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GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM AND REMOTE SENSING BASED DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND DECISION SUPPORT PLATFORM: AYDES
Authors: Keskin İ. , Akbaba N. , Tosun M. , Tüfekçi M. K. , Bulut D. , Avcı F. , Gökçe O.
Published: May 2019

Abstract. The accelerated developments in information technology in recent years, increased the amount of usage of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS) in disaster management considerably and the access from mobile and web-based platforms to continuous, accurate and sufficient data needed for decision-making became easier accordingly. The Disaster Management and Decision Support System (AYDES) has been developed with the purpose of managing the disaster and emergency management processes effectively and creating a management model based on an IT infrastructure and a decision support system required for both pre-disaster risk reduction & preparation and post-disaster respond & recovery stages. The system is a holistic platform integrated with many internal and external systems and services, including desktop, mobile and web-based applications that utilize GIS and RS technologies. AYDES has been prepared especially according to the content of the National Disaster Response Plan of Turkey and designed to be easily used by the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), collaborative Ministries, private institutions and provincial organizations. AYDES is an integrated framework enabling the execution of processes effectively. AYDES already has approximately 6,200 active users from the central and provincial organizations of AFAD and other public institutions and organizations. AYDES consists of three core components with their sub components, namely "Incident Command System", "Spatial Information System" and "Recovery Information System". Mobile software tools that can deliver real-time information to the web-based core components of AYDES that consists of applications used for mapping during both post-disaster damage detection and pre-disaster risk reduction. Additionally, in case of a need to disaster event inventories, potentially vulnerable assets, hazard – risk data, affected areas of probable or actual disasters, damage detection results and such data and analyses, two software tools have been developed, namely AYDES-RS, a desktop image processing and analysis software and AYDES-CS, a web-based crowdsourcing software tool whereas two of them enable to allow the use of imagery acquired by remote (space/aerial) technologies for various analyses before and after a disaster. AYDES is a software, data and analysis platform that provide accurate and current disaster and emergency data, reports, statistics, job inspections, queries, analyses etc. at every stages before and after the disaster.
POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF CITIZEN SCIENCE FOR LANDSLIDE HAZARD ASSESSMENT
Authors: Kocaman S. , Gokceoglu C.
Published: May 2019

Abstract. Landslide is perhaps one of the most complex natural phenomena and is quite common throughout the World. Before the human appearance on the World, it was only an earth surface process, whereas it became one of the most destructive natural hazards with the anthropogenic activities and the increase in human population. Landslides cause serious harmful and destructive effects on roads, railways, buildings, infrastructures, lifelines, quality of surface waters, etc. To reduce the losses caused by landslides, high quality landslide susceptibility and hazard maps are crucial. With the recent technological developments, the quality of regional landslide susceptibility and hazard assessments has been increased. Preparation of a complete landslide inventory map with accurate temporal dimension can be extremely difficult, or even impossible. Inaccurate and incomplete temporal landslide inventory maps result in serious uncertainties on the assessment results of regional landslide hazard. Therefore, lack of timely accurate data is the main source of problem affecting quality of the regional landslide assessments. With the emerging developments in geospatial technologies, as well as the transforming power of information and communication technologies (ICT) on the society, it became possible to use the citizen science methods in scientific processes, which has enormous potential in landslide data collection and thus reduce the losses. The main aim of this review is to discuss the uncertainties lead by missing data and affecting quality of regional landslide assessments, and to describe the potential of citizen science to reduce the uncertainties. For this purpose, a brief review on the landslide susceptibility and hazard studies have been performed and the sources of uncertainties have been described. Finally, the role of citizen science is discussed with specific examples. As a final conclusion drawn from the present study, it is possible to say that citizen science may provide substantial contribution on the quality of regional landslide assessments.
DEVELOPING GIS-BASED DISASTER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR LOCAL AUTHORITY – CASE STUDY IN MALAYSIA
Authors: Abdul Rahman A. , Karim H. , Musliman I. A. , Siew B. , Rashidan H. , Idros S. , Al-Hafiz Azman M. , Fadzli Abdullah M.
Published: May 2019

Abstract. This paper describes the development of geospatial-based disaster management system for an agency at regional level. Important aspects of the system such as spatial data, geospatial database, interface and specific modules for the disaster management system form major discussions of this paper. The Pengerang Disaster Management System (PDMS) is being developed for a local authority in one of the Malaysian states who’s been given a task to monitor the surrounding environmental aspects. The local authority manages one of the largest oil and gas refinery plant in South East Asia region in collaboration with national oil company, PETRONAS. The PDMS, is a one-stop centre (dashboard) for managing the operations with other agencies or stakeholders such as police, marine, army, medical team, fire and rescue units. We anticipate many aspects of disaster management could trigger from this pilot project and thus provide some interesting ideas for a local authority in managing man-made disaster such as fire, other oil and gas related incidents. Some features of the developed system such as online map publishing services, data flow and other geospatial analysis during the event will be discussed in this paper. Near-future work and a big picture of the disaster management approach (with an emphasis to oil and gas incident and scenario) also will be highlighted.
FLASH FLOOD MAPPING FOR MOUNTAIN STREAMS USING HIGH-RESOLUTION ALOS-2 DATA
Authors: Kwak Y-J
Published: May 2019

