scholarly journals Assessment of Dealers’ Contribution in Current and Future E-waste Management Trends Within Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nyabise Nelson ◽  
Niu Dongjie ◽  
Petro Mwamlima ◽  
Samson Mwitalemi
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Population Growth Rate ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Dar Es Salaam ◽  
The Public ◽  
Business People ◽  
Dar Es Salaam City ◽  
The City ◽  
At Home

Dar es Salaam city, generates massive amount of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipments (WEEE) that either ends up in the environment or kept at home or commercial areas. This study aimed at investigating the currenting WEEE management practices, assessing the level of public awareness on WEEE, and come up with the model that can predict the rate (%) of discarded WEEE. Both the qualitative and qualitative methods of data collection were used, that is the use of questionnaires, and interviews to EEE business people, repair technicians, public, recycling companies and the regulating authority. It was found out that Increase in WEEE within Dar es Salaam city is caused by growth of economic rate, population growth rate, household purchasing capacity, while the decrease of the waste is associated with recycling plans and exportation of the waste. Also, the public (76%) doesn’t consider the broken or expired EEE as waste, as a result they opt to keep them at home than giving them to recyclers or collectors. Even though there are recyclers within the city, they can only recycle 35% of the generated WEEE. If the current situation continues by 2026, about 68% of the generated WEEE will be discarded to the environment or at home or business places. The situation shall be rectified by promoting the WEEE recyclers.

scholarly journals Moulds Menaces in Flood-Ravaged Homes: A Case Study of Dar Es Salaam City Tanzania

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 106
Author(s):  
Donatha Damian Tibuhwa
Keyword(s):  
Public Awareness ◽  
Skin Lesions ◽  
Dar Es Salaam ◽  
Government Interventions ◽  
Intrinsic Asthma ◽  
The Government ◽  
Micromorphological Characters ◽  
Dar Es Salaam City ◽  
The City

<p class="jbls"><span lang="EN-GB">Recently, Dar es Salaam city has been experiencing unexpected heavy rains which causes flood in several parts of the city. After the flood, houses are left cloggy, muddy and dumpy which promote the growth of moulds likely to affect returning residents. This work investigated the moulds status in 175 houses affected by the flood. Sampling was done using both Non-Volumetric Air Sampling (NVAS) and Swab Sampling (SS) methods. Macro-micromorphological characters were used for identification of the moulds. The results showed that out of the 175 examined houses 170 (97.1%) were found to have moulds while five houses (2.9%) including one control house were free of moulds. Five types of moulds were found dominated by a black spore former <em>Aspegillus niger</em> found in 87 houses (41.2%) followed by <em>Penicillium</em> species in 65 houses (37.1%) and <em>Cladosporium</em> species found in 60 houses (34.3%). The least group of moulds were the yellow mould <em>Aspergillus flavus</em> and white dermatophyte <em>Trichophyton</em> species each found in 15 houses (8.6%). The revealed moulds are well known to be associated with human health problems including production of carcinogenic metabolites, triggering allergic reactions to sensitive individuals, causing keratitis, skin lesions, nail fungus, sinusitis, intrinsic asthma, and pulmonary infections. The study thus suggest an premeditated public awareness on adverse effects that might be caused by moulds, call for the government interventions on thoroughly moulds status establishment and immediate deploy methods of moulds controls before residents returns to their flooded homes wherever such catastrophe occur for the healthy generation. </span></p>

scholarly journals Using Internet Search Queries to Assess Public Awareness of the Healthy Cities Approach: A Case Study in Shenzhen, China

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 4264
Author(s):  
Jun Yang ◽  
Yutong Zhang ◽  
Yixiong Xiao ◽  
Shaoqing Shen ◽  
Mo Su ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Awareness ◽  
Healthy Cities ◽  
Internet Search ◽  
Health Concerns ◽  
Search Queries ◽  
The Public ◽  
Health Factors ◽  
Data Source ◽  
The City

Cities around the globe are embracing the Healthy Cities approach to address urban health challenges. Public awareness is vital for successfully deploying this approach but is rarely assessed. In this study, we used internet search queries to evaluate the public awareness of the Healthy Cities approach applied in Shenzhen, China. The overall situation at the city level and the intercity variations were both analyzed. Additionally, we explored the factors that might affect the internet search queries of the Healthy Cities approach. Our results showed that the public awareness of the approach in Shenzhen was low. There was a high intercity heterogeneity in terms of interest in the various components of the Healthy Cities approach. However, we did not find a significant effect of the selected demographic, environmental, and health factors on the search queries. Based on our findings, we recommend that the city raise public awareness of healthy cities and take actions tailored to health concerns in different city zones. Our study showed that internet search queries can be a valuable data source for assessing the public awareness of the Healthy Cities approach.

