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MAINSTREAMING SUSTAINABILITY IN PUBLIC SPACE: FORMULATING ENERGY STRATEGIES THROUGH URBAN DESIGN IN GABORONE, BOTSWANA
(PAUWES, 2021-11-16)As cities embrace climate change adaptation and mitigation, it has become critical to address energy issues in public spaces in the quest to achieve sustainable urban development. However, sustainability projects in the ... -
DEVELOPMENT OF A GIS-BASED SUPPORT TOOL FOR INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY OF THE RIVER AGNEBY BASIN, SOUTH OF CÔTE D’IVOIRE
(PAUWES, 2021-11-20)Climate change, rapid population growth, anthropogenic land use changes, can be classified among global phenomena that put enormous pressure on water resources. Côte d’Ivoire, like most West African countries, has ... -
INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF PREPAID METERS ON COMMUNAL WATER POINTS IN MALAWI: A CASE STUDY OF LILONGWE PER-URBAN AREAS.
(PAUWES, 2021-11-17)Water is usually obtained from communal water points such as kiosks in Lilongwe's peri-urban areas. Increased indebtedness, which resulted in more waterpoints being disconnected, prompted the Lilongwe Water Board to ... -
Hydraulic modeling of flood risk on the scale of an African agglomeration in Cote d’Ivoire
(PAUWES, 2021-11-30)In the context of urban flood control, it is essential to develop tools and methods to model surface runoff at the scale of the agglomeration. The process of flooding is relatively common in some regions of the world, ... -
INTEGRATING GIS AND HYDRAULIC MODELING FOR SUSTAINABLE DESIGN OF WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS: A CASE STUDY OF THE CITY OF BUKAVU IN DR CONGO
(PAUWES, 2022-03-09)Drinking water is one of the vital needs for human beings' survival. However, access to drinking water represents strong inequalities on a global scale. While in some countries, even rural communities have access to a ... -
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS ON GIS BASED METHODS AND MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHM IN LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY MODELING, A case study of Bududa, Uganda
(PAUWES, 2021-11-15)Landslide susceptibility modeling is of critical importance to landslide risk management, urban planning, understanding landscape evolution, and identifying landslide spatial and temporal signatures. In this study, the ... -
FLOOD SUSCEPTIBILITY ASSESSMENT IN THE NAKAMBE BASIN, BURKINA FASO
(PAUWES, 2021-11-18)Flood is the most disastrous natural disaster in the world due to its devastating effects that endanger lives and cause property damage to the affected areas. Flood events are alarmingly increasing all over the world; ... -
TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT FOR A SOLAR PV MINI‐GRID (CASE STUDY OF MATEKENYA AREA, DOWA DISTRICT, MALAWI)
(PAUWES, 2021-11-16)Countries are trying to accomplish Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number 7 which aims to achieve universal access to energy by 2030. However, electricity access in Africa is at 44% [1] which is very low as compared ... -
Sustainable Energy Solution in Algeria: a Collection of Good Practices from SSB Japan's Project to Provide Effective Solutions for Energy Paradigm Shift
(PAUWES, 2021-09-18)The global energy demand is projected to increase, even in the face of substantial declines in fossil energy intensity because of energy demand needs of population and economic growth. Fossils fuels could not no longer ... -
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY STUDY OF BLOCKCHAIN BASED PEER-TO-PEER ENERGY SYSTEM IN RURAL AFRICA: Case Study Algeria
(PAUWES, 2021-11-18)Algeria is the Saharan Africa is still very far behind in terms of access to modern energy. 548 million people, which is 47% of the population still lack access to electricity in 2018 and unreliability of electricity ... -
Feasibility study of offshore utility-scale wind farms implementation in Tunisia
(PAUWES, 2021-11-24)Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges of our society due to its adverse impact on the earth ecosystem and on the world economy. Improving energy system efficiencies and the massive expansion of renewable ... -
Deployment of Decentralized and Digitized Renewable Energy Systems to promote the energy transformation in the Maghreb Countries Case Study of Algeria
(2021-11-24)Algeria is a leader in producing fossil fuels, and its energy supply still relies on oil and gas, while the country has great potential for solar energy. The demand for energy supply increases, and the national electricity ... -
TECHNO-ECONOMIC OPTIMIZATION AND ENERGY SCENARIO ANALYSIS OF ISOLATED MINI-GRID SYSTEMS IN NIGERIA
(PAUWES, 2021-11-24)This paper presents a feasibility analysis of the technical, environmental, and economic sustainability of an existing mini-grid system in Nigeria by investigating the cost as well as other operational parameters. The ... -
Modelling the Determinants of Rooftop Solar PV adoption among Urban Households in Ghana
(PAUWES, 2021-11-25)The increasing calls for sustainable production and consumption of energy have led to a surge in the drive of governments across the world to invest in promoting the uptake of such technologies. Rooftop Solar PV systems ... -
Towards a Systemic Approach to Energy Transformation in Algeria
(PAUWES, 2021-11-17)Concerns over climate and sustainable natural resources management have stimulated calls for a transformation in global energy systems. The situation is even more interesting in countries with a high level of fossil ... -
Challenges and way forward for using the Multi-Tier Framework for bottom-up Tracking of progress towards SDG7, a case of selected clean energy companies in Uganda
(PAUWES, 2021-11-17)Energy access remains a global challenge despite the interventions by national and international organizations. This challenge is more evident in Sub-Saharan Africa, where more than two-thirds of the population lack ... -
POLICY ASSESSMENT OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY ON FUTURE ENERGY DEMAND OF THE INDUSTRIAL. SECTOR OF TANZANIA
(PAUWES, 2021-12-22)Industrialization has been the main policy agenda for the 5th phase of the government of Tanzania. This is pivotal to realizing Tanzania’s ambition to become a middle-income economy by 2025. Tanzania aims to become a ... -
CAUSALITY AND CO-INTEGRATION ANALYSIS OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND CO2 EMISSION IN MADAGASCAR
(PAUWES, 2021-11-17)This Master thesis deals with the causality and cointegration relationship between energy consumption, economic growth, CO2 emissions, energy intensity and index of dirty in the industry, transport and residential sector ... -
EXPLORING THE USE AND IMPACTS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES IN COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE RURAL COMMUNITIES OF KENYA: A CASE STUDY OF BUNGOMA COUNTY
(PAUWES, 2021-12-18)Climate change is an emerging global issue that can longer be ignored and requires immediate actions. This can clearly be seen from the unpredictable weather patterns which have made it difficult to maintain crops in the ... -
IMPACTS ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON SOLAR PV SYSTEMS IN NIGER’S DOSSO REGION
(PAUWES, 2021-11-22)As the climate of the world warms, the consumption of energy in climate-sensitive sectors is likely to change. Possible targets include (1) decreases in the amount of energy consumed in residential, commercial, and industrial ...
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