Your search

The designated learning environment for autism is unique and should consider sensory issues to overcome their needs. The purpose of this paper is to review related articles to gain a better understanding of autism needs regarding sensory design, sensory issues, sensory space, internal environment, and physical learning environment. This paper will outline the sensory design of the physical learning environment that would impact the sensory design towards the physical learning environment....

The research attempts to explore the accessibility and contemporary situation of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in the eastern coastal belt of Bangladesh in relation to climate change and disaster management. The study was conducted with a household survey of 206 PWDs from the Southern Coast of Bangladesh. Inaccessible conditions were existing at home and homestead areas of PWDs in the whole study area. The overall findings of the report identify a lot of big gaps or undesired conditions...

This study assessed the role of Environmental Education as a tool for the creation of awareness on adaptation to climate change in Nigeria. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. Five research questions and five hypotheses were raised and formulated respectively for analyses and testing in the study. The population of the study comprised of all public primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions as well as rural and urban settlers in the six (6) geopolitical zones...

This study assessed the role of Environmental Education as a tool for the creation of awareness on adaptation to climate change in Nigeria. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. Five research questions and five hypotheses were raised and formulated respectively for analyses and testing in the study. The population of the study comprised of all public primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions as well as rural and urban settlers in the six (6) geopolitical zones...

Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction 2019 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.

Anthropogenic climate change caused by the release of excessive greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions into the atmosphere is the biggest challenge of the 21st century. Man-made climate change threatens the biosphere on which all forms of life depend. Climate change requires human effort to manage the impact of extreme events such as droughts, flooding, and heatwaves. As such, human decision-making processes are crucial for the successful management of climate change impacts. The decision-making...

Cross-sectional survey. Persons with disabilities are disproportionately impacted by extreme weather disasters and climate change. Individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) are especially at risk due to inability to control their body temperature and mobility concerns. We surveyed rehabilitation professionals in the field of SCI to determine their experiences, concerns and educational needs regarding natural disasters, climate change and sustainability and the effects on their clientele....

Computational intelligence algorithm (CIA) has been widely applied in HVAC fields and several papers have reviewed about those researches and applications. However, their application study in GSHP system are still required to be further enriched. Since the structure of GSHP system is more complex than that of conventional HVAC system, whose operation has obvious nonlinear and dynamic characteristics. CIAs such as artificial neural network (ANN), adaptive network-based fuzzy inference system...

The water-energy-land nexus requires long-sighted approaches that help avoid maladaptive pathways to ensure its promise to deliver insights and tools that improve policy-making. Climate services can form the foundation to avoid myopia in nexus studies by providing information about how climate change will alter the balance of nexus resources and the nature of their interactions. Nexus studies can help climate services by providing information about the implications of climate-informed...

After decades of evolution and improvements, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now taking root in our daily lives, and is starting to profoundly influence the fields of architecture and sustainability. The applications of AI to sustainable architecture include energy-efficient building design, forecasting and minimizing energy consumption, strategizing for mitigating impacts on environment and climate, and enhancements in the safety and comfort of the living environment. Due to the significant...

Students are considered to be a key to dealing with climate change. Their knowledge influences their attitudes, which affects their actions. The degree to which students are likely to engage with climate change depends on their attitude towards climate change. This study investigated gendered attitudes towards climate change of geography students at the University of Namibia. Using a 14-item questionnaire, a total of 56 male and 64 female students from the University of Namibia were...

The aim of the study is to investigate the inclusion of persons with disabilities (PwDs) in the climate change and disaster management related rules and policies in the coastal belt of Bangladesh. The perceptual or field data have been collected through field survey based on semi-structured questionnaire. A total 385 questionnaires were equally distributed among five study areas. The study reviewed that nearly fifteen (15) types of rules and policies have been identified among which eight...

The impact of climate change on agricultural practices is rising question marks on future food security of billions of people in tropical and sub-tropical region. Recently introduced, Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) techniques encourages the practices of sustainable agriculture, increasing adaptive capacity and resilience to shocks at multiple levels. However, in reality, it is extremely difficult to develop a single framework for climate change resilient agricultural practices for different...

African universities could be appropriate settings to start a process of creative rethinking about alternative economic and climate-friendly development pathways that lead to socially inclusive growth and the alleviation of poverty. Education, capacity building, and a transformative learning agenda have come into academic and political focus. This chapter begins with a brief conceptual overview of the current research and work streams on climate change communication and education, followed...

This study examined students’ and teachers’ awareness of climate change and their willingness to adopt pro-environmental behaviour in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State Nigeria, using sociographical variables. Participants were drawn from Senior Secondary 1–3 students, as well as their teachers, all from secondary schools across the rural and urban geographical divide. Sociographical factors that have considerable effects on awareness of climate change and willingness to adopt...

This study sought to the extent to which implementation of the curriculum contributed to awareness of climate change among teachers and students in secondary schools in Githunguri Sub-county of Kiambu County in Kenya. To achieve the set objectives, the study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The study adopted purposive, stratified and simple random sampling techniques to compose a representative sample. Using stratified sampling technique, schools were divided into either boys,...

Thermal comfort indexes based on physiological models are generally based on the morphology of an average , male individual. The present work explores the effects of physiological variability on the calculation of thermal comfort using the Standard Effective Temperature (SET *). A semi-probabilistic approach is used for the study, with French population demo-graphics as input. Parameters in the physiological model behind the SET * index that vary with human physiology were generated...

To apply real-time predictive control using automated devices for minimizing the risk of surface condensation in a residential space, the authors first developed a nodal network model that simulates the flow of moist air and the thermal behavior of a target area with the given boundary conditions of a space. The lumped model was enhanced using a parameter estimation technique based on the measured temperature, humidity, and schedule data. However, the humidity model prediction performance...