Crop adaptation processes to extreme floods in Bangladesh: a case study

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Aboul Fazal Younus
Keyword(s):  
Extreme Floods ◽  
Crop Adaptation ◽  
Adaptation Processes

scholarly journals Investigating the Concerns of First-Time Distance Education Instructors

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Halil Kayaduman ◽  
Turgay Demirel
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Stages Of Concern ◽  
Concerns Based Adoption Model ◽  
Descriptive Case Study ◽  
Time Distance ◽  
Adaptation Processes ◽  
First Time ◽  
Ongoing Concern

The purpose of the study is to investigate the concern developments of first-time distance education instructors using the concerns-based adoption model (CBAM). This study used stages of concern (SoC), a component of CBAM, as its theoretical framework. A descriptive case study was implemented, which focused on the adaptation processes of nine instructors lecturing for the first time via distance education. The instructors attended a two-day training, which was designed based on their initial concerns. Then instructors implemented their courses for four weeks via distance education. While the informational and personal stages (self-concerns) decreased compared to the initial findings, the consequence stage increased in intensity. However, self-concerns remained predominant in the process despite the reduction in self-concerns and increase in the consequence stage. Based on the findings, the implications for distance education and recommendations for addressing the instructors’ concerns are discussed. Recommendations for alleviating the concerns of first-time distance education instructors include: the provision of ongoing concern-based interventions that incorporate technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge; providing working examples related to distance education from which instructors can learn vicariously; and encouraging collaboration among instructors.

scholarly journals Polish Migration’s Socio-Cultural Impact on Wales in the Aftermath of 2004 – Preliminary Findings from Western Wales: An Aberystwyth Case Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paweł Wróbel
Keyword(s):  
Eu Enlargement ◽  
Cultural Impact ◽  
Migration Patterns ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Polish Migration ◽  
History Of ◽  
Mutual Relations ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Adaptation Processes

AbstractThis papers looks at the societal and cultural impact of the post-2004 Polish migration to Wales. The history of Polish migration to the UK is introduced together with the relevant statistics and their rationale behind choosing cosmopolitan Wales as their new country of residence. Even though the focus of the paper is rather on the UK as a whole, it is Wales that is central to the investigation. Wales was particularly neglected in the study of migration in the aftermath of the 2004 European Union (EU) enlargement and surprisingly little attention was given to it. Focusing on Polish diaspora is important as it is the most numerous external migration wave to Wales (ONS 2011). The case study of Aberystwyth is introduced as a good example of a semi-urban area to which Poles migrated after 2004. Moreover, the paper elaborates on the characteristics of the Polish newcomers by analysing their distinctive features, migration patterns as well as adaptation processes. Mutual relations between post-1945 and post-2004 immigration waves are investigated, together with Poles’ own image and perception. This paper gives a deeper understanding and provides an insight into the nature of the Polish migrants’ impact on the cultural and societal life of Wales.

scholarly journals Active and passive adaptation of floating houses (Rumah Lanting) to the tides of the Melawi river in West Kalimantan, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-84
Author(s):  
Jawas Putro ◽  
Zairin Zain
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Activity Patterns ◽  
West Kalimantan ◽  
Architectural Elements ◽  
And Function ◽  
Adaptation Processes ◽  
Physical Changes ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Dry And Rainy Seasons

Floating houses or Rumah Lanting are one of the settlement cultures found in most river streams in Kalimantan and are observed to be different from several other houses in the area. They are mitigation-proof houses designed to respond to the risk of disasters usually experienced in the traditional settlements of West Kalimantan. Their structures have the ability to adapt to environmental conditions including natural disasters such as the river tides routinely experienced as a flood during the rainy season and as ebb in the dry season. This study aimed to identify the human-adaptation process existing in these floating houses through direct observation for two years during the dry and rainy seasons as well as in-depth interviews conducted with occupants of these buildings. The adaptation processes identified include the active and passive adaptation of the dwellers. The active aspect was observed from the behavior of occupants in accommodating the occurrence of disaster in the surrounding environment while the passive was identified as the physical changes implemented in the building to mitigate the disaster. The focus of this research was on some dwellings on the river banks settlement in the Melawi River near Sintang Regency of West Kalimantan Province and a qualitative approach with a case study was implemented. The samples were determined through a non-probability approach in the form of a purposive sampling method based on certain selected criteria which included the previous experience of ebb and flow of river water in the Rumah Lanting. The results showed the existence of active and passive adaptations for the dwellers of the floating houses in West Kalimantan. The active aspect observed involves the behavior of the occupants in adapting to natural disasters with the focus on the changes in the activity patterns, territory, and privacy. Meanwhile, the passive aspect showed some modifications in the architectural elements of the building such as the position, orientation, access, and function.

