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Journal articles on the topic "Special events Planning"
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Oster, Christine. "Planning Your Special Events." ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics 28, no. 4 (November 1994): 249. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/193234.993428.
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Wilson, John S. "Special events: defining goals, planning and measuring success." Bottom Line 17, no. 4 (December 2004): 150–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/08880450410567446.
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Gruenwald, Hermann. "Special Event Logistics Geopolitical Event Bangkok." Information Management and Business Review 6, no. 3 (June 30, 2014): 135–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.22610/imbr.v6i3.1109.
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Special event logistics covers a broad area from concerts, trade fairs, to public gatherings and beyond. This qualitative research is looking at special event logistics from a technical logistics management standpoint. The paper focuses on the logistics issues of the geopolitical events of the so called Shut down of Bangkok in 2014. The paper does not address the political issues surrounding the events and takes a neutral position only focusing on the technical logistics elements of the special event. Geopolitical special events are different as they involve thousands of volunteers at various levels of engagement over a more or less undetermined period of time with very fluid dynamics of the event. The emotions of the volunteers and participants are running high as it involves political and ideological viewpoints and therefore provides a high tension high pressure environment with a great level of uncertainty and risk. Supply chain risk management (SCRM) takes on a new meaning in the context of special events. Security is a major issue which goes beyond normal SCRM and business continuity planning. There needs to be access and crowd control as well as VIP and critical infrastructure protection. The logistics issues that need to be addressed include: site selection and preparation down to site dissolution, various sorts and types of assets and supplies from numerous and often daily varying sources need to be mobilized and demobilized. Infrastructure has to be provided and in some cases created including public utilities such as electricity, water, sewer, phone, fax, internet and mobile telephones, cable, wireless networks, satellite up and down links, to ATM machines which have to be brought to the site. Food and beverages (F&B) services range from drinking water to feeding thousands to special diets for vegetarians, Buddhist monks and Muslim participants. Storage on-site and off-site involves coldsupply chain (CSC) as well as perishable items and bulk items ranging from less than a truck load (LTL) to large bulk shipments. Audio visual (AV) services and multi-media needs to be covered both on a close circuit (CCTV) network for the site as well as national and international news and media coverage. There are also the demand planning and transportation issue, goods and people have to be transported to and from and in between often multiple venues which adds to the complexity.
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Rice, Ron G., and Daniel G. Levy. "Transportation planning for special events: a review of expo 86 in Vancouver." Transportation Planning and Technology 12, no. 3-4 (November 1988): 273–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03081068808717379.
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Ha, Kyoo-Man. "Reviewing the Itaewon Halloween crowd crush, Korea 2022: Qualitative content analysis." F1000Research 12 (July 13, 2023): 829. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.135265.1.
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Background: The issue of crowd crushes has been not only very complicated but also uncertain. This article aimed to evaluate how situations such as the Itaewon Halloween crowd crush in South Korea in 2022 can be better managed to reduce human loss. Methods: Qualitative analysis was the key methodology used to compare emergency planning for ordinary events with contingency planning for special events, focusing on four stakeholders, namely governments, businesses, voluntary organizations, and other local communities. Results: The key finding was that all stakeholders would need to supplement emergency planning for ordinary events with contingency planning for special events for the nation. They must embody cooperation, cutting-edge technologies, routinized updates, situation awareness, political rationality, training and exercise, and others, based on inclusion. Conclusions: This is a pioneer study that examined the Itaewon crowd crush more comprehensively than others in particular by including many disaster management principles.
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Ha, Kyoo-Man. "Reviewing stakeholders during the Itaewon Halloween crowd crush, Korea 2022: Qualitative content analysis." F1000Research 12 (November 22, 2023): 829. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.135265.2.
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Background The issue of crowd crushes has been not only very complicated but also uncertain. This article aimed to evaluate how situations such as the Itaewon Halloween crowd crush in South Korea in 2022 can be better managed to reduce human loss. Methods Qualitative analysis was the key methodology used to compare emergency planning for ordinary events with contingency planning for special events, focusing on four stakeholders, namely governments, businesses, voluntary organizations, and other local communities. Results The key finding was that all stakeholders would need to supplement emergency planning for ordinary events with contingency planning for special events for the nation. They must embody cooperation, cutting-edge technologies, routinized updates, situation awareness, political rationality, training and exercise, and others, based on inclusion. Conclusions This is a pioneer study that examined the Itaewon crowd crush more comprehensively than others in particular by including many disaster management principles.
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Litvin, Stephen, Bing Pan, and Wayne Smith. "Festivals, special events, and the “rising tide”." International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research 7, no. 2 (May 31, 2013): 163–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijcthr-04-2013-0022.
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Litvin, Stephen W. "Festivals and special events: making the investment." International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research 7, no. 2 (May 31, 2013): 184–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijcthr-04-2013-0025.
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Torriani, Iris, Nivaldo Speziali, and José Sabino. "IYCr2014: Special Events Organized in Brazil - ABCr." Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances 70, a1 (August 5, 2014): C1318. http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s2053273314086811.
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IYCr2014 activities of the Brazilian Crystallographic Association started last year, with its members actively participating in the First Latin American Congress of Crystallography (Oct.29-Nov.2, 2013) in Córdoba, Argentina. This meeting was a milestone to integrate the Latin American Crystallographic community, originating the Founding Act of the Latin American Crystallographic Association. After this event, groups from different parts of Brazil started planning activities for the celebration of IYCr2014. Some of the main events are: The EMBL sponsored the Structural and Biophysical Methods for Macromolecules in Solution course (Jan.19-26), that took place at the Univ. of Sao Paulo, within the Global Exchange Lecture Course Program. At IFSC-USP, a Macromolecular Crystallography School "from data processing to structure refinement and beyond" will be held on April 8-16, organized by CCCP4 and local researchers. At the annual meeting of the Braz. Chem. Soc. the symposium Past, Present and Future of Protein Crystallography in Brazil (26-29 May) is being organized. A Latin American Summit Meeting on Biological Crystallography and Complementary Methods will take place at the Brazilian Synchrotron Laboratory (22-24 Sept), with the presence of Nobel Prize laureate Ada Yonath. In the state of Minas Gerais, a Symposium on Evolution of Crystallography and a two month exhibition entitled Symmetry and diffraction: from the art to crystal structure in our daily lives will take place in October. Other exhibitions are also being planned with panels from the "100 Years of Crystallography" Grenoble team. An International Symposium on Crystallography will take place in Fortaleza/CE (UFC, 12-15 Oct.). Workshops and Lecture Courses on Appl. Crystallography (UFES, Vitoria- 23-25 May) and Rietveld methods (USP-SP, 1-5 Sep.) are also being announced. Two Open Lab activities are being planned with commercial sponsorship: Bruker-Axs (in Goiás–Oct.), Rigaku and Panalytical (SP, Aug. 20-21).
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Aruan, Alexander Mamby, Henri Putra Jaya, Adela Setiawan, and Felicia Hanslim. "Special Events Fashion Show Collaboration in Socializing Spongebobgold to Support Brand Awareness." Ultimacomm: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi 11, no. 2 (December 30, 2019): 144–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.31937/ultimacomm.v11i2.1108.
