scholarly journals PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS FOR CULTURAL AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL ECONOMIES AND COMMUNITIES

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 207-212
Author(s):  
Evgeni Velev ◽  
Georgi Vasilev
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Local Economies ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Cultural And Creative Industries ◽  
Vocational Studies

The purpose of this study is to analyze and present the problems and perspectives of the cultural and creative industries in the context of the sustainable development of local economies and communities. The authors argue that a deeper understanding of the cultural and creative industries, as a complex phenomenon that has a versatile and multi-layered impact, would allow local government representatives to benefit more fully from the results of their own investments, which is particularly valid for their social dimension, in terms of improving quality of life leading to population growth, attracting educated and active citizens, cultural diversity and community cohesionSome of the problems facing the cultural and creative industries related to the strategy and the vision for the sector are being analyzed, the regulatory framework, the incomplete functioning of the systems of culture, arts and education, the lack of a "shared communication vision" on the challenges and perspectives of the municipal and local authorities, the contradictory nature of individual regulations and regulations, the cumbersome procedures and notices of public service, etc.The study demonstrates the hypothesis that investment in cultural and creative industries has the potential to generate jobs, innovation and productivity, improve the quality of life on the ground, stimulate new ideas and thinking within the community, and influence a wide range of political priorities, which is a major reason for every sustainable municipality to be given the necessary attention and to direct the institutional and administrative resources for research, planning and development. Each of the local authorities needs to understand their importance and look for a form of investment appropriate to local circumstances, as CCIs and local administrations have mutual benefits from close cooperation and interaction. These benefits could be achieved through direct investments tailored to the needs of CCIs (eg through physical infrastructure, skills, networks and business support).The report is for scientific research project DN № 05/1, 14.12.2016 „Communicational Model for Interactive Educational Environment for Post – Graduate Professional and Vocational Studies in the Field of Cultural and Creative Industries“, with the financial support of National Science Fund (NSF) of Ministry of Education and Science (MES) of Bulgaria.

THE ROLE OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SUSTAINABLE STRATEGY

2017 ◽  
Vol 66 (0) ◽  
pp. 55-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Brdulak
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The City

To provide a good level of the quality of life of the city inhabitants, it is indispensable to follow sustainable development strategy, allowing to create social capital. This is important especially for local authorities, which should govern society by cooperating with them. Therefore, the main purpose of the article is to present implementation process and its conditions of the sustainable development strategy within the structures of local government units in Poland. Analysis is based on the authoress’ own qualitative research conducted in four voivodships in the Southern of Poland.

scholarly journals Between the Social and Economic Dimensions of Sustainability in Rural Areas—In Search of Farmers’ Quality of Life

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Wojewódzka-Wiewiórska ◽  
Anna Kłoczko-Gajewska ◽  
Piotr Sulewski
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Economic Situation ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Important Indicator ◽  
Data Framework ◽  
The Social

Life quality is an important indicator of sustainable development. Farmers’ quality of life strongly affects the farm’s viability. The main goal of this study was to identify the relationships between three main components of farmers’ quality of life: economic situation, living conditions, and mental comfort. In the first phase of the study, the theoretical model representing potential relationships between quality of life components was constructed, and in the second phase the relationships were verified with the use of the structural equation modelling method. The sample consisted of 600 farmers participating in the Polish Farm Accountancy Data Framework (FADN). In the analyses, data from the FADN database and data obtained during supplementary interviews with farmers were used. The analyses revealed that living conditions are significantly and positively correlated with the economic situation and mental comfort, while mental comfort turned out to be negatively correlated with the economic situation. It was concluded that future agricultural and rural development policies should be more focused on the social dimension of sustainable development than before, particularly considering the fact that a farmer’s higher engagement in the improvement of their family’s economic condition might result in lowering their mental comfort due to the stress and work overload.

scholarly journals The R.I.E. procedure as a tool for sustainable development in municipality of Bolzano (Italy)

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
pp. 00076
Author(s):  
Monika Noviello ◽  
Małgorzata Zdon-Korzeniowska ◽  
Karolina Smętkiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Legal Regulations ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Ecological Damage ◽  
Local Law ◽  
Invasive Intervention

Human progress implies in its conception a progressively more invasive intervention in the sphere of nature. Without an endeavour to conciliate progress with the idea of sustainable development, a substantial number of areas, above all the ones recognized as problematic, would be subjected to an important ecological damage. Legal regulations represent the most binding and cogent instrument to relate the idea of sustainable development to man’s will of progress, mirroring the involvement of local authorities in improving the quality of life. The aim of the article is to present positive practices of the application of the R.I.E. procedure (It. Riduzione dell’Impatto Edilizio, En. Reduction of Construction Impact).The implementation of the R.I.E. procedure allows for appropriate solutions to help maintain the highest level of ground permeability. This aspect of new investments’ planning is of fundamental importance, i.e., in areas struggling with the problem of floods or overflows. The present publication adopts the case study method in order to demonstrate the applicability and the positive consequences of the implementation of the R.I.E. procedure as an obligatory tool of the local law practiced since the year 2004 in the Italian municipality of Bolzano.

