scholarly journals Polonia Apartment (Green Architecture)

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 217-225
Author(s):  
Rajaian Edwin F Sinambela ◽  
Nelson M Siahaan
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Western Region ◽  
Terminal Complex ◽  
Green Architecture ◽  
Strategic Trading ◽  
Residential Units ◽  
Strategic Position ◽  
Shelter Construction ◽  
Harmful Effects

Medan City, Indonesia's third largest city with a strategic position as the main gateway of Indonesia in the western region, must prepare itself to develop in facing variousopportunities and challenges as a metropolitan city. Polonia's ex-terminal complex post-relocation Polonia Airport is a region with the high potential to become a strategic trading center in Medan. Taking into consideration the availability of the existing area, the concept of vertical-shelter construction is chosen that can be used as a trading place, office or second residence is known as an apartment. The apartment can be defined as a building consisting of several residential units arranged in stages, and has the same space and facilities, to overcome the problem of density of occupancy rate and limited land in urban areas. Therefore, the concept of "Green Architecture" is considered appropriate to address the environmental issues. Where the concept of green architecture (Green Architecture) is an approach to the building that can minimize the various harmful effects on human health and the environment.

scholarly journals ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AND ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (9SE) ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Mamta Barman
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Environmental Values ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Global Level ◽  
School Students ◽  
Environmental Value ◽  
Nature Awareness ◽  
Sample Age ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Harmful Effects

The real wealth of any nation and any region lies in the wellbeing of its people. The three main problems in the world, are known as three-P-Population, Poverty, and Pollution. Pollution is the main problem of the modern world. The technological inventions and progress has over powered nature, it has also resulted in the thoughtless exploitation of nature. Awareness by educating everyone, to value the nature and maintain the natural environment are important need. A study was conducted a 50 private and govt. female school students to measure the environmental values. Environmental Value Test (Shrivastav& Dubey, 1995) was used to assess the environmental value of the sample age range varied from 16-17 yrs. Findings of the study reveal that there is degree of high environmental value among both urban groups. Eco-club, Vanmahotsava, Exhibitions are popular means of creating awareness about environment. The need of the hour is to discuss environmental issues as our environmental issues, at global level as a sense of duty. To protect the environment from the adverse effects of pollution, many nations worldwide have enacted legislation to regulate various types of pollution to mitigate their harmful effects.

An analysis on housing affordability in Malaysian housing markets and the home buyers’ preference

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 375-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Soon ◽  
Consilz Tan
Keyword(s):  
Housing Policy ◽  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Housing Price ◽  
Housing Markets ◽  
Housing Demand ◽  
Housing Affordability ◽  
Monthly Income ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Residential Units

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the housing preference and housing affordability in Malaysian housing markets. There is a lack of research on the gap between supply and demand of houses in this market. Urbanization has increased the demand of houses in urban areas. However, the high demand in residential units increases the housing price which causes the affordability level dropped. Besides, the residences that provided by developers do not meet the expectation of the home buyers. There are three attributes that examined in this research to understand the home buyers’ preference. Design/methodology/approach This paper provides quantitative analysis on the housing affordability and the home buyers’ preference. This paper presents the results on the home buyers’ housing affordability and buying preference on houses. In addition, the study further confirmed the significant relationship between monthly income and type of preferred house, as well as monthly income and range of housing affordability using cross-tabulation analysis. Findings The findings indicated that the housing price in the current market is not affordable by most of the homebuyers and there are certain attributes that important to home buyers which should not be neglected. Research limitations/implications This paper helps to shed light on the planning of Malaysian housing policy especially on the issue of providing affordable housing in urban areas. Practical implications Policymakers shall consider the elements of economics, social acceptance and feasibility of Malaysian housing policies to achieve sustainability in Malaysian housing markets. With the current government’s move to promote housing affordability amongst B40 income groups, local government and housing developers should work together in addressing housing demand in accordance to states and ensure that there is a more targeted housing policy. Social implications With the detailed analysis on the home buyers’ preference, it helps to promote sustainable housing developments in meeting basic housing needs and preference. Originality/value This is the first study to examine relationship between Malaysian housing affordability with monthly income and type of preferred house. In the meantime, the housing affordability is compared with mean housing price and type of perceived affordable house. The paper presented homebuyer’s preference in housing for the consideration of government and housing developers in providing affordable housing.

