People Place Research Articles

The place for people in rewilding

AbstractRewilding, although controversial, is increasingly presented as humanity's best hope of addressing the global biodiversity crisis, but it remains unclear how restoring nonhuman autonomy affects people's relationships with nature. We conceptualized 3 human–nature relationships (HNRs) that could occur when restoring nonhuman autonomy: human–nature dichotomy, human–nature compromise, and human–nature mutualism. Through 51 interviews, we then empirically tested the occurrence of these HNRs across diverse actors living and working in 2 longstanding British rewilding initiatives to better understand the place for people in rewilding. Actors’ HNRs aligned with the 3 conceptual framings, but these relationships were complex. Individuals often demonstrated multiple perspectives that transcended conventional actor categorization. The tripartite framing also revealed conflicting values across and within individuals, resulting in pluralistic HNRs. Our work adds to the theory and practice surrounding the place for people in rewilding by cautioning against a single preferred HNR when restoring nonhuman autonomy and advocating that a diversity of human interactions with nature should be integrated into the global rewilding movement.

Silencing trans voices

ABSTRACT In recent years, conservatives in the United States have deployed a transgender moral panic attacking the place of trans people in public spaces. This article explores how this panic has been supported by an effort to purge trans-inclusive literature from education spaces, such as schools and libraries, in the United States. Utilizing a unique set of materials, I identify the common discourses developed by anti-trans activists. By eliminating trans stories, anti-trans activists seek to erase even the possibility of trans happiness from the realm of imagination.

Proactive insights into place management: spatiotemporal effects of street food activities in public spaces

PurposeThis paper aims to investigate the utilisation of street food to redefine place management in public spaces in Egypt. The study examines the spatiotemporal effects of this approach, considering the preferences of both vendors and consumers alongside contextual design factors.Design/methodology/approachIn this study, conducted in Cairo, Egypt, a spatial ethnographic approach was used to delve into the process of place management in areas hosting street food activities. Focus group interviews were conducted with a random sample of street food vendors and consumers.FindingsThe results of this case study confirm the significant impact of street food on its surroundings, emphasising the importance of the people–place relationship. Insights from group interviews shed light on essential questions regarding the timing, location and drivers of spatiotemporal effects around food activity areas, as well as the entities controlling these effects and their mechanisms. The findings underscore the necessity of harmoniously balancing the needs of vendors and consumers without detrimentally affecting the context.Practical implicationsThe proactive insights gleaned from this study hold potential for replication in other cities, offering valuable insights into the roles and specialisations of actors involved in managing street food places. However, achieving a more comprehensive understanding of stereotypes and underlying themes is imperative.Originality/valueThis study contributes to filling a research gap by exploring strategies to integrate vendors’ and consumers’ preferences and designs into specific contexts. It provides proactive and preventive solutions to mitigate adverse spatiotemporal effects of street food activities within the studied context.

Making sexual and reproductive healthcare environments safe and supportive for disclosure of sexual violence: interview findings from patients and healthcare professionals using a realist approach

ObjectivesMost people who have experienced sexual violence (SV) will disclose the event(s) to someone. Key recipients of disclosure are those working in healthcare. Telling someone in healthcare about experiences of...

Living Alone With Mild-to-Moderate Dementia Over a Two-Year Period: Longitudinal Findings From the IDEAL Cohort

ObjectivesTo compare the experiences of people with dementia living alone or with others and how these may change over two years. DesignWe analysed longitudinal data from three assessment waves, one year apart, in the British IDEAL cohort. SettingParticipants with mild-to-moderate dementia were recruited through National Health Service providers, where possible with a family caregiver, and interviewed at home. ParticipantsThe current analyses include 281 people with dementia living alone and 1,244 living with others at baseline; follow-up data were available for 200 and 965 respectively at time 2 and 144 and 696 respectively at time 3. For those living alone, 140 nonresident caregivers contributed at baseline, 102 at time 2 and 81 at time 3. For those living with others, 1,127 family caregivers contributed at baseline, 876 at time 2 and 670 at time 3. MeasurementsAssessments covered: cognitive and functional ability; self-reported perceptions of health, mood, social engagement, quality of life, satisfaction with life and well-being; use of in-home and community care; and transitions into residential care. ResultsPeople living alone tended to have better cognitive and functional ability and were more frequent users of in-home care. However, they experienced poorer physical, social, and psychological health and reduced quality of life, satisfaction with life, and well-being. These differences persisted over time and rates of transition into residential care were higher. ConclusionsTo facilitate continuing in place for people with dementia living alone, a dual focus on supporting functional ability and add ressing psychosocial needs is essential in the context of an enabling policy framework.

