Drought management policies – from global collaboration to national action

Water Policy ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (S2) ◽  
pp. 228-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederik Pischke ◽  
Robert Stefanski
Keyword(s):  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Drought Indices ◽  
Drought Management ◽  
Horn Of Africa ◽  
Management Policies ◽  
High Level ◽  
Collaborative Efforts ◽  
Different Sources

The article provides an overview of the development of national drought management policies (NDMP). It explores collaborative efforts that were started at the High-level Meeting on National Drought Policy – whose declaration provides the backdrop to this article – and are implemented through the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)/Global Water Partnership (GWP) Integrated Drought Management Programme (IDMP) and related initiatives. Early outputs, e.g., the National Drought Management Policy Guidelines – A template for action and the Handbook on Drought Indices and Indicators, provide an indication of how expert-reviewed guidance is brought together and applied by drought practitioners for developing NDMP and applying drought indices/indicators. Regional examples from Central and Eastern Europe and the Horn of Africa, including a brief country example from Kenya, highlight how these guidelines and collaborative efforts and outputs are applied. The role of IDMP is to provide a framework and commensurate technical support to countries but the actual development and implementation of national drought plans and policies still needs to be done by governmental ministries and national stakeholders. The article emphasizes how information from different sources is used to support countries to shift from only reacting to droughts when they occur to adopt proactive national drought policies that focus on improved collaboration and the mitigation of drought impacts.

scholarly journals BENEFIT EVALUATION OF REST AREAS IN THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY NETWORK Case Study Cikopo Palimanan (Cipali) Rest Areas

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-58
Author(s):  
Tetty Sulastry Mardiana
Keyword(s):  
Inventory Management ◽  
Government Regulation ◽  
Average Duration ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Toll Roads ◽  
Toll Road ◽  
Rest Areas ◽  
Management Policies ◽  
High Level

Cikampek-Palimanan so called Toll Cipali is a part of trans-Java network, also the longest road in Indonesia along 116.75 km. In Government Regulation No. 15 of 2005, among others, set on every intercity toll roads are equipped with rest area  (rest area ) and services for the benefit highway users. The presence of the rest area  is expected to solve the congestion concentration in one point (the toll booth), so that the process to unravel congestion during peak times is more easily implemented. This study aimed to get an idea of the importance of rest area along the Cipali road in meeting basic needs and expectations of users of toll roads and his contribution to unravel congestion along cikampek-palimanan toll road. This study uses a quantitative descriptive approaches. The types and sources of data, namely primary data by observation in the field and interviews or questionnaires to users and managers rest area  cikampek-palimanan toll road km 130 and km 166. The scope of the research starts from the inventory results of studies that have been done before, inventory management policies toll road, inventory management policies rest area , rest area  existing capacity analysis, analysis based on rest area  user expectations, analysis of toll road management policy, analysis of management policies rest area , conclusions and recommendations. The result is that level of expediency rest area  km 130 states that the benefit level is moderate and the rest area  at km 166 expressed high level of expediency rest area . The average vehicle entry / min at rest area  KM 130 is 1.23 vehicle / min, and the vehicle exit is as much as 1:29 vehicle / min. With an average duration of parking per vehicle for 24 minutes. The average vehicle entry / min at rest area  166 is 2 vehicles / minute, and the vehicle exit is as much as 1 vehicle / min. With an average duration of parking per vehicle for 39 minutes. Location of the rest area  to another rest area  along cikampek-palimanan toll road has been compliance with applicable laws, less than 50 kilometers (farthest distance is 28.4 km from the rest area  rest area  km 102 to km 130). Locations rest area  KM 130 and 166 toward palimanan based Technical Guidelines How Siting Rest in Highway No.037 / T / BM / 1999, already exceeding the positioning or the distance from the toll gate to the facility location based fatigue resting place for driver, which is 20.3 km (rest area  km 130) and 8.7 km (rest area  km 166).

scholarly journals KESIAPSIAGAAN MASYARAKAT KOTA PADANG DALAM MENGHADAPI RESIKO BENCANA GEMPA DAN TSUNAMI BERBASIS KEARIFAN LOKAL (Studi Kesiapsiagaan Terhadap Resiko Bencana)

Humanus ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 168
Author(s):  
Zikri Alhadi ◽  
Siska Sasmita
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Management ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Management Policies ◽  
High Level ◽  
The City ◽  
Risk Preparedness

