Territorial Management Research Articles

Identification of factors controlling heavy metals/metalloid distribution in agricultural soils using multi-source data

Understanding the factors that controlling the agricultural soil heavy metals/metalloids distribution is vital for cropland soil remediation and management. For this objective, 227 agricultural soils were sampled in the Guanzhong Plain, China, to measure the concentration of five heavy metals (Pb, Cd, Ni, Zn, and Cu) and one metalloid (As) by X-ray fluorescence spectrometer, meanwhile, 24 possible influencing factors to agricultural soil heavy metals/metalloid distribution were collected and grouped into three categories. A sequential multivariate statistical analysis was carried out to provide insight into the controlling factors of soil heavy metals/metalloid distribution, then stepwise multiple linear regression (SMLR) and partial least squares regression (PLS) were used to predict heavy metals/metalloid concentrations in agricultural soil based on the result of soil heavy metals/metalloid controlling factors identification. The results demonstrated the types of soil and land use did not have a substantial effect on soil heavy metals/metalloid distribution, except Zn and Cu. The soil properties category played a major role in influencing the soil heavy metals/metalloid concentration. The concentrations of Mn and Fe, which are the main constitute elements of soil inorganic colloid, were the most significant factors, followed by the concentrations of P, K and Ca. Soil pH and soil organic matter (SOM) content, which are often considered as important factors for soil heavy metals/metalloid distribution, were not important in the present study. The SMLR was more effective than the PLS for predicting soil heavy metals/metalloid content. The results of this study enlighten that future soil heavy metals/metalloid contamination treatment in regions with high pH and low SOM content should concentrate on inorganic colloid particles, which have strong adsorption capacity for soil heavy metals/metalloid and are environmentally friendly. Moreover, the combination of successive multivariate statistical analysis and SMLR provide an effective tool to predict and monitor agricultural soil heavy metals/metalloid distribution, and facilitate the improvement of environmental and territorial management.

Disrupted water governance in the shadows: Revealing the role of hidden actors in the Upper Cauca River Basin in Colombia

Colombia's policy in the Upper Cauca River Basin is diminished by a lack of legitimacy in local areas respecting the control of territory and water. Such illegitimate interference provides a hiding place and fertile ground for the illegal activities of “hidden” actors. This paper aims to scrutinize the potential power of such hidden actors to influence water governance. We engage with critical discussions of water governance to reveal the role of these actors in controlling territory and water in the Upper Cauca River Basin. Extensive fieldwork was carried out, including workshops, interviews, and informal talks. Despite the Colombian government not recognizing hidden actors and their part in influencing water-related policies, the information gathered revealed their active agency in the basin. The paper shows how these actors play a determining role in territorial development and water resource management, disrupting the functioning of the State's water governance. Hidden actors, to promote their own, mostly illegal and illegitimate businesses, seize upon the current lack of clarity in the national normative standards, the deficiencies created by an inconsiderate implementation of national water policy, and the State's lack of legitimacy at the local level. This paper concludes that the awareness of hidden actors and their invisible power over water governance provide a better sense of the reality on the ground for policymakers in Colombia.

An enhanced approach to mangrove forest analysis in the Colombian Pacific coast using optical and SAR data in Google Earth Engine

Accurate quantification of land cover is crucial for effectively planning and managing territories. For example, the Colombian Pacific Coast (CPC), a biodiversity hotspot, is home to mangrove forests that provide environmental services to local communities. This study utilized robust multi-sensor and multi-annual satellite data, combined with machine learning in the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform, to improve the detection of mangrove forests in the CPC. Satellite images from the Landsat 5, 7, and 8 missions were utilized along with L-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data (ALOS-2/PALSAR-2) to quantify changes in mangrove cover between 2009 and 2019. Optical indices and SAR textures were used to identify mangrove cover, and a Random Forest supervised machine learning algorithm was applied for image classification. The multisensory composites produced moderate to high overall accuracies (OA) classifications. Our findings indicate that between 2009 (155,394.3 ha) and 2019 (144,704.3 ha), there was a net reduction of 6.88% in mangrove forest cover in the CPC. This study provides important insights into the conservation and management of Colombian coastal territories and demonstrates the effectiveness of using optical and radar data to accurately recognize coastal forest cover, specifically in tropical mangrove forests.

