Arta Krūmiņa, Jānis Kotāns, Jānis Puga, Ilze Reinika, Gita Strode
{"title":"Nature census – the first detailed, scientifically-grounded information about Latvia’s nature values","authors":"Arta Krūmiņa, Jānis Kotāns, Jānis Puga, Ilze Reinika, Gita Strode","doi":"10.22364/fg.17.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22364/fg.17.9","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this article is to analyse the importance of major inventories of nature values – the mapping of habitats of EU importance – in the context of introducing and implementing a nature conservation policy in compliance with the necessity to integrate the requirements of those EU directives concerning specially protected nature areas into the governance system of Latvia. This paper examines the inventory of nature values from different perspectives – the introduction and implementation of policy, cross-sector co-operation and the integrity of national natural resource databases.","PeriodicalId":41656,"journal":{"name":"Folia Geographica","volume":"70 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72800952","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":"Emigration and remittances pattern analysis in lagging-behind regions of the Baltics: case studies for Narva, Daugavpils and Visaginas","authors":"Mihails Kozlovs","doi":"10.22364/fg.16.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22364/fg.16.11","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper the author is studying the economic effect of emigration in three lagging-behind Baltic regions over the past decade. During this time span the influence of emigration on the economy is analyzed in terms of the size of migration flows, taxation system differences and the level of remittances in the Baltic countries, all of which affect local economies / communities. An analysis in made of three distinctive lagging-behind regions: Estonian Narva, Latvian Daugavpils and Lithuanian Visaginas. The overall impact of emigration on the economies of the Baltic countries is evaluated by a weighting of negative and positive factors. In order to measure the influence of emigration on the selected Baltic economies – two quantitative approaches were developed. Each of these scenarios contains different sets of parameters and these combinations describe the economic impact of migration. Underlying formulae of the undertaken approaches, with small modifications, may be used for the examination of similar issues in other regions and countries.","PeriodicalId":41656,"journal":{"name":"Folia Geographica","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83568866","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":"Inner city or outskirts: where are residents more satisfied? The case of Jelgava","authors":"L. Feldmane","doi":"10.22364/fg.17.17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22364/fg.17.17","url":null,"abstract":"Residential satisfaction is an important issue in any urban development policy. In order to ascertain the level of residential satisfaction in Jelgava in 2018 a population survey was conducted, in which 961 residents were questioned. Since the urban environment of Jelgava is not homogeneous, respondents were grouped according to the place of residence in two parts of the city the inner city and the outer city. The results revealed that the overall satisfaction with life in Jelgava is relatively high, but this indicator is not influenced by the respondent's place of residence in the urban area. There were no statistically significant differences between respondent satisfaction in the inner city and/or the outskirts with life in general, household financial situation, educational facilities, air quality, noise level, cleanliness and/or job opportunities. By contrast the location of residence in one or another urban zone affects satisfaction with public transport, health-care services, sports facilities, cultural facilities, the state of the streets and buildings, public places, green areas and the availability of retail shops respondents living in the inner city are more satisfied with all of these factors compared with those living on the city outskirts.","PeriodicalId":41656,"journal":{"name":"Folia Geographica","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90462838","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}