Identification and evaluation of the components and factors affecting social and economic resilience in city of Rudbar, Iran

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 269-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Bastaminia ◽  
Mohammad Reza Rezaei ◽  
Maryam Dastoorpoor
Keyword(s):  
Economic Resilience ◽  
Factors Affecting

scholarly journals Assessing the Vulnerability and Resilience of the Philippines to Disasters

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Rio Yonson
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Cyclones ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Economic Resilience ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Socioeconomic Vulnerability ◽  
Household Level

<p>Some of the world’s most destructive disasters occurred in the Philippines, and a number of these happened in recent years. In 2011, 2012, and 2013, tropical cyclones Washi, Bopha, and Haiyan, respectively, left a staggering trail of over 8,000 deaths, as well as huge damages to assets and livelihoods. In 2009, tropical cyclones Ketsana and Pharma brought massive riverine floods, with a total damage and loss equivalent to 2.7% of the country’s GDP. This dissertation is an endeavour to measure disaster impacts and welfare risk, and to identify factors affecting vulnerability and resilience in different spatial scales in the Philippines. The first of four chapters is an extensive literature survey on the economic vulnerability and economic resilience to disasters. This serves as a prelude to the succeeding three empirical studies contained in Chapters 3 to 5. Chapter 3 aims to measure tropical cyclone-induced fatalities in the Philippine provinces, and identifies the factors that shape people’s vulnerability. It also quantifies the relative importance of hazard, exposure, and socioeconomic vulnerability in influencing fatalities. Chapter 4 is a household level study that quantitatively establishes the linkages between floods and diseases in the floodplains of a highly-urbanized city in the Philippines (Cagayan de Oro), and provides an estimate on the public finance implications of flood-induced diseases to the Philippine urban areas, and on the additional economic burden on affected households. Chapter 5 measures socioeconomic resilience and welfare risk from riverine flood disasters, and systematically quantifies the effectiveness of a menu of region-specific disaster risk reduction and management measures.</p>

scholarly journals The Limits of Industrialization in Post-Orde Baru Indonesia: State-Corporatism and Technological Inferiority

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-138
Author(s):  
Defbry Margiansyah
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Policy ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Institutional Setting ◽  
Economic Resilience ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Factors Affecting

As competitiveness gains currency, it compels many governments' concerns in achieving economic resilience to avoid the Middle-income Trap. Indonesia has focused on promoting industrialization and economic diversification as a response to the probability of being trapped. However, it has been shown that the performance of the manufacturing sector in Indonesia has been unsatisfying due to the inability to enhance human and technological competences and managing the transition from labor- and resource-intensive to capital- and technology-intensive industries. This situation signifies the importance of industrial revitalization in Indonesia by strengthening the weakest links, innovation, and human capital through the adoption of capability-focused industrial policy on innovation and technology. This paper examines factors that challenge Indonesia to develop innovation and technological capabilities in the industrial sector and analyze the role of the state in organizing industrial policy based on the adoption of the capabilities-focused strategy within re-industrialization in the democratic setting. Employing Thee Kian Wie’s conditions for industrial technology development and Dani Rodrik’s industrial policy, this study reveals vital factors challenging Indonesia’s efforts on innovation and technological development in manufacturing industries. It also found two ideational factors affecting the Orde-Baru bureaucratic culture and practice remain intact in the policy formulation and implementation, in which those are ultimately obstructing the current industrial policy to achieve the policy goals and right institutional setting.

scholarly journals Resilience of Pomorskie region to economic crisis

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (25) ◽  
pp. 129-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grzegorz Masik ◽  
Stanisław Rzyski
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Economic Structure ◽  
External Factors ◽  
External Shocks ◽  
Economic Resilience ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Macroeconomic Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Main Factors

Abstract Economic resilience is defined as the ability of the economy to overcome the negative external shocks. It depends on macroeconomic factors and internal conditions of the country or region. Macroeconomic factors include fiscal policy, economic and monetary policy. Among the internal factors economic structure, the level of restructuring and modernization of enterprises, competitiveness and innovation should be mentioned. Among the important soft internal factors level of human capital, including entrepreneurship can be distinguished. The aim of the paper is to present the issue of economic resilience and explain what are the main factors constituting resilience of Pomorskie region (voivodship) in Poland. To achieve this aim, authors first give a theoretical introduction regarding the economic resilience concept as well as describe the methods of economic resilience measurement. Secondly the macroeconomic, external factors affecting the analysed region are discussed. Next the authors measure resilience of Pomorskie region basing on statistical data and compare the resilience of Pomorskie region with other regions in Poland. At the and the authors, basing on extensive interviews with experts, representatives of regional business and administration, attempt to explain why Pomorskie region is more resilient to economic crises than other Polish regions. In this part Pomorskie economy structure is presented too.

