Areas Of Natural Beauty Research Articles

Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya as a Farm Tourism Destination: Basis for Post-Pandemic Tourism Branding

This study aims to assess Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya and the farm tourism sites located in the municipality as a farm tourism destination using the variables from the study of Singh-Knights in 2020. The data were taken through a survey questionnaire using a Likert Scale. The results of its quantitative descriptive analysis were used as a basis for recommendations for the post-pandemic branding of Bayombong. The respondents agreed that Bayombong can be a farm tourism destination in all areas. The area of natural beauty was rated highest (mean=4.22) while Existing Tourism Activity was rated the lowest (mean=3.60). The respondents also agreed that the farm sites in Bayombong possessed the features of a farm tourism destination. The area of business skills and personal qualities was rated highest (mean= 4.01) while built features and cultural artifacts were rated the lowest (mean=3.50). The farm tourism stakeholders also recommended promotion, road development, and strong partnership of farm owners with the government to achieve the goal of branding Bayombong as a farm tourism destination.

What experiences do tourists seek in national parks? Analysis of TripAdvisor reviews

The article aims to analyse and compare experiences gained by tourists visiting three national parks in Poland. The authors focused on the following questions: What are people's experiences visiting national parks in Poland? Do the natural assets of the national parks affect visitors' unique experiences, or are environmentally valuable areas not crucial for their experiences? The authors used mixed quantitative (text mining, correspondence analysis) and qualitative (content analysis) methods. The data for analysis were opinions written by TripAdvisor users. Reviews on TripAdvisor indicate that the most important experiences for tourists in the National Parks studied were Nature appreciation and Physical activity. The other groups of experiences reflected in the reviews were: Aesthetic, Connection, Tension and Excitement. This confirms that nature is the most important feature of national parks for tourists, but it also indicates a trend to maintain good health and the desire to regenerate physical strength in areas of natural beauty.

Shale Resources, Parks Conservation, and Contested Public Lands in North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt National Park: Is Fracking Booming?

This case study analyzes the potential impacts of weakening the National Park Service’s (NPS) “9B Regulations” enacted in 1978, which established a federal regulatory framework governing hydrocarbon rights and extraction to protect natural resources within the parks. We focus on potential risks to national parklands resulting from Executive Orders 13771—Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs [1]—and 13783—Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth [2]—and subsequent recent revisions and further deregulation. To establish context, we briefly overview the history of the United States NPS and other relevant federal agencies’ roles and responsibilities in protecting federal lands that have been set aside due to their value as areas of natural beauty or historical or cultural significance [3]. We present a case study of Theodore Roosevelt National Park (TRNP) situated within the Bakken Shale Formation—a lucrative region of oil and gas deposits—to examine potential impacts if areas of TRNP, particularly areas designated as “wilderness,” are opened to resource extraction, or if the development in other areas of the Bakken near or adjacent to the park’s boundaries expands [4]. We have chosen TRNP because of its biodiversity and rich environmental resources and location in the hydrocarbon-rich Bakken Shale. We discuss where federal agencies’ responsibility for the protection of these lands for future generations and their responsibility for oversight of mineral and petroleum resources development by private contractors have the potential for conflict.

Community Development and Sustainable Development Initiatives (Presentation Slides)

From landscapes and beautiful islands in Lagos, to Olumo Rock, natural warm springs in the South West (Ikogosi) – as discovered by early missionaries and to islands off the Bight of Bonny, these projects highlight how underdeveloped areas, through innovative initiatives and the facilitation of sustainable development goals, are able to revamp these areas towards enhancing their potential as areas of natural beauty, natural heritage centers of culture as well as preserving and developing the natural wildlife and habitats that graze these landmarks.

Potential of geotourism for regional development: the case of “Iron Gates” park in Serbia

This paper focuses on the case of “Iron Gates” National Park located along the Danube between Serbia and Romania and discusses the opportunities and prospects for developing geotourism. Apart from being an area of natural beauty, this park comprises a wide range of spectacular geological sites, historical and cultural monuments. The authors also examine the concept of geotourism and show its connection to other types of tourism such as nature tourism and adventure tourism. Using statistical methods and methods of comparative analysis, they analyse the data on tourism development in Đerdap (Serbia) and Mehedinţi County (Romania) in 2015. Such indicators as the number of tourists and overnight stays, the number of accommodation facilities the coefficient of functionality, and so on are considered. The conclusion is made that the national park “Iron Gates” holds significant potential for the development of sustainable tourism in the region if the park’s geoheritage sites are consolidated into a single tourism route “Iron Gates Geoheritage”, which would be highly likely to become a successful product in the tourism market. This product could be presented either directly, as a tourist destination, or indirectly, through event tourism, excursions, transit tourism and so on, and offered to both domestic and international tourists.

Amenity Migration in the Southern Andes and the Southern European Alps – A Key Factor for Sustainable Regional Development?

For a long time, peripheral rural mountain regions in many countries were marked by emigration, particularly that of the young and well qualified. In recent decades, we can observe an apparently diametrical process in some regions: ‘amenity migration’, which implies the migration to remote, rural areas. This ‘new immigration’ is targeted at areas of natural beauty and favourable climatic conditions, many of them already known as tourist destinations. Several case studies for different mountain regions show a great variety, both of the migrating persons and the chosen destinations. Based on quantitative and qualitative methods, this paper examines four case study areas in different regions of the southern European Alps and the southern Andes and compares the onset and the intensity of the process, the motivation and the characteristics of the migrants and the significance of this phenomenon for regional development in the target regions. It ends by discussing opportunities and risks for the local population.

