scholarly journals Here Comes the Flood, but Not Failure? Lessons to Learn after the Heavy Rain and Pluvial Floods in Germany 2021

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 3016
Author(s):  
Alexander Fekete ◽  
Simone Sandholz
Keyword(s):  
Data Exchange ◽  
Critical Infrastructure ◽  
Heavy Rain ◽  
German Society ◽  
The Public ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
High Death ◽  
Blame Culture ◽  
Infrastructure Failure ◽  
The City

Floods are a known natural hazard in Germany, but the amount of precipitation and ensuing high death toll and damages after the events especially from 14 to 15 July 2021 came as a surprise. Almost immediately questions about failure in the early warning chains and the effectiveness of the German response emerged, also internationally. This article presents lessons to learn and argues against a blame culture. The findings are based on comparisons with findings from previous research projects carried out in the Rhein-Erft Kreis and the city of Cologne, as well as on discussions with operational relief forces after the 2021 events. The main disaster aspects of the 2021 flood are related to issuing and understanding warnings, a lack of information and data exchange, unfolding upon a situation of an ongoing pandemic and aggravated further by critical infrastructure failure. Increasing frequencies of flash floods and other extremes due to climate change are just one side of the transformation and challenge, Germany and neighbouring countries are facing. The vulnerability paradox also heavily contributes to it; German society became increasingly vulnerable to failure due to an increased dependency on its infrastructure and emergency system, and the ensuing expectations of the public for a perfect system.

scholarly journals ANDROID-BASED EVENT INFORMATION APPLICATION IN THE CITY OF MAKASSAR USING LOCATION BASED SERVICE TECHNOLOGY

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 44
Author(s):  
Andi Ghalib Muh Dziaulhaq
Keyword(s):  
Location Based Service ◽  
The Public ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Event Information ◽  
Android Platform ◽  
Event Location ◽  
The City

Android Based Event Information App in Makassar City using Location Based Sevice technology is an application that provides information about event information, especially in the city of Makassar by utilizing the Android platform. This research is based on the background because there are still many people who do not know the information about events that are ongoing or will be held in the city of Makassar. That is due to the lack of information obtained and the lack of a forum to convey information about the spread of events easily. The purpose of this research is to build an event information application to help the public receive event information quickly and easily, to help people find the route to the event they want with the help of Location-Based Service technology with use of the android platform to convey event information so that it can be accessed whenever and wherever they want. This research produces an Android-based Event Information Application that helping people get event information with 70% testing results and making it easier for people to find routes to the event location according to their wishes by using technology Location-Based Service with a percentage of 60% strongly agrees.

PENYULUHAN KESEHATAN DI TENGAH PANDEMI COVID-19 PADA MASYARAKAT DESA CICINDE UTARA

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 36-39
Author(s):  
Nadya Putri Saylendra
Keyword(s):  
Community Service ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
City Center ◽  
The Public ◽  
Social Sanctions ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
The City ◽  
Health Discipline

Penyuluhan ini dilakukan untuk memberikan edukasi kepada masyarakat terkait protokol kesehatan di tengah pandemi covid 19 dan mengupayakan hidup sehat sehari-hari. Banyaknya warga yang lalai dengan menjaga diri dari penularan virus menambah jumlah pasien ODP (Orang Dalam Pantauan), khususnya wilayah Kecamatan Banyusari menjadi alasan rasional Desa Cicinde Utara dijadikan sebagai tempat pengabdian dan juga karena jarak yang cukup jauh dari pusat kota dan minimnya informasi terkait pandemi covid 19. Upaya yang telah dilakukan ialah sinegritas dosen dan mahasiswa dengan instansi petugas kesehatan Desa Cicinde Utara mengedukasi wajib pakai masker serta akibat yang ditimbulkan karena tidak memakai masker. Sanksi yang diberikan untuk memupuk kesadaran menggunakan masker adalah sanksi sosial, yaitu menyapu jalanan dan membersihkan lingkungan. Hasil yang terlihat adalah kedisiplinan warga untuk memakai masker mulai meningkat. Memakai masker yang baik (bukan scuba) adalah upaya dini dari kita untuk melindungi orang yang kita sayangi, mari mekakai masker dan mulai melakukan pola hidup sehat. Kata kunci—pengabdian, masker, kesehatan, kedisiplinan, covid19 This community service is carried out to provide education to the public regarding health protocols in the midst of the Covid 19 pandemic and strive for a healthy daily life. The number of residents who are negligent in protecting themselves from spreading the virus increases the number of ODP (People Under Monitoring) patients, especially the Banyusari District area, which is a rational reason for North Cicinde Village to be used as a place of service and also because it is quite far from the city center and the lack of information related to the Covid pandemic. 19. Efforts that have been made are the synergy of lecturers and students with the health officers of Cicinde Utara Village to educate on the compulsory use of masks and the consequences of not wearing masks. The sanctions given to cultivate awareness of wearing masks are social sanctions, namely sweeping the streets and cleaning the environment. The visible result is that citizens' discipline to wear masks has begun to increase. Wearing a good mask (not a scuba material) is an early effort from us to protect our loved ones, let's wear a mask and start living a healthy lifestyle. Keywords—community service, mask, health, discipline, covid 19