scholarly journals Challenges Facing Women Micro Entrepreneurs in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nelson Jagero ◽  
Ikandilo Kushoka
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Dar Es Salaam ◽  
The Public ◽  
The City ◽  
Poor Infrastructure ◽  
Prime Space

AbstractThis study analyzes the challenges facing women micro entrepreneurs in Ilala Municipal Dar es Salaam. The author’s choice of this topic is derived from the public outcry concerning the treatment of micro entrepreneurs by the municipal officials in Ilala, Dar es Salaam. The author interviewed 120 women micro entrepreneurs in Ilala Municipality to answer the research question: What are the challenges facing Women Micro Entrepreneurs in Ilala Municipality emanating from an ongoing campaign to “Clean the City”. Results indicate that major challenges facing women micro entrepreneurs are poor infrastructure, lack of business premise, decline in business and lack of prime space. Key words: Entrepreneurs, Micro entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Women

scholarly journals Suelos Y Karst, Origen De Inundaciones Y Hundimientos En Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (14) ◽  
pp. 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Fragoso-Servón ◽  
Alberto Pereira-Corona
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Growth Rate ◽  
Population Growth Rate ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Quintana Roo ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Mexican Caribbean ◽  
The City ◽  
Over Time

The Mexican Caribbean and its main cities have the highest population growth rate in Mexico. This work goal was to analyze the growth of the city of Chetumal and the geopedological characteristics in which it has been developed, to identify potential hazards and thereby improve development programs. The methodology consisted in the study of geopedological characteristics and the analysis of land use changes in the city over time. The main problems of Chetumal are floods and subsidence. Floods are more common in areas where Gleysols soils are found in low-lying areas. The subsidence is associated to Leptosols with a phreatic mantle at a shallow depth where the precipitations favors dissolution of rock. The extrapolation of the relationships between geopedological conditions and the area occupied by the city, allows us to suppose that areas which the current Urban Development Program proposes for future city expansion will develop the same problems of subsidence and flooding as the areas already built in sites with similar conditions.

scholarly journals Green Spaces in Residential Areas of Dar es Salaam City: Types, Coverage and Uses

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 121
Author(s):  
Nicholaus Mwageni ◽  
Robert Kiunsi
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Green Space ◽  
Dar Es Salaam ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Natural Vegetation ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Building Density ◽  
Dar Es Salaam City ◽  
The City

Green spaces in urban areas including in Dar es Salaam City provide multiple ecological, social and economic benefits. Despite their benefits they are inadequately documented in terms types, coverage and uses. This paper attempts to provide information on types, coverage and uses of green space in Dar es Salaam City. A number of methods including literature review, interpretation of remotely sensed image, interviews, focus group discussions and questionnaires were used to document city greenery. The research findings show that residential greenery is made up of greenery found within and external to plots. The dominant green spaces external to residential plots were natural and semi natural vegetation while within plots were woody plants, plots farms vegetable and ornamental gardens. Distribution of greenery varied among the wards due to differences in building density and distance from the city centre. Natural and semi natural vegetation increased with decrease of building density and increase of distance from the city centre, while the number of plots with trees for shade increased with increase of building density. Only Kawe ward that had greenery above Tanzania space planning standards, the other three wards which are informal settlements had green space deficit. Three quarters of the households use green spaces for shade provision and cooling, two thirds as a source of food products and a quarter for recreation and aesthetic purposes. The study reveals that Dar es Salaam City residents invest predominantly on shade trees in their residential plots compared to other green space types.

PREDIKSI PERTUMBUHAN PENDUDUK PADA PROVINSI SUMATERA BARAT DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN METODE BACKPROPAGATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 216
Author(s):  
Hijrah Yanti Sitanggang ◽  
Vera Irma Delianti
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Growth Rate ◽  
Artificial Neural Networks ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Population Growth Rate ◽  
Backpropagation Neural Networks ◽  
West Sumatra ◽  
Artificial Neural ◽  
The City

