Tatiana Silva Basin Modeling Laboratory, Institute of Geosciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Rodrigo Wiebelling Basin Modeling Laboratory, Institute of Geosciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Progress Driven by Technological Innovation
Given the important needs that still remain unmet in the Global South, frugal innovation is particularly important. Mobile technology can also increase social impact in the financial sector by providing remote banking services to low-income rural communities and information to farmers about fair market prices (Martin and Abbot 2011).
Remaining Challenges
It can also raise awareness about the risk of malaria and smartphones can now diagnose pneumonia through diagnostic devices (Ettinger et al.2016; Friedman and Karlen2015).
Need for Social Impact
The Bumpy Road to Social Impact
Medical devices can be printed on demand and in the appropriate quantity, e.g. irrigation syringes, oxygen fragments, umbilical cords and prostheses. 3D printing could help countries start their own production instead of depending on global supply chains by importing expensive medical devices from the developed world (Dotz2015).
Conclusion
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Humanitarian Technologies
Technology Advantages
The devices themselves can be unobtrusive or unnoticeable, sometimes improving safety for responders and recipients. Broadcasts can be used to distribute important announcements, as well as explain relief efforts and feedback mechanisms to communities affected by the crisis.
Digital Disasters
For example, radio is often known to target male rather than female listeners, a trend that can be difficult to break, and the humanitarian intervention could exacerbate unequal access. Technologies affect their environment, which can be detrimental in contexts of donor-recipient mismatch and relationships.
Mitigation Measures
It may involve impromptu action in the field, or standards and good practice may be developed at headquarters level. The information and technology ecosystems determine whether a new tool or a new approach can have a positive effect in the long term.
Looking Ahead
Available at: https://www.gov.uk/. government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/213926/anti-corruption-strategy-so. 2013).Disaster resilience in the age of the network, denial of access and the rise of cyber humanitarianism. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones have received unprecedented attention in recent years.
Environmental Vulnerability and Susceptibility Studies
So fast that by the time a land use and cover map is finished it is already out of date. High-resolution land use and land cover maps, as well as 3D models, are required for hydrological, hydraulic and meteorological models at a very local scale.
Ecological Conservation: Mapping and Target Detection
We have carried out test flights in this region, but we have already started to establish mapping procedures to evaluate geographical information that is not available so far to support decision making in two different situations:. Moreover, "laboratory-made" UAVs can reduce costs by more than ten times, especially if a flock of them is to be developed for distributed coverage of a large area of the earth.
Regulatory Constraints in Brazil
Ongoing and Future Work
Environmental Planning in the Middle Coast of the Rio Grande do Sul Coastal Plain of Southern Brazil: Elements for Coastal Management. Ocean and Coastal Management, 59,20-30. Children and young people are particularly vulnerable to the loss of their right to education, a fundamental human right enshrined in the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child and the 1951 Refugee Convention, and essential for the exercise and many other human rights.
Background
- Disruptive Higher Education in Fragile Contexts
- Designing HE Spaces in Settings of Protracted
- Learner-Centered Pedagogies and Human-Centered
InZone launched higher education courses in Kakuma Refugee Camp (located on the border between Kenya and South Sudan) in 2012 and in Dadaab Refugee Camp (located on the border between Kenya and Somalia) in 2013. Higher education programming for fragile contexts should be field. -proven and co-designed by students before it strives to scale.
Conclusions
This has enabled the collection and sharing of large amounts of data in a short period of time at a fraction of the cost of traditional data collection and. Geo-information about health facilities in disaster areas is a good example of the challenges of using VGI for humanitarian action.
Healthsite.io Approach
- Datasets Integration
- Validation Process
- Updating
- Opportunities, Risks, and Perspectives
To overcome this problem, the Healthsite.io project has been designed with a bottom-up approach to monitoring and data collection. Geographical accessibility and spatial coverage modeling of the primary health care network in the Western Province of Rwanda. International Journal of Health Geographics, 11, 40.
Why the Northern Areas?
In South Africa, 75% of young people, even in rural areas, have access to a mobile phone (Eyebers and Giannakopoulos2015). Overcrowding is a concern and although most houses have toilets they are shared between 10 and 20 people...The suburb had been planned under apartheid and the infrastructure is now falling apart - sewerage, housing and other facilities...' .
