63 research outputs found
The Scenic Beauty of Geosites and Its Relation to Their Scientific Value and Geoscience Knowledge of Tourists: A Case Study from Southeastern Spain
No full textsponsorship: The field excursion was sponsored by KU Leuven and VLIR-UOS project. (KU Leuven, VLIR-UOS project)status: Publishe
Inventory and Assessment of Geosites for Geotourism Development in the Eastern and Southeastern Lake Tana Region, Ethiopia
No full textsponsorship: The authors would like to thank the Institutional University Cooperation-Bahir Dar University (IUC-BDU) VLIR-UOS project for providing the necessary funds for conducting this study. In addition, the authors very much acknowledge the support and cooperation of government officials and experts working at different levels in the study area. We are also grateful to the local communities near each geosite who supported our data collection. The authors also thank the two anonymous reviewers and the Editor-in-Chief Kevin Page for their constructive comments and suggestions which helped improve this paper. (Institutional University Cooperation-Bahir Dar University (IUC-BDU) VLIR-UOS project)status: Publishe
Book Review: An Emergent Theory of Digital Library Metadata
No full textThis slim volume is a recent release in the long-running Chandos Information Professional Series. Author Getaneh Alemu has an international work history, and is currently cataloguing and metadata librarian at Southampton Solent University in the United Kingdom. Co-author Brett Stevens is a lecturer in the School of Creative Technologies a few miles down the road at the University of Portsmouth
Public-private collaboration in the Tourism Industry in Northwestern Ethiopia.
No full textTourism has become an important socio-economic development tool in many parts of the world, including developing countries such as Ethiopia. To sustainably develop the existing and potential destinations, collaboration among key stakeholders is of high importance. Amongst these key actors, the private and public sectors are the leading ones. This study was conducted at the two World Heritage Sites of Ethiopia: Gondar and Lalibela, and the UNESCO registered Biosphere Reserve of Lake Tana, including the UNESCO Learning city of Bahir Dar. These destinations are strategically located in Northwestern Ethiopia, in the Northern historic route of the country which receives the largest number of international visitors of the country. The study area is famous for unique cultural, historical, religious, religious and natural
attractions. The necessary data for this study were mainly collected using a semi-structured in-depth interview methodology. The researchers used a purposive sampling technique and the total samples selected were 35, which was based on theoretical saturation. It was found that the public and private sectors
in the tourism industry in the three destinations, were not working together to the level expected. They were working only in limited areas, and hotels were found to be better participants in the collaboration process. The major challenges for the feeble collaboration are associated with the government’s limitations in
commitment, financial and manpower capacity. For better public-private collaboration, the government should take the leading role and create a conducive environment for collaboration with the private sector, so that tourism can be developed in a way that benefits visitors, businesses and the destinations and remains sustainable
Towards a conceptual framework for user-driven semantic metadata interoperability in digital libraries: A social constructivist approach
No full textPurpose – With the aim of developing a conceptual framework which aims to facilitate semantic metadata interoperability, this paper explores overarching conceptual issues on how traditional library information organization schemes such as Online Public Access Catalogues (OPACs), taxonomies, thesauri, and ontologies on the one hand versus Web 2.0 technologies such as social tagging (folksonomies) can be harnessed to provide users with satisfying experiences. Design/methodology/approach –This paper reviews works in relation to current metadata creation, utilization and interoperability approaches focusing on how a social constructivist philosophical perspective can be employed to underpin metadata decisions in digital libraries. Articles are retrieved from databases such as EBSCO host and Emerald and online magazines such as D-Lib and Ariadne. Books, news articles and blog posts that are deemed relevant are also used to support the arguments put forward in this paper. Findings – Current metadata approaches are deeply authoritative and metadata deployments in digital libraries tend to favour an objectivist approach with focus on metadata simplicity. It is argued that unless information objects are enriched with metadata generated through a collaborative and user-driven approach, achieving semantic metadata interoperability in digital libraries will remain difficult. Practical implications – In this paper, it is indicated that the number of metadata elements (fields) constituting a standard has a direct bearing on metadata richness, which in turn directly affects semantic interoperability. It is expected that this paper will contribute towards a better understanding of harnessing user-driven metadata. Originality/value – As suggested in this paper, a conceptual metadata framework which is underpinned by a social constructivist approach substantially contributes to semantic interoperability in digital libraries
