 02/2020

One of the main obstacles facing urban management, especially in metropolitan areas, is the fragmentation of urban management in terms of policy, decision-making, planning, guidance and monitoring. The problem that is most prevalent today in the field of urban management in developing countries, including Iran, is the multiplicity of different authorities and institutions responsible for implementing existing laws. Each section works out to implement the laws, with the structure and framework that they define for their institution efficiency, which creates various challenges as well as inconsistency in urban management system. In order to achieve the desired urban governance as one of the infrastructures and principles of sustainable urban development in Tehran as a model of urbanization in Iran with a rate of 93% urbanization, urban management should be directed toward the smart city. This article discusses how the smart city and good governance can influence one another in Tehran metropolitan management. In this regard, we concluded that good governance has a positive and effective role in improving the smart city and affects all six indicators of the smart city, namely smart people, smart economy, smart transportation, smart governance, smart living and smart environment; and challenges in smart city can be also addressed and resolved by emphasizing the components and indicators of good governance. At the same time the more a city is smarten the more opportunities are provided for a good governance to accomplish sustainable development in cities.

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Impacts of urbanization and tourism on the erosion and accretion of European, Asian and African coastal areas and possible solutions

Author(s): Huu Duy Nguyen,Walid Hamma,Mari-Isabella Stan,Van Truong Tran,Roxana Aştefănoaiei,Quang-Thanh Bui,Dragoş-Florian VINTILA,Quang Tuan Pham,Cristina Lixăndroiu,Quang Hai Truong,Diana-Doina TENEA,Ioan Ianoş / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2020

Coastal areas are very important due to the ecosystem services provided to the inhabitants. However, these advantages have resulted into an increasing attraction, especially in the recent centuries. The human pressure determined numerous impacts on the ecosystems and ultimately on the safety and welfare of the coastal inhabitants, aggravated by the consequences of the global changes. The present study aims to explore two particular impacts, erosion and accretion, based on statistical data and unpublished studies, in an effort to increase the awareness towards the fact that the issue has a global extent. In addition, possible solutions are examined. The results indicate that erosion and accretion are present in all the three countries examined, and their extent tends to increase. Our findings suggest a need to act urgently; the phenomena need to be stopped first using engineering solutions, but a careful planning is needed in the long run, especially through restrictions meant to stop the “derogatory planning”. Last but not least, the conservation of fragile ecosystems by including them in natural protected areas is a possible solution.

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HOW THE TECHNIQUE ADVANCEMENT DOES THREATEN HUMANKIND, ENVIRONMENT AND LIFE: AN ETHICAL APPROACH

Author(s): Carmen COZMA / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2020

Undoubtedly, the advancement of technique and technology represents one of the most important paths of human progress. It is not the place to stress the great value technologies have meant throughout the history of civilization on Terra, especially in its 20th century growth, connected with the „Second Industrial Revolution‟ followed by the „digital revolution‟, on which the so-called „Fourth Industrial Revolution‟ is now building. Unfortunately, there are plenty of examples of human using of a good thing not for good purposes, but on the contrary causing major destruction and suffering on long-term. This kind of situations emphasizes a lack of responsibility and of minimal wisdom, care and respect for life in its integrality. Beyond all, at stake there is a serious problem of morality. We refer to the ignorance of ethical problems by some corporate organizations in our globalizing world, having a great negative impact for the planet and its various any life-forms. Part of nowadays multinational companies proves disdain as regards basic moral duties and social responsibilities, even though they display impressive codes of conduct, which remain just emptied formulas of applicability in real life. It is the case of the serious risks and dangers that the technique known as hydraulic fracturing or „fracking‟ produces for the medium to long-term evolution of life in its plenitude on Earth. In this paper we try to highlight the need of a veritable ethical culture to be appropriated and activated by all the social actors and, also, the significance of moral awakeness in making people to act for their own fundamental rights. We focus on the importance of working together on the side of „good and right‟, using the potential of moral philosophy towards an efficient, healthy and secure interference with economics, ecology, social culture, etc., to protecting and developing the wellness and sustainability of life, of natural environment and of human well-being finally.

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Planning and Development of Tourism in the Șureanu Massif. Analysis of the Hydrographic Touristic Potential

Author(s): Florina Voicu,George Emanuel Voicu,Ioan Voina / Language(s): English Issue: 28/2020

The planning and tourism development of a geographical area is influenced by the richness of water resources. The hydrographic component has an important role in stimulating and developing tourism activities, imposing itself from this point of view through all forms of water storage, both surface and underground. From this point of view, tourism knows favorable conditions for development, benefiting from an extraordinary complexity and richness of the attractive elements offered by the hydrographic network. Each of them generates through its different effect, specific forms of tourism. The hydrographic network is thus imposed by the landscape and balneotourism impact, the Șureanu mountains constituting a huge natural castle of underground and surface waters.

