Community reconstruction orientation by victims of the disaster of a post-monsoon flood in Malaysia

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 829-848
Author(s):  
WA Amir Zal
Keyword(s):  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Community Orientation ◽  
Post Monsoon ◽  
Observation Methods ◽  
Reconstruction Effort ◽  
Family Orientation ◽  
Indicator Element ◽  
Partnership Approach

A monsoon flood often happens on a huge scale on the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia and has an immediate impact on the community. This article explores the community reconstruction orientation of the victims of the disaster of a post-monsoon flood in Malaysia. The study was carried out using an exploratory case study design on nine flood victims in Pahang, Malaysia. These informants were chosen by using purposive sampling, and data were gathered using the interview and observation methods. This study found three forms of community reconstruction orientation: (1) self-orientation, (2) family orientation, and (3) community orientation. Each orientation can be observed in a context through a participation indicator element, such as priority and commitment; readiness, knowledge, and skill; and social routine. A reconstruction effort from all parties ought to consider these orientations to avoid negative effects on the community. Thus, this study suggests that a partnership approach should be applied in the future to carry out community reconstruction. However, the findings cannot be generalized since it was a preliminary study.

Development and regional planning within the decentralized administrative frame: case study (the Jordanian Experiment)

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 60-72
Author(s):  
Mansour Safran
Keyword(s):  
Regional Planning ◽  
The Other ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Administrative Procedures ◽  
The Way

This aims to review and analyze the Jordanian experiment in the developmental regional planning field within the decentralized managerial methods, which is considered one of the primary basic provisions for applying and success of this kind of planning. The study shoed that Jordan has passed important steps in the way for implanting the decentralized administration, but these steps are still not enough to established the effective and active regional planning. The study reveled that there are many problems facing the decentralized regional planning in Jordan, despite of the clear goals that this planning is trying to achieve. These problems have resulted from the existing relationship between the decentralized administration process’ dimensions from one side, and between its levels which ranged from weak to medium decentralization from the other side, In spite of the official trends aiming at applying more of the decentralized administrative policies, still high portion of these procedures are theoretical, did not yet find a way to reality. Because any progress or success at the level of applying the decentralized administrative policies doubtless means greater effectiveness and influence on the development regional planning in life of the residents in the kingdom’s different regions. So, it is important to go a head in applying more steps and decentralized administrative procedures, gradually and continuously to guarantee the control over any negative effects that might result from Appling this kind of systems.   © 2018 JASET, International Scholars and Researchers Association

Modelling and Simulation of NO2 Dispersion Phenomenon in Atmosphere by Analytical-Experimental Methods

2008 ◽  
Vol 59 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Delia Perju ◽  
Harieta Pirlea ◽  
Gabriela-Alina Brusturean ◽  
Dana Silaghi-Perju ◽  
Sorin Marinescu
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Model ◽  
Nitrogen Dioxide ◽  
Modeling And Simulation ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Experimental Methods ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Real Situation ◽  
Experimental Values ◽  
The Mathematical Model

The European laws and recently the Romanian ones impose more and more strict norms to the large nitrogen dioxide polluters. They are obligated to continuously improve the installations and products so that they limit and reduce the nitrogen dioxide pollution, because it has negative effects on the human health and environment. In this paper are presented these researches made within a case study for the Timi�oara municipality, regarding the modeling and simulation of the nitrogen dioxide dispersion phenomenon coming from various sources in atmosphere with the help of analytical-experimental methods. The mathematical model resulting from these researches is accurately enough to describe the real situation. This was confirmed by comparing the results obtained based on the model with real experimental values.

Patterns of Social Inclusion and Exclusion Among Youth Living in Stigmatized Neighborhoods

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabiana Espíndola Ferrer
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
Residential Segregation ◽  
Neighborhood Effects ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Urban Neighborhoods ◽  
High Poverty ◽  
Ethnographic Case Study ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
The Social

This chapter is an ethnographic case study of the social integration trajectories of youth living in two stigmatized and poor neighborhoods in Montevideo. It explains the linkages between residential segregation and social inclusion and exclusion patterns in unequal urban neighborhoods. Most empirical neighborhood research on the effects of residential segregation in contexts of high poverty and extreme stigmatization have focused on its negative effects. However, the real mechanisms and mediations influencing the so-called neighborhood effects of residential segregation are still not well understood. Scholars have yet to isolate specific neighborhood effects and their contribution to processes of social inclusion and exclusion. Focusing on the biographical experiences of youth in marginalized neighborhoods, this ethnography demonstrates the relevance of social mediations that modulate both positive and negative residential segregation effects.

