An exploration of relationships between environmental change and place identity: An analysis of personal stories from the south coast of Western Australia

The complex relationships between people and places have been investigated by philosophic and scientific writers of the 19th and 20th centuries and more recently by researchers within the discipline of environmental psychology. A plethora of concepts have been developed to describe the relationship between people and their environments, including place identity and place attachment. Complex relationships exist between place identity, place attachment and the physical environment. Despite this, research situated within the discipline of environmental management, which addresses changes within the biophysical environment, rarely considers the psychological impacts of such change on individuals interacting within those environments. This study investigates the relationship between environmental change and place identity and attachment. An in depth qualitative study design was adopted in order to gain a holistic and context bound representation of the phenomenon under study. This study utilised an existing collection of transcribed interviews, originally collected for the purposes of a documentary investigating the environmental and social impacts of broadacre farming on community members from the south coast of Western Australia. Thematic content analysis was employed in this study, to identify emergent themes and construct an understanding of the meanings attributed to individual experiences. A number of complex and intertwined themes emerged from analysis and were loosely categorised around the overarching themes of personal conceptualisations of the environment, environmental meanings in a community context and environmental condition and interactions with place. Analysis revealed participants instilled highly personal meanings within the environment. Places became vehicles for learning and personal growth, they represented family continuity, provided places of spiritual significance and emotional regulation and the recognition of environmental changes encouraged participants to reassess perspectives and values. The development of values within the community was also an important issue identified by participants. The complexity and breadth of community attitudes towards the environment was reflected upon by participants, as was the influence of environmental values within social relationships. An array of complex and interconnected themes encompassing the issue of environmental condition emerged from analysis. Participants described emotive reactions to environmental change, specifically the clearing of native vegetation. First hand experiences of degradation were significant events in people\u27s lives, while conserving the environment fostered feelings of achievement and satisfaction. The findings of this study support the proposition that places act as more than mere backdrops to experience, as participants described complex and intimate relationships with their environments. The constructs of place identity and place attachment did not adequately represent the environmental meanings and values expressed by participants. Environmental interactions were instead conceptualised as \u27relationships with the environment\u27. These findings have important implications for environmental management. Places emerged from the transcripts as \u27processes\u27, meaning that through experiential relationships with the environment, places acquired new meanings over time. Meanings infused within an environment influenced interactions within it. Environmental managers need to consider individual conceptualisations of place and the perspective with which people approach their interaction with the land, in order to understand the motivations behind community involvement, or lack of, in environmental conservation initiatives

Moulting phenology of the harbour seal in south-west Ireland

Studies on the phenology of harbour seal moult have been carried out in the Atlantic and Pacific, however there has been no research into this process in the Republic of Ireland, at the southern edge of the species range in the north-east Atlantic. Population estimates of harbour seals are derived by counts primarily during the moulting seasons. In the absence of information on the moult phenology planning the optimal timing of such surveys is impossible. Furthermore, changes in moult phenology may reflect changes in resource availability or competition, or demographic changes. The phenology of the harbour seal moult was investigated in south-west Ireland in this study. Timing of the moult differed among all cohorts, yearlings began moulting first followed by adult females and finally adult males. The number of seals hauled out was generally positively related to the proportion of seals in active moult. The timing of the moult period was different to other parts of the species' range and should be considered in determining optimal timing of future surveys for assessing populations abundance and trends in Ireland

Presidential Succession Act of 1947 Bibliography

Bibliography with primary and secondary sources related to the Presidential Succession Act of 1947.https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/twentyfifth_amendment_miscellaneous/1003/thumbnail.jp

An Anniversary Best Uncelebrated: The 75th Year of the Presidential Succession Act of 1947

On July 18, 1947, President Harry Truman signed the Presidential Succession Act into law. The 1947 Act placed the Speaker of the House and the Senate president pro tempore in the presidential line of succession. Seventy-five years later, the statute needs major revision. Although the 1947 Act has not been used, the nation’s good fortune may change at any moment, especially given ever-present threats to the health and safety of the president and vice president. This Article argues that Congress should revise the 1947 law in several ways, most notably by making Cabinet secretaries, in most circumstances, the immediate successors to the presidency after the vice president

Application of decomposition techniques to the preliminary design of a transport aircraft

A nonlinear constrained optimization problem describing the preliminary design process for a transport aircraft has been formulated. A multifaceted decomposition of the optimization problem has been made. Flight dynamics, flexible aircraft loads and deformations, and preliminary structural design subproblems appear prominently in the decomposition. The use of design process decomposition for scheduling design projects, a new system integration approach to configuration control, and the application of object-centered programming to a new generation of design tools are discussed

Ottoman Muslim Missionaries and the Transjordan Frontier

Western missionaries are credited with introducing many changes to Middle Eastern societies in the 19th century. Their influence on the Ottoman state is less well known. Competing with Protestant and Catholic missionaries for the minds, souls, and bodies of its Arab subjects, the Ottomans adopted Christian missionary methods to beat them at their own game

La situación de las prisiones y los centros de menores en España: Analizando las observaciones del CPT

El Comité Europeo para la Prevención de la Tortura (CPT) se encarga de evaluar el trato que reciben las personas privadas de libertad en los 47 Estados miembros del Consejo de Europa. Para ello, visita lugares de detención, emite informes donde plasma sus conclusiones y solicita respuestas detalladas de los Estados. En este trabajo se realiza un análisis de contenido del informe elaborado por este organismo como resultado de su visita a España (2016) y de la respuesta emitida por las autoridades españolas. En concreto, se describen y agrupan temáticamente las carencias identificadas en los centros penitenciarios de adultos y en los centros de menores y se evalúa el grado de aceptación de las recomendaciones. Finalmente, se discuten los resultados y sus implicaciones

Understanding new actors in European Arrest Warrant cases concerning detention conditions: The role, powers and functions of prison inspection and monitoring bodies

Prison inspection and monitoring bodies are becoming central players in European Arrest Warrant (EAW) decision-making. These bodies write reports on prison conditions and examine their compliance with fundamental rights. Now that poor prison conditions can be a basis to refuse an EAW’s execution, these bodies are becoming increasingly important actors in EAW decision-making process. While this is so, there is a remarkable lack of analysis on the legal structures and activities of such bodies. This article addresses this absence by presenting findings from the first European Union (EU)-wide study of prison inspection and monitoring bodies, providing new insights into the nature of these bodies. It provides both empirical insights into these structures for overseeing detention conditions and doctrinal analysis. It assesses the implications of an increased role for such bodies in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice