History Keeps Bethlehem Steel from Going off the Rails: Moving a Complex Community Process toward Success

2006 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-44
Author(s):  
SHARON ANN HOLT
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Historic Buildings ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Bethlehem Steel Corporation ◽  
Industrial Sites ◽  
Regional Center ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
New Strategies ◽  
State Regional

This article chronicles an on-going effort of local community and cultural groups to preserve and interpret the abandoned historic buildings of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Advocates for the site, with help from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH), are working with private developers to adapt and re-use the site. Outlining the complex process of persuading city of.cials and developers of the value of saving the plant and the interplay of local, state, regional, and national in.uences that shape the project, the author raises questions about the fragility of a public/private/nonpro.t alliance, suggests new strategies public historians might adopt for industrial sites, and comments on the danger that the expense of saving industrial sites poses to communities, even when history is a community priority. Documents and news coverage relating to the project can be read in full at www.march.rutgers.edu/bethsteel.htm.

scholarly journals Metabolic engineering strategy for synthetizing trans-4-hydroxy-l-proline in microorganisms

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenyu Zhang ◽  
Pengfu Liu ◽  
Weike Su ◽  
Huawei Zhang ◽  
Wenqian Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Engineering ◽  
Biosynthetic Pathway ◽  
Industrial Applications ◽  
Microbial Cell Factories ◽  
Important Amino Acid ◽  
Cell Factories ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
Engineering Strategy ◽  
Hydrolysis Of ◽  
New Strategies

AbstractTrans-4-hydroxy-l-proline is an important amino acid that is widely used in medicinal and industrial applications, particularly as a valuable chiral building block for the organic synthesis of pharmaceuticals. Traditionally, trans-4-hydroxy-l-proline is produced by the acidic hydrolysis of collagen, but this process has serious drawbacks, such as low productivity, a complex process and heavy environmental pollution. Presently, trans-4-hydroxy-l-proline is mainly produced via fermentative production by microorganisms. Some recently published advances in metabolic engineering have been used to effectively construct microbial cell factories that have improved the trans-4-hydroxy-l-proline biosynthetic pathway. To probe the potential of microorganisms for trans-4-hydroxy-l-proline production, new strategies and tools must be proposed. In this review, we provide a comprehensive understanding of trans-4-hydroxy-l-proline, including its biosynthetic pathway, proline hydroxylases and production by metabolic engineering, with a focus on improving its production.

scholarly journals Increasing the socio-cultural influence of immovable cultural heritage on local communities – the case of historic residential buildings in Wielkopolska used as hotels

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 43-57
Author(s):  
Zdzisława Elżbieta Niemczewska
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Historic Buildings ◽  
Cultural Impact ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Property Owners ◽  
Cultural Functions

The article presents results of a study of how immovable cultural heritage used for commercial purposes of tourism affects local communities. The study is based on data collected in direct interviews with property owners and representatives of local authorities and a questionnaire survey of local residents concerning sixteen historic buildings used as hotels, which are located in rural areas of Wielkopolskie province. It was found that the provision of additional, free cultural functions for local communities by property owners and/or local authorities exerts a greater socio-cultural impact and contributes to local, sustainable development. Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that when historic buildings of this kind are used for commercial purposes it is important to ensure that they are part of the cultural experience not only for hotel guests but also for the local community. In this way, entire communities can appreciate their local cultural heritage (socio-cultural impact), which in turn strengthens cultural sustainability.

Agenda

2030 ◽  
2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rutger van Santen ◽  
Djan Khoe ◽  
Bram Vermeer
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Stimulated Emission ◽  
Technology Industry ◽  
Current State ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
The Future ◽  
Evolution Of Technology ◽  
Scientists And Engineers ◽  
New Strategies