scholarly journals The Influence of Increased Salvage Felling on Forwarding Distance and the Removal—A Case Study from Croatia

Forests ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Andreja Đuka ◽  
Zoran Bumber ◽  
Tomislav Poršinsky ◽  
Ivica Papa ◽  
Tibor Pentek
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Management Unit ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Forest Operations ◽  
Spatial Reference ◽  
Infrastructure Network ◽  
Gis Environment ◽  
Research Period

During the seven-year research period, the average annual removal was by 3274 m3 higher than the average annual removal prescribed by the existing management plan (MP). The main reason lies in the high amount of salvage felling volume at 55,238 m3 (38.3%) in both the main and the intermediate felling due to oak dieback. The analysis of forest accessibility took into account the spatial distribution of cutblocks (with ongoing felling operations) and the volume of felled timber for two proposed factors: (1) the position of the cutblock and (2) the position of the removal. Cutblock position factor took into account the spatial position of the felling areas/sites, while removal position factor besides the spatial reference took into account the amount of felled timber (i.e., volume) both concerning forest infrastructure network and forest operations. The analysed relative forest openness by using geo-processing workflows in GIS environment showed four types of opening areas in the studied management unit (MU): single-opened, multiple-opened, unopened and opened areas outside of the management unit. Negative effects of the piece-volume law and low harvesting densities on forest operations are highlighted in this research due to high amount of salvage felling particularly in the intermediate felling by replacing timber volume that should have come from thinnings.

scholarly journals ‘I’m not being paid for this conversation’: Uncovering the challenges of artist–academic collaborations in the neoliberal institution

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 317-333
Author(s):  
Alena Pfoser ◽  
Sara de Jong
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
The Political ◽  
Institutional Pressures ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Collective Response ◽  
And Shifts ◽  
The Impact

Artist–academic collaborations are fuelled by increasing institutional pressures to show the impact of academic research. This article departs from the celebratory accounts of collaborative work and pragmatic toolkits for successful partnerships, which are dominant in existing scholarship, arguing for the need to critically interrogate the structural conditions under which collaborations take place. Based on a reflexive case study of a project developed in the context of Tate Exchange, one of the UK’s highest-profile platforms for knowledge exchange, we reveal three sets of (unequal) pressures, which mark artist–academic collaborations in the contemporary neoliberal academy: asymmetric funding and remuneration structures; uneven pressures of audit cultures; acceleration and temporal asymmetries. Innovations at the level of individual projects or partners can only mitigate the negative effects to a limited extent. Instead this article offers a systemic critique of the political economy of artist–academic collaborations and shifts the research agenda to developing a collective response.

Does Advertising Mitigate the Negative Effects of Losing on Satisfaction and Conative Aspects of Sport Attendance? A Case Study in Intercollegiate Athletics

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Galen T. Trail ◽  
Hyungil Kwon ◽  
Dean F. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Intercollegiate Athletics ◽  
Negative Trial ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Home Team ◽  
Trial Effect ◽  
Men's Basketball ◽  
Product Trial ◽  
Basketball Game ◽  
Beliefs And Attitudes

It has been determined that advertising tends to mitigate a negative trial effect among low-product-involvement consumers when it precedes the negative trial but has no impact on beliefs and attitudes when the trial is positive. This case study investigated the effect of advertisements on sport consumers’ satisfaction and conative loyalty in spectating sport. Specifically, the authors examined spectators who were novice attendees at an intercollegiate men’s basketball game (N = 206). Two groups (home team winning, home team losing) were investigated to determine whether advertising mitigated the negative product–trial effect (losing). The results indicated that although advertising did not mitigate losing specific to immediate satisfaction with the game outcome or decision to attend, it did seem to mitigate losing on conative loyalty.

