scholarly journals ADDRESSING PRESENT CHALLENGES IN THE LIFE-CYCLE OF WETLANDS MANAGEMENT TO SUCCESSFULLY INTEGRATE SUSTAINABILITY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-60
Author(s):  
Judita Tomaškinová ◽  
Ján Tomaškin ◽  
Hubert Theuma ◽  
Andrés F. Alcántara Valero ◽  
Vincent Attard
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Management Effectiveness ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Dimensional Assessment ◽  
Whole Life Cycle ◽  
Life Cycle Process

The assessment of management effectiveness during the whole life-cycle process of protected areas (PAs) has become increasingly important, due to the lack of holistic background assessment work on management processes leading to a deeper knowledge of sustainable development (SD) principles. This paper aims to serve as a practical guide through a gradation model of integrated protected area management (IPAM) by carrying out an exhaustive trans-dimensional assessment of management effectiveness, identifying a critical field of activities and developing a framework mix of strategic recommendations leading to the implementation of an effective planning process. Our results could aid in the prioritisation of key decisions towards a more in-depth understanding of how to set up a balanced IPAM, as well as to enable managers and decision-makers to focus on activities that can further pre-established aims and reach the goal of five-dimensional sustainability in terms of SD and good governance.

The impact of the absence of planning laws on the capacity of the centers of the cities

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Mufeed E. Shouk
Keyword(s):  
Coming Out ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Foreign Investments ◽  
Service Projects ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Investment Process ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

All Iraqi cities also Erbil city are particularly significant growth since 2005 and so far because of great opening that took place and an increase in rates of economic growth which was reflected in the per capita income and the development of infrastructure and public services. Because of the big shortage in all kinds of service projects, residential and entertainment. decision maker adopting the idea of ​​investing in these areas and to develop and improve the reality after coming out of economic crises caused by wars over the country in general and the events experienced by the city of Irbil, in particular, and for the work and construction, attracting foreign investments had to be set up a facilities to investment firms and investors for the success of  the process decision makers  try to find the laws of planning or change the laws planning in according  to the wishes of investors and to stimulate the investment process and thus develop and improve services and meet the requirements without referring to the main reasons that the laws has set for it.  As is well known to urban planners that the laws designed to protect the uses of the land where you are trying to stop any abuses would confuse the planning process.

System of Sustainable Construction Based on Project Whole Life Cycle Management

2011 ◽  
Vol 403-408 ◽  
pp. 2093-2097 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Juan She ◽  
Ya Hui Zhu ◽  
Qian Huang
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Life Cycle Management ◽  
Sustainable Construction ◽  
Project Life Cycle ◽  
Construction Products ◽  
Process System ◽  
Managing System ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Project Life ◽  
Whole Life Cycle

As the result of construction products impact on the environment, the study of sustainable construction has become the high topic. Base on project life cycle management, from the sustainable management content and construction process, the managing system and process system of sustainable construction are set up in this paper following with some practiced methods.

Toward a Roadmap to E-Government for a Better Governance Toward a Roadmap to E-Government for a Better Governance

2013 ◽  
pp. 1771-1799
Author(s):  
Driss Kettani ◽  
Bernard Moulin ◽  
Asmae El Mahdi
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Government Project ◽  
Governance Process ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Dissemination Of Technology

