scholarly journals Incorporating Integrative Perspectives into Impact Reduction Management in a Reef Recreation Area

Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun-Hung Lee ◽  
Yun-Ju Chen ◽  
Yu-Sheng Huang ◽  
Chu-Wei Chen
Keyword(s):  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Monthly Income ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Educational Training ◽  
Impact Reduction ◽  
Reduction Program ◽  
Recreation Area ◽  
Integrated Program ◽  
Heterogeneity Of Preferences

The act of balancing two sustainability goals, the conservation of ecosystem services, and allowing access to reef recreational areas is a big challenge for the management of marine protected areas (MPAs). This study evaluates tourist preferences towards integrative aspects of an impact reduction program in a reef recreation area. We find that by integrating the marine police institution, providing educational training, setting up control of the number of divers, setting up control of the experience area, and taking boats to the snorkeling point are the key factors. We also identify the features that affect the heterogeneity of preferences with impact reduction management in the MPAs as follows: (1) monthly income; (2) type of tourist; and (3) joining conservation groups, and the integrated program generate the highest welfare value. These results can be applied to create a suitable management strategy for sustainable reef tourism that meets the needs of stakeholders.

An econometric analysis of the factors affecting consumers' bread waste and consumption behaviour: a case study of Isparta province, Turkey

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Deniz Sarica ◽  
Vecdi Demircan ◽  
Aybike Erturk ◽  
Nilay Arslantas
Keyword(s):  
Driving Forces ◽  
Econometric Analysis ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Monthly Income ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Consumption Behaviour ◽  
Underlying Causes

PurposeThe purpose of the research is to identify the various factors affecting bread wastage and bread consumption of consumers in Isparta, Turkey.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses the categorical regression (CATREG) model to estimate the driving forces of bread waste and consumption. The study concentrates on data obtained from 384 respondents speaking for the same number of households placed in the province of Isparta in Turkey.FindingsThe results indicate that both models are statistically significant at the 1% level. Parents' profession, storage method, type of bread consumed, daily bread expenditure, monthly income and the idea of “bread is cheap” are the most important variables affecting bread wastage. Regarding bread consumption, parents' profession, fathers' education level, monthly income, inadequate control in bakeries, household size and the idea of “bread makes people fat” are found to play significant roles.Practical implicationsThe results could be helpful to develop influential policies on healthy eating and aiming plans to reduce bread consumption to healthy levels and prevent bread waste.Social implicationsThis research contributes to knowledge regarding the underlying causes of the bread consumption and wastage of Turkish consumers in the light of the data analysis for Isparta province.Originality/valueThis paper contains unique and original understandings concerning bread consumption and wastage attitudes and determinants for consumers from Isparta, Turkey. The novel findings of this research have conduced to a better understanding of the key factors that affect bread consumption and waste. The paper also applies an econometric analysis using a CATREG model to analyse the factors influencing consumers' bread waste and consumption behaviour in Isparta province, Turkey.

scholarly journals Strengths and limitations of before–after–control–impact analysis for testing the effects of marine protected areas on managed populations

2019 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 1039-1051
Author(s):  
Lisa A Kerr ◽  
Jacob P Kritzer ◽  
Steven X Cadrin
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Impact Analysis ◽  
Marine Resources ◽  
Focal Species ◽  
Management Objectives ◽  
Management Measures ◽  
Management Approaches

Abstract Marine protected areas (MPAs) are a common management strategy for conserving marine resources, but it can be challenging to evaluate their effectiveness for meeting management objectives. Measuring the effectiveness of MPAs is particularly challenging in dynamic and changing environments where other management approaches are simultaneously implemented. Before–after–control–impact (BACI) analysis is a tool that offers a simple and robust design for evaluating complex effects. However, design and interpretation of a BACI analysis is not always straightforward. The goal of this study was to explore the potential for BACI to evaluate MPA performance in a system simultaneously impacted by other management measures and environmental change. We develop a typology of interpretations of BACI results based on the main and interaction effects of the model, categorized by the extent to which dynamics inside and outside of the MPA are independent. Furthermore, we examine how decisions about the spatial and temporal design of the study, and the focal species and response variables, can determine which outcomes from within the typology are evident through BACI applications to New England groundfish area closures. We identify strengths and limitations of the BACI approach and demonstrate that BACI is a valuable but imperfect tool for evaluating MPAs.

scholarly journals An Improved Random Forest Algorithm for Predicting Employee Turnover

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang Gao ◽  
Junhao Wen ◽  
Cheng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Random Forest ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Employee Turnover ◽  
Random Forest Algorithm ◽  
Monthly Income ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Employee Turnover Intention ◽  
Salary Increase ◽  
F Measure

