scholarly journals Ecotourism and Sustainability: An Analysis of Strategies, Practices and Problems

1970 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-85
Author(s):  
Naik Sheker ◽  
K Puttanna
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
National Income ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
The Core ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
The World ◽  
Post War ◽  
Pragmatic Strategies ◽  
Core Issues

Tourism has been playing a critical role in the overall development of century's world over. It is evident that many economies of the world are largely based on tourism in the post war period. Several countries of the world are developing tourism on a large scale to attract tourist towards their shores. And for many, tourism is the only source of reliable national income in the absence of rich resource and strong manufacturing base. These countries are harvesting on the multiple opportunities and benefits tourism offers, particularly to set off balance -- of payment problems. However the flipside of this is that many tourist destinations today are facing numerous problems because of improper tourism planning and practice. The ill-conceived tourism development agenda in these countries has a huge bearing o the environment, ecological balance, cultural entertainment, and sustainability. In this paper, therefore the authors have attempted to identify the core issues and problems in practicing sustainable ecotourism and also to suggest some pragmatic strategies for planning and developing sustainable tourism

The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dov Waxman
Keyword(s):  
First Century ◽  
Narrative History ◽  
The Core ◽  
The World ◽  
International Attention ◽  
Key Events ◽  
Core Issues ◽  
News Headlines ◽  
Answer Format ◽  
Over Time

No conflict in the world has lasted as long, generated as many news headlines, or incited as much controversy as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Yet, despite, or perhaps because of, the degree of international attention it receives, the conflict is still widely misunderstood. While Israelis and Palestinians and their respective supporters trade accusations, many outside observers remain confused by the conflict's complexity and perplexed by the passion it arouses. The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know® offers an even-handed and judicious guide to the world's most intractable dispute. Rather than presenting a traditional, narrative history, this book employs an accessible question-and-answer format. Writing in an engaging, jargon-free style, Dov Waxman, a leading expert on the Middle East, provides clear and concise answers to common questions, from the most basic to the most contentious. Covering the conflict from its nineteenth-century origins to the latest developments of the twenty-first century, this book explains the key events, examines the core issues, and presents the competing claims and narratives of both sides. Readers will learn what the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is all about, how it has evolved over time, and why it continues to defy diplomatic efforts at a resolution.

Monoproductive Traits in Brazil’s Economic Past

2004 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-141
Author(s):  
Edward J. Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
National Income ◽  
Economic Structure ◽  
World Market ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Colonial Policy ◽  
Mother Country ◽  
The World ◽  
Foreign Commerce

During the first three hundred years of its existence, Brazil had no opportunity to develop its potential natural resources for the benefit of its inhabitants. Portugal, Brazil’s mother country, exploited the colony as a source of wealth for itself and did not administer it for the purpose of creating a sound economic structure for the good of Brazil. Its foreign commerce was a Crown monopoly until 1808. During this colonial period, easily exploited minerals and those crops which would command quick, lucrative profits on the world market, were stressed by Portuguese administrators. Thus, early in its history, the disastrous seeds of monoculture were sown in Brazil. These products were taken to Lisbon, which served as a jobbing center for the Empire, and from there they were distributed by vessel to other countries. Large-scale industry was discouraged by Portugal, and in some instances, actually forbidden. In this, Portugal was following the general colonial policy common to many European nations during that period. Characteristic of the Portuguese attitude was Queen Maria’s order in 1785 for the destruction of all industries and factories in Brazil that were not devoted to the production of sugar; a product from which Portugal at this time derived much of its national income. In return for the lucrative slave crops of sugar and cotton, the colony was forced to buy expensive finished goods from the mother country. The exchange profited Portugal greatly and strangled Brazil economically.