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MNC Licensing International sees the opportunity of expanding the target market of their brand animation SpongeBob. In its current state, SpongeBob has reached the maturity stage. SpongeBob feels the importance to extend the target market to millennials. Regarding this, SpongeBob created a global campaign called SpongeBob Gold. SpongeBob Gold's global campaign is a marketing public relations activity created through nine steps of strategic public relations planning to support brand awareness. This campaign uses a fashion show collaboration strategy that collaborates with the local designers from every country. For Indonesia, SpongeBob Gold collaborate with Indonesian local designer Tities Sapoetra. This fashion show collaboration gives the experience to the fans and uses an influencer to deliver its message. This research uses communication theory, marketing public relations, special event and nine steps of strategic public relations planning in analyzing the implementation of SpongeBob Gold. The methodology that is being used in this research is called qualitative methods by conducting in-depth interviews. The results show that the implementation has had a good outcome. Using the nine steps of strategic public relations planning, the author can understand the implementation of a good strategy in establishing the increasing awareness of the SpongeBob Gold that has resulted in the increasing demand of the licensed of SpongeBob.
Keywords: marketing public relations, brand repositioning, special event, brand awareness, fashion show collaboration
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Special events Planning"
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Johnson, Yolanda F. "A Useful Guide to Planning Special Events for Arts Organizations." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1146153249.
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Lumpkin, Ivy Summer. "Ivy Summer Special Events Tentative Business Plan." Kent State University Honors College / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1335849462.
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Dizmon, Khara Louise. "The application of marketing and communication theories on community festival event planning." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2007. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3291.
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The objective of this project is to provide public relations practioners with an understanding of marketing concepts and communication theories as they apply to the production of a local community event. This project is also intended to be a resource for other public relations practioners involved in the process of communicating with a variety of audiences and to fulfill the void of scholarly research on the subject of event planning. The end result is expected to be a resource for event planners, providing tips and insights into the development of the community festival, Orange Blossom Holiday Village.
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Nyamutsambira, Kudakwashe Don. "A framework for event marketing for Nelson Mandela Bay." Thesis, Nelson Mandela University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/13647.
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Recent times have seen the increased proliferation of the concept of applying events in promoting destinations. This can be attributed to the effectiveness of events in solidifying the image and attractiveness of destinations. Currently, South Africa ranks as the twenty second most popular location for hosting events and has a foothold of 2.5% of the global event market share. The global pervasion of events has changed the dynamics that surround how destinations are promoted and has also significantly impacted the tourism industry and the respective tourist patterns of consumption. Literature suggests that events are gradually moving from previously being viewed as a complementary leisure activity towards becoming a primary source of attraction for destinations. Literature also confirms the extensive inclination of cities in the use of events for branding destinations. The primary problem that this study investigates is the lack of substantial knowhow with respect to how events can be presented in order to augment and enhance the attractiveness of Nelson Mandela Bay. There is no substantial blueprint that is capable of informing from the perspective of event marketers, how best they can drive a successful event marketing imperative that the local and external consumers can appreciate. Additionally, Nelson Mandela Bay has over the recent years encountered a significant amount of losses stemming from the events realm of its tourist offering. The most recent and calamitous of its losses to date has been estimated at R200 million, which escaped the coffers of the local economy as a result of the internationally applauded IRB World Sevens event moving from the metropolis to Cape Town. This has caused disconcerted and agitated sentiments across business and tourism leadership locally. Since 2011, the IRB World Sevens Series cultivated over R1 Billion towards the local economy. Losses in terms of showcasing the city to a global audience on highly established and followed media platforms are also expected. In addition, given the lack of knowledge with respect to event marketing dynamics, the “Twelve Events in Twelve Months”, an initiative that will see different event themes being launched within the twelve calendar months of the year in Nelson Mandela Bay, runs a high risk of failing to take off upon its launch because local residents and potential tourists, both national and international will lack the knowledge sufficient to stimulate their acceptance and attraction to this concept. This study aims to investigate the concepts, notions and critical success factors that event marketers can apply in order to increase the success of the event marketing imperative in Nelson Mandela Bay. The success of event marketing is expected to increase the attractiveness of Nelson Mandela Bay and brand it as a viable destination to prospective stakeholders. To evaluate the conceptual framework that was suggested by this study based on the literature review, an empirical evaluation was performed amongst the residents of Nelson Mandela Bay through the application of a questionnaire that was electronically and physically distributed. This questionnaire received 3 659 responses and measured respondents’ access and usage of media facilities. It also measured the perceptions of the current state of events in Nelson Mandela Bay. Furthermore, the questionnaire evaluated the destination image of Nelson Mandela Bay. Moreover, hypotheses were tested to evaluate the assumptions that the manner in which events are packaged, placed, positioned and promoted will enhance the attractiveness of Nelson Mandela Bay as a destination. The findings of this study suggest that the strategic bundling, placing, promoting and positioning of events is critical towards advancing an event marketing imperative and sustaining it in the long term. Additionally, the study also indicates that the successful development of a comprehensive event marketing initiative will enhance the attractiveness of Nelson Mandela Bay as a destination. The study thus concludes that event marketers can apply the proposed event marketing framework as a blueprint for informing their strategic development of event concepts in order to enhance their potential for success. The successful establishment of event offerings will consequently amplify the destination attractiveness of Nelson Mandela Bay. This research’s deliverables are expected to positively influence and reinforce the productivity of the social interactions that encompass Nelson Mandela Bay. Essentially, a framework that credibly guides the event marketer’s thinking in developing event concepts for the city is expected to enhance the attractiveness, sustaining and success of events therein. The success of events is expected to widen business prospects within the city. Moreover, eminent events are also expected to position Nelson Mandela Bay as a formidable player, and an attractive destination to aspiring investors, decision makers and visitors. This is expected to widen the resource base of the local players within the city, and motivate for more collaboration amongst them in a quest of deriving mutual gain from the city’s progression. In view of these notions, this study can be grounded in the social capital theory.
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Hendrickse, Nida. "Theoretical analysis of the development of events management as a separate discipline in South Africa." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2118.
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Thesis (MTech (Tourism and Hospitality Management))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2008.Event Management is a new medium, which has generated much enthusiasm from the events industry, as well as from the South African tourism industry, and is globally accepted as a developmental and marketing strategy from which destinations can benefit (Tassiopoulos, 2005: xiv). Event tourism has demonstrated significant growth and continues to expand as South Africa closes on hosting the 2010 Soccer World Cup. Events are different from permanent tourism attractions as they attract people to a shortlived, organised activity where visitors may participate, watch, view, learn and enjoy (Tassiopoulos, 2005: xiv). Event organisers have a number of goals and objectives that they need to achieve within stressful environments. Events offer unique opportunities to spread the tourism season for a particular destination and to promote destinations or attractions. They can also be used to stimulate demand by attracting extra, new or repeat visitors, while events can also be intended to generate additional revenue for a destination (Light, 1996:183). In order to ensure that events are successful, and to generate income for destinations, event practitioners are constantly under extreme pressure to perform. A combination of knowledge and skills is required to empower event practitioners to contribute to the industry and the community, at large. Therefore, tertiary institutions, such as the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), should encourage active learning, facilitation, research, practical experience and engagement with its surrounding communities. This thesis focuses on a theoretical analysis of the events environment, as well as key factors that make this industry unique and justified as a separate discipline. The industry is hugely diverse and there are challenges, but prospective and current event practitioners who have established qualifications from registered institutions, can contribute to sustainable development and employment creation in South Africa. Carlos (2005: xi) states that for those who seek an exciting career, where their organisation skills and attention to detail along, with their creativity can be fully utilised, this would be their kind of industry; this is an industry that attracts several of the country's most vibrant students. Events Management is an industry, which is justified as a separate industry in South Africa.
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Stettler, Stephanie L. "Sustainable Event Management of Music Festivals: An Event Organizer Perspective." PDXScholar, 2011. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/257.