Hospitals: N.Y. Appellate Court Denies Move to Privatize Public Hospital

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-203
Author(s):  
Robert Chatham
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Public Health System ◽  
Municipal Hospital ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Benefit ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Benefit Corporation ◽  
The City

The Court of Appeals of New York held, in Council of the City of New York u. Giuliani, slip op. 02634, 1999 WL 179257 (N.Y. Mar. 30, 1999), that New York City may not privatize a public city hospital without state statutory authorization. The court found invalid a sublease of a municipal hospital operated by a public benefit corporation to a private, for-profit entity. The court reasoned that the controlling statute prescribed the operation of a municipal hospital as a government function that must be fulfilled by the public benefit corporation as long as it exists, and nothing short of legislative action could put an end to the corporation's existence.In 1969, the New York State legislature enacted the Health and Hospitals Corporation Act (HHCA), establishing the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) as an attempt to improve the New York City public health system. Thirty years later, on a renewed perception that the public health system was once again lacking, the city administration approved a sublease of Coney Island Hospital from HHC to PHS New York, Inc. (PHS), a private, for-profit entity.

Perancangan Boneka Edukasi Terinspirasi oleh Pencipta Boneka Si Unyil

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azhari Amri
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Urban Culture ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Rural Region ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The City ◽  
Simple Materials

Film Unyil puppet comes not just part of the entertainment world that can be enjoyed by people from the side of the story, music, and dialogue. However, there is more value in it which is a manifestation of the creator that can be absorbed into the charge for the benefit of educating the children of Indonesia to the public at large. The Unyil puppet created by the father of Drs. Suyadi is one of the works that are now widely known by the whole people of Indonesia. The process of creating a puppet Unyil done with simple materials and formation of character especially adapted to the realities of the existing rural region. Through this process, this research leads to the design process is fundamentally educational puppet inspired by the creation of Si Unyil puppet. The difference is the inspiring character created in this study is on the characters that exist in urban life, especially the city of Jakarta. Thus the results of this study are the pattern of how to shape the design of products through the creation of the puppet with the approach of urban culture.

Towards a Customized¬ Awareness Campaign to Educate the Public about COVID-19: Development and Validation of a Messaging Campaign to Promote Precautionary Behavior Using Geospatial Intelligence in Saudi Arabia (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mayda Alrige ◽  
Hind Bitar Bitar ◽  
Maram Meccawi ◽  
Balakrishnan Mullachery
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Awareness Campaign ◽  
Artificial Intelligence Technique ◽  
The Public ◽  
High Infection ◽  
Local Map ◽  
The City ◽  
Intelligence Technique

