DOCSLIB.ORG

Are Serbian Tourists Worried? the Effect of Psychological Factors On

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Are Serbian Tourists Worried? the Effect of Psychological Factors On Open Geosci. 2019; 11:273–287 Research Article Sanja Kovačić*, Tamara Jovanović, Ðurđa Miljković, Tin Lukić, Slobodan B. Marković, Ðorđije A. Vasiljević, Miroslav D. Vujičić, and Milan Ivkov Are Serbian tourists worried? The effect of psychological factors on tourists’ behavior based on the perceived risk https://doi.org/10.1515/geo-2019-0022 Received Mar 07, 2019; accepted Apr 30, 2019 1 Introduction Abstract: Recent natural hazards (floods and wildfires) With the advance of technology and science, it is still which hit some of the most visited Greek tourist destina- very difficult to predict and prevent natural and/or human- tions during the summer season 2018 are threatening to de- induced disasters and crises, which have an immense ef- crease the number of tourist visits in the affected regions. fect on global society. This affects economy, ecology, trans- As these regions, being namely Chalkidiki, Olympic Riv- port and safety, and may cause a negative effect on tourism iera and regions surrounding Athens and Thessaloniki, are as well. Even if the tourism businesses are completely pre- the most popular summer destinations for Serbian tourists, pared, the effects of these disasters are still present and it is interesting to examine how natural hazards that oc- vulnerability is unavoidable [1]. Considering the mass me- curred there influence tourist behavior based on the per- dia coverage nowadays, it is possible to follow hazards all ceived risk. The study aims to explore the role of psycholog- around the globe and in real time. This creates greater pub- ical factors such as different personality traits and tourism lic awareness and therefore greater anxiety when traveling worries on the tourist behavior based on the perceived risk to the desired destination. Consequently, the tourists’ per- of affected destinations. Moreover, the assumption was ceived risk of traveling is influencing their intention to visit that tourism worries will mediate the relationship between and is consequently of great importance for the tourism in- analyzed personality traits and tourist behavior based on dustry management. the perceived risk. Although previous studies investigated The case study of this research is the Greek seaside the effect of different psychological factors on tourist be- (i.e. Chalkidiki, Olympic Riviera, Attica region and Thessa- havior based on the perceived risk, this is the first study loniki with surrounding regions) which is the most visited to explore the interaction of different psychological fac- summer destination by Serbian tourists [2]. In 2018, there tors including tourism worries, which previously were not was a high frequency of natural hazards – floods (due analyzed in this context. Besides theoretical contribution, to heavy rain) and wildfires all over Greece. There were practical implications are also further discussed in the pa- tremendous losses, mostly material but unfortunately, hu- per within the realm of their use for destination managers. man lives were also lost and jeopardized. This was all well documented and discussed in Serbian media and thus, Keywords: Natural hazards, risk perception, psycholog- the authors believe the image of Greece was degraded - ical factors, SEM (Structural equation modeling), Greek the public’s perception of it as a risky destination was en- tourism, Serbian tourists forced. Many studies on tourist behavior have examined the tendency toward risky behavior and the perception of risk. Traveling individually is somewhat risky, being that we are *Corresponding Author: Sanja Kovačić: Faculty of Sciences, often visiting the previously unknown and unseen desti- University of Novi Sad Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro; Email: [email protected] nations, coming into contact with foreign cultures. As a re- Tamara Jovanović, Ðurđa Miljković, Tin Lukić, Ðorđije A. Vasil- sult, researchers in the tourism industry have explored so- jević, Miroslav D. Vujičić, Milan Ivkov: Department of Geography, ciodemographic and personality characteristics that could Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Sciences determine risk perception and tendency towards risky be- Slobodan B. Marković: Department of Geography, Tourism and Ho- havior [3–5]. Personality traits that were examined in rela- tel Management, Faculty of Sciences; Serbian Academy of Science and Arts tion to the perception of the risk of traveling are for exam- Open Access. © 2019 S. Kovačić et al., published by De Gruyter. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License 274 Ë S. Kovačić et al. ple novelty seeking, sensation seeking, extraversion, etc. Tarlow [13], it is evident that tourism demand decreases Interestingly, there are no available studies that have ex- as the perception of risks at certain destination increases, plored the effect of all Big Five traits [6] - Extraversion, Neu- which is why research on risk perception and the factors roticism, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Openness to affecting it is so important for the tourism industry. Beside experience on tourist behavior based on the risk percep- health-related risks, war, terrorism, and political instabil- tion. Being anxious and worrying about different aspects ity as disasters with a greatest negative effect on travel in- of traveling (before and during) also affects tourist behav- tentions [14, 17, 18], the risk of natural hazards has been ior especially when a destination is at high risk of natural also recognized as an important safety treat affecting the hazards. Therefore, it is important to make a distinction choice of travel destination even in a longer period after between risk perception and tourism