Integrating Urban Wind Power in Wellington

Wind Farm ◽

Weather Conditions ◽

City Centre ◽

The Public ◽

Heating And Cooling ◽

External Sources ◽

Energy Grid ◽

<p>The aim of my research is to show that a wind powered, environmentally responsive, energy producing building can be integrated in Wellington’s city centre and produce enough electricity to be economically and environmentally feasible. The building should serve as a positive icon for wind energy and allow a high degree of public interaction to promote and educate the public about the benefits of wind produced energy. With enough energy producing buildings the energy grid can be created directly inside the very cities which require the energy, leaving the picturesque untouched landscapes wind farm free. A building which has the ability to create its own energy also bears the responsibility to maximise its energy efficiency and environmental performance. The building must be environmentally responsive allowing it to respond and adapt to changing weather conditions to maximise performance. The main design goal will be environmental performance, which is the quantity of energy exchanged from external sources required to keep a building at a desirable temperature and allow all of the building’s services to operate fully. These include heating and cooling, electrical, plumbing and lighting.</p>

Integrating Urban Wind Power in Wellington

10.26686/wgtn.16985245.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

◽

Collin Crabbe

Keyword(s):

Wind Farm ◽

Weather Conditions ◽

City Centre ◽

The Public ◽

Heating And Cooling ◽

External Sources ◽

Energy Grid ◽

Transforming a Production Demonstration Farm into an Agricultural Learning Landscape

Outlook on Agriculture ◽

10.5367/000000002101293921 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 31 (2) ◽

pp. 87-94 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Charles C. Reith ◽

E. Griff Blakewood

Keyword(s):

Agricultural Sustainability ◽

Outdoor Classroom ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Wildlife Corridor ◽

The Public ◽

Bulletin Boards ◽

University Of Louisiana ◽

The University

Education is essential for improving agriculture, both in productivity and environmental performance. Effective education must reach not just farmers, but also the public and policy makers so that the challenge of agricultural sustainability may be widely appreciated. The University of Louisiana at Lafayette has implemented a sweeping programme of educational improvements to transform a production demonstration farm into an agricultural learning landscape. Key features include instructional signs at overlooks; a discovery trail with activity stations and research bulletin boards; an ‘environmentally responsive’ home with energy-saving innovations; and a wildlife corridor, nature trail and outdoor classroom. The farm has attracted visitors of all ages and interests to learn about agriculture, stewardship and sustainability, whereby food is produced and economic benefit derived, but with no net degradation of earth resources.

Social Reform in America

10.1093/oso/9780199683710.003.0019 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Luke E. Harlow

Keyword(s):

Sexual Difference ◽

Salvation Army ◽

Single Woman ◽

Religious Dissent ◽

Public And Private ◽

Separate Spheres ◽

The Public ◽

Religious Revivals ◽

Anglophone World ◽

Any discussion of nineteenth-century religious Dissent must look carefully at gender. Although distinct from one another in important respects, Nonconformist congregations were patterned on the household as the first unit of God-given society, a model which fostered questions about the relationship between male and female. Ideas of gender coalesced with theology and praxis to shape expectations central to the cultural ethos of Nonconformity. Existing historiographical interpretations of gender and religion that use the separate spheres model have argued that evangelical piety was identified with women who were carefully separated from the world, while men needed to be reclaimed for religion. Despite their virtues, these interpretations suppose that evangelicalism was a hegemonic movement about which it is possible to generalize. Yet the unique history and structures of Nonconformity ensured a high degree of particularity. Gender styles were subtly interpreted and negotiated in Dissenting culture over and against the perceived practices and norms of the mainstream, creating what one Methodist called a ‘whole sub-society’ differentiated from worldly patterns in the culture at large. Dissenting men, for instance, deliberately sought to effect coherence between public and private arenas and took inspiration from the published lives of ‘businessmen “saints”’. Feminine piety in Dissent likewise rested on integration, not separation, with women credited with forming godly communities. The insistence on inherent spiritual equality was important to Dissenters and was imaged most clearly in marriage, which transcended the public/private divide and supplied a model for domestic and foreign mission. Missionary work also allowed for the valorization and mobilization of distinctive feminine and masculine types, such as the single woman missionary who bore ‘spiritual offspring’ and the manly adventurer. Over the century, religious revivals in Dissent might shift these patterns somewhat: female roles were notably renegotiated in the Salvation Army, while Holiness revivals stimulated demands for female preaching and women’s religious writing, making bestsellers of writers such as Hannah Whitall Smith. Thus Dissent was characterized throughout the Anglophone world by an emphasis on spiritual equality combined with a sharpened perception of sexual difference, albeit one which was subject to dynamic reformulation throughout the century.