Abstract. This paper introduces a practical way to improve the risk management capacity and resilience of communities by utilizing a prompt flash flood map produced from very high spatial resolution ALOS-2 data. An improved flood detection algorithm is proposed to achieve a better discrimination capacity to identify flooded areas in the valley floodplain based on cluster analysis by verifying training sites and understanding pixel-based backscattering behaviour focusing on surface roughness changes caused by floodwater and floating debris, i.e., mud flow with gravels, stones and uprooted trees. The results show the possibility of a rapid, straightforward change detection approach to flood mapping, in particular to identify and classify floodwaters, damaged buildings, damaged rice fields, and stacks of driftwood through evidenced-based investigation.
IMPLEMENTING GIS TO IMPROVE HOSPITAL EFFICIENCY IN NATURAL DISASTERS
Authors: Nia S. P. S. , Kulatunga U. , Udeaja C. , Valadi S.
Published: May 2019

Abstract. Over the past decades, the number of natural disasters has been growing around the world. In addition to damaging communities and infrastructures, unexpected disasters also affect service providers such as hospitals and health centers. Markedly, hospital safety from disasters is a challenge in all countries. With disaster damage to health systems resulting in human tragedy, huge economic losses, devastating blows to developmental goals, and shaken social confidence. Ensuring that hospitals and health facilities are safe and secure from disasters depend on implementing an appropriate method to mitigate adverse impacts on hospitals during incidents. Thus, disaster management becomes even more significant, as the health sector has been particularly vulnerable to damages. So, it is crucial to develop appropriate mitigation and adoption method for healthcare facilities, to withstand the natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods. A comprehensive disaster plan is required to ensure a prompt disaster response and coordinated management of a multi causality incident. The aim of this research is to systemically and critically review the importance of hospitals in disaster events and this research attempts to reach a basic understanding to mitigate the risk of disasters in hospitals and improve the continuity of health services during or after disaster events. For this study, secondary information was retrieved from the literature review and document review on sudden-onset natural disasters in different parts of the world was collected. This study found some challenges and deliverables for disaster managers that could mitigate the risk of a natural disaster’s impact on a hospital. Accordingly, this research will evaluate the importance of disaster management for hospitals and the challenges that need to be considered during the disaster response.
A SATELLITE IMAGE CLASSIFICATION APPROACH BY USING ONE DIMENSIONAL DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS
Authors: Saglam A. , Baykan N. A.
Published: May 2019

Abstract. The classification problem in the image processing field is an important challenge, so that in the process image pixels are separated into previously determined classes according to their features. This process provides a meaningful knowledge about an area thanks to the satellite images. Satellite images are digital images obtained from a satellite vehicle by the way scanning the interest areas with some specified sensors. These sensors provide the specific radiometric and spatial information about the surface of the object. This information allows the researchers to obtain reliable classification results to be used to solve some real life problems such as object extraction, mapping, recognition, navigation and disaster management. Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) is a supervised method that reduces the dimensions of data in respect to the maximum discrimination of the elements of the data. This method also transfers the data to a new coordinate space in which the discriminant features of the classes are highest using the objection data provided manually. In this work, we consider the classes as if the satellite images have two classes; one is foreground and the other is background. The true classes such as roofs, roads, buildings, spaces and trees are treated sequentially as the foreground. The area outside the foreground class is treated as the background. The one dimensional reduced feature values of pixels, such that each value is reduced according to the binary classification of each class, are considered as membership values to the classes. In this way, each pixel has membership values for each of the classes. Finally, the pixels are classified according to the membership values. We used the ISPRS WG III/4 2D Semantic Labeling Benchmark (Vaihingen) images includes the ground truths and give the accuracy result values for each class.
GEOINFORMATION TOOLS PROVIDING ESTIMATIONS OF VEGETATION AREAL DAMAGES CAUSED BY WILD FIRE DISASTERS
Authors: Savorskiy V. , Bartalev S. , Kashnitskiy A. , Mazurov A. , Panova O. , Stytsenko F.
Published: May 2019

