Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society

24/01/2025

NEW Subject Editor ✒️
Dr. Gabriela Adina Morosanu-Mitoseriu 🇷🇴 welcomed as a subject editor at the Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society.
Gabriela is a researcher in Hydrology at the Institute of Geography - Romanian Academy (Academia Română), and actively engaged young geographer at the International Geographical Union (IGU) and IGU Task Force for Young & Early Career Geographers - YECG.
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What she said about her new role at the JBGS journal, read in the news below 👇
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23/01/2025

🔓NEW paper

North Macedonia 🇲🇰 possesses a rich cultural heritage dating back to the Ottoman period (14th–19th century). This heritage is evident in various architectural structures such as bazaars, bridges, hammams, clock towers, and mosques. While some of these sites are actively used for tourism, many remain untapped, each offering unique historical, cultural, and architectural significance. This study explores the potential of developing Ottoman heritage tourism products in North Macedonia.

Read more in:
👉Petrevska B, Andreeski C (2024) Mapping new Ottoman heritage tourism routes in North Macedonia: A supply-side approach. Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society 51: 205-228.
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'Goce Delcev' University - Stip (Универзитет „Гоце Делчев“ - Штип), Универзитет „Св. Климент Охридски“ - Битола

20/01/2025

📣 NEW member of the Editorial board
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We are delighted to announce that Chad Staddon recently joined us as the new Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society!
What he said upon joining the team read in the news (link in comments) 👇
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UWE Bristol, International Geographical Union, Pensoft Publishers, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Географ БГ
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17/01/2025

🔓Recently published:
❓How to train and teachers in higher education institutions? This paper propose a for integration of mapping and local .
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Avgusthanova G, Zhensikbayeva N, Aitkozhina S, Amangeldy N (2024) Implementation of mapping through ArcGIS using elements of local history for training geography and history teachers. Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society 51: 187-203.
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Высший колледж ВКУ им.С.Аманжолова

10/01/2025

❓How to increase the uptake of services research in education and decision-making?
❓What is the role of in this process?
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✅Following the and global initiatives for implementing biodiversity and ecosystem services (BES) into the decision-making process, Prodanova and Stoycheva identified the ’ perceptions regarding the possible initiatives for improving the uptake and the lack of sufficient education program coverage within secondary and higher education. In this short communication, they suggest practical for the future development of BES activities enabling the uptake in Bulgarian education and policy. Evidences drawn from a literature review of the Bulgarian studies for the last 20 years and analysis of the present state of the uptake in Bulgarian practice.
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Prodanova H, Stoycheva V (2024) Increasing the uptake of ecosystem services research in decision-making and education: Follow-up discussion on the “Twenty years of ecosystem services research in Bulgaria”. Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society 51: 177-186. https://doi.org/10.3897/jbgs.e142535
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INES project, Selina - Horizon Europe Project, Национален Институт по Геофизика, Геодезия и География - БАН, Географ БГ, International Geographical Union, Българско географско дружество, IPBES, IPCC, Ecosystem Services Partnership
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08/01/2025

Recently published:

👉Anwar SA, Zhouri L, Zerouali B, Wong YJ (2024) Reducing uncertainty in future projections of potential evapotranspiration using a regional climate model and observational datasets: A case study of Egypt. Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society 51: 151-175.
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30/12/2024

Watch now on YouTube 🎬
https://youtu.be/UwofWch9tvY?si=D8v3lL69lWwKnScv
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We continue the practice of recording and sharing video abstracts of papers published in our journal. In this video Cholakova and Dogramadjieva present their study "Online survey of visitation and tourist behaviour in a protected territory—the case of Urdini Lakes, Rila National Park".
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Геолого-географски факултет, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"
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Cholakova S, Dogramadjieva E (2023) Online survey of visitation and tourist behaviour in a protected territory—the case of Urdini Lakes, Rila National Park. ...

04/12/2024

❓ How much precipitation remains in a given area?
This study compares two different calculation methods to reveal trends for the period 1979–2023 in Bulgaria.
👉 The exact values of this indicator are extremely important for various sectors of the economy such as agriculture, water supply and sewage, transport, energy, etc.
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Nojarov P (2024) Evaporation and the difference between precipitation and evaporation in Bulgaria. Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society 51: 131-149.
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Българска академия на науките - БАН
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02/12/2024

Welcome Ivica Milevski, the latest addition to our editorial team at the Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society!
https://jbgs.arphahub.com/news/756

25/11/2024

What is the role of in 🗺 mapping services? What -based tools to use in the process?
-> find out tomorrow, 26 Nov, at 14:00 pm 🇦🇲
Speaker: our managing editor Hristina Prodanova
Host institution: Երևանի բուսաբանական այգի / Yerevan Botanical Garden (Institute of Botany after A. Takhtajyan), ՀՀ Գիտությունների ազգային ակադեմիա / NAS of RA (National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia.

