Gender Ideologies and Climate Risk

2022 ◽  
pp. 914-929
Author(s):  
Kareem Buyana ◽  
Shuaib Lwasa ◽  
Peter Kasaija
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Energy ◽  
Gender Ideologies ◽  
Climate Risks ◽  
Alternative Energy Sources ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Climatic Hazards ◽  
Dry Spells ◽  
Climate Uncertainty ◽  
Neighborhood Scale

Although African cities are nodes of scalable solutions to climate uncertainty, adaptation efforts rarely build on the gender-climate nexus for sustainability. This article examines how gender ideologies intersect with climate risks, based on case study findings from Kampala in Uganda. Climatic hazards in Kampala include prolonged dry spells and seasonal floods; which destroy infrastructure, contaminate air and lead to unprecedented spread of cholera and malaria. Both conventional and emancipatory gender ideologies are characteristic of how the gender-climate nexus shapes adaptation at neighborhood scale. Women, as custodians of domestic hygiene, navigate the health risks of flooding through trade-offs among competing uses of their time and labour, as men comply with the masculinity code of family safety to repair flooded homes and drainages. Emancipatory gender ideologies on the other hand are manifested by women's and men's agency to adopt alternative energy sources and urban greening that have potential for sustainability.

Gender Ideologies and Climate Risk

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kareem Buyana ◽  
Shuaib Lwasa ◽  
Peter Kasaija
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Energy ◽  
Urban Greening ◽  
Gender Ideologies ◽  
Climate Risks ◽  
Alternative Energy Sources ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Climatic Hazards ◽  
Dry Spells ◽  
Neighborhood Scale

Although African cities are nodes of scalable solutions to climate uncertainty, adaptation efforts rarely build on the gender-climate nexus for sustainability. This article examines how gender ideologies intersect with climate risks, based on case study findings from Kampala in Uganda. Climatic hazards in Kampala include prolonged dry spells and seasonal floods; which destroy infrastructure, contaminate air and lead to unprecedented spread of cholera and malaria. Both conventional and emancipatory gender ideologies are characteristic of how the gender-climate nexus shapes adaptation at neighborhood scale. Women, as custodians of domestic hygiene, navigate the health risks of flooding through trade-offs among competing uses of their time and labour, as men comply with the masculinity code of family safety to repair flooded homes and drainages. Emancipatory gender ideologies on the other hand are manifested by women's and men's agency to adopt alternative energy sources and urban greening that have potential for sustainability.

Sustainable Cinema

2018 ◽  
pp. 82-100
Author(s):  
Scott Hessels
Keyword(s):  
Natural Environment ◽  
Alternative Energy ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Art Making ◽  
Power Sources ◽  
Moving Image ◽  
Optical Illusions ◽  
Alternative Energy Sources

Beyond mere inspiration, a subset of artists have given the natural world a more influential role in the outcome of their work. By harnessing the physics, biology, and ecology of the natural environment as artistic tools, they have used natural phenomena as a co-creator in their art-making practices. This use of natural force impacting the actual form of an artwork can also extend into moving image arts. Sustainable Cinema is a series of kinetic public sculptures that merge natural power sources with early optical illusions to create a moving image. The variations within this series now cover seven distinct image generating systems, multiple animation narratives, and several alternative energy sources. This chapter reviews each sculpture in form, content and site and discusses how collectively they create a case study for a larger perspective on culture's relationship with the forces of nature and the materiality of the moving image.

scholarly journals Influence of ambience temperature and operational-constructive parameters on landfill gas generation: Case study Novi Sad

2010 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 555-564
Author(s):  
Goran Vujic ◽  
Nebojsa Jovicic ◽  
Maja Petrovic-Djurovic ◽  
Dejan Ubavin ◽  
Branka Nakomcic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Energy ◽  
Landfill Gas ◽  
Energy Utilization ◽  
Gas Generation ◽  
Methane Generation ◽  
Alternative Energy Sources ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Novi Sad ◽  
Resources Exploitation

Researches in the area of landfill gas generation and energy utilization are currently underway and widespread in the world for several reasons: reducing effects of greenhouse gases, possibilities for utilizing alternative energy sources, reducing conventional energy resources exploitation, and environmental protection. First part of this research is conducted with an aim to establish the influence of meteorological parameters, primarily ambience temperature, on the methane generation processes at Novi Sad landfill. The second part of the research refers to functional characteristics of landfill such as the waste age, closing practice, and the age of certain parts of landfill body, as well as the waste depth and quantity of generated methane. Based on several years of investigation, it is concluded that methane generation varies in the range of 0-34 vol.% m3/m3, and that seasonal variations have significant influence on methane generation. At low temperatures, during winter, methane generation and migration is stagnant while in summer periods, due to higher temperatures, the process of methane generation is more intensive.