Problem Description
Matavire (2007) describes Helenvale, a suburb in the northern areas of Port Elizabeth, as a “dirty, overcrowded and crime-ridden suburb. The Northern Areas township, which is predominantly colored and one of the oldest in Port Elizabeth, is characterized by extreme poverty and a lack of services.
Research Objectives
Methodology
Mobile Youth Culture
Communicative and social networking skills – understanding the many different communication spaces on the internet; what is appropriate digital behaviour; Mobile media literacy – familiarity with the skills and modes of communication specific to mobile phones (e.g. text/instant messaging); mobile web literacy and understanding mobile phone etiquette.
Social Media
Technical literacy—for example, the knowledge and skills needed to use a computer, web browser, or specific software program or application;. Creative content and visual literacy—in addition to the skills to create and upload image and video content, this includes understanding how online visual content is edited and curated, what types of content are appropriate;.
Case Study: Northern Areas Youth Leadership Academy
In South Africa, thousands of students have taken to social media to push for change, after recent student protests in South Africa demonstrated "fees must fall". Social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter were abuzz with live updates of the protest, and as it gained momentum in South Africa, it also gained international support with messages of solidarity being broadcast by institutions across the globe.
Phases of Drive Change
Each participant is expected to share his/her experience with the program with the audience. Street law taught by law students from the NMMU's Faculty of Law has therefore become an integral part of the YLA program.
Using ICT to Drive Change
These technologies address specific barriers in northern areas that young people may face in forming and maintaining positive social relationships. The observations show that young people are increasingly involved in online and offline social networks at the same time.
Humanising Pedagogy
Individual identity and self-expression among young people in the northern regions is developing at an increasing rate. The use of various forms of online social networking, such as instant messaging, is now established to support networking with peers.
Conclusion and Future Work
Additionally, community trust in the local NGO would serve as a driver for behavior change (Mishra 2014). The introduction of the smart card actually came before a wider institutional change in the transport sector.
Medical Technologies
Qualitative Project on Barriers to POC Testing
In the context of conducting interviews and FGDs, we visited laboratories, clinics and testing facilities. Interview and focus group discussion guides were piloted and revised during the fieldwork to improve the clarity of questions.
Ethics Approval
Results
- India
- South Africa
These strategies artificially extend diagnostic processing times and put pressure on scarce available human resources (Engel et al. 2015a). However, they also show how patients actively turn the test into a tool to achieve another goal (in this case, gaining access to another testing device) (Engel et al. 2017).
Discussion and Conclusion
Increasing diagnostic delays: a qualitative study of on-site testing in South Africa. Tropical Medicine and International Health https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.12450. Barriers to on-site testing in India: Findings from qualitative research across settings, users and major diseases. PLoS ONE, 10, e0135112. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135112.
Objectives and Methodology
- The Need for Co-creation
- The Need for Health Hackathons: MIT Hacking
- The MIT Hacking Medicine Model Applied to
MIT Hacking Medicine first partnered with the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Center for Global Health's Affordable Medical Technologies Consortium (CAMTech) in the fall of 2012 to organize a hackathon focused on affordable medical technology for low- and middle-income countries (LMIC ). CAMTech further adapted the MIT Hacking Medicine health hackathon model to the health needs and innovation potential of LMICs by bringing health hackathons to India and Uganda.
Potential for Development Impact
- Direct Impact of Global Health Hackathons
- CAMTech Extension of the Hackathon Model
- Case Studies
At the end of the event, the hackathon teams present their work to the judging panel and the rest of the participants. The staff and initiatives of the CAMTech Co-creation Lab in Mbarara illustrate the influence that health hackathons in LMICs have had on the local innovator community.
Conclusions and Future Directions
- Surgical Care as Part of the Global Health
- Provider Safety in Surgery: Protecting Surgical
- SurgiBox: Solution Concept for the Double
These systems are not always robust to the high levels of external contamination, with sand particles entering the tents as a particularly notorious phenomenon in the field (e.g. as described by Stevenson and Cather 2008). Around 85,000 doctors worldwide are infected every year by the patient's bodily fluids, with the vast majority of surgeons and obstetricians/gynaecologists having experienced at least one exposure within the past year (Butsashvili et al. 2012).
Methods
- Patient- and Stakeholder-Centered Development
- Proof of Concept Testing
The SurgiBox platform deviates from the assumption that the surgical space of interest is the operating room. At the same time, isolating the surgical field prevents potentially infectious particles and fluids from reaching healthcare providers.