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Sustainably managed music festivals have significant value and can provide a multitude of benefits to a healthy, sustainable and desirable society if their negative impacts are mitigated and positive impacts cultivated. To reach this great potential, sustainable event management of music festivals must become widely adopted and expanded as common practice. To drive this improvement of sustainable event management, there is a need to first understand the barriers and success factors event organizers face moving their music festivals toward sustainability. This study uses a research design of mixed quantitative-qualitative methods: a survey of thirty diverse music festival organizers across the United States and interviews with five selected survey participants. Research draws on pertinent literature from sustainability theory and practice, previous research on sustainable event management, existing strategies of sustainable events, and lessons from organizational change studies. Findings revealed seven key barriers and four success factors associated with sustainable event management of music festivals as well as three specific needs of event organizers to improve sustainable event management. With these findings, seven strategies are presented to help event organizers adopt and improve sustainable event management of music festivals. This study is significant because it fills an important gap in the academic literature on events and sustainability. Additionally, this study is immediately applicable to Untied States music festivals. The findings were drawn directly from the perspectives and experiences of event organizers, and the strategies are designed to be specifically applied to their sustainable event management work.
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Campiranon, Kom. "Course and content analysis for the convention and meeting/event planning minor at the University of Wisconsin-Stout." Online version, 2002. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2002/2002campiranonk.pdf.
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Lehtovuori, Panu. "Experience and conflict the dialectics of the production of public urban space in the light of new event venues in Helsinki 1993-2003 /." Espoo : Helsinki University of Technology, Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, 2005. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/76268378.html.
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Katzel, Charmaine Tzila. "Event greening : is this concept providing a serious platform for sustainability best practice." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/431.
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Thesis (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2007."This thesis uses a proposed rating system to measure the sustainability factor of event greening projects and in so doing remove the "green wash" syndrome associated with the concept"--T.p. Bibliography. Also available via the Internet.
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Епитроп, В. Д., and V. D. Epitrop. "Сценарное планирование специальных мероприятий : магистерская диссертация." Master's thesis, б. и, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10995/93432.
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Объектом исследования является анализ накопленного российскими event-агентствами опыта составления программ и сценариев специальных мероприятий и раскрытие стратегии и технологии их планирования. Методологической основой исследования выступают теории event-менеджмента. Они позволяют раскрыть его специфику относительно процесса формирования механизмов нематериального стимулирования персонала и поддержания имиджа компаний посредством организации различных event'ов и, в частности, совершенствования их сценарной составляющей.The objectives of the study are to analyze the experience gained by Russian event agencies in compiling programs and scenarios for special events and to reveal strategies and technologies for their planning. The methodological basis of the study is the theory of event management. They allow revealing its specifics regarding the process of formation of mechanisms of non-material incentives for personnel and maintaining the image of companies by organizing various events and, in particular, improving their scenario component. The research methods include document analysis, observation included, methods of comparison, analysis and synthesis.
Books on the topic "Special events Planning"
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Nancy, Nicoletto, and National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (U.S.), eds. Special events. Corvallis, Or. (850 SW 15th St., Corvallis 97333-4145): National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association, 1992.
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1979-, Robinson Peter, Wale Debra, and Dickson Geoff, eds. Events management. Wallingford, Oxfordshire: CABI, 2010.
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United States. Federal Highway Administration and Booz Allen Hamilton, eds. National special security events: Transportation planning for planned special events. [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 2011.
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Harris, April L. Special events: Planning for success. 2nd ed. Washington, DC: CASE Books, 1998.
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Harris, April L. Special events: Planning for success. Washington, DC: Council for Advancement and Support of Education, 1988.
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Camenson, Blythe. Opportunities in event planning careers. Chicago: VGM Career Books, 2003.
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Song, Chŏng-il. Ibentʻŭ pʻŭllaening: Planning festivals and events. Sŏul Tʻŭkpyŏlsi: Paeksan Chʻulpʻansa, 2002.
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H, Marion Barbara, ed. Successful special events: Planning, hosting, and evaluating. Gaithersburg, Md: Aspen Publishers, 1997.
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Kimball, Cheryl. Start your own event planning business. 3rd ed. Irvine: Jere L. Calmes, 2011.
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Carson, Jodi L. Transportation planning and management for special events. Washington, D.C: National Academy Press, 2003.
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Bonfanti, Sara, and Barbara Bertolani. "Attending Houses of Worship as Homes Out of the Home." In IMISCOE Research Series, 171–91. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23125-4_10.
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AbstractBy their very name, houses of worship are often seen and lived as a special kind of space, with material, relational and emotional connotations that refer back to the idea of home and the investment people infuse into it. For migrants who often belong to religious minorities, they can be considered as (semi)-public homes: community centres often ethnically marked, yet generally open to visitors alike, provided due respect is paid to the sacredness of the place and its rules for admission. Why is it important for a researcher to enter these places? What are the insights to be grasped and under what conditions? This chapter is based on extensive ethnographic research conducted within gurdwaras and mandirs in northern Italy. It analyzes the riddles in entering houses of worship by two means. First, with a cultural geography approach, we reflect on the social spatiality that operates within places of worship: how do the aesthetics of a prayer house, its architecture, planning or interior design set borders and produce inside/outside spaces and groups? Who exerts the role of gatekeeping and may consent a visitor other than a devotee to join religious performances and rituals upon certain conditions? We then select some ethnographic instances to argue that the guest-host relationship which takes place in migrants’ dwellings is often fraught with even more friction and tensions inside their religious hubs, where politics is anyway involved.
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Desmond, Adrian. "27. Death and Dissolution." In Reign of the Beast, 531–52. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/obp.0393.27.
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When Saull died in April 1855, the Metropolitan Institution, destined to house his museum, was still in the planning stage. Saull’s exhibits were stored away in wine-hampers. Unfortunately his will was ambiguous, as to whether his money and museum were to go to the Metropolitan or John Street Institution. In 1859 the courts decided the former. But Saull’s brother dying in 1855, and Saull’s wife in 1860, left no one familiar with the museum’s rationale. And when the Metropolitan Institution was built in 1861, the managers showed no interest in the hampered fossils. This despite the fact that Darwin’s Origin of Species (1859) had kindled public interest in evolution, and T. H. Huxley’s spat with Richard Owen in 1861 over mankind’s ape ancestry was the talk of the town. The atheist John Watts was actually lecturing on the “Origin of Man” in the new hall in 1861, unaware that Saull’s fossils, tailor-made for such an event, were stored in another room. In 1863 the managers ditched the lot, selling off the best for knock-down prices, and watching the rest being carted off in van-loads. With the museum lost to posterity, Saull’s reputation followed. Obituarists, smarting at the criminal enormity of his atheism and socialism, ignored his venue-funding and political campaigning, side-stepped his objectionable evolutionism, and dismissed him as a “crochety” dilettante. The coup de grâce was given by the agnostic-hating Rev. T. G. Bonney, in the Dictionary of National Biography, which sealed Saull’s posthumous fate.
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"Planning for Large-Scale Special Events—Putting It All Together." In Managing Critical Incidents and Large-Scale Event Security, 253–86. Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2017]: CRC Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781315370026-15.
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Toneva, Petya Ivanova. "Health, Safety, and Security as a Part of Events Management." In Handbook of Research on Key Dimensions of Occupational Safety and Health Protection Management, 302–21. IGI Global, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8189-6.ch015.
