{"title":"EL SOLAR AND LA VIVIENDA VERNÁCULA AS EXAMPLES OF TRADITIONAL HOME CONSTRUCTION IN MEXICO’S YUCATÁN","authors":"Anna Winiarczyk-Raźniak, Piotr Raźniak","doi":"10.18509/gbp.2018.26","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18509/gbp.2018.26","url":null,"abstract":"The descendants of the Maya living in modern-day Mexico distinguish themselves via language and advanced culture with respect to all other ethnic groups in the country. Features characteristic of the Maya include their dress, customs, and traditional living quarters. Their unique style of home construction is the result of their social and economic status and benefits generated by this form of traditional architecture. However, a number of factors are causing a decline in this traditional form of home construction. Two related factors are modernization and development in rural areas in Mexico. Another key factor is the perception that traditional ways of life and forms of housing are forms of backwardness. This is a view held by many in Mexican society. Many individuals have forgotten that traditional forms of architecture yield certain benefits unavailable elsewhere including the use of natural materials and technologies, ability to create ethnic and regional identity via housing traditions, and traditional ways of life that help the poor survive. All of these reasons may serve as an important basis for action that is designed to help foster sustainable development on a social level and a regional level. One additional reason to protect traditional ways of life is related to the promotion of tourism in a given geographic region. The present study examines traditional home construction, as practiced by the modernday Maya inhabitants of three Mexican states in the Yucatan Peninsula: Campeche, Quintana Roo, Yucatán. The study relies on statistical data obtained from the Mexican census: Encuesta Intercensal 2015 en Mexico. It also uses data obtained from other sources including fieldwork in the region. The study yields key characteristics of traditional housing and their distribution across geographic space in the study area.","PeriodicalId":179095,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 2018","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129139167","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION IN EUROPE IN THE 21ST CENTURY","authors":"K. Naydenov","doi":"10.18509/gbp.2018.22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18509/gbp.2018.22","url":null,"abstract":"Migrations are often associated with improving the educational and qualification structure of the population, increasing its cultural level, but also with the increase in its needs and the expansion of the domestic and foreign markets. On the other hand, migrations also have contradictory consequences loss of working time, loss of leisure time, reduction of population and deterioration of its structure, excessive concentration of population, \"forced\" urbanization and a number of others. Migration is a complex demographic and socio-economic process that is related to the development of productive forces and relations, the reproduction of the population and its territorial distribution. Migration for work is perhaps the most common type of migration for the EU. Migration is a global problem that will remain in the future. Coping with the increasing migratory flows of people is one of the main problems at the beginning of the 21st century. In view of the importance of international migration for the dynamics of the population in Europe, it is of great importance to explore the factors that determine it. Such knowledge would contribute to making more accurate forecasts on migration, which in turn will also help to better predict the population. Different types of migration will leave a different impression on the overall appearance of parts of Europe that changes over time.","PeriodicalId":179095,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 2018","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129613828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"IMPACT OF DEMOGRAPHIC PROCESSES ON REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT","authors":"M. Ivanov","doi":"10.18509/gbp.2018.24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18509/gbp.2018.24","url":null,"abstract":"With this report will attempt to present the impact of demographic processes on socioeconomic development in the regions. Given that globalization processes cover, besides the economy and almost all major spheres of public activity, such as politics, ideology, culture, way of life, and the conditions for the existence of mankind. A basic prerequisite for the development of the processes of globalization is the information revolution, which simultaneously creates and provides the technical basis for the development of global information networks, the internationalization of capital, as well as enhancing the competitive struggle on the world markets. At the heart of the demographic behavior of humans as well as of all living beings is the general biological law of the struggle for survival and continuation of the genus, which also determines the major trends in the world. This fact determines the migration of labor resources at the international level as wages in developed countries exceeds what workers receive with the same qualifications in less developed countries. In the age of globalization, migration policy is increasingly spontaneous and increasingly systematic and diversified. We must not overlook the fact that migration affects national employment, the quality of human capital, labor productivity, income levels, and even the state of interethnic relations. And in this line of thought, the current modern migration policy should include not only the direct regulation of migratory flows, but also the definition and implementation of measures for their integration into national society, economy and culture.","PeriodicalId":179095,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 2018","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121840532","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A GIS BASED TRACEABILITY SYSTEM SUGGESTION FOR A PASTRY FIRM OPERATING NATIONWIDE","authors":"E. Gölge, T. Türk","doi":"10.18509/gbp.2018.47","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18509/gbp.2018.47","url":null,"abstract":"4th International Scientific Conference on Geobalcanica -- MAY 15-16, 2018 -- Ohrid, MACEDONIA","PeriodicalId":179095,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 2018","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121147794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THE RESOURCE BASIS AS INCENTIVE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL TOURISM - CASE STUDY OF THE MOSLAVINA","authors":"J. Lončar, Zdenko Braičić","doi":"10.18509/gbp.2018.42","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18509/gbp.2018.42","url":null,"abstract":"Rural tourism began to develop in Europe much sooner than in Croatia. Despite this, advances have been made and the development of rural tourism has become increasingly interesting since the beginning of the 21st century. When it comes to the development of rural tourism, the continental part of Croatia possesses specific advantages. One such advantage is the region of Moslavina, located in central Croatia and administratively divided into four cities and nine municipalities. In this study, special focus will be placed on family farms (OPGs) as the bearers of potential for the development of rural tourism; the legal basis for the development of this rural tourism will be analysed in detail, followed by an examination of resources such as agricultural