scholarly journals EFFECTS OF QUALITY OF LIFE ON THE PRICE OF REAL ESTATE IN VILNIUS CITY / GYVENIMO KOKYBĖS POVEIKIS NEKILNOJAMOJO TURTO KAINOS VERTINIMUI VILNIUJE

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marija Burinskienė ◽  
Vitalija Rudzkienė ◽  
Jūratė Venckauskaitė
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Real Estate ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Social Indicators ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Urban Visions ◽  
The Impact

The urban development covers the consensus of a wide range of activities and is aimed at equivalent coordination of the impact of economic, social and environmental factors on planning. Due to different attitudes and interests planners and scientists find it rather complicated to come to a common and widely acceptable attitude towards urban development patterns through harmonization of forms and development principles. The paper includes the theoretical attitudes, related to future insights, into the urban development conceptions. Moreover, assessing the impact of the economic paradigms on urban visions, the paper analyses the influence of development concepts on the qualities of development forms as well as on the creation of future urban alternative visions, compatibility with the principles of sustainable development and proper quality of life. The price of real estate is addressed as one of the key social indicators and the ones that reflect the quality of life. The theoretical provisions, with the help of expert evaluation, are verified taking the districts of Vilnius as an example and considering qualities and forms, population, jobs, area, noise level and pollution of individual districts on the basis of different components. Conceptual modelling principles are applied to determine critical values of the indicators that characterize the sustainable development. Based on them, a system is created that helps to define features of individual urban districts,potential development alternatives and achievable allowed marginal values of the quality of life. Santrauka Subalansuota miestų plėtra apima įvairių veiklos sričių konsensusą, siekiant lygiavertiškaiderinti ekonominių, socialinių, ekologinių veiksnių įtaką planavimui. Dėl skirtingų požiūrių ir interesų planuotojams bei mokslininkams nelengva rasti bendrą, visiems priimtiną požiūrį į miestų plėtros šablonus, derinant formas ir plėtros principus. Straipsnyje analizuojama plėtros konceptų įtaka plėtros formų savybėms, ateities miesto alternatyvių vizijų kūrimui, atitikčiai darnios plėtros principams ir tinkamai gyvenimo kokybei. Kaip vienas pagrindinių socialinių ir gyvenimo kokybę atspindinčių rodiklių nagrinėjama nekilnojamojo turto kaina. Teorinės nuostatos, pasitelkiant ekspertinį vertinimą, tikrinamos Vilniaus miesto rajonų pavyzdžiu (Lietuvos Respublikos sostinė – 560 tūkst.gyv.), atsižvelgiant į atskirų 40 transportinių rajonų savybes ir formas, gyventojų,darbo vietų skaičių, teritorijos plotą, triukšmo lygį, užterštumą pagal skirtingus komponentus. Darnią plėtrą charakterizuojančių rodiklių kritinėms reikšmėms nustatytitaikomi konceptualaus modeliavimo principai. Jais remiantis sudaroma sistema, padedanti nustatyti atskirų miesto rajonų plėtros savybes, galimas vystymosi alternatyvas, pasiekiamas leistinas ribines gyvenimo kokybės reikšmes.

KUALITAS HIDUP PASIEN STROKE DI POLIKLINIK RAWAT JALAN RUMAH SAKIT SWASTA YOGYAKARTA

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 232-237
Author(s):  
Hana Larasati ◽  
Theresia Titin Marlina
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Hemorrhagic Stroke ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Stroke Patients ◽  
Sampling System ◽  
Post Stroke ◽  
Psychological Dimension

Background: stroke is a disorder of nervous system function that occurs suddenly and is caused by brain bleeding disorders that can affect the quality of life physical dimensions, social dimensions, psychological dimensions, environmental dimensions. Based on the result of Lumbu study (2015) the number of samples were 71 people collected data using the (WHOQOL-BREF). There were 56 people (78,9%) had the poor quality of life of post stroke. The mean of post-stroke quality of life domain was physical domain (45,27%), psychological domain (49,87%), social relations domain (48,15%) and environmental domain (50.01%). Objective: the purpose of the study was know the quality of life of the stroke patients in Outpatient Polyclinic of Private Hospital in Yogyakarta. Methods: used descriptive quantitative by using questionnaire test of purposive sampling system based on patients who have been affected of ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke before, number 30 respondents. Result: quality of life of stroke patient of medium physical dimension (67%), psychological dimension (71%), social dimension (67%), dimension good environment (63%). Conclusion: the quality of life of stroke patients of physical dimension, psychological dimension, and moderate social dimension, while the quality of life of stroke patients were good environmental dimension.   Keywords: Hemorrhagic stroke, ischemic stroke, quality of life