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The purpose of this chapter is to provide knowledge and propose a methodology for identifying the potential hazards and dealing with health, safety, and security risks in special events. The object of study is special events and the issues caused by their characteristics to concentrate visitors in a certain place for a limited period of time under a planned program. The highlighted issue concerning health, safety, and security in special events is crowd and its management. The author's main thesis is based on the need for a systematic management approach, in which measures are taken for the safety, health, and security of the employees, volunteers, and visitors while planning and conducting an event. This chapter focuses on risk management, which includes identifying potential hazards, risk analysis and risk assessment, measures to prevent or control the risk, as well as developing an action plan. The chapter attempts to provide a comprehensive health, safety, and security risk management framework aimed at special event management and to offer a set of planning and control tools.
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Cobanoglu, Cihan, Seden Doğan, and Mehtap Yücel Güngör. "Emerging Technologies at the Events." In Advances in Marketing, Customer Relationship Management, and E-Services, 53–68. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4954-4.ch004.
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Events are creating huge demand, have a vital role, and contribute to the tourism industry considerably. Whatever the objective or topic of the event, they are popular attraction to achieve diverse outputs. There are different types of events such as mega-events, special events, festivals, conventions, exhibitions, fairs, concerts, sporting events, and trade shows. They all have different purposes, different target audiences, and different planning processes. But the common thing that they need is to finish an event successfully and beneficially for both organizers and attendees. In this respect, they need to benefit from the advantages of technology. Technology use to plan, perform, and finalize an event is important. In this chapter, both academic studies and industrial articles have been reviews to provide information regarding the emerging technologies at the events with real-world examples. It has been seen that most music and sporting events used new technologies to attract and satisfy the attendees.
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Veenema, Tener Goodwin. "Emergency Medical Consequence Planning for Special Events, Mass Gatherings, and Mass Casualty Incidents." In Disaster Nursing and Emergency Preparedness. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/9780826108654.0013.
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"Emergency Medical Consequence Planning for Special Events, Mass Gatherings, and Mass Casualty Incidents." In Disaster Nursing and Emergency Preparedness. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/9780826144225.0005.
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Fisher, Emily S., and Kelly S. Kennedy. "Counseling Students Living in Foster Care." In Counseling Special Populations in Schools, 23–37. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med:psych/9780199355785.003.0003.
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This chapter presents information and strategies for counselors who work with students who are living in foster care. Students in foster care have experienced a series of significant negative life events that put them at great risk for mental health and academic difficulties that can persist into adulthood. Counselors working with students in foster care can help by using strategies that promote empowerment and self-determination and that focus on building students’ strengths and social support systems. The chapter discusses specific counseling strategies such as solution-focused brief therapy, trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy, and Cognitive Behavior Intervention for Trauma in Schools. It also presents suggestions for planning for the time when students make the transition from adolescence to adulthood and thus leave the foster care system.
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Dašić, Dejan, and Ana Gavrilović. "Sports Events in the Function of Sports Tourism Development and Destination Branding." In International Thematic Monograph: Modern Management Tools and Economy of Tourism Sector in Present Era, 287–302. Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans; Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality, Ohrid, North Macedonia, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.31410/tmt.2022-2023.287.
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As has been stated extensively elsewhere, places have long used marketing as a planning and management tool, so it should come as no surprise that they would start to embrace the concept of place branding more and more. Undoubtedly appealing is the notion of discovering or creating something special that would set a location apart from others. Places plan and support transient events too, at the very least, increase awareness of their presence as well as create unique brand associations. These connections have to do with the event's organization and substance. It is demonstrating its ability to host the activity while also associating with it. Mara- thons are examples of athletic tourism. These occasions have been utilized by several locations to increase visitor demand during the past few decades. When we talk about sports events in Serbia, there is a noticeable increase in the organization of marathons, half-marathons and pleasure races, which very effectively brands the destinations where these sports events are held.
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Niekerk, Mathilda van, and Donald Getz. "Applying Stakeholder Theory to the Management Functions." In Event Stakeholders. Goodfellow Publishers, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.23912/9781911396635-4085.
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Figure 4.1 illustrates the major management functions to which stakeholder theory and management strategies can be applied. In fact, stakeholders can influence, and be influenced by, ALL aspects of planned events, so this is merely a starting point. Subsequent sub-sections with diagrams look more closely at each of these functional areas and how they influence planned events. From the theoretical discussions presented so far in this book it should be clear that stakeholders are to be considered an integral part of event management and event tourism, not an isolated issue to be considered once in a while. This suggests that external stakeholder relations be a management function on its own, or tied to a position called something like ‘External Relations’. For internal stakeholders a different approach might be required, as each manager within the organization is going to have specific stakeholder issues to deal with on a continuous basis. Bringing these issues into one integrated approach will be the responsibility of the executive. This chapter also brings other theoretical perspectives to bear on stakeholder management. For example, starting with organizing and planning, we identify five themes for special consideration, each being informed by other theories. Strategies and projects links with institutional theory (e.g., how to become a permanent institution) and project networks including the political market square. Accordingly, these discussions provide a launching point integrating many theoretical perspectives on management.
Conference papers on the topic "Special events Planning"
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Ruzhnikov, Alexey, and Viktor Yurtaev. "Risk Management Approach: Drilling and Completion Projects." In SPE Russian Petroleum Technology Conference. SPE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/206565-ms.
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Abstract This manuscript describes the approach in the risk management developed and implemented while operating 21 drilling rigs on 13 fields simultaneously in the Middle East, which resulted in 40% reduction of non-productive time. Well construction process requires a lot of attention on different levels and from different sides to ensure trouble-free execution. The bigger the volume of work, the higher the chance of a costly mistake. The risk management process was split in several steps, where different levels and divisions are involved. The Planning stage starts at engineering level and associated risk review goes to a level of Division Supervisor for every well, when special tools were developed to focus on potential high impact events. The Execution stage was covered by a set of Critical Activity reviews and Standard operation procedures, focusing on operations with highest risks or highest benefits. Further at the Evaluation stage every well was analyzed following the developed workflow, and further all obtained knowledge shared with every team member via custom designed dashboards. Shortly after initial steps were taken under the new risk management approach, one of main KPI – non-productive time (NPT) – started to decrease and dropped by 5% within one quarter. Further tuning of the process allowed to decrease NPT by over 40% with continuous positive trend. One of the main contributors is the re-focusing on the prevention measures during planning stage, which avoid non-conformance events with high impact. Simultaneously the approach unified the practices of different divisions and remove misalignment on most of the technical issues and questions. Additionally, it decreased the workload of the key field personnel, as reduced NPT gives more time to focus on continuous rig performance improvement.
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Mendez Gutierrez, Freddy Alfonso, Islam Khaled Abdel Karim, Mario Ramon Oviedo Vargas, Mohamed Abdulrahman Alzaabi, Salim Abdalla Al Ali, Takahiro Toki, Jeughale Ramanujan, et al. "Different Reservoir Pressures in Multi Reservoir Hole Section Conquered by Advanced Planning Techniques." In SPE/IADC Middle East Drilling Technology Conference and Exhibition. SPE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/202085-ms.
