19 research outputs found
The politics of speed – local and regional actors’ views on speed limits, traffic safety and mobility in Sweden
A people-centred perspective on climate change, environmental stress, and livelihood resilience in Bangladesh
The Ganges–Brahmaputra delta enables Bangladesh to sustain a dense population, but it also exposes people to natural hazards. This article presents findings from the Gibika project, which researches livelihood resilience in seven study sites across Bangladesh. This study aims to understand how people in the study sites build resilience against environmental stresses, such as cyclones, floods, riverbank erosion, and drought, and in what ways their strategies sometimes fail. The article applies a new methodology for studying people’s decision making in risk-prone environments: the personal Livelihood History interviews (N = 28). The findings show how environmental stress, shocks, and disturbances affect people’s livelihood resilience and why adaptation measures can be unsuccessful. Floods, riverbank erosion, and droughts cause damage to agricultural lands, crops, houses, and properties. People manage to adapt by modifying their agricultural practices, switching to alternative livelihoods, or using migration as an adaptive strategy. In the coastal study sites, cyclones are a severe hazard. The study reveals that when a cyclone approaches, people sometimes choose not to evacuate: they put their lives at risk to protect their livelihoods and properties. Future policy and adaptation planning must use lessons learned from people currently facing environmental stress and shocks
Os desafios para a efetividade da implementação dos planos de mobilidade urbana: uma revisão sistemática
How interventions in master plans affect public transport competitiveness versus cars: a case study of two small and two medium-sized city regions
Effect of Aloe Vera and Pantoprazole on Gastroesophageal Reflux Symptoms in Mustard Gas Victims: A Randomized Controlled Trial
The role of local government in governance and diffusion of Mobility-as-a-Service: exploring the views of MaaS stakeholders in Stockholm
Service Lifetime Prediction of PV Modules and Systems: Progress of the SOLAR-TRAIN Project
The project SOLAR TRAIN aims to develop novel and validated models for the service life time and energy yield prediction of PV modules and systems. PV modules’ and systems’ performances are being investigated along the entire modeling chain: climatic degradation factors, analysis of degradation and failure modes and evaluation of polymeric materials. This paper presents an overview of the current start of the art and some preliminary results from a work package on development of service lifetime prediction models for PV modules and systems