Abstract. The object of this work is to develop web tools, which provide remote services necessary for disaster management purposes in domain of satellite Earth observation (EO) of vegetation areal, primarily forest or agricultural areas damaged by wild fires. The main idea for application of developed web tools is to provide targeted users with estimation instrument that allows not only to predict future or to detect existed perturbations in vegetation canopy but to estimate damage extent caused by disasters as well. To estimate damage extent of future possible disaster the developed services use historical data on vegetation canopy parameter both with hydrometeorology data on current weather conditions. Specialized EO data routines produce a set of products, which are required to make reliable prediction of possible damage extent subject to current weather conditions. In addition, the tools for estimation consequences of actual disaster event in vegetation areal are developed. In this case, special service compares actual state of vegetation canopy, which is retrieved from actual EO information, with historical information, which is extracted from special database that contains information on vegetation canopy status immediately before disaster event. This comparison allows not only to estimate the extent of actual damage but also to forecast disaster effects on future consequences, i.e. to estimate finally expected damage extent. Developed tools incorporate both forecasting and nowcasting possibilities to estimate damage extents. All necessary supporting services are implemented in active satellite data information system (IS) incorporated with long-term EO data archive. This incorporation allows upgrading possibilities of information system in disaster management support, namely in fast and reliable estimation of current and eventual damages.
APPLICATION OF GIS AND REMOTE SENSING TO MONITOR THE IMPACT OF DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES ON THE COASTAL ZONE OF JAZAN CITY ON THE RED SEA, SAUDI ARABIA
Authors: Al-Zubieri A. G. , Bantan R. A. , Abdalla R. , Antoni S. , Al-Dubai T. A. , Majeed J.
Published: May 2019

Abstract. Jazan city is a fast-growing coastal city in the southern part of Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. Recently, it has encountered quick industrial development activities. To monitor these activities, the changes in coastal zone morphology explore over the last 30 years (1987–2017) using GIS and remote sensing techniques. Four satellite images (TM and ETM) acquired during these intervals were performed. Furthermore, a development and growth of the city were created based on direct digitizing from Google Earth Pro to identify the extension and expansion of the area of study during this period. The magnitudes of erosion, deposition, and landfilling at differential scales through the period of study were determined using photo-interpretation on the changes of surface area and the extension of the city landward. The results illustrated remarkable changes and shifting of shoreline seaward along the coast and extending of dwelling zone in the city. Erosion and accretion take place mostly in the earlier interval (1987–2000) in some parts of the coast followed by landfilling occurring in the northern and middle parts of the coastal area in the interval (2000–2013). However, the magnitudes were different from interval to interval. The relative changes were 14.33, 58.56, and 27.11 % at the periods from 1987–2000, 2000–2013, and 2013–2017, respectively. However, dwelling zone extended dramatically from 23.31 km2 in 1987, to 25.32 km2 in 2000, 63.37 km2 in 2013, and to reach 67.90 km2 in 2017. These changes probably attributed to human activities in the coastal area due to construct a new economic city in the northern part during the period between 2003 and 2013 along with different socio-economic activities. The tidal flat in front of the city is shrunk due to this landfilling. This landfilling has been destructed a wide range of mangrove ecozones and possibly impacted the biotics in the area.
Study on spatial-temporal variations of Meteorological-Agricultural droughts in Turkey
Authors: Şorman A. Ü. , Mehr A. D. , Hadi S. J.
Published: May 2019

Abstract. In this study, the meteorological drought represented by Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) and agriculture drought represented by Vegetation Condition Index (VCI) are analysed in seven regions over Turkey. VCI calculated using the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data obtained from NOAA AVHRR, SPEI obtained from the SPEI global database with the version (SPEI base v2.5), and Land use/cover obtained from CORINE datasets. The study covers the period from January 1982 to December 2015 due to the availability of NDVI data. The correlation between monthly and seasonal VCI and SPEI (lag months 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12) was investigated in a regional and provincial scale. Monthly correlation found to be the highest in the Central Anatolia, Aegean, Marmara and Mediterranean regions respectively, while other regions have lower and non-homogenous values. One lag time of the VCI with respect to SPEI 12 improves the correlation. The regional correlation showed that, the highest correlation between two parameters is obtained for all the regions with SPEI 12 during summer, then followed by Autumn, and Spring months, the maximum values are recorded for the Central Anatolia (0.656) and Mediterranean (0.625) in Summer, and Aegean (0.643) in Autumn respectively; rather lower correlation values did occur in Marmara (0.515) in Autumn, Eastern Anatolia (0.501), SE Anatolia (0.375) and Black Sea (0.297) regions in Summer. The provincial investigation between seasonal VCI and SPEI indicated that the presence of a positive correlation in general in most of the provinces in all seasons with several exceptions in the Eastern Anatolia, South eastern Anatolia, Black sea, and Marmara. The land cover types with high correlation coefficients are noticed to be covered by forest, agricultural lands, non-irrigable lands and mostly covered by fruits (grape, olive etc.) using CORINE land cover map.
THE EXTENT OF AGRICULTURAL LAND DAMAGE IN VARIOUS TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHT SCENARIOS: DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND MITIGATION
Authors: Antoni S. , Bantan R. A. , Taki H. M. , Anurogo W. , Lubis M. Z. , Al Dubai T. A. , Al-Zubieri A. G.
Published: May 2019