We have some serious work to do. Far too many people lead miserable lives because they lack the most basic necessities to deal with hunger, thirst, shelter, disease, or disability. In addition, the prosperity currently enjoyed by many of us may not be taken for granted in the future. The experts in this book have identified a range of breakthroughs that are urgently required if we are to improve the fate of humanity in the decades ahead and look to the future with greater confidence. There will be some hard choices, and some lines of research will probably need to be pursued at the expense of others. Industry should change and adopt new strategies. And we as a society should accept and foster that change. The evolution of technology, industry, and society is a complex process full of feedback mechanisms and surprises. It’s vital that we understand the most promising ways to facilitate the necessary changes of direction. The technologies proposed in this book aren’t straightforward; otherwise, they would have been identified much sooner. The days when you could produce a brilliant invention in your garden shed have largely gone. Anyone wishing to improve the current state of technology needs a solid pedigree and will need to labor long and hard with a group of dedicated colleagues, in many cases relying on extremely expensive equipment. Breakthroughs demand the stamina, laborious testing, and inspiration of countless scientists and engineers. Hundreds of thousands of design hours can go into a new microchip, car, or power-generation technique. Developing new technology is a complex process. That complexity is exemplified by the development of the laser. Einstein predicted the principle of stimulated emission on which lasers are based long before World War II. But it was many more decades before working lasers were created and longer still before they were put to practical use. Once we had them, however, we found we could use them in new scientific instruments that opened up fresh areas of research.

scholarly journals PENGKEMASAN PAKET WISATA TRACKING DENGAN KONSEP TRI HITA KARANA DI DESA MUNDUK-BULELENG

Jurnal IPTA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
I Nyoman Surya Maha Putra ◽  
I Wayan Suardana ◽  
I Putu Sudana
Keyword(s):  
Rice Field ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Historic Buildings ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Natural Landscapes ◽  
Community Trust ◽  
Tourism Potential ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

Munduk village is located in the district of Banjar, Buleleng regency, which has a variety of attractions that can be developed. The purpose of this study was to determine the potential of tourism and packaging of tracking package tour with the concept of Tri Hita Karana in Munduk Village, Buleleng. The informants technique used in this research is purposive sampling. The informants in this research consisted of The chief of Munduk village, leaders community, and local guides. The analysis data technique used is descriptive qualitative. The results of this research indicated that Munduk has tourism potential in terms of natural landscapes, arts, local community trust, habits of the population, and historic buildings. Based on this potential, Tracking activities in Munduk village will packed into a tour packages by applying the concept of Tri Hita Karana. The tracking tour packages is divided into two options, namely Munduk Waterfall Tracking and Munduk Rice Field Tracking.

scholarly journals Student Content Analysis of Business News Coverage

10.28945/2544 ◽  
2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine K. Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
News Media ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Local Community ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Business Community ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Business News

Content analysis of media coverage provided a setting for group work, critical thinking, research, and data analysis. The analysis was motivated by a series of news stories that had damaged the reputation of the local community. The question was whether local news coverage was negative toward the business community. A business class addressed the problem and found that articles that business would view as favorable predominated. Based on their research, the class formulated a public relations strategy. Although this setting is a business class, content analysis of news media would work in other classes that emphasize critical thinking and problem solving.

scholarly journals Anger among Chinese migrants amid COVID-19 discrimination: The role of host news coverage, cultural distance, and national identity

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. e0259866
Author(s):  
Xiaoyuan Li ◽  
Alexander S. English ◽  
Steve J. Kulich
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Cultural Psychology ◽  
Cultural Distance ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Chinese Migrants ◽  
Geographically Dispersed ◽  
Identity Processes ◽  
The Impact

As the early COVID-19 outbreak sparked xenophobia against people of Asian and Chinese background, we collected data from Chinese migrants worldwide to test how discrimination at a macro-level was perceived by the Chinese during COVID-19 globally. Specifically, we examined (1) whether/how the Chinese migrants were aware of discrimination against their co-nationals during COVID; (2) if so, whether anger was a predominant reaction of these Chinese towards certain exposure to relevant information; (3) how responses of anger transcend across the group of Chinese migrants. Integrating the ecological approach to media and cultural psychology, as well as the intergroup perspective of social psychology, we conducted a study that explored the impact of traditional media exposure to discrimination on collective anger—a process mediated by national identity among the Chinese migrants. Findings provide some evidence that geographically dispersed mono-cultural groups may share or identify with collective emotions when facing xenophobic threats in a macro context. Further examination of cultural distance (between China and the host country) among the Chinese migrants also revealed a particular interaction between host newspaper coverage and cultural distance on national identity. These findings suggest further research to examine the emotional norms of similar cultures bonded via strong collective identities in times of intergroup threat and the theoretical possibility for diasporic identity processes.

Does Personal Experience in a Community Increase or Decrease Newspaper Reading?

