Territorial Intelligence Research Articles

The Stlocus Method in planning and territorial order policies. Applied in the peri-urban zone of Usme, Bogotá

In 2015, a research study was conducted in a peri-urban area of Bogotá, Colombia, with the aim to 1) diagnose the effect of urban expansion on historically rural and agricultural lands, and 2) implement one of the methods provided by Territorial Intelligence, specifically the Stlocus method. Once all seven phases of the method were completed, scientific results were obtained that encompassed the four key aspects (social, economic, environmental, and academic). These results not only assessed the problem but also generated possible solutions for the situation in the study area. Thus, both the territory and the method benefited and were enriched through its implementation.

Towards the Construction of Territorial Intelligence Tourism Concept in Latin America

Towards the Construction of Territorial Intelligence Tourism Concept in Latin America

Development of regional television: Problems and solutions

Relevance. The relevance of the study lies in the fact that the implementation of sustainable development of television at the local level depends on the understanding of territorial intelligence, which is not limited to the production of scientific or regulatory information. Purpose. The purpose of the research is to consider the problems of development of regional television, as well as ways of their solution in the modern world. Methodology. The research article utilized three main methodological approaches: empirical, deductive, and structural. Results. The results of the research article highlight the significant role of regional television media in shaping mass culture and affecting individuals and communities in various aspects of life, such as intellectual, emotional, and social spheres. Television elements serve various social functions, impacting cultural development, promoting new tendencies, and stimulating individual imagination on a wide societal scale. Conclusions. The conclusion underscores the importance of local television's evolution in parallel with digital terrestrial television advancements to catch up with past delays and adapt to modern viewing trends. While facing challenges like declining viewership and changing audience preferences, local television's resilience lies in community engagement, innovative content creation, and embracing digital transformations to ensure its continued relevance and impact within the regional media landscape. The development of television, particularly in education and upbringing, emphasizes the need for universal media education to address the strong influence of mass media on shaping values and attitudes. Keywords: information; mass media; Internet; digital TV; channels

Territorial intelligence in Algeria, between network structuring and sustainable development

Territorial intelligence in Algeria, between network structuring and sustainable development

Towards a practical modeling of the links between the territorial intelligence and tourist destinations

Towards a practical modeling of the links between the territorial intelligence and tourist destinations

Oeste smart region. An intermunicipal integrated analytical territorial intelligence platform

Smart regions are described as an instrument to achieve sustainable planning at the regional level, promoting knowledge-based development through continuous learning as an integral part of the development of regional resources that solves challenges through the knowledgeable application of new technologies, the organization of processes and reasonable and future-proof decision-making. With this work we intend to present a territorial intelligence platform, in particular the spatial data infrastructure that supports it. Based on the potential of multiple sources and formats of data available (Big Data), from the systems of twelve Portuguese municipalities. Along with the Internet of Things and collective intelligence the developed model, sets out as an ambition to take advantage of the potential of data science and artificial intelligence, to promote a regional model of governance based on the management of information capable of leveraging the creation of a territorial intelligence center constituting a new paradigm of territorial planning and management based on facts.

A near real-time web-system for predicting fire spread across the Cerrado biome

Wildfires are aggravating due to climate change. Public policies need territorial intelligence to prevent and promptly fight fires, especially in vast regions like Brazil. To this end, we have developed a fire-spread prediction system for the Brazilian Cerrado, the biome most affected by wildfires in South America. The system automatically uploads hot pixels and satellite data to calculate maps of fuels loads, vegetation moisture, and probability of burning for simulating fire spread thrice a day for the entire Cerrado at 25 ha and for nine conservation units at 0.04 ha spatial resolution. In both versions, the model attains 65–89% of spatial match. Model results together with ancillary data, e.g., historical burned areas and annual CO2 emissions from fires, are available on an interactive web-platform that serves as a tool for fire prevention and fight, particularly in the selected conservation units where the platform is being used for daily operations.