Introduction

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Richardson ◽  
Claudia Gorbman
Keyword(s):  
Final Section ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Independent Film ◽  
The Core ◽  
Current State ◽  
London 2012 ◽  
The World ◽  
State Of Research ◽  
New Research ◽  
Core Issues

This article appears in theOxford Handbook of New Audiovisual Aestheticsedited by John Richardson, Claudia Gorbman, and Carol Vernallis. This introduction frames the book by providing an overview of its authors' work and theorizing new audiovisual aesthetics.1 The first section reviews the current state of research on audiovisuality; it considers how the audiovisual landscape has changed and how new research might respond to these changes. The section attends closely to boundaries, as some of the most fundamental changes are occurring between or at the margins of conventional forms and categories. Immersion, participation, and sensory enrichment are among the core issues discussed in this section. The second section illuminates these observations via two case studies, on audiovisuality in the London 2012 Olympic Games and on the Chinese independent filmThe World. The final section describes fifteen key areas in which research on the audiovisual is currently being pursued.

scholarly journals Turkey's Hegemonic Legacies and EU Accession Bid

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 590-598
Author(s):  
Markos Troulis
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Current Paper ◽  
Candidate Country ◽  
Eu Accession ◽  
The Core ◽  
Post War ◽  
International Systems ◽  
Core Issues ◽  
The Eu

The current paper focuses on Turkey’s EU accession bid in the light of Ahmet Davutoğlu’s thoughts for her positioning in the peripheral and the international systems. The importance of analyzing the former Prime Minister’s thoughts and methodology is high for anybody to understand Turkey’s strategic aims and their consequences for the systemic stability mainly on the regional level. Moreover, the afore-mentioned debate refers to the problematique of the future of the EU, the transformation of its nature and the core issues surrounding the post-war stability in Europe, since Turkey is a candidate country for EU accession. In other words, the nature of Ahmet Davutoğlu’s foreign policy priorities and practices is described in parallel with the substance of the cosmotheoretical values having led Europe to a relatively peaceful post-war coexistence of its nations.

Platform Work and Participation

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Zachary Kilhoffer
Keyword(s):  
Labor Markets ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Court Cases ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
The Core ◽  
The World ◽  
And Function ◽  
Policy Proposals ◽  
Core Issues

Platforms like Uber, Deliveroo, and Upwork have disrupted labor markets around the world. These platforms vary enormously in form and function, but generally contain three parts: digital platforms, which set the rules and intermediate communication and transactions between the other two parts, consumers and platform workers. Platform work is a diverse type of labor that developed around these platforms, and it has great potential to increase citizen participation. However, it is under intense scrutiny in light of widely publicized protests and court cases. This report attempts to disentangle the rhetoric surrounding platform work by discussing its emergence and conceptualization, key challenges, and how it may increase participation in the socio-economic sphere. The conclusion discusses how most policy proposals to regulate platform work fail to address the core issues, while potentially stifling innovative practices. Instead, the author suggests more tailored and proportionate regulatory responses.

scholarly journals Thematic maps in Eugeniusz Romer’s Geographical and Statistical Atlas of Poland from 1916 – the historical and methodological perspective (on the 100-year anniversary of the publication)

2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-86
Author(s):  
Anna Osowska ◽  
Dariusz Przybytek
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Agriculture Industry ◽  
Comprehensive Information ◽  
Administrative Division ◽  
The World ◽  
Thematic Cartography ◽  
History Of ◽  
Post War ◽  
Statistical Atlas ◽  
Official Data

Abstract The Geograficzno-statystyczny atlas Polski (Geographical and Statistical Atlas of Poland), printed in Vienna in 1916, was elaborated due to remind the world about Poland and the Polish issue. At that time Poland had been partitioned for over 120 years and it was very important to provide comprehensive information about historical Polish territory and its inhabitants before the end of the ongoing war. It was a significant decision because the atlas appeared to be crucial to establishing borders of the Second Polish Republic at the Paris Peace Conference. In 2016 the hundredth anniversary of first edition of atlas is a great occasion for a historical and methodical brief outline. The atlas was the fundamental work of Eugeniusz Romer, a distinguished geographer, cartographer and geo-politician. All of the 65 maps and 5 diagrams were elaborated by himself and his collaborators: W. Semkowicz, J. Nowak, W. Szafer, S. Weigner, J. Rutkowski, K. Nitsch, B. Chodkiewicz. It includes maps showing physiograpy, administrative division, history of the Polish territory, population, nationality, religion, agriculture, industry and transport, developed on the basis of official data sources. It is noteworthy that E. Romer introduced the isarithmic method on a large scale to present both population and socio-economic phenomena. As an all-embracing work, Atlas played a major role in drawing the boundaries of the reborn Poland in post-war Europe. This also shows that thematic cartography has been an essential instrument in argumentation for the national interest of Poland.

scholarly journals What is Really Happening with Global Inequality?

