scholarly journals A Case Study on Technical and Social Aspects of Earth Houses in Rural India

2019 ◽  
pp. 105-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Kulshreshtha ◽  
P. J. Vardon ◽  
N. J. A. Mota ◽  
M. C. M. van Loosdrecht ◽  
H. M. Jonkers
Keyword(s):  
Social Aspects ◽  
Rural India

Vertical profiling of atmospheric air pollutants in rural India: A case study on particulate matter (PM10/PM2.5/PM1), carbon dioxide, and formaldehyde

Measurement ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 185 ◽  
pp. 110061
Author(s):  
Sneha Gautam ◽  
Cyril Sammuel ◽  
Aniket Bhardwaj ◽  
Zahra Shams Esfandabadi ◽  
M. Santosh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Particulate Matter ◽  
Air Pollutants ◽  
Rural India ◽  
Atmospheric Air ◽  
Vertical Profiling

Financial inclusion in the digital banking age: Lessons from rural India

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
RAM A. CNAAN ◽  
MARQUISHA LAWRENCE SCOTT ◽  
H. DANIEL HEIST ◽  
M. S. MOODITHAYA
Keyword(s):  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Rural India ◽  
Indian States ◽  
Banking Activity ◽  
Online Access ◽  
Digital Transactions ◽  
Financial Transactions

Abstract In the digital age, financial inclusion continues to be connected to social inclusion. While most personal financial transactions are shifting from cash currency to digital transactions, we must ensure that marginalized members of society are not unbanked and excluded from financial opportunities. Many countries are declaring their intention to transform to cashless societies. India is one such country. As a case study, we investigated rural Indian villages that declared themselves as cashless to assess the financial reality of villagers. We conducted a survey of households (N=3,159) within villages across seven Indian states. In each state, we studied a village that was officially declared cashless and a nearby comparison village. Our findings suggest that the comparison villages did as well as the cashless villages, as financial inclusion via digital banking was minimal to nonexistent. Alongside significant state variations, we found that financial literacy and online access were the best predictors of performing any digital banking activity. This study concludes with a warning against rushing toward digital banking and the formation of cashless societies, as marginalized populations may be excluded.

Neighborhoods as Service Providers: A Methodology for Evaluating Pedestrian Access

2003 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Talen
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
The Social ◽  
Provision Of Services ◽  
Neighborhood Scale

Research on neighborhoods is dominated by a focus on the social aspects of neighborhood life. The ability of neighborhoods to function as service providers is a critical and understudied aspect of neighborhood research. This paper offers a methodological contribution of the analysis of neighborhoods as service providers. Provision of services is defined in terms of accessibility, or the spatial proximities between residents and the facilities. Because the focus is on neighborhoods, access is defined on the basis of the pedestrian rather than the automobile. In addition, the needs of the neighborhood population are considered. A case study of Portland, Oregon, is used to demonstrate how an evaluation of pedestrian access could be conducted at the neighborhood scale.

22. The Feminization of Agricultural Labour in India, With a Case Study of the Semi-Arid Region of Andhra Pradesh: A Means of Empowerment or a Method of Domination?

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamie Shinoff
Keyword(s):  
Arid Region ◽  
Andhra Pradesh ◽  
Rural India ◽  
Public Spheres ◽  
Agricultural Work ◽  
Economic Disparity ◽  
Semi Arid Region ◽  
Semi Arid ◽  
Agricultural Labourers

With the general shift of men turning to out-migration work in times of economic disparity, women in rural India, specifically in the region of Andhra Pradesh, are forced to step in and fill the gap in agricultural labour left by migrating men. This phenomenon, coupled with the increased desire for female agricultural labourers – because of their tolerance of low wages – has led to a significant increase in the feminization of agricultural labour in India since the 1990s. While neoliberal writers argue that the increasingly feminized workforce of agricultural labour in rural India is largely demand-driven – both by male-out migration and thus the freeing up of agricultural work for women, I will argue, in accordance with the Marxist-feminist school of thought, that the increased feminization of agricultural labour in rural Andhra Pradesh does not reflect rural prosperity, but in fact is the “consequence of increasing pauperization among the small peasantry” (Garikipati 2008:630). This paper will explore the debate of whether or not the feminization of the agricultural workforce in rural Andhra Pradesh has accelerated female independence and empowerment in both the private (household) and public spheres. This locality study will thus add to a critical Marxist-feminist perspective of the feminization of agricultural labour in India generally, and the semi-arid region of Andhra Pradesh specifically, while raising the question of who truly benefits form the feminization of the agricultural workforce. 

Accountability and Information Technology Enactment

2010 ◽  
pp. 515-532
Author(s):  
Richard K. Ghere
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Basic Needs ◽  
Virtual State ◽  
Rural India ◽  
Social Equality ◽  
Social Wellbeing ◽  
Technology Enactment

This chapter focuses on the use of information technology (IT) in government and its possible impacton governance, particularly in terms of addressing the equity concerns of meeting the basic needs of regional subpopulations. In Building the Virtual State, Jane Fountain develops her theory of technology enactment (in essence, a variety of bureaucratic behaviors reacting to IT) and then applies that framework in three case studies in the book. This inquiry examines government IT enactment in various global settings to assess (1) where and how enactment occurs and (2) what, if any, effect enactment has upon governance in particular settings. The first section traces relationships between a nation’s IT development policy and that technology’s potential to promote equity in that society. The next two sections report (respectively) on the study and observations that emerge. A brief case study about the Gyandoot, an intranet system in rural India, examines the reality of e-government as a means to promote social equality. A concluding discussion reviews those observations as they relate to the human initiative in efforts to harness information technology to achieve public goals, especially those intended to improve social wellbeing in poor societies.

Knowledge Intensive Regeneration versus Sustainable Communities

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Yusuf Arayici ◽  
Zafer Ozturk
Keyword(s):  
Social Aspects ◽  
Sustainable Communities ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Industrial Age ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Key Features ◽  
Knowledge Intensive ◽  
Economic Requirement

Regeneration is deemed as the enabler for societies and nations to transform them from industrial age to knowledge. In this regard, knowledge intensive regeneration is one of the latest models, called as New Century Cities (NCC) to make progress and ultimately achieve the transformation towards knowledge societies, which have the features and characteristics of sustainable communities. However, meeting the key features or characteristics of sustainable communities can be challenging due to its complex and interrelated features such as socio-economic requirement, environmental and physical requirements, which are all correlated to each other. This paper aims to discuss the knowledge intensive regeneration model in relation to the sustainable communities in order to highlight the level of match and conformance between them in order to justify the suitability of knowledge intensive regeneration for the sustainable communities' vision. Research methodology adopted in the paper is the case study approach, which is the Mediacity project, and used literature review, observation and interviews for data collection, while concept mapping was utilised for data analysis. Research findings reflect that the level of conformance is relatively high, social aspects is still weakly addressed in comparison to other dimensions. Therefore, paper proposes the stronger attention and strategic planning at the visioning and masterplanning stages of such projects in order to address this most challenging dimension of regeneration projects.

Irrigation Optimization for Agriculture Productivity: Case Study of a Hybrid Solar Microgrid in Rural India

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janani Jayaraman ◽  
Taruna Sudhakar ◽  
Sai Shankar Muthukrishnan ◽  
Aswin Gopikanna ◽  
Vineeth Vijayaraghavan
Keyword(s):  
Rural India ◽  
Irrigation Optimization
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