The use of data mining to influence social entrepreneurship and territorial dynamics

The digitalization of the economy is a trendy phenomenon that is transforming the micro and macro-economy, evolving at a record pace and directly impacting the performance and social entrepreneurship of organizations in various sectors around the world. Organizations must therefore face vast waves of data to follow the news and facilitate territorial intelligence. This world of data is defined by the collective name of data mining, the processing of which is usually carried out by artificial intelligence technology. Entrepreneurship creates spaces of solidarity, mutual aid and coalition between social groups suffering from poverty, precariousness and even precariousness, with the aim of ensuring equitable distribution for the benefit of all. In this context, Morocco has embarked on structural changes, strengthened its modern and competitive economy, facilitated the creation of growth and encouraged entrepreneurship, and has committed itself to national commitments to territorial development. To get a broader and clearer idea of the impact of data mining and economic intelligence on territorial intelligence and social entrepreneurship, we seek to answer the following questions: How does social entrepreneurship promote territorial dynamics through artificial intelligence, particularly in the Fez-Meknes region?

DEVELOPMENT OF A COLLABORATIVE PLATFORM FOR INTELLIGENT TERRITORIAL MAPPING OF THE CITY OF ORAN

Abstract. In developing countries, sustainable development and territorial intelligence are of greater interest to public authorities and citizens. In Algeria, the combination of resources with technological innovation goes in the direction of building a productive territorial intelligence. This translates into a process aiming at developing a systemic approach of the territory in order to analyse its physical, social and economic dimensions in order to exchange the different points of view of the different actors and to make the policies more coherent. In this contribution, we have focused the research on studies related to decisional computing and participatory mapping initiatives through Voluntary Geographic Information (VGI), citizen-generated content or crowdsourcing, are now being used as a new instrument for information gathering and two-way exchange between the various entities in the urban environment, ranging from ordinary citizens to leading actors. Mapping and urban planning thus becomes smarter, in particular through the updating of data, reporting information on needs in terms of public services (roads, streetlights, signs, rubbish, etc.), alerts in the event of emergencies. The objective of our work is to provide an interactive solution, ensuring the collaboration of actors for the visualization of urban geospatial data on Oran city (western Algeria), but also, for mapping and reporting street problems for fixing them by the local authorities. The ‘WILAYATI’ platform, under development, will allow citizens to participate in improving their environment, and will be a challenge for the government in terms of intelligent territorial mapping and smart urban governance in Algeria.

Energy from livestock waste: Using circular economy and territorial intelligence to build sustainable businesses

Pig waste can be used to generate energy through biogas and has been gaining importance for being a renewable energy source. The resulting biogas can be used in many forms, such as to produce electricity and supply local networks using microgrids. This helps bring greater stability and energy security to local electricity supply networks. Under this light, this article aims to (i) report on socio-environmental impacts, (ii) present lessons learned (from a circular economy and territorial intelligence perspective), and (iii) point out future business opportunities of value recovery from waste in rural properties. To that end, a case study was carried out in a rural property in Paraná, Brazil. The authors conducted local visits and surveys, and consulted documents provided by the property owners about projects making use of biogas produced from pig waste and used to generate electricity. Different partnerships between the property and public and private bodies enable business opportunities arising from projects that range from the commercialization of carbon credits, decentralized energy generation, to sale of energy to the State's energy provider and establishing Microgrids. From those projects, direct and indirect environmental and social benefits are primarily related to the replacement of non-renewable energy with renewable energy from waste, and impacts avoided from the inadequate handling of pig waste. The results show that it is possible to explore the energy potential of rural properties, based on livestock waste, by developing partnerships with public and private actors, producing energy from biogas, from circular economy and territorial intelligence perspectives.

Un modelo conceptual para el abordaje del ordenamiento territorial

To work in the territories, it is necessary to know them, describe them, find their way and count on the participation of the different actors from a holistic perspective, considering the different scales, hierarchized and in interaction. This research aims to provide a conceptual model for the approach to territorial planning by articulating the categories of territorial intelligence and territorial profile. Although the villages of the province of Cordoba (Argentina) are considered as study units, the model can be applied to other territories with divergent characteristics.

