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10 - The Green Road Project and Women’s Green Victimisation in Turkey
- Edited by Emma Milne, Durham University, Pamela Davies, Northumbria University, Newcastle, James Heydon, University of Nottingham, Kay Peggs, Kingston University, London, Tanya Wyatt, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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- Book:
- Gendering Green Criminology
- Published by:
- Bristol University Press
- Published online:
- 28 March 2024
- Print publication:
- 06 October 2023, pp 187-204
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Summary
Introduction
There have been criticisms that green criminology neglects women's green victimisation (WGV); and feminist criminology has paid little attention to the victimisation of women by green crimes (Lynch, 2018). It is argued that ‘the specific “green victimization experiences” varies across types/groups of victims, as well as across individuals in the same victim group’ (Lynch, 2018: 406). For example, environmental toxins affect children and adults differently. ‘Illustrating the importance of gender, medical studies of toxic exposure also indicate that women are affected differently than men’ (Lynch, 2018: 406). Taking gender inequalities into consideration, feminist green criminology seeks to address this ignorance and offers an understanding of WGV and conceptualises WGV as part of the broader social structure of gender relationships (Lynch, 2018). To understand the nature and extent of victimisation, feminist green criminology provides the needed empathy towards women victims of green crime.
One instance where such an approach may provide valuable insight is in the case of Turkey. Paving the way for transportation of minerals and other extracted sources between Turkey, Russia and Europe, in the Eastern Black Sea (EBS) region of Turkey, the controversial 2,600km ‘Green Road’ is planned to be constructed. The project also aims to connect tourism centres throughout the highlands of the provinces of Artvin, Rize, Trabzon, Giresun, Ordu, Gumushane, Bayburt and Samsun in the EBS region; all previously protected as conservation areas and public land. Environmentalists and people in this region are greatly concerned that the project may have a potentially devastating impact on the environment; local people are under threats of green crime from extractive industries. There are fears that the ‘Green Road’ will cause erosion, forest loss, habitat fragmentation, stream pollution and other ecological destruction. The project also threatens the traditional, seasonal migrations of people who bring their livestock up into the highland pastures to graze each summer (Bayraktar, 2022). These devastating developments cause WGV and put women's livelihoods at risk, ultimately forcibly removing them from their traditional living spaces (Akay, 2020).
Relevant studies in the Turkish context have so far focused only on environmental politics, local opposition movements (Eryılmaz, 2016; Erensu, 2018), climate justice, energy politics (Kaya, 2016; Turhan et al, 2016; Mazlum, 2017; Turhan, 2017), eco-feminism (Seckin, 2016) and other similar issues.
Early and midterm results of ductal stent implantation in neonates with ductal-dependent pulmonary circulation: a single-centre experience
- Mehmet Akif Onalan, Ender Odemis, Murat Saygi, Bahar Temur, Selim Aydin, Ibrahim Halil Demir, Ersin Erek
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- Cardiology in the Young / Volume 30 / Issue 12 / December 2020
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- 03 September 2020, pp. 1772-1782
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Objective:
We aimed to determine the early and midterm outcomes of ductal stenting in neonates with ductal-dependent pulmonary blood flow.
Methods:Between January, 2014 and July, 2018, 102 patients who underwent 115 cardiac catheterisation procedures for ductal stent implantation in our department were retrospectively reviewed. The age of the neonates ranged from 3 to 30 days (median: 11 days) and their weights ranged from 1.8 to 5.8 kg (mean, 2.8 ± 0.53 kg). Fifty-two patients had functional single ventricle and 50 had biventricular physiology. Thirty-one patients’ weights were <2,500 g (30.3%). The patent ductus arteriosus was vertical in 60 patients (58.8%). The mean ductal length was 12.4 ± 4.1 mm (range, 7.8–23 mm), and the mean narrowest ductal diameter was 2.1 ± 0.7 mm (range, 1.2–3.4 mm).
Results:The technical success rate was 85.2%. Procedure-related mortality occurred in three patients (2.9%). After the procedure, the aortic oxygen saturation increased from a mean of 73.1 ± 6.2% to a mean of 90.4 ± 4.3% (p < 0.001), and the ductus diameter increased from a mean of 2.1 ± 0.7 mm to a mean of 4.2 ± 0.9 mm (p < 0.001). Either transcatheter or surgical reinterventions were required in 35 patients (34.3%) during the follow-up period after a median of 101 days (2–356 days). Thirty-three patients (32.3%) were bridged to surgical repair after a median of 288 days (163–650 days). The median duration of palliation with ductal stents was 210 days (range, 2–525 days).
Conclusion:Ductus arteriosus stenting may be a reasonable and effective alternative to surgery for the initial palliation procedure in neonates with ductus-dependent pulmonary flow.