The problem of population is one of the problems in the Province of West Sumatra, especially in the City of Padang, Kota Bukitinggi, and the City of Payakumbuh which has a very fast population growth rate, this occurs due to several factors such as births, deaths, residents who come, and residents who leave. The highest population growth occurred in Padang City in 2018 amounting to 939,112 residents and the smallest population growth occurred in the City of Bukitinggi in 2014 amounting to 120,491 residents. The purpose of this study is to predict population growth that will occur in 2019 in the cities of Padang, Bukittinggi and Payakumbuh. The method used in this research is descriptive correlational by applying backpropagation neural networks. The application used is Matlab. Based on the problems and methods obtained, the predicted results in 2019 in Padang City amounted to 124,7150, Bukittinggi numbered 126,8040 and Payakumbuh totaled 128.7830.  Keywords: Artificial Neural Networks, Backpropagation, Matlab.

scholarly journals The public-private-partnership “fetish”: moving beyond the rhetoric

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Cohn
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Private Property ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Critical Question ◽  
The Public ◽  
Fund Managers ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Financial Activity

Public-private partnerships (P3s) encompass a broad range of commercial and financial activity involving state engagement of for-profit firms to either provide or partially finance publicly prescribed services through long-term contracts. Following Marx’s analysis of commodities, P3s can also be understood as a fetish - objects considered valuable because of the imaginary social relations that they imply as opposed to their usefulness. In this case, it refers to the transformation of instruments for meeting public obligations into some form or another of private property. It must be acknowledged that states have long employed P3 arrangements to provide instruments needed to meet their obligations. However, the scope of activities which governments are willing to consider open to P3s has grown to unprecedented levels. So eager are states to do deals and so prominent are such deals in their financial rhetoric, that P3s can now also be considered a fetish in the second sense of the word : Some thing or some activity that people have an irrational desire to have or to do. Most political-economy studies of P3s have focused on this rhetoric. They are attempting to understand the trend by relating this fetish to the political ideological agenda of neoliberalism. While valuable, this concentration has caused an equally critical question to be neglected. Why would investors want to take part in P3s ? The paper argues that to understand the P3 fetish we have to consider the dilemma facing pension fund managers during the late 1990s. An imbalance in supply and demand for high quality bonds and dividend paying stocks emerged due to declining public debts, management practices at large corporations, and an increasingly aging population. P3s provided a solution to this dilemma. The evaporation of this economic context and a growing public awareness of the costs of these deals likely mean that P3s will lose their status as a fetish in both senses of the word.

scholarly journals Efisiensi Penggunaan Grey Water dan Air Hujan dalam Rangka Menurunkan Tingkat Penggunaan Air Baku

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 215
Author(s):  
Muhamad Yusup Hidayat ◽  
Ridwan Fauzi ◽  
Alfonsus Hasudungan Harianja ◽  
Grace Serepina Saragih
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Population Growth Rate ◽  
Domestic Wastewater ◽  
Residential Area ◽  
Clean Water ◽  
Water Usage ◽  
Domestic Waste ◽  
Grey Water ◽  
The City ◽  
Range Of Values

ABSTRACTThe population growth rate in big cities such as Jakarta and its satellite cities has a correlation that is directly proportional to the level of clean water consumption. The biggest consumption of clean water is generally used for domestic household needs. However, the use of clean water is still not efficient. Therefore, the efficiency of water-saving needs to be carried out by utilizing sources that have not been optimally used, for example, greywater and rainwater. The purpose of this study is to determine the level of water usage in 3 (three) types of housing and the level of efficiency of utilization of domestic wastewater (greywater) and rainfall (CH) in reducing the use of clean water. This research was performed in the Villa Bintang Mas residential area in the City of South Tangerang, the Villa Bintang Mas residential area in the City of Depok, and the Selakopi Hijau/Forestry residential area in the City of Bogor. Data collection was conducted by a series of surveys using a questionnaire on the sample of a household. The results show that the data processing needs of clean water in three residentials range of values between ± 158.84 Liters/person/day up to ± 215.38 Liters/person/day. The level of efficiency of the utilization of greywater and rainwater in reducing the usage of clean water in three housing ranges from 21.12% to 58.47%.Keywords: Domestic Waste, the Use of Clean Water ABSTRAKTingkat pertumbuhan penduduk di kota-kota besar seperti jakarta dan kota-kota satelitnya memiliki korelasi yang berbanding lurus dengan tingkat konsumsi air bersih yang dimanfaatkan oleh masyarakat. Konsumsi air bersih terbesar adalah untuk kebutuhan domestik rumah tangga. Penggunaan air bersih saat ini masih belum mengikuti kaidah efisiensi dalam penggunaannya, untuk itu efisiensi penghematan air perlu segera dilakukan dengan memanfaatkan sumber-sumber lain yang belum termanfaatkan, antara lain air limbah domestik rumah tangga (grey water) dan air hujan. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mengetahui tingkat pemakaian air di 3 (tiga) tipe perumahan,serta tingkat efisiensi pemanfaatan air limbah domestik rumah tangga (grey water) serta curah hujan (CH) dalam menurunkan pemakaian air bersih. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di Perumahan Villa Bintang Mas, Kota Tangerang Selatan, Perumahan Permata Depok, Kota Depok, dan Perumahan Selakopi Hijau/Kehutanan, Kota Bogor. Pengambilan data dilakukan dengan cara survei menggunakan kuesioner pada rumah tangga yang menjadi sampel. Hasil pengolahan data memperlihatkan bahwa kebutuhan air bersih di tiga perumahan berkisar pada rentang nilai antara ±158,84 Liter/Orang/Hari sampai dengan ± 215.38 Liter/Orang/Hari. Tingkat efisiensi pemanfaatan grey water dan air hujan dalam mengurangi pemakaian air bersih di tiga perumahan berkisar antara 21,12% hingga 58,47%.Kata kunci: Limbah Domestik, Penggunaan Air Bersih 