Factors Affecting the Effectiveness of Flood Resilience Plan for Urban Sustainability of Ratnapura Municipal Council Area

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-42
Author(s):  
K.G.P.K. Weerakoon ◽  
J.A.D.U. Dharmapriya
Keyword(s):  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Urban Sustainability ◽  
Community Resilience ◽  
Ecological Resilience ◽  
Significant Feature ◽  
Cultural Resilience ◽  
Economic Resilience ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Municipal Council ◽  
Infrastructure Resilience

Natural disasters adversely affect urban built-up areas all over the world. Flood is the most destructive natural disaster that affects Ratnapura, the provincial capital of the Sabaragamuwa Province in Sri Lanka. This monsoonal flooding is a prolonged problem that arises mainly due to the overspill of River Kalu and other water bodies connected to the river during heavy rainy seasons. It causes short-term and long-term damages to human lives, properties, the economy, and the environment. Floods cause severe damages to private residential buildings. Hence, the availability of a flood resilience plan is a significant feature of the good governance of the Local Authorities. There are many factors to consider when preparing a flood resilience plan. This study aims to assess the factors affecting the effectiveness of the existing flood resilience plan in the Ratnapura Municipal Council Area. The main data instrument used is a questionnaire survey from residents in the flood-prone area. It assessed the effectiveness of actions taken by the government pre-disaster, during a disaster, and post-disaster. Various factors affecting the flood resilience plan were identified and categorized: community resilience, economic resilience, ecological resilience, emergency readiness and responsiveness, infrastructure resilience, and social and cultural resilience. Findings revealed that the respondents were more satisfied with emergency readiness and responsiveness out of the five main categories. In addition, respondents address the effectiveness of the existing flood resilience plan and its affected factors like community resilience, economic resilience, emergency readiness and responsiveness, infrastructure resilience and social, and cultural resilience. Findings will be helpful for town planners and the Municipal Council of Ratnapura to identify flood resilience strategies through community perspectives to mitigate the flood hazard and propose innovative strategies to achieve urban sustainability and build resilient communities.

Resilience of Rubber-Based Intercropping System in Southern Thailand

2013 ◽  
Vol 844 ◽  
pp. 24-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vichot Jongrungrot ◽  
Somyot Thungwa
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Fruit Trees ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
Farm Labor ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Economic Resilience ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Southern Thailand ◽  
Medium Level ◽  
High Level

Many farmers have understood and had direct experience with resilience in a rubber-based intercropping system under risks and uncertainties of world economy and government policies. However, quantitative studies to examine and confirm such results are still limited.This study found some hidden values of economic resilience in the rubber-based intercropping system which could be of great use to future agricultural development. Results were drawn from 5 rubber-based intercropping plots in Southern Thailand by building three scenarios: 1) rubber price during 2017-2021 is lower; 2) wage of farm labor during 2013-2021 is higher; and 3) farmers reduce risks and uncertainties by cutting intercropped timber and/or selling products from rubber-based intercrops. Results show that 3 plots will have a high level of resilience of margin (income from plots after deducting operation cost) while one plot will have a medium level and another will have a low level. Main factors affecting resilience levels will be: quantities and kinds of intercropped timber, appropriate cutting period of timber, efficiency in plot management by farmers to increase yields of intercropped fruit trees, and adaptation of other kinds of products in the plots to increase household income. High proportion of off-farm income will also be useful in reducing some negative effects from lower rubber priceand higher wage of farm labor.

scholarly journals The economic resilience of the Spanish provinces: From recession to recovery

2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-213
Author(s):  
José Villaverde ◽  
Adolfo Maza
Keyword(s):  
Recovery Period ◽  
Composite Indicator ◽  
Economic Resilience ◽  
Spatial Econometric ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Manufacturing Sectors ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Econometric Approach ◽  
Do So ◽  
Recession Period

AbstractThe purpose of this paper is to analyse the economic resilience of Spanish provinces and help to explain why some of them are much more resilient than others. To do so, the paper focuses on the recent, 2007–2009 economic crisis and computes a composite indicator (Resilience) made up of two sub-indicators: one for the recession period (Drop) and the other for the recovery period (Rebound). Then, it suggests some factors affecting resilience and, due to the presence of spatial dependence, applies a spatial econometric approach to assess them. The main conclusions are that the level of Resilience depends negatively on the shares of the construction and manufacturing sectors in GDP, and positively on the share of services and the openness degree. As for the Drop, it is important to stress that human capital emerges as a variable that has contributed to minimise the negative effect of the crisis.

