Geosystems‘ Pathways to the Future of Sustainability

Abstract

The world’s future development depends on effective human-computer linkages. From local to global, the virtual illustrations of a geographical place have to emphasize in an integrative approach peoples‘ key position in the Geosystem. Human values and social networks are now empowered by the unlimited creativity of smartphone applications. Our Geosystem grounded theory envisions that the sustainable management of natural resources is a lifelong learning environment where the poor communities have access to the new technological advances. This paper will attempt to show the effectiveness of Geomedia techniques in the Geosystems identification, evaluation, and valorization processes for the benefit of local inhabitants. This present research methodology uses smartphone apps, Google Earth environmental datasets, Global Positioning Systems, and WebGIS for a geographical investigation and objective assessment of regions throughout the world. The results demonstrate that self-sustainable Geosystems will always be capable to regulate, control and assess progress towards their dynamic equilibrium state, continuously adapting to environmental and societal changes.

Geomedia`s Role in the Geosystem Development: Dracula`s Spatial Imaginaries in Romania

“…The innovation diffusion is important for the integration capacity in transformative networks. The effectiveness weighted sum is reflecting every analyzed Geosystem`s functionality and it is positively correlated with the Arrow`s theorem results which validated the application of Geomedia techniques and the GAH process (Arrow, 2011;Voda et al, 2019).…”

“…Geomedia technique is integrating all the environmental features in virtual Geosystems with functional interrelated components and fluxes of matter, energy and information. The process returned the selected Geosystems in an array, implying their synthesis and processing into new structures, according to people`s energy inputs and personal experience of the geographical place (Park & Santos, 2017;Voda et al, 2019). It also requires various fluxes identification, attributes interpretation and structure-components property correlations.…”

The Țigani Community Adaptability to Changes in Rural Romania and the COVID-19 Impact

“…Unlike many Romanians, T , igani are not leaving Romania in vast numbers for a better life in the western European countries. The Romanian exodus has been generated by the important income and opportunity differences but the T , igani community managed to use its social connections and collaborative actions to survive and thrive [2]. They are not vulnerable at all.…”

“…Romania's emigration growth rate was recently second only to war-torn Syria [1]. The unusual Romanian exodus has been generated by significant inequalities in wealth, income, and opportunity [2]. Few Romanian migrants intend to return to their villages.…”

“…There might be a large research literature about the Roma/Gypsy [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14], but few of the studies offer praise for the T , igani nor have they asked the type of questions related to adaptability and the T , igani's peculiar system of community. Our research aims to develop new contextualized theories with the objective of discovering general patterns that hold for a community [2]. The T , igani adaptability is generated by their distinct attributes: identity (proud to be different), a strong bond to the collective which makes them interconnected-interlinked-interdependent.…”