Town Massive Garbage –To - Energy for Maputo City in Mozambique Thesis

The growing development nowadays on Mozambique is directly associated to the crescent industrialization and the increasing number of the population on enormous cities of the Nation, what needs more electrical energy and produce more garbage; uncontrolled and putting it in a challenge to face this scenario. Maputo City is facing huge problem with the Town Massive Garbage (TMG), without the structure to treat it, which deposited in the open dumpsite out of normal conditions, contributing for many diseases and environment impact, when it is burnt or it burns spontaneously, the subterranean water body is contaminated with leachate (methane); and proximately 72% of population or citizens have not electrical energy. The intention of this task is principally to turn the Town Massive Garbage into electrical energy in Maputo City the capital of the country, taking on the different technologies according to the garbage’s conditions and increase the capacity of energy which is approximately to 20% on the Country and to reduce the impact of environment from the landfill and, the number of landfill and dumpsites, working and attempting to achieve the sustainable development goals. The country has been recording constant interruptions of power supply due to increased energy demand resulting from the development of their Citizen, construction of new industrial, hotel and Office building together with housing. The motivations is to apply garbage as other innocuous source of power or energy, knowing that in the country mainly hydropower and solar, wind, biomass in a small quantity, coal, fuel are vanishing; reduce the impact of environment, global warm and ailments caused by it. The methodologies used to achieve the objectives are thermodynamics, heat transfer expressions and the COCO-OPEN simulation methodology to predate the energy generate from the composition and quantity of MSW. The results illustrates the possibility to enforce Town massive Garbage as source of energy or power, clearly taking in account the track conditions, as the heating value of it is nearly equal to the coal value which has been used to generate energy in many plants around the world. Municipal solid waste should be the future source of electricity to many developing countries if they create the structure to deal with it, treating, separating in different categories, controllin

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Financial Institutions’ Risk Profile and Contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13147738 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (14) ◽

pp. 7738

Author(s):

Nicolás Gambetta ◽

Fernando Azcárate-Llanes ◽

Laura Sierra-García ◽

María Antonia García-Benau

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Financial Institutions ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Sustainability Reporting ◽

Risk Profile ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Corporate Reporting ◽

2030 Agenda ◽

Development Goals ◽

The Impact

This study analyses the impact of Spanish financial institutions’ risk profile on their contribution to the 2030 Agenda. Financial institutions play a significant role in ensuring financial inclusion and sustainable economic growth and usually incorporate environmental and social considerations into their risk management systems. The results show that financial institutions with less capital risk, with lower management efficiency and with higher market risk usually make higher contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to their sustainability reports. The novel aspect of the present study is that it identifies the risk profile of financial institutions that incorporate sustainability into their business operations and measure the impact generated in the environment and in society. The study findings have important implications for shareholders, investors and analysts, according to the view that sustainability reporting is a vehicle that financial institutions use to express their commitment to the 2030 Agenda and to higher quality corporate reporting.

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THE ROLE OF HARMONIZATION OF ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE THE RATING OF RUSSIA IN THE INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL COMPARISONS IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND ICT

Электросвязь ◽

10.34832/elsv.2020.7.6.008 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Н.П. РЕЗНИКОВА ◽

Г.С. АРТЕМЬЕВА ◽

Д.В. КАЛЮГА

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

International Telecommunication Union ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

International Telecommunication ◽

Development Goals ◽

The Russian Federation ◽

Ict Development ◽

The Impact

Представлены основные направления для поиска путей улучшения рейтинга Российской Федерации в международных статистических сопоставлениях в сфере электросвязи/ИКТ с учетом необходимости гармонизации разнообразных направлений деятельности, связанных с оценкой влияния электросвязи/ИКТ на достижение Целей устойчивого развития, а также с появлением Нового индекса Международного союза электросвязи (МСЭ) взамен Индекса развития ИКТ(IDI). OThe main directions for finding ways to improve the rating of the Russian Federation in international statistical comparisons in the field of telecommunications/ICT are presented, taking into account the need to harmonize various activities related to assessing the impact of telecommunications/ICTs on achieving the sustainable development goals, as well as the advent of the new International Telecommunication Union Index instead of the ICT Development Index (IDI).

