Environmental Quality of Shrimp Ponds in The Coastal Region Of Brebes Regency

The largest utilization of coastal areas in Brebes Regency is the shrimp farming ponds. Shrimp volume statistics until 2016 showed that shrimp production in Brebes tends to decrease. The decrease in shrimp production can be caused by disruption in the environmental quality from the surrounding activities. This study aims to analyze the causes of declining production based on the quality of the physical environment of shrimp ponds. The variables used are water quality values (Ph, Tds / Ec, and salino), vegetation values of ponds, and waste disposal values around ponds <1000m, 1000-2000m,> 2000m. The data used is a Quick Bird image as of 2015 to determine the area of shrimp ponds and results of field survey in February 2018 for water quality sampling and observation. The analytical method that is used is scoring and weighting. The grades of pond environment quality that are produced are Poor; Good; and Well. The results show that the subdistricts of Brebes and Wanasari have well environmental quality; Tanjung has good environmental quality; and environmental value of Bulakamba and Losari subdistricts have poor environmental quality. Environmental quality is strongly influenced by industrial activities, onion farming activities, and settlements. This environmental quality study can be utilized for the management of sustainable shrimp farming.

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A field survey on the indoor environmental quality of the UK primary school classroom

British Journal of School Nursing ◽

10.12968/bjsn.2016.11.10.492 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 11 (10) ◽

pp. 492-496 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Yufan Zhang ◽

Peter Barrett ◽

Fay Davies ◽

Lucinda Barrett

Keyword(s):

Primary School ◽

Environmental Quality ◽

Field Survey ◽

Indoor Environmental Quality ◽

School Classroom ◽

The Uk

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PERAN RUANG TERBUKA HIJAU DALAM PERENCANAAN KOTA SEBAGAI POTENSI PEMBENTUK SMART CITY

Jukung (Jurnal Teknik Lingkungan) ◽

10.20527/jukung.v5i1.6202 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Hanny Maria Caesarina ◽

Nahdi Saubari

Keyword(s):

Urban Planning ◽

Environmental Quality ◽

Smart City ◽

Green Space ◽

Field Survey ◽

Supporting Element ◽

Internet Network

Ruang terbuka hijau telah dikenal memiliki peranan yang penting dalam meningkatkan kualitas lingkungan perkotaan. Ruang terbuka hijau dalam perencanaan kota kerap dianggap sebagai elemen pendukung terwujudnya smart city. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menemukan seberapa jauh peran ruang terbuka hijau lewat penyediaan wifi corner dalam perencanaan kota menuju konsep smart city. Metode yang digunakan adalah deskriptif kualitatif berdasarkan observasi, survey lapangan dan serangkaian wawancara. Studi kasus yang diambil dalam penelitian ini adalah dua kota di Kalimantan Selatan, yaitu Banjarmasin dan Banjarbaru yang telah memiliki konsep smart city. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ruang terbuka hijau dalam perencanaan kota memiliki potensi yang kuat sebagai elemen pembentuk smart city. Apabila ruang terbuka hijau suatu kota telah direncanakan dengan baik dari berbagai segi fasilitas dan terkoneksi dengan jaringan internet yang berkualitas, maka dengan sendirinya konsep smart city akan lebih mudah dicapai. Kata kunci: perencanaan kota, ruang terbuka hijau, smart city, wifi corner. Green space has an important role in enhancing environmental quality of a city. Green space often considered as a supporting element for the concept of smart city. This research intended to acknowledge the role of green space through the installation of wifi corner in urban planning towards smart city. The methods that has been used was descriptive qualitative through observation, field survey and interviews. The case study in this research were Banjarmasin and Banjarbaru which already has the smart city concepts. The result shows that green space in urban planning is a potential element towards smart city. A well good planned green space with all the facilities that connected to a good internet network in a city might help forming the concept of smart city. Keywords: green space, smart city, urban planning, wifi corner.