Pengaruh Tenaga Kerja dan Teknologi terhadap Pendapatan melalui Modal sebagai Variabel Intervening UMKM Coffee Shop di Kota Medan

A business that is growing rapidly in the city of Medan is the emergence of coffee shops. Coffee shop visitors do more than just taste coffee; they also use the space for casual gatherings. It is hoped that the coffee shop business in Medan City will have a positive impact on the development of the city, especially in the economic and tourism sectors. The coffee shop business has the potential to increase community income, employment, tourism and coffee production in the city of Medan. The current emergence of coffee shops cannot be separated from the influence of the big city lifestyle which offers lots of fun for entertainment seekers and has become a favorite "hang out" place for young people in campus areas, shopping centers and offices in the city of Medan. The phenomenon of the presence of a new trend in drinking coffee is actually not much different from drinking coffee in a traditional coffee shop. This research aims to determine the influence of Labor and Technology on Income through Capital as an intervening variable for coffee shop in the city of Medan. This research is a descriptive and quantitative analysis, the sample in this research is 50 respondents who are coffee shop owners in the city of Medan and the data analysis technique used to test the hypothesis is a quantitative analysis technique, which is a way of analyzing data using statistical tools such as SPSS 21.0. The research results show that the variable Labor has a positive and significant effect on income, Technology has a positive and significant effect on income, Labor has a positive and significant effect on capital, Technology has a positive and significant effect on capital, Capital has a positive and significant effect on income, Labor has an effect positive and significant on income through capital as an intervening variable. Technology has a positive and significant effect on income through capital as an intervening variable.

“It’s Comfortable at Camp”: Emotional Safety at a Summer Camp for Youth with Visual Impairments

Research has shown that summer camps provide unique opportunities for positive youth development, due in part to the emotionally safe environments they can provide (Garst et al., 2016; Henderson et al., 2005; Sibthorp et al., 2010). Emotionally safe environments consist of “a combination of inclusion, belonging, trust, care, and the absence of bullying and exclusion” (Wong et al., 2022). Summer camp programs can also be emotionally safe places for young people to develop self-determination skills, while school may not provide the same safety, particularly for students with visual impairments (Garst et al., 2011; Opie, 2018; Sibthorp et al., 2010). This research utilizes a theoretical framework of positive youth development to investigate emotional safety for children with visual impairments at summer camp. This research on emotional safety was part of a larger mixed- methods study on self-determination at an educational sports camp for youth with visual impairments. Athletes and coaches at an educational sports camp for youth with visual impairments in the mid-Atlantic United States completed qualitative questionnaires regarding self-determination at camp. Five randomly selected athletes also participated in semi-structured interviews. Both questionnaires and interviews highlighted instances of meaningful adult interaction, emotional support, and inclusion throughout the week of camp. Additionally, the data resulting from questionnaires and interviews revealed that comfort in asking questions and relationships between athletes contributed to an emotionally safe environment. Limitations included low sample size, compounding impact of multiple years of camp attendance, differences between this camp and other similar camps, and familiarity of the researcher. The present study supports the prior research on summer camp, finding that low child-to-staff ratios, emotional support, and inclusion contribute to emotionally safe environments (Garst et. al, 2011; Henderson et al., 2005). Additionally, at a summer camp for youth with visual impairments, relationships between athletes and comfort asking questions supported emotional safety.

Embedding patients' values and preferences in guideline development for allergic diseases: The case study of Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma 2024.

Recommendations for or against the use of interventions need to consider both desirable and undesirable effects as well as patients' values and preferences (V&P). In the decision-making context, patients' V&P represent the relative importance people place on the outcomes resulting from a decision. Therefore, the balance between desirable and undesirable effects from an intervention should depend not only on the difference between benefits and harms but also on the value that patients place on them. V&P are therefore one of the criteria to be considered when formulating guideline recommendations in the Evidence-to-Decision framework developed by the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations (GRADE) Working Group. Patients' V&P may be quantified through utilities, which can be elicited using direct methods (e.g., standard gamble or time trade-off) or indirect methods (using validated instruments to measure health-related quality of life, such as EQ-5D). The GRADE approach recommends conducting systematic reviews to summarise all the available evidence and assess the degree of certainty on V&P. In this article, we discuss the importance of considering patients' V&P and provide examples of how they are considered in the 2024 person-centred Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) guidelines.

