scholarly journals Assessmentof the sensitivity of rural fresh water and sanitation to the climate change – a case study in Can Gio district

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (6) ◽  
pp. 214-224
Author(s):  
Ngoc Tuan Le
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Fresh Water ◽  
Water And Sanitation ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Development Objectives ◽  
Assessing Sensitivity

This work aimed at calculating and assessing sensitivity (S) to the climate change (CC) of the rural fresh water and sanitation (RFWS), a case study in Can Gio for the period of 2014 – 2025, by index (via 12 indicators), survey, and professional adjustment methods. Results showed that, in 2014, the S index of the whole district was 40.7 (medium low level), ranging from 29–58 among 7 communes (according to medium low to medium high levels). Binh Khanh had the highest S index, 58 points (2014), followed by An Thoi Dong, Tam Thon Hiep, and Long Hoa. For the period of 2020–2030, S indices of the district tend to decrease (35.3 and 33.9, respectively), ranging from low to medium low levels among the communes. This work also reviewed strengths and weaknesses in the sensitivity to CC of RFWS in the local, pointing out and prioritizing 7 defected links as the basis for establishing solutions to mitigate the S to CC of the system, serving the sustainable development objectives of the local.

scholarly journals Perception and Knowledge on Climate Change: A Case Study of University Students in Bangladesh

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bezon Kumar ◽  
Arif Ibne Asad ◽  
Purnima Banik
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
University Students ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The University ◽  
Change Problem

This paper mainly investigates the perception and knowledge on climate change of the university students in Bangladesh. To carry out this study, primary data are collected from 370 students and uses several statistical methods. Perception and knowledge on the causes, effects and mitigation ways of climate change problems, and perceived duties to combat against climate change are analyzed with descriptive statistics. This paper finds that deforestation is the main cause of global warming and climate change and, the effects of climate change is very serious on people’s health. Majority portion of the students think that it is difficult to combat against climate change problem because it has already been too late to take action. Besides this study also finds that government is crucially responsible for combating against climate change problem. The study calls for government mainly besides industry and youths to aware people about the causes, effects, mitigation ways of climate change so that they can contribute to the sustainable development by mitigating climate change problem.

scholarly journals A STUDY OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION IN INDIA UNDER THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS 2030

2019 ◽  
pp. 12-20
Author(s):  
Dr. Basanta Kalita
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Addis Ababa ◽  
Paris Declaration ◽  
Water And Sanitation ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Sanitation Services ◽  
Development Goals

The SDGs agenda is the outcome of a series of international conferences on the issue of environmental sustainability. A principle of common and differentiated responsibility was endorsed by the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (1992) and the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20 (2012). The political commitments from the world leaders were confirmed during the 3rd International Conference on Financing for Development held in Addis Ababa in July 2015 for a common policy on sustainable development. The goals are broad based and interdependent. Finally the Paris Declaration on Climate Change (2016) paved the way for the adoption of a comprehensive list of goals to be achieved by 2030. Each of the 17 sustainable development goals has a list of targets which are measured with indicators and are interdependent. The present study will be confined to the 6th goal which is ensuring “Clean water and Sanitation” in the Indian context. KEYWORDS: SDGs agenda, Climate Change, employment, sanitation services

Tourists' Awareness of World Heritage

2020 ◽  
pp. 249-268
Author(s):  
Claudia Helena Henriques ◽  
Isabel Teotónio
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Academic Background ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Key Variables ◽  
Level Of Knowledge

This chapter offers an in-depth analysis of cultural tourism and namely of tourists' awareness of Portuguese World Heritage (WH). In accordance, firstly, there is the discussion of a theoretical framework associated to a cultural role and cultural identity in the sustainable development of tourism is presented. Secondly, it follows a case study approach based on the evaluation of Algarvian tourists' awareness of Portuguese WH. A questionnaire was applied in the Algarve region with the aim to determine the importance of cultural motivation and the level of knowledge regarding Portuguese culture by tourists. The results of this exploratory analysis underline the growing importance of cultural motivation and the recognition of culture's importance in the sustainable development of destinations. However, it also shows the low level of cultural motivation by Algarvian tourists as well as the low level of Portuguese WH knowledge, namely by foreign tourists. Nationality, age, academic background are key variables in tourism knowledge about Portuguese culture.

scholarly journals Assessment of the adaptive capacity to the climate change of rural fresh water and sanitation – A case study in Can Gio district

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (T3) ◽  
pp. 97-108
Author(s):  
Tuan Ngoc Le
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Adaptive Capacity ◽  
Fresh Water ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Water And Sanitation ◽  
Main Indicator ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
Economic Development Plan ◽  
High Level

