Search results for "permanence"
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Fifteen operationally important decisions in the planning of biodiversity offsets
2018
Many development projects, whether they are about construction of factories, mines, roads, railways, new suburbs, shopping malls, or even individual houses, have negative environmental consequences. Biodiversity offsetting is about compensating that damage, typically via habitat restoration, land management, or by establishment of new protected areas. Offsets are the fourth step of the so-called mitigation hierarchy, in which ecological damage is first avoided, minimized second, and third restored locally. Whatever residual damage remains is then offset. Offsetting has been increasingly adopted all around the world, but simultaneously serious concerns are expressed about the validity of the…
Three ways to deliver a net positive impact with biodiversity offsets
2020
Biodiversity offsetting is the practice of using conservation actions, such as habitat restoration, management, or protection, to compensate for ecological losses caused by development activity, including construction projects. The typical goal of offsetting is no net loss (NNL), which means that all ecological losses are compensated for by commensurate offset gains. We focused on a conceptual and methodological exploration of net positive impact (NPI), an ambitious goal that implies commitment beyond NNL and that has recently received increasing attention from big business and environmental nongovernmental organizations. We identified 3 main ways NPI could be delivered: use of an additiona…
PATRIMONIO ARCHITETTONICO E TIMELESS TIME : PER UNA PERMANENZA TEMPORANEA
2018
Com’è avvenuto per le precedenti rivoluzioni industriali, la digitalizzazione non ha sortito effetti soltanto nei processi e nei prodotti tecnologici. Tra le sue dirompenti conseguenze sulla società e sugli individui, l’emergere di una diversa concezione del Tempo sta già condizionando il campo operativo e soprattutto teoretico dell’ambiente costruito connotato da significati culturali. Inusitate forme di memoria mettono in crisi la visione tradizionale di patrimonio, fondata su una visione lineare del tempo che separa nettamente il Passato dal Futuro, lasciando al Presente un mero ruolo da passatore. Superata la presunta immutabilità, ambizione di ormai obsoleti obiettivi conservativi rigi…
Forms of Permanence and Performance of Form
2010
Il turismo si configura, per alcuni paesi, come una delle più importanti fonti di reddito. In molti casi contribuisce in modo considerevole al bilancio di nazioni e regioni. Quale prodotto del territorio il turismo muove opportunità che tendono a radicare risorse legate alla dimensione delle realtà locali. Quale forma diffusa di godimento di beni utili alla visita e alla stanzialità da parte di fruitori organizzati, il turismo è anche un’impresa soggetta al consumo di prodotti non strettamente connessi alla dimensione locale. Le prime argomentazioni riguardano proprio la problematica delle nuove forme di stanzialità che la nostra contemporaneità produce. La questione specifica è il rapporto…
The Four Axes of Palermo’s Commerce: a Geographical Perspective
2021
Le dinamiche commerciali all’interno della città rappresentano un ottimo punto di osservazione per studiare i processi di trasformazione urbana. Queste dinamiche riflettono verticalità e orizzontalità dei sistemi di relazione, nonché scambi e reciprocità dei rapporti socio-economici e culturali. Da una prospettiva geografica è di grande interesse individuare permanenze e mutazioni culturali, sociali, economi- che che costituiscono il tessuto cittadino e danno forma all’attualità. Questo contributo nasce nell’ambito del Progetto di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale (PRIN) 2015 “Commercio, consumo e città: pratiche, pianificazione e governance per l’inclusione, la resilienza e la sostenibilità ur…
From Focused Thought to Reveries: A Memory System for a Conscious Robot
2018
© 2018 Balkenius, Tjøstheim, Johansson and Gärdenfors. We introduce a memory model for robots that can account for many aspects of an inner world, ranging from object permanence, episodic memory, and planning to imagination and reveries. It is modeled after neurophysiological data and includes parts of the cerebral cortex together with models of arousal systems that are relevant for consciousness. The three central components are an identification network, a localization network, and a working memory network. Attention serves as the interface between the inner and the external world. It directs the flow of information from sensory organs to memory, as well as controlling top-down influences…
Predicting First-Year College Student Retention: Validation of the College Persistence Questionnaire in a Spanish Sample
2019
This paper analyzes the factorial and predictive validity of a Spanish adaptation of the College Persistence Questionnaire (SCPQ) on the retention of first year students (FYS) at university. The participants were 490 FYS from two public universities in Southern Europe (Spain). Factorial analysis of the SCPQ (&chi
Judicial challenge of collective dismissals: Special reference to workers¿ selection criteria
2021
En el presente estudio se analiza el sistema de impugnación judicial del despido colectivo, con una especial referencia a las cuestiones atinentes a la afectación de los trabajadores, como consecuencia de la aplicación de los conocidos como criterios de selección, así como el juego de las reglas de prioridad de permanencia. Se analizan todas las vías y motivos de impugnación que tienen los trabajadores afectados por el despido colectivo, tanto en la vertiente colectiva como en la individual In this work, the system of judicial challenge forcollective dismissalsis analysed, with a special reference to issues related to affectedworkers, as a consequence of the application of the so-called sel…
What keeps young adults in permanent poverty? A comparative analysis using ECHP
2009
Abstract Previous studies suggest that there are strong differences in the rates of youth poverty across European countries. Rather surprisingly, it is found to be high in Scandinavian countries, and relatively speaking, lower in Mediterranean and Anglo-Saxon countries. This somewhat unexpected finding prompts the question whether the incidence of poverty is an appropriate measure of youth disadvantage. Instead of considering poverty rates we consider the length of recorded poverty spells, taking into account explicitly the temporal sequencing of the episodes of poverty. Using the European Community Household Panel, individuals are classified into different groups of poverty permanence, eac…
Reproduction behaviors : permanencies and changes : for a contextual and dynamic approach of the fertility
2015
Current levels of African fertility are, for most observers, the expression of a continuation of traditional values of ancestral essence. For those observers, the traditional values continue to determine reproductive behavior, despite the economic, political and social changes. Based on the case of the Republic of Congo, dynamic and contextual analysis of these behaviors, reveal that these are rather clear break from the current level of fertility; they suggest significant unmet need for birth control. It is possible that a Malthusian reflex develops gradually, which does not exclude the need for children, contrary to some theories. These behaviors are characterized by profound changes resu…