scholarly journals Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr: Population movement, mass gathering and escalating of COVID-19 – A perspective from Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-24
Author(s):  
Dian Sidik Arsyad ◽  
Firzan Nainu ◽  
Abram L. Wagner ◽  
Kuldeep Dhama
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Population Movement ◽  
Mass Gathering ◽  
Laboratory Capacity

In Indonesia, the most populous Moslem-majority country, despite the possibility of underreported coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, 6,248 confirmed cases and 535 deaths have been recorded. With upcoming Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr, between 18-23 million of Indonesians may move from urban locations (with high counts of COVDI-19) to rural areas with fewer cases currently but less laboratory capacity to diagnose cases. This review summaries the current situation of CO.VID-19 in Indonesia and discusses the possible impacts of mass population movement, Ramadan-related activities, and Eid al-Fitr celebration days on COVID-19 transmission in the country.

The current situation and countermeasures of education and teaching of left behind children in rural areas

2021 ◽  
pp. 002072092110077
Author(s):  
Xue Li ◽  
Hongmei Hu
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Personality Development ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Role Of Parents

The family education responsibilities of rural left-behind children are not fully implemented, and school education is weak, which has caused a series of problems. The education of rural left-behind children has gradually attracted people's attention. In this context, this article studies the current situation and countermeasures of rural LBC education and teaching. This article combines research methods such as questionnaire survey method and on-site interview method for research. In order to better explain the problems of local government, this article first defines the definition of local government, expounds the theory of personality development, and uses scientific sampling methods in the research process to extract research results from some rural areas in our province.了Analysis. Based on the performance of LBC and non-LBC schools, learning guidance and learning, the current situation of LBC education in China was studied. In addition, this article also studied the performance of LBC parents before and after they went abroad, and made some suggestions. The study found that before the parents went out, LBC's academic performance was mainly concentrated at the intermediate level and above, accounting for 78%. After the parents went out, LBC's academic performance decreased significantly, and the results were mainly concentrated in the intermediate and above. Below, accounting for 84%. It can be seen that the role of parents in children's growth education is essential.

scholarly journals Experiences of improving water access in rural areas in Guatemala

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (2s) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Bresci ◽  
Antonio Giacomin ◽  
Federico Preti
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Limiting Factor ◽  
Knowledge Level ◽  
Water Access ◽  
Maintenance Activities

The GESAAF Department of the UNIFI has been involved in the project “Gestione ambientale e del rischio nel dipartimento di Sololà” in the period 2011-’12 aiming at guaranteeing water access to people leaving in rural areas in the Sololà Department in Guatemala, in collaboration with the two NGOs Movimento Africa ’70 and Oxfam Italia. Appropriate technologies, such as EMAS pump and well drilled with the Baptista- Boliviana technique, have been proposed and utilized for improving water access in areas where lack of water represented a limiting factor for the human development. They can be both considered compatible with local, cultural and economic conditions: in fact locally available materials are used and the tools can be maintained and operationally controlled by the local users. At the end of the project, 52 EMAS pumps have been installed and 19 wells drilled, 33 pumps have been installed in already existing wells tank. Formation activities of local people played an important role: diffusion actions of the methodology started from schools, 20 workers participated to an in class course and more than 100 participated in the field work. Monitoring activities on the 52 installed pumps have been carried out in order to check the performances of the pumps and the knowledge level acquired by the users. After some months of operation, more than 80% of the pumps were correctly functioning and the required maintenance activities have been carried out in collaboration with the local users. In order to analyze the project results, a SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) has been carried out for developing a strategy able to tackle the weaknesses and threats of the procedure. The application of the SWOT analysis showed to be an useful tool to analyse the current situation coming from the ended project. It has been helpful to gauge how the project performed. The analysis results may be also utilized for exploring strengths and weaknesses of a possible transferring of the methodology to other sites.

scholarly journals Smart Sirens—Civil Protection in Rural Areas

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Sascha Henninger ◽  
Martin Schneider ◽  
Arne Leitte
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Sound Propagation ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Limiting Factors ◽  
Civil Protection ◽  
Environmental Sound ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Full Coverage

Germany carried out a nationwide “Alert Day” in 2020 to test its civil alarm systems. The test revealed some problems. Heterogeneous development structures and topography can be limiting factors for sound propagation. In consequence, sirens could be heard inadequately, depending on their location. Furthermore, the reason of warning remains unknown to the public. In terms of civil protection, warnings with the code of behavior by general available media is desired. Smart sirens can transmit additional spoken information and be installed on already-existing streetlights. In this study, we analyze how smart sirens could lead to an improved civil protection. Exemplarily, a detailed analysis is made for a different structured rural area, Dansenberg in Germany, whereas the influence of local conditions on the sound propagation is considered. We analyzed with the software CadnaA—a software for calculation, assessment and prediction of environmental sound—how the location and number of smart sirens can be optimized in order to produce a full coverage of the study area. We modeled the coverage in different scenarios and compared four scenarios: (a) current situation with two E57 type sirens; (b) replacing the existing sirens with two high-performance sirens; (c) one high-performance siren at the more central point; and (d) optimized network of smart sirens of the type Telegrafia Bono. The aim was to achieve a full coverage with a minimum of warning sirens. We could show that the current situation with two E57 type sirens fails to reach out to the whole population whereas the optimized network of smart sirens results in a better coverage. Therefore, a reconsideration of the existing warning system of civil protection with smart sirens could result in a better coverage and improved information of warning.

