Enhancing Ontario’s Rural Infrastructure Preparedness: Inter-Community Service Sharing in a Changing Climate — Environmental Scan

Given the research that has been done in this environmental scan and the gaps found in this research, it is our aim to find out: What types of service sharing are going on in Ontario municipalities, particularly in rural/remote areas? How can inter-community service sharing (ICSS) benefit the asset management planning process in these rural/remote areas to enhance capacities for climate change resilience? Climate change (CC) will exacerbate deterioration to existing infrastructure and increase replacement costs. Improved preparedness reduces risks and increases efficiency, readiness and coping capacity. To increase the preparedness of Ontario rural communities, this project develops CC-Prepared Inter-Community Service Sharing (ICSS) as an innovative strategy that expands cost-effective solutions within Ontario’s standardized Asset Management Planning (AMP) process. Overseen by a Project Advisory Board (PAB), it identifies a suite of best practice ICSS processes and principles and a range of factors and indicators that influence the uptake of ICSS as a viable and practical opportunity targeted to enhance rural infrastructure preparedness for CC. It utilizes a multimethod, interdisciplinary approach involving an environmental scan, interviews, a survey and case studies and develops an ICSS Toolkit consisting of reports, workbook, policy brief and media kit. Knowledge translation and transfer (KTT) includes blogs, teleconferences, articles, presentations and a workshop. For small rural Ontario communities, this study enhances management of CC impacts on infrastructure through the development of a CC-Prepared ICSS strategy, increasing anticipatory, collective actions that reduce dam age and increase efficiencies. It informs sound municipal/provincial level programs and policies about innovative ICSS that benefit rural communities through the identification of Ontario-wide trends, case study best practises and action-oriented recommendations

KAJIAN PERUBAHAN RUMAH INTI PADA PERUMAHAN SEDERHANA (STUDI KASUS : PERUMAHAN KPR GRIYA MAHONI, ACEH BARAT )

KAJIAN PERUBAHAN RUMAH INTI PADA PERUMAHAN SEDERHANA(Studi Kasus: Perumahan KPR Griya Mahoni Aceh Barat) LAPORAN PENELITIAN TUGAS AKHIRHissa Arfira1404104010048ABSTRAKPerumahan KPR Griya Mahoni, Aceh Barat, merupakan perumahan KPR yang diberikan oleh perbankan kepada para nasabah perorangan yang akan membeli rumah. Perumahan ini sangat diminati oleh masyarakat, terutama masyarakat yang memiliki keterbatasan dana untuk membangun rumah ataupun membeli rumah secara tunai. Type rumah yang ditawarkan oleh developer adalah type 36 dan type 36 plus dengan settingan ruang yang berbeda tetapi dengan type rumah yang sama, seperti ada rumah yang memiliki KM/WC namun tidak memiliki dapur dan sebaliknya, dengan demikian, penghuni bisa memilih denah yang sudah disediakan developer sesuai yang diinginkan. Namun, setelah pasca huni terjadinya berbagai bentuk perubahan pada rumah inti. Hal ini menyebabkan beberapa masalah seperti: terbentuknya ruang dengan tidak memiliki bukaan yang optimal karena terdapat ruang-ruang yang tidak adanya ventilasi udara dan jendela, Peluasan dan penambahan ruang juga menyebabkan desain tampak bangunan menjadi berubah sehingga massa bangunan antar rumah sudah tidak sama. Berdasarkan permasalahan yang telah ditemukan, pertanyaan penelitian yang dapat dirumuskan adalah faktor apa saja yang mempengaruhi penghuni melakukan perubahan rumah pada perumahan KPR Griya Mahoni, Aceh Barat?, elemen/tipe ruang apa saja yang timbul akibat perubahan rumah inti pada perumahan KPR Griya Mahoni Aceh Barat? dan Perubahan apa saja yang terjadi pada perumahan KPR Griya Mahoni, Aceh Barat?. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian deskriptif kuantitatif. Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan secara observasi (pengamatan), kuisioner, dokumentasi dan pengukuran. Sampel yang akan diteliti berjumlah 60 KK dari populasi yang berjumlah 70 KK. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian diketahui bahwa jenis perubahan rumah inti yang terjadi pada perumahan KPR Griya Mahoni sebagian besar adalah perluasan (ekspansi) yang mencapai 56,70% terhadap ruang dapur, kamar tidur, KM/WC dan ruang makan. Sedangkan untuk faktor yang mempengaruhi perubahan yang terjadi pada perumahan KPR Griya Mahoni atara lain adalah faktor peningkatan penghasilan, status lahan, luas lahan dan kelengkapan sarana dan prasarana dasar.Kata Kunci: Perubahan Desain Rumah, Perubahan Griya Mahoni, Aceh Barat.i

Open Wave – tutkimus avoimen innovoinnin mahdollisuuksista venealalla: Open Wave - projektin tutkimusraportti