DESENVOLVIMENTO DE UM SISTEMA DE CARACTERIZAÇÃO DAS CARGAS COMO AUXÍLIO DE DECISÃO NA ADESÃO DA MELHOR MODALIDADE TARIFÁRIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 14-26
Author(s):  
Elberto Carmo ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Energy ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Demand Curve ◽  
Electricity Sector ◽  
Consumer Attitude ◽  
Load Curve ◽  
Fundamental Factor ◽  
Alternative Energy Sources ◽  
Demand Curves

The Brazilian electricity sector currently needs a technological and sustainable reform to boost the country development. At the same time, restructuring has been taking place around the world through the insertion of alternative energy sources, new tariffs systems, the adaptation of new technologies and habits changes that have an impact on energy consumption. The consumer attitude towards the electric power consumption is a fundamental factor against the economic, social and environmental perspectives, praising the importance of having a population engaged and aware about their consumption acts impacts. Starting from the point that access to information and knowledge is the way to achieve significant changes, this study presents the development of a system for load characterization in white, conventional or horo-seasonal tariff modalities - according to consumer classification - in order to obtain comparison parameters that aid in the decision making as to the adhesion to the most appropriate tariff modality. The research techniques used were the bibliography and case study based on energy loads from a supermarket in the city of Vitoria, ES. In this way, after receiving the input parameters, load configuration and consumption schedules, the system generates the values associated to the tariffs rates and tariff calculations. Furthermore, the system presents the monthly load curve and the electric consumption profile of an installation from the survey of equipment possessions and use habits. The system developed based on the loads in a supermarket and proved successful in processing the demand curves. Keywords: Demand Curve. Tariff Modalities. Consumption Management

scholarly journals Charcoal and Fuelwood Consumption and Its Impacts on Environment in Cote d’Ivoire (Case Study of Yopougon Area)

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Aboh Prisca Zidago ◽  
Zhangqi Wang
Keyword(s):  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Alternative Energy ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Alternative Energy Sources ◽  
Côte D'ivoire ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
The Government

The difficulty in accessibility to energy by households in some regions is one of the major problems in World. This article described the use of some fuels such as charcoal fuel, and these different effects on consumers and producers in Abidjan of Cote d’Ivoire. A qualitative analysis through the households has showed that charcoal was the fuel most used in households and even the choice of its poor energies mainly socio economic. Moreover, the production and consumption have a negative impact on the health of producers and consumers. This research has shown that many users are unaware of the health hazards. This paper argues that to improve these situations require more coordinated and innovative plans and policies from the government. This paper suggests that greater emphasis will be needed in reducing dependence of biomass for cooking, promoting domestic alternative energy sources, and also presented a policy approach to minimize or eradicate health problems.

Feasibility of Biomass Utilization in Sri Lanka: A Case Study Based on Regional Tea Plantation Companies

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.W.S.B. Dasanayaka
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Alternative Energy ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Energy Requirement ◽  
Alternative Source ◽  
Alternative Energy Sources ◽  
Tea Industry ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Key Issues

The rising and unquenchable demands for energy in the developing world, together with the need to minimize the use of fossil fuels to protect our ecosystem from further deterioration in climate change, emphasizes the need to explore and exploit alternative energy sources, especially those that are indigenous to each country. Following extensive analysis, this case study identifies the problems facing the use of biomass as an alternative source of energy in Sri Lanka’s tea industry. A number of key issues have been identified; these include biomass quality, lack of funds, high cost of investment on mechanization and insufficient incentives/subsidies to promote the use of biomass as an alternative energy source. This study proposes and recommends that the most effective approach to enhancing the utilization of biomass among tea industry in Sri Lanka is to provide sufficient incentives for companies that achieve self-sufficiency in energy requirement, without burdening the already congested and costly national grid.

Development of the algorithm for the selection of a wind generator-based autonomous power supply system

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. A. Khlyupin ◽  
G. N. Ispulaeva
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Power Supply ◽  
Alternative Energy ◽  
Power Supply System ◽  
Supply System ◽  
Power Generators ◽  
Energy Devices ◽  
Wind Generator ◽  
Alternative Energy Sources ◽  
Selection Of

Introduction: The co-authors provide an overview of the main types of wind turbines and power generators installed into wind energy devices, as well as advanced technological solutions. The co-authors have identified the principal strengths and weaknesses of existing wind power generators, if applied as alternative energy sources. The co-authors have proven the need to develop an algorithm for the selection of a wind generator-based autonomous power supply system in the course of designing windmill farms in Russia. Methods: The co-authors have analyzed several types of wind turbines and power generators. Results and discussions: The algorithm for the selection of a wind generator-based autonomous power supply system is presented as a first approximation. Conclusion: The emerging algorithm enables designers to develop an effective wind generator-based autonomous power supply system.

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