Planning, Housing and Infrastructure for Smart Villages
Gebonden Engels 2018 9780815365648Samenvatting
Some 7.3 billion people currently live on the planet. Of these, 3.4 billion live in rural areas. In just a few regions—Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa—less than 50 per cent of poverty is now located in rural areas. But for the rest of the world's regions between 55 per cent and 80 per cent of the poor continue to live in the countryside. Progress is being made, but much of the knowhow needed is not disseminated outside of a small coterie of professionals who work in the area. With urban development attracting a great deal of attention lately, poorer rural areas deserve the same and new knowledge for empowerment of rural communities is urgently needed.
This book provides an overview of current thinking and practices that have emerged over the last thirty years for uplifting rural communities in developing economies. Drawing on a body of knowledge across a spectrum of relevant disciplines, this book provides a range of innovative ideas for rural planning, housing and infrastructure development.
Governments in many emerging economies, where rural poverty is often most acute, have attempted to improve livelihoods. Approaches and techniques that have been used for urban development are often not applicable to rural communities. Studies show that money allocated for rural development is often not effectively spent due to distance, lack of infrastructure, lack of education, poverty and other factors. Meanwhile, the gap in development between the city and country continues to grow, sometimes leading to social and political instability, in both developing and developed countries. This book seeks to provide a guidebook for meeting such challenges.
Through in-depth enquiry of global practices and thinking about rural development, and selected case studies, the authors argue that careful consideration must be given to incorporating issues of resilience, resourcefulness and the involvement of communities at grassroots levels in realising the transformation of rural settlements into Smart Villages.
Specificaties
Lezersrecensies
Inhoudsopgave
Rural Settlements
What is a Smart Village?
Millennium Development Goals
Making a Smart Village
Chapter 2. Income Generation
Introduction
Businesses around Agriculture
Non-Timber Forest Products
Ecotourism
Financing opportunities
Recommendations for best practise
Chapter 3. Education and Skills Development
Introduction
Providing a classroom experience
Maintaining attendance
Achieving educational attainment
ICT and libraries
Adult Education
Reducing conflict through education
Recommendations for best practise
Chapter 4. Agriculture
Introduction
Crop Management
Livestock management
Recommendations for best practise
Chapter 5. Housing
Introduction
Rural house and climatic responsiveness
Building Designs
Changes over time
Smart Villages
Recommendations for best practise
Chapter 6. Energy
Introduction
Electricity
Microgrid technology options
Hybrid systems
Electrical Energy Storage
Recommendations for best practise
Chapter 7. Waste
Introduction
Composting
Anaerobic Digestion
Recommendations for Best Practice
Chapter 8. Water and Sanitation
Introduction
Provision of potable water
Sanitation facilities
Treatment of wastewater
Balancing water resources
Recommendations for best practise
Chapter 9. Transportation
Introduction
Road infrastructure development
Road maintenance
Beyond roads: completing the picture of transport infrastructure
Recommendations for best practise
Chapter 10. Health and Wellbeing
Introduction
Foodborne illness
Prevention and treatment of communicable diseases
Access to health care
Emergency response
Recommendations for best practise
Chapter 11. Environment
Introduction
What is Biodiversity and why does it matter?
Can biodiversity loss be reversed?
Forest preservation
Permaculture
Environmentally Friendly Energy?
Recommendations for best practise
Chapter 12. Governance
Introduction
Giving citizens a meaningful voice
Government community partnerships/ local leadership
Communication between governments and citizens
Intergovernmental Communication
The role of NGOs
Rubrieken
- advisering
- algemeen management
- coaching en trainen
- communicatie en media
- economie
- financieel management
- inkoop en logistiek
- internet en social media
- it-management / ict
- juridisch
- leiderschap
- marketing
- mens en maatschappij
- non-profit
- ondernemen
- organisatiekunde
- personal finance
- personeelsmanagement
- persoonlijke effectiviteit
- projectmanagement
- psychologie
- reclame en verkoop
- strategisch management
- verandermanagement
- werk en loopbaan