Abstract. The southern coastal areas of Java are highly vulnerable areas of earthquake hazard because they located 200 km from the southern Java subduction zone. This zone is an active seismicity area, resulting in many tectonic earthquakes caused by collisions and shift between the plates. This shift when it occurs under the sea surface with a large power intensity can lead to a tsunami. This research conducted to identify the extent of agricultural land (AL) damaged by the tsunami for disaster risk management and mitigation. Numerical modelling was performed to determine the run-up height of the tsunami through numerical data. This model was designed using the worst-case scenario. The tsunami inundation model analysed from the coming wave (run-up) with a height of 30 m. This model used scenarios of tsunami run-up height in a coastline, coarse coefficient and slope. The data extracted using remote sensing (RS) data was the slope obtained from the ASTER image GDEM data, the agricultural land productivity data obtained using NDVI vegetation index transformation and field data on productivity, and tsunami hazard analysis with various altitude scenarios using run-up model impact on existing AL conditions. The elevation-data was obtained from the 15 m ASTER image data (GDEM) that was reclassified into a slope class map. The risk of destruction of AL based on wave height extracted by using RS data generated rice risk loss index of AL of 190.5071 tons for a height of 1 m, 1851.522 tons for a height of 5 m, 7402.71 tons for a height of 10 m, 10776.47 tons to a height of 15 m, 11823.9 tons for height 20 m, and 11824.27 tons to a height of 30 m.
ANALYSIS OF THE TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL CONTROLLING FACTORS IN AFFECTING THE ACCURACY OF LANDSLIDE PREDICTING MODEL AT TAIWAN
Authors: Yu T.-T. , Cheng Y.-S. , Peng W.-F. , Lee P.-L.
Published: May 2019

Abstract. Most of the landslides are triggered by rainfall, earthquake or the joint effect from both. Landslide inventory map by GIS via remote sensing offer the spatial distribution of it across certain external event. The landslide model thus been trained to link the occurrence and non-occurrence of individual mass wasting on top of proposing factors/layers. Chosen factors with various calculated weighting values becomes as the base of predicting the region and condition for future landslide called as Landslide Susceptibility Mapping (LSM). It is found that the temporal factor has less AUC values than spatial factors at Taiwan, after examining the 20 years catalog and thousand cases of landslide island wide. Different resolution of DEM and NDVI from satellite image, hyper spectrum and LiDAR are utilized to resolve the degree of impact of it. The require accuracy and resolution of base map is directly link to the accuracy and also minimum mapping size of catalog, and the non-linear relationship of external factors still cannot be well predicted by the training model. To achieve better accuracy of LSM the temporal and non-linearity properties should be addressed, especially under the influence of global warming.
AERIAL PLATFORM RELIABILITY FOR FLOOD MONITORING UNDER VARIOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS: A REVIEW
Authors: Zakaria S. , Mahadi M. R. , Abdullah A. F. , Abdan K.
Published: May 2019

Abstract. Flood is an annual disaster in Malaysia, especially in the east coast region. Recently, other regions in Malaysia have also experience devastating flood. A flood aerial monitoring is one of the approaches that involved in the flood disaster management. Compared to space borne remote sensing, aerial platforms are much reliable to obtain higher spatial resolution and real time data. Due to cloud coverage and revisit limitations, space borne remote sensing approach is a less desirable option for flood monitoring. In this paper, a review of existing aerial platforms that perform remote sensing task under various weather conditions, specifically for flood monitoring is presented. There are four types of aerial platforms being reviewed, which are rotary wings, fixed wings, blimps and helikites. The main criteria of the review are the payload capacity, endurance (flight time), altitudes, tolerable wind speed, cost, vertical take-off and landing ability, and the ability to perform under various weather conditions, such as heavy precipitation and winds. From this review, the applications of aerial platform in recent studies never mentioned the capability of aerial platform used in such weather conditions. From all types of aerial platform discussed, helikite seems to be the most suitable to fly in extreme weather. The only drawback is that helikite has mobility issue since it is tethered to the ground. The application of helikite is useful for a small area coverage of flood monitoring. The authors will continue the study to evaluate the reliability of helikite in performing such task in the future.
RECENT SEA LEVEL CHANGES IN THE BLACK SEA FROM SATELLITE GRAVITY AND ALTIMETER MESUREMENTS
Authors: Avsar N. B. , Jin S. , Kutoglu S. H.
Published: May 2019

Abstract. Sea level rise causes devastating effects on coastal habitats. For example, coastal erosion and saltwater intrusion are major threats for the Black Sea coasts. So, determining sea level changes in the Black Sea is important in terms of coastal risk assessment and coastal planning. In this study, present-day sea level change in the Black Sea is estimated from satellite altimetry and gravity measurements. Altimetry data demonstrate that the Black Sea level has risen at an average rate of 2.5 ± 0.5 mm/year from January 1993 to May 2017. During this period, inter-annual variability of the non-seasonal sea level change is quite strong. Furthermore, mass contribution to this change for the period 2002–2017 has been detected as 2.3 ± 1.0 mm/year from the Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment (GRACE) mascon solutions.
INVESTIGATION OF URBAN GROWTH EFFECTS ON FOREST AREA BY CREATING DIFFERENT SIMULATION SCENARIOS
Authors: Ayazli I. E. , Baslik S. , Yakup A. E. , Kilic Gul F. , Kotay D. , Gultekin M.
Published: May 2019

