scholarly journals Ecology and the Quality of Life in a Megalopolis

2020 ◽  
pp. 18-22
Author(s):  
Mikhail Vasilyevich Melnikov ◽  
Anna Aleksandrovna Vokhmina ◽  
Anastasia Sergeyevna Melnikova
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Local Area ◽  
Household Waste ◽  
State Of The Environment ◽  
The City ◽  
Novosi Birsk

The work discusses the perception and assessment of environmental factors of the quality of life in No-vosibirsk by its residents. In the study the authors identified the subjective attitude of respondents to the environmental situation in the city. The envi-ronmental threat is seen by respondents as a danger of medium importance against the background of dangers such as unemployment. The respondents were most worried about the dustiness of Novosi-birsk, air pollution, and the pollution of the city. From the answers of the respondents to the ques-tions devoted to assessing different aspects of the activity of the housing and communal services of Novosibirsk, it follows that to the greatest extent the respondents expressed satisfaction with the water supply of their houses, cleaning of the local area and the removal of household waste. The wishes of the respondents to improve the quality of life in their area of residence are more specific than the wishes that apply to the whole city. It turned out that re-spondents were more concerned about the stand-ard, rather than the quality of their lives. In general, respondents are mostly satisfied with the state of the environment in Novosibirsk.

scholarly journals Towards Smart City: Influence of Air Pollution on the Local Community of the Zabrze City in Surveys and Field Research

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 845-850
Author(s):  
Jolanta Ignac-Nowicka
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Toxic Gases ◽  
Accumulation Of Pollutants ◽  
The City

Abstract The results of the conducted pilot research indicated the basic local problems of the residents of Zabrze city. The purpose of the next research was to answer the question: how to improve the quality of life of residents in a city with significant air pollution. Activities aimed at this goal are inscribed in the idea of "smart city". The article presents the results of pilot measurements of air pollution with toxic gases in the Zabrze city in the Silesian agglomeration (Poland). Field studies at selected locations in the city concerned measurements of nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide and carbon dioxide. The aim of these studies was to identify areas of the city with significant air pollution with toxic gases in order to plan further detailed research. Made measurements showed the appearance of the local problem of accumulation of pollutants in several areas of the city. The results obtained were compared with surveys conducted among residents of the Zabrze city. The aim of the survey was to examine the respondents' awareness of: the location of areas with noticeable air pollution and health problems resulting from air pollution in the place of residence. The article also presents a plan of possible actions for the city of Zabrze within the framework of the "smart city" idea to improve the quality of life of the local city community in conditions of increased emission of gas pollution in the city.

scholarly journals Adaptation of International Approaches to Creating a Statistical Indicators System for the Water Management Analysis at the City Level

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (47) ◽  
pp. 192-200
Author(s):  
T. G. Chala ◽  
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O. I. Slavuta ◽  
G. S. Korepanov ◽  
D. I. Chernenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Water Management ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Waste Treatment ◽  
Urban Services ◽  
High Level ◽  
The City ◽  
Statistical Indicators

The article aims at substantiating the theoretical and methodological foundations for creating a unified statistical indicators system and statistical analysis of the water resources management at the city level. The advantages of using standardized indicators in the field of sanitation and water supply at the city level are identified and characterized in accordance with ISO 37120: 2014 «Sustainable cities and communities – indicators of urban services and quality of life». Both the main and auxiliary indicators of urban services and quality of life on «Water and sanitary conditions» and «Sewage» topics are systematized as for their formulas, application features and data sources. It is established that, according to the Water Risk Filter, Ukraine can be divided into four regions depending on the water risk, namely, low, moderately medium, medium, and high water risk levels. Based on these data, such cities from the Global Register of Cities developed by the World Council on City Data (WCCD) were selected: Amsterdam (Netherlands), Barcelona (Spain), Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Guadalajara (Mexico). Their indicators in the field of sanitation and water supply were analyzed. It is established that these cities are characterized by a high level of water supply and sewerage services, as well as a fairly high level of the access to high-quality sanitary and hygienic conditions. The situation with quality indicators of water management is worse. For example, advanced waste treatment is only carried out in Dubai. In Guadalajara, 21% of urban wastewater is not treated at all. It is established that in general, Dubai is the leader in the quality of water supply and sanitation services, while Guadalajara is the outsider city, showing the lowest quality levels of most of the studied indicators. The national system of indicators is suggested to be expanded by including such an indicator as «Average annual duration of water supply outages per 1 household»

scholarly journals COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT IN MANAGING WASTE THROUGH TAKAKURA TRAINING

Empowerment ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Suzi Soliati
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Organic Waste ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Household Waste ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The City

Household waste from approximately three million residents of the city of Bandung, every day reaches approximately 2000 tons or reaches 6195 cubic meters consisting of 65% organic waste, 10% paper, 2% plastic, 1% glass, 1% cloth, 8% metal and other 13%. In terms of waste management, each region has the potential that if managed and utilized properly will help improve their quality of life. Society has an important role in efforts to empower the community, because society is the subject of empowerment. The RT.04 RW 011 administrator at Kompleks Pasirjati Bandung was moved to empower the community in managing household waste through Takakura / composting training. This training aims to empower the community in reducing household waste and in maintaining environmental cleanliness through environmentally friendly waste management. The training participants were residents in the Kompleks Pasirjati neighborhood RT.04, RW. 011 Bandung City, 22 people.