scholarly journals Inmigrantes latinoamericanas en Salamanca: estudio de experiencias y casos

2019 ◽  
pp. 137
Author(s):  
Lourdes Moro Gutiérrez ◽  
María Jesús Pena Castro ◽  
María Fiol Ruiz
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Positive Perception ◽  
Migration Process ◽  
Qualitative Interviewing ◽  
Cultural Consideration ◽  
Adaptation Processes ◽  
Physical Spaces

Este trabajo propone analizar desde la perspectiva sociocultural el proceso migratorio de un grupo de mujeres latinoamericanas que han emigrado a Salamanca (España). A través de entrevistas cualitativas en profundidad y el estudio de casos se investigan desde una perspectiva de género sus procesos migratorios y de adaptación en el lugar de destino: cuáles han sido las razones que las han impulsado a emigrar, sus expectativas previas y las dificultades que se han encontrado en el proceso, además de identificar los espacios materiales, de poder, participación y comunicación que ocupan en la sociedad. Los resultados obtenidos indican una percepción positiva de su tránsito en busca de la mejora de su bienestar personal y familiar a pesar de los numerosos cambios que han debido afrontar y de las dificultades encontradas.This paper analyses the migration process of a group of Latin American women to Salamanca (Spain) from the socio-cultural consideration. Through qualitative interviewing and case study, the research team explored from a gender perspective their migration and adaptation processes: motivations for emigration, the previous expectations, difficulties in the process, as well as the recollection of the diversity of places they occupied in society, regarding to physical spaces, power, participation or communication. The results achieved show a positive perception of their transit, looking for personal and family well-being, despite of the numerous changes they had faced and the difficulties encountered.

scholarly journals Improving Crop Adaptation through Improved Phenology Prediction: A Case Study with Chickpea

Proceedings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 119
Author(s):  
Yash Chauhan ◽  
Merrill Ryan
Keyword(s):  
Flowering Time ◽  
Phenological Stage ◽  
Crop Adaptation

Flowering time is a key phenological stage which in chickpea has been considered to be mainly driven by photoperiod and temperature. [...]

scholarly journals Social movements and grassroots discourse of climate justice in the context of droughts in semi-arid regions: A case study in India

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nairita Chaudhuri ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Impacts ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Climate Justice ◽  
Constitutional Rights ◽  
Civil Society Organisations ◽  
Legal Responses ◽  
Sociedad Civil ◽  
Adaptation Processes ◽  
Semi Arid

India’s encounter with farmers’ protests since 2015 has highlighted the constructivist attempt of grassroots movements in confronting the state’s monopoly over production of law. Farmers’ groups and civil society organisations have been mobilising legal and extra-legal tactics to gain discrete legal responses from the state towards guaranteeing farmers’ fundamental rights in the context of climate change adaptation to droughts in semi-arid parts of rural India. This paper discusses the strategies used by such actors to frame the contours of climate justice. The movement highlights the need for India’s policies to align with transformational, procedural and distributional justice goals that recognise and redress structural (socio-economic, cultural, colonial) roots of vulnerability towards just and sustainable adaptation processes. It also highlights the responsibility of the nation-state to safeguard the fundamental/constitutional rights of farmers who contribute to the nation’s food security while being the most vulnerable to climate impacts at sub-national scales. El encuentro de India con las protestas de granjeros desde 2015 ha puesto de relieve el intento constructivista de movimientos de base para enfrentarse al monopolio estatal sobre la producción de leyes. Los grupos de granjeros y las organizaciones de la sociedad civil han movilizado tácticas jurídicas y extrajurídicas para conseguir discretas respuestas jurídicas por parte del Estado en el sentido de garantizar derechos fundamentales de los granjeros en el contexto de la adaptación a las sequías en partes semiáridas de la India rural. Este artículo trata sobre las estrategias utilizadas por dichos actores para enmarcar los contornos de la justicia climática. El movimiento pone de relieve la necesidad de que las políticas de India se alineen con los objetivos de justicia transformacional, procedimental y distribucional que reconozcan y reparen de raíz vulnerabilidades estructurales (socioeconómicas, culturales, coloniales) y caminen hacia procesos de adaptación justos y sostenibles. También subraya la responsabilidad del Estado-nación para salvaguardar los derechos fundamentales/constitucionales de los granjeros que contribuyen a la seguridad alimentaria de la nación, siendo, en contraste, los más vulnerables a los efectos climáticos en escalas subnacionales.

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