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Abstract A Major Operating Company in UAE planned and drilled a challenging 6 inch horizontal drain after crossing twenty-seven formation sub-layers. The heterogeneity of pore pressure varied from equivalent mud weights as high as 10.6 ppg to as low as 7.1 ppg across the exposed reservoirs. Control of the equivalent circulating density (ECD) values to safely drill across these multi-reservoir sections and diverse reservoir pressures was one of the top challenges on this well, as the fracture gradients (FG) ranged from 13.5 ppg across the competent reservoirs to as low as 11ppg across the fractured reservoir section. The offset well data review show that 4 out of 6 wells encountered moderate, severe and total losses with mud weight (MW) ranging from 11 ppg to 11.3 ppg, which were cured by using heavy LCM treatments and in some cases, after several failed attempts to cure losses, cement plugs were used. Historically, the average time spent curing total losses in these wells varied from 2-3.5 weeks causing well cost increments as consequence of this non-productive time. All of the above, without mentioning the extra efforts, resources and risks were faced due to well control and stuck pipe events which occurred on those wells. Engineering and Operation teams worked together to engineer a solution to drill this well in one run while safely maintaining the well under control and managing the losses. The Bottom Hole Assembly (BHA) was designed to withstand the well challenges including multiple contingency options. These options allowed:Improving hole quality while tripping using a special type of eccentric reamer stabilizer.Pumping various LCM concentration scenarios through a multi-cycle circulation valve. In addition, a special type of float valve was placed on the top of the BHA as barrier, stopping back flow under surface backpressure or kick scenarios.Optimizing mud weight by using formation pressure while drilling (FPWD) and monitoring both equivalent circulating density ECD and equivalent static density (ESD) by pressure while drilling tools. The drilling fluid was loaded with non-damaging loss circulation material without compromising the MWD/LWD limits. Additionally, the mud rheology was carefully selected and monitored to achieve the desired ECD. On surface, a managed pressure while drilling system was deployed to give control on reservoir pressures. In instances of influx, MPD allows to early detect any kick and controlled by surface back pressure without requiring shut in for applying standard well control techniques. Keeping the well under control by surface back pressure (SBP) during connections time (flow–off). Additionally, MPD also enables the contingency of applying pressurized mud capping in case of unable to control the losses. As decision point, a loss management plan was prepared and implemented. Also, a dynamic formation integrity test was planned and performed to calibrate the fracture gradient across the loss zones. The problematic zone was successfully drilled with one BHA in under six days (5.73 days). The estimated savings for the company were 8 days, which equates to ±1MMUS$ after including the MPD cost which increased the well cost by 200MUS$. To further complement the outright savings, the engineered solution managed to safely stave off operational complications as well as incurring the related complexities and non-productive time (NPT) as recorded on the offset wells. Additionally, well was successfully landed and geo-steered across the target formation and 4½ in liner was run and cemented off-bottom avoiding the need to develop a slot recovery scope on this well with an extra duration of +/-35 days. The engineered solution provided a high level of preparation and contingencies within the BHA, Managed Pressure Drilling Equipment, real time monitoring, mud and cement formulation. The applied techniques allowed the operating company to successfully execute this challenge well within the proposed time and budget.
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Pettinger, Alfred M., and Robert Montgomery. "Project Management Considerations of Pipelines Crossing the Andes." In 2010 8th International Pipeline Conference. ASMEDC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ipc2010-31303.
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Pipeline operators, contractors and governments face important challenges when planning, designing, constructing and operating pipelines which connect the hydrocarbon reserves in the Amazonian basin with population and shipping centers on the Pacific coast. These pipelines cross portions of the Amazonian rainforest, the mountain rainforest along the eastern flank of the Andes, the Andean plateau, and the rural and urban low lying desert areas along the Pacific coast. The need for these pipelines will continue and offers a tremendous opportunity to promote sustainable economic development. However, there are several challenges in safeguarding the integrity of the pipeline, environment, local population, and socio-economic fabric of the region. Failure to properly address these risks could have significant financial, engineering, environmental and social, or reputational consequences for operators, contractors, financiers and governments. In this context, companies need to understand the specific challenges present and implement an encompassing project and risk management strategy that entails leadership, team work, effective communication and collaboration in a manner that proactively meets anticipated needs and responds to evolving conditions. During design and construction management, engineers and scientists are challenged by geology, topography, limited or no field data, limited access to the right-of-way (RoW), and socio-environmental aspects. Major training efforts are needed for the construction workforce, in a manner applicable to educational and cultural characteristics. Special road safety measures are required and in many instances the right-of-way will be the only means of transporting construction material. Other special logistical challenges are presented by the rich cultural history of the Andes. During operation, special consideration needs to be given to external natural hazards like landslides, soil creep, seismicity, and river scour. Management needs to maintain good communication with all parties affected by the project and proactively promote broad socio-economic development in the project area. The recognition of these specific challenges and upfront investment will facilitate mutually beneficial project advancement and be of particular benefit in instances of anticipatable but uncontrollable events. This paper describes several of these challenges and provides guidance on how to minimize project specific risks and adverse effects to society and environment.
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Soldatenko, Sergei, Sergei Soldatenko, Genrikh Alekseev, Genrikh Alekseev, Alexander Danilov, and Alexander Danilov. "A MODELING SYSTEM FOR CLIMATE CHANGE RISK ASSESSMENT, MANAGEMENT AND HEDGING IN COASTAL AREAS." In Managing risks to coastal regions and communities in a changing world. Academus Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.31519/conferencearticle_5b1b9398d1adf1.08545898.
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Every aspect of human operations faces a wide range of risks, some of which can cause serious consequences. By the start of 21st century, mankind has recognized a new class of risks posed by climate change. It is obvious, that the global climate is changing, and will continue to change, in ways that affect the planning and day to day operations of businesses, government agencies and other organizations and institutions. The manifestations of climate change include but not limited to rising sea levels, increasing temperature, flooding, melting polar sea ice, adverse weather events (e.g. heatwaves, drought, and storms) and a rise in related problems (e.g. health and environmental). Assessing and managing climate risks represent one of the most challenging issues of today and for the future. The purpose of the risk modeling system discussed in this paper is to provide a framework and methodology to quantify risks caused by climate change, to facilitate estimates of the impact of climate change on various spheres of human activities and to compare eventual adaptation and risk mitigation strategies. The system integrates both physical climate system and economic models together with knowledge-based subsystem, which can help support proactive risk management. System structure and its main components are considered. Special attention is paid to climate risk assessment, management and hedging in the Arctic coastal areas.
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Soldatenko, Sergei, Sergei Soldatenko, Genrikh Alekseev, Genrikh Alekseev, Alexander Danilov, and Alexander Danilov. "A MODELING SYSTEM FOR CLIMATE CHANGE RISK ASSESSMENT, MANAGEMENT AND HEDGING IN COASTAL AREAS." In Managing risks to coastal regions and communities in a changing world. Academus Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.21610/conferencearticle_58b4315ae4ac9.
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Every aspect of human operations faces a wide range of risks, some of which can cause serious consequences. By the start of 21st century, mankind has recognized a new class of risks posed by climate change. It is obvious, that the global climate is changing, and will continue to change, in ways that affect the planning and day to day operations of businesses, government agencies and other organizations and institutions. The manifestations of climate change include but not limited to rising sea levels, increasing temperature, flooding, melting polar sea ice, adverse weather events (e.g. heatwaves, drought, and storms) and a rise in related problems (e.g. health and environmental). Assessing and managing climate risks represent one of the most challenging issues of today and for the future. The purpose of the risk modeling system discussed in this paper is to provide a framework and methodology to quantify risks caused by climate change, to facilitate estimates of the impact of climate change on various spheres of human activities and to compare eventual adaptation and risk mitigation strategies. The system integrates both physical climate system and economic models together with knowledge-based subsystem, which can help support proactive risk management. System structure and its main components are considered. Special attention is paid to climate risk assessment, management and hedging in the Arctic coastal areas.
