River City Research Articles

Analysis of the Strategy for Collecting Zakat, Infaq, and Alms in Increasing the Number of Muzakki at Baznas Kota Sungai Penuh

Zakat is one of the efforts that can be done by the government to help underprivileged people to meet their primary needs by distributing zakat received from Muzakki who have sufficient and even excess assets. This research aims to find out what strategies are applied by the BAZNAS Full River City institution and want to know what factors are an obstacle to raising funds for zakat infaq and sadaqah. The method used in this research is qualitative with a descriptive approach.In this research method using the case study method.The sample of this research was taken from the head of BAZNAS Kota Sungai Penuh. The types of data used in this study are primary data and secondary data with data collection techniques using observation, interviews and documentation. The data obtained in the field was then analyzed by means of data reduction, data presentation and conclusion drawing. The results showed that the fundraising strategy for zakat, infaq and alms at BAZNAS Sungai Penuh focuses on two approaches. First, through direct strategies (offline), such as the establishment of the Zakat Collection Unit (UPZ), promotion by distributing brochures. Second, through indirect strategies (Online), with promotions involving social media, zakat account transfers. And the inhibiting factors of raising funds for zakat, infaq and alms in increasing the number of muzakki in (BAZNAS) Sungai Penuh city are the lack of public understanding of zakat, infaq and alms, the collection of zakat, infaq and alms funds that are still not maximally fully active, the donors (muzakki) who have not reached the nishab and there are still many muzakki who pay zakat directly to mustahik.

Differential Evaluation of Ecological Resilience in 45 Cities along the Yangtze River in China: A New Multidimensional Analysis Framework

The rapid pace of urbanization and global climate change necessitates a thorough assessment of urban ecological resilience to cultivate sustainable regional ecosystem development. Cities along the Yangtze River face an intensifying conflict between ecological preservation and socio-economic growth. Analyzing the ecological resilience of these urban centers is essential for achieving equilibrium in regional urban ecosystems. This study proposes a “system process space” attribute analysis framework, taking into account urban development processes, ecosystem structure, and resilience evolution stages. Utilizing data from 45 Yangtze River cities, we establish a “Driver, Pressure, State, Impact, and Response” (DPSIR) evaluation index system to evaluate changes in ecological resilience levels and evolution trends from 2011 to 2022. Our findings indicate that: (1) The ecological resilience index of Yangtze River cities increased from 0.177 to 0.307 between 2011 and 2022, progressing through three phases: ecological resilience construction, rapid development, and stable development. (2) At the city level, ecological resilience along the Yangtze River exhibits uneven development characteristics. Upstream cities display a significant “stepped” pattern, midstream cities exhibit a significant “Matthew effect”, and downstream cities present a pyramid-shaped pattern. While regional differences in ecological resilience persist, overall polarization is gradually decreasing, intercity connections are strengthening, and there is a growing focus on coordinated regional development. (3) The spatial distribution of ecological resilience in Yangtze River cities demonstrates both continuity and evolution, generally forming a “core-edge” clustered pattern. Based on these findings, we recommend enhancing inter-city cooperation and connectivity, addressing imbalances in urban ecological resilience, and promoting high-quality ecological resilience development along the Yangtze River through tailored development strategies for each city.

Urban Planning and Landscape Projects on Urban Riverbanks in Europe: Comparative Study of the Ebro River, Zaragoza, and the Isar River, Munich

The tension between rivers and cities reaches its highest expression in urban river basins. Given the high level of interaction between natural and cultural factors in many riverfronts, an integral project design is essential. The large number of urban river basin enhancement cases that have been conducted has resulted in a large amount of urban scientific literature. The multifaceted nature of these systems renders their analysis and contextualization a challenging endeavor. The objective of this research is to propose a novel evaluation tool based on a reformulation of Lynch’s theory of urban form performance, which has been updated from a landscape urbanism perspective. The conceptual framework provides a comprehensive method for translating diverse design strategies into comparable and meaningful categories. The results illustrate the impact of urban riverbank requalification initiatives on the formal quality dimensions of the city–river socio-ecological system. The assessment tool was applied to two cases: the Ebro River in Zaragoza (Spain) and the Isar River in Munich (Germany). Despite differences between the cases, comparative analysis revealed similar levels of urban landscape quality parameters and common elements that can provide new insights when considering the solutions applied and the degree of improvement in quality and river–city cohesion achieved with these projects.