1996 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 304-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Pearce Demers
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Social Ties ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Community Attachment ◽  
Data Support ◽  
Student Newspapers ◽  
Attachment Model

Many agenda-setting researchers argue that personal experience with issues or events in a community diminishes use of mass media. This study challenges this notion and, drawing on the community attachment model, hypothesizes that personal experience normally will increase newspaper reading. Personal experience increases reading because rarely is it identical or isomorphic with news coverage, especially in pluralistic systems, and because, like social ties in general, personal experience often stimulates additional needs for information. Data support the key hypothesis when it comes to reading of the local community weekly and student newspapers, but not for the metropolitan newspaper.

scholarly journals Persistence of Spatial Layout Concept as the Basis for Conservation of the Baluwarti Settlement of Surakarta

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Tri Hartanto
Keyword(s):  
Basic Concept ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Spatial Layout ◽  
Historic Buildings ◽  
Settlement Area ◽  
Spatial Concept ◽  
Royal City ◽  
Heritage Area ◽  
Settlement Areas

This research was conducted in the Baluwarti settlement of Surakarta. This settlement was once the royal city of the Surakarta Hadiningrat palace, which was founded in 1745. The Surakarta Hadingrat Palace was built in 1742 by Paku Buwana II. In 1748 Paku Buwana II died, and was replaced by Paku Buwana III. During his reign, Paku Buwana III began to build a settlement area for soldiers, sentana dalem, and abdi dalem which is currently known as the Baluwarti settlement. One of the objectives of this research is to explore the concept of settlement spatial layout. By using historical studies research methods, it is known that the concept of settlement spatial layout is manunggaling kawula lan gusti. Then the exploration of the concept of spatial layout  continued until today (Paku Buwana XIII era). Based on the elements of spatial layout that are still and are still being maintained, it can be concluded that the spatial concept from the time of Paku Buwana III to Paku Buwana XIII is still being maintained. The Baluwarti settlement is a cultural heritage area of ??Solo City, and at the same time is a legacy of historical value, according to the Decree of the Mayor of Surakarta Number 646/116/i/1997 concerning the Determination of Ancient Historic Buildings and Areas in the Municipality of Surakarta.  In this effort to conserve settlement  areas, it also faces the same problems as in other places, including the absence of a clear concept in preservation so that the local community has not carried out conservation of the area properly. So that from the results of previous research, namely the concept of spatial layout which was maintained from the beginning until now (manunggaling kawula lan Gusti), will become the basic concept in preserving the settlement area of ??Baluwarti Surakarta.

scholarly journals Konteks Lembaga dalam Implementasi Kebijakan Pengurangan Kematian Bayi di Kabupaten Kupang

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 333-352
Author(s):  
Mariayani Rene ◽  
Kismartini Kismartini ◽  
Hartuti Purnaweni
Keyword(s):  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Infant Mortality ◽  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Institutional Context ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
Reduce Infant Mortality ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
And Child Health

Policy implementation is a complex process because there are many conditions affect in the process. One of them is the institutional context, as a corridor which policy must travel. Maternal and child health is an important policy in Indonesia, this is related to the high rate of infant mortality in Indonesia. One of the highst infrant Mortality rate in Indonesia is Kupang Regency, therefore the regencyal government made a Regional Regulation (Perda) No 3 of 2016 for reduce mother and infrant mortality. The purpose of this study is to analyze the institutional context in implementing of Perda No. 3 Tahun 2016 for reduce infant mortality in Kupang Regency by Najam (1995). This study use qualitative descriptive. The results show the problem of institutional context in policy implementation for reduce infrant moratlity in Kupang Regency are: the subdistrict head and headman are less active in carrying out their duties, lack of society participation. Another problem in institutional context in this policy is conditions of environmental in Kupang Regency, such as geographical conditions, Poor Education, poor sanitation, and also the traditional festival Se'i by the Local Community. Keywords: Policy Implementation, Institutional Context, Infant Mortality Abstrak Implementasi kebijakan merupakan suatu proses yang kompleks, karena ada berbagai kondisi yang turut berpengaruh dalam prosesnya, salah satunya adalah konteks lembaga, sebagai prosedur operasi yang harus dilalui sebuah kebijakan dalam proses implementasinya. Kebijakan kesehatan ibu dan anak merupakan sebuah kebijakan yang penting di Indonesia, hal ini berkenaan dengan tingginya Angka KematianBayi (AKB) Indonesia. Salah satu daerah di Indonesia yang memiliki AKB yang tinggi ialah Kabupaten Kupang, oleh karena itu pemerintah Kabupaten Kupang membuat sebuah kebijakan berupa Perda No. 3 Tahun 2016 tentang KIBBLA untuk mengurangi kematian ibu dan khususnya kematian bayi. Tujuan penelitian ini ialah untuk menganalisis konteks dalam implementasi kebijakan Perda No. 3 tahun 2016, dengan mengacu pada teori model implementasi Najam (1995). Metode penelitian adalah deskriptif kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan permasalahan yang muncul pada konteks lembaga dalam implementasi kebijaka pengurangan kematian bayi ialah kurangnya peran aktif dari Lurah dan Kepala desa dalam melaksanakan apa yang menjadi tanggung jawab mereka dalam implementasi kebijakan, serta kurangnya partisipasi aktif dari masyarakat. Realitas lingkungan Kabupaten Kupang, berupa kondisi geografis, tingkat pendidikan, buruknya sanitasi, dan juga tradisi Se’i oleh masyarakat setempat juga menjadi hambatan dalam implementasi kebijakan. Kata Kunci: Implementasi Kebijakan, Konteks Lembaga, Angka Kematian Bayi

