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Volume XX |
Environment

Role of media in managing environmental conflicts in Rovinari Thermal Power Plant area, Gorj County, Romania

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Abstract: Thermal power plants currently contribute significantly to global energy production. However, they cause a series of environmental conflicts through pollution and environmental degradation processes. In this context, people, as well as a number of environmental organisations, NGOs, and mainly the media play an important role in managing these conflicts. In this study, we aimed to analyse how the media can contribute to the management of environmental conflicts generated by the Rovinari thermal power plant in Gorj County, Romania. Its impact is highly visible in the village of Rogojel (Farcăşeşti township), which is located in the immediate vicinity of the thermal power plant, owing to the noise produced by the conveyor belts and excavators, as well as the air pollution generated by the coal dust. Residents have submitted a series of complaints to the Environmental Guard, the Government, and the European Commission. As a method of investigating the situation, both local and national media, which have become a real agora where citizens express their dissatisfaction were chosen. Ziare.com was chosen as a news archive, where 20 volunteers read 24 news articles. When asked if the article reflects concerns regarding the environment, a total of 276 affirmative answers were obtained. In addition, when volunteers were asked how much violence and tension does the article convey, a total of 136 responses were obtained for maximum violence and 160 for high violence. The Cronbach Alpha index had values of 0.73 and 0.66 in the first and second cases, respectively. The articles and strong words of the volunteers were analysed using NVivo software to calculate their frequency and the degree of correct results. Currently, the situation is still open to debate, beyond the unlikely solution of relocating the entire locality or closing the thermal power plant.

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Full article 10.5775/fg.2021.011.iDates:
Received: 06-02-2021 Accepted: 20-05-2021 Printed: 30-06-2021 Online: 13-09-2021
Affiliations:
  • 1 West University of Timişoara, Department of Geography, B-dul Vasile Pârvan, 4, 300223, Romania
Corresponding author:
  • mircea.voiculescu@e-uvt.ro
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Acknowledgements: I would like to thank the management of the Târgu-Jiu County Library for providing me with rich journalistic materials. The authors also acknowledge comments from anonymous reviewers for their comments as well as the other members of the editorial board of the journal.
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Volume XX |
Environment

Multivariate and spatial analysis of reduced urban air pollution during COVID-19 pandemic in Delhi

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Abstract: Towards the end of 2019, a novel contagious virus (COVID-19) came out of Wuhan, China and turned into a disastrous pandemic. Many countries were completely or partially locked down. The ongoing pandemic has greatly affected our society and economy but, on the other side, it had effects upon the natural environment, as it rejuvenated itself. The present study repots the air quality and spatial distribution of air quality parameters (PM10, PM2.5, NO2, SO2, O3 and CO) in Delhi, taking into account data from 36 monitoring stations, for the months of January – April 2019 and 2020, respectively before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The statistical tools like box plot, Pearson’s correlation, and PCA were used to interpret air pollution data before and during the lockdown period. The results revealed the characteristics of pollutants with respect to location, relationship between pollutants, and monitoring their level in compliance with the limits set by the legislation. The results of multivariate analysis were further spatially analyzed by mapping the distribution of pollutants by using the Inverse Distance Weighted interpolation. The result revealed the gradual reduction in the pollutant concentrations (PM10, PM2.5, CO, SO2) and an increment in ozone concentration was observed, which was due to a drastic reduction in NO2, especially during March and April 2020, immediately after the declared lockdown in the region. The overall study indicated that the interventions for urban air pollution mitigation are crucial in the regeneration of nature.

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Full article 10.5775/fg.2021.089.iDates:
Received: 30-01-2021 Accepted: 15-05-2021 Printed: 30-06-2021 Online: 13-09-2021
Affiliations:
  • 1 Amity School of Natural Resources and Sustainable Development, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • 2 Geospatial Knowledge Infrastructure at Geospatial World, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • 3 Amity School of Engineering and Technology, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Corresponding author:
  • shivangi.842003@gmail.com
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Volume XX |
Tourism

Sustainable tourism and community-based tourism in small islands: a policy analysis

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Abstract: The importance of the tourism sector to Small Island Developing States (SIDS) relies on their “islandness”. Tourism contributes to its socio-economic development in many ways. However, their heavy dependence on foreign entities and expertise has encumbered processes that ensure greater local control, ownership, participation, and avoidance of leakages. Unshackling these dependencies is one of the biggest challenges faced by SIDS in their quest to self-determination and emancipatory futures. The article argues that new pathways and trajectories have to be found to induce the required change where sustainability and inclusivity become fundamental for self-determination, social justice, and a just tourism. The article suggests the establishment of specific island policies that support sustainability and Community-based Tourism (CBT). The suggestions also include the establishment of a regional CBT hub for Islands within a region. This article is a conceptual paper based on secondary data, journal articles, books and government documents.