Sustainable management of land use patterns and water allocation for coordinated multidimensional development

The sustainable and integrated management of resources is a crucial approach to achieving sustainable regional development in the face of limited land and increasingly scarce water resources. This paper proposes a multidimensional optimization model to jointly optimize land use patterns and water resource allocation under the conditions of maximizing economic benefits and minimizing social differences, ecological loads, environmental pollution, and carbon emissions. The optimization model is solved using the affiliation function method and then combined with random forest (RF) and cellular automata (CA) models to further obtain the optimal spatial layout of land use. This paper takes the Mid-Yangtze River City Cluster as an example and optimizes the land use pattern and water allocation in the region in 2020 and 2030. The results of the study show that the optimized water and land resource allocation scheme performs better than the status quo in all dimensions. The optimized economic benefits, social effects, ecological effects, environmental effects, and overall sustainability in 2020 are increased by 45.97%, 22.89%, 10.07%, 24.65%, and 42.73%, respectively. By 2030, overall sustainability reaches 0.69. The developed modeling framework helps to elucidate the internal linkages between land use and water allocation, and it provides decision-makers with diversified approaches to land and water resource management and adjustment for different cities in different periods, which promotes the sustainable development of urban agglomerations.

Odysseus at Home: Thoughts on John Waters’ River City One

Odysseus at Home: Thoughts on John Waters’ River City One

Genetic analysis of algae blooms in landscape water in the west section of Nanchuan River City, Xining City

The west section of Nanchuan River City is an important part of the water ecological environment of Xining city, known as the urban meeting room. In order to find out the possible causes of algal blooms in the summer of 2022, water quality detection, aquatic organism identification and sediment analysis were carried out in the main landscape ponds of the west section of Nanchuanhecheng. The results showed that 52 species of phytoplankton were identified, including 4 species of cyanobacteria, 29 species of diatoms, 14 species of green algae, 3 species of cryptophytes and 2 species of gymnophytes. There were 66 species of zooplankton, including 22 protozoa, 29 rotifers, 9 cladicornis and 6 copepods. There were 18 benthic animals, including 4 annelids, 3 molluscs and 11 arthropods. According to the detection results of aquatic organisms, water quality and sediment, the causes of algal blooms were analyzed and corresponding measures were proposed to provide reference for subsequent control work.

The Origin of <i>Mokhe</i> According to Chronicle Sources

In the 5th century AD, mokhe tribes appeared in the Far East and quickly started playing one of the most important roles in the region. The centre of forming mokhe tribes became the land of Northern Woju called Zhigolou (Megolou), which can be translated as “water city” or “river city”. The population of this land can be called “citizens on the rivers”, “river citizens”. Megolou was supposed to be on the northern bank of the Tumen river, on the south-east of the Chinese province Jilin. The ethnonym “Megolou” on one of the dialects of weimo group should be pronounced as “mulgil”, which sounds as “wuji” in Chinese writing. Later “wuji” began to be read as “mokhe”. The process of consolidation of mokhe took almost two centuries. Initially the territory of the Northern Woju, on which the people of weimo and sushen groups lived, became part of the Eastern Fuyu country. In the 4th century, xianbi descendants moved far away to the East, penetrated Fuyu and Koguryo and became neighbours to Eastern Fuyu. In the early 5th century, the territory of Eastern Fuyu was conquered by kogurenian ruler Kwangetho. In 436, Eastern Yan xianbi country was demolished, and part of its population moved to the northern borders of Koguryo. After that, peoples of the weimo group (citizens of Koguryo, Fuyu, Northern Woju), sushen and xianbi peoples found themselves in close proximity on the North and Northern-East of Koguryo. The mixing of those peoples led to the branching out of different territorial groups, which altogether started to be called wuji (mokhe).

Analysis of Learning Outcomes of Class VIII SMPN Students in View of the Ability to Understand Mathematical Concepts

The results of learning are a measure to see students succeed in understanding the material after carrying out the learning activity, and obtaining it by evaluation, and the quality of success is obtained from the test at the end of the study. As for the purpose of this study to enhance the learning results of students. As for the method used in this study, it is a qualitative descriptive method. The aim of this method is to know and describe the results of student study seen from its ability to understand mathematical concepts, related to root and rank matter, algebra and scientific notation. The study was conducted at one of the only SMPN centers in the full river city, with its subject the eighth graders of 19. The instrument used in the study consists of tests with as many as 5 grains of problems and as many as 15 grains of multiple choice. As for the results of this self-study it's obtained that the results of students' learning are categorized as low because, the scores students obtained from tests performed do not meet the standard, by which the highest score is worth 46. It is therefore expected that after conducting this study, each energy educator should evaluate the students' learning results and also observe the student's learning style to achieve desired results.