Multi-occupation segregation through London's tube network

Environment and Planning A Economy and Space ◽

10.1177/0308518x211027172 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 0308518X2110271

Author(s):

Yao Shen ◽

Yiyi Xu ◽

Zhuoya Huang

Keyword(s):

Public Space ◽

Transport System ◽

Public Transport ◽

Social Performance ◽

Modern Society ◽

City Centre ◽

Segregation Index ◽

The Public ◽

Public Transport System ◽

Transfer Stations

As an extension of public space, the public transport system in modern society is an arena for cross-group interactions. Uncovering social segregation in public transport space is an essential step in shaping a socially sustainable transport system. Based on 2011 origin–destination flow data for London, we simulate the working flows between each pair of connected tube stations for every occupation with minimised transfer times and travelling hours and calculate the multi-occupation segregation index for all tube stations and segments. This segregation index captures the density and diversity aspects of the working population. The results demonstrate that segregation levels vary significantly across stations, lines, and segments. Transfer stations and tube segments in the city centre do not necessarily have lower levels of segregation. Those stations or segments close to a terminus can also be socially inclusive, e.g., Heathrow. Victoria is the line with the lowest levels of segregation, and Green Park is the most socially inclusive station during commuting peaks. The proposed mapping approach demonstrates the spatial complexity in the social performance of the public transport system and provides a tool for implementing relevant policy with improved precision.

AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO IDENTIFY KEY INDUSTRIES: ISSUES TO SELECTION CRITERIA

Journal of Business Economics and Management ◽

10.3846/16111699.2012.734327 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 577-598

Author(s):

Abul Quasem Al-Amin ◽

Abdul Hamid Jaafar

Keyword(s):

Selection Criteria ◽

Public Investment ◽

Correct Identification ◽

The Public ◽

Study Approach ◽

Sectoral Planning ◽

Alternative Approach ◽

The Subject ◽

Key Industries ◽

Within a process of modeling exercise, this study aimed to understand appropriate selection criteria to identify key industries. There are many key sector identification linkage measures in the subject matter and sensitivity issue among them can be tricky because many of these measures differ only slightly but can result in outcomes that are quite dissimilar. With this background, we proposed an alternate approach that helps to resolve this issue. The proposed approach utilizes in this study by five sub-methods and high degree of the frequency of their occurrences in sub-methods to determine the key sectors. The study approach is applied to Malaysia as the public sector investment remains a large share in the national economy, like other developing countries, and the correct identification is still a challenge for sectoral planning. The experiences from this study can be used to guide appropriate public investment in Malaysia and elsewhere with similar economic forms.

The effects of flooding and weather conditions on leptospirosis transmission in Thailand

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-020-79546-x ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Sudarat Chadsuthi ◽

Karine Chalvet-Monfray ◽

Anuwat Wiratsudakul ◽

Charin Modchang

Keyword(s):

Sensitivity Analysis ◽

Public Education ◽

Mathematical Models ◽

Disease Transmission ◽

Transmission Rate ◽

Weather Conditions ◽

Transmission Dynamics ◽

Multiplication Rate ◽

High Degree ◽

Transmission Models

AbstractThe epidemic of leptospirosis in humans occurs annually in Thailand. In this study, we have developed mathematical models to investigate transmission dynamics between humans, animals, and a contaminated environment. We compared different leptospire transmission models involving flooding and weather conditions, shedding and multiplication rate in a contaminated environment. We found that the model in which the transmission rate depends on both flooding and temperature, best-fits the reported human data on leptospirosis in Thailand. Our results indicate that flooding strongly contributes to disease transmission, where a high degree of flooding leads to a higher number of infected individuals. Sensitivity analysis showed that the transmission rate of leptospires from a contaminated environment was the most important parameter for the total number of human cases. Our results suggest that public education should target people who work in contaminated environments to prevent Leptospira infections.

Shedding Light on the Factors That Influence Residential Demand Response in Japan

Energies ◽

10.3390/en14102795 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (10) ◽

pp. 2795

Author(s):

Nikolaos Iliopoulos ◽

Motoharu Onuki ◽

Miguel Esteban

Keyword(s):

Demand Response ◽

Primary Data ◽

Willingness To Participate ◽

The Public ◽

Related Information ◽

Direct Load Control ◽

Integration Of Renewables ◽

Residential Demand ◽

Demand Response Programs ◽

Energy Grid

Residential demand response empowers the role of electricity consumers by allowing them to change their patterns of consumption, which can help balance the energy grid. Although such type of management is envisaged to play an increasingly important role in the integration of renewables into the grid, the factors that influence household engagement in these initiatives have not been fully explored in Japan. This study examines the influence of interpersonal, intrapersonal, and socio-demographic characteristics of households in Yokohama on their willingness to participate in demand response programs. Time of use, real time pricing, critical peak pricing, and direct load control were considered as potential candidates for adoption. In addition, the authors explored the willingness of households to receive non-electricity related information in their in-home displays and participate in a philanthropy-based peer-to-peer energy platform. Primary data were collected though a questionnaire survey and supplemented by key informant interviews. The findings indicate that household income, ownership of electric vehicles, socio-environmental awareness, perceived sense of comfort, control, and complexity, as well as philanthropic inclinations, all constitute drivers that influence demand flexibility. Finally, policy recommendations that could potentially help introduce residential demand response programs to a wider section of the public are also proposed.