Justification of scientific approaches to the management of the territories of national natural parks in modern conditions

Creating nature reserves and objects is an effective way of preserving rare and endangered species of plants and animals and natural complexes that can serve as benchmarks of natural ecosystems for science and practice. Objects of the natural reserve fund, such as national natural parks and nature reserves, are essential elements of the ecological framework of the country, and the issue of effective management of such territories is relevant, especially given the ratification of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union. The article aims to substantiate the optimal strategies and recommendations for the effective management of national natural parks in Ukraine to ensure their nature protection, research, and educational mission, as well as to promote the development of tourism and improve the population's quality of life. During the analysis of the management of the territories of national natural parks, it was established that it does not meet the requirements of modernity due to an inefficient system of state management, violations of environmental protection legislation, insufficient financing of measures to preserve the nature reserve fund, biological and landscape diversity, weak implementation of recreational potential. It was determined that the main problems are the need for actual management plans, land management projects regarding the organization, and establishing boundaries of the territories of the nature reserve fund for national natural parks that are practically underdeveloped. In connection with this, a large part of the parks needs to have established boundaries. In the structure of the area of the national natural parks of Ukraine, economic zones prevail (on average 60-90% of the park area), while the average value of the area of the protected zone, as a rule, does not exceed 20%. It was established that practical management activities depend significantly on the awareness of the importance of national natural parks for the country's nature protection system. Therefore, the reform of the management of nature protection territories implemented by the government of Ukraine to preserve landscape and biological diversity is timely. Based on this, during the research, it was established that the main aspects of effective management of the territories of national natural parks in modern conditions should be legal establishment of park status, development, and implementation of a management plan, drawing up a nature protection strategy with the identification of critical areas, recreation, and education, scientific research, provision financing, cooperation and communication, monitoring, and evaluation. The main goal of ensuring effective management of national natural parks is to preserve nature and ensure access for people with minimal impact on nature. Such management should be implemented through developing and implementing strategies and development plans that consider the preservation of natural resources and the needs of society in recreation, public opinion, protection from natural and anthropogenic threats, and international standards. Keywords: nature reserve fund; land protection, national natural parks, sustainable development, natural resources, management activities.

Analysis and evaluation of the dynamic structure of the gross regional product in the context of territorial development management

Analysis and evaluation of the dynamic structure of the gross regional product in the context of territorial development management

Collaborative mapping on sustainable development goals in Latin America UNESCO Global Geopark: A methodological discussion

UNESCO Global Geoparks (UGGps) are territories that promote sustainable development through a territorial management plan focusing on education, conservation, and local development. In their guidelines, they establish, among others, the relevance of the territorial bottom-up approach. This implies the active involvement and participation of the local communities on the projects and strategies focusing on sustainable territorial development and management. In this sense, the participatory processes should be one of the main strategies for the progress, analysis and diagnosis on the development and management of the UGGps. On this scope, the use of geographic analysis tools, like interpretative maps of the territory and the application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) through a collaborative approach, could be an asset for the spatial planning required in the UGGps, reinforced by the local knowledge. One of the main applications that can be implemented in UGGps for the improvement, adaptation, and actualization of the spatial planning and management of the territories is the application of collaborative mapping strategies. This work is an example of a methodological proposal for the spatial diagnosis of the sustainable development in four UGGps of the Latin America and Caribbean Geoparks Network (GeoLAC) through a collaborative mapping process. This should be understood as a map's creation practice by local communities' perception. In addition, it also allows the understanding of the dynamics, evolution, and transformation of the UGGps through community knowledge and citizen science, supporting the improvement of the management plans of each territory. The objective of this methodology is to identify and discuss the spatial and territorial distribution of the “geopark” concept and how different activities related to geoconservation, geoeducation and geotourism, as main axes of the principles of the UGGp, are acting for and contributing to the sustainable development in four UGGps of the GeoLAC. Results allow to define new strategies to involve, in a more homogeneous spatial distribution, the impacts and benefits of the UGGps. The final maps become important tools not only for researchers or managers but also for local communities. This methodology has the potential to become a tool for its application in any UGGp willing to analyze the spatial distribution of the territorial strategies, the activities impact, and the benefits for the sustainable development of its territory. Furthermore, it can be an efficient evaluation tool when applied periodically in the territory, allowing to compare the development and evolution of the spatial impacts and territorial dynamics of the strategies defined by the management structure, calibrated by the vision and perception of the local communities.

