scholarly journals Assessment of Citizens’ Actions against Light Pollution with Guidelines for Future Initiatives

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 4997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karolina M. Zielińska-Dabkowska ◽  
Kyra Xavia ◽  
Katarzyna Bobkowska
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Light Pollution ◽  
Natural Habitats ◽  
Legal Cases ◽  
Citizen Action ◽  
Grass Roots ◽  
Media Reports

Due to the wide reach of media reports about scientific research and technological tools such as the world wide web (WWW), the Internet, and web browsers, citizens today have access to factual information about the negative impact of artificial light at night (ALAN) on their dark skies, and their health and well-being. This means they can now make educated decisions and take the necessary steps to help protect themselves and their communities from disruptive light pollution. Whilst this action is positive and welcomed, unfortunately, according to collected data, not all such initiatives have been successful. Although our understanding of this groundswell movement is deepening, further studies are required to complete a worldwide picture of the current situation. This paper therefore investigates the various actions taken by citizens, as well as the challenges, methods, and tools involved, regarding good practices initiated by grass roots activism on how to reduce existing and potential light pollution. The results of a comparative analysis of 262 international case studies (lawsuits and online petitions) reveal that, since the 1990s, there has been an increase in the number of legal cases related to light pollution due to the rise in public awareness, the availability of scientific knowledge via the Internet, and the ability to take accurate lighting measurements and perform lighting simulations. Also, in the last decade a new tool for digital participation in the form of online petitions has established a new movement of citizen action to mitigate the effects of light pollution. Based on this information, a seven-step framework involving recommendations for citizen action has been developed. It is expected that this new knowledge will benefit those citizens planning future efforts involving the development, implementation, and monitoring processes of outdoor lighting. Additionally, it might support the evolution of planning and policy approaches that are sustainable and necessary to improve the application and installation of ecologically/biologically responsible illumination for towns, cities, and natural habitats.

scholarly journals Introducing Park Facilities and Novelties to Support Individual’s Intention to (Re)Visit

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marija Opačak
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Public Parks ◽  
City Development ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Park Transformation ◽  
Impact Of Urbanization

Many developed countries have recognized the importance of public parks in sustainable development of cities as they help minimizing the negative impact of urbanization. Developing countries, on the other hand, are facing problems such as lack of public awareness and inadequate facilities for sports and social activities to attract visitors to public parks, which positively affect the social and psychological human well-being. Parks are venues that enable people of all age groups to engage in different activities with family and friends and connect with nature. While planning a city development, policy makers should consider new findings in the area of brownfield regeneration, to use the existing land more efficiently and ensure public acceptance of the proposed projects. This chapter contains five sections. Section 1 gives an introduction to land use challenges faced by policy makers, brownfield sites, and stimulus that motivate people to use public parks. In Section 2, the importance of urban parks to human health and key elements to achieve urban sustainability are presented. Section 3 introduces novelty among park facilities. Section 4 gives an example of a landfill-to-park transformation. Section 5 summarizes policy suggestions for decision makers to increase their focus on the importance of parks.

scholarly journals THE ESSENCE OF THE COMPLEX PROGRAM FOR THE PREVENTION OF DESTRUCTIVE INFLUENCE OF THE INTERNET ENVIRONMENT ON THE STUDENT YOUTH

2021 ◽  
pp. 71-74
Author(s):  
Daria Kononovych
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Social Adaptation ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Complex Program ◽  
Internet Environment

The spread of information technology in all spheres of life has a significant impact on the socialization and social adaptation of an individual. It also creates risks of negative impact on the psychological well-being, health and even life of the younger generation. The modern information age raises the problem of the formation of students ability to self-education, their competence work with different types of information and critical thinking skills. The purpose of the article is to reveal the essence of the program for the prevention of destructive influence of the Internet environment on the student youth in the activities of social service centers. Using the method of analysis of the scientific literature, the content of the basic concepts of research is clarified. To substantiate the essence and features of prevention programs of destructive influence of the Internet environment on the student youth we used methods of systematization and generalization. In the article the author considers the state of prevention of destructive influence of the Internet environment in Ukraine and reveals the essence of the complex program for the prevention of such influence on student youth in the activity of the centers of social services. The author analyzes the current state of preventive activities; defines the concept of «prevention of destructive influence». The paper describes the purpose and objectives of preventive work, the structural components of the program, reveals their content. The program is aimed at personal development, motivation for active involvement in the process of planning further life, providing opportunities to master the skills of counteracting destructive influence, critical thinking.

scholarly journals A Perspective on Reprioritizing Children’s’ Wellbeing Amidst COVID-19: Implications for Policymakers and Caregivers

