Improving energy access in rural sub-Saharan Africa

XVII Convocatòria d’ajuts a accions de cooperació - 2009GRECDH – UPC. Improving Energy Access In Rural sub- Saharan Africa. O-006/09. Informe

Conversando con Eduardo Sevilla Guzmán. De la Sociología Rural a la Agroecología: la revalorización del conocimiento local como constante

Eduardo Sevilla Guzmán il·lustra l'especificitat de vàries disciplines centrades en el medi rural a partir de la seva pròpia experiència. Tal i com explica en l'entrevista, la seva deriva cap a les Ciències Socials es degué a la necessitat de sostreure's al domini que els interessos de latifundistes i multinacionals exercien sobre la recerca en l'escola d'enginyers on treballava. Més endavant, la necessitat de cercar una alternativa al que es coneix com agricultura "convencional" el dugué a focalitzar la seva atenció en l'estudi d'altres formes històriques i contemporànies de manejar els recursos naturals, confluint ¿amb la incorporació dels sabers locals i científics en Ciències Naturals- en l'Agroecologia. En tot aquest camí ha seguit de prop i col·laborat amb el SOC (Sindicato de Obreros del Campo), històrica i combativa associació de jornalers andalusos, i establert una xarxa internacional d'aliances acadèmiques i activistes en el camp dels estudis i les lluites camperoles. La seva aposta ¿com veurem tot seguit- és a favor d'un tipus d'investigació militant i pluriepistemològica.

Audit report on the Rural Iowa Waste Management Association for the year ended June 30, 2009

Audit report on the Rural Iowa Waste Management Association for the year ended June 30, 2009

Audit report on the Xenia Rural Water District for the year ended December 31, 2009

Audit report on the Xenia Rural Water District for the year ended December 31, 2009

El profesorado ante el reto de la diversidad cultural: un estudio de caso aplicado a la escuela rural

Analitza el pensament del professorat d'una escola rural davant el fenomen de la diversitat cultural. El treball intenta fer emergir els aspectes fonamentals que potenciaran o limitaran l'acció educativa del professorat i de l'escola per tal de normalitzar i d'incloure l'alumnat nouvingut i/o d'altres comunitats culturals ja afincades a la zona.

Audit report on the Xenia Rural Water District for the year ended December 31, 2010

Audit report on the Xenia Rural Water District for the year ended December 31, 2010

Integrated environmental research and networking of economy and information in rural areas of Finland

Selostus: Kestävän kehityksen integroidun tutkimuksen ja verkostotalouden teorian tutkimusmenetelmälliset ongelmat

Impacts of Rural Development on Iowa’s Secondary Road Systems, TR-548, September 2010

Today, many of Iowa’s counties are experiencing an increase in rural development. Two specific types of development were focused on for this research: rural residential subdivisions and livestock production operations. Rural residential developments are primarily year round single-family homes, though some are vacation homes. Livestock production in Iowa includes hog, beef, and poultry facilities. These two types of rural development, while obviously very different in nature and incompatible with each other, share one important characteristic: They each generate substantial amounts of new traffic for Iowa’s extensive secondary road system. This research brings together economic, spatial, and legal analysis methods to address the impacts of rural development on the secondary road system and provide county engineers, county supervisors, and state legislators with guidance in addressing the challenges associated with this development.

Use of the swat model for hydro-sedimentologic simulation in a small rural watershed

Mathematical models have great potential to support land use planning, with the goal of improving water and land quality. Before using a model, however, the model must demonstrate that it can correctly simulate the hydrological and erosive processes of a given site. The SWAT model (Soil and Water Assessment Tool) was developed in the United States to evaluate the effects of conservation agriculture on hydrological processes and water quality at the watershed scale. This model was initially proposed for use without calibration, which would eliminate the need for measured hydro-sedimentologic data. In this study, the SWAT model was evaluated in a small rural watershed (1.19 km²) located on the basalt slopes of the state of Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil, where farmers have been using cover crops associated with minimum tillage to control soil erosion. Values simulated by the model were compared with measured hydro-sedimentological data. Results for surface and total runoff on a daily basis were considered unsatisfactory (Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency coefficient - NSE < 0.5). However simulation results on monthly and annual scales were significantly better. With regard to the erosion process, the simulated sediment yields for all years of the study were unsatisfactory in comparison with the observed values on a daily and monthly basis (NSE values < -6), and overestimated the annual sediment yield by more than 100 %.

Evaluation Findings: Rural Reentry Program Works, Data Download, Iowa Department of Corrections, April 2010

Iowa’s Division of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning (CJJP) recently completed an evaluation of the 2nd Judicial District’s Rural Prisoner Reentry Initiative (PRI), which provided reentry services to offenders both while in prison and after release.