NILAI INTRINSIK KOMUNITI SETEMPAT: TINJAUAN KE ATAS PENDEKATAN SUAIGUNA SEMULA BANGUNAN BERSEJARAH DI PERAK

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-103
Author(s):  
DAENG HALIZA DAENG JAMAL ◽  
ZULISKANDAR RAMLI ◽  
MASTOR SURAT
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Intrinsic Value ◽  
Adaptive Reuse ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Historic Buildings ◽  
Related Field ◽  
Intrinsic Values ◽  
Government Documents ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
The Government

Antara kaedah efektif dalam melestarikan bangunan bersejarah ialah menerusi pendekatan penyesuaigunaan semula bangunan. Perubahan fungsi bangunan juga dapat memanjangkan jangka hayat bangunan berkenaan selain melindunginya daripada ancaman kepupusan. Oleh itu, artikel ini bertujuan membincangkan nilai-nilai intrinsik yang berpotensi wujud dalam kalangan komuniti setempat menerusi pendekatan penyesuaigunaan semula bangunan bersejarah. Komuniti setempat yang terlibat dalam kajian ini adalah terdiri daripada penduduk tempatan di beberapa daerah di Perak. Kaedah kajian yang digunakan ialah kualitatif menerusi kajian kepustakaan dan temu bual bersama beberapa pakar bidang. Beberapa buku, artikel, dokumen rasmi kerajaan dan tesis dirujuk bagi mendapatkan maklumat. Temu bual dianalisis dengan mengalihkannya ke dalam bentuk transkrip dan dipecahkan kepada beberapa tema. Hasil kajian mendapati penyesuaigunaan semula bangunan-bangunan bersejarah telah membentuk nilai-nilai intrinsik seperti nilai sepunya, kebanggaan, semangat jiwa setempat, perasaan melambangkan, kesanggupan dan mengekalkan. Analisis kajian juga menemukan sokongan penuh komuniti setempat dalam usaha memulihara dan memelihara bangunan bersejarah menerusi pendekatan suaiguna semula dilihat mampu mengukuhkan usaha pihak kerajaan terutamanya pihak berkuasa tempatan untuk memulihara dan memelihara bangunan bersejarah sebagai identiti warisan di Perak.   Adaptive reuse is an effective method to use in preserving historic buildings. This is because changing the function may extend the lifespan of the building in addition to protecting it from the threat of extinction. This paper aims to discuss the intrinsic value that may be generated among the local community through the adaptive reuse of historic buildings. This study has involved local residents from several areas in Perak. It has used qualitative methods of literature review and interviews with several experts in the related field. Several books, articles, thesis and official government documents were referred to in order to get the data. Meanwhile, data from interviews were transcribed and divided into several themes. The study has found that adaptive reuse of historical buildings has formed the intrinsic values such as sense of belonging, pride, sense of place, symbolizing feelings, willingness and perpetuate. The analysis also has found that the local communities gave their full support to the government in the latter's efforts of conserving and preserving historic buildings. The local communities regarded the buildings as heritage identity of Perak.

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