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Hemaprasertsuk, Jakpakorn, Watanapong Ratawessanun, Parthasarathi Bandyopadhyay, Boon Shin Chia, Suphawich Thanudamrong, Mohamad Kamal Hamdan, Nitipong Kongpat, Beibit Akbayev, and Arthur Cheng Ho Ngan. "Challenges and Mitigation Strategies for High-Rate Gas Well Testing in High-Pressure-High-Temperature DST Operation." In Offshore Technology Conference Asia. OTC, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4043/31691-ms.
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Abstract Well testing provides useful data for reservoir characterization during various stages of field life, from exploration, development to production. The key information that are typically can be obtained are, information on reservoir properties, deliverability, and pressure data. However, if the data acquisition during the well testing is compromised it can also lead to incorrect data and could lead to a wrong understanding of the reservoir and could results in sub-optimal field development. Therefore, it is important to emphasize on the quality of the data being acquired. This paper captures the experiences gained for a high-pressure-high-temperature (HPHT) exploration well DST where data acquisition was compromised in the 1st well drilled in the structure. A combination of temperature transient effect and tubing movement in the well during shut in resulted in data quality which can't be interpreted with confidence. The lessons learnt from the same was captured and addressed successfully in the subsequent well which enabled quality data acquisition. The objective of this paper is to share the challenges and mitigation strategies for a HPHT DST with the help of two DST operation where the challenges resulted in less-than-optimum data quality and the one where they were mitigated. The range of challenges came from planning, to gauge placement, to identify potential problems early, and even having proper contingency plans to cater for unplanned events. The paper also deals with some of the best practices which can help with any DST program. Key examples are pre-job modeling, accurate temperature measurement and modeling, real-time data acquisition, and a special focus on sampling as a part of a successful DST program. Disclaimer All parameters cited in this paper are purposely made in ambiguous manner to maintain confidentiality of the data.
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Bubnovskaia, O. V., and V. V. Leonidova. "The association between psychological safety and student engagement, taking into account the peculiarities of their self-regulation." In INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL ONLINE CONFERENCE. Знание-М, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.38006/907345-50-8.2020.790.804.
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The article presents the results of analyzing the association between the components of psychological safety and the characteristics of the educational environment, including the personal involvement of students in the life of the University and the features of self-regulation. These results are identified using methods of descriptive statistics, correlation and comparative analysis. Generally involved students are convinced that immediate participation in the events taking place at the University gives a chance to find something worthwhile, enjoy their activities. They are confident in themselves, and are not afraid of new things. On the contrary, with a low level of engagement, students feel rejected, and this feeling affects their sense of safety. Components of psychological safety correlate with individual development and adequacy of self-assessment and results of their activities and behavior, with the ability to notice changes in the situation, with the adequacy of representations of significant conditions for achieving goals, with the formation of conscious planning of activities and programming of their actions. A special role is played by flexibility and modeling. Emerging regulatory failures reduce the sense of safety, comfort and satisfaction with the educational environment. The research does not focus on external protection from risks, which are a permanent and unavoidable condition of human existence, but on the search for personal resources, the activation of which contributes to psychological security. The more harmonious the system of self-regulation a person is characterized by, the more likely the person is to perceive the environment as safe and conducive to development.
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Frederic Antoine Champain, Louis, Syed Zahoor Ullah, and Alexey Ruzhnikov. "Successful CWD Campaign in Turnkey Project with Potential Utilisation for Well Construction Optimisation." In International Petroleum Technology Conference. IPTC, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2523/iptc-21355-ms.
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Abstract Drilling and completion of the surface and intermediate sections in some fields is extremely challenging due to wellbore instability, especially accomplished with complete losses. Such circumstances lead to several time-consuming stuck pipe events, when existing standard ways of drilling did not lead to a permanent resolution of the problems. After exhausting the available conventional techniques without sustainable success, unorthodox solutions were required to justify the well delivery time and cost. Here comes the Casing While Drilling (CwD), being the most time and cost-effective solution to wellbore instability. CwD is introduced at full throttle aiming at the well cost reduction and well quality improvement. The implementation plan was divided in three phases. The first phase was a remedial solution to surface and intermediate sections drilling and casing off to prevent stuck pipe events and provide smooth well delivery performances. After successful implementation of CwD first phase, CwD was taken to the next level by shifting it from a mitigation to an optimization measure. Each step of CwD shoe-to-shoe operations was analysed to improve its performances: drill-out (D/O) of 18⅝-in shoe track with CwD, optimum drilling parameters per formation and CwD bit design. Implemented in 19 wells, CwD shoe-to-shoe performances have been brought up or even above standard rotary bottom hole assembly (BHA) benchmark. Planning for third phase is undergoing whereby CwD is aiming to optimize a well construction to reduce well delivery time, by combining surface and intermediate sections thus eliminating one casing string. Numerous challenges are being worked on including open hole (OH) isolation packer which conform to and seal with the borehole uneven surface. Special "for purpose built" expandable steel packer and stage tool have been manufactured and qualified for the specific application. A candidate well has been chosen and agreed for first trial. The key areas of improvement include, drilling and casing off the surface and intermediate sections while competing with standard rotary BHA performances and slimming down the well profile towards tremendous time and costs savings. This paper encompasses details of constructions of various wells with sufficient contingencies to combat any expected hole problems without compromising the well quality while keeping the well within budget and planned time. It also provides an analysis of the well trials that were executed during the implementation of first and second phases of CwD implementation and the captured lessons learnt which are being carried forward to the next phase. This paper provides the technique on how CwD can be used to help with three aspects of drilling, successfully mitigating holes problems by reducing OH exposure time and to eliminate drill string tripping and modifying conventional casing design to reduce well time and cost by eliminating one casing string.
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Belotti, Vittorio, Manjula U. Hemapala, Rinaldo C. Michelini, and Roberto P. Razzoli. "Robot Remote Control and Mine Sweeping." In ASME 2008 9th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis. ASMEDC, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/esda2008-59397.
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Demining is calamity of third world countries. The clearing is ceaseless, more expensive than the spreading, and terrorist return is obtained by weakening of the antagonistic population. The mines are cheapest weapon, built to make horrible injuries, affecting active people, with major falls-off into economic growth. The disaster is notably cruel in Sri Lanka, with anti-person mines spread in the northeast region. After the ceasefire, the international organisations started the mine sweeping, with poor issues, due to politico-economical motivations in direct bond with wants in the technical effectiveness. The pitiable situation is worsened, as most rich lands are removed from farming exploitation, with increasing of the internally displaced persons. Now, clearing is engineering duty, and the humanitarian goal comes to be technical challenge. The advanced robotics fulfils clean and reliable tasks, on condition to upgrade sophistication and cost and to loose third-world appropriateness. The challenge is to turn local machines and awareness into effective robotic aids, willingly used by the local people, and to enhance the on-going outcomes. The analysis, mainly, addresses the following points: - the engaged technologies need to provide special purpose outfits and to involve operators having adapted uniformity; - the work-flow pre-setting ought to detail the duty-cycles and to establish the standard achievements; - the planning has to specify the on-process warning/emergency management and the failure protection rules; - the operators’ instruction and training shall aim at off-process optimised work-flows to circumvent risky issues; - the effectiveness comes from organised routine agendas, in conformity with allotted tasks and emergency events. This is a mix of organisational and technologic demands, calling for responsible commitment of the involved people, so that the local Civil Service is entitled to do the clearing operations, and the all engaged community is solidly concerned. The winning solution shall look at low-cost robotic outfits, to be obtained with resort to nearby available resources and competences (e.g., drawn on from the local agricultural machinery and know-how), and full account of the cost limits, while aiming at the process effectiveness by the mix of enabling cues, principally deferred to enhancing the regional awareness and the factual dedication. The paper stresses on fairly unorthodox robots, addressing unmanned effectors facilities joined with intelligent remote-command abilities, not as advanced achievements, rather as cheapest productivity upgrading, assembled from standard farming devices, through the shared know-how and commitment of locally involved operators.