Importance of Plant Production in Development of Rural Areas

2020 ◽  
pp. 241-252
Author(s):  
Marijana Jovanović Todorović ◽  
Anton Puškarić
Keyword(s):  
Future Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Plant Production ◽  
Agricultural Activities

This chapter analyzes plant production from the perspective of development rural areas and it is based on the case study for rural areas on territory of Smederevo. The main goal of this chapter points to the current situation in plant production as one of the most important agricultural activities and that creates the basis for future development. It will be presented data collected from Census of agriculture, yearbooks, and local reports, but also data collected in the field. The authors apply theoretical and practical frame of research based on the case of study, which is oriented on used agricultural land, realized production and yield in period 2013-2017.

scholarly journals Foreign Immigration in Spanish Rural Areas and Small Towns: Current Situation and Perspectives

Finisterra ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 39 (77) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricard Morén-Alegret ◽  
Miguel Solana
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Settlement Patterns ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Immigrant Populations ◽  
Ways Of Life

The authors are currently coordinating a three-year researchproject on the changing settlement patterns and ways of life of foreign immigrant populations located in Spanish rural areas. This article offers a wide academic literature review, highlighting those issues that have been most studied and those under-researched or forgotten. Secondly, it approaches the rural areas where thereis a more significant presence of foreign immigrants, offering relevant data and indicating the main sources of information available for their study. Finally, some considerations that may be useful for carrying out future research are suggested.

scholarly journals Assessment of the prospects for changing the demographic situation in the regions of Russia, taking into account the development of social infrastructure

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Oreshnikov ◽  
Marsel Nizamutdinov
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Interval Estimation ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Population Movement ◽  
Regression Equations ◽  
Social Infrastructure ◽  
Demographic Development ◽  
Demographic Processes ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Impact

The current situation in the field of demographic development in Russia is characterized by a combination of many heterogeneous factors, the overwhelming majority of which are negative. Thus, the risk is posed by the aging of the population, changes in reproductive behavior, an increase in the demographic burden, a decrease in real incomes of a significant share of the population, etc. Socio-economic factors and living conditions of the population have a significant impact on demographic processes. The article examines the issues of assessing the impact of the level of development of social infrastructure on demographic processes in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. It is pointed out that the current situation is characterized by a high degree of differentiation in all key indicators of regional development, including the relationship between the parameters of demographic development and the development of the social infrastructure of the region. An approach to the grouping of regions, taking into account the interval estimation of each of the considered parameters, is proposed. This approach has been tested on three key parameters of population movement – fertility, mortality and migration. The obtained results of the grouping of regions were used in the formation of a set of regression equations describing the dependence of the values of the parameters of population movement on the level of development of social infrastructure and the group numbers assigned to the regions. In the course of the study, rating assessments of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation were obtained from the standpoint of the parameters under consideration and a mid-term forecast of changes in the population growth rate was formed. Thus, the authors have shown that social infrastructure, acting as a component of the general regional infrastructure, with which people directly interact and which, itself being a reflection of the development of the regional economy, directly affects the reproductive and migratory behavior of Russian citizens.

scholarly journals A TWO-PATCH EPIDEMIC MODEL WITH NONLINEAR REINFECTION

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-48
Author(s):  
JUAN G. CALVO ◽  
ALBERTO HERNÁNDEZ ◽  
MASON A. PORTER ◽  
FABIO SANCHEZ
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Reproduction Number ◽  
Steady States ◽  
Population Heterogeneity ◽  
Population Movement ◽  
Disease Dynamics ◽  
Disease Spreading ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas ◽  
Disease Free

The propagation of infectious diseases and its impact on individuals play a major role in disease dynamics, and it is important to incorporate population heterogeneity into efforts to study diseases. As a simplistic but illustrative example, we examine interactions between urban and rural populations on the dynamics of disease spreading. Using a compartmental framework of susceptible–infected susceptible (SIS) dynamics with some level of immunity, we formulate a model that allows non linear reinfection. We investigate the effects of population movement in a simple scenario: a case with two patches, which allows us to model population movement between urban and rural areas. To study the dynamics of the system, we compute a basic reproduction number for each population (urban and rural). We also compute steady states, determine the local stability of the disease-free steady state, and identify conditions for the existence of endemic steady states. From our analysis and computational experiments, we illustrate that population movement plays an important role in disease dynamics. In some cases, it can be rather beneficial, as it can enlarge the region of stability of a disease-free steady state.

scholarly journals Current role of grasslands in development of agriculture and rural areas in Poland - an example of mountain voivodships małopolskie and podkarpackie

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Halina Jankowska-Huflejt ◽  
Barbara Wróbel ◽  
Stanisław Twardy
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
Mountain Areas ◽  
Current Role ◽  
The Future ◽  
Agriculture Development

Current role of grasslands in development of agriculture and rural areas in Poland - an example of mountain voivodships małopolskie and podkarpackie In paper the current situation of agriculture activity in mountain areas in Poland on the example of two mountain voivodships: małopolskie and podkarpackie was presented. Particular the role of permanent grasslands in development of agriculture and rural areas was highlighted. The tools for support of agriculture development in mountain areas i.e. LFA payments, payments for cow and sheep raising were presented. The future prospects of the development of mountain areas in Poland were showed.

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