This work aimed at calculating and assessing the adaptive capacity (AC) to the climate change (CC) of the rural fresh water and sanitation (RFWS), a case study in Can Gio for the period of 2014–2025. By index, survey, and professional adjustment methods, the AC index was considered and evaluated via two main indicator groups: infrastructures (6 indicators) and humans (13 indicators). Results show that Binh Khanh has the highest AC index, 57 points–medium high level, with strengths in infrastructure, especially in the human indicator group. The management of local government, transportation system, or social services are the highlights here. AC index in Can Thanh is runner-up with 55 points - medium high level. However, different from Binh Khanh, strengths in Can Thanh come from infrastructure group. AC indices of Ly Nhon, Tam Thon Hiep, Thanh An, Long Hoa, and An Thoi Dong are at medium low level, ranging from 43–49. By 2020, 2025, AC index increase following the increase in water supply and drainage network, social and economic development plan. This work also review strengths and weaknesses in CC adaptive capacity of RFWS in the local, supplying the basis for establishing solutions to mitigate CC impacts.

scholarly journals The Price of Farmland as a Factor in the Sustainable Development of Czech Agriculture (A Case Study)

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (14) ◽  
pp. 5622
Author(s):  
Tomáš Seeman ◽  
Karel Šrédl ◽  
Marie Prášilová ◽  
Roman Svoboda
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Soil Erosion ◽  
Interest Rates ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Significant Growth ◽  
Legislative Changes

Each year, around 2% of the four million hectares of farmland in Czechia changes owners. However, after years of significant growth in prices, a slowdown in pace and demand is expected. Rising interest rates, a strengthening of the crown and legislative changes in 2018 have influenced the price of farmland. Yet the prices of farmland in Czechia are a third of those in the countries of Western Europe, and so it still represents an interesting opportunity for investors. Currently, land is bought primarily by the farmers who work it. In Czechia, 80% of farmers farm on hired land, and rent increases are starting to be an issue for many of them. The return on the investment in agricultural land is currently around 50 years for an owner and 25 years for a farmer working the land. As research has shown, the price of farmland is an important factor in the sustainable development of agriculture in Czechia, along with the greening of production and the fight against soil erosion and the effects of climate change.

scholarly journals ASSESSING CLIMATE CHANGE EXPOSURE OF RURAL FRESH WATER AND SANITATION – A CASE STUDY IN CANGIO DISTRICT

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Le Ngoc Tuan ◽  
Hoang Xuan Tran
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Fresh Water ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Index Method ◽  
Water And Sanitation ◽  
Assess Climate Change ◽  
Gis Methods ◽  
Hierarchy Process

By index method associated with professional adjustment, analytic hierarchy process (AHP), data collection, and GIS methods, the study aimed to assess climate change (CC) exposure (E) of rural fresh water and sanitation (RFWS) via 7 indicator groups (including temperature, precipitation, wind, saltwater intrusion -SI, drought, riverbank landslide, and inundation), a case study in Can Gio district (Ho Chi Minh city) in the period of 2015-2025. Exposure indices to CC of RFWS in Can Gio district would be almost at medium-low levels (E = 33 – 53) and tend to increase gradually from the infield to riverside areas, from land to sea. The highest E distributed in Thanh An, Long Tau riverside, and Phu Loi island. Some locations, having low E index but located in residential areas with plenty of infrastructures, could be more vulnerable, such as Nha Be riverside (Binh Khanh), Dong Dinh outfall, Tac Suot wharf (in Mieu Nhi, Mieu Ba -Can Thanh town), and Soai Rap riverside (Ly Nhon), and thus need taking into concerns. 

CURRENT SITUATION OF MANAGEMENT OF LIFE SKILLS EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES TO RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND PREVENTION OF DISASTER FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN THE ETHNIC MINORITIES BOARDING HIGH SCHOOLS OF THE NORTHWESTERN AREA AND ISSUES HAS BEEN POSED

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vu Thi Thu Trang
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Disaster Prevention ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Northwestern Region

Through survey results on the status of management of life skills education activities to cope with climate change and disaster prevention for the sustainable development of local communities in the ethnic minority boarding high schools in the Northwestern region from 2013 to 2018, the author deeply analyzed and assessed the strengths, weaknesses, causes of strengths and weaknesses of the management of education activities on life skills to cope with climate change and disaster prevention for the sustainable development of local communities for ethnic minority students at boarding high schools for ethnic minorities in the Northwestern region in the present period and the issues raised.