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Potencijali i perspektive razvitka Velebitskog podgorja

Author(s): Čedomir Dundović,Damian Dundović,Kristina Dundović / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 1/2017

Velebit is not only the largest Croatian mountain but is the only littoral mountain that divides two geographically essentially diverse areas: the Mediterranean and continental – mountain regions, in other words, the Croatian Littoral from Mountain Croatia. The littoral slope of Velebit includes Podgorje which begins near Sveti Juraj where it gradually spreads and rises to Jablanac, whilst in the southern part Velebit gradually passes into the northern – Dalmatian karst plateau. The natural conditions and setting along the sea have contributed in the past to the development of forestry, agricultural and livestock production, shipping, fishing, trade, hunting and tourism. The transport connectivity of the settlements of the Velebit littoral slope with the outside world always took place via the sea, because there were no land routes or they were in such a state that they did not allow a better connection between the settled places. The population coverage of their region is dominated by numerous hamlets, 1-6 km apart and set in the interior from the sea mostly in the central vegetational belt because bare rock dominates along the coastline. Nature has influenced this separation because any settlements had to be placed where the ‘bura’ does not blow. Due to this in the Velebet littoral area, with the exception of Senj, three more important coastal settlements developed: Sveti Juraj, Jablanac and Karlobag. The lack of traffic and communal infrastructure and other necessary amenities (educational, health, economic and so on) are the reason for the large depopulation of this area which in modern conditions is one of the least populated regions of the Republic of Croatia. However, the potential values of this region point to the possibilities of its speedier development. The aims and guidelines of development point primarily to the protection of the natural and cultural resources with an emphasised need in making developmental economic programmes. Besides the development of a road network which in this area would prompt new developmental potentials with the planned measures of development, the development of economic activities (development of tourism, mariculture, nautical tourism ports, health-recreational tourism, hunting tourism, fruit growing and horticulture, livestock breeding, forestry and timber – manufacturing activities, the use of the energy potentials of the wind and sun, the development of manufacturing, trade and free customs zones and so on) and social activities in the decentralisation of the system of centralised settlements (educational, health and cultural infrastructure) should be stimulated. In this paper a special emphasis is made on the appraisal of the natural potentials, of sustainable development and the evaluation of the possibility of the revitalisation of Podgorje. To this end a SWOT analysis was produced as a basic prerequisite for future development.

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Prospects for development of “smart cities” in Bulgaria

Author(s): Nikolay Stoenchev,Yana Hrischeva / Language(s): English Issue: 01/2021

This study studies the attitudes of young people in Sofia regarding potential purchase of real estate in highly urbanised city areas, as well as their knowledge and preferences concerning the so called “smart cities”. The degree to which young people would be inclined to acquire properties in these particular areas could determine the state of the property market in the long term. Information about young people’s preferences would help synchronise the opportunities provided by technologies with the users’ needs and their capabilities to adapt and benefit from technologies to their full capacity. An important aspect is the increasing means that need to be invested in a purchase of a home in a “smart city”. It is useful to establish what part of the population could afford such an investment. Answering these questions would be useful to property developers and local governments equally, so they can update their priorities and meet the current needs of the population.

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City intelligent life:

Author(s): Xiao-Yong WEN / Language(s): English Issue: 01/2021

How to efficiently, conveniently, safely, scientifically and intelligently reform the urban garbage classification system and the environmental sanitation system is a common problem to promote the ecological development of urban life.Taking the key elements in the whole process of garbage collection and disposal as the starting point, taking the development of technology as the driving force to improve the management system as the guide, and combining the current situation of infrastructure construction and market practice of environmental sanitation system in Shenzhen city of China,following the intelligent technology route map and realization route of "internet + municipal solid waste classification" are established by using the time line,with supporting of modern information technology,from the aspects of publicity and education, policy designation and industrial chain construction, this essay will discuss on the intelligent management countermeasures of Sehnzhen urban domestic waste classification based on "Internet + " to fully exploit the potential value of municipal solid waste and form a win-win environment and sanitation intelligent ecological circle.The necessity for sorting collection of municipal domestic waste was expounded. The status of municipal domestic waste sorting collection in China was analyzed. The waste sorting methods and techniques should be explained for residents and students in schools and residential communities. Equipment and systems of waste collection should be improved to facilitate residents in waste sorting.