Teacher training in heritage education: good practices for citizenship education

Education of citizens to understand, address and resolve current social and environmental issues calls for a new professional profile that is more reflective, investigative, and critical of the teaching staff and which modifies the predominant, more traditional teaching methodologies. For this reason, we consider it essential that future teachers responsible for all subjects in which heritage is a relevant educational component should have appropriate training in these key concepts, in relation to heritage, emotions, identities, citizenship, and the approach to relevant socio-environmental problems. The study developed here analyses different end-of-degree projects (undergraduate and master’s degrees) carried out by teachers in initial training for Primary and Secondary Education. In their training process, they have addressed different criteria that are considered key to carry out didactic proposals for citizenship education based on heritage, from the perspective of determining good practices in the teaching and learning processes of the social sciences. The approach of this research is characterized by a qualitative methodology, through a documentary study, in which the materials produced by teachers in initial training are examined by analytical categories of this study: Why teach about heritage? What is taught about heritage? How is it taught? What relations are established between emotional intelligence and heritage? What relationships are established between territorial intelligence and heritage? In this study, the importance of the connection between educational research and innovation processes for the training of teachers in the field of heritage education with respect to education for citizenship has been highlighted. The connections of heritage with citizenship education and the potential involved in working on emotional and territorial intelligence have been highlighted too. However, it has been evidenced that it is necessary to go much further into the implementation of the approach to territorial intelligence in which the citizenry should be involved through shared management of heritage.

Territorial intelligence in rural areas: The digitization of non-profit associations through social media

Rural communities are facing the challenge of technological development to address territorial management, by overcoming the digital divide, by introducing digitization in these resilient areas and connecting them. This article thus analyses the relationship that exists between territorial intelligence and development in rural areas through the use of social networks in non-profit associations. The aims are to establish the monitoring and evaluation of social networks in the Local Action Groups (LAGs) of Andalusia and to establish whether the demographic vacuum conditions interactivity.Fourteen indicators have been developed that are linked to social networks, using the LAGs’ websites—Facebook, Twitter and YouTube—as sources. The purpose of all this is to examine the volume of information and the degree of visibility that exists on each of the three platforms. Three indices of interactivity are obtained which are finally included in a cluster analysis.The results show that these associations use social networks more as a means of unidirectional communication with little interaction with society at large. Facebook continues to be the most widely used tool for spreading information in the rural environment. Although the majority of LAGs make an effort to communicate with each other, they should create more synergies. Rural depopulation need not hinder interactivity; a change of mentality is needed, along with the creation of new cultural paradigms for the delivery and use of public services.

Progress and stakes in sustainable tourism: indicators for smart coastal destinations

The paper is based on territorial intelligence (TI) and its application to the sustainability of tourist destinations. The TI focus is viewed as being suited to dealing with the problems of tourist destinations, as well as the integrating nature of different aspects of their reality. The aim of this research is to design a System of Smart Coastal Destination Indicators (SD-Coast) that allows the level achieved by a destination to be measured and a comparison in time and space to be made. The selected study scope comprises 14 destinations on the Spanish Mediterranean coast. The tool proposed for the evaluation of territorial intelligence in coastal destinations is based on the generation of standards that enable the measurement and explanation of variables to be clearly delineated. For this purpose, 30 indicators are considered, covered by six dimensions (Smart Governance, Smart Environment, Universal Access, Smart Business, Smart Technology and Smart Innovation). What most coastal destinations have in common is specialisation in technological advances and the respective application of these advances to long-term sustainability. Yet the municipalities in question are far from being considered a shining example in terms of accessibility or governance.

Oeiras smart

Este texto apresenta um projeto-piloto de desmaterialização de um procedimento inerente à delegação de competências entre o Município de Oeiras e as Juntas/Uniões de Freguesia do Concelho. Num quadro em que as cidades portuguesas começam a apostar mais fortemente nos Sistemas de Informação Geográfica (SIG) para mudar a relação entre cidadãos, espaços e serviços municipais, este projeto é apresentado como um learning case de inteligência territorial. O projeto foi conduzido numa unidade orgânica do município, procurando-se aferir as potencialidades das tecnologias open-source (QGIS 3.6) na governança digital da cidade. A governança digital implica habilitar práticas governativas centradas nos usuários (cidadão e empresas) como cocriadores de serviços e políticas públicas. Nesse sentido, este projeto de digitalização idealiza numa segunda fase o envolvimento e participação dos usuários para que os serviços e as políticas possam ser sustentados nas suas necessidades/preferências. A desmaterialização do procedimento implicou a identificação dos circuitos e fluxos de informação, tipologias documentais envolvidas e responsabilidades associadas a cada atividade, no sentido da sua simplificação, informatização e otimização. A principal aprendizagem deste learning case é a de evidenciar a partir do terreno como pequenos projetos incrementais estão/podem ser ativados para que no futuro uma transformação digital mais profunda possa acontecer. A smartificação liderada pelos municípios (Smart Cities 2.0) está ainda, portanto, numa fase de kick-off que deve ser analisada, especificamente na sua relação com a governança digital, através de casos de aprendizagem para um melhor planejamento e gestão do território. Palavras-chave: Inteligência Territorial. Desmaterialização. Governança Digital. Smart Cities. Learning Case.