scholarly journals Smart Air Quality Monitoring and Sensing Device (SAQM Sensing Device)

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 2787-2792
Author(s):  
Hareetaa Mallani
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Heart Diseases ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Power Requirement ◽  
Premature Deaths ◽  
Response Recovery ◽  
Alert Message ◽  
Mobile Measurement ◽  
Harmful Effects

Abstract: Air pollution is the biggest problem of every nation, whether it is developed or developing. Health problems have been growing at faster rate especially in urban areas of developing countries where industrialization and growing number of vehicles leads to release of lot of gaseous pollutants. Harmful effects of pollution include mild allergic reactions such as irritation of the throat, eyes and nose as well as some serious problems like bronchitis, heart diseases, pneumonia, lung and aggravated asthma. According to a survey, due to air pollution 50,000 to 100,000 premature deaths per year occur in the U.S. alone. LPG sensor is added in this system which is used mostly in houses. The system will show temperature and humidity. The system can be installed anywhere but mostly in industries and houses where gases are mostly to be found and gives an alert message when the system crosses threshold limit. The advantages of the detector, have a reliable stability, rapid response recovery and long-life features. It is affordable, userfriendly, low-cost and minimum-power requirement hardware which is appropriate for mobile measurement, as well as comprehensible data collection

scholarly journals Awareness about harmful effects of cigarette smoking among adolescents in Shamirpet mandal, Hyderabad

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 208
Author(s):  
M. Pavani Varma ◽  
K. S. V. Prasad
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Tobacco Consumption ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Local Setting ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas ◽  
Harmful Effects

Background: Tobacco smoking is habit which usually begins in the adolescent age. It is a risk factor for many non-communicable diseases and mortality can be prevented if smoking is quit.Methods: It is a cross sectional study.2 schools were randomly selected from urban and rural areas in field practice area of Mediciti Institute of Medical Sciences. A GYTS questionnaire is modified to local setting and administered to the students.Results: A total of 367 students were enrolled. The level of awareness regarding harmful effects of tobacco consumption was good. It was 98.85% in urban areas and 94.84% in rural areas.Conclusions: As adolescent is the age of habit forming identification of the problem and correcting it at early stage itself will be beneficial for individuals, family and society. 

scholarly journals Entre a natureza e o artifício: percepções e perspectivas nos projetos para parques urbanos e orlas fluviais na Amazônia

2009 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Mauricio De Brito e Cunha Valladares
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Urban Form ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Nature And Culture ◽  
Secondary Purpose ◽  
City Construction ◽  
Object Of Study

O presente trabalho tem por objeto de estudo a ideia de natureza e, por conseguinte, suas implicações no campo do urbanismo e no processo de construção da cidade. Seu objetivo principal é compreender como essa ideia é capaz de influenciar a forma urbana e, consequentemente, ser transformada por ela, assim como contribuir com o projeto urbano e as políticas públicas na Amazônia. Esta, construída ideologicamente no cerne da dialética entre natureza e cultura, apresenta um fértil campo de análise de temas ambientais. Da mesma forma, os projetos para parques urbanos e orlas fluviais, cuja origem está impregnada deste paradigma, permitem exemplificar distintas relações entre natureza e artifício em sete cidades analisadas na região. Foram verificadas diferentes abordagens projetuais correspondentes, em linhas gerais, aos projetos para orlas fluviais com matizes naturalistas, a projetos de revitalização urbana marcados pela naturalização do artifício, aos parques ecológicos e aos parques lineares interdisciplinares e multifuncionais, que apontam para uma abordagem socioecológica de cidade. Os conflitos discursivos encontrados refletem ambivalências históricas, ao mesmo tempo em que permitem colocar a Amazônia urbana como local privilegiado para a reflexão e possibilidades. Palavras-chave: filosofia da natureza; meio ambiente urbano; cidades amazônicas; projeto urbano. Abstract: The object of study of this paper is the idea of Nature and its relationship with Artifice, and its implications in the field of Urbanism. Whereas the idea that society has given to nature influences the process of city construction, through its actors and its instruments of operation, this study aims to understand how this main idea is able to influence the urban form and thus be transformed by it, producing different approaches. It is also secondary purpose of this research to contribute to urban design and public policies in the Amazon, through discussion between the approaches adopted by different actors in relation to the issue in cities object of analysis, promoting an exchange of experience between them. The Amazon, ideologically constructed in the heart of the dialectic between nature and culture, presents a fertile field of analysis of environmental issues. Similarly, projects for urban parks and waterfronts, whose essence is imbued this paradigm, can illustrate different relationships between nature and artifice in the region, and it can extract the meaning and implications of this relationship for urban planning. It has been found different approaches and movements on reference projects. Broadly speaking, correspond to those projects for river edges with naturalists shades, deployed in areas previously little altered by human presence, the projects of revitalization of consolidated and degraded urban areas, distinct by the naturalization of artifice, the projects for ecological parks aimed at natural preservation and environmental education and the interdisciplinary and multifunctional linear parks, pointing to a socio-ecological urban approach. Discursive contradictions found to reflect this duality along the Amazon history, sometimes recurring ambivalence in heaven and hell, sometimes in pulses of either preserve or develop, sometimes in the dialectic between nature and artifice. If overcoming this dichotomy is possible, or even necessary, the Amazon city presents itself as an exceptional place for discussion of this issue. Keywords: philosophy of nature; urban environment; amazonian cities; urban design.

