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Multifaceted obscurity of Thismia abei (Thismiaceae): A fairy lantern with the protologue long disregarded in practice

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Tiny, leafless fairy lanterns are easily overlooked on the forest floor. Thismia abei, endemic to Japan, persists in small, unstable populations and is listed nationally as Critically Endangered. Our recent work has revealed another, less obvious form of obscurity.
Kenji Suetsugu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thinking with trees: Responding to sympoietic plant relations through visual art

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Amid escalating climate crises, this paper explores how we might rethink our relationship with the natural world, particularly with plants and trees, through the perspectives of visual art. This paper reveals how art invites us to see trees and other plant life not as passive background scenery, but as living beings with their own forms of experience ...
Xiaoyu Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of the suitability for ecotourism in Beira Baixa region using a spatial decision support system based on a geographical information system

open access: yesRegional Science Policy &Practice, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Ecotourism can contribute to the conservation of environmental values, as well as to the development of positive synergies between agents in the tourism sector, tourists and the local population. The growing interest in tourism offers with low environmental impact, which support the local economy, translates into a competitive advantage for ...
Luís Quinta‐Nova, Dora Ferreira
wiley   +1 more source

Legal Protection of Historical Sites and Cultural Artifacts in Poland and Jordan

open access: yesPrzegląd Prawniczy Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza
Cultural heritage is created the axiological foundation of society. The pillars of each nation and ethnicity are built on traditional values and the legacy of ancestors passed from generation to generation.
Alaeldin Alkhasawneh, Samanta Kowalska
doaj   +1 more source

Beggars as Rational Choosers

open access: yesSouthern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT American municipalities increasingly regulate panhandling. That regulation is controversial. The determinants of panhandling activeness are unknown, and it is doubted whether panhandling activity responds rationally to incentives. To shed light on these issues, we collect data on hundreds of panhandlers and the passersby they solicit at ...
Peter T. Leeson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unpredictable Consequences of Sámi Self-determination: Rethinking the legal protection of Sámi cultural heritage in Norway

open access: yesArctic Review on Law and Politics, 2012
Sámi cultural heritage is protected in Norway by the Cultural Heritage Act. A 1978 amendment to this Act provides automatic protection to all Sámi cultural heritage sites and buildings older than 100 years.
Marit Myrvoll   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Investments for Visitor Purposes at Archaeological Sites and Historical Monuments in Hungary (Internet Archaeology 54)

open access: yesInternet Archaeology, 2020
Proper management of monuments and archaeological sites as well as how to present them to the wider public have been critical issues for years in Hungary.
Dóra Hegyi, Zsófia Nádai
doaj   +1 more source

Seeing Heritage Management through Systems Science

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Heritage is influenced by a range of multifaceted factors, such as global issues, power dynamics, entangled legal frameworks and multilayered needs. The interplay of these elements creates a challenging environment for heritage managers, who must navigate a web of stakeholders with diverse interests and values. This paper suggests that systems
Omid Shakerian   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The clashing of in situ and pre‐cast technologies—Western trends and local traditions in concrete engineering shaping shell construction in 20th‐century Hungary

open access: yesStructural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract After a blossoming pre‐World War II (WWII) period, the concrete construction industry in then‐socialist Hungary existed in a relative isolation from the Western World during the mid‐20th century. In this paper, we focus on the body of work of one of the then newly established state‐owned design offices, IPARTERV, to show how the isolation ...
Orsolya Gáspár, Péter Haba
wiley   +1 more source

ADAPTACJA ZABYTKÓW ARCHITEKTURY W GDAŃSKU. ZARYS PROBLEMATYKI W ŚWIETLE OBOWIĄZKÓW ORGANÓW OCHRONY ZABYTKÓW

open access: yesOchrona Dziedzictwa Kulturowego, 2017
This article discusses the issue of adaptation of immovable historic monument and sites in light of the legal requirements and from the point of view of heritage protection authorities being one of the participants of the adaptation process.
Karolina Szczepanowska
doaj   +1 more source

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