Improvement of the local power in the area for the disaster prevention by a condominium cooperating with a local community

The case study presented in this paper is an account of six months of ethnographic fieldwork that I conducted between 2010 and 2013 in the villages within the UNESCO World Heritage site of Butrint National Park, located on the Albanian-Greek border. My ethnography reveals the particularly complex tangle that exists between development and heritage projects in transitioning countries such as Albania, which is re-positioning its governance within a neoliberal framework. The research takes an anthropological approach to investigate how the “heritage for development” projects at Butrint National Park are affecting the local community and distressing local power relations and social inequalities, while at the same time are instilling a sense of place for many of these communities that have relocated or were forced from their homes during the post-communist period as a result of confusion over land ownership. This case study demonstrates that while sustainable heritage practices are often overpowered by neoliberal agendas, heritage repurposed towards development has real and powerful effects on the communities connected to the site. In this paper I argue that we need anthropologically informed studies that give due attention to the realities of the communities connected to the site in order to reveal how sustainable heritage policies that are not set up to protect the community can have detrimental effects on the locals, including reinforced structural inequality, marginalization of minorities, and divisions among communities.

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Autonomous evacuation and local community

International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment ◽

10.1108/ijdrbe-07-2014-0055 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 374-387 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ryuji Kakimoto ◽

Fumihiko Yamada

Keyword(s):

Time Series ◽

Risk Perception ◽

Flood Risk ◽

Local Community ◽

Activity Level ◽

Disaster Prevention ◽

Community Members ◽

Content Type ◽

Evacuation Behavior ◽

Flood Risk Perception

Purpose The Aso area of Kumamoto Prefecture and the western part of Oita Prefecture in Japan experienced heavy rainfall from midnight until morning on 12 July 2012. Flooding and landslides caused by this torrential rain killed 31 people and injured 11. This paper aims to analyze a time series of flood risk perception and evacuation behavior, and to identify factors that promote effective autonomous evacuation. Design/methodology/approach A time series of flood risk perception and evacuation behavior following the 2012 flood was developed and systematically analyzed. Differences between the data sets (compiled from survey data) for the evacuated group and the non-evacuated group were statistically evaluated. Then, an evacuation behavior model was developed to simulate which households would be likely to evacuate in different scenarios. The relationship between disaster prevention and activities of a local community were also statistically assessed. Findings This study concludes that an assessment of river conditions and evacuation advice from fellow local community members are the factors that most strongly influence and promote autonomous evacuation. This study also revealed that the everyday activities of a local community have the potential to foster effective disaster prevention and emergency responses if they promote the building of relationships between community members. Originality/value The research focused on actual decision-making and autonomous evacuation behavior. Whereas previous studies were limited to the analysis of activities of disaster prevention on a normal day, this study proved that the usual activity level in local community activities and relationships significantly affected evacuation behavior.

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Challenges for Safe and Secure Community Development in Traditional Architectures Preservation Districts – A Case Study on Tochigi District

Journal of Disaster Research ◽

10.20965/jdr.2015.p0874 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 10 (5) ◽

pp. 874-886 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Saori Kawazoe ◽

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Saikaku Toyokawa ◽

Fumiko Imai ◽

Masaki Urano ◽

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Keyword(s):

Action Research ◽

Community Development ◽

Social Vulnerability ◽

Local Community ◽

Local Culture ◽

Disaster Prevention ◽

Traditional Architecture ◽

The Social ◽

The Common

This paper describes the process in which the network for those who are engaged with individual fields has been rebuilt and the local community reorganized by adding a new group of persons to the existing one through sharing the common prospective to designate the Traditional Architecture Preservation District, in another word to inherit the local culture. We have conducted action research in the field of Traditional Architectures Preservation District in Tochigi City. This research points out that the social vulnerability of the community could be addressed by raising the consciousness on “protection of community with the help of all,” and by reorganizing the community, which would lead to comprehensive disaster prevention.

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Disaster Communication Based on Local Wisdom at Disaster Pried Areas

Sumatra Journal of Disaster Geography and Geography Education ◽

10.24036/sjdgge.v5i1.365 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 19-23

Author(s):

Mira Hasti Hasmira

Keyword(s):

Local Community ◽

Public Trust ◽

Communication Process ◽

Disaster Prevention ◽

Disaster Communication ◽

The Government

Based on its location, Indonesia is very unique because it is prone to disasters. In disaster prevention and management efforts, disaster communication related to the government and communities in disaster-prone areas is required. To expedite the communication process that occurs, the government needs to increase knowledge and understanding of the local wisdom of the local community regarding the environment. This is important to increase public trust so that what is intended through disaster communication can be achieved.