scholarly journals Assessing the Vulnerability and Resilience of the Philippines to Disasters

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Rio Yonson
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Cyclones ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Economic Resilience ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Socioeconomic Vulnerability ◽  
Household Level

<p>Some of the world’s most destructive disasters occurred in the Philippines, and a number of these happened in recent years. In 2011, 2012, and 2013, tropical cyclones Washi, Bopha, and Haiyan, respectively, left a staggering trail of over 8,000 deaths, as well as huge damages to assets and livelihoods. In 2009, tropical cyclones Ketsana and Pharma brought massive riverine floods, with a total damage and loss equivalent to 2.7% of the country’s GDP. This dissertation is an endeavour to measure disaster impacts and welfare risk, and to identify factors affecting vulnerability and resilience in different spatial scales in the Philippines. The first of four chapters is an extensive literature survey on the economic vulnerability and economic resilience to disasters. This serves as a prelude to the succeeding three empirical studies contained in Chapters 3 to 5. Chapter 3 aims to measure tropical cyclone-induced fatalities in the Philippine provinces, and identifies the factors that shape people’s vulnerability. It also quantifies the relative importance of hazard, exposure, and socioeconomic vulnerability in influencing fatalities. Chapter 4 is a household level study that quantitatively establishes the linkages between floods and diseases in the floodplains of a highly-urbanized city in the Philippines (Cagayan de Oro), and provides an estimate on the public finance implications of flood-induced diseases to the Philippine urban areas, and on the additional economic burden on affected households. Chapter 5 measures socioeconomic resilience and welfare risk from riverine flood disasters, and systematically quantifies the effectiveness of a menu of region-specific disaster risk reduction and management measures.</p>

Progress In The Practical Application Of Automated Image Analysis To Tem Negatives

1977 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 214-217
Author(s):  
F. A. Heckman ◽  
E. Redman ◽  
J.E. Connolly
Keyword(s):  
Image Analysis ◽  
Image Quality ◽  
Exposure Time ◽  
Image Contrast ◽  
Automated Image Analysis ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
High Image Quality ◽  
Qualitative Evidence ◽  
Comprehensive Study

In our initial publication on this subject1) we reported results demonstrating that contrast is the most important factor in producing the high image quality required for reliable image analysis. We also listed the factors which enhance contrast in order of the experimentally determined magnitude of their effect. The two most powerful factors affecting image contrast attainable with sheet film are beam intensity and KV. At that time we had only qualitative evidence for the ranking of enhancing factors. Later we carried out the densitometric measurements which led to the results outlined below.Meaningful evaluations of the cause-effect relationships among the considerable number of variables in preparing EM negatives depend on doing things in a systematic way, varying only one parameter at a time. Unless otherwise noted, we adhered to the following procedure evolved during our comprehensive study:Philips EM-300; 30μ objective aperature; magnification 7000- 12000X, exposure time 1 second, anti-contamination device operating.

Factors affecting microstructural scale in liquid crystalline polymers

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 220-221
Author(s):  
Christine M. Dannels ◽  
Christopher Viney
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Liquid Crystalline Polymers ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Crystalline Polymers ◽  
Thermal Expansion Coefficients ◽  
Low Thermal Expansion ◽  
Lower Viscosity ◽  
Fine Microstructure ◽  
Planar Orientation ◽  
Strength And Stiffness

Processing polymers from the liquid crystalline state offers several advantages compared to processing from conventional fluids. These include: better axial strength and stiffness in fibers, better planar orientation in films, lower viscosity during processing, low solidification shrinkage of injection moldings (thermotropic processing), and low thermal expansion coefficients. However, the compressive strength of the solid is disappointing. Previous efforts to improve this property have focussed on synthesizing stiffer molecules. The effect of microstructural scale has been overlooked, even though its relevance to the mechanical and physical properties of more traditional materials is well established. By analogy with the behavior of metals and ceramics, one would expect a fine microstructure (i..e. a high density of orientational defects) to be desirable.Also, because much microstructural detail in liquid crystalline polymers occurs on a scale close to the wavelength of light, light is scattered on passing through these materials.

Factors affecting dentist participation in a state Medicaid program

1990 ◽  
Vol 54 (11) ◽  
pp. 638-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
PC Damiano ◽  
ER Brown ◽  
JD Johnson ◽  
JP Scheetz
Keyword(s):  
Medicaid Program ◽  
Factors Affecting
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