From measuring fuel poverty to identification of fuel poor households: a case study in Greece

2022 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Lyra ◽  
S. Mirasgedis ◽  
C. Tourkolias
Keyword(s):  
Poor Households

scholarly journals WebGIS Based Poverty Level Analysis (Case Study Of Wonosari Sub-District Boalemo Regency)

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-86
Author(s):  
Irwan Muis ◽  
Sunarty Suly Eraku ◽  
Syahrizal Koem
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Gis Analysis ◽  
Poverty Level ◽  
Gis Application ◽  
Household Poverty ◽  
Poor Households ◽  
Poverty Levels ◽  
Level Analysis ◽  
Descriptive Statistical Analysis

Information on household poverty level in Wonosari Sub-district area is still very difficult to access by all parties. Therefore, this study aims to analyze poverty level and map of the spatial distribution of webGIS-based poor households in the site area. In determining the number of samples, descriptive statistical analysis techniques focused on assessing and describing the poverty level of each household. GIS analysis used GIS Application 2.18 to map the spatial distribution of poor households and regional poverty levels. GIS Application has been equipped with 2 web tools that are able to display webGIS-based maps. The results shows that the poverty level of households is in the poor category with a percentage of 72% of households, 14% of households are in the extremely poor category and 14% are in the fairly poor category. and 1 village is in a fairly poor category. This is a village that was built with a view that can be accessed by various PCs, laptops and android media so that the maps information from an analysis of household poverty levels and the spatial distribution of poor households can be accessed on the webGIS that has been built.

scholarly journals Participation of Local People in the Payment for Forest Environmental Services Program: A Case Study in Central Vietnam

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 12731
Author(s):  
Hoang Phan Bich Ngoc ◽  
Takahiro Fujiwara ◽  
Seiji Iwanaga ◽  
Noriko Sato
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Local People ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
Environmental Services ◽  
Forest Protection ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Poor Households ◽  
Central Vietnam ◽  
Motivation To Participate

In 2010, Vietnam implemented the payment for forest environmental services (PFES) program that was expected to bring additional income to local people and improve the efficiency of forest protection. However, factors affecting the motivation to participate in PFES have rarely been examined. The objectives of this study were to (1) identify factors that influence local people’s participation in PFES, (2) examine how local people participating in the PFES program were involved in decision-making in the Thua Thien Hue Province, and (3) assess PFES impact on local people. We conducted a field survey of 32 households at the study site. We found no difference in the access to PFES between poor and non-poor households. Participation in PFES was considered a reward for labor work in forests and a means to compensate for the legal rights of participants. Local people could participate at many stages of PFES implementation; however, they were only passive spectators with regards to PFES management. Two-thirds of the participants did not participate in decision-making regarding PFES distribution. We conclude that the efficiency of future PFES programs may be increased by enabling and stimulating the participants to take a more active part in the process of PFES management and distribution.

A multi-sourced data based framework for assisting utilities identify energy poor households: a case-study in Greece

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evangelos Spiliotis ◽  
Apostolos Arsenopoulos ◽  
Eleni Kanellou ◽  
John Psarras ◽  
Panagiotis Kontogiorgos
Keyword(s):  
Poor Households

scholarly journals Steering Energy Transitions through Landscape Governance: Case of Mathare Informal Settlement, Nairobi, Kenya

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 206
Author(s):  
Peris Njoroge ◽  
Amollo Ambole ◽  
Daniel Githira ◽  
George Outa
Keyword(s):  
Informal Settlement ◽  
Informal Settlements ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Landscape Governance ◽  
Energy Demands ◽  
Poor Households ◽  
Political Dimensions ◽  
Multi Stakeholder

Poor households in urban informal settlements face a big challenge in accessing clean energy for cooking, heating, and lighting. We use Kenya’s Mathare informal settlement as a landscape site to better understand how cross-sector collaboration can enhance access to sustainable energy in informal settlements. We also demonstrate that academics are well-placed in facilitating multi-stakeholder engagements between community members, experts, and policy actors. This is pursued by drawing on the results of two energy research projects (CoDEC and AfriCLP). We employ a landscape governance framework to re-conceptualise the findings from the CoDEC and AfriCLP projects. Specifically, we use the ecological, socio-cultural, and political dimensions of landscape governance to discuss the relationships between energy demands and other landscape issues in the case study. In conclusion, the paper recommends landscape governance as a promising approach for integrating energy issues with other competing landscape interests, while also encouraging cross-sector collaboration.