The aim of the Open wave project is to identify the product and service possibilities in boat industry through open innovation methods. We pursue the aim by answering the following research questions: What kind of role do user and trend information have in developing future products and services in boat industry? How does the concept generation method work in identifying product and service possibilities? What kind of technological trends create new product and service possibilities in boat industry? We focus on the challenges and the possibilities on both internal markets and the central export markets of boat industry.Open Wave -projektin tavoitteena on tunnistaa veneilyalan tulevaisuuden tuote- ja palvelumahdollisuuksia avoimen innovoinnin menetelmillä. Tavoitteeseen pyritään vastaamalla seuraaviin tutkimuskysymyksiin: Millainen merkitys käyttäjä- ja trenditiedolla on tulevaisuuden venealan tuotteiden ja palveluiden kehittämisessä? Miten konseptointimenetelmä toimii tuote- ja palvelumahdollisuuksien tunnistamisessa? Millaiset venealan tuotteet ja palvelut tukevat veneilyn lisäämistä? Millaiset teknologiset trendit luovat tuote- ja palvelumahdollisuuksia veneilyalalla? Projektissa keskitytään sekä kotimaan että keskeisten vientialueiden haasteisiin ja mahdollisuuksiin. Keskeisenä tuloksena on avoimen innovoinnin toimintamalli tulevaisuuden tuote- ja palvelumahdollisuuksien tunnistamiseen veneilyalalla. Toimintamallissa yhdistyvät muotoilun, markkinoinnin ja tekniikan näkökulmat

Soil organic carbon stocks under pasture atlantic forest in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil.

The objective of this study is to perform a comparative analysis of the soil carbon stock under pasture (Brachiaria spp) and semideciduous broadleaf Atlantic Forest fragments

Carbon stock measurement to evaluate ecosystem service from carbon sequestration.

The aim of this study is to establish parameters to evaluate ecosystem service from carbon sequestration of the actions supported by the Sustainable Rural Development Program in watersheds of the state of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil – Rio-Rural

Aplicação de métodos geoestatísticos na determinação da variabilidade espacial do teor de argila.

É comum encontrar em solos brasileiros variabilidade na textura e nos macro e micronutrientes. Em experimentos de campo, as amostragens são realizadas dentro de cada parcela aleatoriamente e, dada a variabilidade destes solos, devido às manchas de fertilidade, não são detectadas diferenças estatísticas entre os tratamentos. O objetivo deste trabalho foi estudar A identificação da dependência foi verificada pelo uso do semivariograma. Em geral, variáveis que apresentam grande variabilidade impossibilitam, na maioria das vezes, a detecção de reais diferenças estatísticas entre os efeitos de tratamentos. A consideração de amostras georreferenciadas é uma abordagem importante na análise de dados desta natureza. Foram estudados três modelos de semivariograma sendo que, aquele que melhor se ajustou aos dados de argila foi o exponencial apresentando menor variância espacial e menor quadrado médio do erro

Using Photovoice to Understand Climate Change Adaptation in Rural Ontario

The examination of community adaptation and resilience approaches to address the threats of climate change in rural Ontario is becoming increasingly important in emergency management and preparedness. Community engagement becomes critical in this regard, as local experiences partly influence perceptions of climate change risks within municipalities. Photovoice is a community-based participatory research methodology that empowers participants to document their perceptions and understandings of a particular issue through the use of visual images. This technique was undertaken to understand the impacts of the F3 tornado that hit the community of Goderich, Ontario in 2011 and capture their member’s perceptions on disaster recovery and climate-related threats. For this project, I worked with 10 community photographers to refine themes (n=7) related to the impacts of the extreme event on critical infrastructure as well as community strengths and challenges associated with climate change resilience. My findings indicate that the F3 2011 tornado brought vast hardship to the residents of Goderich of which they still experience five years later and that differing opinions during the recovery process encouraged controversy – hindering some of the social cohesion during rebuild. Despite the community’s fast recovery, certain infrastructure such as banking and businesses remains to be vulnerable to future disaster. Most importantly, optimistic acceptance and positive outlook regarding their perception of community strength and resilience despite losses was an overwhelming theme for the participants in this project

La pràctica d’activitat física entre els adolescents de les escoles públiques de l’estat a Fortaleza (Brasil)

L’objectiu de l’estudi va ser conèixer els hàbits quotidians, relacionats amb la pràctica d’activitat física, mostrats per adolescents d’escoles públiques de Fortaleza - Brasil. Estudi transversal en el qual van participar 720 estudiants pertanyents a dotze escoles públiques estatals, l’edat dels quals variava entre 14 i 19 anys i d’ambdós sexes. Les dades es van recollir durant els mesos de febrer i març de 2006, a través d’entrevista estructurada. A més a més, es va verificar pes i altura i es va mesurar la glucèmia capil·lar. Els resultats van mostrar que el 65,8 % tenia entre 14 i 17 anys; el 81,1 % cursava ensenyament secundari; el 59,3 % era del sexe femení i el 75,3 % va adquirir hàbits sedentaris. D’aquests, el 10 % tenia excés de pes; el 2,8 % era obès i el 8,5 % tenia els valors de glucèmia capil·lar superiors als normals. La pràctica d’activitat física va estar relacionada amb el sexe (p = 0,000) i amb l’edat (p=0,049). Es va concloure que hi ha un alt percentatge d’adolescents sedentaris i que l’educació per a la salut és el camí indicat per combatre el sedentarisme esmentat i també ajuda a prevenir malalties cardiovasculars i diabetis mellitus tipus 2

Aplicação de métodos geoestatísticos na análise do teor de silte do solo.

Sabe-se que variáveis regionalizadas são funçõess que variam de um lugar a outro no espaço com certa similaridade de continuidade, cujos valores estão relacionados de algum modo com a posição espacial. Em função disso, este trabalho se propõe a estudar a aplicação de métodos geoestatísticos, para tratamento de variáveis georreferenciadas , em dados de que compõe a fração do solo como o silte fornecidos pela Embrapa Solos