Land use spatial optimization for city clusters under changing climate and socioeconomic conditions: A perspective on the land-water-energy-carbon nexus

Unbalanced land use development has resulted in water scarcity, high energy consumption, and a significant increase in carbon emissions. Complex and changing environments make it more difficult to manage land use sustainably. This study constructed a variety of future change scenarios coupling climate and socioeconomic development and developed a multidimensional land use spatial optimization (LUSO) model linked with water-energy-carbon. The model is solved using a nondominated sorting genetic algorithm-III (NSGA-Ⅲ) coupled with the information feedback model (IFM). The advantages of this framework include: (1) LUSO based on the clarification of the interactions between different land use types and water-energy-carbon; (2) trade-offs between dimensions are considered to achieve coordinated multidimensional development of the economy, resources, environment, and spatial conversion; and (3) a spatial optimization pattern of land use in response to climate change and socioeconomic development changes can be obtained. The model framework is applied to the Mid-Yangtze River City Cluster for empirical analysis. The results show that socioeconomic development can lead to rapid changes in land use patterns, especially in cultivated and construction land. By 2030, the optimized land use pattern under the intermediate route model is the most suitable land use scenario for the region to achieve sustainable development. Under this scenario, the area of construction land increased by 22.09%, the area of cultivated land decreased by 2.2%, the economic output increased by 76,678.31 (1012 yuan), and the carbon emissions increased by only 5677.79 (107 kg), with an overall sustainability level of 0.85. This study can provide decision-makers with sustainable land resource management options that can respond to changing environments and achieve multidimensional synergistic development.

Research on urban water security based on water poverty theory: a case study of lower yellow river cities

Research on urban water security based on water poverty theory: a case study of lower yellow river cities

Knowledge production of university-industry collaboration in academic capitalism: An analysis based on Hoffman's framework

As academic capitalism promotes the transformation of knowledge production globally, both parties in the industry-academia collaboration are repositioned as knowledge creators in the new knowledge circuit, in which the knowledge production process becomes an issue to be explored in depth. Based on the analytical framework of Hoffman and the experience of River City in Guangdong Province-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, we analyse the ontological, epistemological, and applicative knowledge practices of both industry and academia. Both parties acknowledge the inherent uncertainties in knowledge production. Risk discourse for knowledge practices reflects influences of market/market-like logic on industry-academia collaboration. Around the three dimensions, the contradictions revealed in their interactions are multiple. Accordingly, both parties seek consensus on knowledge outcomes by suspending ontological discussions of knowledge, conceding epistemological issues, and imagining applied consensus. Nonetheless, these acts hardly achieve the desired goal of knowledge advancement and create obstacles to the knowledge circuit.

A Study of Regional Variability in Port Transport Efficiency in China - Based on A Three-Stage DEA-Malmquist Index Model

To study the impact of COVID-19 on China's port logistics efficiency, this paper uses a three-stage DEA and Malmquist model to measure the efficiency of China's port logistics industry in 38 coastal and inland river cities under environmental constraints from 2016-2021, and analyses its spatial and temporal characteristics and evolutionary dynamics. The study shows that the comprehensive technical efficiency of port logistics in coastal cities is higher than that of inland river ports. The progress in port logistics efficiency stems from the increase in scale efficiency, and the dependence of port logistics on scale expansion is high. In addition, COVID-19 has had some hit on port operational efficiency, where the reduction in total factor productivity is mainly caused by a lower technological progress index. Compared to coastal ports, inland ports are more affected by COVID-19. Meanwhile, the impact of COVID-19 on the productivity of Chinese ports is characterised by a clear short-term pattern. The paper then makes recommendations for further improving the efficiency of port logistics and the ability to cope with major contingencies in China and globally.