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Dias, Rui, Nicole Horta, Catarina Revez, Paulo Alexandre, and Paula Heliodoro. "Risk Diversification in Central and Eastern European Capital Markets: Evidence from Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine." In 8th International Scientific Conference ERAZ - Knowledge Based Sustainable Development. Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans, Belgrade, Serbia, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.31410/eraz.s.p.2022.1.
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Following the Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine in 2014, Russia annexed Crimea, while separatist forces supported by the Russian government seized part of the Donbas region in south-eastern Ukraine. Since the beginning of 2021, a build-up of Russian military presence has occurred along the Russia-Ukraine border. The United States and other countries have accused Russia of planning an invasion of Ukraine. On February 24th, Putin announced a “special military operation,” supposedly to “demilitarize” and “denazify” Ukraine. In light of these events, the global economy and consequently the financial markets had significant structural breaks; based on these facts, this paper aims to analyze the synchronizations between the capital markets of Austria (Austrian Traded), Budapest (BUX), Bulgaria (SE SOFIX), Croatia (CROBEX), Russia (MOEX), Czech Republic (Prague SE PX), Romania (BET), Slovakia (SAX 16), and Slovenia (SBI TOP), in the period from January 2nd, 2017 to May 6th, 2022. To perform this analysis and to get more robust results we divided the sample into two sub-periods: The first from January 2nd, 2017, to December 31st, 2019, with the second sub-period called capital markets stress comprising the time lapse from January 1st, 2020, to May 6th, 2022. In order to answer the research question, we aim to find out, whether the Russian invasion of Ukraine accentuated interdependencies in Central/Eastern European financial markets. The time series do not show normal distributions, with the Russian market showing the highest risk; we find that the markets broke down significantly, mostly in March 2022 arising from instability in the global economy. The results obtained suggest very significant levels of integration during the stress period in the capital markets analyzed, and we see that during the quiet period the Slovakian market tends to be highly integrated (8 out of 8 possible), while the Slovenian market shows no integration with its regional peers, which shows that we are dealing with a segmented market. These findings suggest that markets tend toward integration in periods of extreme volatility, calling into question the implementation of efficient portfolio diversification strategies.
Reports on the topic "Special events Planning"
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Day, Christopher M., Hiromal Premachandra, and Darcy M. Bullock. Characterizing the Impacts of Phasing, Environment, and Temporal Factors on Pedestrian Demand at Traffic Signals. Purdue University, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284317352.
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There is a need for more and higher quality data on pedestrian demand patterns for a number of applications in planning, transportation engineering, public health, and other areas. It is particularly desirable to better characterize the influence of daily, weekly, and annual variations; the impact of weather and special events; and the effects of changes in pedestrian phasing. This paper proposes and demonstrates a methodology for quantifying the relative demand for pedestrian service at a signalized intersection by using the percent of signal cycles per hour in which the pedestrian phase was actuated. Although this performance measure does not by itself provide a pedestrian count, it can be used as a surrogate to characterize how pedestrian volumes vary due to operating conditions. More importantly, since this technique does not require new sensors, the data can be collected at thousands of intersections across the nation where pedestrian push buttons are in use. This paper documents findings from over a year of data collection at a signalized intersection on a college campus. The effects of daily/weekly/annual variations, special events, weather (temperature and precipitation), seasonal changes in activity patterns, and changes in pedestrian signal phasing are documented. A Tobit model is used to account for the influences of these variables and understand how they co-influence pedestrian activity. The implementation of an exclusive pedestrian phase is associated with a 9% increase in pedestrian phase utilization at the intersection. This change is associated with a decrease in user cost relative to performing midblock crossings. The modeled impact of snowfall events adds further insight by showing that as the user cost of making midblock crossings increases, pedestrian activity at the intersection increases.
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Goodwill, Jay. Special Event Transportation Service Planning & Operations Strategies for Transit. Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, March 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/cutr-nctr-rr-2004-13.
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Crespo, Anna Risi Vianna, and Juan Manuel Puerta. Evaluation of the IDB's Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative. Inter-American Development Bank, October 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0010668.
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The Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative (ESCI), launched in 2012, is the Bank's most recent response to the urban development needs in the region. Through ESCI the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) aimed at redirecting its focus to improving urban planning practices and shaping development in midsize cities. OVE's evaluation aims to take stock of IDB's work with emerging cities through ESCI to date, even though it is still early to assess the effectiveness of individual action plans produced by the initiative. The ESCI Special Program ended in December 2015 and is now being mainstreamed into the work of the Housing and Urban Development division (HUD) within the new Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department (CSD). This transition provides an opportunity for a productive stocktaking.
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Powell, W., Nathan Beane, and Matthew Blanchard. Analysis of vegetation as terrain : the “how” and “why” of US Army doctrine. Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.), February 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/48265.
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There is a significant knowledge gap for Army doctrine concerning civilian research scientists. A relatively small number of soldiers make the transition from warfighter to research and development at the basic and applied levels. That number is even less when considering former warfighters that have applied Army doctrine in an operational or advanced Army schooling environment. This special report is intended to focus solely on the Army’s current capabilities and doctrinally defined processes to analyze vegetation as an essential component of the natural terrain. The objective of this report is to review current Army doctrine related to analysis of the vegetated terrain; to explore currently leveraged tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs); and identify valuable geospatial resources as they apply to military planning. For ease to readers unfamiliar with US Army doctrine, much of the referenced material is directly presented herein as tables and figures throughout the document and appendices (e.g., data sources, product examples, and glossary).
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Ley, Matt, Tom Baldvins, David Jones, Hanna Pilkington, and Kelly Anderson. Vegetation classification and mapping: Gulf Islands National Seashore. National Park Service, May 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.36967/2299028.