worries. The risk is a such event [19–23]. These hazards that are caused by na- probability that something bad could happen and percep- ture range from eruptions, avalanches and earthquakes tion of risk is based on a person’s intuition of this probabil- to landslides, floods, wildfires, hurricanes and typhoons. ity. On the other hand, tourism worries are related to peo- Jonas et al. [24] suggest that such risks associated with nat- ple’s inability to control their thoughts about travel-related ural hazards are connected with tourists’ physical risk that future events, which cause a negative effect [7]. So, the goal influences their decision to visit affected destinations or of the study is to explore the influence of both tourist per- destinations with a high risk of natural hazards. sonality and tourism worries on tourist behavior based on In the context of natural hazards, several authors fo- the perceived risk. Although previous studies investigated cused on the effects of natural catastrophes on visitors’ the effect of different psychological factors on perceived risk perception and visit intentions. For instance, Lehto risk and tendency towards risky behavior, none of those et al. [21] explored the impact of a tsunami on travel in- studies explored different psychological factors, tourism tentions and found that such a natural hazard negatively worries, and tourist behavior based on the perceived risk influenced the intention to travel to seaside destinations. in one model. Specifically, authors aim to explore mediat- Park and Reisinger [25] conducted an analysis based on ing role of tourism worries in the effect of personality traits different types of natural disasters and revealed the nega- on tourist behavior based on risk perception (i.e. Cautious, tive influence of these on international travel. Interestingly, Conscious and Courageous behavior [see 8]), but also di- Walters et al. [26] noticed that a personal connection with rect effects of certain personality traits. the affected area (flood-stricken destination) and repeat visiting, positively influence the intention to visit, while the main factors affecting destination avoidance were the 2 Literature review perception of bad weather and insecurity of the place. Based on previously stated, it can be assumed that risk perception is largely related to travel decisions and inten- 2.1 Natural hazards risk perception and tions to travel. However, the perceptions of travel risk and travel intention safety, as well as related behavioral intentions can largely differ between different types of tourists. Reisinger and The research studies in tourism have recognized the lack Mavondo [27] claim that marketers need to target tourists of safety and security as one of the most dominant in- with higher risk tolerance and risk acceptance level, which hibitors of travel intentions [9, 10]. Thus, the tourism in- is why the relationship of personality and risk perception dustry is facing a challenge to offer tourists a safe and is an important topic to study. Thus, in order to fully under- pleasant visit and minimize different kinds of risks and un- stand the effect of risk perception and behavioral intention safe situations. The concept of “tourism risk” can be under- in risky periods, exploring the personal factors affecting stood as the possibility of experiencing various unfavor- travel risk perception and behavioral intentions are espe- able situations or events at a tourist destination [11] with- cially important. Practically, such information could be ap- out the ability to perceive the exact consequences or nega- plied in making responsive destination management and tive results after making travel decisions [12]. This causes marketing strategies in the time of crisis. Finally, Thapa et the state of anxiety, fear and discomfort, which can re- al. [8] analyzed wildfires
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Implementation of a Random Forest Classifier to Examine Wildfire Predictive Modeling in Greece Using Diachronically Collected Fire Occurrence and Fire Mapping Data
    Implementation of a Random Forest classifier to examine wildfire predictive modeling in Greece using diachronically collected fire occurrence and fire mapping data Authors: Alex Apostolakis, Stella Girtsou, Charalampos Kontoes, Ioannis Papoutsis, Michalis Tsoutsos e-mails: {alex.apostolakis, sgirtsou, kontoes, ipapoutsis, mtsoutsos}@noa.gr Beyond center of excelence, IAASARS, National Observatory of Athens, Greece Presenter: Alex Apostolakis Recent Forest fire disasters 2019 Bush fires in New South Wales of Australia burned about 1.65 million hectares 2019 Brazilian Space Agency has reported an 83% increase in fire occurrences compared to the same period of the previous year. 2018 Attica wildfires spread up to a speed of 124 km/h resulting to more than a hundred casualties. Climate change impact The problem of the wildfires becomes considerably important if we account for the climate change scenarios which suggest substantial warming and increase of heat waves, drought and dry spell events across the entire Mediterranean in the future years. Model categories for fire risk prediction Theoretical (or physics-based) : Theoretical models are entirely based on equations that describe the physics of the related to the fire ignition physical phenomena like fluid mechanics, combustion and heat transfer Data-driven models : Data-driven models (also known as empirical models before the data science developments) are purely based on the correlations between data extracted from historical fire records and their related parameters. Machine learning models belong to this category. Why Machine Learning models Machine Learning algorithms are designed to automatically formulate the complex mathematical relations between the input parameters. In Physical-based models the mathematics of those relations should be known in advance.