PENGARUH FASILITAS, KUALITAS PELAYANAN DAN PENGALAMAN TERHADAP KEPUASAN KONSUMEN PENGINAPAN CITRA ALAM 2 KOTA SUNGAI PENUH

This study aims to determine the Effect of Facilities, Service Quality and Experience on Consumer Satisfaction of Citra Alam Inn 2 Full River City. The sample from this study was 80 people. Data were collected with questionnaires that had been tested for validity and reliability. The data analysis techniques used are analysis, descriptive, multiple regression, coefficient of determination and hypothesis testing using the t test and the F test. The results showed that there was a significant influence between facilities on consumer satisfaction of Citra Alam Inn 2, this was evidenced by t count > t table (3.101 > 1.99167), and with significance value = 0.041 < 0.05, and the magnitude of influence was 22.8%. There is a significant influence between the Quality of Service on Consumer Satisfaction of Citra Alam Inn 2, this is evidenced by t count > t table (2.066 > 1.99167), and with significance value = 0.000 < 0.05, and the magnitude of influence is 14.4%. There is a significant influence between Experience and Consumer Satisfaction of Citra Alam Inn 2, this is evidenced by t count > t table (2.498 > 1.99167), and with significance value = 0.000 < 0.05, and the magnitude of influence is 15.5%. There is a significant influence between Facilities, Quality of Service and Experience on Consumer Satisfaction of Citra Alam Lodging 2 simultaneously or together, this is evidenced by F count > F table (28,222 > 2.72) or sig < α (0.000 < 0.05), and the magnitude of the influence is 52.7%, while the rest (100% - 52.7%), i.e. 47.3% is explained by other causal factors not studied in this study.

Study on Spatial and Temporal Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Carbon Emissions in the Urban Agglomeration of the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River

The industrial transfer of heavy industries such as non-metallic mineral manufacturing, metal smelting and manufacturing from the eastern coast of China to the central region is beneficial to the economic development of the central region on the one hand, but increases carbon emissions in the central region on the other hand. In February 2022, the National Development and Reform Commission approved the “14th Five-Year Plan for the Development of the Urban Agglomeration in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River”. This indicates that the urban agglomeration of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River is an important region for implementing green development in the central area. The spatial and temporal evolution of carbon emissions and influencing factors in this region are the foundation for achieving carbon peaking and the carbon neutrality goal. This paper calculates the total carbon emissions of the cities in the urban agglomeration of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and uses models such as spatial autocorrelation, geographically weighted regression, and Geodetector to explore the spatial–temporal pattern of carbon emissions. The results show the following: (1) The total carbon emissions of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River urban agglomeration showed fluctuations during 2010–2020, and the carbon emission reduction effect is unstable. Additionally, the carbon emissions of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River city cluster show obvious spatial variability, but the high carbon emission area is always concentrated in Wuhan, and this remains unchanged. (2) In 2010, 2014 and 2017, population size was the most important factor affecting carbon emission divergence, and in terms of interaction, the interaction between energy intensity and GDP and urbanization is the reason for the increasing carbon emissions. (3) The influence of population size on carbon emissions decreases from north to south, the influence of energy intensity on carbon emissions shows a spread from the most influential region in the northwest to the centre and then to the northeast, and the GDP per capita has little influence on the difference of carbon emissions spatial distribution.

Application Research of ip Image Design under the concept of Environmental Protection

Wuhan enjoys the reputation of "the city of one hundred Lakes". The numerous and beautiful lake scenery is a beautiful scenery line of the city. According to the Wuhan Lake Protection Master Plan approved at the end of 2018, there are 166 natural lakes in Wuhan, and the water area of Wuhan accounts for a quarter of the city's total area. However, with the development of today's society, the pollution of lakes caused by sewage discharge and household garbage has become more and more serious, and the major lakes in Wuhan have been polluted to varying degrees. Therefore, it is more important for Wuhan, also known as "River City", to control the lake water area, and the form is more severe, which requires people to have a higher awareness of environmental protection. Secondly, in the development of Wuhan lake culture, the "cultural atmosphere" is insufficient, and many lake cultural values need to be developed. In today's era, IP construction, as a production mode of cultural system construction, is more easily accepted by the public. Taking IP image as a new carrier of culture, it is more likely to be entertaining and interesting in communication and thus more likely to bring more possibilities for the dissemination of public environmental awareness. In this situation, this paper tries to arouse the public's awareness of environmental protection in the form of IP from the perspective of Wuhan lake culture, using literature research, case analysis, design practice and other methods, and create a unique, malleable and social IP image series design.