Anxiety and depression in people with post-COVID condition: a Belgian population-based cohort study three months after SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, most research has focused on the management of the acute symptoms of the disease. Yet some people tend to experience symptoms beyond the acute phase, defined as Post-COVID-19 Condition (PCC). This study aims to assess the impact of COVID-19 and PCC on anxiety and depression. This is a prospective longitudinal cohort study among the Belgian adult population with recent SARS-CoV-2 infection for which contact tracing was initiated. A total of 3127 people were followed-up just after their infection and three months later (from April 2021 to January 2022). Anxiety and depression were assessed at the two stages using the GAD-7 (Generalized Anxiety Disorder) and the PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire). Three months after infection, participants with PCC (50%) had an increased probability of having both anxiety and depressive symptoms (p < 0.001). The proportion with anxiety and depressive symptoms at three months were significantly higher in people with PCC (11% and 19%) compared to people without persistent COVID symptoms (3.8% and 4.2%) and to a matched sub-sample not infected with SARS-CoV-2 (6.5% and 4.3%). Having at least one acute COVID-19 symptom (p < 0.001), experiencing financial loss following the infection (p < 0.001), and different PCC symptoms were associated with anxiety and depressive symptoms worsening over time. This study showed that three months after a SARS-CoV-2 infection, one in two people suffer from PCC with significant consequences for their mental health. Follow-up on mental health must therefore have an important place in people suffering from PCC.

Protection and enforcement of disability rights in Nigeria: Opportunities and challenges

There has been a rise in the constant violation of the rights of those living with disabilities all over the world, due to the fact the people place their disability over their person and personality. They struggle to be treated like other people in their environment, community, schools, workplace as they are stigmatized and discriminated against because of their disability. With respect to structured legal set up for the protection and enforcement of the rights of people living with disability internationally and locally, there exists plethora of legislations that have provided the needed framework. This paper examined the concept of disability, rights, disability rights, the legal and structural set up for the protection of disability rights in Nigeria and internationally. Also, the challenges with respect to enforcement and opportunities for protection of disability rights are also discussed. The authors commend the Discrimination against Persons with Disability (Prohibition) Act of 2018, which brought to the fore, robust provisions for the protection and enforcement of disability rights in Nigeria. More so, the establishment of the National Commission for persons with Disabilities is phenomenal, as it is believed that the challenges of protection and enforcement of disability rights is now a thing of the past. The authors made some recommendations and advocates for greater inclusion of people with disability in governance and for more effective dissemination of information on disability rights, so that people can be aware of our extant legislations and its provisions.

A place for people's knowledge in climate evidence: Exploring civic evidence in climate litigation

AbstractThis article examines the possibilities for data gathered by individuals and communities to demonstrate climate impacts on people's lives in domestic and international climate litigation, as well as the likely procedural constraints that such evidence may encounter. Building on recent decisions of domestic, regional and international courts and bodies, and looking in particular at cases related to climate displacement, we consider the potential for civic evidence to provide valuable testimony in climate litigation, for example, grounding abstract and diffuse harms in personal and locally relevant frames. The article concludes by advancing a research agenda to test, and support or disprove, the argument developed that civic evidence from climate‐affected people could be more robustly deployed in climate litigation and could have a complementary and reinforcing, rather than competing, role alongside institutional evidence.

The Optimization Strategy: Enhancement for Aerobics Teachers in College and Universities in China

Aerobics is one of the physical fitness activities that trains the body with easy exercise and non-excessive psychological disturbances. However, the implementation and promotion of aerobics in schools and universities is crucial, since it is the ideal place for young people to conduct physical activities with socialization. Nowadays, colleges and universities have developed their aerobics curriculum based on the needs, trends, and innovation to optimize the tools in teaching of aerobics. In the system optimization, the quality of education is monitored fairly objectively, which increases the rating of the higher education institution, stimulating the development of the range of educational services, directions and specifications of training. The purpose of the study was to determine the social and fitness value of teaching college aerobics and use of optimization strategy with multimedia, music, and dance of PE teachers in China who were teaching aerobics. Through descriptive comparative and correlational analysis, the respondents assessed low value in the indicators of psychosocial and fitness value in teaching aerobics and they hardly use optimization strategies with multimedia, music dance. The results of the differences and correlation among variables were discussed. Thus, teaching enhancement program in teaching aerobics was designed as the output of the study.