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have a tremendous potential to improve the quality of people’s livelihood in general and especially in the developing countries. They can boost business, support education and health systems and also enhance the governance that is a major and vital factor in the development process. It is commonly agreed that e-Government systems enhance governance, but, unfortunately, there is a lack of empirical evidence to build upon this hypothesis, which, legitimately, creates reluctance among key decision makers, slows down the dissemination of technology as a decision support tool and as development enabler/infrastructure and contribute to the very dangerous phenomena known as the digital divide. In the context of Fez e-Government Project, that is being led in Morocco, in a close collaboration with the municipality of the Moroccan city of Fez, authors have developed a pilot e-Government system that facilitates citizens’ access to governmental information and services. From the outset of this 30 months project, the goal was to collect and analyze experimental data in order to see how the development/deployment of e-government systems impacted the governance process. This research has set up a methodology that emphasizes good governance at each step of an e-Government project and enables the researchers to continuously assess the outcomes of the resulting e-Gov system on governance. The ultimate goal is to reduce, as much as possible, the reluctance of politicians and decision makers and to contribute in the dissemination of technology for development purposes thru a scientific and proven methodology that systematically links e-Government outcomes to good governance attributes. In this chapter, authors present the main phases of this methodology and lessons learned during the e-Fez Project. This approach may benefit similar projects, especially in developing countries that are willing to create and deploy e-Government systems for the benefit of their citizens.

VR Enhanced Scenario Technique Supporting the Early Phases of Factory Planning

2013 ◽  
Vol 769 ◽  
pp. 343-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Weidig ◽  
Nicole Menck
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Immersive Virtual Reality ◽  
Flexible Production ◽  
Factory Planning ◽  
Industrial Companies ◽  
Uncertain Future ◽  
Scenario Technique ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Early Phases

Industrial companies have to face fast changing markets and increasing customer demands regarding individual configuration of products. Within this turbulent environment initially defined planning circumstances and assumptions are no longer reliable over the whole factory life-cycle. As one approach to react on such uncertainties, flexible production planning is considered. Factories should be able to adapt according to changing demands and suit to even unforeseen constraints. To allow such flexibility, the factory planning process must be executed with special attention on the early phases. While setting up the key objectives and establishing the project basis, a focus on flexibility has to be mandatory. The constraints on which planning bear on need to be defined, but also their adaptation over the factory life-cycle must be considered. To overcome this dilemma of required level of detail but concurrent uncertain future estimations, scenario technique is proposed as a method in strategic company management. This paper deals with the extension of the scenario technique to be applicable during factory planning as one operative method in the early phases of ‘preparation’ and ‘structure planning’. By using immersive Virtual Reality (VR) tools, a visualization component will be added. This will make future scenarios more graspable for multi-domain planning teams and serve as a mean of communication on which decision making can be set up.

Energy Calculation Model of Concrete Based on Life Cycle Assessment

2011 ◽  
Vol 287-290 ◽  
pp. 1217-1220
Author(s):  
Ping Gong
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Calculation Model ◽  
Energy Calculation ◽  
Inventory Analysis ◽  
Life Cycle Theory ◽  
Energy Consumption Analysis ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Whole Life Cycle

The energy consumption of concrete is considered as the research object,and the life cycle theory is applied in the energy consumption analysis of concrete. the life cycle energy consumption inventory analysis of concrete is set up,the concrete’s whole life cycle is divided into four stage. Each stage’s energy consumption is carried out a detailed analysis. Based on the inventory analysis, an energy calculation model of concrete is established .

A LCA Model for Cleaner Production Performance Measurement

2012 ◽  
Vol 599 ◽  
pp. 400-403
Author(s):  
Zheng Ying Cai ◽  
Ren Bin Xiao ◽  
Jia Heng Li
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Closed Loop ◽  
Reference Model ◽  
Cleaner Production ◽  
Production Performance ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Order Preference ◽  
Performance System ◽  
Whole Life Cycle

In cleaner production, all management processes of member enterprises come into being a closed-loop operation which needs integrated evaluation and effectively quantitative analysis tool. A Life Cycle model of cleaner production based on popular and practicable supply- chain operations reference model is built here, whose closed-loop framework structure and process decomposition ensure management performance of a multi-layered cleaner production system. Based on its performance system, operational performances are measurable and form an insightful conceptual framework that can be used to guide operation coordination in the whole life cycle of cleaner production. To measure and integrate performances including costs and benefits in different kinds of members, a Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) based on Vague set is employed. For application, a cleaner production case is simplified for illustration.