This article aims to describe the research findings about the local community disaster preparedness based on local values in facing the risk of earthquake and tsunami. The authors describe the disaster preparedness of a community with high level of homegenity, since the activity of disaster preparedness for highly homogenic community is very crucial due to to the high population. Beside that, intervention in highly homogenic community is relatively easier in short term because of their uniformed background. The authors also identify the community’s values that can be used as a basis in strengthening community preparedness. Local values include the following: strengthening the role of ‘niniak mamak’, increasing the attendance in the mosque, prayer and ‘ciloteh Lapau’ (conversations in stalls). The result of this study is expected to become the basis for stakeholders in the city of Padang in formulating comprehensive disaster management policies, particularly pre-disaster management. Keywords: disaster, risk preparedness, local values

Evolution of drought management policies and practices in the United States

Water Policy ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (S2) ◽  
pp. 122-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugene Z. Stakhiv ◽  
William Werick ◽  
Robert W. Brumbaugh
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Flood Control ◽  
Relative Effectiveness ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Rapid Expansion ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Drought Management ◽  
Management Policies

The evolution of United States (US) national and federal drought policies is examined, and the relative effectiveness of the hierarchy of federal, state and local drought management programs and practices is evaluated within the context of changing philosophies of water management. While there is no ‘national’ drought management policy, there is a strong federal policy that attempts to coordinate the management responses of numerous federal agencies. Drought and flood management comprise the key components of assuring national ‘water security’. Early 20th century US water resources management was very effective in providing the essential prerequisites of ‘water and economic security’ through a rapid expansion of water storage capacity, flood control, hydropower, irrigation and conveyance facilities as the basis for a robust national economic development program. Increasing water supply capacity has proven to be the most effective strategic drought management option. Today, federal drought management policies and programs focus mainly on demand reduction strategies, buttressed by a powerful array of environmental regulatory programs that strive to attain sustainable resource use. Climate uncertainty will again require greater focus on supply-side options that increase water supply robustness and resilience, especially in the growing urban areas of the semi-arid west.

How is the Role of Ecosystem Services Considered in Local Level Flood Management Policies: Case Study in Cumbria, England

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (04) ◽  
pp. 1550032 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nazmul Huq ◽  
Alexander Stubbings
Keyword(s):  
Local Level ◽  
National Level ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Flood Management ◽  
Flood Risk Management ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Management Policies

The purpose of the paper is to investigate how local level flood policies consider Natural Flood Management (NFM) as a risk reduction mechanism in England. Methods used include a review of European and English national legislative and other flood management policy instruments as well as a case study of Cumbria County’s local flood management policies. The legislative and other policy instruments at both European and English national level demonstrated increasing level of NFM consideration for local flood risk management. In Cumbrian context, flood management policies are mostly aligned to the traditional structural defence-based approach; however, emergence and importance of non-structural measures including NFM are clearly evident, are visibly influenced by the European and national policies. The numbers of potential NFM actions in local flood policies are nonetheless insignificant compared to the NFM potentials, but these can be worked in as a starting point for wider scale consideration and implementation.

Transmigration und Kapitalismus

2005 ◽  
Vol 35 (140) ◽  
pp. 407-422
Author(s):  
Julia Bernstein
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Different Sources

Based on an ethnographical study the article presents the problems of Soviet migrants with capitalistic every day life. The reaction of the migrants and the role of their imagination of capitalism, which was formed by different sources in the former Soviet Union, is investigated.

Searching for ‘success’: generation, gender and onward migration in the Iranian diaspora

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Young Age ◽  
Onward Migration ◽  
Social Fields ◽  
Transnational Social Fields ◽  
High Level ◽  
Iranian Diaspora

This article uses the concepts of ‘transnational social fields’ and ‘habitus’ to explore the multifaceted role families play in shaping the aspirations of onward migrating youth. The article draws on biographical life history interviews conducted with the children of Iranian migrants who were raised in Sweden but moved to London, UK as adults. The findings of the study suggest that from a young age, all the participants were pressured by their parents to perform well academically, and to achieve high level careers. These goals were easier to achieve in London than in Sweden for several reasons. Interestingly, however, participants’ understandings of what constituted success and their motivations for onward migration were nuanced and varied considerably by gender. The study contributes to an understanding of the role of multi-sited transnational social fields in shaping the aspirations of migrant youths, as well as the strategies taken up by these migrants to achieve their goals.