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Measuring Customer Satisfaction When Dining at a Casual Restaurant: An Application of Kisang's Model

Sukkur IBA Journal of Management and Business ◽

10.30537/sijmb.v6i2.485 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Soomro Dr. Raheem Bux ◽

Brohi Noor Ahmed ◽

Memon Khair Muhammad ◽

Gilal Rehman Gul

Keyword(s):

Customer Satisfaction ◽

Service Quality ◽

Food Quality ◽

Physical Environment ◽

Perceived Value ◽

Average Temperature ◽

Environment Quality ◽

Customer Perceived Value ◽

Quality Dimensions

The culinary business is being increased rapidly in Pakistan. Usually, Pakistani consumers prefer to eat meals at homes cooked by female members owing to cultural, social and religious reason. In order to bridge up the gap in existing hospitality literature, the objective of this research manuscript is to find out the relation among dimensions of quality (food quality, service quality and quality of physical environment), customer satisfaction, restaurant image, behavioral intentions and customer perceived value in casual restaurants in Sukkur city. Data for this research study have been collected from customers of restaurants located in Sukkur city through convenience sampling. SPSS (24) and Smart PLS (3.0) versions were used for data analysis. Service quality dimensions of causal restaurant were found important determinants of the restaurant image and customer perceived value followed by physical environment and service quality; whereas, the physical environment quality was not found to be a significant factor of perceived value of customer. Additionally, food quality is measured as an important restaurant’s product. Another outcome of the present study exhibited that quality of physical environment holds a substantial positive effect on restaurant image. The findings indicate quality in food and service is highly important to satisfy customers and make their behavior positive about casual restaurant. Further, as an average temperature remains above 400 in Sukkur city, internal environment of the restaurant is significant as it will affect the mood and perception of customers when they dine in the casual restaurant.

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Bacterial Source Tracking of Nonpoint Source Pollution Using GIS and DNA Fingerprinting Technologies

Geographic Information Systems and Health Applications ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-042-4.ch012 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 208-223

Author(s):

M. E. Folkoff ◽

E. A. Venso ◽

D. W. Harris ◽

M. F. Frana ◽

M. S. Scott

Keyword(s):

Water Pollution ◽

Water Quality ◽

Dna Fingerprinting ◽

Physical Environment ◽

Nonpoint Source ◽

Point Sources ◽

Source Tracking ◽

Great Promise ◽

Bacterial Source Tracking

This study is only the second to use DNA fingerprinting technology in Maryland to identify fecal coliform sources in order to guide the implementation of water pollution control practices in a watershed with bacterial impairment. By combining the use of digital air photos and GPS with GIS, fieldwork is planned and conducted more efficiently because sample sites can be selected that accurately represent the physical environment of the study area. We can also return to the field and find our sample sites or locate new ones, even in the remotest part of the study area. It is also possible to more accurately map the data directly in the context of its physical environment, greatly increasing the quality of analysis. The integration of DNA fingerprinting techniques with GIS shows great promise for extending our capabilities to identify the controls on water quality and point sources of waterborne health hazards.

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Are Preferences for Water Quality Different for Second-Home Residents?

Tourism Economics ◽

10.5367/000000009789036620 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 629-651 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Catalina M. Torres ◽

Antoni Riera ◽

Dolores García

Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

Environmental Quality ◽

Coastal Area ◽

Inverse Correlation ◽

Water Transparency ◽

Second Home ◽

New Type ◽

Key Variables ◽

Recreational Use

The latest trends in tourism indicate the emergence of a new segment of visitors looking for accommodation in private residences. The increase in second-home residents has led to efforts to improve knowledge of the preferences of this new type of tourist in those destinations where their presence is considerable. As one of the key variables affecting the choice of residential tourists is the environmental quality of the area, this paper focuses on testing for the existence of an inverse correlation between the loss of coastal water transparency, viewed as a measure of environmental quality, and beach aesthetics in Santa Ponça Bay, a Mallorcan coastal area containing two urban beach zones of intensive recreational use, where the proportion of second-home residents is high. The results show that the willingness to pay for improvements in water transparency diminishes in a non-linear way when transparency deteriorates, resulting in no statistically significant differences between first- and second-home residents.

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Aanlysis on Dynamic Change of Eco-Environmental Quality in Kailuan Mining Subsidence Area

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.433-440.1433 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 433-440 ◽

pp. 1433-1436

Author(s):

Xing Li Li ◽

Shu Zhi Li ◽

Jun Hai Gao

Keyword(s):

Environmental Quality ◽

Evaluation Model ◽

Dynamic Change ◽

Mining Subsidence ◽

Landscape Index ◽

Data Resource ◽

Environment Quality ◽

Subsidence Area ◽

Quality Evaluation Model

In this paper, Remote Sensing images were selected as the data resource. An eco-environmental quality evaluation model which contained forest and grass cover index, wetland cover index, landscape index, biological abundance index, and poor degree of ecological was established, and was applied to the analysis on dynamic change of eco-environmental quality in kailuan mining subsidence area. The results showed that the eco-environment quality of Kailuan mining subsidence dropped first, latter rise unceasingly and the eco-environmental quality in 2009 was best. It is consistent with the actual situation.

