An approach to assess drought vulnerability with multi criteria analysis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gyumin Lee ◽  
Kyung Soo Jun ◽  
Minsung Kwon
Keyword(s):  
Delphi Method ◽  
Topsis Method ◽  
Vulnerability Factors ◽  
Drought Vulnerability ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Database Construction ◽  
Evaluation Approach ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Long Term Impact

<p>This study is aimed to establish an approach for estimating drought vulnerability using multi criterion decision making methods. Drought has spatially wide-ranging effects, its duration is difficult to predict, and long-lasting damages. For this reason, the conversion of drought damage into an amount of money or physical quantity is difficult. Accordingly, policy makers and researchers have difficulty in securing grounds for determining countermeasures against drought disasters. Thus, to determine drought vulnerability, factors with long-term impact on social and economics need to be taken into account. The evaluation approach consisted of three stages: evaluation factor and weight identification, database construction, evaluation data and weight combination. In this study, the factors to assessing drought vulnerability was identified using Delphi method, and the drought vulnerability was determined by the TOPSIS method which is a widely used MCDM method.</p>

Financial Inclusion and CO2 Emissions in Asia: Implications for Environmental Sustainability

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahzad Hussain ◽  
Tanveer Ahmad ◽  
Syed Jawad Hussain Shahzad
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Causality Test ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Long Term Impact ◽  
Sustainable Economic Growth ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract We examine the relationship between financial inclusion and carbon emissions. For this purpose, we develop a composite indicator of financial inclusion based on a broad set of attributes through principal component analysis (PCA) for 26 countries in the Asia region. Our robust panel regression analysis reveals a significant positive long-term impact of financial inclusion on carbon emissions. The pairwise causality test reveals unidirectional long-term causality running from financial inclusion to carbon emissions. The study suggests that policy makers may design policies that integrate accessible financial systems into climate change adaptation strategies in order to neutralize the side effect of financial inclusion deteriorating environmental quality and inclusive sustainable economic growth. JEL ClassificationO16; O44, Q54

scholarly journals A Longitudinal Perspective on Sustainability and Innovation Governmentality: The Case of the Olympic Games as a Mega-Event

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Endrit Kromidha ◽  
Laura J. Spence ◽  
Stephanos Anastasiadis ◽  
Darla Dore
Keyword(s):  
Olympic Games ◽  
Strategic Decisions ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Mega Events ◽  
Innovative Methodology ◽  
Structured Analysis ◽  
Long Term Impact ◽  
Mega Event ◽  
The Olympic Games

The purpose of this research is to analyze how governance is related to sustainability and innovation in mega-events over time by looking at the Olympic Games as a case study. Three main contributions are made to management research and practice. First, Foucauldian governmentality is built upon and enriched with a longitudinal perspective by following the evolution of Visibility, Techne, Episteme, and Identity analytics of governmentality. Second, an innovative methodology based on interviews, a systematic documentary review, and software-assisted thematic auto-coding for a theory-led structured analysis is applied. Third, the theoretical and empirical contribution of this study on the longitudinal aspects of governmentality over different parties and outlets of information could be used to guide practical and strategic decisions for managers and policy makers. In addition to its scholarly importance, this work is needed because mega-events can have a sustainable long-term impact, balancing legacy and innovative change.

scholarly journals Preliminary Evidence on Long COVID in children

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danilo Buonsenso ◽  
Daniel Munblit ◽  
Cristina De Rose ◽  
Dario Sinatti ◽  
Antonia Ricchiuto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Joint Pain ◽  
Pediatric Patients ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Respiratory Problems ◽  
Persistent Symptoms ◽  
Long Term Impact ◽  
Health Experts

AbstractThere is increasing evidence that adult patients diagnosed with acute COVID-19 suffer from Long COVID initially described in Italy.To date, data on Long COVID in children are lacking.We assessed persistent symptoms in pediatric patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19. More than a half reported at least one persisting symptom even after 120 days since COVID-19, with 42.6% being impaired by these symptoms during daily activities. Symptoms like fatigue, muscle and joint pain, headache, insomnia, respiratory problems and palpitations were particularly frequent, as also described in adults.The evidence that COVID-19 can have long-term impact children as well, including those with asymptomatic/paucisymptomatic COVID-19, highlight the need for pediatricians, mental health experts and policy makers of implementing measures to reduce impact of the pandemic on child’s health.