Results
- Device Design
- Particle Testing
Particle counts were then compared to Wagner et al. 2014) data related to particle counts and colony forming units in operating rooms. The rigid frame system consistently achieved 0 particle counts at all test locations within 90 s, or after 2.75 air changes.
Discussion
- Ongoing and Future Research
- Road to the Market
While we aim to simulate field conditions in the lab and assess the ease of use of the prototypes by stakeholders experienced in LMIC environments, we plan to work with LMIC community partners abroad to bring SurgiBox kits to the field. to deliver. Supply and demand bottleneck analyzes of the expected value chain uptake challenges are ongoing, as highlighted above.
Conclusion
This is also essential for effective communication of the services offered to the community. All the technical tools mentioned in the previous section are freely available for public use.
Renewable Energies
Research Objectives and Involvement of Public Sector
With community-based activity to successfully run regular electricity, the running costs of the gasifier for fuel and operator salary are covered and can therefore also electrify the villages around it. The experience of adapting two-phase biomass gasifier for Indian condition and context has so far demonstrated the robustness of the technology with minimal maintenance and suitability for field implementation.
Research Methodology
Utilization of the energy from the gasifier for household electrification only in rural areas led to non-payment for the operation of the gasifier due to lack of incentive (World Bank 2011). The project model is such that the gasifier will run during the day and supply electricity to the micro-enterprises, and in the evening, when the households' lighting needs are greatest, the gasifier will supply electricity to the households in the nearby villages.
Selection of Village Clusters
Koraput, Odisha
They will be the deserving members of their families and have a community support to be independent. They will be taught from start to finish how to make the product and package it and also how to manage the finances of the business.
Mayurbhanj, Odisha
The livelihood activity initiated using the biomass gasifier will be managed and administered by a women's SHG federation named Kasturaba Mahila Maha Sangh. These women receive training on how to use the equipment for processing cashew nuts, legumes and rice.
Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh
Potential Development Impact
Rayagada, Odisha
The two-stage biomass gasifier will provide a regular and clean supply of low-cost electricity, which will increase their production and income by over 500%. To supply the excess energy, two villages, namely Sindhitota and Karli, were identified and technical feasibility was found to be connected to the biomass gasifier system using the utility grid.
Recommendation for Future Research and Application
The paper will analyze the conceptual framework of the UMP in the context of the post-socialist city. Transforming space in the light of the level problem and the parallel problem. Keynote paper at the Spatial Information Theory Conference.
Sustainable Habitat
Introduction
Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy e-mail: [email protected]. Department of Architecture Design and Urban Planning, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy e-mail: [email protected].
International Policies and Action Plans on Civic Engagement
- Citizens Participation Through the ICTs: The Global
ICT tools for e-government can improve public engagement and allow a greater percentage of the population to contribute to public governance. These effects last both in the global north and in the global south between elders and generations 'digitally born' such as between urban centers and periphery or rural areas;.
Related Work on the Field
Finally, map-based services have been used to draw attention to problems or things to change in cities. This generation of services only indirectly involved local authorities, as interaction with the platform on the institution's side is not allowed.
From a Pilot to a Governing Tool: A Case Study in Torino
- The Methodology
The overall aim of the CMMS pilot experience has been to establish strong connections within the territory and institutional relations with the local actors. It was an essential element for the implementation of the project to achieve social inclusiveness by allowing reporting from any type of mobile device.
Achievements and Further Research Steps
Further analysis will focus on assessing the social impact and effectiveness of the process. Cantini who helped to prepare the paper while participating in the project, namely in the academic year 2015/2016.
Piloting the Delivery Models
- Technology Selection Process
- Demand Creation for Safe Water in the
- Innovations in Delivery Model
As expected, many households lacked awareness of the need for safe water. The majority of residents depend on the so-called filtered water or packaged mineral water from the local RO plants in the area.
Imperatives for Scaling up
In order to speed up this process and maintain the momentum created, DA intervened and facilitated the process so that the local NGO is in close contact with manufacturer monitoring the delivery of the orders. Efforts have also been made to make the manufacturer realize the potential of the market, which will also drive timely delivery of services to the growing customer base in the study area.
Way Forward
This research is devoted to the analysis of UMPs as a tool in the development of post-socialist cities, which are shaped by a mixture of economic interests, socio-political and institutional framework. In the post-socialist countries, transitional changes created and increased new power relations between different groups involved in urban development.
