A Biogeographic Assessment off North/Central California: To Support the Joint Management Plan Review for Cordell Bank, Gulf of the Farallones, and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuaries: Phase I - Marine Fishes, Birds and Mammals.

In the spring of 2001, NOAA’s National Marine Sanctuary Program (NMSP) and National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), in consultation with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), launched a 24-month effort to define and assess biogeographic patterns of selected marine species found within and adjacent to the boundaries of three west coast National Marine Sanctuaries. These sanctuaries, Monterey Bay, Gulf of the Farallones, and Cordell Bank are conducting a joint review process to update sanctuary management plans. The management plans for these sanctuaries have not been updated for over ten years and the status of the natural resources and their management issues in and around the sanctuaries may have changed. In addition, significant accomplishments in research and resource assessments have been made within the region. Thus, it is important to incorporate new and expanding knowledge into the revised management plans for these Sanctuaries.

Los movimientos urbanos como impulsores de la gestión democrática en la ciudad. Análisis comparativo de experiencias de gobernanza urbana en Barcelona, Bilbao y Pamplona

La pregunta o hipótesis central de estudio consiste en aclarar por qué y qué factores explican la apuesta de un movimiento urbano, transformado por factores externos e internos, en favor de procesos de desarrollo comunitario como táctica prioritaria con la que avanzar hacia una gestión democrática de los espacios urbanos. La respuesta, que a lo largo de la investigación trataremos de argumentar tanto desde el marco teórico como desde el estudio de los tres casos elegidos es la siguiente:Influenciados por los cambios en la ciudad (fordista-postfordista), en los modelos de toma de decisiones (gobierno-gobernanza) y en las formas de acción colectiva (movimientos-redes ciudadanas), los movimientos urbanos se han transformado de tal forma que, cuando se ha abierto una ventana de oportunidad política vinculada a la gobernanza local, han impulsado un tipo de procesos participativos que, marcados por la metodología comunitaria, pretenden provocar un impulso de la gestión democrática de la ciudad.Así, se visualiza cómo los movimientos urbanos tratan de expresar en su horizonte y estrategia el intento de salvaguardar la lógica deliberativa de la sociedad civil, frente a la expansión creciente de la lógica instrumental, basada en los mecanismos de dirección del poder y el dinero, propios de los sistemas políticos y económicos.

Teoría de las tres dimensiones del Desarrollo Sostenible

Actualmente existen múltiples interpretaciones del concepto de desarrollo sostenible, y muchas de ellas coinciden en que para lograrlo, las medidas a poner en marcha deberán ser económicamente viables, respetar el medio ambiente y ser socialmente equitativas. Pero a pesar de este reconocimiento de la necesidad de una interpretación integrada de estas tres dimensiones, en la práctica es necesario un cambio sustancial del enfoque de las políticas y programas en vigor.

Notas sobre la revisicón jurisdiccional de las decisiones empresariales en materia de movilidad geográfica

La reforma del mercado de trabajo realizada a través de la modificación del Estatuto de Trabajadores supone un cambio fundamental en el régimen jurídico de la movilidad geográfica, sobre todo desde una óptica flexibilizadora de los contenidos del contrato de trabajo referidos concretamente a la movilidad de la fuerza de trabajo.

DADAISM Project Plan

The DADAISM project brings together researchers from the diverse fields of archaeology, human computer interaction, image processing, image search and retrieval, and text mining to create a rich interactive system to address the problems of researchers finding images relevant to their research. In the age of digital photography, thousands of images are taken of archaeological artefacts. These images could help archaeologists enormously in their tasks of classification and identification if they could be related to one another effectively. They would yield many new insights on a range of archaeological problems. However, these images are currently greatly underutilized for two key reasons. Firstly, the current paradigm for interaction with image collections is basic keyword search or, at best, simple faceted search. Secondly, even if these interactions are possible, the metadata related to the majority of images of archaeological artefacts is scarce in information relating to the content of the image and the nature of the artefact, and is time intensive to enter manually. DADAISM will transform the way in which archaeologists interact with online image collections. It will deploy user-centred design methodologies to create an interactive system that goes well beyond current systems for working with images, and will support archaeologists’ tasks of finding, organising, relating and labelling images as well as other relevant sources of information such as grey literature documents.

MIRACLE Project Plan

Social scientists have used agent-based models (ABMs) to explore the interaction and feedbacks among social agents and their environments. The bottom-up structure of ABMs enables simulation and investigation of complex systems and their emergent behaviour with a high level of detail; however the stochastic nature and potential combinations of parameters of such models create large non-linear multidimensional “big data,” which are difficult to analyze using traditional statistical methods. Our proposed project seeks to address this challenge by developing algorithms and web-based analysis and visualization tools that provide automated means of discovering complex relationships among variables. The tools will enable modellers to easily manage, analyze, visualize, and compare their output data, and will provide stakeholders, policy makers and the general public with intuitive web interfaces to explore, interact with and provide feedback on otherwise difficult-to-understand models.

Channel Islands Deep Water Monitoring Plan Development Workshop Report April 26-27, 2005 University of California, Santa Barbara

In 2003, twelve marine protected areas were established in state waters (0-3 nmi) surrounding the Channel Islands. NOAA is considering extending this network (3-6 nmi) into deeper waters of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS). In order for effective long-term management of the deep water reserves to occur, a well-structured monitoring program is required to assess effectiveness. The CINMS and the National Marine Sanctuary Program (NMSP) hosted a 2-day workshop in April 2005 to develop a monitoring plan for the proposed federal marine reserves in that sanctuary. Conducted at the University of California at Santa Barbara, participants included scientists from academic, state, federal, and private research institutions. Workshop participants developed project ideas that could answer priority questions posed by the NMSP. This workshop report will be used to develop a monitoring plan for the reserves. (PDF contains 47 pages.)

Pre-Cruise Plan N.B. Scofield Cruise 66-S-6

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Scenario planning workshop plan

Planning a scenario planning workshop

Stream Initiative: achievements under the work plan for 2003-2004

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STREAM Initiative: Stream work plan 2004-2005 deliverables

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Community Fisheries Development Office (CFDO) strategic plan, January 2004

In October 2000 the government of Cambodia announced a major change in fisheries management policy. The core elements of the new policy are the reduction of fishing lot concession areas by 56%, the broader participation of fishing communities in the management of fisheries and a focus on the efficient, sustainable and equitable use of the living aquatic resources. To facilitate the establishment and development of the Community Fisheries, support and monitor their activities, the Department of Fisheries was authorized1 to establish a Community Fisheries Development Office (CFDO). (Pdf contains 19 pages).

Pre-Cruise Plan: Cruise 64-S-3 - Albacore Survey

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Factores a considerar en la gestión de marketing del turismo rural. Cómo integrar turismo, marketing y medio ambiente en aras de un desarrollo sostenible

El aprovechamiento del medio rural para llevar acabo actividades turísticas no es algo nuevo en España. Sin embargo, no es hasta mediados de los 80 cuando el turismo rural empieza a tener un desarrollo mayor, apreciándose un crecimiento de la oferta, a medida que lo hacía la demanda. Este trabajo se circunscribe a este área y pretende determinar bajo qué circunstancias debe desarrollarse la gestión del marketing en este tipo turismo y establecer en qué medida sus peculiares características influyen en las actuaciones de las empresas en el ámbito rural.

Dispersión urbana en el Suelo No Urbanizable del País Vasco: la distorsión del planeamiento en la Reserva de la Biosfera de Urdaibai

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