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Full article 10.5775/fg.2021.057.iDates:
Received: 22-08-2020 Accepted: 05-01-2021 Printed: 30-06-2021 Online: 13-09-2021
Affiliations:
  • 1 Ritson Campus, Department of Hospitality and Tourism, Durban University of Technology, PO Box 1334, Durban, 4000, South Africa
  • 2 School of Built Environment and Development Studies, College of Humanities, Howard College, University of KwaZulu Natal, Private Bag X54001, Durban 4000, South Africa
  • 3 Department of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management, Maria Curie Sklodowska University, Al. Kraśnicka 2cd, 20-718 Lublin, Poland
Corresponding author:
  • dluzewska.a@gmail.com
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Volume XX |
Tourism

Heuristic Approach in Determining the Best Tourist Tours to Medieval Fruška Gora Monasteries in Serbia

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Abstract: This study brings the results of comprehensive analysis aimed at finding the best tourist routes between twenty important tourism sites in Serbia: sixteen medieval monasteries at Fruška Gora Mountain, two other important monasteries in the area, and cities of Novi Sad and Belgrade as starting points of tours. Several travelling salesman problems are formulated and the shortest tours are found with the application of heuristic approach and genetic algorithm developed specially for this purpose. The best tour connecting all twenty sites of great tourist interest is firstly identified in strictly geographical terms by using GPS coordinates and orthodromic distances. This result, considered as the optimal in mathematical sense is not achievable in real circumstances, but can serve as target and be compared with any other solution obtained as if the touring all sites is made by car. In this study the distances between sites are based on node-to-node ground transportation infrastructure data downloaded from the Google Maps Service at Internet. Shortest tours respect topography of the area and can be used for planning tourist and other visits to monasteries and cities of national and international importance. The results of this study are considered as input to improvement of existing government policies affecting Serbian travel and tourism marketing. An approach is applicable elsewhere with open agenda for extensions and further improvements.

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Full article 10.5775/fg.2021.084.iDates:
Received: 24-11-2020 Accepted: 14-04-2021 Printed: 30-06-2021 Online: 13-09-2021
Affiliations:
  • 1 Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Water Management, University of Novi Sad, Trg D. Obradovica 8, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Corresponding author:
  • bojans@polj.uns.ac.rs
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Acknowledgements: This research was supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of Republic of Serbia (grant 451-03-68/2020-14/ 200117).
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Volume XX |
Tourism

Certification and promotion of sustainable tourism: consumers attitude towards EU Ecolabel

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Abstract: The potential of ecotourism certification system has a promising development, considering increasing demands for environmentally friendly accommodation facilities for tourists on their vacations. The importance of the certification system and its impact or influence on the economic, social environment but also on the natural environment is a very big one. The opportunities offered by the certification activity are very wide, offering a number of advantages to the local communities, but also to the tour operators in the areas where such a system is implemented. That is why the standards regarding the ecological labeling have been developed and have been introduced in the national and regional systems of life cycle analysis of the products.The goal of the paper is to highlight the current situation, possibilities and approaches to ecological certification in tourism in Romania and to bring to the fore some fundamental elements regarding the ecological label. To determine the current attitude of the Romanian consumers towards the ecological labeling of the products, an questionnaire was carried out. It focused on identifying the perception of Romanian consumers towards the ecological label and how it influences their buying behavior.Based on the results of this research, we could observe the high level of notoriety of eco-labels among Romanian consumers, but also a nebulosity regarding the notion of eco-label, the uncertainty making its presence among our respondents.

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Full article 10.5775/fg.2021.143.iDates:
Received: 12-05-2020 Accepted: 15-12-2020 Printed: 30-06-2021 Online: 13-09-2021
Affiliations:
  • 1 Faculty of Sciences, Department of Geography, University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania
Corresponding author:
  • loredana.dragomir25@yahoo.com
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