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A review of the cavernicolous genus Guiaphaenops Deuve, with the description of a new species (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae)

open access: yesZooKeys, 2017
The subterranean ground beetle genus Guiaphaenops Deuve, 2002 is taxonomically reviewed. This poorly known genus is different from Guizhaphaenops Vigna Taglianti, 1997 in having convex propleura which is visible from above and elytral chaetotaxy ...
Bin Feng, Guofu Wei, Mingyi Tian
doaj   +3 more sources

World Cultural Heritage Discourse

open access: yesУправленческое консультирование, 2022
This review of articles follows the methodology of H. Snyder (2019) and based on a study that was a collection, analysis and comparison of relevant publications in the field of UNESCO cultural heritage studies over the past five years by quantitative ...
A. M. Sosnovskaya
doaj   +1 more source

Automatic Recognition and Digital Documentation of Cultural Heritage Hemispherical Domes using Images [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2022
Advancements in optical metrology has enabled documentation of dense 3D point clouds of cultural heritage sites. For large scale and continuous digital documentation, processing of dense 3D point clouds becomes computationally cumbersome, and often requires additional hardware for data management, increasing the time cost, and complexity of projects ...
arxiv  

Do Sustainable Agricultural Practices Boost Production and Technical Efficiency? A Case Study of Coffee Smallholders in Peru

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder agriculture remains a cornerstone for economic development and poverty reduction in Latin America. Their transition to sustainable agricultural production is critical in the face of the environmental challenges posed by conventional farming practices and is a key pathway to achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development ...
Gabriela Carbajo‐Alvarez   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable entrepreneurship and legitimacy building in protected areas: Overcoming distinctive barriers through activism

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 72-95, January 2023., 2023
Abstract Sustainable entrepreneurs operating in protected areas face distinctive barriers that place additional emphasis on the need to build legitimacy. To date, how they do this has not been entirely explored. This paper addresses this need through an exploratory study of sustainable entrepreneurs in a transnational protected area.
Hellen Lillian Atieno Dawo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Changes in Gender Roles within Intangible Cultural Heritage: A Survey of Gender Roles and Gender Restrictions within the Yama Hoko Yatai Float Festivals in Japan

open access: yesHeritage, 2019
This paper presents the results of a study on gender roles and gender restrictions within a certain type of festival in Japan—the Yama Hoko Yatai float festivals—taking place in various regions throughout the country.
Helga Janse
doaj   +1 more source

Revival of the Silk Road using the applications of AR/VR and its role on cultural tourism [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2023
This research project seeks to investigate the incorporation of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technology with human-computer interaction (HCI) in order to revitalize the Silk Road - specifically in Kermanshah, Iran - and its effect on cultural tourism.
arxiv  

A Google Earth Engine-enabled Python approach to improve identification of anthropogenic palaeo-landscape features [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The necessity of sustainable development for landscapes has emerged as an important theme in recent decades. Current methods take a holistic approach to landscape heritage and promote an interdisciplinary dialogue to facilitate complementary landscape management strategies.
arxiv   +1 more source

Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

Sistema de registro de daños para determinar el estado constructivo en muros de adobe

open access: yesMaskana, 2013
Los muros de adobe son elementos comunes en la construcción de edificios patrimoniales en el Centro Histórico de Cuenca. La mayoría de estas edificaciones fueron construidas en la época republicana, especialmente durante los años 1860-1940.
María-Cecilia Achig   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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