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The participation of citizens to achieve smart people’s case study:

Author(s): Helen Dian Fridayani,Li-Chun Chiang / Language(s): English Issue: 01/2021

The concept of a smart city according to several studies is very feasible to be adopted and developed as a solution to urban problems so far. Six smart city concepts can be adopted by adjusting the conditions of each city. The six concepts are a smart economy, smart mobility, smart environment, smart government, smart living, and smart infrastructure. After all, the most important element of a city area is the citizens of the city itself. The concept of a smart city was born to answer the problems faced by citizens. The concept of a smart city can be realized if coupled with efforts to make smart city residents (Smart Citizen). Intelligence is not just talking about improving the level of academic education, but increasing awareness and awareness of citizens to be directly involved in the process of formulating government policies and programs in their cities. Through the use of current information technology advances, it is very possible to do and be initiated by the government. Therefore, this paper will analyze the participation of the community in Sleman Regency to achieve the smart peoples. The method used in this study is qualitative and quantitative in which qualitative in-depth interviews are conducted with various sources, namely the government and the community and quantitative is done by distributing 100 questionnaires. The results of this study indicate that people are happy with the government's efforts to realize the concept of smart cities and districts. Besides, although the government has made various kinds of complaints channels to be closer to the community, several factors influence the community to use these channels, such as because of education, and inclusion. In the other hand, another factor that the most influence the use of public complaints is the response from the government.

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Climate and Hydrological Changes in Slovenia’s Mountain Regions between 1961 and 2018

Author(s): Mauro Hrvatin,Matija Zorn / Language(s): English Issue: 16/2020

This article examines various annual trends in climate and hydrological changes in Slovenia’s mountain regions between 1961 and 2018. Climate changes are primarily reflected in the increase in average annual temperatures and significantly decreased duration of snow cover, and hydrological changes in the decrease in the minimum and mean annual discharge, whereas the maximum discharge is increasing in some places. Among the factors affecting the reduction in the annual water volume in rivers, land-use changes (i.e., increased forest cover) especially stand out. In addition to the water volume, rivers’ discharge regimes are also changing. In nearly all locations, the autumn maximum discharge now exceeds the spring maximum discharge, which was once one of the basic characteristics of mountain snow-rain discharge regimes.

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U ritmu poplave i gladi: problemi stanovništva novogradiške Posavine duž slijeva potoka Rešetarice do rijeke Save (1890.-1914.)

Author(s): Iva Salopek Bogavčić / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 20/2020

On the basis of literature, newspapers, published and unpublished sources this paper examines famine and floods as a result of the processes that took place in the narrow area of the drainage basin of the Rešetarica Stream as far as its confluence with the Sava River. The Rešetarica rises in the northern part of the district of Nova Gradiška, in Cernik manor, which in the period from 1890 to 1914 experienced an economic upturn due to the activities of five factories. This paper examines the economic progress of the factories at Cernik manor, which exploited the forests of the manor, and its connection with and impact on the phenomenon of torrents and in consequence of flooding and famine along the drainage basin of the Rešetarica as far as the Sava River. The clearing of the forests in the manor, the appearance of torrents and the inadequate regulation of the Rešetarica resulted in floods and famine, primarily near the villages Orubica and Davor. These villages were flooded from two sides: by the Rešetarica, which flowed into the Crnac polje (plain) to the north and the Sava River to the south. Milan Kerdić, the only local spokesman of the endangered population, spoke out about poor embankments, the lack of political will and the slow regulation of the Sava River, confirming that the micro-regional issues were the reflection of an international crisis but also of the lack of political will and interest to solve the regulation issues of the Sava River.

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Природни бедствия в България – кризисни събития за периода 2010 – 2018 г.

Author(s): Ralitza Berberova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2020

The paper presents an overview of the occurrence of crisis events from natural processes and phenomena in our country. Official data from the National Statistical Institute covering the period 2010–2018 were researched. The results show that natural disasters are among the most common causes of crises. Over half of the reported crises of a natural origin are the result of floods.

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Списък на естествено срещащи се гъбни патогени, заразяващи корояди и пеперуди – вредители в горите от България

Author(s): Daniela Pilarska,Danail Takov,Danail Doychev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2020

Information about fungal infections detected in different bark beetles and lepidopteran forest pests in Bulgaria is presented. Eighteen species of entomopathogenic fungal species and numerous isolates of orders Hypocreales, Eurotiales и Entomophthorales have been reported from 12 bark beetles and 10 moths within a sixty years period. The results from conducted laboratory and field bioassays with several isolates of entomopathogenic fungi against bark beetles and the gypsy moth were summarized.

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PERSONHOOD AND “FRONTIER” IN CONTEMPORARY AMAZONIA AND SIBERIA

Author(s): Marc Brightman,Vanessa Elisa Grotti,Olga Ulturgasheva / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2010

The adage that anthropology is comparative if it can be defined as anything at all has been tested in recent years to great effect—particularly on the theme of the body (Gregor and Tuzin 2001; Lambek and Strathern 1998)—and with greater confidence than it had been a decade previously (Holy 1987). The body has provided a useful starting point for cross-cultural comparison because, at some level, the physically existing, universal human body can be considered a common factor among all cultures. While the apparent universality and constancy of the body may be questioned in light of ethnographic evidence, and while the body can be politicized in differing ways, when politics and history themselves are taken as points of comparison, a new and somewhat different challenge is set. Taking up both challenges and placing them alongside each other, this paper explores comparatively the themes of “frontier” and “personhood” in two regions, Amazonia and Siberia.

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