scholarly journals Oral Health Practices And Status Of 12-Year-Old Pupils In The Western Region Of Cameroon

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashu Michael Agbor ◽  
Thwanche Raissa Kuimo
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Dental Caries ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Western Region ◽  
Enamel Caries ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Western Region ◽  
Deciduous Molars

Dental caries, though common, presents with considerable variation in occurrence between countries, regions within countries, areas within regions, and among social and ethnic groups. The aim of this study was to describe the oral health status and practices of primary school children in the western region of Cameroon. This was a comparative descriptive cross sectional study took place in April to October 2018 in primary schools located in three localities (Urban, semi urban and rural) of the West region of Cameroon using a multistage random (cluster) sampling technique. There were a predominance of female pupils 265(54.9 %) than males 218 (45.1 %) and 411 (85.1 %) of the pupils had toothbrushes with the majority from urban areas 142 (94.7%). The frequency of brushing was higher in urban than the semi-urban and rural areas and 212 (50.5) of them brushed teeth once a day and nearly half 184 (43.8) twice daily. More than half 238 (56.7) of the children brush before breakfast wake up  less than half brush  176 (42%) brush after supper.  Two third 280(66.8%) of the children brush their teeth with toothbrush and without toothpaste 54(39.4%) was higher in rural areas. Wood ash 7 (5.1%), soap 4(2.9%) and chewing sticks 3(2, 2%) were most frequently used for brushing in rural areas. The majority 395 (82 %) of the children had plaque, 73(15.1 %) presented with dental mal positions, 341 (70.6 %) with bleeding gums and 223 (46.2 %) had calculus which was predominant in lower incisors. The prevalence of dental caries in the entire population was 28.1%.The majority of pupils 346 (71.6 %) were caries free and 01 (0.2 %) had a missing tooth due to decay. None of the children presented with filled teeth. The mean DMFT was higher in the rural (0.39) as compared to the semi urban (0.18) and the urban (0.09) respectively. The mean DMFT index of the entire population was 0.28 while 135(27.9%) of the pupils presented with enamel caries which was predominant in the first permanent molar, 19 (47.2%) presented with deep caries mostly in the second deciduous molars and 8 (22.5%) presented with enamel caries on the second deciduous molars. Dental trauma 12 (2.5%) was mostly found in the upper central incisors. More than a third 61(36.1%) of the pupils who presented with gingivitis were from rural areas,43(25,4%) from semi urban, and 40(26.7%) from urban areas. Almost all the children who lived in semi-urban 157(92.9%) and in urban areas 150 (78.7%) consumed cariogenic diets. A third of the children who ate in-between meals lived in urban areas149 (34.2%) while 123 (72.8%) of the children in semi-urban areas were conscious of their oral hygiene, and 61 (37.2%) of the children’s food are controlled by the parents. Only 37 (7.7 %) of the children have done have ever been to a dentist. The prevalence of dental caries, periodontal diseases and other orofacial lesions in the western region of Cameroon was low. Dental caries was found to be higher in rural and urban areas. Collaboration between the ministries of health and basic education is necessary as a measure to institute oral health education in primary schools. This will go a long way to reduce inequalities in oral health by improving in the oral practices.

