Disasters as Catalysts for Energy Transition.

2020 ◽  
Vol 04 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly D’Alessandro ◽  
Paul Darguscha
Keyword(s):  
Energy Transition ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
Recovery Processes ◽  
Improved Outcomes ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Anthropogenic Systems ◽  
Short Timeframe ◽  
Positive Force

: The concept of disaster as a positive force for change seems intuitive, but is covered only occasionally in the energy transition literature. We review disaster risk and recovery literature to assess how these types of transformations may be different, and provide a change pathway within the popular Multi-Level Perspective framework. While incumbent systems are by definition stable (making change difficult), disaster can override these challenges by providing simultaneous disruption at all structure levels. By exceeding the capacity of the regime and its established processes and practices, disaster provides an opportunity to reformat social structures through reconstruction and recovery processes. Importantly, significant disruption has the ability to plasticize the landscape for a short timeframe, with potential change within a finite deviation from existing trends. During this disruptive period, the regime and landscape become co-dependent, with any meso-level void filled by a combination of new and reconstructed fragments, working to restore the stability of the foundation. The new regime must then satisfy the resultant set of socially dictated conditions set by the revised landscape to maintain the new structure. The challenge then is not to be restrained by swift recovery of the previous regime, and to form a new set of conditions to deliver improved outcomes that better balance the needs of natural and anthropogenic systems.

The three paradoxes of the energy transition - Assessing sustainability of large-scale solar photovoltaic through multi-level and multi-scalar perspective in Rwanda

2021 ◽  
Vol 288 ◽  
pp. 125519
Author(s):  
Carole Brunet ◽  
Oumarou Savadogo ◽  
Pierre Baptiste ◽  
Michel A. Bouchard ◽  
Céline Cholez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic ◽  
Multi Level

scholarly journals A new multi-level algorithm for balanced partition problem on large scale directed graphs

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianyue Li ◽  
Yufei Pang ◽  
Chenxia Zhao ◽  
Yang Liu ◽  
Qingzhen Dong
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Directed Graphs ◽  
Vlsi Design ◽  
Graph Partition ◽  
Partition Problem ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Recursive Partition ◽  
Balanced Partition ◽  
Partition Method

AbstractGraph partition is a classical combinatorial optimization and graph theory problem, and it has a lot of applications, such as scientific computing, VLSI design and clustering etc. In this paper, we study the partition problem on large scale directed graphs under a new objective function, a new instance of graph partition problem. We firstly propose the modeling of this problem, then design an algorithm based on multi-level strategy and recursive partition method, and finally do a lot of simulation experiments. The experimental results verify the stability of our algorithm and show that our algorithm has the same good performance as METIS. In addition, our algorithm is better than METIS on unbalanced ratio.

ETHNIC AND REGIONAL PARTIES IN THE CEE COUNTRIES: SPECIAL FEATURES AND TRAJECTORIES OF DEVELOPMENT

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 20-34
Author(s):  
Petr Panov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Regional Parties ◽  
Ethnic Parties ◽  
Administrative Unit ◽  
Important Player ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Administrative Units ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Main Factor ◽  
Level Government

In recent decades, in the context of the transformation of national states and the development of multi-level government, there has been an increase in ethnic/regional political parties in Europe. Ethno-regionalism in the CEE countries has a specific basis related to their imperial past, but despite the similarities, each country has special features concerning the strength of parties, their demands and development. The analysis of the most significant ethnic/regional parties in the CEE countries shows that the main factor affecting their strength is the ethnic structure of the population, especially if it is combined with intense ethnic identity, and the ethnic minority has a historical experience of autonomy/statehood. A favorable combination of these factors results in the stability of the electoral strength of ethnic parties, which makes them an important player in the political arena. Concerning the demands of ethnic parties, it has been confirmed that the localization of the respective ethnic minority has a significant effect. If it is in one administrative unit, it stimulates regionalist aspirations; if it dwells in some compactly located administrative units, an ethnic party usually promotes cross-regionalist demands to create a new region. Under conditions of dispersed localization of a minority, an ethnic party does not put forward regionalist claims.