Gentrification in the wake of a hurricane: New Orleans after Katrina

Urban Studies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (13) ◽  
pp. 2763-2778 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Joseph van Holm ◽  
Christopher K Wyczalkowski
Keyword(s):  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
New Orleans ◽  
Storm Damage ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Census Tract Level ◽  
Neighbourhood Change ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Long Term Impact ◽  
The City

Hurricane Katrina struck the city of New Orleans in August of 2005, devastating the built environment and displacing nearly one-third of the city’s residents. Despite the considerable literature that exists concerning Hurricane Katrina, the storm’s long-term impact on neighbourhood change in New Orleans has not been fully addressed. In this article we analyse the potential for Hurricane Katrina to have contributed to patterns of gentrification during the city’s recovery one decade after the storm. We study the association between Hurricane Katrina and neighbourhood change using data on the damage from the storm at the census tract level and Freeman’s (2005) gentrification framework. We find that damage is positively associated with the likelihood of a neighbourhood gentrifying in New Orleans after one decade, which drives our recommendations for policy makers to take greater concern for their communities during the process of rebuilding from storm damage.

scholarly journals Designing a Socio-Economic Impact Framework for Research Infrastructures: Preliminary Lessons from the RI-PATHS Project

2020 ◽  
pp. 61-70
Author(s):  
Alasdair Reid
Keyword(s):  
Policy Makers ◽  
Horizon 2020 ◽  
Impact Pathways ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
Socio Economic Impact ◽  
Long Term Impact ◽  
Impact Framework ◽  
Future Work ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The Horizon 2020 funded RI-PATHS project aims at providing policy makers, funders and Research Infrastructure (RI) managers the tools to assess the impact on the RI on the economy and their contribution to resolving societal challenges, etc. The goal is to improve the understanding of the long-term impact pathways of the various types of RIs operating in Europe, and, indeed, internationally. In the following we briefly summarise the work carried out by the RI-PATHS consortium partners to mid-2019 and derive useful lessons for future work.

Biofuels and Renewables

2014 ◽  
pp. 64-87
Keyword(s):  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Biofuel Production ◽  
Transient Phase ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Production Policy ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Biofuel Policies ◽  
Long Term Impact

The world is now raging with the debate of whether biofuel can be called an environmentally friendly fuel given its lifecycle impacts on people, land, air, andwater. One school of thought suggests that biofuel production does not have an impact on people, land, air, and water. Whereas, there is another school that shows through consistent work that there is an impact on different elements of nature within the planet from biofuel production. Policy makers of different countries of the world are also in a transient phase about their biofuel policies. There is also a politics regarding which school of thought will dominate the policymaking related to the biofuel sector. Such a politics will have a long-term impact on the sustainability of the world by affecting the social, economic, and environmental domains of sustainability. This chapter raises these concerns to provoke thoughts in the minds of the reader.

Framing a Right to Treatment in English Law? Watts in Retrospective

2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean V. McHale
Keyword(s):  
Resource Allocation ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Allocation Policy ◽  
Secondary Hospital ◽  
Long Term Impact ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
First Time ◽  
Practical Impact

The Watts decision of the ECJ in 2006 led to consternation amongst media and policy makers alike in the UK. Did this really mean that EU law had granted NHS patients for the first time an explicit ‘right to treatment’? What would the implications be for individual patients and Member States? But as the dust has started to settled and we have time to take pause will Watts really prove a turning point or will time show that it is yet another healthcare law decision more noted for the publicity it receives in England and Wales than its long-term impact on law or on health policy? This article attempts to set Watts in the context of more general health law and policy in the UK. First it begins with a brief outline of the Watts case setting it in the context of domestic and ECJ jurisprudence. Secondly, it considers whether Watts does change the existing position and create a ‘right to healthcare’ in the context of NHS treatment. It considers the practical impact on patients seeking treatment abroad in relation to both primary care and secondary-hospital care. Thirdly, it considers the impact of the judgment on the NHS itself and on resource allocation in general. It suggests that while on its face the decision has the potential to undermine resource allocation policy the practical impact of the case may prove much more restrictive. Fourthly, it considers the impact of further EU developments post-Watts on access to healthcare across the EU.

scholarly journals Evaluasi program pendidikan kewirausahaan masyarakat

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-107
Author(s):  
Arif Wijayanto ◽  
Iis Prasetyo
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation Research ◽  
Logical Framework ◽  
Program Outcomes ◽  
Research On Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Approach ◽  
Input Program ◽  
Framework Model ◽  
Collection Data ◽  
Long Term Impact

