scholarly journals Methodology towards defining multi-scalar attributes of sustainability indicators in historical urban areas: assessment tool development

2015 ◽  
pp. 81-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Nayer ◽  
D. Abdel Fattah
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Sustainability Indicators ◽  
Tool Development

scholarly journals Estimating the cost and effectiveness of different STI management strategies for sex workers in Madagascar

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Workers ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Medical Visits ◽  
Syndromic Approach ◽  
The Cost

In Madagascar, the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is a serious public health problem, particularly among sex workers. A Horizons study conducted in 2000 found approximately two-thirds of female sex workers had an STI, although few were infected with HIV. Since the link between STIs and transmission of HIV has been well established, affordable strategies to manage STIs among sex workers need to be developed. Study investigators also assessed STI management practices in health facilities in two urban areas of Madagascar. Health practitioners were using a syndromic approach, which may be appropriate for managing certain STIs in the general population but is less appropriate for sex workers who may have multiple, often asymptomatic infections. Diagnosing STIs with laboratory tests would make medical visits prohibitively expensive. Researchers developed a risk profile for various STIs based on characteristics of women that present with each STI, such as age, number of partners, symptoms. The investigators hypothesized that a risk assessment tool using these profiles would result in more appropriate and effective STI treatment for sex workers. This summary presents a cost-effectiveness analysis of different strategies to manage STIs among sex workers in Madagascar.

A Web-Based Team-Oriented Medical Error Communication Assessment Tool: Development, Preliminary Reliability, Validity, and User Ratings

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Kim ◽  
Doug Brock ◽  
Carolyn D. Prouty ◽  
Peggy Soule Odegard ◽  
Sarah E. Shannon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Error ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Tool Development ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Communication Assessment ◽  
User Ratings

scholarly journals Impact Assessment of Urban Flood on Traffic Disruption using Rainfall–Depth–Vehicle Speed Relationship

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 926 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyung-Su Choo ◽  
Dong-Ho Kang ◽  
Byung-Sik Kim
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Transportation Network ◽  
Flood Damage ◽  
Target Area ◽  
Vehicle Speed ◽  
Urban Flood ◽  
Socioeconomic Impacts ◽  
Flood Depth ◽  
Driving Speed

The transportation network enables movement of people and goods and is the basis of economic activity. Recently, short-term locally heavy rains occur frequently in urban areas, causing serious obstacles to road flooding and increasing economic and social effects. Therefore, in advanced weather countries, many studies have been conducted on realistic and reliable impact forecasting by analyzing socioeconomic impacts, not just information transmission as weather forecasts. In this paper, we use the Spatial Runoff Assessment Tool (S-RAT) and Flood Inundation model (FLO-2D model) to calculate the flooding level in urban areas caused by rainfall and use the flooding rate. In addition, the rainfall–flood depth curve and the Flood–Vehicle Speed curve were presented during the analysis, and the traffic disruption map was prepared using this. The results of this study were compared with previous studies and verified by rainfall events in 2011. As a result of the verification, the result was similar to the actual flooding, and when the same rainfall occurred within the range of the target area, it was confirmed that there were sections that could not be passed and sections that could be passed smoothly. Therefore, the results suggested in this study will be helpful for the driver’s route selection by using the urban flood damage analysis and vehicle driving speed analysis.

scholarly journals Computational Bottom-Up Vulnerability Indicator for Low-Income Flood-Prone Urban Areas

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (16) ◽  
pp. 4341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edna M. Rodríguez-Gaviria ◽  
Sol Ochoa-Osorio ◽  
Alejandro Builes-Jaramillo ◽  
Verónica Botero-Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Multiple Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Traditional Approach ◽  
Computational Method ◽  
Urban Territories ◽  
Vulnerability Indicator

This study presents the implementation of a methodology for the formulation of a vulnerability indicator for low-income urban territories in flood-prone areas, for two flood types: Sudden and slow. The methodology developed a computational assessment tool based on the Multiple Correspondence Analysis and the framework for vulnerability analysis in sustainable science. This approach uses participatory mapping and on-site data. The data collection was easily implemented with free software tools to facilitate its use in low-income urban territories. The method combines the evaluation of experts using the of the traditional approach for the qualification of the variables of vulnerability in its three components (exposure, susceptibility, and resilience), and incorporates a computational method of the correspondence analysis family to formulate the indicators of vulnerability. The results showed that the multiple correspondence analysis is useful for the identification of the most representative variables in the vulnerability assessment, used for the construction of spatial disaggregated vulnerability indicators and therefore the development of vulnerability maps that will help in the short term in disaster risk management, urban planning, and infrastructure protection. In addition, the variables of the susceptibility component are the most representative regardless of the type of flooding, followed by the variables of the exposure component, for sudden flood-prone territories, and the resilience component for slow flood-prone territories. Our findings and the computational tool can facilitate the prioritization of improvement projects and flood risk management on a household, neighborhood, and municipal level.

A wetland ecosystem service assessment tool; Development and application in a tropical peatland in Uganda

2019 ◽  
Vol 103 ◽  
pp. 434-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlie Langan ◽  
Jenny Farmer ◽  
Mike Rivington ◽  
Paula Novo ◽  
Jo U. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Service ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Tool Development ◽  
Wetland Ecosystem ◽  
Tropical Peatland ◽  
Ecosystem Service Assessment

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Competency Assessment Tool: development of a procedure-specific assessment tool for colonoscopy

2014 ◽  
Vol 79 (5) ◽  
pp. 798-807.e5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catharine M. Walsh ◽  
Simon C. Ling ◽  
Nitin Khanna ◽  
Mary Anne Cooper ◽  
Samir C. Grover ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Competency Assessment ◽  
Tool Development ◽  
Specific Assessment
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