Abstract. It is necessary to keep urban growth under control according to the understanding of sustainable urban management in rapidly growing cities. In other words, sustainable urban management requires estimating how the land cover will change and in which direction the urbanization will be in the coming years, as well as knowing the current structures of the cities. Therefore, simulation models are frequently used for monitoring urban growth. The results of simulation models help to obtain background information that will be the basis for the formation of a “sustainable urban life” by allowing the determination of the natural areas that can face the threat of urbanization. The cadastral structure is one of the basic variables affecting the growth of a city. Therefore, the purpose of the study is to investigate urban growth by producing cadastral parcel-based simulation models. The land cover data required to create a simulation model were generated from cadastral maps and land registry data, in four different time periods. Within the scope of the study, cellular automata-based urban growth simulation models for the years 2030, 2050 and 2070 were produced, and the land cover changes that occurred in Sancaktepe were investigated.
Contrasting large fire activity in the French Mediterranean
Authors: Ganteaume Anne , Barbero Renaud
Published: May 2019

Abstract. In the French Mediterranean, large fires have significant socioeconomic and
environmental impacts. We used a long-term georeferenced fire time series
(1958–2017) to analyze both spatial and temporal distributions of large
fires (LFs; ≥100 ha). The region was impacted in some locations up to
six
times by recurrent LFs and 21 % of the total area burned by LFs occurred on
a surface that previously burned in the past, with potential impact on
forest resilience. We found contrasting patterns between the east and the
west of the study area, the former experiencing fewer LFs but of a larger
extent compared to the latter, with an average time of occurrence between LFs
exceeding 4000 ha < 7 years mostly in the eastern coastal area and
> 50 years in the west. This longitudinal gradient in LF return
level contrasts with what we would expect from mean fire weather conditions
strongly decreasing eastwards during the fire season but is consistent with
larger fuel cover in the east, highlighting the strong role of fuel
continuity in fire spread. Additionally, our analysis confirms the sharp
decrease in both LF frequency and burned area in the early 1990s, due to the
efficiency of fire suppression and prevention reinforced at that time,
thereby weakening the functional climate–fire relationship across the
region.
Feature-based comparison of sea-ice deformation in lead-resolving sea-ice simulations
Authors: Hutter Nils , Losch Martin
Published: May 2019

Abstract. The sea-ice modelling community progresses towards Pan-Arctic simulations that explicitly resolve leads in the simulated sea-ice cover. Evaluating these simulations against observations poses new challenges. A new feature-based evaluation of simulated deformation fields is introduced and the results are compared to a scaling analysis of sea ice deformation. Leads and pressure ridges – here combined into Linear Kinematic Features (LKF) – are detected and tracked automatically from deformation and drift data. LKFs in two Pan-Arctic sea-ice simulations with a horizontal grid spacing of 2 km are compared with an LKF data-set derived from the RADARSAT Geophysical Processor System (RGPS). One simulation uses a 5-class Ice Thickness Distribution (ITD). The simulated sea-ice deformation follows a multi-fractal spatial and temporal scaling as observed from RGPS. The heavy-tailed distribution of LKF lengths and the scale invariance of LKF curvature, which points to the self-similar nature of sea-ice deformation fields, is reproduced by the model. Interannual and seasonal variations of the number of LKFs, LKF densities, and LKF orientations in the ITD simulation are found to be consistent with RGPS observations. The lifetimes and growth rates follow a distribution with an exponential tail. The model overestimates the intersection angle of LKFs, which is attributed to the model's viscous-plastic rheology with an elliptical yield curve. In conclusion, the new feature-based analysis of LKF statistics is found to be useful for a comprehensive evaluation of simulated deformation features, which is required before the simulated features can be used with confidence in the context of climate studies. As such it complements the commonly used scaling analysis and provides new useful information for comparing deformation statistics. The ITD simulation is shown to reproduce LKFs sufficiently well to be used for studying the effect of directly resolved leads in climate simulations. The feature-based analysis of LKFs also identifies specific model deficits that may be address by specific parameterizations, for example, a damage parameter, a grounding scheme, and a Mohr-Coulombic yield curve.
Business Sustainability - A Study of Most Sustainable Corporations
Authors: Dalvi Mahesh G. , Singh Anju , Rambabu Paravastu , Murthy Nagesh N. , Gosavi Nachiket
Published: May 2019