    [Show full text]
  • Disaster Preparedness, Resilience, and Response Forum Report
    Columbia World Projects: Disaster Preparedness, Resilience, and Response Forum Report August 15, 2019 Foreword Dear Reader, On behalf of Columbia World Projects (CWP), we are pleased to present the following report on our Forum on Disaster Preparedness, Resilience, and Response, one of an ongoing series of meetings dedicated to bringing together academia with partners from government, non- governmental and intergovernmental organizations, the media, and the private sector to identify projects designed to tackle fundamental challenges facing humanity. Natural disasters and public health emergencies impact tens of millions of people each year. At the individual level, the impact is often felt physically, mentally, and emotionally, and can destroy homes and businesses, wipe out financial resources, uproot families, and cause lasting injuries and even deaths. At the community and regional level, the impact can be equally devastating, inflicting enormous environmental and structural damage; stalling or even reversing a society’s economic growth and development; and producing and exacerbating poverty and instability. While natural disasters and public health emergencies have been a consistent feature of human existence, the frequency and intensity of such incidents have increased over the last few decades, in significant part as a result of climate change and growing mobility. All of this has made managing disasters more urgent, more expensive, and more complex. On June 10, 2019, CWP invited approximately 35 experts from a range of fields and disciplines to take part in a Forum with the aim not only of deepening our understanding of natural disasters and public health emergencies, but also of proposing concrete ways to improve the lives of people affected by these events.
    [Show full text]
  • Wildfire Management in Europe Final Report and Recommendation Paper Cmine Task Group Wildfire
    WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT IN EUROPE FINAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION PAPER CMINE TASK GROUP WILDFIRE The final output of the one-year mandate of the CMINE Wildfire Task Group work is a recommendation to align EU legislation and national, regional and local levels of governance regarding land management to facilitate the mitigation of the risks of wildfires.. Nina Dobrinkova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IICT-BAS) February 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................. 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .............................................................................................................................. 4 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................... 7 CONTEXT OF THE TASK GROUP ........................................................................................................................... 7 GOAL OF THE TASK GROUP .................................................................................................................................. 7 EUROPEAN FIRES 'STATE OF THE ART' .............................................................................................................. 8 GENERAL INFORMATION ON WILDFIRES ........................................................................................................ 9 WILDFIRE CHARACTERISATION ........................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Sorli Fil1l1ivffisfifiy ...I
    \;11 ttl I / ~ sorlI fil1l1IVffiSfifiY ...i ......._---------------- -- - United States Department of Fire Agriculture Forest Service Management S An international quarterly periodical Volume 50, NO.1 Notes devoted to forest fire management 1989 Contents 2 Fire Management: Strength Through Diversity 53 Forest Fire Simulation Video and Graphic System Harry Croft L.F. Southard 6 Major Transitions in Firefighting: 1950 to 1990 56 Smoke Management Modeling in the Bureau of Jack F. Wilson Land Management Allen R. Riebau and Michael L. Sestak 9 A Look at the Next 50 Years John R. Warren 59 Smoke From Smoldering Fires-a Road Hazard Leonidas G. Lavdas 13 Warm Springs Hotshots Holly M. Gill 63 Author Index-Volume 49 16 Wildfire Law Enforcement-Virginia Style 65 Subject Index-Volume 49 John N. Graff 19 Fire Management in the Berkeley Hills Short Features Carol L. Rice, 1 Thank you, Fire Management Notes 21 Light-Hand Suppression Tactics-a Fire Allan J West Management Challenge Francis Mohr 5 Workforce Diversity-What We Can Do! L.A. Amicare//a 31 Lightning Fires in Saskatchewan Forests c.i Oglivie 8 The Fire Equipment Working Team William Shenk 37 GSA-a Partner in Wildfire Protection 11 Smokejumper Reunion-June 1989 Larry Camp Janice Eberhardt 38 Predicting Fire Potential 15 NWCG's Publication Management System: Thomas J. Rios A Progress Report Mike Munkres 42 Wildfire 1988-a Year To Remember Arnold F. Hartigan 55 Identifying Federal Excess Personal Property Francis R. Russ 45 Documenting Wildfire Behavior: The 1988 Brereton Lake Fire, Manitoba Kelvin G. Hirsch Special Features 49 Fire Observation Exercises-a Valuable Part of 24 The Way Wc Were Fire Behavior Training Patricia L.