The System of Environmental Networks for the use of Archaeological Sites in Areas of Natural Beauty

Every action to protect archaeological heritage requires environmental transformations, especially when such interventions are aimed at make available (usable, accessible, readable even in the early stages of investigation) a site through a proper infrastructure of the area. An archaeological site is, in fact, a system characterized by complex interrelated relationships that must be supported by networks able to provide technological control of complex functions. In this regard, this research aims to study in particular the system of infrastructural networks (communication, energy supply, integrated water cycle) in the service of taking care of archaeological sites as well as the interaction with the ecological and landscape network that covers the area. The encounter between infrastructural networks and ecological and landscape creates a new type of network, that can be defined as “environmental” and which takes account not only of supply and flow of matter and energy, but also the needs of environmental sub-systems water, air and soil. The research is also applied to the archaeological site of “the Villa di Pollio Felice” in the town of Sorrento, which, for the characteristics of the archaeological park with strong environmental and landscape values, is particularly suitable for the application of the aforementioned concepts.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.sace.3.4.4721

Working with hearing impairment in Australia: Policies and their impact

Australia is a highly developed country in the Southern Hemisphere. The 6 largest country by total land mass, included amongst its areas of natural beauty are the Great Barrier Reef, alpine heaths and tropical rainforests. A multi-cultural, egalitarian society that prides itself on giving one and all ‘a fair go’, Australia ranks highly in many international comparisons of performance, including quality of life, health, education, protection of civil liberties and political rights. A federation of governments, Australia is a member of the United Nations and a signatory to the ‘United Nations Human Rights Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’. With its National Disability Strategy, the Australian Government has articulated that it is committed to improving the lives of people with disability, their families and carers; and providing the necessary leadership for a community-wide shift in attitudes [1]. At the present time, a people’s campaign is sweeping Australia, demanding the introduction of a no fault person centred social model of disability reform. The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), if adopted, will provide a national response to disability, ensuring access to essential disability equipment without relying on the financial support of family or friends. The Disability Services Act [2] has identified that ‘people with disability’ includes those with sensory impairment. Australia supports in excess of 22 million people [3] with one is six Australians experiencing hearing loss. By 2050, the prevalence of hearing loss is expected to increase to one in four [4]. If the Australian Government is judged by the legislation that is introduced, upheld and enforced, it could be said to be mindful of its obligations to ensure people with disability are included in all facets of life. What this Sounding Board article explores is whether or not the legislation, services and supports that exist, extend to supporting people with hearing impairment in their right to equal access to employment. Further, I will argue that hearing impairment, hearing disorders and their impacts are not well understood by policy makers and as a result, their focus on the distribution of hearing aids is misdirected and often times ineffective. If people with hearing impairment are to be allowed the opportunity to fully participate in society then a holistic response to hearing impairment must be developed. Mindful of the social model of disability [5], it is acknowledged that each of us is a person first and the people being discussed happen to have a characteristic in common, hearing impairment. In this article, at this time and in this culture, terminology is used in the following way: for those who view Deafness as a culturally and linguistically diverse experience and prefer the capital ‘D’, your preferences when describing those who communicate primarily via Australian sign language (Auslan) are acknowledged. For those who have a pre-lingual hearing impairment, since nothing has been lost, the term ‘hearing loss’ is understood to

An Analysis of Road User Charging and Road Pricing at the Upper Derwent Valley, UK

This paper discusses the effect of the road user charging scheme at the Peak District National Park, UK. The analysis was carried out with stated preference survey techniques and using a multinomial mixed logit model as well as conventional statistic and regression models. The analysis focused on not only the congestion level and environmental impact, but also equity issues associated with the road user charging scheme. From the estimation results, the scheme has great potential to reduce congestion in this area of natural beauty. However, the potential monetary policy tool also presents an equity problem, because elderly visitors will be more willing to pay the toll and the fee to park at the Information Centre. In other words, elderly visitors are more disadvantaged than other visitors. This example shows how a monetary policy tool causes an uneven effect.

Better a commitment to health and research than to missiles.

I wish first to thank the association for the honour that you do to me, and to the Medical Research Council whom I serve, in electing me as your president during the forthcoming year. Honour may be, as John Dryden put it, empty bubble. Pleasure, however, is something else and it is for me a particular pleasure to be elected as your president on this occasion for we are meeting in Yorkshire, the loveliest of English counties. There are Yorkshiremen, like Texans, who boast about the size of their county, claiming proudly that the three ridings contain more acres than there are letters in the Bible. Some are even prepared to include the Apocrypha, but since Yorkshire in fact contains 3 897 940 acres and the Bible has only 3 566 480 letters it seems likely that the county could accommodate the Apocrypha quite comfortably. Yorkshiremen are also intensely loyal to their areas of natural beauty and you are wise not to question the enchantment of the countryside of the Yorkshire Dales or of the moors to the north of here. If you do you are impugning Holy Writ. This association has always been interested not only in promoting the highest standards of medical practice but also in encouraging research. When Sir Charles Hastings gave his Worcester address on the occasion of the founding in 1832 of our predecessor body, the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association, he clearly envisaged that the association would be destined to exercise no inconsider? able influence on the future progress of medical science. He himself had gained a reputation for his research on the functions of nerves and on blood vessels and inflammation. The provincial practitioners ofthat era also had before them the shining example of that country practitioner, Edward Jenner, whose work of course in the late eighteenth century led to the total eradication of smallpox nearly two hundred years later. In our own time Pickles's research work in Wensleydale has been an example of what the dedicated and