Assessing Quality of Life Across Mexico City Using Socio-Economic and Environmental Factors

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 68-86
Author(s):  
Gustavo Alberto Ovando Montejo ◽  
Amy E. Frazier
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Mexico City ◽  
Spatial Patterns ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Physical Structure ◽  
Urban Quality Of Life ◽  
Quality Of Life Index ◽  
The City

Urban quality of life studies increasingly incorporate both socio-economic and environmental factors into their analyses, yet few studies have explored how the socio-economic factors relate to the environmental conditions or how to statistically describe the spatial patterns of quality of life as they relate to the socio-economic and environmental structure of a city. This paper evaluates a quality of life index for Mexico City that takes into account both social and environmental factors through a factor analysis and explores the relationship between the contributing environmental and social factors through a regression analysis. The spatial patterns of quality of life across the city are then examined using a geographic clustering technique. Results indicate that both socio-economic and environmental segregation characterize the physical structure of Mexico City and suggest that the peripheral areas of the city suffer from poor socio-economic conditions even though they have positive environmental conditions.

scholarly journals Car sharing integration in the City of Milan

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivana Krijan
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Car Sharing ◽  
Structural Summary ◽  
The City

This paper will present a structural summary of the reasons for implementing car sharing as a sustainable form of mobility in City of Milan. The paper will also decribe the growth and development of car sharing services in Milan. It will provide an overall view of measures that have had an impact on reducing the number of vehicles, air pollution and improving the quality of life in the city.

scholarly journals WEB-MAPPING OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE POPULATION OF LVIV ACCORDING TO THE INDICATOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION OF ATMOSPHERIC AIR

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (86) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrii Sohor ◽  
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Petro Zazuliak ◽  
Roksolana Kvoka ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Carbon Monoxide ◽  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Ecological State ◽  
Atmospheric Air ◽  
Mobile Sources ◽  
The City

The condition and composition of atmospheric air are influenced by two main factors: the introduction of pollutants into the atmosphere through various sources and harmful physical effects on it. The latter includes radiation, sound vibrations, noise, and so on. These and other factors disrupt the optimal state of the air, which negatively affects human health, the condition and development of animals and plants. The main sources of pollutants in the air of Lviv are: dust – vehicles, woodworking and building materials industry; sulfur dioxide – industrial enterprises, carbon monoxide – vehicles, thermal power plants; nitrogen dioxide – heat power companies; formaldehyde – motor transport, woodworking industry. Today, emissions from mobile sources are the biggest air pollutants in the city. The chemical composition of emissions from mobile sources of pollution is characterized by the predominance of carbon monoxide (up to 74%), nitrogen compounds and hydrocarbons (12% and 11%, respectively). Today the state of atmospheric air in large cities of Ukraine and, in particular, in the city of Lviv is at an unsatisfactory level. The main problems in this area are the progressive nature of the negative impact on the ecological state of the environment and human health. As there is currently no interactive cartographic material that can visualize the problem of environmental pollution, the main purpose of this work was to create an interactive web map of the quality of life of the population of Lviv in terms of air pollution. To achieve this goal, we collected and systematized geospatial statistical cartographic materials on the ecological state of the air in Lviv. The necessary software for the development of an interactive map of air pollution has been identified and its possibilities have been studied. An algorithm for loading geospatial data into the created web resource has been developed. A template of applications for creating web maps of air pollution in Lviv was selected according to the indicators of the I and II quarters of 2020, which were measured at 30 intersections of the city. Thus, two interactive web maps of air pollution in Lviv were developed in the environment "Google My Maps" and "ArcGIS Online".