Human Detection in Flood Using Drone

Drowning people in India approximately around 38000 peoples per year leads to dead finally because of, we have insufficient water rescue or timely emergency response to search and rescue team during emergency, also the lack of information to the rescue team about the drowning people place. We should believe that a few seconds' difference could have saved a person’s life. The timely information conveyed to the rescue team is also an important criterion for drowning to dead rate being very higher At first, we make a dataset, which contains many human targets at sea. Then, we improve the algorithm In the feature extraction network, we use the residual module with channel attention mechanism. Finally, on the settings of the raspberry pi Pico with GPS and GSM, we use a linear transformation method to deal with the python generated by clustering algorithm. The detection accuracy of the improved algorithm for human targets at sea is improved, which has a good detection effect. The drone with detecting and alerting with voice message to the Rescue Team at remote end with required all details about the drowning people make sense for faster rescue and save as the highest accuracy. The camera detection of the rescue Drone had a proper in that the range of the active camera and the speed of the video with Wi-Fi to the control room also optimal for the detection to work properly.

Walking through our differences

In this commentary, I respond to Shawn Bodden’s (2023) work ‘Working Through Our Differences’, which discusses the limits of ontology in critical geographical theories. I build upon Bodden's invitation to bring attention to ordinary voices and acts to understand how people place themselves instead of pointing people to their proper place. I echo the proposal and at the same time, suggest that we might want to even follow how people walk with places rather than to places with respect to Indigenous methodologies and critical geographies. To extend the discussion, I suggest a deeper engagement with the potential of walking as an embodied form of working and to see walking in its plural forms. I also found Bodden's critical writing, in line with Clive Barnett and others, offering an opportunity for us to review some of the classical writings on/against cities. Last but not the least, a reconsideration of ‘invitation and hospitality as situated political acts and embodied ethics could prevent us from enclosing politics with particular ontological experimentation’. I conclude by suggesting that not only do we want to work through our differences, as Bodden suggests, but also we wish to walk through our differences.

Vloga šivalnega stroja v socialni in gospodarski zgodovini vsakdanjega življenja v 19. in prvi polovici 20. stoletja

The article focuses on the sewing machine’s role in economic and social history. First, it examines the long development and the marketing and advertising techniques that enabled the sewing machine to find a place in people’s everyday lives. The second part of the article explores the Slovenian territory, the development of the education system, and, consequently, the development of the seamstress profession.

The health, safety, wellbeing and discrimination: Is there a place for young people to work in digital forensics?

Digital forensic investigators (DFI) are involved in examining computers, mobile phones and other electronic devices containing images and text related to child abuse, violence, terrorist activities and other distressing activities. Identifying, classifying and preparing evidence for courts is time-consuming and may delay cases coming to court. Police forces are under pressure to reduce a backlog of electronic devices requiring investigation (Forensic Capability Network, 2023) and the need to recruit more skilled DFIs. In response to the shortage in DFIs, the national police Forensic Capability Network (FCN) is developing digital forensic apprenticeships for young people based on a College of Policing (2023) role profile aimed at people aged 18 and over. Concerns were raised with the FCN on the potential harm that could be caused to young forensic investigators employed in a role that exposes them to distressing images. This paper describes the examination of evidence from neurobiology and psychological surveillance to provide advice to the FCN on the organisational duty of care to DFI apprentices under Health &amp; Safety and Discrimination &amp; Equality legislation.

Dynamic measurements of geographical accessibility considering traffic congestion using open data: a cross-sectional assessment for haemodialysis services in Cali, Colombia