‘G100’ is the list of most sustainable 100 corporations out of thousands of global leading corporations. G100 corporations are acknowledged every year during the world economic forum. The focus of the study is to identify the key factors which support these corporations to get listed in G100 and to check the relationship of these factors with superior sustainability performance. Literature review enabled us to understand the different motives and factors influencing the drive of sustainability. These are categorized as operational and strategic drivers based on their nature. Multiple regression analysis carried out to check the correlation between the Sustainability drivers and, the repeat performance in G100 by these corporations. Findings helped us conclude that Sustainability initiatives have a motive of an operational benefit and it is also considered as a strategic driver by adding social and environmental dimension in the core purpose of the organization. A positive correlation is confirmed between corporations adopting sustainability as a strategic driver and their performance in G100. Year on year continual improvement is observed in the average scores of G100 corporations and it confirms the contribution of global sustainability indices in helping overall sustainable development.Proposed model adoption may help corporations to drive their sustainability programs and as a result, perform better in G100 with consistency. This study provides insights into sustainability champions and business leaders to understand the role of sustainability drivers. Business leaders can achieve superior sustainability performance in global sustainability indices using the findings of this study. It will also ensure the good governance of sustainability initiatives.
Emotional Impact of Participation in an Intergenerational Service-Learning Course
Authors: Kogan Lori R. , Schoenfeld-Tacher Regina M. , Hellyer Peter W. , Oxley James A. , Rishniw Mark
Published: May 2019

Service-learning offers numerous benefits to students, yet there is minimal research exploring the immediate impact of service-learning on students’ emotive state. Given the prevalence of stress, depression and anxiety in college students, this area of research carries important implications. This paper investigates the emotional impact of participation in an intergenerational service-learning course on college students’ moods. In the course investigated, students were responsible for providing direct services related to pet care to low-income elderly persons, and individuals with disabilities. Students were asked to track their moods before and after each interaction with a pet owner using a mobile application. They were also required to write reflection papers about their experiences, views, and insights gained over the course of the semester. Using the mood tracking application, participants reported improved mood after visiting clients and their pets when compared to before their visit. Students’ personal reflection essays supported this trend in mood change. While it was not possible to determine whether the observed gains were due to interactions with the elderly or their pets, intergenerational service-learning courses represent a possible avenue for ameliorating mental health issues among college students.
Preaching Christ: John Wesley's Definition of the Gospel, 1746–51
Authors: Ganske Karl
Published: May 2019

John Wesley defined ‘the gospel’, discussed its meaning and consequences, and gave instructions for preaching the gospel during the period 1746–51. These thoughts were articulated alongside a synchronization of concepts, including the reign of God in the heart, the Kingdom of God, the new covenant, and gospel's relationship to law. Wesley's definition of the gospel was presented within an evangelical conversation that was, at the same time, both an effort to maintain unity as co-labourers in a shared movement and a controversial discussion. Wesley portrayed his definition of the gospel as a contrasting understanding to others within that evangelical identity.
‘Shew Us Thy Salvation’: Charles Wesley and the Liturgical Year
Authors: Tucker Karen B. Westerfield
Published: May 2019

Charles Wesley's objection to his brother John's reduction of ‘holy days’ in the latter's abridgement of the Book of Common Prayer entitled The Sunday Service of the Methodists (1784) suggests that Charles valued the Church of England's temporal and sanctoral cycles. To understand this appreciation for the Church's liturgical calendar, Charles's literary output from 1736 to 1756 is examined, a period that corresponds to the time frame of Charles's manuscript journal. The journal itself serves as a source of investigation as do the hymns related to the Christian year that Charles published between 1739 and 1746. Analysis is made of representative hymns to determine Charles's use of, by allusion and/or direct reference, the scripture readings and collects specified by the Prayer Book for Christmas, Epiphany, Easter, Ascension, and Whitsunday. The study reveals Charles's admiration for festival days as occasions to demonstrate God's ongoing desire for human salvation.
BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF ESSENTIAL OIL OF PITANGA (Eugenia uniflora L.) LEAVES
Authors: Sviech Fernanda , Pianoski Karlos Eduardo , Kruger Roberta Letícia , Kotovicz Valesca , Molardi Bainy Eduarda M. Bainy , Sakata Guilherme Shigueru Barbosa , Mesomo Bombardelli Michele Cristiane
Published: May 2019

Natural extracts present antioxidant activity and can replace synthetic antioxidants. This study aimed to extract essential oil from Pitanga (Eugenia uniflora L.) leaves and evaluate its chemical composition, as well as antioxidant and antibacterial activities. The essential oil was obtained by hydrodistillation for 3 hours with a yield of 1.34 ± 0.18 %. The total antioxidant activity was evaluated by the DPPH and phosphomolybdenum methods. The oil presented an IC50 value of 100.96 µL mL‑1 and 1503.44 ± 29.48 mg α‑tocopherol mL-1 of oil. The major compounds identified by the GC-MS were germacrone (13.57%), spathulenol (7.49%), curzerene (5.31%) and α-cadinol (4.70%). The oil was also evaluated for its antimicrobial activity and was effective against Staphylococcus aureus. These results show that essential oil of pitanga leaves have good antioxidant and antimicrobial activity, being an alternative source of bioactive compounds.
Escolas italianas no Rio Grande do Sul: pesquisas e documentos
Authors: Curtarelli Fernandes Cassiane
Published: May 2019