    [Show full text]
  • First Main Title Line First Line Forest Fires in Europe, Middle East and North Africa 2014
    First Main Title Line First Line Forest Fires in Europe, Middle East and North Africa 2014 Joint report of JRC and Directorate-General Environment 2015 Report EUR 27400 EN European Commission Joint Research Centre Institute for Environment and Sustainability Contact information San-Miguel- Ayanz Jesús Address: Joint Research Centre, Via Enrico Fermi 2749, TP 261, 21027 Ispra (VA), Italy E-mail: [email protected] Tel.: +39 0332 78 6138 JRC Science Hub https://ec.europa.eu/jrc Legal Notice This publication is a Technical Report by the Joint Research Centre, the European Commission’s in-house science service. It aims to provide evidence-based scientific support to the European policy-making process. The scientific output expressed does not imply a policy position of the European Commission. Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission is responsible for the use which might be made of this publication. All images © European Union 2015 JRC97214 EUR 27400 EN ISBN 978-92-79-50447-1 (PDF) ISBN 978-92-79-50446-4 (print) ISSN 1831-9424 (online) ISSN 1018-5593 (print) doi:10.2788/224527 Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2015 © European Union, 2015 Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged. Abstract This is the 15th issue of the EFFIS annual report on forest fires for the year 2014. This report is consolidated as highly appreciated documentation of the previous year's forest fires in Europe, Middle East and North Africa. In its different sections, the report includes information on the evolution of fire danger in the European and Mediterranean regions, the damage caused by fires and detailed description of the fire conditions during the 2014 fire campaign in the majority of countries in the EFFIS network The chapter on national reporting gives an overview of the efforts undertaken at national and regional levels, and provides inspiration for countries exposed to forest fire risk.
    [Show full text]
  • Philippe Rahm
    Richardson Forecast Factory, 1922 Factory, Forecast Richardson réservés - droits © Alf Lannerbäck LLee parlementparlement climatique climatique Pavillon de l’Arsenal 24-25.01.20 | Pavillon de l’Arsenal 24-25.01.20De quoi le consensus écologique est-il le nom ? De quoi le consensus écologique est-il est-il le le nom nom? ? VendrediVendredi 24.01 24.01 Samedi 25.01Samedi 25.01 Avec les conférences de du 27.01 au 31.01 -— au au Pavillon Pavillon de del’Arsenal l’Arsenal — au Pavillon- deau Pavillonl’Arsenal de l’Arsenal Alessandro Bava et Rebecca- à l’ENSA-V 13:3013:30 - - Accueil Accueil 14:30 - Accueil14:30 - Accueil Sharp, Holly Jean Buck, NathalieWorkshop Master 1 14:0014:00 - - Introduction Introduction par les organisateurs15:00 - Introduction15:00 - Introduction par lesDe organisateurs Noblet-Ducoudré, Platon 14:1514:15 - - Ouverture Ouverture : Nathaliepar Nathalie de Noblet-Ducoudré de 15:00 - Troisième 15:20 table- Léa rondeMosconi Issaias, Samaneh Moafi, JasonSamedi 01.02 15:30Noblet-Ducoudré - Table ronde 1: Grégory Quenet, 17:00 - Film15:50 «Human - Samaneh mask» Moafide W. Moore, Léa Mosconi, Grégory- à l’ENSA-V Philippe15:30 - Rahm,Première Roger table Tudo ronde Pierre Huyghe16:20 - Alessandro Bava &Quenet, Rebecca Philippe Sharp Rahm, IvonneExposition dans le cadre de la journée 17h3018:30 -- TableSeconde ronde table 2: Ivonne ronde Santoyo-Orozco,19:00 - Cocktail16:50 - Discussion de clôtureSantoyo-Orozco, avec l’ensemble Roger Tudó...des Portes Un Ouvertes Holly Jean Buck (online), Jason Moore (online), des intervenants événement organisé par Nicolas Platondu 27.01 Issaias au 31.01 Samedi 01.0218:00 - Cocktail Dorval-Bory, Emeric Lambert et — à l’ENSA-V — à l’ENSA-V Jeremy Lecomte dans le cadre ConversationsWorkshop Master modérées 1 par Jeremy LecomteExposition dans le cadre de de la semaine blanche 2020 de la journée portes ouvertes l’ENSA-V.