holdings, demographics, social and public infrastructure (cycling and themed routes, internet access, accommodation) and other activities that are vital for tourism in the region in general, but which also constitute the essential preconditions for the development of rural tourism specifically. The working hypothesis of the study is that the existing advantages and preconditions for the development of rural tourism in the Moslavina region have not been properly utilised due to the administrative fragmentation of the region and insufficient investments in various forms of promotion, despite the fact that the available resource basis is ideal not just for rural tourism, but also for many other potential types (hunting, recreational, medical, ecological, etc.).","PeriodicalId":179095,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 2018","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114475888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"POPULATION MIGRATIONS IN A POLYCENTRIC CONURBATION","authors":"S. Pytel","doi":"10.18509/gbp.2018.45","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18509/gbp.2018.45","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of the study is to show the volume, destinations and structure of current migrations in a polycentric conurbation as exemplified by the Katowice Conurbation (southern Poland). Throughout 1970s and 1980s, a period of rapid industrial development, until the economic transformation of 1990s, the region experienced large population influxes. Since 1993, however, population decline due to migration has been observable. This problem is particularly acute for large cities. Outflow from the cities accounts for the dominant migration destination. The results of this study show that the region faces a negative migration balance. The decreasing influx of working age migrants combined with the increasing outflow of pensioners result in rejuvenation of the cities and the emergence of a suburban zone around the core of the conurbation.","PeriodicalId":179095,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 2018","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125484177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"GEOGRAPHY EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM ANALYSIS FROM THE SOCIAL MANAGEMENT POSITIONS","authors":"M. Vasileva, K. Naydenov, St. Kliment Ohridski","doi":"10.18509/gbp.2018.68","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18509/gbp.2018.68","url":null,"abstract":"Geography education as community activity evolves in line with the changing needs of human society. At current stage geography education faces different challenges and problems in its essence and scale. This implies new realities, a new educational culture and constantly changing educational environment. It is necessary to develop and validate different educational concepts, to rethink existing ideas, formulations, solutions and experience, and to generate new ones. So the main aim of current paper is to examine geography education in Bulgaria from the point of view of social management and to present its specificity as a social system. Also, it is made an attempt to generate thematic strategy of geography education in order to draw on its current dimensions and priorities.","PeriodicalId":179095,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 2018","volume":"111 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124055341","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"TOWARD PEER-TO-PEER DATA INTERCHANGE IN WEB-BASED GISs","authors":"E. Panidi, M. Mukhamedzyanov, E. Kapralov","doi":"10.18509/GBP.2018.61","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18509/GBP.2018.61","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":179095,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 2018","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133921984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"WESTERN BALKANS AS EU PERIPHERY: IS IT TIME FOR CHANGES?","authors":"Goran Mutabzija, Herzegovina","doi":"10.18509/gbp.2018.34","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18509/gbp.2018.34","url":null,"abstract":"This paper emphasizes an importance of the EU and its periphery and asks a question about the position of Western Balkan? Where the borders of the EU and what are is its periphery [8]? What is today’s perspective of region with 18 million inhabitants and joint GDP of USD 89.1 billion equal with half of Portugal’s [12]? Precise answer to these questions is no, but based on Eurostat data for 2011 the EU has 507 million inhabitants, and 504 million neighbours. They live on the perimeter of the Arctic to Algeria, the four partially related entities. The\" Centre\" of the entire region is the Western Balkans or South-Eastern Europe (1), the\" East\" is represented by the countries of the former Soviet Union without the republics of Central Asia (2), the \"South\" is the Afro-Asian Mediterranean area (3), and the \"North\" are Faeroe Islands and Greenland; Norway and Iceland are the part of EFTA (there are even Switzerland and Liechtenstein) and are not considered peripherals. The EU periphery is diverse in all respects: economic, social, cultural and natural geographic and Western Balkans is an atypical space EU periphery on two grounds. – As a region with the highest level of multiculturalism it has always been a meeting point or a clash of civilizations (Orthodoxy, Catholicism and Islam), and at the same time (as opposed to other regions) has no energy resources. The question then arises as to of all the Western Balkan countries with a view to extending the conditions for admission to the EU or is this only extended time without the sincere wish that this region becomes a part of the EU?","PeriodicalId":179095,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 2018","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133271283","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Biljana Apostolovska Toshevska, Mirjanka Madjevikj, Marija Ljakoska, Ss. Cyril, Methodius
{"title":"WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE POSITIVE NET MIGRATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA?","authors":"Biljana Apostolovska Toshevska, Mirjanka Madjevikj, Marija Ljakoska, Ss. Cyril, Methodius","doi":"10.18509/gbp.2018.32","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18509/gbp.2018.32","url":null,"abstract":"The scope, intensity and direction of migration are directly related to the dynamics of the socio-economic development. Therefore, they can be considered as one of the significant factors affecting the number of the population and the population structure. Considering the geographical, historical, socio-economic, religious and political conditions, the territory of the Republic of Macedonia has always been affected by intensive migration movements, by frequent extensive emigration movements of its inhabitants, but also immigration of people from other countries, i.e. foreigners. In this paper is analyzed the number of migrants, only foreigners. In the last couple of years have recorded significant growth, causing significant changes in the structure of immigrants according the country of origin. The focus of this paper is put on the countries from which the immigrants choose the Republic of Macedonia as an attractive destination to stay and also what is their distribution all over the country, some of their demographic characteristics and their impact on the demographic processes.","PeriodicalId":179095,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 2018","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123675607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}