RECH, Gelson Leonardo; LUCHESE, Terciane Ângela. Escolas italianas no Rio Grande do Sul: pesquisas e documentos. Caxias do Sul, Educs, 2018.
Resonancias entre Arte y Biología como posibilidad de reescribir la historia de las prácticas educativas contemporáneas / Resonances between Art and Biology as possibility of rewrite the history of contemporary educational practices
Authors: Jaramillo Sánchez Claudia Janneth
Published: May 2019

Se problematiza la configuración de las relaciones arte-biología en clave de las prácticas educativas contemporáneas, y sus nexos con la tecnología, punto concomitante en los modos de relación de las prácticas y discursos circundantes sobre la constitución de lo vivo y la vida como campo de acción de la biología, cuyo tinte histórico insta a poner en cuestión conceptos como evolución, género o especie a través del bioarte, práctica atravesada por la interdisciplinariedad, pero también, por las maneras en que circulan saberes de diversa índole, a través de escenarios de divulgación que además del laboratorio o la escuela, involucran el museo, la calle o la internet como lugares de apropiación de la cotidianidad. Las nociones de “vivo” y “vida”, se interpelan en la creación de obras de arte con las que el sujeto activa su inquietud por las condiciones que hacen posible su existencia y la de otros, toda vez que, permiten visibilizar nuevos modos de explorar, sentir y experimentar aquello que venimos siendo. Reescribir la historia de las prácticas educativas contemporáneas, implica dar una mirada a la investigación, más allá de una receta con resultados previsibles con los que se ausenta la inquietud y la sorpresa. La educación es susceptible de investigar desde diversas aristas que enriquecen su problematización al comprender que los saberes, las prácticas y los sujetos hacen parte de este gran tejido, ese camino no es univoco, se bifurca.* * *The configuration of art-biology relationships is problematized in the key of contemporary educational practices, and its links with technology, a concomitant point in the modes of relation of practices and surrounding discourses on the constitution of the living and life as a field of action of biology, whose historical tinge urges to question concepts such as evolution, gender or species through bio-art, practice crossed by interdisciplinarity, but also, by the ways in which knowledge of various kinds circulate, through scenarios of disclosure that in addition to the laboratory or school, involve the museum, the street or the internet as places of appropriation of everyday life. The notions of "living" and "life" are interpellated in the creation of works of art that activates the person, his concern about the conditions that make possible his existence and that of others, because it allows to make visible new ways of exploring, feeling and experimenting what we come being. Rewriting the history of contemporary educational practices implies looking at research, beyond a recipe with predictable results with which concern and surprise are absent. Education is susceptible to research from various angles that enrich its problematization for understanding that knowledge, practices and subjects are part of this great fabric, that path is not univocal, it bifurcates.
Expediente / Initials pages
Authors: Educação Revista De História e Historiografia da
Published: May 2019

Revista de História e Historiografia da Educaçãov. 2, n. 6 / 2018
O perfeito pedagogo: análise de um manual pedagógico português que ensinava regras de civilidade e de urbanidade cristã (Portugal, século XVIII) / The perfect pedagogue: analysus of a portuguese pedagogical manual that teaters rules of civility and christian urbanity (Portugal, 18TH Century)
Authors: Ripe Fernando Cezar
Published: May 2019

O objetivo deste artigo é apresentar uma reflexão sobre a constituição discursiva da infância moderna tomando como principal fonte de análise a obra O perfeito pedagogo na arte de educar a mocidade, em que se dão as regras da policia e urbanidade christã, conforme os usos e costumes de Portugal. O impresso publicado em Lisboa no ano de 1782, escrito pelo Professor Régio português João Rosado de Villa-Lobos e Vasconcellos (17??-1786), tinha por interesse orientar Pais e Mestres na educação dos próprios filhos e de discípulos. A análise da obra permite identificar um conjunto de aconselhamentos edificantes que sintetizam regras e interdições. Em termos teóricos, a problemática é construída a partir da categoria governamentalidade, de Michel Foucault. Metodologicamente, identificamos as práticas de subjetivação que constituíram a população infantil masculina da época, a partir dos métodos da Polícia e regras de Urbanidade cristã propostos por Vasconcellos.* * *The objective of this article is to present a reflection on the discursive constitution of modern childhood taking as main source of analysis the work O perfeito pedagogo na arte de educar a mocidade, em que se dão as regras da policia e urbanidade christã, conforme os usos e costumes de Portugal. The printed published in Lisbon in the year 1782, written by written by the Royal Portuguese Professor João Rosado Villa-Lobos e Vasconcellos (17?? -1786), was for interest guide parents and teachers in the education of their children and disciples. The analysis of the work allows identifying a set of uplifting advice that synthesize rules and interdictions. In theoretical terms, the problem is constructed from the category of governmentality, Michel Foucault. Methodologically, we identified the practices of subjectivation that constituted the male child population of the time, using the Police methods and Christian Urbanity rules proposed by Vasconcellos.
Entre livres e cativos: aprendizagem de ofício mecânico na Vila Real do Sabará (1735-1829) / Between free and slaves: the learning of artesanal in Vila Real do Sabará (1735-1829)
Authors: Torres Ludmila Machado Pereira de Oliveira
Published: May 2019

