Anglo-Norman Parks in Medieval Ireland

Abstract

Lincoln Cathedral's Angel Choir was built in the second half of the thirteenth century to house the shrine of St Hugh of Lincoln, canonised in 1220. Although he was never a major saint, the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln sought to emulate the settings newly created for more venerable saints by constructing a completely new building to house his shrine. Despite considerable study of the Angel Choir the site of the shrine has not been established, neither has the site of the original burial. This is perhaps the more surprising when it is considered that contemporary documentation survives to describe the events of St Hugh's death and burial. There is sufficient evidence within the cathedral to reconstruct the sites of the original burial and the later shrines and this is supported by documentary evidence, so far overlooked, that is presented here.     

Parks and People: Livelihood Issues in National Parks Management in Thailand and Madagascar

In many countries, the transformation by the state of increasing areas of land and aquatic resources into strictly protected areas has included a total restriction on the use of park resources by the local people, causing poverty and social conflict, and in some cases further environmental deterioration. This essay examines the forms of management in national parks in developing countries in general, and in Thailand and Madagascar in particular.     

猴年看猴去 各国国家公园观野生猴

<正>一转眼又到了猴年。这猴子可不一般,是灵长类动物的俗称,不仅是与我们人类DNA最接近的动物,也是大自然中最聪明的动物之一,甚至可以轻松地使用工具来觅食,智商绝对碾压其他森林动物。我们中国人对于猴子的感情也不一般,妇孺皆知的美猴王孙悟空就是大众对于猴子的最高期盼,也是为数不多由动物化身为英雄的代表。猴子分布在世界各地,在很多国家可以很轻松地观赏到不同种类的猴子。在这金猴迎春之际,我就把之前在不同国家所拍摄到的一些猴子照片与大家分享,一起携猴贺新年。     

Five New Forest Parks in Tibet

It is reported that Serkyin La and Pagsum Lake ofNyinchi area became State-level forest parks in 2002with the approval of the State Forest Bureau.At theend of 2004,Ra'og of Chamdo,Radreng (rwa-sgreng)of Lhundrup in Lhasa,Jedesh :(Ice-bde-zhol) ofLhoka,and Mapam Yumtso(mapham g.yu-mtsho) and     

猴年看猴去 各国国家公园观野生猴

正一转眼又到了猴年。这猴子可不一般,是灵长类动物的俗称,不仅是与我们人类DNA最接近的动物,也是大自然中最聪明的动物之一,甚至可以轻松地使用工具来觅食,智商绝对碾压其他森林动物。我们中国人对于猴子的感情也不一般,妇孺皆知的美猴王孙悟空就是大众对于猴子的最高期盼,也是为数不多由动物化身为英雄的代表。猴子分布在世界各地,在很多国家可以很轻松地观赏到不同种类的猴子。在这金猴迎春之际,我就把之前在不同国家所拍摄到的一些猴子照片与大家分享,一起携猴贺新年。     

Town Houses in Taunton, 1500-1700

Abstract

In this article the author traces the evolution of the small to medium-sized town houses in Taunton in the period 1500–1700. He describes surviving examples of three, two and single cell houses, L-shaped, detached and semi-detached houses of the period, and after discussing building materials, compares them with developments elsewhere in the South West.     

Innovation projects and local production networks: A case study of Hertfordshire

This paper evaluates some of the key arguments underlying what is called here the local production network paradigm (LPNP). These are presented as three interlinked hypotheses that turn on the idea that firms competing in world markets need to accommodate continuous change by fostering product or process innovation. The definition of innovation used in this study is “the commercially successful exploitation of new technologies, ideas or methods through the introduction of new products or processes, or through the improvement of existing ones” (EC DG XIII, 1996, p. 54).

One conventionally described organizational response to this requirement to accommodate continuous innovation is to dis‐integrate firms and set up local production networks. Local production networks are defined in this study as “collaborative linkages between local firms and local factors of production”. Such networks are said to rely on local resources of various kinds to enable them to innovate on a continuous and incremental basis. As a result of such dependencies on local factors, and their interconnectedness with each other, the local production network (LPN) firms then become ‘embedded’ in their localities. Such networked economies have been variously described as new industrial districts, areas of flexible specialization, and innovative milieux.

The evidence presented to test these hypotheses is based on a case study of innovative, award‐winning firms in Hertfordshire. The findings show that although these firms do compete successfully in fast‐moving international markets, they do not rely much on local production networks, as defined here, to enable them to do so. The findings call into question the general applicability of the LPNP. Questions are raised particularly with respect to innovation in the important minority of highly innovative core metropolitan regions.

Innovation is argued to be an interactive process that is both driven by a steady supply of technological advances and stimulated by different types of consumer demand. In the case of the firms interviewed in Hertfordshire, most of their innovative projects were developed by the firms working individually, and in isolation, from other local businesses using high quality, knowledge, information, human resources and venture capital. At the same time, these firms were also pulled by demands from military, health and company consumers. Only in the case of the minority of innovations that were purchased in the first instance by private final consumers were local production networks of some significance.     

Visible Archaeological Remains in Towns and Parks

This paper relates a specific and professional understanding of the nature of archaeological sites to management needs and approaches. It focuses on how the nature of the resource itself relates to a system of valuation, conservation and preservation. The perspective taken is that of the contribution of landscape planning to the development of tourism and heritage management. One of the central aims is to explain the visual values of archaeological remains in the landscape, relating them to the different measures of preservation available for archaeological sites. Examples are included from Latvia and other European countries.