Benefit Segmentation of Tourists to Geosites and Its Implications for Sustainable Development of Geotourism in the Southern Lake Tana Region, Ethiopia
No full textInternational audienceGeotourism is a sustainable type of tourism that focuses on the geological and geomorphological heritages of an area, and the associated cultural and biodiversity features. Though the popularity of geotourism is rapidly growing, research on the demand side, particularly on segmenting tourists to geosites and understanding their profiles, is limited. This obviously makes the designing of effective tourism policies that aim at developing geotourism sustainably very difficult. Hence, the main objectives of this study were to segment and profile tourists to geosites based on the benefits sought, and to show its implications for sustainable development of geotourism. With a survey of 415 tourists, this study clustered tourists to geosites in the southern Lake Tana region in Ethiopia based on the benefits sought. A factor–cluster method was applied to segment the tourists. The study identified four distinct segments: Activity–Nature Lovers, Culture Lovers, Nature–Culture Lovers, and Want-It-Alls. These segments differed in their demographic, trip, and behavioral characteristics. The findings implied that for sustainable development, destination managers and marketers need to customize their geotourism product development and marketing strategies based on the needs and characteristics of each market segmen
Introducing Third-Party Litigation Funding in Ethiopia: Implications for Enhancing Access to Justice
No full textIn our day-to-day experience, it is common to observe persons encountering challenges to exercise their right to access justice due to costly litigation. The litigation expenses that include the advocate’s fee, court fee, and witnesses’ expense are so onerous to some litigants that they resist to start litigation. To mitigate this problem, countries introduced an innovative litigation-funding scheme known as third-party litigation funding or alternative litigation funding (ALF). It is a business system that an investor, not a party to the litigation, funds the costs of litigation of a litigant upon the agreement to receive some portions from the recovery. ALF eases litigants to fund their litigation and thereby ensure their right to access to justice. In Ethiopia, there is no legally recognized scheme of ALF. The aim of this article is, therefore, to examine whether Ethiopia should introduce ALF. In doing so, the author employs a doctrinal research approach. Particularly, the study analyzed commentaries and scholarly research reports as major source of insights on the subject. After examining the issue, the author concluded that the situation in Ethiopia especially the limitations in the legal aid program imperatively requires the introduction of ALF. Finally, this article indicates some regulatory concerns of ALF including disclosure of the agreement, privilege and confidentiality, and funder litigation control
Long-duration laboratory experiment of slow development of steady alternate bars
No full textThe current view is that migrating bars are the result of morphodynamic instability in straight or mildly-sinuous alluvial channels and are therefore an inevitable feature of alluvial river beds. Steady bars, instead, require some external forcing or specific morphodynamic conditions to develop. Yet, recent numerical tests showed that steady bars may develop as a result of spontaneous morphodynamic instability, just like migrating bars, without meeting the specific conditions. We investigated this possibility in the laboratory, following the temporal evolution of alternate bars in a straight flume with mobile bed. The experiment was run with a constant discharge for about 10 weeks. Initially, the bed topography was dominated by the presence of fast growing migrating bars. After three weeks, however, slowly growing, larger, steady bars emerged. These bars had the same wavelength as the ones that formed in another experimental test in which the flow was perturbed by the presence of a transverse plate. The experiment confirms the recent numerical results. Considering that the presence of steady alternate bars is a prerequisite for initiation of meandering, this is now shown to be an inherent feature of alluvial rivers.Hydraulic EngineeringCivil Engineering and Geoscience
Adverse obstetric outcome and its associated factors in public hospitals of North Ethiopia:does parity make a difference?
No full textBackground Direct obstetric causes account for nearly 75% of all maternal deaths. Controversy prevails in the effect of grand multiparity on adverse obstetric outcomes. This study thus aimed to determine and compare the obstetric outcomes in low multiparous (LM) and grand multiparous (GM) women in Public Hospitals of North Ethiopia. Method An institution-based comparative cross-sectional study was done among 540 (180 GM and 360 LM) participants from January 1 to March 30, 2021. The data was collected through face-to-face interviews and a review of clinical records and birth registries. Epi-Data version 4.6 was used for data entry and analysis was performed using SPSS version 25.0 statistical software. A p-value of</p
- …