Toward a Roadmap to E-Government for a Better Governance

2010 ◽  
pp. 435-464
Author(s):  
Driss Kettani ◽  
Bernard Moulin ◽  
Asmae El Mahdi
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Government Project ◽  
Governance Process ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Dissemination Of Technology

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have a tremendous potential to improve the quality of people’s livelihood in general and especially in the developing countries. They can boost business, support education and health systems and also enhance the governance that is a major and vital factor in the development process. It is commonly agreed that e-Government systems enhance governance, but, unfortunately, there is a lack of empirical evidence to build upon this hypothesis, which, legitimately, creates reluctance among key decision makers, slows down the dissemination of technology as a decision support tool and as development enabler/infrastructure and contribute to the very dangerous phenomena known as the digital divide. In the context of Fez e-Government Project, that is being led in Morocco, in a close collaboration with the municipality of the Moroccan city of Fez, authors have developed a pilot e-Government system that facilitates citizens’ access to governmental information and services. From the outset of this 30 months project, the goal was to collect and analyze experimental data in order to see how the development/deployment of e-government systems impacted the governance process. This research has set up a methodology that emphasizes good governance at each step of an e-Government project and enables the researchers to continuously assess the outcomes of the resulting e-Gov system on governance. The ultimate goal is to reduce, as much as possible, the reluctance of politicians and decision makers and to contribute in the dissemination of technology for development purposes thru a scientific and proven methodology that systematically links e-Government outcomes to good governance attributes. In this chapter, authors present the main phases of this methodology and lessons learned during the e-Fez Project. This approach may benefit similar projects, especially in developing countries that are willing to create and deploy e-Government systems for the benefit of their citizens.

scholarly journals Integration of LCA in the Planning Phases of Adaptive Buildings

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (16) ◽  
pp. 4299
Author(s):  
Schlegl ◽  
Honold ◽  
Leistner ◽  
Albrecht ◽  
Roth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Adaptive Systems ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Building Structures ◽  
German Research Foundation ◽  
Reduction Of Emissions ◽  
Whole Life Cycle

The high consumption of resources in the building industry requires a significant reduction of material in buildings and consequently a reduction of emissions over all phases of the life cycle. This is the aim of the Collaborative Research Centre 1244 Adaptive Skins and Structures for the Built Environment of Tomorrow, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), which addresses research on the development and integration of adaptive systems in building structures and skins. New approaches in building planning are required for the implementation of adaptive buildings. Therefore, a multidisciplinary team from various fields such as architecture, civil and mechanical engineering, and system dynamics is necessary. The environmental impacts of the whole life cycle have to be considered for an integral planning process for adaptive buildings right from the beginning. For the integration of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), four temporal and content-related interfaces were identified in the planning process. Inputs and outputs of the LCA were defined for the relevant planning stages in order to enable the greatest possible benefit for the planners and to minimize the environmental impacts as far as possible. The result of the research work is a methodology that can be used in the future to reduce life cycle-related environmental impacts in the planning process of adaptive buildings (ReAdapt).

Whole Life Cycle Energy-Saving Measures of Large-Scale Public Building

2011 ◽  
Vol 71-78 ◽  
pp. 4923-4926 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rong Jie Fang ◽  
Yun Bo Zhang ◽  
Deng Min Shen ◽  
Yong He ◽  
Li Wen Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Public Building ◽  
Planning And Design ◽  
Save Energy ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Whole Life Cycle

Large-scale public building has high energy consumption and has great potential in saving it. It is necessary to do research on the calculation of energy consumption and raise some methods to save energy of large-scale public building. Basing on the theory of whole life cycle, the energy consumption of large-scale public building was analysed and the whole life cycle energy saving system was set up. What's more, it emphasized the importance of energy saving design at the stage of planning and design. Meanwhile, the paper not only analysed the whole life cycle energy saving contents and calculation formulas of large-scale public building by taking advantage of LCEA model, but also proposed some corresponding measures to save energy.

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