Standardization in the formation of sustainable regional development

Aim. The presented study aims to analyze the existing system of regulation of economic relations between regional subjects in the context of the issues of global resource conservation and to develop proposals for the formation of a regional standardization system. Tasks. The authors analyze current regulations in the Republic of Tatarstan and the Republic's experience of creating and implementing regional standards in the field of resource conservation; formulate proposals for the formation of a regional standardization system based on territorial standardization bodies focusing on collecting and generalizing the region's best practices in the field of resource conservation and adaptation of third-party standardization documents to the specifics of the Republic of Tatarstan.Methods. This study is based on the paradigm of sustainable regional development. This paradigm encapsulates an integrated approach to the formation of a territorial management system, the principles of continuous improvement and minimization of the variability of management processes through standardization.Results. Based on the performed analysis of the regulatory and legal framework of regional management processes, an algorithm for the development of a regional standardization system is proposed, aimed at the formation of approaches and tools for sustainable territorial development. The goals and objectives of an authorized regional standardization body are formulated.Conclusions. The sectoral and target subsystems of the "Lean Region" spatial model determine the vector of regional standardization. Considering the specifics of economic development in the Republic of Tatarstan, major directions of regional standardization are identified: petrochemical, machine-building, and agricultural industries, elements of industrial and social infrastructure.

Some Considerations on the Implications of Protected Areas for Sustainable Development

This essay raises some reflections on the implications of protected areas in the processes of social construction related to the conception of nature, its limitations as a strategy for environmental policies (related to ecosystem connectivity and over the management of human activities linked to its functioning), and its public use (encouraging contemplative and tourist uses over productive activities). This essay focuses on some aspects of protected areas as a territorial management model, with the aim of provoking reflection on their implications to sustainable development.

ANÁLISE NORMALIZADA DO ÍNDICE DE DIFERENÇA DE VEGETAÇÃO UTILIZANDO ÍNDICES DE NDVI E SAVI NA UNIDADE DE CONSERVAÇÃO SERRA DA BORBOREMA PARQUE NATURAL MUNICIPAL, CAMPINA GRANDE, PARAÍBA, BRASIL

The nature conservation units (UC) are specially protected territorial spaces (ETEP), with creation, implementation and management provided for by Law 9985/2000, which established the National System of Conservation Units (SNUC). Over 28% of the Brazilian territory is set aside for nature conservation, in a universe of over 2,300 established Units. Paraiba, Northeast region, has 15 (fifteen) Protected Units, representing less than 1% of its territory, and the Municipal Natural Park of Serra da Borborema, classified as Full Protection UC, located in the eastern part of the city of Campina Grande, at coordinates Lat. (S) 07º23'250" and Log. (W) 35º84'331", is the only local UC. Objective: to analyze the vegetation cover of the Park through the: Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and the Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index (SAVI), in the period from June to September 2020. Theoretical Frame: It was used citations and authors, respecting the quadrennium 2019 and 2022, being the main ones listed here: Ministry of Environment, WWF, IUCN, IBAMA and, Felix-Trigueiro & Fontgalland, favoring the understanding of concepts related to the protected area and the environmental conservation in the Poeta's Park in Campina Grande -Brazil, and the studies of Ponzoni et al. for the weighting of the derivations of sensorial studies of vegetation. Method: two forms of index analysis were proposed: data and geoprocessed images from LandSat8 satellite, provided by the US Geological Survey - USGS, using Qgis 3.10 software. Results and Conclusions: despite the difference in the representation of minimum and maximum values between the indices evaluated in the thematic maps, as a result, the NDVI and SAVI vegetation indices were close to 1, so that it can be inferred that from the analysis of the biophysical resource "vegetation cover" of the locality, it can allow the conservation of the area for the maintenance of its ecosystem services available to the region, despite the anthropic pressure suffered at the site. Implications of the research: The research is classified as extremely appropriate to the interests of the Post-graduate Program of the Federal University of Campina Grande and also corroborates as literature for other research groups in the Northeast that are involved with protected areas and analysis of vegetation index. Originality and value: The work is pointed out as essential because its differential are the analyses through NDVI and SAVI indexes adapted to the complex of the poet's park in Campina Grande-Brazil.