Indicators of Sustainable Development of the Province of Warmia and Mazury in the Environmental Aspect

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 299-309
Author(s):  
Mirosława Witkowska-Dąbrowska
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Data Bank ◽  
Local Data ◽  
Indicator Method ◽  
Environmental Aspect ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Assessment Indicator ◽  
Area Unit

The purpose of this study has been to identify the degree of sustainability in the development of the Province of Warmia and Mazury. The theoretical and empirical investigations were conducted between 2003-2014 based on data from the Local Data Bank. Using a comparative indicator method, 20 indicators were developed, with different directions of preference. The evaluation involves the concept of uniform preference, hence the higher the assessment indicator, the better the situation in the evaluated area unit. Our studies on the sustainable development of the Province of Warmia and Mazury suggest that the indicators measuring the environmental dimension and consequently the quality of life of the residents (in this aspect) score higher than the country's average values. It is also optimistic that some progress, however small, can be seen in this area based on the analyzed dynamics of changes.

scholarly journals Physical Activity and Sport for Acquired Brain Injury (PASABI): A Non-Randomized Controlled Trial

Medicina ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 122
Author(s):  
Marta Pérez-Rodríguez ◽  
Saleky García-Gómez ◽  
Javier Coterón ◽  
Juan José García-Hernández ◽  
Javier Pérez-Tejero
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Functional Capacity ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Chronic Phase ◽  
Acquired Brain Injury ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Wide Range

Background and objectives: Acquired brain injury (ABI) is the first cause of disability and physical activity (PA) is a key element in functional recovery and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) during the subacute and chronic phases. However, it is necessary to develop PA programs that respond to the heterogeneity and needs of this population. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a PA program on the HRQoL in this population. Materials and Methods: With regard to recruitment, after baseline evaluations, participants were assigned to either the intervention group (IG, n = 38) or the control group (CG, n = 35). Functional capacity, mood, quality of life and depression were measured pre- and post-intervention. The IG underwent the “Physical Activity and Sport for Acquired Brain Injury” (PASABI) program, which was designed to improve HRQoL (1-h sessions, two to four sessions/week for 18 weeks). The CG underwent a standard rehabilitation program without PA. Results: Results for the IG indicated significant differences and large effect sizes for the physical and mental dimensions of quality of life, as well as mood and functional capacity, indicating an increase in HRQoL. No significant differences were found for the CG across any variables. Conclusions: The PASABI program was feasible and beneficial for improving physiological and functionality variables in the IG. The wide range of the activities of the PASABI program allow its application to a large number of people with ABI, promoting health through PA, especially in the chronic phase.

Quality of Life Amenities as Contributors to Local Economies: Views of City Managers

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 661-675 ◽  
Author(s):  
James M. Vanderleeuw ◽  
Jason C. Sides
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
City Managers ◽  
Local Economies

Pharmacoeconomic features of the use of drugs used in the treatment of allergic rhinitis

2021 ◽  
pp. 9-16
Author(s):  
Afanasyeva T.G. ◽  
Lavrova N.N. ◽  
Tumentseva V.R.
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Allergic Rhinitis ◽  
Nasal Mucosa ◽  
Generic Drugs ◽  
Cost Minimization ◽  
Nasal Congestion ◽  
World Health ◽  
Cost Minimization Analysis ◽  
Wide Range

Rhinitis is an inflammation of the nasal mucosa; today, according to the World Health Organization, the prevalence of the disease is 40% of the world's population. Allergic rhinitis is the most common type of chronic rhinitis, affecting 10–20% of the world's population, and the severity of the disease is associated with a significant deterioration in the quality of life, sleep and performance. Allergic rhinitis is an inflammatory disease of the nasal mucosa caused by exposure to an allergen, causing IgE-mediated inflammation. Clinically, the disease is characterized by the following main symptoms: rhinorrhea, sneezing, itching and nasal congestion. Despite the general symptoms of allergic rhinitis, its impact on the quality of life of patients and the significant cost of treatment, including pharmacotherapy, many patients do not adhere to drug treatment regimens due to their insufficient effectiveness in eliminating the emerging symptoms. Pharmacoeconomic research identifies, measures and compares the costs and effects of drug use. This framework includes research methods related to cost minimization, cost-effectiveness, decision analysis, cost of illness, and patient quality of life. This article will consider one of the four main methods for assessing pharmacoeconomics - cost minimization analysis. A cost-minimization analysis is a pharmacoeconomic assessment by comparing the costs of two or more drug alternatives regardless of outcome. Since the pharmaceutical market is represented by a wide range of original, reference and generic drugs for the treatment of allergic rhinitis, an important aspect of our research is the selection of effective and economically acceptable therapy for outpatients.

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