China’s Emerging Inter-network Society - The Rise of Public Advocacy in the Digital ‘Public Sphere’

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Друга міжнародна конференція зі сталого майбутнього: екологічні, технологічні, соціальні та економічні питання (ICSF 2021). Кривий Ріг, Україна, 19-21 травня 2021 року

Second International Conference on Sustainable Futures: Environmental, Technological, Social and Economic Matters (ICSF 2021). Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, May 19-21, 2021.Друга міжнародна конференція зі сталого майбутнього: екологічні, технологічні, соціальні та економічні питання (ICSF 2021). Кривий Ріг, Україна, 19-21 травня 2021 року

Exploratory Review of Disaster Risk Assessment Models for Promoting Effective Disaster Risk Reduction in Pakistan

The national and international focus has been directed towards risk reduction due to the immense impact of a disaster and the aftermath that requires the expenditure of resources for repairs of the damages caused by these disasters. The continued evolution of risks has increased the need for effective disaster risk assessment in order to provide information to disaster risk management planning and disaster risk reduction intervention process. An approach towards disaster risk assessment that is organized and systematic will aid in the maintenance of the credibility, therefore, promoting quality of the process and its results. Specific models designed for the task acts as an essential tool for the methodological approach towards disaster risk assessment. Due to lacking a proper model for disaster risk assessment, the local government of Pakistan has taken under consideration the need for this study and therefore has expressed the need for an integrated and holistic disaster risk assessment model. In the process of developing an effective disaster risk assessment model, the research was led in direction of establishing a preliminary link between disaster risk assessment and disaster risk reduction in order to determine the key factors in effective disaster risk reduction. The preliminary analysis involved in formulating a theoretical hypothesis of disaster risk assessment examined the key factors informing the disaster risk assessment process. This debate continued to compare and review three disaster risk assessment models the Community-wide Vulnerability Capacity Assessment (CVCA) Model, the Community-Based Risk Reduction Model and the South African Disaster Risk Assessment Model analyzing key characteristics, infrastructure and implications of the models. The reviewing comparison of the three highlighted models provided the necessary insight needed for developing disaster risk assessment model for the local government in Pakistan Municipalities. The final development of disaster risk assessment for the local government in Pakistan was credited to these researchers and findings that were the subjective guidelines

Resistance factors to rapid response in natural disaster scenarios

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Integrating environmental and health and safety management system in the oil and gas sectors: a case study of Nigeria

A thesis submitted to the University of Wolverhampton's School of Technology in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy degree.Oil and gas industries around the world are often linked to poor environmental management. As a result, they raise concerns about potential negative environmental, health and safety impacts. Oil spills are considered to have caused a wide range of environmental damage. About 7 to 700 tonnes per year, approximately 100 billion cubic metres (BCM) of associated gas flaring, and five million deaths are attributed to oil pollution (contributing to approximately 9% of all deaths worldwide). The extent of this pollution is particularly significant and damaging in developing countries like Nigeria. This study aims to investigate the integration of environmental, health and safety management systems in the oil and gas sectors. Focusing on Nigeria, this research evaluates and provides solutions to the rising number of oil and gas industry related environmental pollution. The study analyses the causes of environmental pollution and the relationship between the environmental, health, and safety management systems in the oil and gas sectors in Nigeria. A mixed-methodologies approach that combined both quantitative and qualitative methods with embedded units of analysis was explored. Semi structured interviews, questionnaires and observation approach were used for data collection from multiple participants. To analyse the study findings, SPSS and Nvivo data analysis programs were used. The study found that using an integrated environmental, health, and safety management system to reduce pollution in the oil and gas industry could be a reliable option to mitigate the current oil and gas related concerns in Nigeria. Based on the findings of the study, a strategic framework for integrating and sustaining Oil and Gas environmental, health, and safety management system was designed. This study demonstrates that the integrating environmental, health and safety management system could minimise adverse impacts of Oil and Gas industry including environmental pollution in Nigeria and other developing countries facing similar challenges, and make this key industry more sustainable.Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PDTF

Nuclear Power - Deployment, Operation and Sustainability

We are fortunate to live in incredibly exciting and incredibly challenging time. Energy demands due to economic growth and increasing population must be satisfied in a sustainable manner assuring inherent safety, efficiency and no or minimized environmental impact. These considerations are among the reasons that lead to serious interest in deploying nuclear power as a sustainable energy source. At the same time, catastrophic earthquake and tsunami events in Japan resulted in the nuclear accident that forced us to rethink our approach to nuclear safety, design requirements and facilitated growing interests in advanced nuclear energy systems. This book is one in a series of books on nuclear power published by InTech. It consists of six major sections housing twenty chapters on topics from the key subject areas pertinent to successful development, deployment and operation of nuclear power systems worldwide. The book targets everyone as its potential readership groups - students, researchers and practitioners - who are interested to learn about nuclear power

Nuclear Power

We are fortunate to live in incredibly exciting and incredibly challenging time. Energy demands due to economic growth and increasing population must be satisfied in a sustainable manner assuring inherent safety, efficiency and no or minimized environmental impact. These considerations are among the reasons that lead to serious interest in deploying nuclear power as a sustainable energy source. At the same time, catastrophic earthquake and tsunami events in Japan resulted in the nuclear accident that forced us to rethink our approach to nuclear safety, design requirements and facilitated growing interests in advanced nuclear energy systems. This book is one in a series of books on nuclear power published by InTech. It consists of six major sections housing twenty chapters on topics from the key subject areas pertinent to successful development, deployment and operation of nuclear power systems worldwide. The book targets everyone as its potential readership groups - students, researchers and practitioners - who are interested to learn about nuclear power