Targeting the water-poor through water poverty mapping

Water Policy ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 397-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Cullis ◽  
Dermot O Regan
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Poverty Index ◽  
Poor Households ◽  
Water Poverty Index ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Poverty Mapping

This paper shows how water poverty mapping using census data and the Water Poverty Index can be used to identify effectively the most water-poor households in a region for the targeting of water supply development policies and projects. The main findings come from a case study conducted in the Estcourt municipal district in South Africa where simple water poverty maps were developed using readily available data sources at three different scales: enumerator area, place names and sub-catchment. The efficiency of targeting the most water-poor households using the different scales of water poverty maps were measured by comparing both the inclusion and exclusion rates of targeting and comparing them with other similar targeting studies. The distribution of water poverty within a community was also compared with the results of a detailed household questionnaire conducted as part of the broader development of the water poverty index (WPI). The main conclusion from the study is that water poverty mapping is a strong visual extension of the WPI that has great potential for providing a practical way for water management authorities and decision makers to identify and target the most water poor households and monitoring the impacts and tangible benefits of water supply development policies.

Like a stone thrown into a pond – poverty contrast of an emporium of solidarity

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (10) ◽  
pp. 1311-1327
Author(s):  
Marco Ranuzzini ◽  
Giovanni Gallo
Keyword(s):  
Social Impact ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Poor Households ◽  
The Social ◽  
Emilia Romagna Region ◽  
Matching Estimator ◽  
Comprehensive Framework ◽  
Benefits And Costs

PurposeThis paper highlights to what extent an emporium of solidarity may affect poverty conditions of its recipients, and whether it generates net social benefits to different actors involved.Design/methodology/approachTo evaluate the effect of an emporium of solidarity project on poverty conditions of its recipients, we run Probit estimation models. As for the efficiency evaluation, we develop instead a social cost–benefit framework which considers benefits and costs to different actors somehow involved in the program. Results are based on survey data collected by the authors and administrative data.FindingsUsing the emporium attendance length as a measure of the treatment intensity, results underscore that the emporium significantly reduces the monetary poverty only, while it is ineffective on the severe material deprivation. The robustness of our results is confirmed by the implementation of a propensity score matching estimator. Our study suggests that emporia can be efficient in term of resources usage and they can determine positive returns to actors involved, implementing a redistribution of goods toward poor households.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper and its conclusions are based on a case study, thus an Italian emporium called “Portobello” and located in the inner-city area of Modena (Emilia-Romagna region, Italy).Originality/valueThe main novelty of our paper to the literature consists of the elaboration of a first comprehensive framework for the social impact assessment of an emporium of solidarity, regarding both its effects on socio-economic conditions of poor recipient households and its contribution to the local welfare as a whole.

scholarly journals Case study of “Meilong model” ecological animal husbandry shareholding cooperatives in Qinghai

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hubin Yin ◽  
Yaqi Gao ◽  
Wenyuan Liu ◽  
Cairang Dongzhu ◽  
Wei Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
Qinghai Province ◽  
Pastoral Area ◽  
Poor Households ◽  
The Right ◽  
Area Development

AbstractThis article examines Meilong animal husbandry cooperatives in the Haixi Prefecture of Qinghai Province, China as a study case, using information gathered through field surveys and questionnaires to explore the systemic structure and operational mechanisms of Meilong Cooperatives, as well as its impacts on pastoral areas and herdsmen. Based on the results, the main contribution of the Meilong Model is providing a new way for pastoral villages to pursue development through joint-stock cooperatives, and thus represents the long-term direction of pastoral area development. This model reforms the traditional cooperative concept that naturally arises among herdsmen; Meilong Share-holding Cooperative guarantees the equal rights of small or poor households to participate in the management of cooperatives on the basis of “one household, one vote”, rather than the principle of “shareholders have the right to manage, vote and speak according to the proportion of shareholding” found in the joint-stock systems of modern enterprises. It localizes the shareholding system theory to be more acceptable and feasible in order to ensure the survival of animal husbandry cooperatives.

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