Theoretical Background
- Applied Approach
MPs represent a form of urbanization (Roy 2003) and a “collateral” tool against illegal, irregular and informal construction in cities in the South. He also pointed to the so-called 'survival of the unfittest', i.e. building the worst projects instead of the best.
Example of the Belgrade Waterfront Project
- Benchmark of Development Impacts of the BWP
BWP is a Dubai-inspired project of the old city's waterfront redevelopment with little public opposition. Political leaders and the mayor of Belgrade provide the majority of information about the BWP.
Recommendations for Future Research and Application
The improved approach to the planning of UMPs includes a goal-driven approach in the preparation of the feasibility study and decision-making instead of traditional technically-driven approach (Table 13.2). This improved approach is closer to the general context in the countries of the North West and a key tool in their planning systems.
Conclusions
The Act confirming the Agreement on Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Government of the United Arab Emirates (Zakon o potvr -divanju Sporazuma o saradnji izme -du Vlade Republike Srbije i Vlade Ujedinjenih Arapskih Emirata). The Cooperation Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Government of the United Arab Emirates.
Seoul Case
Due to the non-existence of an integrated fare system at that time, public transport users in Seoul spent enormous amounts of money on public transport fare payments. As part of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) concluded between SMG and KSCC, the entire investment was done by the private sector.
Bogota Case
At the core of SITP was the development of an integrated fare system, which was to be supported by a unique payment method aimed at improving local travel conditions (SDP2009). However, the introduction of the "Tu Llave" card did not go as smoothly as planned.
Analysis
Lee Myung-Bak as mayor of Seoul (Lee and Lee 2013), its introduction was only made possible due to the introduction of institutional changes known as the Seoul bus reform. In fact, the "Tu Llave" map was not introduced as a means to support a system-wide institutional reform (as was the case in Seoul), but as a vector for the development of the SITP, which was gradually implemented as Bogota City Hall struggled to integrate pre-TransMilenio bus companies into their new transport network.
Conclusion
This paper presents the main features of the EWS implemented in the Carhuaz region and the relevant lessons learned from the project. Adjacent to the station at Pampa Shonquil, there is a hut permanently manned by the guards at Carhuaz's fresh water intake.
Disaster Risk Reduction
Remote and Field Mapping Methods
Therefore, the American Red Cross increasingly began to focus on the local involvement and field-based activities. After the project, they leave equipment with the local Red Cross to enable future mapping efforts.
Technical Tools
Going forward, the American Red Cross and its partners continue to pursue opportunities for sustained collaboration and will continue to evaluate their methods to respond to challenges and promote best practices. In addition, the American Red Cross has developed new tools to facilitate OSM editing in areas with unreliable connectivity.
Applications and Potential Development Impacts
Challenges and Research Directions
HOT in Indonesia and the World Bank/KLL in Kathmandu implemented highly successful initiatives, and the mapping collaboration continued after the end of the American Red Cross mapping project in West Africa. Open population datasets and open challenges. 2010).Volunteering Geographic Information and Mass Disaster Relief: A Case Study of the Haiti Earthquake.
Study Region
EWSs in high mountain contexts are highly complex systems (Frey et al.2014; . Schneider et al.2014). Within the context of this project, an operational EWS against GLOFs was designed and implemented at Laguna 513, and the necessary emergency response protocols were developed (Muñoz et al.2015).
Description of the EWS Implemented in Carhuaz
- Risk Knowledge (GLOF Modeling)
- Monitoring and Warning Service (Implementation of
- Dissemination and Communication (Data
- Response Capability (Education and
The data center, located in Carhuaz in the town hall building (2640 m.s.l.): receives all the information collected by the monitoring stations in real time. To prevent data loss and interrupted access in the event of power outages, emergency batteries were available in the municipality building.
Lessons Learned and Perspectives
Conclusions
- Nuances of Vulnerability
- Why Disaster Risk Reduction?
The Initiative
- Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
- Monitoring and Warning
- Generating Data from the Frontlines
- Dissemination of Alerts and Warnings
- Feedback Mechanism
System in a Real World Situation (Case from Village
- Background
- Local Action by People
- Floods of 2013
- Bene fi ts
Conclusion
- Generating Buy in for EWS
- Accelerating Regional Information Sharing
- Participation, Social Cohesion and Active
- Capacity Building as Ongoing Activity
Research Questions and Methodology
Results
Discussion and Conclusions
Future Research