Role of chromium (III) in the nutrition of pigs and cattle

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-62
Author(s):  
R. Iskra ◽  
V. Vlizlo ◽  
R. Fedoruk
Keyword(s):  
Growth And Development ◽  
Reproductive Function ◽  
Metabolic Effect ◽  
Considerable Part ◽  
Cultural Medium ◽  
Milk Performance ◽  
Chromium Compounds ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Different Sources

The results of our studies and the data of modern literature regarding the biological role of Cr(III) compounds in conditions of their application in the nutrition for pigs and cattle are discussed. The metabolic impact of Cr(III), coming from different sources – mineral and organic compounds, obtained by chemical synthesis or a nanotechnological method (chromium citrate), as well as in the form of biocomplexes from the cultural medium of Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeasts was analyzed. The metabolic connection between the impact of Cr(III) and the biosynthesis of some hormones – insulin, cortisol – as well as the sensitivity of some tissues and organs to the effect of chromium compounds was studied. A considerable part of the review material was dedicated to the metabolic effect of Cr(III) compounds on the reproductive function of pigs and cattle and their impact on the viability of the offspring and gametes of animals. The data about the stimulating effect of Cr(III) on the growth and development of the organism of piglets and calves, meat and milk performance of these species of animals are discussed. The relevance of dosing Cr(III) in the nutrition of pigs and cattle is highlighted.

Decision making power of college girls in relation to clothing

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Parul Gill ◽  
Poonam Malik ◽  
Pankaj Gill
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Satisfaction Level ◽  
College Going ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
High Level ◽  
Garment Design ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

The present study was undertaken to explore the decision making patterns of college girls in relation to clothing and their satisfaction level with these decision making patterns. Thirty under graduate college girls from Panipat city were approached to record their responses regarding decision making in relation to clothing and satisfaction level through a well structured questionnaire. It was found that most of the girls (56.66%) themselves made the decisions about the type of garment (Indian, western or both) they wear and majority of girls (70%) were highly satisfied with this decision making. Parents performed the role of buyers for their college going daughters' garments in most of the cases (63.33%) and the 73.33% girls had high level of satisfaction with this. In most of the cases (60%) the decision about the garment design was made by the girls themselves and they were highly satisfied with it. Keywords: clothing, college, girls, decision making.

The Role of Archives on the Incorporation of the Former Kangwane Homeland to Mpumalanga Province

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nkholedzeni Sidney Netshakhuma
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Records Management ◽  
Record Keeping ◽  
Mpumalanga Province ◽  
Specific Objective ◽  
National Archives ◽  
And Control

This study was conceptualised in order to assess the strategies used to incorporate the homeland of KaNgwane into Mpumalanga province after the cessation of apartheid in 1994. The specific objective of the study was to investigate the compliance of records and archives with the National Archives and Records Service of South Africa Act (Act No 43 of 1996), during the incorporation of the homeland of KaNgwane into Mpumalanga. The study adopted a qualitative methodology through document analysis, interviews and observations. The key findings revealed that the archives of the former homeland of Kangwane were not aligned with the requirements of the National Archives and Records Service of South Africa Act (Act No.43 of 1996.) Institutions seem to lack experience when it comes to the challenges of storing records and implementing arrangement and control systems. The frequent lack of a records management policy and few to no staff with record-keeping and archival backgrounds was also a concern. A shortage of space to store records safely was also one of the major issues that the study uncovered. There appears to be no concerted effort to retain important historical records. Many records are stored in several different locations in government buildings.  I conclude that archives play an essential role to the nation as the institutional memory.

Giscience in the Mountain Geography

2010 ◽  
Vol 27 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 81-90
Author(s):  
Krishna Poudel
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Data ◽  
Environmental Data ◽  
Temporal Data ◽  
Observation Systems ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Temporal And Spatial ◽  
Temporal And Spatial Characteristics ◽  
Mountain Geography ◽  
Different Sources

Mountains have distinct geography and are dynamic in nature compared to the plains. 'Verticality' and 'variation' are two fundamental specificities of the mountain geography. They possess distinct temporal and spatial characteristics in a unique socio-cultural setting. There is an ever increasing need for spatial and temporal data for planning and management activities; and Geo Information (GI) Science (including Geographic Information and Earth Observation Systems). This is being recognized more and more as a common platform for integrating spatial data with social, economic and environmental data and information from different sources. This paper investigates the applicability and challenges of GISscience in the context of mountain geography with ample evidences and observations from the mountain specific publications, empirical research findings and reports. The contextual explanation of mountain geography, mountain specific problems, scientific concerns about the mountain geography, advances in GIScience, the role of GIScience for sustainable development, challenges on application of GIScience in the contexts of mountains are the points of discussion. Finally, conclusion has been made with some specific action oriented recommendations.

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