Employee turnover is considered a major problem for many organizations and enterprises. The problem is critical because it affects not only the sustainability of work but also the continuity of enterprise planning and culture. Therefore, human resource departments are paying greater attention to employee turnover seeking to improve their understanding of the underlying reasons and main factors. To address this need, this study aims to enhance the ability to forecast employee turnover and introduce a new method based on an improved random forest algorithm. The proposed weighted quadratic random forest algorithm is applied to employee turnover data with high-dimensional unbalanced characteristics. First, the random forest algorithm is used to order feature importance and reduce dimensions. Second, the selected features are used with the random forest algorithm and the F-measure values are calculated for each decision tree as weights to build the prediction model for employee turnover. In the area of employee turnover forecasting, compared with the random forest, C4.5, Logistic, BP, and other algorithms, the proposed algorithm shows significant improvement in terms of various performance indicators, specifically recall and F-measure. In the experiment using the employee dataset of a branch of a communications company in China, the key factors influencing employee turnover were identified as monthly income, overtime, age, distance from home, years at the company, and percent of salary increase. Among them, monthly income and overtime were the two most important factors. The study offers a new analytic method that can help human resource departments predict employee turnover more accurately and its experimental results provide further insights to reduce employee turnover intention.

scholarly journals Analysis of Factors Influencing the Dynamics of Labor Emigration: Case-Study of Ukraine

2020 ◽  
pp. 61-73
Author(s):  
W. Duranowski ◽  
Yu.M. Petrushenko ◽  
A.S. Vorontsova ◽  
V.Yu. Barvinok
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Labor Migration ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
The State ◽  
Positive Trend ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Flow Management ◽  
Main Factors

This article analyzes the results of foreign and domestic scientists in the field of labor migration and the factors of this phenomenon. Based on previous researches, factors have been grouped into four main categories, which include all areas of life of existing and potential migrants, such as economic and political, social and climatic. Labor migration is constantly growing. Thus, according to the UN estimates, the number of migrant workers in the world in 2019 amounted to 272 million people, ie 3.5 % of the population, compared to 2010, the figure increased by 56.25 %. Such significant migration movements lead to a global imbalance in the labor market. This proves that the study of this type of migration as labor is relevant, especially the study of the factors that cause migratory flows. The situation in Ukraine, along with world indicators, has a positive trend compared to previous years. Data from the State Statistics Service show an increase in labor migration by 44.4 % between 2016 and 2019. The UN report estimates 5 million people in 2019 who found a job abroad and recognizes Ukraine as one of the leaders in the number of emigrants. This has led to significant losses of human capital (including “brain drain”). Thus, in 2019, Ukraine’s losses from emigrants, including scientists and highly qualified specialists, are estimated at more than 1 billion dollars. Among the donor countries of Ukrainian migrants, the leaders are Poland, EU countries and Russia. This is mainly due to geographical factors and a higher economic level of development of states, compared to Ukraine. The article will also analyze the main factors identified by the state as key in labor flows based on the Labor Flow Management Strategy for 2025, approved in 2019. In the course of the analysis of this strategy, the basic methods of struggle of the state from the viewpoint of the power were defined. Thus, wages and political instability have been identified as key factors that negatively affect migration. Based on the obtained results, recommendations were developed for a more effective settlement of labor emigration issues in Ukraine.

scholarly journals Development scenario of collaborative management at Bantimurung Bulusaraung National Park, South Sulawesi Province

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Abdul Kadir Wakka ◽  
San Afri Awang
Keyword(s):  
Human Resource ◽  
National Park ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Collaborative Management ◽  
Prospective Analysis ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Collaborative Development ◽  
South Sulawesi ◽  
The Future

Collaborative management is the most appropriate strategy in an effort to accommodate the interests of local communities in the management of protected areas. Success of collaborative management is highly dependent on the extent of  identification of key factors for strategy success  to compile scenarios into operational recommendations. This study aimed to formulate a collaborative management strategy for Bantimurung Bulusaraung National Park (Babul NP) based on scenarios that may occur in the future. The study was conducted by observation, interviews and questionnaires to a number of expert informants and literature studies. Data was analyzed using a prospective analysis. The results showed that the development of collaboration in the future is an optimistic scenario with the increasing awareness of the interdependence of interests, improving human resource competencies, collaboration, the ability to build networks with other stakeholders, improving the ability to coordinate with relevant stakeholders and the ability to establish cooperation with them and the adequation of goverment policies to give a place to people in the utilization of the Babul NP. Application of collaborative development scenario is expected to improve Babul NP management.