Zoom link in the post below 👇
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Ecosystem services and Geoinformation technologies are the most highly covered topics in our journal. Read them here: https://jbgs.arphahub.com/articles

✅ ՀՀ ԳԱԱ Ա․ Թախտաջյանի անվան բուսաբանության ինստիտուտը շարունակում է միջազգային դասախոսությունների շարքը, որտեղ առաջատար միջազգային գործընկերները կիսվում են իրենց նորարություններով և գիտական արդյունքներով։

📌 Ս/թ․ նոյեմբերի 26-ին, ժամը 14:00-ին օնլայն ձևաչափով տեղի կունենա ԲԳԱԱ Երկրաֆիզիկայի, գեոդեցիայի և աշխարհագրության ազգային ինստիտուտի դոցենտ, գիտաշխատող Հրիստինա Պրոդանովայի «Էկոհամակարգային ծառայությունների քարտեզագրում» թեմայով զեկուցումը։
Մասնակցությունը ազատ է:

🔗 Մասնակցել ցանկացողները կարող են անցնել հետևյալ հղումով՝
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88354274481?pwd=nbaNwAgwhhKw5KlJw2l4ZTf4utBUMd.1
Meeting ID: 883 5427 4481
Passcode: 033863...................................

✅The Institute of Botany after A. Takhtajyan, NAS RA, continues its series of international lectures, featuring leading international experts sharing their innovative scientific insights.

📌On November 26 at 2:00 PM (local time), an online lecture by Hristina from the National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy, and Geography, BNAS, will take place. The lecture is titled “Mapping of Ecosystem Services.”

Participation is free.

To join, follow the link:

🔗 https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88354274481?pwd=nbaNwAgwhhKw5KlJw2l4ZTf4utBUMd.1
Meeting ID: 883 5427 4481
Passcode: 033863

20/11/2024

Happy GIS day 2024 from our subject editors at JBGS - Assoc. Prof. Stelian Dimitrov (right), Assoc. Prof. Alexander Gikov (left), and the Managing editor Dr. Hristina Prodanova (middle).
📸 : Vanya Stoycheva, Copy editor
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Българско географско дружество, Esri Bulgaria / Есри България

19/11/2024

👥 Conferences are a common place for researchers and like-minded editors to meet and discuss their journals.
🧐 One day before the annual , we are looking back to October 22-25 when the 20-th Anniversary International Scientific Conference "Space, Ecology, Safety" - SES 2024 took place in the Space Research and Technology Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
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Our Deputy Editor-in-Chief Stoyan Nedkov and the Managing Editor Hristina Prodanova met their colleagues - the Subject Editors Даниела Аветисян (Daniela Avetisyan) and Alexander Gikov - both of them highly active editors at the Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society and associate professors in Geoinformation Science and Remote Sensing at the -BAS.
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24/10/2024

Climate-aware 🌤 urban 🏢 environments pose a significant imperative to obtain thermally comfortable 🌡 outdoor areas. The present study addresses the optimization of urban block morphology in Guelma City, Algeria 🇩🇿, to enhance thermal performance in a semi-arid climate.
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🔗 Guergour H, Cheraitia M, Dechaicha A, Alkama D (2024) Optimization of urban morphology to enhance outdoor thermal comfort: A microclimate analysis. Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society 51: 107-130.
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University 8 May 1945 Guelma (جامعة 8ماي1945قالمة), University of M'sila (جامعة المسيلة University of Msila)

21/10/2024

💪 Good health 🩺 is a right of every human being 👥, an asset and a source of economic and social stability.
📌 Despite the established principles of accessibility and equality in the use of medical assistance 🏥 and the existence of a valid health card 🪪, our research has shown that the population has different access 🔀 to facilities and centers for medical assistance at the regional and local level.
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📎 Nikolova G, Patarchanova E (2024) Spatial analysis of the healthcare system at a regional level: A case study of the Kyustendil district. Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society 51: 85-106.
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Катедра "География, екология и опазване на околната среда", Югозападен университет "Неофит Рилски" / SWU "Neofit Rilski"

02/10/2024

🔓 Recently published

🔍 This important study on the continent 🇦🇶 🇧🇬 explored the relationship between the air temperature at the surface and the 🌡 distribution in the crevasses, including the temperature gradient at different levels and the direction of the airflow. The measured depth reached 18 m in the central part of the glacier and 9 m in the periphery. Meteorological parameters such as temperature, , atmospheric , and solar were measured on-site using autonomous sensors and recording devices mounted on installations on the glacier surface and at depth using alpine 🏔techniques.

🎯 The relationship between solar activity and climatic processes in glacier drainage systems adds new insights to solar-terrestrial .
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👀 Read more:
Parov T (2024) Temperature distribution in the crevasse-drainage systems of the Antarctic glaciers: A case study of the Perunika Glacier. Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society 51: 63-84. https://doi.org/10.3897/jbgs.e126650
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Bulgarian Antarctic Institute, Space Research and Technology Institute—Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Българска академия на науките - БАН, Pensoft Publishers, IPCC, ESA - European Space Agency, Министерство на образованието и науката, National Geographic Magazine България, Българска Наука, Географ БГ, ПК Под Ръбъ / Speleo club Pod RB, Климатека, Gemini Data Loggers
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01/10/2024

🔓 Recently published
🔍 Since the topic remains quite unpopular for tourism researchers in Bulgaria, this paper aims to present the key explaining , outline the main features of such heritage as well as sketch contemporary research trends and gaps in this underestimated but promising academic field. The term “problematic” cultural heritage is proposed as appropriate for the Bulgarian context 🇧🇬, emphasizing the notion of / heritage as a “problem to be solved”. Its relevance to Ottoman and communist heritage in the country is justified.
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👀 Read more:
Dogramadjieva E (2024) Problematic cultural heritage in the context of tourism and Bulgaria: Key concepts, main features, and contemporary research. Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society 51: 45-62. https://doi.org/10.3897/jbgs.e129955
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Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Геолого-географски факултет, @Катедра "География на туризма" - СУ