Empresas familiares en zonas marginales. Estrategias de subsistencia y financiación pública en la localidad de ciudad bolívar de Bogotá

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Jenny Paola Cervera Quintero
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Resource Allocation ◽  
Family Business ◽  
City Government ◽  
The Real ◽  
Calidad De Vida ◽  
Institutional Action ◽  
The City

Esta investigación muestra las características y estrategias socioeconómicas identificadas en un grupo de famiempresas de confección en Ciudad Bolívar, localidad de Bogotá, con las cuales logran la permanencia de sus negocios y así la reproducción de la vida y la subsistencia de sus familias. Este primer elemento se contrasta con las políticas de consecución de ingresos desarrolladas por los gobiernos distritales en el período 2000-2013, con el fin de encontrar los elementos comunes y el real aporte con el que las políticas sociales y económicas del Distrito benefician la economía popular de la ciudad, teniendo como referencia el grupo de famiempresas con el que se trabajó. Después de obtener un paralelo entre las políticas socioeconómicas del Distrito y las necesidades reales de las famiempresas, se desarrolla un ejercicio práctico aplicando la metodología de Vester como base para la formulación de recomendaciones dirigidas hacia los gobiernos distritales, en las que se manifiestan las prioridades que esta población objetivo espera de la acción institucional para mejorar el desempeño de sus famiempresas y, por ende, el de su consecución de ingresos para mejor su calidad de vida y la de sus familias.ABSTRACTThis research examines the socio-economic characteristics and strategies pertaining to a group of family business in the apparel sector in Ciudad Bolivar (Bogota), which ensures some stability in the business itself and in their families´ livelihood. This first element is contrasted with the policies of resource allocation pursued by Bogota local administrations in the period 2000-2013, in order to identify the real governmental contributions to thelocal economy. Next, a practical exercise is conducted by applying the methodology of Vester as a basis for the formulation of recommendations addressed to the city government; those recommendations depict the priorities that the targeted population expects from the institutional action to improve the performance of their business and to enhance their income to better their quality of life and that of their families. Fecha de recepción: 23 agosto 2016Fecha de aprobación: 15 noviembre de 2016Fecha de publicación: 6 de enero de 2017

scholarly journals Stakeholder Expectation of Corporate Social Responsibility Practices: A Case Study of PWiK Rybnik, Poland

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 3337
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Kuzior ◽  
Józef Ober ◽  
Janusz Karwot
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
External Stakeholders ◽  
Corporate Social

Practices of corporate social responsibility (CSR), especially in organizations providing key services, related to the supply of fuel, water and energy, are extremely important from the point of view of identifying stakeholders with the functioning of enterprises in line with the principles of a closed loop economy. The article discusses the origins and evolution of the concept of corporate social responsibility, with particular emphasis on the water supply and sewage industry. The research problem was the perception and expectations of stakeholders toward prosocial activities of PWiK Rybnik (Sewage and Water Supply Ltd. Rybnik). The hypothesis assumed in the study was that the external stakeholders of PWIK Rybnik positively assess the company’s involvement in the tasks carried out as part of corporate social responsibility, they notice the involvement in educational activities and additional initiatives of PWIK that improve the quality of life of its inhabitants. For the purpose of this study, a quantitative method was used. For the purpose of the survey, the authors’ questionnaire “Survey of customers’ opinions on the activities undertaken by PWiK Rybnik” was created. The surveys conducted confirmed the hypothesis that the external stakeholders of PWIK Rybnik positively assess the company’s involvement in the tasks performed as part of corporate social responsibility; they notice the involvement in educational activities and additional initiatives of PWIK that improve the quality of life of its inhabitants. The results of the research made it possible to formulate guidelines for the operation of water supply and sewage companies in accordance with corporate social responsibility in the light of the opinions of their stakeholders.

scholarly journals Social Perception and Urbanscape Identity of Flagship Cultural Developments in Szczecin (in the Re-Urbanization Context)

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 398
Author(s):  
Eliza Sochacka ◽  
Magdalena Rzeszotarska-Pałka
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Perception ◽  
Local Identity ◽  
Functional Complexity ◽  
Questionnaire Surveys ◽  
Urban Strategy ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City ◽  
Cultural Developments

A growing number of urban interventions, such as culture-led regeneration strategies, has emerged alongside growing awareness of the concept of re-urbanization. These interventions evolve to create a holistic urban vision, with aims to promote social cohesion and strengthen local identity as opposed to traditional goals of measuring the economic impact of new cultural developments. Szczecin’s, Poland urban strategy is focused on the expansion of culture—a condition for improving the quality of life and increasing the city’s attractiveness. This article assesses the potential for re-urbanization of Szczecin’s flagship cultural developments. Questionnaire surveys and qualitative research methods were used to assess the characteristics that distinguish cultural projects in the formal, location-related, functional, and symbolic layers, as well as examining their social perception. The results show that the strength of these indicators of urbanscape identity affects how the cultural developments are assessed by the society. Semiotic coherence and functional complexity of the structures have a significant impact on the sense of identification, while their monumentality and exposure contribute to the assessment of the impact on their surroundings. A development with a firm identity, embedded in the city’s tradition not only preserves the cultural heritage of the city but also makes inhabitants feel association with the new project.

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