Innovative Approach for the Development of Sustainable Settlements in East Africa

Innovative Approach for the Development of Sustainable Settlements in East Africa
Author: Oscar Eugenio Bellini
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2022-11-19
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3031002849

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This book deals with sustainable affordable housing in developing countries, providing the main results of the BECOMe research project of the Politecnico di Milano. Sustainable, affordable housing in developing countries is increasingly important for African and international stakeholders, with massive urbanization processes involving many countries consuming large territories and natural resources minus any strategy of sustainability and social equality and without consideration of the long-term effects on the environment and subsequent generations. While the issue of affordable housing requires approaches adapted to the many specific African contexts, the case of Somalia seems representative of a fragile context characterized by the uncertainty of the social, political, and economic situations and the lack of common shared legislative references and strategies. The book aims to provide knowledge and propose a methodological framework developed from this particular situation that can serve as a template. On the basis of this main objective, the book deals with approaches and problems related to the creation of sustainable housing ecosystems, activating and boosting local enterprises and stimulating foreign investors to revamp the national AEC sector and related manufacturing industries, models for modular settlements, and business models and assessment methodologies useful for evaluating a set of appropriate technological solutions. Chapters 03 and 07 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

DESIGN ENGINEERING JOURNEY

DESIGN ENGINEERING JOURNEY
Author: RAMANA. PIDAPARTI
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022
Genre:
ISBN: 9783031002854

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Innovative Models for Sustainable Development in Emerging African Countries

Innovative Models for Sustainable Development in Emerging African Countries
Author: Niccolò Aste
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 167
Release: 2019-12-30
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 303033323X

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This open access book explores key issues and presents recent case studies in areas of importance for the transition to a circular model of development in emerging African countries that will minimize resource consumption and waste production. The topics covered include the development of sustainable housing models, energy and environmental issues in building design and technical systems, recycling for a sustainable future, models for humanitarian emergencies, and low-cost and web-based digital tools with applications in architecture and archaeology. The aim is to contribute to a necessary paradigm shift with respect to urban planning and usage of territories, moving from a linear urban metabolism based on the “take, make, dispose” approach to a circular metabolism. Such a change requires a focus on the relationship between the architectural, urban, and physical aspects of new developments, climate, and energy demand, as well as the identification and integration of strategies and infrastructures to achieve a high level of efficiency and self-sufficiency. The book will appeal to all with an interest in sustainable development in the African context.

Human Security and Sustainable Development in East Africa

Human Security and Sustainable Development in East Africa
Author: Jeremiah O. Asaka
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2022-05-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1000610101

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This book investigates contemporary human security issues in East Africa, setting forth policy recommendations and a research agenda for future studies. Human security takes a people-centered rather than state-centered approach to security issues, focusing on whether people feel safe, free from fear, want, and indignity. This book investigates human security in East Africa, encompassing issues as diverse as migration, housing, climate change, displacement, food security, aflatoxins, land rights, and peace and conflict resolution. In particular, the book showcases innovative original research from African scholars based on the continent and abroad, and together the contributors provide policy recommendations and set forth a human security research agenda for East Africa, which encompasses Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Somalia, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti. As well as being useful for policy makers and practitioners, this book will interest researchers across African Studies, Security Studies, Environmental Studies, Political Science, Global Governance, International Relations, and Human Geography. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license

Community Innovations in Sustainable Land Management

Community Innovations in Sustainable Land Management
Author: Maxwell Mudhara
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2016-06-23
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1317278712

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It is increasingly recognized that land can be managed most sustainably through involving local communities. This book highlights the potential of a new methodology of uncovering and stimulating community initiatives in sustainable land management in Africa. Analyses of four contrasting African countries (Ghana, Morocco, South Africa and Uganda) show that as communities directly face the challenges of land degradation, they are likely to develop initiatives themselves in terms of sustainable land management. These initiatives (or ‘innovations’) may be more appropriate and sustainable than those emanating from research stations located far from the communities. The book describes the rationale of the approach used, the set of steps followed, how the project managed to engage the communities to understand the importance of the activities they were undertaking, and how they were stimulated to improve and extend their initiatives and innovativeness. Examples covered include soil fertility, community forestry, afforestation, water, invasive species and grazing land management. Central to the book is the way communities, and scientists, interacted between the four countries and learnt from each other. The book also shows how the initiatives were outscaled locally.

Inclusive Innovation for Sustainable Development

Inclusive Innovation for Sustainable Development
Author: Nathaniel O. Agola
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2016-08-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 113760168X

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Employing a three-dimensional approach, this book discusses inclusive innovation for socio-economic growth and development, and the implications for human security within the context of developing and emerging economies. Focusing on a new and innovative area of research, Inclusive Innovation for Sustainable Development explores new social and technological processes that are created within, and for the benefit of, marginalised populations. Considering policy and issues surrounding technology, business strategies and best practices, theoretical underpinnings and a broader contextualisation, the authors interrogate the concept of the inclusivity of innovations. Written from the perspective of the new UN paradigm which states that “no one will be left behind”, the book considers the potential contribution of modern technology to human security and develops frameworks that counter the potential increases in inequality that this may bring. With contributions from leading international scholars in a range of disciplines, as well as practitioners in international development organizations and private sector actors Inclusive Innovation for Sustainable Development provides a way forward for excluded majority populations to take control of innovative technologies and business processes.

Innovative Models for Sustainable Development in Emerging African Countries

Innovative Models for Sustainable Development in Emerging African Countries
Author: Niccolò Aste
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 167
Release: 2019-12-31
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9783030333225

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This open access book explores key issues and presents recent case studies in areas of importance for the transition to a circular model of development in emerging African countries that will minimize resource consumption and waste production. The topics covered include the development of sustainable housing models, energy and environmental issues in building design and technical systems, recycling for a sustainable future, models for humanitarian emergencies, and low-cost and web-based digital tools with applications in architecture and archaeology. The aim is to contribute to a necessary paradigm shift with respect to urban planning and usage of territories, moving from a linear urban metabolism based on the “take, make, dispose” approach to a circular metabolism. Such a change requires a focus on the relationship between the architectural, urban, and physical aspects of new developments, climate, and energy demand, as well as the identification and integration of strategies and infrastructures to achieve a high level of efficiency and self-sufficiency. The book will appeal to all with an interest in sustainable development in the African context.

Transformative Innovation for Sustainable Human Settlements

Transformative Innovation for Sustainable Human Settlements
Author: Andrew Emmanuel Okem
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-11
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781032412023

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This book uses the Transformative Innovation Policy to show how innovative processes, practices and systems can facilitate sustainable human settlements in South Africa. For scholars and students of Housing, Human Settlements, Architecture, Public Policy, Development Studies, Civil Engineering, Political Science and Public Administration.

Co-Designing Science in Africa

Co-Designing Science in Africa
Author: UNESCO
Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2019-06-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9231003194

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