BACKGROUND Designing a health promotion campaign is never an easy task, especially during a pandemic of a highly infectious disease, such as Covid-19. In Saudi Arabia, many attempts have been made toward raising the public awareness about Covid-19 infection-level and its precautionary health measures that have to be taken. Although this is useful, most of the health information delivered through the national dashboard and the awareness campaign are very generic and not necessarily make the impact we like to see on individuals’ behavior. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to build and validate a customized awareness campaign to promote precautionary health behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. The customization is realized by utilizing a geospatial artificial intelligence technique called Space-Time Cube (STC) technique. METHODS This research has been conducted in two sequential phases. In the first phase, an initial library of thirty-two messages was developed and validated to promote precautionary messages during the COVID-19 pandemic. This phase was guided by the Fogg Behavior Model (FBM) for behavior change. In phase 2, we applied STC as a Geospatial Artificial Intelligence technique to create a local map for one city representing three different profiles for the city districts. The model was built using COVID-19 clinical data. RESULTS Thirty-two messages were developed based on resources from the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia. The enumerated content validity of the messages was established through the utilization of Content Validity Index (CVI). Thirty-two messages were found to have acceptable content validity (I-CVI=.87). The geospatial intelligence technique that we used showed three profiles for the districts of Jeddah city: one for high infection, another for moderate infection, and the third for low infection. Combining the results from the first and second phases, a customized awareness campaign was created. This awareness campaign would be used to educate the public regarding the precautionary health behaviors that should be taken, and hence help in reducing the number of positive cases in the city of Jeddah. CONCLUSIONS This research delineates the two main phases to developing a health awareness messaging campaign. The messaging campaign, grounded in FBM, was customized by utilizing Geospatial Artificial Intelligence to create a local map with three district profiles: high-infection, moderate-infection, and low-infection. Locals of each district will be targeted by the campaign based on the level of infection in their district as well as other shared characteristics. Customizing health messages is very prominent in health communication research. This research provides a legitimate approach to customize health messages during the pandemic of COVID-19.

The Search for Order in Municipal Administration: Herman A. Metz and the New York City Experience, 1898–1909

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-74
Author(s):  
Ryan P. McDonough ◽  
Paul J. Miranti ◽  
Michael P. Schoderbek
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
York City ◽  
Internal Controls ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
The Public ◽  
Operational Activities ◽  
The City

ABSTRACT This paper examines the administrative and accounting reforms coordinated by Herman A. Metz around the turn of the 20th century in New York City. Reform efforts were motivated by deficiencies in administering New York City's finances, including a lack of internal control over monetary resources and operational activities, and opaque financial reports. The activities of Comptroller Metz, who collaborated with institutions such as the New York Bureau of Municipal Research, were paramount in initiating and implementing the administrative and accounting reforms in the city, which contributed to reform efforts across the country. Metz promoted the adoption of functional cost classifications for city departments, developed flowcharts for improved transaction processing, strengthened internal controls, and published the 1909 Manual of Accounting and Business Procedure of the City of New York, which laid the groundwork for transparent financial reports capable of providing vital information about the city's activities and subsidiary units. JEL Classifications: H72, M41, N91. Data Availability: Data are available from the public sources cited in the text.

Religious Markets, Capital Markets, and Church Finances in Industrializing America

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Baldwin
Keyword(s):  
Capital Markets ◽  
Detailed Examination ◽  
Social Stability ◽  
Religious Institutions ◽  
Moral Norms ◽  
The Public ◽  
Nineteenth Century America ◽  
Protestant Churches ◽  
Church Finances ◽  
The City

A number of scholars in recent years have turned to market models to describe religion in nineteenth-century America, arguing that competition among churches largely accounts for the nation’s relative religious vitality. However, a detailed examination of one religious ‘marketplace’—the city of Lowell, Massachusetts—demonstrates the limits of such interpretations. First, such scholars fail to capture the ways that Protestant churches functioned as an interdenominational de facto establishment, co-operating in the shared project of promoting the public good and defending moral norms. Also, to the extent that churches did compete, they competed for money, as much as for adherents. In doing so, they appropriated new methods accompanying the expansion of capitalism, competing for funds in nascent capital markets. Thus, churches appealed to individuals not primarily as consumers of religious goods, but as potential investors in religious institutions, and presented churches as both safe and profitable investments and bulwarks of social stability.

Conclusion

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Llano
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Social Conflict ◽  
Musical Performance ◽  
The Public ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
Musical Practices ◽  
The Media ◽  
The City

As is described in this conclusion, more than the media and culture, Madrid’s public space constituted the primary arena where reactions and attitudes toward social conflict and inequalities were negotiated. Social conflict in the public space found expression through musical performance, as well as through the rise of noise that came with the expansion and modernization of the city. Through their impact on public health and morality, noise and unwelcomed musical practices contributed to the refinement of Madrid’s city code and the modernization of society. The interference of vested political interests, however, made the refining of legislation in these areas particularly difficult. Analysis of three musical practices, namely, flamenco, organilleros, and workhouse bands, has shown how difficult it was to adopt consistent policies and approaches to tackling the forms of social conflict that were associated with musical performance.

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