Search results for " Rural areas"
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Madonie Smart Villages Technological Sustainable Design for Sicilian Inner Rural Areas
2022
The EU is promoting the enhancement of marginal rural areas. In the Mediterranean area, in Sicily, there is the “Madonie” District, an inner rural area with 21 municipalities suffering of depopulation and lack of work despite to their natural and architectural potentials. The pandemic situation has pointed out the necessity of a better life quality that could be guarantee with the creation of smart villages, collaborating urban centers. The purpose of the research is to enhance these territories with technological sustainable design to enable urbanization and digital innovation and to their development. Rehabilitation must be guaranteed using technologically eco-efficient strategies and fun…
Prevention and Mitigation of Rural Higher Education Dropout in Colombia: A Dynamic Performance Management Approach.
2023
Background: Dropout in higher education is a socio-educational phenomenon that has the scope to limit the benefits of education as well as to widen social disparities. For this reason, governments have implemented various public policies for its prevention and mitigation. However, in rural populations, such policies have proven to be ineffective. The aim of this paper is to simulate public policy scenarios for the treatment of school dropout in rural higher education in Colombia from a Dynamic Performance Management approach. Methodology: To achieve the aim, a parameterised simulation model was designed with data from Colombian state entities in rural higher education. Five simulations were…
The Legal Framework Behind Biocultural Rights. An Analysis of their Pros and Cons for Indigenous Peoples and for Local Communities
2022
The idea of biocultural rights strives to address the overall issues of indigenous peoples and local communities in relation to the environment and to conflate together the different rights needed to promote their self-government and conservation of cultural identity. Indeed, biocultural rights place themselves in the Anthropocene debate as powerful tools able to provide answers to both human rights and environmental issues. But their environmental focus might raise some issues. This chapter will explore the pros and cons of choosing the path of claiming biocultural rights for, separately, indigenous peoples and local communities. They appear, in fact, as different subjects in international…
Simulation of the effects of climate change on barley yields in rural Italy
2009
The Greenhouse effect is considered to be one of the most influential factors on climate change today, especially where temperature and rainfall levels/distribution are concerned, making it of considerable importance in the field of Agronomy. Crop growth and development simulation models are a valuable cognitive tool in understanding water and nutrient dynamics in soil/plant systems. This paper looks at the direct and indirect effects of climatic changes on average barley yields. The complex nature of the study rendered the use of mathematical simulation models essential, both for predicting future climate conditions and for the simulation of crop growth and development. Of the different si…
The Trasversale Sicula. Themes and action research projects in sensitive Mediterranean areas
2022
There are many sensitive territories located in disadvantaged areas of the Mediterranean where depopulation has been a significant consequence of their economic and demographic decline. This has led to the gradual flight of young people and the disappearance of certain essential services. The conservation of resources is a topic of growing interest in Europe. It is necessary to rethink a new vision concerning the territory of small towns. Within this framework, this action research project aims to define a new collective sensibility, full of resources and history, throughout the territory of the Trasversale Sicula. The narrative of a new imaginary of the Sicilian hinterland is the foundatio…
Le potenzialità innovative delle aree rurali in Sicilia
2016
Il presente lavoro sottolinea l’importanza di collegare processi di innovazione in territori rurali al modello di innovazione della quintupla elica, alla luce dell’implementazione della Smart Specialisation Strategy. A tal fine sono stati presi in considerazione, alcuni indicatori ambientali e settoriali per la Sicilia e confrontati con i dati a livello nazionale, proprio per sottolineare il valore che aree periferiche possono avere per una nuova competitività basata su principi di sviluppo sostenibile. Following the implementation of the Smart Specialization Strategy and the Quintuple Helix Model this paper underlines the importance of connecting the innovation process with rural territori…
Análisis del comportamiento de la demanda de turismo rural desde la experiencia de la comarca El Alto Palancia
2004
This study is intended to delve into the tastes and preferences of tourists visiting rural areas in Spain as an alternative to the traditional sun and beach holiday that dominates Spanish tourism. This paper is focused on the demand side of rural tourism; more specifically the extent to which tourists visiting a Spanish rural area. El Alto Palancia region, exhibit different behaviours depending on age, gender, incomes and educational background. The homogeneity of behaviour across several categories of tourists was tested in two sets of variables. First, «interest in certain resources associated with rural tourism», focused on natural and architectural resources that sustains the tourist's …
Un nuovo patto città-campagna per il futuro assetto di Palermo
2015
In Europa, il cambio di prospettiva delle relazioni tra dimensione urbana e agricola è stato intrapreso ormai da alcuni anni e già con la programmazione 2007-2013, viene enfatizzato un maggior ruolo multifunzionale delle aree agricole. Horizon 2020, punta sulla coesione sociale e territoriale e, soprattutto, sul tema agroalimentare quale pratica da rifondare secondo criteri sostenibili, competitivi e generatori di beni pubblici e servizi eco-sistemici. Su tale scia alcune città europee stanno già provvedendo a fondare un’idea di sostenibilità del sistema urbano a partire dal rispetto e dalla rivalorizzazione del proprio territorio agricolo. In questa prospettiva, cosa sta avvenendo a Palerm…
Sabiedrības līdzdalība attīstības un vides plānošanas procesos un tās noteicošie faktori
2015
Cik lielu nozīmi mūsdienās cilvēki piešķir sev apkārtesošajai videi? Ar to nedomājot tikai dabu un ainavu, bet arī sociālās, emocionālās un citas saiknes. Nenoliedzami šai attieksme gadu gaitā ir notikušas izmaiņas, ko ietekmējušas dažādās Latvijas valsts politiskās iekārtas un mērķi, kā arī tehnoloģiju attīstība, globalizācija, mobilizācija utt., bet tieši apkārtējās vides nozīme, ko tai piešķir indivīds, ir viens no būtiskākajiem faktoriem sabiedrības līdzdalības procesos. Maģistra darbā pētīta sabiedrības līdzdalība plānošanas procesā, kā arī faktori, kas to ietekmē, trīs Latvijas apdzīvotās vietās – Dagdā, Svētciemā un Tūjā. Kvalitatīvo datu ieguvē kā metode tika izvēlēta intervija, jo …
Identification and sustainable exploitation of wild edible mushrooms in rural areas (Mycoticon, LdV-ToI project): Development of an innovative traini…
2015
In Mediterranean and in southeast Europe the activities of a significant part of the population are traditionally linked with agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry. However, many rural communities are experiencing serious difficulties associated with low income per person and poor employment prospects combined with increased demographic decline. Alternative activities such as the collection and trading of wild edible mushrooms as well as the cultivation of choice species could contribute at providing valuable solutions both in financial and environmental terms. The total number of fungal species which are considered having edible and/or medicinal value is over 2300.1 Most of them form …