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Autonomous water-cleaning machine using solar energy in shrimp ponds

Journal of Vietnamese Environment ◽

10.13141/jve.vol3.no1.pp30-33 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 30-33

Author(s):

Thien Ngon Dang

Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

Water Exchange ◽

Water Quality Management ◽

Shrimp Farming ◽

Coliform Bacteria ◽

Viet Nam ◽

Shrimp Culture ◽

Shrimp Ponds ◽

Water Cleaning ◽

Cleaning Machine

Limited water exchange shrimp culture technology is commonly used today in many shrimp farms in Vietnam to reduce water usage, input of diseases and discharge of nutrient-rich effluents into environment as well as to increase the production per unit area. However, a remaining problem in this technology is that the water quality in shrimp ponds will be reduced due to limitation of water exchange for a long period. The accumulation of inorganic components such as waste feed, bacterial deposits or other biological debris at the pond bottom will lead to low dissolved oxygen, high ammonia-nitrogen level, high fecal coliform bacteria and high turbidity which cause a severe degradation of water quality and detriment to shrimp growth and survival. To solve this remaining problem, an autonomous water-cleaning machine for shrimp ponds was designed to control the waste accumulation in the pond. This is an effective solution to replace manual cleaning methods for water quality management in shrimp farming in the coastal area of the Mekong delta of Vietnam. Especially, this technique can be used for biosecure shrimp production systems according to GMP standards to meet the objectives for sustainable development of shrimp aquaculture in Vietnam. Kỹ thuật nuôi tôm không thay nước đang được sử dụng rộng rãi ở các trại nuôi tôm Việt Nam vì giúp giảm lượng nước sử dụng, hạn chế thải nước vào môi trường và giúp tăng diện tích nuôi trồng tôm. Tuy nhiên, bản thân kỹ thuật này cũng tạo nên một sản phẩm chất thải là phân tôm, thức ăn và chế phẩm sinh học xử lý nước dư thừa. Chất thải này dần dần tích tụ dưới đáy ao tạo thành lớp bùn độc, rất thiếu ôxy và chứa nhiều chất gây hại như ammonia, nitrite, hydrogen sul-fide. Để tránh làm giảm diện tích ao nuôi do chất thải tích tụ làm tôm lảng tránh và tăng mật độ tôm nuôi trồng, thiết bị tự hành thu gom chất thải làm sạch nước trong vuông nuôi tôm đã được nghiên cứu, thiết kế và chế tạo thành công. Thiết bị đã thay thế các hoạt động làm sạch chất thải thủ công của con người, không sử dụng các nguồn năng lượng gây ô nhiễm, giảm nhu cầu về điện góp phần phát triển sản xuất tôm sạch đạt chuẩn GMP và phát triển bền vững ở các tỉnh ven biển miền Tây Việt Nam.

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Assessing the environmental impact of water discharge in a sensitive near-shore marine environment

The APPEA Journal ◽

10.1071/aj12026 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 53 (1) ◽

pp. 301 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Katrina Hall ◽

Scott Chidgey

Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

Marine Environment ◽

Environmental Quality ◽

Water Discharge ◽

Monitoring Program ◽

Toxicity Testing ◽

Treated Wastewater ◽

Environmental Study ◽

Environment Protection

Esso’s Long Island Point facility has been operating for more than 40 years beside Western Port in Victoria, and has discharged treated wastewater and storm water to the bay for most of these years. The 2001 State Environment Protection Policy Schedule F8 for Waters of Western Port is part of Victoria’s Environment Protection Authority’s (EPA) legal framework for licensing discharges to the waters of Victoria, and requires that discharges ‘cause no detrimental change in the environmental quality of the receiving waters, as determined by an environmental monitoring program’. As part of Esso’s ongoing commitment to continuous improvement, a major upgrade to the water treatment facility was completed to further improve the quality of waters discharged to Western Port. In conjunction with this upgrade, Esso is undertaking a study on the effects of the discharge on the environmental quality of Western Port. This peer-reviewed paper presents an example of the practical application of managing discharges to ensure that the stated environmental values of a receiving environment are protected. The environmental study focuses on four key aspects of marine-environment quality relevant to key Western Port ecosystem values in the vicinity of the facility’s effluent discharge, which are: ambient water quality; seagrass biomass; jetty pile epibiota; and, ecological risk through toxicity testing. The study demonstrates the implications of basing regulatory requirements on the quality of the site-specific environmental characteristics, rather than merely effluent quality and generalised water quality objectives. Furthermore, it validates the need for sound science to underpin regulatory limits and industry practices when operating in sensitive environments.