Territorial Intelligence, a Collective Challenge for Sustainable Development: A Scoping Review

Territorial Intelligence is a practice devoted to obtaining, analysing and valuing information and knowledge about a territory and its environment to design and implement territorial plans on strategic matters. The purpose of this article is to provide a broad overview about the meaning of Territorial Intelligence in academic literature covering the definitions of the concept and the main topics involved. A scoping review following the PRISMA-ScR method has been carried out. Online databases were used to identify scientific articles and theses published between 2000 and 2020, from which, after screening, 33 key documents were selected, mainly of French origin. Qualitative analyses were performed following the technique of the Seven Key Questions (7W). Territorial Intelligence began in France as an application of Economic Intelligence, but it is becoming an autonomous discipline, expanding to other countries and generating specific applications, such as Tourist Intelligence, in the last decade. It is concluded that three elements characterize current Territorial Intelligence: the consideration as a collective process that involves the participation of multiple agents, the integration of external sources of information with territorial agents’ own internal knowledge and a focus on collaboration to promote sustainable development with a global vision.

Tendencies of knowledge and social development in the XXIst century, international conference 25-26 of October, Alba Iulia, Romania

This presentation is focus on presenting the international conference „Social Development and Territorial Intelligence” organized on October 25-26, 2019 by the Department of Social Sciences within the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences of the University „December 1, 1918” in Alba Iulia in partnership with Alba County Council and Research Institute for Quality of Life, Romanian Academy. The theme of the sixth edition was: „Trends in knowledge and social development in the 21st century”.

BANTUAN CHINA BERUPA ALAT UJI CEPAT COVID-19 KEPADA FILIPINA: PERSPEKTIF DIPLOMACY AND INTERNATIONAL LOBBYING THEORY

This article aims to explain the objectives to be achieved by China related to the assistance give to the Philippines and the response that the Philippines should have done in responding. This paper used the literature study method with a descriptive approach. As for the findings of this paper, related to the theory of diplomacy and international lobbying, assistance provided by China to the Philippines is a tool used to achieve China's own interests and will have an influence on subsequent policy makers regarding maritime conflicts between China and the Philippines. Steps that needed to be taken by the Philippines are to maintain diplomatic relations with China, especially in the economic field because the Philippines economy is strongly supported by China and also strengthen its territorial defense and increase Philippine intelligence activities.

About Territorial Intelligence and Geographic Knowledge Bases

As business intelligence is for companies, territorial intelligence is for local authorities. However, it is not the simple exportation of business intelligence concepts and tools, but overall a new discipline characterized by the amalgamation of collective human intelligence and computer intelligence. As a result, geographic knowledge bases, rules and inference engines are not only based on logic but also on topology, geometry and linguistics, and must take multiple actors’ points of view into account. The scope of this paper will be to present the concepts necessary to construct such systems, i.e. to pass from intelligence to geographic knowledge engineering.

Assessment of groundwater vulnerability to pollution as part of integrated management in coastal areas
 Case of Ghiss-Nekkour Basin (North East of Morocco)

Many methods for assessing the vulnerability of groundwater against anthropogenic pollution have been developed in the past decades. However, if aquifer vulnerability concept is well defined and the methods have been constantly tested and compared, the problem of the choice of the best method remains. The choice of the method depends on a series of factors, including the scale of the problem, the hydrogeological characteristics of the area and data availability. From a pile of a vulnerability assessing methods, the GOD, DRASTIC and SI approaches have been the most extensively tested. This is why, in the present work, we applied them to evaluate the groundwater vulnerability of the Ghiss-Nekkour aquifer, located in North East of Morocco, on its Mediterranean shore. The mapping resulting from the application of the three approaches shows a range of intervals divided into classes corresponding to fluctuating degrees of vulnerability from “very low” to “extreme”. The coincidence rate between the nitrate distribution of the groundwater and the mapped vulnerability classes is higher when the SI approach is applied. Such mapping constitutes basic documents guiding the land planner in decision-making within a framework of territorial intelligence and integrated management of the Ghiss-Nekkour coastal basin.