Global Health and International Development

2018 ◽  
pp. 216-235
Author(s):  
Andrew Harmer ◽  
Jonathan Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Economic System ◽  
International Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Global Population

This chapter explores the relationship between international development and global health. Contrary to the view that development implies ‘good change’, this chapter argues that the discourse of development masks the destructive and exploitative practices of wealthy countries at the expense of poorer ones. These practices, and the unregulated capitalist economic system that they are part of, have created massive inequalities between and within countries, and potentially catastrophic climate change. Both of these outcomes are detrimental to global health and the millennium development goals and sustainable development goals do not challenge these dynamics. While the Sustainable Development Goals acknowledge that inequality and climate change are serious threats to the future of humanity, they fail to address the economic system that created them. Notwithstanding, it is possible that the enormity and proximity of the threat posed by inequality and global warming will energise a counter movement to create what Kate Raworth terms ‘an ecologically safe and socially just space’ for the global population while there is still time.

scholarly journals 13.D. Workshop: SDGs in the focus of environmental and health issues

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
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Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The World ◽  
Environmental And Health Issues ◽  
The Impact

Abstract This workshop is dedicated on SDGs in the focus of environmental and health issues, as very important and actual topic. One of the characteristics of today's societies is the significant availability of modern technologies. Over 5 billion (about 67%) people have a cellphone today. More than 4.5 billion people worldwide use the Internet, close to 60% of the total population. At the same time, one third of the people in the world does not have access to safe drinking water and half of the population does not have access to safe sanitation. The WHO at UN warns of severe inequalities in access to water and hygiene. Air, essential to life, is a leading risk due to ubiquitous pollution and contributes to the global disease burden (7 million deaths per year). Air pollution is a consequence of traffic and industry, but also of demographic trends and other human activities. Food availability reflects global inequality, famine eradication being one of the SDGs. The WHO warns of the urgency. As technology progresses, social inequality grows, the gap widens, and the environment continues to suffer. Furthermore, the social environment in societies is “ruffled” and does not appear to be beneficial toward well-being. New inequalities are emerging in the availability of technology, climate change, education. The achievement reports on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also point out to the need of reviewing individual indicators. According to the Sustainable Development Agenda, one of the goals is to reduce inequalities, and environmental health is faced by several specific goals. The Global Burden of Disease is the most comprehensive effort to date to measure epidemiological levels and trends worldwide. It is the product of a global research collaborative and quantifies the impact of hundreds of diseases, injuries, and risk factors in countries around the world. This workshop will also discuss Urban Health as a Complex System in the light of SDGs. Climate Change, Public Health impacts and the role of the new digital technologies is also important topic which is contributing to SDG3, improving health, to SDG4, allowing to provide distance health education at relatively low cost and to SDG 13, by reducing the CO2 footprint. Community Engagement can both empower vulnerable populations (so reducing inequalities) and identify the prior environmental issues to be addressed. The aim was to search for public health programs using Community Engagement tools in healthy environment building towards achievement of SDGs. Key messages Health professionals are involved in the overall process of transformation necessary to achieve the SDGs. Health professionals should be proactive and contribute to the transformation leading to better health for the environment, and thus for the human population.

scholarly journals A Framework for Assessing Commitment Indicators in Sustainable Development Decisions

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 5234
Author(s):  
Mustafa S. Al-Tekreeti ◽  
Salwa M. Beheiry ◽  
Vian Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Capital Projects ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Corporate Leaders ◽  
Corporate Decisions ◽  
Waste Energy ◽  
Infrastructure Project

Numerous decision support systems have been developed to address the decision-making process in organizations. However, there are no developed mechanisms to track commitment down the line to the decisions made by corporate leaders. This paper is a portion of a study that establishes a framework for a comprehensive metric system to assess commitment to Sustainable Development (SD) decisions down the line in capital projects, and sets the groundwork for further development of performance indicators for SD outcomes. This ultimately leads to investigating the relationship between commitment to corporate decisions and better project performance in SD parameters. Hence, this study explores the literature to extract relevant parameters that reflect the degree of the project participants’ commitment to SD decisions and to develop commitment indicators. The study created then validated an index to track this commitment along the project stages: the Sustainable Development Commitment Tracking Tool (SDCTT). The SDCTT was tested on an infrastructure project case study. In this paper, techniques relevant to the first stage of projects (planning and definition) are presented. The SDCTT is the groundwork for the future development of performance indicators for SD outcomes, and within the postulated model should ultimately contribute towards reducing project waste, energy use, and carbon emissions.

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