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis: (1) dampak jangka panjang (2) outcome (3) output (4) proses (5) input program PKM di Kabupaten Sleman. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian evaluasi yang merujuk pada model Logical Framework dengan jenis penelitian kualitatif. Pendekatan evaluasi disusun secara sistematis meliputi evaluasi (a) dampak jangka panjang program, (b) outcome program, (c) output program, (d) proses program, dan (e) input program. Data penelitian dikumpulkan melalui observasi, wawancara dan dokumentasi. Teknik analisis data dilakukan dengan model interaktif. Adapun langkahnya yaitu pengumpulan data, reduksi data, penyajian data, dan verifikasi dan penarikan kesimpulan. Hasil penelitian mengenai evaluasi program PKM di Kabupaten Sleman adalah sebagai berikut (1) Dampak jangka panjang dicapai oleh LKP Silia dan LKP Macell EC; (2) Outcome dicapai oleh LKP Silia, namun tidak dicapai oleh LKP Macell EC; (3) Output dicapai oleh LKP Silia, namun tidak dicapai oleh LKP Macell EC; (4) Proses dicapai oleh LKP Silia, namun tidak dicapai oleh LKP Macel karena penggunaan media di LKP Macell EC kurang maksimal dan kurang mendukung proses pembelajaran; (5) Input yang sesuai dengan prasyarat program telah dicapai oleh LKP Silia, namun tidak berhasil dicapai oleh LKP Macell EC terutama pada prasyarat tutor dan media pembelajaran. Evaluation of community entrepreneurship education program AbstractThis study aims to analyze: (1) long-term impact (2) outcome (3) output (4) process (5) input PKM program in Sleman District. This research is an evaluation research that refers to Logical Framework model with qualitative research type. The evaluation approach is systematically composed including evaluation of (a) the program's long-term impact, (b) program outcomes, (c) program outputs, (d) program processes, and (e) program inputs. The research data was collected through observation, interview and documentation. Data analysis was done by interactive model. The steps are data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and verification and conclusion. The results of research on evaluation of PKM program in Sleman District are as follows (1) long term impact achieved by LKP Silia and LKP Macell EC; (2) Outcome achieved by LKP Silia, but not achieved by LKP Macell EC; (3) Output was achieved by LKP Silia, but not achieved by LKP Macell EC; (4) Process is achieved by LKP Silia, but not reached by LKP Macell EC; (5) Input is achieved or in accordance with the criteria of success by LKP Silia, but on LKP Macell EC.

scholarly journals Agricultural Holdings’ Impact on the Rural Development. Case Study: Romania

Agronomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 2231
Author(s):  
Romeo Victor Ionescu ◽  
Monica Laura Zlati ◽  
Valentin Marian Antohi ◽  
Andrei Mirel Florea ◽  
Florentin Bercu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Agricultural Producers ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Holding Companies ◽  
Long Term Impact ◽  
Rural Policy ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Associative forms represent a part of the agricultural producers’ manifestation, with long-term impact on rural development. Considering the current dimension and the cultural-organizational baggage, the authors aim to carry out an impact study on the contribution of agricultural holding companies to rural development. This objective is to be achieved through prospective analysis methods based on a structured questionnaire, which allows for statistical tests of the variables’ frequency and representativeness and econometric modelling of rural development efficiency in relation to independent variables related to the organizational custom and economic outputs of organizations. The results of the study aim at identifying the vulnerabilities that hinder the maximization of the function of the agricultural holding companies (the economic development) and treating these vulnerabilities through some concrete measures according to the modelling results. The study is useful for rural policy makers and trainers in any country in the world.

Open Data Policy and Practice

2015 ◽  
pp. 5188-5198
Author(s):  
Terry Buss
Keyword(s):  
Open Data ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Public Data ◽  
The World ◽  
Technology Applications ◽  
Data Policy ◽  
Long Term Impact ◽  
The Right

Governments around the world recently launched policies to make public data more accessible and transparent. Policies are intended to encourage more interaction between government and citizens, foster accountability, and improve efficiency, effectiveness, economy, and perhaps equity. Open data initiatives depend almost entirely on information technology, applications, data and security. Policies while laudable have produced mixed results as governments implement them. Governments have been more or less successful depending on how much support they have among policy makers and the civil service, the extent to which whistle blowers and hackers have exploited the systems, met demands of citizens and stakeholders, made available funding in the right amounts over the long-term, and held people accountable. In spite of advances in open data, its long term impact on government performance and indeed democracy has yet to be determined.

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