    [Show full text]
  • Environment International Mapping Combined Wildfire and Heat Stress
    Environment International 127 (2019) 21–34 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Environment International journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/envint Mapping combined wildfire and heat stress hazards to improve evidence- based decision making T ⁎ Claudia Vitoloa, , Claudia Di Napolia,b, Francesca Di Giuseppea, Hannah L. Clokeb,c,d,e, Florian Pappenbergera a European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts, Reading RG2 9AX, UK b Department of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Reading, Reading, UK c Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK d Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden e Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science, CNDS, Uppsala, Sweden ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Keywords: Heat stress and forest fires are often considered highly correlated hazards as extreme temperatures play a key Wildfire role in both occurrences. This commonality can influence how civil protection and local responders deploy Multi hazard resources on the ground and could lead to an underestimation of potential impacts, as people could be less Geospatial analysis resilient when exposed to multiple hazards. In this work, we provide a simple methodology to identify areas Decision making prone to concurrent hazards, exemplified with, but not limited to, heat stress and fire danger. We use the Fire weather index (FWI) combined heat and forest fire event that affected Europe in June 2017 to demonstrate that the methodology can Universal thermal climate index (UTCI) be used for analysing past events as well as making predictions, by using reanalysis and medium-range weather forecasts, respectively. We present new spatial layers that map the combined danger and make suggestions on how these could be used in the context of a Multi-Hazard Early Warning System.
    [Show full text]
  • Master Thesis „Automated Burned Area Monitoring Using Sentinel-2
    Master Thesis im Rahmen des Universitätslehrganges „Geographical Information Science & Systems“ (UNIGIS MSc) am Interfakultären Fachbereich für GeoInformatik (Z_GIS) der Paris Lodron-Universität Salzburg zum Thema „Automated Burned Area Monitoring Using Sentinel-2 MSI“ Based on FIRMS alarms, burned area monitoring using Copernicus Sentinel-2 MSI data and comparison to affected Human Settlement Structures vorgelegt von Dipl. Geographin Alexandra Hander 104842, UNIGIS MSc Jahrgang 2017 Betreuer: Prof. Dr. Stefan Lang Dr. Lorenz Wendt Zur Erlangung des Grades „Master of Science (Geographical Information Science & Systems) – MSc(GIS)” Reutern, 31. Januar 2020 BURNED AREA MONITORING USING COPERNICUS SENTINEL-2 Affidavit I hereby assure that the present Master Thesis will be completed without external help and without other than the sources cited, and that the work has not yet been submitted to any other examination office in the same or similar form. All statements of the Work that has been taken over literally or analogously is marked accordingly with the authorship. Alexandra Hander ALEXANDRA HANDER 104842 1 BURNED AREA MONITORING USING COPERNICUS SENTINEL-2 Acknowledgment I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who helped me during my studies and this master thesis. Above all, I would like to thank my two supervisors Prof. Dr. Stefan Lang and Dr. Lorenz Wendt. You have given me the opportunity to write my master's thesis on such an exciting and certainly future-oriented topic. Especially Dr. Lorenz Wendt supported and motivated me with a lot of patience and always with helpful feedback and suggestions. Many thanks also to the whole UNIGIS team for the competent support of my part-time studies.