Take the Cities in The Yellow River Basin as An Example

Under the two-carbon target, the road of green development in China has reached a new height. This paper is based on the SBM-GML model of 2001-2019 the Yellow River basin nine provinces of agricultural green total factor productivity, combined with the number of Beijing university Digital Inclusive Financial index, from the perspective of time series, space to explore the Digital Inclusive Financial and the relationship between agricultural green low carbon development, for the Yellow River city Green High Quality Development.

Linking Cities to Rivers in Theory and Practice: The Case of Egyptian River Cities

Linking Cities to Rivers in Theory and Practice: The Case of Egyptian River Cities

Citation: Implementation of Smart Branding Policy in the River City of Banjarmasin

This study departs from the regulation of the Mayor of Banjarmasin Number 40 of 2019 concerning the Smart City Masterplan, which requires the implementation of Smart City Banjarmasin revised to maximize the identity of the river city as city branding, namely D(River) smart city. This study aims to identify policies and implementation of Smart Branding Policies in Banjarmasin. This study used a qualitative descriptive approach with data collection techniques carried out by triangulation of sources through literature studies, observation, in-depth interviews, and inductive data analysis. The results show that Smart Branding policies are contained in the Smart City Masterplan for 2022-2026, which was revised based on the 2021-2026 Medium Term Development Plan. Then the implementation of Smart Branding can be identified into three categories: Facilitation of ICT at Riverside View Tower, ICT System Integration in Tourist Areas, and Digitalization of Tourism and Cultural Promotion. In each category, there is a gap between implementation and ideal conditions due to a lack of public participation, data, resources, regulations, and disaster mitigation. However, it is recommended that the gap should be minimized by overcoming the identified constraints so that policy implementation becomes more optimal.

Faktor – Faktor yang Berhubungan dengan Penerapan Higiene Sanitasi pada Kantin Sekolah Dasar di Kota Sungai Penuh Tahun 2022

Sanitary hygiene is a condition and preventive measure needed to ensure food safety before processing until it is served consumption. The purpose of this study was to determine the factors related to the implementation of primary school canteen sanitation hygiene in the scope of the city of Sungai Penuh 2022. Quantitative method using a cross-sectional approach. The population is all food handlers in the Elementary School canteen in full river city scope. The sample is 100 respondents from 69 elementary schools, the sample technique uses purposive sampling. Bivariate analysis using the chi-square test, the relationship between the independent variable and the dependent variable is the relationship between knowledge (p=0.000), participation in training (p=0.027), supervision (p=0.000), and availability of sanitation facilities (p=0.000). with the implementation of elementary school canteen sanitation hygiene. Meanwhile, the attitude variable (p=0.594) had nothing to do with the implementation of school canteen hygiene and sanitation. There is a relationship between knowledge, participation in training, supervision, and the availability of sanitation facilities with the implementation of elementary school canteen sanitation hygiene in the 2022 full river city scope, and there is no relationship between attitude and the implementation of elementary school canteen sanitation hygiene in the 2022 full river city scope (p= 0.594). It is hoped that the Sungai Penuh City Health Office and the Puskesmas in the sub-district work area will improve supervision and routinely carry out canteen sanitation hygiene training and counseling, and food handlers are expected to be available to attend and provide sanitation facilities at their place of business.

The Impact of Industrial Linkage Structures on Urban Economic Resilience in China in the Context of the COVID-19 Shock

The structures of industrial linkages form an essential basis for the economy and have an important impact on urban economic resilience. By analyzing the impact of COVID-19 on China’s urban economy in 2020, this study uses China’s national input–output table to measure the centrality and diversity of industrial linkage structures. Extracted data from 298 cities in China are used to explore the impact of centrality and diversity on urban economic resilience. The results show that the cities in East China, Central China, and the Chengdu–Chongqing area in western China have a high centrality with respect to industrial linkage structures. Cities in the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta, the middle reaches of the Yangtze River city cluster, and the Chengdu–Chongqing city cluster have a high diversity of industrial linkages structures. During the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic, most cities in China have shown high economic resilience. For cities across the country, diversity shows a significant and positive correlation with economic resilience, and centrality shows a significant and positive correlation with economic resilience. The latter displays an inverted U-shaped relationship between centrality and economic resilience. For cities with different population sizes, there are differences in the impacts of centrality and diversity on urban economic resilience. Different industrial policies can be developed to adjust the centrality and diversity of the cities to enhance urban economic resilience.