scholarly journals Shaping Multi-Level Energy and Climate Policy within the SET Plan Framework

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (22) ◽  
pp. 9545
Author(s):  
Mattia Manni ◽  
Valentina Coccia ◽  
Diletta Paoletti ◽  
Fabio Raspadori ◽  
Timo Ritonummi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Policy ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Level Energy ◽  
Energy Policies ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Energy And Climate Policy ◽  
Different Levels

At the dawn of a new European Green Deal (EGD), it is necessary to reconsider the plans and actions that have characterized the European energy policies during recent decades by tuning and updating the priorities and targets. The present work moves from the systematic review of the documents, laws, and scientific studies concerning energy and climate initiatives to the analysis of the role of the Strategic Energy and Technology Plan (SET Plan) in the energy transition. Thus, the principal research question addresses the influence of the SET Plan on multi-level energy policies. To answer this, firstly, the juridical framework in which the SET Plan was instituted is provided; secondly, its correlation to the upcoming EDG is described and the targets identified by each Implementation Working Group (IWG) are discussed. Such a dissertation is followed by the investigation of the activities at various levels from the IWG on Renewable Fuels and Bioenergy. The study has confirmed that the SET Plan contributed to shaping the energy and climate policy at European, national, and regional levels by implementing synergies among different levels of governance, different sectors, and various stakeholders (both public and private). Furthermore, it eased the sharing of data on flagship projects by periodically monitoring the achieved results.

scholarly journals Sub-national government and pathways to sustainable energy

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
pp. 1139-1155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Cowell ◽  
Geraint Ellis ◽  
Fionnguala Sherry-Brennan ◽  
Peter A Strachan ◽  
David Toke
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
National Government ◽  
Building Retrofit ◽  
Democratic Control ◽  
Direct Energy ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Local Reflexivity ◽  
Governance Processes ◽  
The Relationship

In an effort to understand how to promote more sustainable forms of energy provision, researchers have begun addressing the scale of political and governance processes, yet the effects of sub-national government remain neglected. At the same time, analysts of political devolution, decentralisation and independence have rarely given attention to the energy sector. Papers in this special issue seek to better understand the relationship between sub-national government and pathways to sustainable energy: examining how city-regional and devolved governments have shaped agendas for building retrofit; elucidating the importance of decentralised governance in knitting together electricity, heat and transport energy markets; mapping the complex, fuzzy spatial organisation of legal powers to direct energy policy across multi-level polities; and analysing conflicts over the allocation of energy infrastructure consenting powers between national and devolved governments. The papers highlight the interdependencies of action in different governmental arenas, and reinforce arguments for greater central-to-local reflexivity in governance styles. Analysing the interface between sub-national government and energy transition also raises new questions about the meaning of ‘sovereignty’, the fragmentary nature of democratic control over energy systems, and the effects of boundaries.

Understanding Widespread Misconduct in Organizations: An Institutional Theory of Moral Collapse

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 379-407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masoud Shadnam ◽  
Thomas B. Lawrence
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Institutional Theory ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
Accounting Fraud ◽  
Moral Communities ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Catholic Church

ABSTRACT:Reports of widespread misconduct in organizations have become sadly commonplace. Sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, accounting fraud in large corporations, and physical and sexual harassment in the military implicate not only the individuals involved, but the organizations and fields in which they happened. In this paper we describe such situations as instances of “moral collapse” and develop a multi-level theory of moral collapse that draws on institutional theory as its central orienting lens. We draw on institutional theory because of its explicit concern with the relationships among individual beliefs and actions, the organizations within which they occur, and the collective social structures in which norms, rules and beliefs are anchored. Our theory of moral collapse has two main elements. First, we argue that morality in organizations is embedded in nested systems of individuals, organizations and moral communities in which ideology and regulation flow “down” from moral communities through organizations to individuals, and moral ideas and influence flow “upward” from individuals through organizations to moral communities. Second, we argue that moral collapse is associated with breakdowns in these flows, and explore conditions under which such breakdowns are likely to occur.

scholarly journals A Review of Key Performance Indicators for Building Flexibility Quantification to Support the Clean Energy Transition