Exploring Consumer Behavior and Brand Management in the Automotive Sector: Insights from a Digital and Territorial Perspective

Human beings are strongly influenced by their emotions; so, it is believed that building a close relationship between consumers and brands is a key factor for success. In this way, car brands are no exception, and despite facing numerous challenges associated with the energy transition, they have to reinvent themselves, retaining a focus on offering a unique and personalized experience for the consumer without forgetting the factors that influence the decision-making process. Therefore, current research aims to understand the relationship between brand love and other behavioral constructs, including brand attachment, brand satisfaction, brand loyalty, and positive word of mouth, as well as its influence on consumer behavior in the Portuguese automotive market, more specifically regarding the brands Audi, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz. Based on the literature review, a questionnaire survey was conducted on a group of 324 respondents. From this sample, it was possible to develop a conceptual model and formulate six research hypotheses. The results reveal that brand attachment and satisfaction have a positive influence on brand love, which has a positive influence on brand loyalty and positive word of mouth. In addition, brand attachment is positively related to brand loyalty, which has a positive impact on loyalty. Therefore, this article presents some insights from the perspective of digital marketing (i.e., e-WOM and social networks) and territory management (i.e., notoriety and positioning of territories). In the end, the limitations of the study will be presented, and guidelines for future research will be outlined.

Diagnostics of the sectoral structure of regions in the information and analytical support of strategic management of territories (on the example 47 of the Southern Federal District)

Diagnostics of the sectoral structure of regions in the information and analytical support of strategic management of territories (on the example 47 of the Southern Federal District)

Losing Cultural Heritage due to Anthropic Environmental Disasters: An Application of the DPSIR Spiral Framework

Cultural heritage often mirrors the evolution of the social and economic dynamics of territories. In Taranto, a city in Apulia in southern Italy, cultural heritage represents the synthesis of the profound environmental and economic crisis that has characterised the city over the last century. Its loss is the order of the day following repeated collapses and static instability. Probably, this is the result of the strong conditioning that large industrial groups and military institutions have been exercising over the city’s environment and economy since the end of the 19th century. This paper focuses on the analysis of aspects related to the management and enhancement of the cultural heritage in the area, in the broader scenario of territorial heritage management. Using the DPSIR (Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response) spiral logic scheme, the aim of the research is to highlight causal links between the impoverishment of Taranto’s cultural heritage and the management and socio-economic drivers present there. In this perspective, the study aims to contribute to the implementation of the scientific literature on the topic of the application of the spiral DPSIR model to the theme of built cultural heritage and not only to the management of the naturalistic factors of the territories. Furthermore, it aims to stimulate policy makers to initiate specific analyses of the risks threatening cultural heritage in order to implement protective measures before irreversible damage occurs. The results of the analysis promote the need for a subversion of the area’s development dynamics with a view to a ‘culture of sustainability’.

Geomorphological analysis of San Nicola Island (Tremiti Islands, Southern Adriatic Sea). Results from the 2021 and 2022 Environmental Geomorphology field camps of the MSc in Geological Sciences and Technologies of Earth and Planets (University ‘G. d’Annunzio’ of Chieti-Pescara)

ABSTRACT This paper presents the results of the 2021 and 2022 field activities carried out at San Nicola Island (Tremiti Islands, Southern Adriatic Sea) by two groups of students as part of the Environmental Geomorphology Field Mapping course held within the Master's Degree in Geological Sciences and Technologies of Earth and Planets at University ‘G. d'Annunzio’ of Chieti-Pescara. Field activities were carried out following an integrated approach that involved morphometric, geological, and geomorphological analyses, supported by the combination of traditional methods with modern survey instruments and techniques. The Main Map (1:2,500 scale) comprehensively depicts the landscape of San Nicola Island, which is affected by both long- and short-term evolutionary processes, as witnessed by widespread slope landforms. The cartographic products presented in this work can represent a useful tool in territorial planning and management, as well as a valuable base for further scientific studies.