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur S. Alderson ◽  
Roshan K. Pandian
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Upper Bound ◽  
Global Inequality ◽  
The Core ◽  
The World ◽  
World Income ◽  
Core Issues

We use the latest available data from the World Income Inequality Database 3.4 and the Penn World Tables 9.0 to examine some of the core issues and concerns that have animated research on global inequality. We begin by reviewing the evidence on trends in within-country inequality, drawing out some of the implications of this for our thinking about inequality and economic development. We examine between-country inequality, computing updated estimates of trends in both unweighted and population-weighted between-country inequality. The data reveal that inequality between countries increased across the latter half of the twentieth century, then turned to decline measurably thereafter. We show that this decline is robust to a range of methodological and measurement decisions identified as important in previous research. We then examine estimates of true global inequality, situating these in relation to lower- and upper-bound estimates of global inequality. We conclude by noting the critical and contested role of globalization in inequality reduction.

Wawa: Building a New Business within an Established Firm

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Robert C. Wolcott
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Corporate Entrepreneurship ◽  
The United States ◽  
Core Business ◽  
The Core ◽  
Organic Growth ◽  
New Business ◽  
Organization Strategy ◽  
Established Firms

Wawa, a $4 billion privately held firm, is arguably the most successful convenience store operator in the United States. Explores how senior management decided to build an entirely new gasoline retailing business within the 100+-year-old firm's core business of high-quality prepared foods and beverages. Charges students with defining the business and organization strategy necessary to “mainstream” the newly proven gasoline retailing concept throughout the company.To understand how corporate entrepreneurship occurs within established firms; redefine the core business—understanding organic growth beyond the core; and examine the critical role of leadership in any large-scale change process.

Drivers and Issues of China–EU Negotiations for a Comprehensive Agreement on Investment

2019 ◽  
pp. 163-193
Author(s):  
Flavia Marisi ◽  
Qian Wang
Keyword(s):  
Role Model ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Negotiation Process ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
The Core ◽  
Fair And Equitable Treatment ◽  
The World ◽  
Other World ◽  
Equitable Treatment ◽  
Core Issues

Although the China–EU Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI), currently under negotiation, covers only bilateral investments, it may clear the path for a potential free trade agreement between the parties. Its relevance goes beyond the purely economic and legal impact, owing to the central importance that these two regions have both economically and strategically in their wider neighbourhood and worldwide, often in competition with the interests of other world powers. In particular, the chapter identifies the provisions of fair and equitable treatment (FET), taxation, and transparency as the core issues in the negotiation process, and highlights both their features and relevance. The latter can be inferred from the frequency of alleged breaches in investor–state cases, and therefore it is on these issues that the legal discussion of the greater part of arbitration cases focuses. It is of essence that China and the EU carefully design all the clauses in the CAI, concluding a treaty able to foster investments in both directions and satisfy the parties’ interests, both as home states of investors and as host states. With these features, the CAI has full potential to serve as a role model for the rest of the world.

scholarly journals The impact of penalties for wrong answers on the gender gap in test scores

2020 ◽  
Vol 117 (16) ◽  
pp. 8794-8803 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine B. Coffman ◽  
David Klinowski
Keyword(s):  
Policy Change ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
High Stakes ◽  
University Admissions ◽  
High Performing ◽  
College Entry ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

Multiple-choice examinations play a critical role in university admissions across the world. A key question is whether imposing penalties for wrong answers on these examinations deters guessing from women more than men, disadvantaging female test-takers. We consider data from a large-scale, high-stakes policy change that removed penalties for wrong answers on the national college entry examination in Chile. The policy change reduced a large gender gap in questions skipped. It also narrowed gender gaps in performance, primarily among high-performing test-takers, and in the fields of math, social science, and chemistry.

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