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KUALITAS LINGKUNGAN PERAIRAN DAN KONDISI OSEANOGRAFI DI KAWASAN INDUSTRI SEKUPANG KOTA BATAM = Water Environment Quality and Oceanographic Conditions in the Industrial Area Sekupang, Batam

Jurnal Teknologi Lingkungan ◽

10.29122/jtl.v14i1.1435 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 35

Author(s):

Agung Riyadi ◽

Matih Santos

Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

High Tide ◽

Water Environment ◽

Industrial Area ◽

Poor Quality ◽

Primary Data ◽

Quality Model ◽

Environment Quality ◽

A Value

This study is located in industrial area in Sekupang, Batam. Primary data collection includes water quality, aquatic biota, and the tidal current direction and speed measurement. Overall water quality conditions in the surrounding industrial area Sekupang is still good, it can be seen from the results of laboratory analysis is still below the quality standards specified . Flow pattern at high tide is moving south at a speed of 1 m / sec, while at low tide movement heading north flows with varying speeds ranging from 0.1 m / sec to 1 m / sec. Tidal patterns according to formulation Formzahl 0.48, which means there is a double mix of ups and downs in a day where there will be two times of ups and downs twice but different amplitudes, and riding pasutnya up to 2.93 m. Phytoplankton in the study area found 25 species such as Skeletonema sp., Chaetoceros sp, sp Lauderia which dominate the waters. There is also a kind of Dynophyceae with species such as Peridinium sp, whereas Cyanophyceae types are Trichodesmium sp. Results of analysis diversitasnya index of 1.54, which identifies those waters have poor quality. Evenness index/species uniformity of 0.43 indicates the quality of its waters being. While the dominance index was the quality of the water has a value of 0.41. Mike21 hydrodynamic modeling is used in assisting the analysis of the direction and speed of global flows in accordance with the pattern of tidal and bathymetric depth.Keyword: patterns of currents, tides, environmental quality, model Abstrak Penelitian ini berlokasi di kawasan industri Sekupang Kota Batam. Pengambilan data primer meliputi kualitas air, biota perairan, pasang surut dan pengukuran arah dan kecepatan arus. Secara keseluruhan kondisi kualitas perairan di sekitar kawasan industri Sekupang masih baik, hal ini dapat dilihat dari hasil analisa laboratorium masih di bawah baku mutu yang ditetapkan. Pola arus pada saat pasang bergerak ke arah selatan dengan kecepatan 1 m/detik, sedangkan pada saat surut pergerakan arus mengarah ke utara dengan kecepatan bervariasi berkisar 0,1 m/detik hingga 1m/detik. Pola pasang surut menurut formulasi Formzahl 0,48 yang artinya terdapat pasang surut campuran ganda dimana dalam satu hari akan terjadi dua kali pasang dan dua kali surut akan tetapi amplitudo berbeda-beda, dan tunggang pasutnya hingga 2,93 m. Fitoplankton di wilayah penelitian dijumpai 25 spesies seperti Skeletonema sp., Chaetoceros sp, Lauderia sp yang mendominasi perairan. Juga terdapat jenis Dynophyceae dengan spesies seperti Peridinium sp, sedangkan jenis Cyanophyceae terdapat Trichodesmium sp. Hasil analisa indeks diversitasnya 1,54 yang mengidentifikasikan perairan tersebut mempunyai kualitas buruk. Indeks kemerataan/keseragaman spesies 0,43 yang mengindikasikan kualitas perairannya sedang. Sedangkan indeks dominansi perairan mempunyai kualitas sedang dengan nilai 0,41. Pembuatan model hidrodinamika menggunaan Mike21 di dalam membantu analisis arah dan kecepatan arus secara global sesuai dengan pola pasang surut dan kedalaman batimetri. Kata kunci: pola arus, pasang surut, kualitas lingkungan, model

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