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Developing Smart Energy Communities around Fishery Ports: Toward Zero-Carbon Fishery Ports

Energies ◽

10.3390/en13112779 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (11) ◽

pp. 2779

Author(s):

Ateyah Alzahrani ◽

Ioan Petri ◽

Yacine Rezgui ◽

Ali Ghoroghi

Keyword(s):

Energy Consumption ◽

Local Community ◽

Simulation Models ◽

Policy Implications ◽

Local Power ◽

Optimization Strategy ◽

Energy Usage ◽

Simulation Based ◽

Zero Carbon ◽

Air Conditioning Systems

Air quality and energy consumption are among the top ten environmental priorities in seaports as stated by the European Sea Ports Organization. Globally, it is estimated that 15% of energy consumption can be attributed to refrigeration and air conditioning systems in fishing activities. There is a real need to understand energy usage in fishery ports to help identify areas of improvements, with a view to optimize energy usage and minimize carbon emissions. In this study, we elaborate on ways in which a simulation capability can be developed at the community level with a fishery port, using a real-world case study seaport in Milford Heaven (Wales, UK). This simulation-based strategy is used to investigate the potential of renewable energy, including local solar farms, to meet the local power demand. This has informed the development of a simulation-based optimization strategy meant to explore how smart energy communities can be formed at the port level by integrating the smart grid with the local community energy storage. The main contribution of the paper involves a co-simulation environment that leverages calibrated energy simulation models to deliver an optimization capability that (a) manages electrical storage within a district an environment, and (b) promotes the formation of energy communities in a fishery port ecosystem. This is paving the way to policy implications, not only in terms of carbon and energy reduction, but also in the formation and sustained management of energy communities.

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EVALUATION OF PRO-ECOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES INFLUENCING THE QUALITY OF NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ILLUSTRATED WITH AN EXAMPLE OF A SELECTED COMMUNE

GEOLINKS Conference proceedings, Book 2 Volume 2 ◽

10.32008/geolinks2020/b2/v2/04 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Bożena Skotnicka-Zasadzień

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Energy Policy ◽

Natural Environment ◽

Local Community ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Information Policy ◽

Local Power ◽

Southern Poland ◽

Power Company

In this study, the undertaken pro-ecological activities aimed at improving the quality of natural environment in one of the communes in southern Poland have been discussed. The presented evaluation of pro-ecological activities and their contribution to the improvement of the quality of natural environment in the examined commune from the perspective of the local community, commune authorities and the power company allows concluding that all these groups see the problem in the protection of natural environment. The residents of the commune have declared their active participation in the improvement of the quality of natural environment in the commune, especially the condition of air. The local power company, through its information policy and activities related to the energy policy of the commune, endeavours to shape pro-ecological attitudes and effectively reduces the negative impact of contamination on the condition of natural environment in the commune. The commune authorities seem to contribute the least to the improvement of natural environment; they definitely need to be more engaged and appoint a leader who would effectively implement sustainable development strategies and work on the improvement of natural environment.

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Variation of Geospatial Representation of Community Hazard Maps with Disaster Prevention Activities

Abstracts of the ICA ◽

10.5194/ica-abs-1-263-2019 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 ◽

pp. 1-2

Author(s):

Toru Murayama

Keyword(s):

Local Community ◽

Hazard Map ◽

Disaster Prevention ◽

Hazard Maps ◽

Mutual Support ◽

Major Focus ◽

Geospatial Information ◽

Community Activities ◽

Self Help ◽

Prevention Activities

Abstract. After the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, the limitation of assistance by public bodies in the time of such massive natural disaster struck has been recognized. Moreover, it has acknowledged that self-help by suffered families and mutual support of neighbours are crucial to mitigate further damage. Since then, the major focus of the disaster management in Japan has altered to effectiveness of non-structural measures for a forecast crisis. Thus, improving the existing hazard maps into those that show actions to be taken by residents in an easy-to-understand manner has been dictated by the national government.This study discusses the geospatial representation of an alternative hazard map from residents’ perspective with the local community activities. Those mapping activities have been conducted for some years in a study area. Then, the geospatial information represented on the community hazard map has gradually changed. At the early year of the activities, the map represents the certainty of disaster risks. At the late year of those after few modifications have made, the map mainly argues the possibility of risks from residents’ perspective.

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