Intervention with Male Toddlers who have Witnessed Parental Violence

1991 ◽  
Vol 72 (9) ◽  
pp. 515-524 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas Davies
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Research Evidence ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Parental Violence ◽  
Intervention Approach ◽  
Detailed Case ◽  
Effects On Children

Research evidence indicates that witnessing parental violence has serious negative effects on children and may predispose male children, in particular, to become violent in future relationships. This study utilizes attach' ment theory as a framework for understanding and intervening with male toddlers and their mothers in the aftermath of domestic violence. A detailed case study is used to illustrate this intervention approach.

scholarly journals Einflüsse von Lebensstilmerkmalen auf den Übergang in die erste Ehe

2008 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-33
Author(s):  
Daniel Lois
Keyword(s):  
Transition Rate ◽  
Family Formation ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Professional Status ◽  
Career Orientation ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
First Marriage ◽  
Education Professional ◽  
Family Orientation ◽  
Wenn Sich

This study examines the question to which extent lifestyle features such as a family or career orientation may independently predict the transition from cohabitation into the first marriage. The results have shown that regarding marriage behaivour the lifestyle features neither represent simple reflexes of other sociostructural factors such as age, education or professional status nor are they independent of those. A family-oriented and religious lifestyle is positively linked to the probability of marriage – even when controlling for education level, formal religious affiliation and other features. Negative effects of a career- and leisure-oriented lifestyle of the woman on the transition rate, however, can be explained by education, professional status and family formation. Furthermore, it is relevant to which extent certain lifestyle features are shared between the partners. The probability of marriage tends to increase with an increasing career orientation of the male cohabitor in relation to the female cohabitor. In contrast, it decreases if the partners’ family orientation is different. Zusammenfassung Es wird der Frage nachgegangen, inwieweit Lebensstilmerkmale wie eine Familien-, Freizeit- oder Berufsorientierung eigenständig den Übergang von der nichtehelichen Lebensgemeinschaft in die erste Ehe erklären können. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die Lebensstilelemente im Hinblick auf das Heiratsverhalten weder einfache Reflexe anderer soziostruktureller Merkmale wie Alter, Bildung oder Erwerbsstatus darstellen, noch von diesen unabhängig sind. Zwischen einem häuslich-familienorientierten sowie religiösen Lebensstil und der Heiratswahrscheinlichkeit bestehen (geschlechtsunspezifisch) auch dann positive Zusammenhänge, wenn das Bildungsniveau, die formale Konfessionszugehörigkeit und weitere Merkmale kontrolliert werden. Die negativen Effekte eines berufs- und freizeitorientierten Lebensstils der Frau auf die Übergangsrate lassen sich dagegen durch das Bildungsniveau, den Erwerbsstatus und die Familiengründung erklären. Darüber hinaus ist relevant, wie bestimmte Lebensstilmerkmale innerhalb des Paares verteilt sind. Die Heiratswahrscheinlichkeit steigt tendenziell bei einer relativ zur Frau ansteigenden Berufsorientierung des Mannes. Sie sinkt dagegen, wenn sich die Familienorientierung der Partner unterscheidet.

scholarly journals SATISFACTION OF RESIDENTS ON THE REDEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL DISASTER AREA. CASE STUDY: KUALA KRAI, KELANTAN, MALAYSIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver Ling Hoon Leh ◽  
Muhammad Shamsul Azdhar Zulkapli ◽  
Kwong Qi Jie ◽  
Nurul Ashikin Mabahwi
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disaster ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
The Public ◽  
Disaster Area ◽  
Housing Area ◽  
Post Disaster

Referring to the Malaysian National Security Council, disaster is defined as a catastrophic situation that claimed many lives and caused extensive damage to property and potentially endangers the public peace and security. In Malaysia, there were few natural disaster events that can be said to be among the worst ever in terms of the number of deaths and damages. However, these occurrences were not as severe as overseas. At the end of December 2014, there was a catastrophic flood called as the 'Bah Kuning' was hitting the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It resulted in almost 85% of the total Kuala Krai area inundated by flood water. One of the elements in post-disaster recovery is rebuilding shelter for victims. Regardless, it is important to research on residents’ satisfaction as it will affect the well-being directly or indirectly. Thus, a study was carried out to evaluate the satisfaction of residents (victims) on the “New Permanent Houses” (Rumah Kekal Baharu, RKB) that they received from the redevelopment project. A questionnaire survey was carried out to collect and understand respondents’ satisfaction on the redevelopment of their housing area, in specific, the quality of their newly reconstructed houses and the supporting facilities or infrastructure in their area. From the analysis, it was found that majority of the respondents were satisfied with their newly redeveloped houses and the infrastructure. The satisfaction level was associated with the locational and land ownership factors.

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