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Child development and disability

Oxford Textbook of Global Health of Women, Newborns, Children, and Adolescents ◽

10.1093/med/9780198794684.003.0038 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 195-199

Author(s):

Richard Rosch ◽

Michelle Heys ◽

Hannah Kuper

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Global Health ◽

Developmental Outcomes ◽

Intervention Strategies ◽

Childhood Development ◽

Developmental Potential ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Development Goals ◽

The Impact

Worldwide, many children do not meet their developmental potential. This is particularly the case in LMICs and especially affects children living with disability. Thus, improving developmental attainment and reducing the impact of disability has now become an integral part of many of the sustainable development goals. This chapter introduces several tools currently available to measure both childhood development, and the effects of disability. Using examples from current research in global health this chapter introduces both known effective intervention strategies that improve developmental outcomes, and highlights challenges and future priorities for further research. These points are further illustrated using epilepsy as a case study, highlighting how the interaction of biomedical, psychosocial, and socioeconomic factors impacts on childhood development.

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Impact of Rooftop PV Shading on Net Electrical Energy Demand of Buildings in Pakistan

Science Proceedings Series ◽

10.31580/sps.v3i1.1942 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 45-49

Author(s):

Muhammad Umar Maqbool ◽

Arslan Dawood Butt ◽

Abdul Rauf Bhatti ◽

Yawar Ali Sheikh ◽

Muhammad Waleed Asif

Keyword(s):

Energy Demand ◽

Heat Load ◽

Layer Structure ◽

Electrical Energy ◽

Position Angle ◽

Net Energy ◽

Ambient Conditions ◽

Pv System ◽

Roof Structure ◽

The Impact

This work performs a quantitative assessment of the impact of rooftop PV installation on building’s net energy demand using model of roof structure and steady state thermal simulations. For this purpose, roof structure typically used in Faisalabad, Pakistan is modeled with and without the shading effect due to a 395 W commercial rooftop PV setup. The simulated parameters include the impact of PV module’s dimensions, mounting position/angle alongside roof size and ambient conditions on heat load of air-conditioning system to maintain a temperature of 25 °C within building’s top floor. During the daylight hours of July, the heat load added by the roof on average reduces from 150.87 BTU/h/m2 without PV to 118.16 BTU/h/m2 with PV structure. This 20.05% reduction in energy demand has been achieved with July’s maximum daytime solar and infrared irradiances of 792.2 W/m2 and 466 W/m2 recorded at an average ambient temperature of 35.5 °C and wind speed of 2.75 m/s. This study provides valuable data on optimization of roof layer structure during building’s construction in anticipation of PV system installation at a later stage. Also developed techniques/methods to reduce building’s energy budget due to PV installation, can be valuable input for construction industry as well.

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Regulation of land relations: the regulatory aspect in terms of modern legislative changes

Ekonomika APK ◽

10.32317/2221-1055.202106089 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 320 (6) ◽

pp. 89-100

Author(s):

Ihor Sabii

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Rural Development ◽

Land Management ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Sustainable Rural Development ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Land Relations ◽

Development Goals ◽

The Impact

The purpose of the article is to assess the impact of existing legislative initiatives in the field of agricultural land turnover on the possibility of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Ukraine and the implementation of land management based on an inclusive model of sustainable rural development. Research methods. The following methods were used: dialectical methods of cognition of processes and phenomena; empirical method (based on a comprehensive assessment of the current state of regulation of land relations in agriculture); comparative analysis method; abstract-logical (theoretical generalizations and formulation of conclusions). Research results. Established in the process of analysis of laws and bills on land reform and regulation of market circulation of agricultural land, adopted and registered in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine during 2020 - the first half of 2021, their impact on the level of viability and competitiveness of individuals, farmers, family farms, small and medium-sized agricultural enterprises in the new legal and economic conditions. Scientific novelty. The influence of individual legislative initiatives in the field of agricultural land turnover on the possibility of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Ukraine and the introduction of land management based on an inclusive model of sustainable rural development has been determined. Practical significance. The calculation of the amount of the minimum tax liability (MTL) for each region of Ukraine, taking into account the normative monetary value of the arable land, was carried out and its impact on the economic situation of small and medium-sized agricultural producers was assessed. Figs.: 6. Refs.: 38.

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The contribution of tourism towards a more sustainable and inclusive society: key guiding principles in times of crisis

Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes ◽

10.1108/whatt-07-2020-0065 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (6) ◽

pp. 679-689

Author(s):

Carla Cardoso

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Business Practices ◽

International Organisations ◽

Content Type ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Development Goals ◽

Guiding Principles ◽

Inclusive Society ◽

The Impact ◽

Practical Implications

Purpose At a time when tourism is embarking on the path to recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, this paper aims to put forward a set of principles guiding the development of tourism to enable global society to become more inclusive and sustainable. Design/methodology/approach This paper adopted a descriptive design using views and data mainly published by 11 international organisations and specialised agencies between March and mid-June 2020. Content analysis was carried out to enable the research to identify features and the presence of challenges for tourism within international organisations’ documents and leaders’ speeches to compare them. Findings The results revealed that there are five key principles that may have a significant impact on tourism development, suggesting that these could be adopted for building a more inclusive and sustainable economy, while mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 crisis. Practical implications Adopting the five key principles recommended in this paper can help tourism to emerge stronger and in a more sustainable way from COVID-19 or other future crises. Equally, this can incite changes in policies, business practices and consumers’ and locals’ behaviours with a view to building a truly sustainable sector. Originality/value This study helps to reconfirm existing knowledge in the COVID-19 context by highlighting five guiding principles that can help tourism players to respond to this crisis disruption and future ones via transformative innovation. In doing so, these will also be contributing to the achievement of the ideals and aims of the Sustainable Development Goals.