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shakti Chaturvedi ◽  
Thomas Enias Pasipanodya
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychosocial Health ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Adequate Response ◽  
Children’S Wellbeing ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
The Impact

The present work presents an analytical and investigatory view of the existing issues regarding COVID-19 with attention to children and their overall well-being during the second quarter of 2020. The authors conducted an extensive content analysis of media reports, government briefings, social platforms, and provide some recommendations to the policymakers and care providers for building more robust responses for the pandemic affected children. The article contributes to the existing field of study in the following ways. Firstly, the present manuscript describes the impact of COVID-19 on the psychosocial health of children. Secondly, the authors offered some outcome-based responses to policymakers and caregivers to mitigate the negative impact of the pandemic on COVID affected families and children. Thirdly, the article highlights the importance of social media, the role of storytelling, and using the concept of mandalas in handling the pandemic affected sensitive sections of the society. Lastly, the authors furnish some response initiatives to combat the novel COVID-19 pandemic based on real-world observations. These initiatives can influence policymakers as well as help caregivers to design efficient and adequate response programs for the pandemic affected children.

scholarly journals Informal Education of Adolescents

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 03019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Chernikova ◽  
Nadezhda Sivrikova ◽  
Tatyana Ptashko
Keyword(s):  
Informal Education ◽  
Intellectual Development ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Positive Feedbacks ◽  
Self Actualization

The present article reveals the concept and the significance of the informal component of educational environment designed for modern adolescents. The authors provide the analysis of Russian and foreign research in the field of adolescents education through their media-consumption; the analysis of gender disparities of self-actualization in the Internet environment. The study presents aspects of positive and negative impact of the Internet on the personal and intellectual development of adolescents, as well as on their socialization and psychological well-being (Internet-addiction). The empirical research identified trends in adolescents’ attitude towards Internet, books and their role in educational process. The results show that adolescents mostly apply to the Internet, books and TV as a source of informal education. The Internet plays a considerable role in the life of adolescents. More than a half of those who took part in the survey spend all their free time surfing the Internet. On the Internet, the adolescents mostly watch foreign movies, read books which have positive feedbacks on forums; they do it both to broaden their horizons and enlarge life experience in general. Through the Internet, adolescents – both girls and boys – make more friends, they more prominently articulate their opinion, and become more tolerant. Only one in ten mentioned the negative impact of the Internet on his/her psychological state.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL INTERNET PRACTICES ON THE PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING OF SENIOR PUPILS

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-134
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Computer Games ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Subjective Assessments ◽  
The Impact

The article deals with the study of the peculiarities of the impact of social Internet practices on the psychological well-being of senior pupils. The author presents a model of psychological well-being of senior pupils and a conceptual model of the impact of social Internet practices on the psychological well-being of senior pupils, which takes into account the content of practices, situational and targeted self-regulation of their realization. An empirical study of the impact of social Internet practices on the psychological well-being of senior pupils is carried out. The general sample consisted of 9th-11th grade pupils of secondary schools, a total of 1,144 respondents, including 458 boys and 686 girls, aged 14 to 17. The study used: author’s methods of express evaluation of psychological well-being, assessment of the content of social Internet practices, separate scales of the questionnaire for assessing the level of media culture (L. Naydonova, O. Baryshpolets, etc.), author’s questionnaire of subjective self-assessment of impact of social Internet-practices on psychological well-being. The results of the empirical study have revealed the phenomenon of asymmetry of subjective assessments of the impact of social Internet practices: senior pupils overestimate the positivity of the impact of the Internet. Besides, the higher the level of real psychological well-being of respondents, the more their subjective assessments of the impact of Internet practices are shifted towards the positive, i.e. they more positively perceive any activity on the Internet, although it may objectively cause certain risks. Peculiarities of psychological well-being of active and inactive users of various social Internet practices are identified and described. The positive impact of the practices of searching for interesting information and information for learning (informational consumer practices), as well as the practice of using social networks to maintain friendly relations (communicative) on psychological well-being have been confirmed. It has been established that computer games and surfing the web without a purpose have a negative impact on the psychological well-being of senior pupils.