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The Gulf Islands National Seashore (GUIS) vegetation inventory project classified and mapped vegetation on park-owned lands within the administrative boundary and estimated thematic map accuracy quantitatively. The project began in June 2016. National Park Service (NPS) Vegetation Mapping Inventory Program provided technical guidance. The overall process included initial planning and scoping, imagery procurement, field data collection, data analysis, imagery interpretation/classification, accuracy assessment (AA), and report writing and database development. Initial planning and scoping meetings took place during May, 2016 in Ocean Springs, Mississippi where representatives gathered from GUIS, the NPS Gulf Coast Inventory and Monitoring Network, and Colorado State University. Primary imagery used for interpretation was 4-band (RGB and CIR) orthoimages from 2014 and 2016 with resolutions of 15 centimeters (cm) (Florida only) and 30 cm. Supplemental imagery with varying coverage across the study area included National Aerial Imagery Program 50 cm imagery for Mississippi (2016) and Florida (2017), 15 and 30 cm true color Digital Earth Model imagery for Mississippi (2016 and 2017), and current and historical true-color Google Earth and Bing Map imagery. National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration National Geodetic Survey 30 cm true color imagery from 2017 (post Hurricane Nate) supported remapping the Mississippi barrier islands after Hurricane Nate. The preliminary vegetation classification included 59 United States National Vegetation Classification (USNVC) associations. Existing vegetation and mapping data combined with vegetation plot data contributed to the final vegetation classification. Quantitative classification using hierarchical clustering and professional expertise was supported by vegetation data collected from 250 plots in 2016 and 29 plots in 2017 and 2018, as well as other observational data. The final vegetation classification includes 39 USNVC associations and 5 park special types; 18 forest and woodland, 7 shrubland, 17 herbaceous, and 2 sparse vegetation types were identified. The final GUIS map consists of 38 map classes. Land cover classes include four types: non-vegetated barren land / borrow pit, developed open space, developed low – high intensity, and water/ocean. Of the 34 vegetation map classes, 26 represent a single USNVC association/park special, six map classes contain two USNVC associations/park specials, and two map classes contain three USNVC associations/park specials. Forest and woodland associations had an abundance of sand pine (Pinus clausa), slash pine (Pinus elliottii), sand live oak (Quercus geminata), yaupon (Ilex vomitoria), wax myrtle (Morella cerifera), and saw palmetto (Serenoa repens). Shrubland associations supported dominant species such as eastern baccharis (Baccharis halimifolia), yaupon (Ilex vomitoria), wax myrtle (Morella cerifera), saw palmetto (Serenoa repens), and sand live oak (Quercus geminata). Herbaceous associations commonly included camphorweed (Heterotheca subaxillaris), needlegrass rush (Juncus roemerianus), bitter seabeach grass (Panicum amarum var. amarum), gulf bluestem (Schizachyrium maritimum), saltmeadow cordgrass (Spartina patens), and sea oats (Uniola paniculata). The final GUIS vegetation map consists of 1,268 polygons totaling 35,769.0 hectares (ha) or 88,387.2 acres (ac). Mean polygon size excluding water is 3.6 ha (8.9 ac). The most abundant land cover class is open water/ocean which accounts for approximately 31,437.7 ha (77,684.2 ac) or 87.9% of the total mapped area. Natural and ruderal vegetation consists of 4,176.8 ha (10,321.1 ac) or 11.6% of the total area. Within the natural and ruderal vegetation types, herbaceous types are the most extensive with 1945.1 ha (4,806.4 ac) or 46.5%, followed by forest and woodland types with 804.9 ha (1,989.0 ac) or 19.3%, sparse vegetation types with 726.9 ha (1,796.1 ac) or 17.4%, and shrubland types with 699.9 ha (1,729.5 ac) or 16.8%. Developed open space, which can include a matrix of roads, parking lots, park-like areas and campgrounds account for 153.8 ha (380.0 ac) or 0.43% of the total mapped area. Artificially non-vegetated barren land is rare and only accounts for 0.74 ha (1.82 ac) or 0.002% of the total area. We collected 701 AA samples to evaluate the thematic accuracy of the vegetation map. Final thematic accuracy, as a simple proportion of correct versus incorrect field calls, is 93.0%. Overall weighted map class accuracy is 93.6%, where the area of each map class was weighted in proportion to the percentage of total park area. This method provides more weight to larger map classes in the park. Each map class had an individual thematic accuracy goal of at least 80%. The hurricane impact area map class was the only class that fell below this target with an accuracy of 73.5%. The vegetation communities impacted by the hurricane are highly dynamic and regenerated quickly following the disturbance event, contributing to map class disagreement during the accuracy assessment phase. No other map classes fell below the 80% accuracy threshold. In addition to the vegetation polygon database and map, several products to support park resource management are provided including the vegetation classification, field key to the associations, local association descriptions, photographic database, project geodatabase, ArcGIS .mxd files for map posters, and aerial imagery acquired for the project. The project geodatabase links the spatial vegetation data layer to vegetation classification, plot photos, project boundary extent, AA points, and the PLOTS database. The geodatabase includes USNVC hierarchy tables allowing for spatial queries of data associated with a vegetation polygon or sample point. All geospatial products are projected using North American Datum 1983 (NAD83) in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 16 N. The final report includes methods and results, contingency tables showing AA results, field forms, species list, and a guide to imagery interpretation. These products provide useful information to assist with management of park resources and inform future management decisions. Use of standard national vegetation classification and mapping protocols facilitates effective resource stewardship by ensuring the compatibility and widespread use throughout the NPS as well as other federal and state agencies. Products support a wide variety of resource assessments, park management and planning needs. Associated information provides a structure for framing and answering critical scientific questions about vegetation communities and their relationship to environmental processes across the landscape.
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Brandt, Leslie A., Cait Rottler, Wendy S. Gordon, Stacey L. Clark, Lisa O'Donnell, April Rose, Annamarie Rutledge, and Emily King. Vulnerability of Austin’s urban forest and natural areas: A report from the Urban Forestry Climate Change Response Framework. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Northern Forests Climate Hub, October 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.32747/2020.7204069.ch.
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The trees, developed green spaces, and natural areas within the City of Austin’s 400,882 acres will face direct and indirect impacts from a changing climate over the 21st century. This assessment evaluates the vulnerability of urban trees and natural and developed landscapes within the City Austin to a range of future climates. We synthesized and summarized information on the contemporary landscape, provided information on past climate trends, and illustrated a range of projected future climates. We used this information to inform models of habitat suitability for trees native to the area. Projected shifts in plant hardiness and heat zones were used to understand how less common native species, nonnative species, and cultivars may tolerate future conditions. We also assessed the adaptability of planted and naturally occurring trees to stressors that may not be accounted for in habitat suitability models such as drought, flooding, wind damage, and air pollution. The summary of the contemporary landscape identifies major stressors currently threatening trees and forests in Austin. Major current threats to the region’s urban forest include invasive species, pests and disease, and development. Austin has been warming at a rate of about 0.4°F per decade since measurements began in 1938 and temperature is expected to increase by 5 to 10°F by the end of this century compared to the most recent 30-year average. Both increases in heavy rain events and severe droughts are projected for the future, and the overall balance of precipitation and temperature may shift Austin’s climate to be more similar to the arid Southwest. Species distribution modeling of native trees suggests that suitable habitat may decrease for 14 primarily northern species, and increase for four more southern species. An analysis of tree species vulnerability that combines model projections, shifts in hardiness and heat zones, and adaptive capacity showed that only 3% of the trees estimated to be present in Austin based on the most recent Urban FIA estimate were considered to have low vulnerability in developed areas. Using a panel of local experts, we also assessed the vulnerability of developed and natural areas. All areas were rated as having moderate to moderate-high vulnerability, but the underlying factors driving that vulnerability differed by natural community and between East and West Austin. These projected changes in climate and their associated impacts and vulnerabilities will have important implications for urban forest management, including the planting and maintenance of street and park trees, management of natural areas, and long-term planning.
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Thompson and Lawson. L51691 Fracture Control Technology for Natural Gas Pipelines. Chantilly, Virginia: Pipeline Research Council International, Inc. (PRCI), December 1993. http://dx.doi.org/10.55274/r0011368.
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Operational integrity of gas-transmission pipelines is a goal of all operators. Pipeline integrity is achieved by planning, controlling, and monitoring a number of elements, all of which contribute to the total pipeline system integrity. Elements that affect overall pipeline integrity are pipeline design, pipe specification, pipe transportation and handling, pipeline construction and inspection, preservice testing, and operation and maintenance practices. Fracture control is part of a number of these elements. This research report and software satisfies the industry need for a comprehensive description of the methods of preventing and controlling fracture initiation and propagation. An ideal goal of any fracture control plan would be to specify pipe characteristics that would only result in leaks in a pipeline regardless of the flaw size and type. This is not possible because even infinitely tough pipe can rupture if a large enough flaw is introduced. Thus, fracture control plans must balance both initiation resistance and propagation resistance. This comprehensive research report and software provides guidance and references for creation of a fracture control and/or total pipeline integrity plan.