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How accurate are modelled birth and pregnancy estimates? Comparison of four models using high resolution maternal health census data in southern Mozambique

BMJ Global Health ◽

10.1136/bmjgh-2018-000894 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4 (Suppl 5) ◽

pp. e000894

Author(s):

Yolisa Prudence Dube ◽

Corrine Warren Ruktanonchai ◽

Charfudin Sacoor ◽

Andrew J Tatem ◽

Khatia Munguambe ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Spatial Resolution ◽

Input Data ◽

Census Data ◽

Healthcare Services ◽

Perinatal Health ◽

Prediction Errors ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Administrative Unit ◽

Development Goals ◽

The Impact

BackgroundExistence of inequalities in quality and access to healthcare services at subnational levels has been identified despite a decline in maternal and perinatal mortality rates at national levels, leading to the need to investigate such conditions using geographical analysis. The need to assess the accuracy of global demographic distribution datasets at all subnational levels arises from the current emphasis on subnational monitoring of maternal and perinatal health progress, by the new targets stated in the Sustainable Development Goals.MethodsThe analysis involved comparison of four models generated using Worldpop methods, incorporating region-specific input data, as measured through the Community Level Intervention for Pre-eclampsia (CLIP) project. Normalised root mean square error was used to determine and compare the models’ prediction errors at different administrative unit levels.ResultsThe models’ prediction errors are lower at higher administrative unit levels. All datasets showed the same pattern for both the live birth and pregnancy estimates. The effect of improving spatial resolution and accuracy of input data was more prominent at higher administrative unit levels.ConclusionThe validation successfully highlighted the impact of spatial resolution and accuracy of maternal and perinatal health data in modelling estimates of pregnancies and live births. There is a need for more data collection techniques that conduct comprehensive censuses like the CLIP project. It is also imperative for such projects to take advantage of the power of mapping tools at their disposal to fill the gaps in the availability of datasets for populated areas.

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Exploring the impact of economic and sociopolitical development on people’s health and well-being: A case study of the Karanga people in Masvingo, Zimbabwe

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies ◽

10.4102/hts.v72i4.3491 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 72 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Sophia Chirongoma

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Healthcare Providers ◽

Well Being ◽

Faith Healing ◽

Sociopolitical Development ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Western Development ◽

Development Goals ◽

The Impact ◽

Health And Well Being

Through an exploration of the collapse of the Zimbabwean health delivery systems during the period 2000–2010, this article examines the Karanga people’s indigenous responses to utano (health and well-being). The first section explores the impact of Zimbabwe’s economic and sociopolitical development on people’s health and well-being. The next section foregrounds the ‘agency’ of the Karanga community in accessing and facilitating health care, especially their utilisation of multiple healthcare providers as well as providing health care through indigenous remedies such as traditional medicine and faith-healing. In line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 3 which aspires to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages, the concluding section offers insights for developing an indigenous Karanga theology of utano utilising communal resources and illustrating that the concept of ‘development’ should not be confined to rigid Western development perspectives.

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Migration, Diasporas, Remittances and the Sustainable Development Goals in Least Developed Countries

Journal of Globalization and Development ◽

10.1515/jgd-2019-0006 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Keith Nurse

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Least Developed Countries ◽

Developmental Potential ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Money Transfer ◽

Development Goals ◽

Contemporary Development ◽

The Impact

Abstract Migration, diasporas and the growth of remittances are key contemporary development trends which impact directly the lives of one in seven persons and often some of the most vulnerable and as such are critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda of “leaving no one behind”. Migration is captured in four Goals and five Targets in the SDGs however it is argued that the developmental potential of migration for LDCs is an underexploited asset. The paper offers critical perspectives on the SDGs targets by analysing the impact of remittances (including South-South remittances) and other financial investments such as diaspora savings and bonds. The analysis then focusses on financial innovation through the growth of money transfer organizations in LDCs (i.e. Haiti, Tonga and Bangladesh) and the rise of mobile money. The impact of these trends on financial inclusion and the banking of unbanked populations is then considered. The paper concludes with some key recommendations and insights.

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