scholarly journals Halfway to Sustainability: management lessons from community-based, marine no-take zones in the Mexican Caribbean

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Austin Ayer ◽  
Stuart Fulton ◽  
Jacobo Alejandro Caamal-Madrigal ◽  
Alejandro Espinoza-Tenorio
Keyword(s):  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Key Management ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Community Support ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Management Framework ◽  
Management Regime ◽  
Mexican Caribbean ◽  
Successes And Challenges

Spatial closure regimes such as marine protected areas (MPAs) have emerged as a prominent tool in the effort to balance ecosystem health and fishery productivity. As MPAs have proliferated, the conservation community has begun to supplement traditional biological metrics with social and community considerations in the way it seeks to manage and evaluate such tools. To assess management outcomes and opportunities for a network of community-based, marine no-take zones (NTZs) in the Mexican Caribbean, semi-structured interviews were carried out with fishers and key management stakeholders. Findings indicate that the community-based management strategy has inherent tradeoffs between community engagement and conservation potential. Managers have succeeded in fostering high levels of community support for the initiative, but significant challenges remain, most notably the high presence of illegal fishing within NTZs. Successes and challenges of the community-based management strategy are documented and evaluated within a fisheries resource management framework. As the NTZ network undergoes legal renovation following the completion of its initial five-year term, this work serves as an important resource for both reflection on, and adaptation of, the community-based NTZ management regime.

scholarly journals Conditioning Factors of Sustainability of Dual Vocational Educational Training in Andalusia (Spain): Case Study of Three Educational Centres

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (22) ◽  
pp. 9356
Author(s):  
María Teresa Pozo-Llorente ◽  
María de Fátima Poza-Vilches
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Autonomous Community ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Educational Training ◽  
Conditioning Factors ◽  
Youth Entrepreneurship ◽  
Educational Sustainability ◽  
The Relationship

From the incorporation of the Dual Vocational Educational Training (dual VET) in the Spanish educational panorama in 2012, and in the midst of the economic and financial crisis, this dual VET educational scheme has been a political priority of national and regional governments, who see it as a strategy for socioeconomic growth, employability, and youth entrepreneurship framed under an educational sustainability model. Despite the growing number of companies involved in the scheme, this model of educational training has not been free of debate and controversy. This study focuses on the autonomous community of Andalusia with the objective of identifying—using a complementary methodological perspective—the key factors that condition the successful implementation of dual VET in this region based on the experience of three educational centres and the opinions of those educators involved. Some of the weaknesses of dual VET identified in the autonomous community include the ambiguity of regulations, budgetary sustainability, governance models, the relationship between the training offered and industry, the involvement of companies, and the recognition of the teaching staff involved.

scholarly journals Mahjong: A routine activity that has chronically harmed the health of land-lost peasants in Southwest China

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyun Xie ◽  
Yong Zhao ◽  
Fan Zhang ◽  
Shu su ◽  
Nachuan Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Southwest China ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Routine Activity ◽  
Monthly Income ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Long Duration ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
The City

Abstract Background: Mahjong is a four-player gambling game that originated in China. It is a very popular recreational hobby among land-lost Chinese peasants who have moved to the city due to urbanization. This study aims to identify the influencing factors of Mahjong playing behaviors and their effects on the health of land-lost peasants. Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted in two districts of Chongqing (Southwest China), which is the first pilot area of the urban–rural integration in China. Researchers recruited 539 land-lost peasants to implement a self-report questionnaire survey. Logistic regression was conducted to identify the key factors associated with Mahjong playing behaviors. Result: This study found that age is a crucial factor affecting the Mahjong playing behaviors of land-lost peasants. The middle-aged (30–49 years old) and elderly (>= 50 years old) are extremely prone to be problematic Mahjong players when compared with young people (18–29 years old). Moreover, people with a high monthly income are more likely to be problematic Mahjong players compared with those with a low monthly income. In addition, the high frequency of playing and long duration of sessions in the enclosed, smoky environment of Mahjong parlors introduce significant hazards to the health of land-lost peasants. However, Mahjong can help them build a social network, provide them with spiritual comfort, and ultimately integrate them into a new environment.Conclusion: Therefore, we call for measures that can make Mahjong an activity for entertainment rather than gambling and reduce the adverse effects of Mahjong playing behaviors on the players’ health.

scholarly journals A Management Strategy for Sedentary Nearshore Species that Uses Marine Protected Areas as a Reference

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jono R. Wilson ◽  
Jeremy D. Prince ◽  
Hunter S. Lenihan
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Management Strategy
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