    [Show full text]
  • 2018 Annual Report
    Annual Report 2018 ACG 150 | Advancing the Legacy, Growing Greece A plan to leverage education for economic and social impact Table of Contents Board Chair’s Message ........................................................................................................................................................ 2 President’s Message .............................................................................................................................................................. 2 In Memoriam: Dr. John S. Bailey ..................................................................................................................................... 3 ACG 150 | Advancing the Legacy, Growing Greece ........................................................................................... 4 Strategic Developments: 2008-2018 ............................................................................................................................ 4 GOAL ONE Achieve high standards of performance across all educational programs and make a material difference in Greece’s economy and public health ..................................................................... 5 Pierce .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 6 Deree .............................................................................................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Collective Intelligence in Emergency Management 1
    Collective Intelligence in Emergency Management 1 Running head: COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: SOCIAL MEDIA’S ROLE IN THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER Collective Intelligence in Emergency Management: Social Media's Emerging Role in the Emergency Operations Center Eric D. Nickel Novato Fire District Novato, California Collective Intelligence in Emergency Management 2 CERTIFICATION STATEMENT I hereby certify that this paper constitutes my own product, that where the language of others is set forth, quotation marks so indicate, and that appropriate credit is given where I have used the language, ideas, expressions, or writings of another. Signed: __________________________________ Collective Intelligence in Emergency Management 3 ABSTRACT The problem was that the Novato Fire District did not utilize social media technology to gather or share intelligence during Emergency Operations Center activations. The purpose of this applied research project was to recommend a social media usage program for the Novato Fire District’s Emergency Operations Center. Descriptive methodology, literature review, two personal communications and a statistical sampling of fire agencies utilizing facebook supported the research questions. The research questions included what were collective intelligence and social media; how was social media used by individuals and organizations during events and disasters; how many fire agencies maintained a facebook page and used them to distribute emergency information; and which emergency management social media programs should be recommended for the Novato Fire District’s Emergency Operations Center. The procedures included two data collection experiments, one a statistical sampling of United States fire agencies using facebook, to support the literature review and research questions. This research is one of the first Executive Fire Officer Applied Research Projects that addressed this emerging subject.
    [Show full text]
  • Aviation's Global Promise
    16–20 JUNE 2014 ATLANTA, GA AVIATION’S GLOBAL PROMISE – CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FINAL PROGRAM www.aiaa-aviation.org #aiaaAviation Premier Sponsor 14-315 © 2014 Lockheed Martin Corporation Lockheed 2014 © BUILDING THE FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATION At Lockheed Martin, we know that innovation and creativity are critical to solving complex business problems. We are proud to support this year’s AVIATION 2014 Forum and salute its mission to bring industry together to address the challenges of today and tomorrow. www.lockheedmartin.com Executive Steering Committee AIAA AVIATION 2014 Welcome Welcome to Atlanta and to AVIATION 2014; we’re excited to share this year’s program with you as we explore aviation’s global promise! An essential driver of economic growth and stability, the aviation enterprise is in a phase of evolving business models, increased efficiency demands, emerging manufacturing methods, and constantly evolving technology integration. These trends offer unprecedented Juan Alonso opportunities and challenges for new capabilities that could transform the way we Stanford University utilize this critical asset. This year’s forum will build on the foundation of AVIATION 2013 to stimulate thought-provoking conversations among industry leaders and the engineering and technical professionals that develop and operate aviation systems. A full program of detailed technical discussions will underpin the high-level plenary and panel conversations to provide a wide-ranging overview of the state of the art in our industry. Jennifer Byrne In addition to cutting-edge technical research presentations, industry executives Lockheed Martin Aeronautics and thought-leaders will discuss challenges and opportunities associated with international aviation integration and operations, global supply chain and risk management, NextGen and SESAR implementation, and technology development and implementation.
    [Show full text]
  • The General Elections in Greece 2019 by Anna Kyriazi
    2019-3 MIDEM-Report THE GENERAL ELECTIONS IN GREECE 2019 BY ANNA KYRIAZI MIDEM is a research center of Technische Universität Dresden in cooperation with the University of Duisburg-Essen, funded by Stiftung Mercator. It is under the direction of Prof. Dr. Hans Vorländer, TU Dresden. Citation: Kyriazi, Anna 2019: The general elections in Greece 2019, MIDEM-Report 2019-3, Dresden. CONTENTS SUMMARY 4 1. THE GREEK PARTY-SYSTEM 4 2. THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE IN GREECE 8 3. ELECTORAL RESULTS 12 4. OUTLOOK 13 BIBLIOGRAPHY 14 AUTHOR 16 IMPRINT 14 SUMMARY • Following a large defeat by the conservative New Democracy in the May 2019 European Parliament elections the leftist Syriza government called for snap general elections in July. The result was seen as predetermined and the question was the margin of loss of the incumbent. • As expected, New Democracy won the 2019 general elections with just under 40% of the vote, securing 158 seats in parliament. This was the first time since the onset of the economic crisis that an outright majority was achieved. New Democracy’s electoral pledges included measures to stimulate growth, tax cuts, and strength- ening public safety and security. • The election confirmed the trend towards the re-concentration and the simplification of the party-system that was profoundly upset by the economic crisis. Despite its consecutive losses, Syriza managed to consolidate itself as the main left-wing pole of a two-party system, while New Democracy recovered on the right. Four more parties managed to enter parliament, but smaller challengers that emerged across the political spectrum during the crisis disappeared.
    [Show full text]