O presente artigo é parte dos estudos realizados no campo da História da Educação no período colonial e tem como tema a aprendizagem de ofício mecânico por homens livres e cativos no século XVIII e início do XIX na Vila Real do Sabará, Capitania de Minas Gerais. Atualmente, as pesquisas em História da Educação no período colonial têm diversificado os seus objetos, não restringindo mais ao ambiente escolar, assim, buscando novos objetos de estudo como o ensino das artes e ofícios mecânicos. As fontes consultadas foram ampliadas devido às dificuldades encontradas, principalmente pela inexistência de corporações de ofícios e de se pautar em algo ligado ao costume e a oralidade. Ampliando o escopo documental para além do fundo da câmara da Vila de Sabará, descobrimos em testamentos, libelos, justificações como se dava aprendizagem de ofício por livres e escravos. O auto de contas de tutoria presentes nos inventários post-mortem é a principal fonte utilizada na pesquisa, que permitiu levantarmos aprendizes, sabermos suas idades, qualidades, condições e ofícios escolhidos, como também, suas obrigações para com seus Mestres. Como veremos, a prática de ensinar um ofício para órfãos e escravos era consoante com a preocupação das autoridades régias de combater e controlar a vadiagem dos negros, mestiços e forros.* * *This article is part of studies conducted in the field of the History of Education with theme the learning of a mechanical craft by free and slaves men in the XVIII and early XIX centuries in Vila Real do Sabará, Minas Gerais. Currently, researches in History of Education in the colonial period have diversified their objects, not restricting more to the school, thus seeking new objects of study such as the teaching of the arts and mechanical crafts. The documents consulted were amplified due to the difficulties encountered, mainly due to the inexistence of guilds. Expanding the documentary scope beyond the documentation of the town hall of Sabará, we discovered in testaments, libels and justifications about the learning by free and slaves. The tutors accounts in the inventories is the main source used in the research, which allowed us to raise apprentices, to know their ages, qualities, conditions and chosen crafts, as well as their obligations with Master. As we shall see, the practice of teaching a trade for orphans and slaves was consonant with the concern of the royal authorities to combat and control the vagrancy of blacks, mestizos, and freedmen.
Educação e Filosofia Moral na obra do padre Teodoro de Almeida (1722-1804) / Education and Moral Philosophy in the work of priest Teodoro de Almeida (1722-1804)
Authors: Govaski Patrícia
Published: May 2019

O presente trabalho tem como objetivo apresentar algumas considerações a respeito do perfil assumido pelas discussões em torno da Filosofia Moral em Portugal durante a segunda metade do século XVIII, assim como do tratamento dispensado ao tema na obra do padre Teodoro de Almeida (1722-1804). Em outras palavras, pretendemos apresentar de que forma as obras de incidência moralistas escritas pelo clérigo oratoriano, dentre as quais destacaremos textos como O Feliz independente do mundo e da fortuna (1779) e os dois tomos que encerram o extenso projeto da Recreação Filosófica (1793-1800), revelam a importância que o autor destinou às temáticas da educação e da moralidade em um contexto onde a discussão de tais temas repercutiam em textos voltados ao âmbito da educação e dos costumes.* * *This paper aims to present some considerations regarding the discussions about Moral Philosophy in Portugal during the second half of the 18th century, as well as the treatment of the theme in the work of priest Teodoro de Almeida (1722-1804). In other words, we intend to present in what way the moralistic works written by the Oratorian priest, among which we highlight texts such as O Feliz independente do mundo e da fortuna (1779) and the two volumes that finishes the extensive project of Recreação Filosófica (1793-1800), reveal the importance that the author assigned to the themes of education and morality in a context where the discussion of such themes had repercussions in texts focused on the scope of education and customs.
Editorial
Authors: Machado Jr. Cláudio De Sá , Orlando Evelyn De Almeida
Published: May 2019

Revista de História e Historiografia da Educaçãov. 3, n. 7 / 2019
The Use of Information Systems (GIS) to Monitor the Quality of Life of Older People in Greece
Authors: Zacharias Dermatis , Athanasios Anastasiou , Panagiotis Liargovas
Published: May 2019

The aim of the study is to present the usefulness of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to explore the socio-economic indicators that affect the health level of the elderly. The study uses a specially designed questionnaire to capture data on socio-economic indicators of the elderly in Grece. The results of the survey are plotted in the corresponding geographical locations on the maps, using GIS in a way that provides the person concerned a full picture of the geographical distribution of socio-economic indicators that affect the health level of the elderly. The study finds that there is an obvious proportional relationship between Sense of Quality of Life with healthier characteristics, a less proportional relationship with financial characteristics and even a less proportional relationship with the age and the education level of the respondents. The study has implications for health sector professionals and policy makers in Greece.