scholarly journals Wildlife rabies in Western Turkey: the spread of rabies through the western provinces of Turkey

2005 ◽  
Vol 134 (2) ◽  
pp. 369-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. JOHNSON ◽  
H. UN ◽  
A. VOS ◽  
O. AYLAN ◽  
A. R. FOOKS
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Phylogenetic Study ◽  
Western Region ◽  
Western Turkey ◽  
The North ◽  
High Incidence ◽  
Domestic Livestock

The incidence of rabies has decreased in Turkey during recent years. However, an increasing number of rabies cases have been reported in the Aegean (western) region of Turkey. The virus appears to have maintained a foothold in the urban areas of the province of Izmir with only three cases per year being reported during the mid-1990s. Since 2001, the virus has been recorded in the previously rabies-free provinces of Manisa and Aydin. During this epizootic, cases have been reported in both dogs and foxes, and there has been an unusually high incidence of rabies in domestic livestock, especially cattle. This report describes the development of this epizootic and a preliminary phylogenetic study which suggests that the source of this epizootic was likely to have been the residual cases within Izmir rather than a fresh introduction of rabies from foci to the north (Istanbul) and the Eastern provinces of Turkey.

scholarly journals Assessment and risk prevention of air pollution in urban sites

2020 ◽  
Vol 180 ◽  
pp. 04014
Author(s):  
Mariana Panaitescu ◽  
Fanel-Viorel Panaitescu ◽  
Cornel Panait ◽  
Octavia Bardasu ◽  
Viorica-Ani Merla
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Climatic Changes ◽  
Risk Prevention ◽  
Atmospheric Pollutants ◽  
Rural Settlements ◽  
Risk Areas ◽  
Pm2.5 And Pm10 ◽  
Urban Sites ◽  
Harmful Effects

Atmospheric pollution limitation has evolved and evolves continuously, depending on the better knowledge of the harmful effects of the different atmospheric pollutants. The main elements that have led and lead to the continuous revision of the norms are the climatic changes and acid rain associated with atmospheric pollutants. In this context, the paper presents the following aspects: two monitoring regimes aims to evaluate and prevent air pollution in urban areas; was chosen as a monitoring location Constanta city, with strategic points exposed to the risk of pollution. For the monitoring of emissions in these locations, a selfemployed emission analyzer was used. Where there are risk areas, exists a risk analisys with vulnerable locations and values of emissions’s concentrations. There are monitoring CO, CO2, NO2, SO2 emissions and PM2.5 and PM10 in air of urban sites which are exposed to the risk of pollution. Finally, the recorded values are below the maximum permissible limit. The conclusion is that pollution in urban sites can also be a danger to neighboring rural settlements, if there is no strict monitoring thereof.

scholarly journals IMPACT OF NOISE, GAMMA RADIATION AND OTHER GEOPHYSICAL FACTORS ON POPULATION HEALTH

Akustika ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 206-210
Author(s):  
Tamaz Zaks ◽  
Olga Burdzieva ◽  
Vladislav Zaalishvili
Keyword(s):  
Gamma Radiation ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Mountainous Area ◽  
External Influence ◽  
Electric And Magnetic Fields ◽  
Permissible Levels ◽  
Exogenous Factors ◽  
State Of The Environment ◽  
The Town ◽  
Harmful Effects

Public human health is closely interrelated with the ecological state of the environment, which is especially important for urban areas. The article presents research data on the influence of a number of exogenous factors on population of the town of Vladikavkaz, which is an urbanized mountainous area. Morbidity rates of the population in correlation with the levels of noise, gamma radiation, electric and magnetic fields were studied. The analysis of influence of negative exogenous factors (that exceed permissible levels) has been carried out in areas of the town. The results of implementation of the method of medical-ecological-geophysical zoning are given. The groups of diseases, presumably associated with certain types of external influence, are identified, which together requires the development of targeted measures in order to improve public health and reduce the harmful effects of exogenous factors often of technogenic and anthropogenic nature.

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