scholarly journals Sustainable Street Furniture

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-74
Author(s):  
Erfaneh Allameh ◽  
Mohammadali Heidari
Keyword(s):  
Public Awareness ◽  
Contextual Analysis ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
The Public ◽  
Responsible Behavior ◽  
Urban Intervention ◽  
Great Responsibility ◽  
Street Furniture ◽  
The City ◽  
Creative Construction

Street furniture are installed in different locations of a city, are daily used by a large public, and have the closest contact and most dynamic interaction with people and the environment. Hence, they have a great responsibility to benefit the society and urban development. In this paper, we focus on street furniture for adopting the concept of sustainability through the local cities.This paper presents an experiment which is conducted at Art University of Isfahan (AUI) in order to explore the promises and challenges of designing for deep sustainability within different contexts of the city (Isfahan). The main objective of the experiment is to develop design interventions which affect and guide the community toward sustainability. Specifically students are asked to design street furniture or define an urban intervention which is not neutral but improves sustainability within the context. Finally, the proposed design interventions are evaluated based on their level of success for establishing sustainability. Final results indicate that although a common approach was applied for all the projects in in this experiment, the developed design interventions are not equally contributed to sustainability. While some of the projects only focused on eco-design strategies, some projects succeeded to provide a higher level of sustainability within their context and developed more influential and longer-term sustainable design interventions. It is achieved by the projects that conducted behavioral, social and contextual analysis in order to enhance environmental responsible behavior among the public (e.g. raise public awareness of sustainability, sensate or educate people, or support sustainable behavior). This paper is the extended version of the paper that has been published in the proceedings of the Creative Construction Conference 2018 (Allameh and Heidari, 2018).

scholarly journals Rebranding strategy PT. Indonesia Building Solutions Plant Cilacap in forming brand awareness

COMMICAST ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-134
Author(s):  
Hani Fatkhur Rohmah ◽  
Choirul Fajri
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Brand Awareness ◽  
Field Observations ◽  
Brand Name ◽  
Business World ◽  
The Public ◽  
Business People ◽  
Brand Recognition ◽  
New Business

The business world is increasingly showing developments with many new business actors appearing both on a small and large scale. The emergence of new business actors certainly has tightened business competition in the market so that it is not uncommon for businesses to close down because they do not have creative strategies to be able to compete. Rebranding is one of the strategies undertaken by business people to maintain their business. There are several factors that cause rebranding, such as changes in ownership, a brand that is starting to be forgotten, to a bad image in the eyes of the public, etc. Rebranding is tantamount to reshaping its brand awareness or public awareness of a new brand. PT. Indonesia Building Solutions is one of the companies that rebranded as a result of the acquisition by Semen Indonesia Group (SIG) of Holcim in January 2019. The acquisition process was followed by a change in all identities starting from the brand name, namely PT. Indonesia Building Solutions and the product name is dynamix. This research was conducted to determine how the rebranding strategy carried out by PT. SBI in forming brand awareness. The method used is descriptive qualitative by conducting direct research through interviews with related parties, documentation, field observations, and supporting data from the internet. Based on the research that has been done, PT. Indonesia Building Solutions rebranded with several stages, namely Repositioning, Renaming, Redesaigning, and Relaunching. With the implementation of these four stages, PT. Indonesia Building Solutions has achieved brand awareness at the brand recognition stage where there are still two more stages to be able to reach top of mind. The title of the research conducted by researchers is "The Rebranding Strategy of PT. Indonesia Building Solutions in Forming Brand Awareness "

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