Studies of the Industrial Geography Commission of the Polish Geographical Society ◽

Headquarters of Large Enterprises in the Spatial Structure of Major Polish Cities

10.24917/20801653.25.10 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 25 ◽

pp. 178-193

Author(s):

Przemysław Śleszyński

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Spatial Structure ◽

Ownership Structure ◽

High Order ◽

City Centre ◽

Spatial Concentration ◽

The Public ◽

Large Company ◽

Central Business Districts ◽

The City

The paper is based on the author’s monograph (Śleszyński, 2008). It presents the analysis of enterprise headquarters’ locations in eight largest Polish cities (Warsaw, Szczecin, The Tricity [Gdańsk–Gdynia–Sopot], Poznań, Łódź, Wrocław, Katowice and Krakow). The study primarily involved data from the Hoppenstedt Bonnier database for the year 2004, concerning 3810 entities whose overall revenue exceeded the minimum of 15.6 million PLN. The businesses were analysed in terms of their location with respect to the city centre, as well as the differentiation of revenues, line of business and ownership structure. The analyses helped in the formulation of the basic regularities of the location distribution. For instance, it was found that spatial concentration is most significant in the case of the largest enterprises, the public sector and more advanced businesses, particularly high-order services.The location of large company headquarters, as well as their mutual connections, performs one of the key roles (or even the most important one) in the development of Central Business Districts in Polish cities during transformation.

The Public Debt of Ukraine and the Budget Expenditure for Its Service

Statistics of Ukraine ◽

10.31767/su.1(80).2018.01.04 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 80 (1) ◽

pp. 30-39 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

T. H. Bondaruk ◽

O. S. Bondaruk ◽

N. Yu. Melnychuk

Keyword(s):

Public Debt ◽

Debt Management ◽

Public Budget ◽

Sharp Drop ◽

The Public ◽

Debt Burden ◽

Debt Dynamics ◽

External Sources ◽

Public Debt Management ◽

Made In

the public debt is deepened, the visions of the public debt as a phenomenon burdening the national economy, found in various schools of economics, are reviewed. It is demonstrated that the high internal and external dept in parallel with the respectively growing expenditure for its service is a pressing problem for Ukraine, calling for an urgent solution. This raises the need for seeking ways to improve the public debt management mechanisms. The article’s objective is to deepen the theoretical and methodological framework for assessment of the public debt in Ukraine and the budget expenditures for its service. It is demonstrated that the public debt in Ukraine results from the public budget deficit, high sovereign borrowing from internal and external sources. The econometric assessment of the time series on budget expenditures for debt service and repayment in Ukraine is given. The analysis of the public debt dynamics in Ukraine shows that not only the increasing volume of public debt and State-guarantee debt, but also the increasing budget expenditures on its service and repayment are dangerous. The high deficit of public budget is persisting, which growth is caused, inter alia, by the payment commitments. The expenditures on service and repayment of public debt constitute a large share in the public budget expenditures. Forecasting calculations made in the article demonstrate the upward tendency in the public budget expenditures on repayment and service of the public debt of Ukraine, thus signaling the growing threats to the budget security of Ukraine. The main factors for the rapidly increased debt burden in Ukraine over the latest years are identified: the considerable devaluation of domestic currency (Hryvnya), sharp drop in GDP, the shrinking internal consumer demand, etc. It is demonstrated that the risk of the increasing payments for service of public debt is an essential and chronic factor generating problems in public finances and affecting the budget security of Ukraine.

Design Strategies for Green Practice

Journal of Green Building ◽

10.3992/jgb.1.4.11 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 1 (4) ◽

pp. 11-27 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Andrew Scott

Keyword(s):

Performance Monitoring ◽

Green Building ◽

Green Buildings ◽

Design Practice ◽

Design Strategies ◽

Unique Character ◽

Current Context ◽

Effective Design

Should green buildings not only work differently, but also look, feel, and be conceived differently? The emergence of LEED accreditation as the leading form of environmental performance monitoring and its associated points and checklist format can mask the necessity for architectural projects to have focused and effective design strategies that integrate sustainability with the design process. Green accountability does not always go hand in hand with architectural quality: a good building is certainly not necessarily a green building, while a green building is not always a good work of architecture. So it becomes important to recognize the unique character and possibilities in each project and then to develop environmentally responsive concepts that support and enhance the form of the architecture. This article discusses the current context for “Green Design Practice” through a series of quite different design assignments where the focus is upon enabling the design to emerge from the recognition of the “environmental and sustainability potential.”