Cracks, seams and borders

Sometimes there are real cracks (and even gaps) between alternatives, and sometimes these borders look like seams joining the opposites. One of the peculiarities of architectural thinking is that it is like mosaic or patchwork. Scars and seams are inherent in architecture. Sometimes they are tried to be hidden, while sometimes to be aestheticized. How inclusive is the ‘patchwork’ of architectural thinking, or is it an exclusive stigma, a scar on the ‘profession’s skin’?Philosophical reflections on the semantic and philosophical-symbolic interpretation of the image of crack, rupture or gap in a broader context of cultural evolution, and, above all, in its current cultural-methodological meaning are presented by Leo Salmin and Petr Kapustin in their articles.Administrative boundaries can also turn into cracks. One of the most difficult tasks of urban planning and territorial management is to prevent ‘sprawling’ at the seams between regions. The border between the subjects adjacent to Lake Baikal runs directly along the water area of this glorious sea. And now, after the transfer of Transbaikalia to the Far Eastern Federal District, it is the border between the federal districts. But it is clear that the town planning documents should cover the whole lake, together with hundreds of rivers and streams flowing into it. Invisible seams prevent full comprehension of the whole complex. This is what Alexander Kolesnikov writes about.The seams of the borders within the Russian Empire were fantastically variable, including not only those of its provinces, but also of its cities. Such changes have occurred over the centuries for a variety of reasons, including political ones.The selection of materials in this section tells what is happening on the line of the collision of alternatives.

TerriStories®, a serious game to improve long-term autonomous management of natural resources and land

Although participatory and inclusive approaches have been recognised as necessary for involving local people in the management of resources and territories, their impact often remains limited in the long term, whether at the local level or for broader territories. Based on this observation, a CIRAD team developed a method in the late 1990s using a serious game, TerriStories®. The effects of the first trial in Senegal in 1998-1999 are still seen today at the local and national levels. Applied to the management of local territories, then to the definition of national land and environmental regulations, the method has succeeded – in all of the countries in which it has been deployed – in driving collective endogenous proposals that the actors themselves then deliver and implement according to their own requirements.

ТЕХНОЛОГИИ ГЕЙМИФИКАЦИИ В МАРКЕТИНГЕ ТЕРРИТОРИЙ

The article is devoted to the study of new marketing technologies in regional management and marketing of territories. The methods of analysis and synthesis, classification, and comparative analysis were used in the research. The purpose of the study is to assess the possibilities and to identify promising areas for using gaming techniques in territory marketing. The article presents the results of an analysis of experience of using gamification in territory management and the main types of gaming techniques. The author clarified the concept of gamification as a tool for involving target audiences in solving problems of social and economic development of territories. The goals and promising directions for using gamification technology in the context of territory marketing were specified. The outcomes of the study can be used when making decisions on the choice of tools to increase the degree of involvement of target audiences in the management and development of territories. It can be also applied when forming partnerships between local authorities and the population.

Towards strategy of geoinformation systems and technologies use for territory management

GeoInformation (GI) Systems (GIS) and GI Technologies (GIT, together GIST) have been used for almost half a century, since the creation of Canada's first GIS in the 60s of the last century, to solve territory management problems. Over the past years, GISTs have reached their maturity, but still continue to develop, covering ever wider areas of use. Even the science of geoinformatics has emerged, in which GIST is used mainly as a toolkit or technology. As an example, geoinformatics in the same Canada is called geomatics and is a technology and/or technological science. At the same time, the expansion of the field of GIST use poses to researchers the question of methods and methodology. They are followed by issues of methods and methodology of geoinformatics not only as a technology, but also as a science. Moreover, these issues become more complicated with the expansion of the field of use. In the information industry, together with the field of use, the term "domain" or "context" is used. Thus, modern GIST usage manipulate a large number of interrelated terms and concepts that are often not clearly defined. The work is devoted to the classification of the main ones, which are influenced by the strategy selected. Spatial models of territory are used in the work. They are used in the study of both territorial systems of reality and individual spatial entities and phenomena of reality. Among spatial models, the main attention is paid to information spatial models, the most famous of which are GeoInformation Systems (GIS). GIS are inseparable from GIS tools - GeoInformation Technologies (GIT). The main results of the article were obtained using the so-called method of Conceptual Frameworks (CoFr) of Spatial Information Systems (SpIS). The CoFr method is applied to a special class of GIS - Atlas Geo-Information Systems (AGIS) of large territories (LT). The AGIS class includes Electronic Atlases (EA), Atlas Information Systems (AtIS), Cartographic Information Systems (CIS) and, in fact, GIS, if we are talking about LT. AGIS-LT is a hierarchical echeloned SpIS, for which the main terms and concepts of the article are applicable. These are such terms and concepts as "strategy" and "methodology" of GIS usage. GIS, in turn, use GIT, which are also classified using CoFr SpIS.