Many cities with traffic congestion lack accessibility assessments accounting for traffic congestion and equity considerations but have disaggregated georeferenced municipal-level open data on health services, populations, and travel times big data. We convened a multistakeholder intersectoral collaborative group that developed a digital, web-based platform integrating open and big data to derive dynamic spatial-temporal accessibility measurements (DSTAM) for haemodialysis services. We worked with stakeholders and data scientists and considered people's places of residence, service locations, and travel time to the service with the shortest travel time. Additionally, we predicted the impacts of strategically introducing haemodialysis services where they optimise accessibility. Cross-sectional analyses of DSTAM, accounting for traffic congestion, were conducted using a web-based platform. This platform integrated traffic analysis zones, public census and health services datasets, and Google Distance Matrix API travel-time data. Predictive and prescriptive analytics identified optimal locations for new haemodialysis services and estimated improvements. Primary outcomes included the percentage of residents within a 20-min car drive of a haemodialysis service during peak and free-flow traffic congestion. Secondary outcomes focused on optimal locations to maximise accessibility with new services and potential improvements. Findings were disaggregated by sociodemographic characteristics, providing an equity perspective. The study in Cali, Colombia, used geographic and disaggregated sociodemographic data from the adjusted 2018 Colombian census. Predicted travel times were obtained for two weeks in2020. There were substantial traffic variations. Congestion reduced accessibility, especially among marginalised groups. For 6-12 July, free-flow and peak-traffic accessibility rates were 95.2% and 45.0%, respectively. For 23-29 November, free-flow and peak traffic accessibility rates were 89.1% and 69.7%. The locations where new services would optimise accessibility had slight variation and would notably enhance accessibility and health equity. Establishing haemodialysis services in targeted areas has significant potential benefits. By increasing accessibility, it would enhance urban health and equity. No external or institutional funding was received.

Not a place for respectable people, but the ends of the earth converge there: insights from Wisad Pools into the nature and context of Jordan’s Black Desert Neolithic

New data, recovered by the Eastern Badia Archaeological Project, from substantial structures at Wisad Pools have provided insights into the nature and context of eastern Jordan’s Black Desert Neolithic cultural complex, dating to between c. 7000 and 5000 cal. BC. Hunter-herder-trapper communities, with economies based partially on ante-mortem exploitation of domestic sheep, were adept at maintaining a balance between local and non-local adaptations in shaping a networked culture that was deeply rooted in its local environment. Evidence for trans-regional connections with the Levant and Mesopotamia raises the possibility that longer-term habitation sites, like Wisad Pools, were instrumental in linking the western and eastern arms of the Fertile Crescent via direct routes across the steppe. At least one structure excavated by the Project displays evidence for sophisticated architectural planning, demonstrating awareness of basic geometric principles. New radiometric assays suggest that adaptive processes were profoundly influenced by episodes of climatic and environmental change, including the longer 8.2 ka event. Emerging data from north-west Saudi Arabia require Wisad Pools to be examined in the context of Arabian Neolithization, considering the possibility that the Black Desert Neolithic was a point of departure for some aspects of that process.

Social Justice and Physical Education in the United States: The Need for New Maps

This paper is a reflection, a critique, and, hopefully, an inspiration to think about how future generations can reshape physical education in the United States. To do so, we first pay homage to our pioneers, who, we argue, were transformative leaders because they used research to respond to the sociopolitical issues of their time. In saying this, we reflect on how these ideas from that time were critically important but have also been developed for a different time, place, and demographic of people. We then trace the social justice research in the United States by highlighting the promises and pitfalls of current scholarship because it often asks “tough questions” but provides “weak solutions.” To conclude, we believe that the future of physical education needs to be about allowing those “new voices” to become the future leaders of our field. In so doing, they will change the landscape of physical education knowledge, movement, and practices.

Community perceptions of the importance of land use types in Bukit Barisan Forest Park area

The Bukit Barisan Forest Park (Tahura Bukit Barisan) is a protected forest area located in North Sumatra Province. It has enormous biodiversity potential in both flora and fauna. The dependence of local communities on forests and forest products from it is very high. This study aimed to find out the community perception of the importance of forest and land use and to know kinds of natural resources existed in Bukit Barisan Forest Park area, especially in Doulu Village, Brastagi Subdistrict and Jaranguda Village, Merdeka Subdistrict, Karo Regency. Multidisciplinary Landscape Assessment (MLA) method, a combination between Focus Group Discussion (FGD) and Pebble Distribution Method (PDM) was used in this research. The results showed, the first is that “village” is the most important of land use types (for men and women) who has score 31.5 points (men) and 33.6 points (women). Villages are the first most important land use type because they are the economic, cultural, educational and social centres. Furthermore, forests are the second most important land type because they provide a place for people to obtain their daily needs by hunting, collecting non-timber forest products, and farming. Forests also maintain a water flow and support environmental sustainability.