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (18) ◽  
pp. 5676
Author(s):  
Girolama Airò Farulla ◽  
Giovanni Tumminia ◽  
Francesco Sergi ◽  
Davide Aloisio ◽  
Maurizio Cellura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Key Performance Indicators ◽  
Electric Power System ◽  
Power Grids ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Future Perspective ◽  
The Stability

The transition to a sustainable society and a carbon-neutral economy by 2050 requires extensive deployment of renewable energy sources that, due to the aleatority and non-programmability of most of them, may seriously affect the stability of existing power grids. In this context, buildings are increasingly being seen as a potential source of energy flexibility for the power grid. In literature, key performance indicators, allowing different aspects of the load management, are used to investigate buildings’ energy flexibility. The paper reviews existing indicators developed in the context of theoretical, experimental and numerical studies on flexible buildings, outlining the current status and the potential future perspective. Moreover, the paper briefly reviews the range of grid services that flexible buildings can provide to support the reliability of the electric power system which is potentially challenged by the increasing interconnection of distributed variable renewable generation.

scholarly journals State Defense Perspective: Disaster Risk Analysis of Air Transportation Accidents

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Bagus Ajar Pamungkas ◽  
Sovian Aritonang
Keyword(s):  
Air Transportation ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
National Defense ◽  
Defense System ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Disaster Risk Analysis ◽  
Iso 31000 ◽  
Analyse Data ◽  
The Stability ◽  
State Defense

The aim of this study was to analyse disaster risk of air transportation accidents in the national defense system perspectives and also the efforts of airport authority to manage the risk. A qualitative, narative and exploratory study was developed using risk management ISO 31000 as a method to analyse data. Interview, literature study and documentation were done to collect data. This study used purposive sampling to decide informants. It was found that Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport had a high risk in air transportation accidents. To keep the stability of national defense, the risk had to be managed through structural mitigation and non-structural mitigation

scholarly journals Mitigation of Torsional Vibrations in Drilling Systems using Adaptive Nonlinear Control System

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 3317-3321
Keyword(s):  
Closed Loop ◽  
Controller Design ◽  
String Model ◽  
Stick Slip ◽  
Rock Interaction ◽  
Performance Specifications ◽  
Level Model ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Level Training

The reason for this work is to plan a robust yield feedback control way to deal with dispense with torque stick-slip vibrations in boring frameworks. Current industry controllers generally neglect to dispose of stick-slip vibrations, particularly when different torque flex modes assume a job in maniacal assault. In terms of build controller production, a real trainingstring system performs a multi-level model work such as torque mechanics. The proposed controller design is artfully distorted at optimizing the stability with respect to the uncertainty of the nonlinear bit-rock interaction. Based on heroes and intentions. Besides, a closed loop strength examination of the nonlinear preparing string model is displayed. This controller structure system offers a few points of interest contrasted with existing controllers. To begin with, just surface estimations are utilized, barring the requirement for entire estimations underneath it. Second, multi-level training-string dynamics are effectively handled in ways to access state-training controllers. Third, stability is explicitly provided with respect to bit-rock contact uncertainty and closed-loop performance specifications include controller design. The results of the study report confirm that stick-slip vibrations are actually eliminated in realistic drilling scenarios using a controller designed to achieve this state-ofcontrol control.

Disaster justice for people with disabilities

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Khanh That Ton ◽  
Carole Adamson
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Capability Approach ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Agents Of Change ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
The Capability Approach

PurposeThe purpose of this article is to examine disaster justice for people with disabilities (PWD).Design/methodology/approachDrawing on the capability approach, the article explores distributive injustice that PWD face in dealing with disasters. It discusses procedural justice with a focus on the agency of PWD and their participation in decision-making processes concerning disaster risk reduction.FindingsIt argues that disaster injustice faced by PWD can be construed as the inequalities of capabilities that they experience in coping with disasters. Furthermore, although social structures play an important role in creating and perpetuating disaster injustice, PWD, as agents of change, have power to transform social structures that, in turn, bring about justice for themselves.Originality/valueThe article raises the need for considering the equality of capabilities and human agency in achieving disaster justice for PWD.

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