Gestão da Reserva Extrativista Tapajós-Arapiuns: Limites e possibilidades na percepção de seus conselheiros

Abstract Protected Areas (PAs) are strategic for sociobiodiversity conservation; they strengthen traditional communities and promote sustainable development and their territorial management needs to be inclusive, participative and integrating. This study analyzed the shared management of the Tapajós-Arapiuns Extractive Reserve and how the members of its Deliberative Council perceive its contributions to the PA’s socioeconomic development. Analysis of the results of the semi-structured interviews used content analysis to extract the data and identified discourse patterns that indicate aspects that could be improved to foster the institutional strengthening of the Deliberative Council itself.

Spatial planning systems in Europe

The paper aims to present the most significant classifications of spatial planning systems and territorial management in Europe. After the first attempts, from the end of the last century, at the beginning of the new millennium, extensive analyses of the spatial planning system were carried out through several ESPON projects. Their results were based on the dominance of one of four approaches: urbanism, land use, regional-economic or comprehensive integrated planning. Some countries have a combination of two or three approaches. The second research also refers to the development trends observed in the national systems of territorial management and spatial planning. Recent research include the classification of states according to the way of management, the level of integration of sectoral policies, the degree of adaptability in planning, as well as the degree of engagement of citizens in the planning process. Knowing the basic characteristics of the spatial planning system, as well as the classifications based on them, creates a clearer perspective of spatial planning as a socially important activity and makes it easier for every country to review and improve its planning practice.

Українському народу – стабільний планомірностійкий людський розвиток (історико-аналітичні нариси: переосмислення минулого). Частина 5. Система стратегічного планування стабільного людського розвитку в Україні: бачення повоєнного майбутнього

The article summarizes the achievements and contribution of the national economy of the Ukrainian SSR as part of the Soviet Union on the eve of obtaining economic sovereignty and state independence. The main trends, initial conditions and effective signs of the intensification of social production in 1981-1990 are revealed. The working hypothesis of the essays was the consideration of alternative options for state decisions in the field of managing the national economy in 1991-2021 through an expert evaluation for the publications of Doctor of Economics, Professor Vasyl Feodosiyovych Stolyarov in the materials of the Discussion Club of the Academy of Economic Sciences of Ukraine. The national-historical origins of social and economic democratization in Ukraine of the last century are systematized and the essence and content of statehood and post-war state-building are determined in order to change the paradigm of the interaction of the Base and Superstructure of the state from material enrichment to spiritual development and moral flourishing of Ukrainian society. Definitions and examples of confederations and Сondominiums as management of separate territories by two states are given. Virtually modeled versions of Condominium creations in Ukraine. Attention is paid to the principle of territorial and land organization of the state, which was proposed at the beginning of the last century and was not taken into account in the first years of Ukraine’s independence. The directions of reforming the economic research institute of the State Plan of Ukraine and the role of its specialists in the formation of scientific and methodological support for social transformation are revealed. The essence and content of the indigenous fundamental law of Ukraine as the awareness of its people of the feeling of their native land as a national treasury of their own gene pool, as well as the consequences of its deliberate violation or deliberate use, are revealed. The questions for public discussion in the Discussion Club of the Academy of Economic Sciences of Ukraine are formulated.