The role of production and non-production factors in the formation of male mortality (on the example of two Arctic single-industry towns)

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (11) ◽  
pp. 738-741
Author(s):  
Maria S. Bryleva
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Malignant Neoplasms ◽  
Male Mortality ◽  
Occupational Factors ◽  
Copper Nickel ◽  
Production Factors ◽  
Single Industry ◽  
Working Age ◽  
Quality Of Medical Care

Introduction. One of the priority socio-economic and medical-demographic problems in Russia is the high mortality. The study aim is to identify the most significant factors that determine the mortality on the example of two single-industry towns. Materials and methods. Mortality in two single-industry towns specializing in copper-nickel production, differenced in climate, environmental, and socio-economic indicators, was studied using age-standardized indicators averaged over 8 years (2010-2017). Results. In Monchegorsk, compared to Russia, with similar non-production characteristics, working-age mortality from cardiovascular diseases (CVD) was higher by 49.0%, from malignant neoplasms (MN) by 34.7%, from diseases of the digestive system by 35.5%, which confirms the negative impact of occupational factors on the mortality of the population of a single-industry city. In Norilsk city, with the worst characteristics of the environment and climate, compared to Monchegorsk, mortality from CVD was lower in working age by 40.6%, in post-working age by 41.4%; from MN - in working age lower by 37.2% that shows the compensating influence of socio-economic factors on mortality. Conclusion. Risk factors for increased mortality rates in single-industry towns with copper-nickel enterprises are the influence of harmful occupational factors, as well as environmental pollution. Along with primary prevention, an effective mechanism for reducing mortality is to improve socio-economic well-being, and the quality of medical care.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the psychosocial condition of students in Poland and Ukraine

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piotr Długosz ◽  
Yana
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Psychosocial Condition ◽  
On Line ◽  
Line Survey ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Emotional Condition ◽  
Double Measurement

The article presents the results of research on psychosocial condition among Polish and Ukrainian students during the quarantine. The aim of the research was to verify the impact of the pandemic and its accompanying phenomena on the well-being of youth. In order to achieve this goal, the CAWI on-line survey method with double measurement was used. The first measurement carried out at the beginning of the quarantine resulted in 3659 filled out surveys in Poland and 739 in Ukraine. The second measurement conducted at the end of distance learning brought 1978 filled out surveys in Poland and 411 in Ukraine. The results of research indicate that the quarantine had a negative impact on the psychosocial condition of youth. The deterioration of emotional condition and the increase in mental disorders has been observed. Due to the pandemic and distance learning, the mental health of youth deteriorated significantly. Polish youth were negatively influenced by the pandemic to a greater extent than young Ukrainians.

Bali 1928 Music Recordings and 1930s Films

2018 ◽  
pp. 348-372
Author(s):  
Edward Herbst
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Grass Roots ◽  
Emerging Media ◽  
Dominate Discourse ◽  
Music Recordings

Bali 1928 is a restoration and repatriation project involving the first published recordings of music in Bali and related film footage and photographs from the 1930s, and a collaboration with Indonesians in all facets of vision, planning, and implementation. Dialogic research among centenarian and younger performers, composers and indigenous scholars has repatriated their knowledge and memories, rekindled by long-lost aural and visual resources. The project has published a series of five CD and DVD volumes in Indonesia by STIKOM Bali and CDs in the United States by Arbiter Records, with dissemination through emerging media and the Internet, and grass-roots repatriation to the genealogical and cultural descendants of the 1928 and 1930s artists and organizations. Extensive research has overcome anonymity, so common with archival materials, which deprives descendants of their unique identities, local epistemologies, and techniques, marginalizing and homogenizing a diverse heritage so that entrenched hegemonies prevail and dominate discourse, authority, and power.

scholarly journals Relationships between Physical and Social Behavioural Changes and the Mental Status of Homebound Residents in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (18) ◽  
pp. 6653
Author(s):  
Ben Y. F. Fong ◽  
Martin C. S. Wong ◽  
Vincent T. S. Law ◽  
Man Fung Lo ◽  
Tommy K. C. Ng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Severe Depression ◽  
Social Contact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Physical Strain

In Hong Kong, social distancing has been adopted in order to minimise the spread of COVID-19. This study aims to examine the changes in physical health, mental health, and social well-being experienced by local residents who were homebound during the pandemic. An online questionnaire in both Chinese and English versions was completed by 590 eligible participants from 24 April to 13 May 2020. The questionnaire found that individuals aged 18 to 25 years spent more time resting and relaxing but experienced more physical strain. Working status was associated with social contact, with participants working full-time jobs scoring higher in “maintaining social communication via electronic means” and “avoiding social activities outside the home”. Additionally, approximately one third of the participants (29.7%) had moderate to severe depression, and participants aged 18 to 25 were found to have higher scores in PHQ-9. Changes in physical health and social contact were significantly associated with developing depressive symptoms. From the results, it is clear that the COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to exert a negative impact on the mental health status of individuals.

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