Ethiopian Journal of Science and Sustainable Development最新文献

Determinants of Energy Choice for Domestic Use in Informal Settlements of Addis Ababa 亚的斯亚贝巴非正式住区家庭使用能源选择的决定因素

Ethiopian Journal of Science and Sustainable Development Pub Date : 2022-03-18 DOI: 10.4314/jssd.v8i1.3

Nibretu Kebede, D. Tolossa, Tamirat Tefera

引用次数: 1

Gender Imbalance in Science Disciplines at Kyambogo University of Uganda and Development Implications 乌干达Kyambogo大学科学学科中的性别失衡及其对发展的影响

Ethiopian Journal of Science and Sustainable Development Pub Date : 2022-03-18 DOI: 10.4314/jssd.v8i1.2

G. Lubaale

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引用次数: 2

Recovery and Recycling of Municipal Solid Waste in Kaduna Metropolis 卡杜纳大都市城市固体废物的回收和再循环

Ethiopian Journal of Science and Sustainable Development Pub Date : 2022-03-18 DOI: 10.4314/jssd.v8i1.4

A. Abenu, A. A. Elejuku, C. Onuzulike, J. L. Bartholomew

{"title":"Recovery and Recycling of Municipal Solid Waste in Kaduna Metropolis","authors":"A. Abenu, A. A. Elejuku, C. Onuzulike, J. L. Bartholomew","doi":"10.4314/jssd.v8i1.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/jssd.v8i1.4","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined challenges faced during resource recovery and recycling; and highlights factors promoting the usage of recycled products in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Questionnaires were administered to 131 respondents made up of waste pickers, retailers of recyclables and recyclers. Of the three groups involved in the study, waste pickers were the most likely to seek change in livelihood while retailers of recyclables and recyclers largely wanted to continue in their work. The challenges in resource recovery for waste pickers were numerous but the greatest was social stigma. The major challenges for recyclers were the lack of capital and the high cost of acquiring tools and equipment. Positive attitudes to products made from recyclables, the durability of the products, and their cheap prices are factors that promote increased usage of products made from recyclables. To tackle some of the challenges experienced by waste pickers, inhabitants should separate their waste appropriately before disposal. Subsidized means of transportation, increased access to capital and acquisition of modern tools and equipment would further increase resource recovery and recycling.","PeriodicalId":52757,"journal":{"name":"Ethiopian Journal of Science and Sustainable Development","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90942314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Environmental Economies, Survival Ecologies, and Economic Interests in Pastoral Uganda 乌干达牧区的环境经济、生存生态和经济利益

Ethiopian Journal of Science and Sustainable Development Pub Date : 2021-08-04 DOI: 10.4314/jssd.v8i1.1

Bendicto Kabiito

{"title":"Environmental Economies, Survival Ecologies, and Economic Interests in Pastoral Uganda","authors":"Bendicto Kabiito","doi":"10.4314/jssd.v8i1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/jssd.v8i1.1","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a departure from the historical cataloguing of scarcity and poverty, as definitive frames of Karamoja sub-region of Uganda; a narrative that purports to portray the duo as natural, permanent and insurmountable features of the sub-region. This study demonstrates that these were both created in and projected onto the sub-region. The study provides evidence to the fact that; 1. Externally-driven pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial undertakings (which are underrated in many analyses on Karamoja) are the building blocks of the protracted conflicts, insecurities and ecological damages that ravaged Karamoja; 2. The sub-region offers more potentials than limitations as studies on Karamoja tend to portray. This research report is an invitation to both inward and outward looking (of Karamoja) for diagnosis and solutions. Inspired by critical realism and environmental justice theories, the study interrogates policies, mentalities, actions and inactions that fostered economic and ecological exploitation of Karamoja; endangering environmental and social ecologies of the sub-region. Attention is paid to how these jeopardised the environment-based economy of the sub-region’s population, while highlighting the human, ecological and economic potentials that need and deserve collective action for social and environmental re-address.","PeriodicalId":52757,"journal":{"name":"Ethiopian Journal of Science and Sustainable Development","volume":"33 10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83347427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 2

Postgraduate supervision and the early stages of the doctoral journey 研究生指导和博士之旅的早期阶段

Ethiopian Journal of Science and Sustainable Development Pub Date : 2019-02-05 DOI: 10.4314/jssd.v6i2.3

Samuel H. Baligidde

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引用次数: 0

'Acholi manyen made us fight': Understanding the metaphor in the former Lord’s Resistance Army female fighters' battle spaces “Acholi manyen让我们战斗”:理解前圣主抵抗军女性战士战斗空间中的隐喻

Ethiopian Journal of Science and Sustainable Development Pub Date : 2019-02-05 DOI: 10.4314/jssd.v6i2.6

D. Komakech

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引用次数: 1

Land cover and land use change analysis: Its impacts on rangeland ecosystems in Kakooge County, Nakasongola district, Uganda 土地覆盖和土地利用变化分析:对乌干达Nakasongola地区Kakooge县牧场生态系统的影响

Ethiopian Journal of Science and Sustainable Development Pub Date : 2019-02-05 DOI: 10.4314/jssd.v6i2.9

James Mbaziira

{"title":"Land cover and land use change analysis: Its impacts on rangeland ecosystems in Kakooge County, Nakasongola district, Uganda","authors":"James Mbaziira","doi":"10.4314/jssd.v6i2.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/jssd.v6i2.9","url":null,"abstract":"The paper presents and reviews the land cover and land use changes within a rangeland ecosystem and their impacts for a period of 18 years (1987–2005) in Nakasongola district, specifically, Kakooge County. The study used ArcGIS 10.2 data, field observations and community perceptions. Results showed a typical change in built areas, bush lands and subsistence farmlands expanded by 822.2% in 1987 and 61.7% in 2015, while commercial farmland, forest plantations, wetlands and woodland declined by 1.5%, 67.5%, 37.6% and 6.5% respectively. The changes in land cover and land uses originated from poverty, charcoal production, occurrence of drought, and introduction of pine plantations by 41%, 37%, 55% and 50%. Similarly, this resulted into frequent droughts, reduced soil productivity, food insecurity, and wood fuel crisis by 98%, 67%, 33%, and 36%, respectively. There was also general decline of land holding per household from 1.6ha to 1.5ha. Thus, such cumulative effectscontribute to rangeland degradation calling for appropriate management measures like strengthening environmental monitoring and ecosystem conservation strategies, extending poverty alleviation programmes and integrating of tree planting into the farming system in a more collaborative way to halt the outpacing impacts.","PeriodicalId":52757,"journal":{"name":"Ethiopian Journal of Science and Sustainable Development","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81270723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 2

The role of Civil Society Organisations in post-conflict development of northern Uganda 民间社会组织在乌干达北部冲突后发展中的作用

Ethiopian Journal of Science and Sustainable Development Pub Date : 2019-02-05 DOI: 10.4314/jssd.v6i2.7

Denis Musinguzi

{"title":"The role of Civil Society Organisations in post-conflict development of northern Uganda","authors":"Denis Musinguzi","doi":"10.4314/jssd.v6i2.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/jssd.v6i2.7","url":null,"abstract":"This article examines the role of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in post-conflict reconstruction and development of northern Uganda. The analysis is informed by the increased spate of violent conflicts in Africa since the end of the Cold War; the destruction caused by violent conflicts; and the significant role played by CSOs in post-conflict reconstruction and development. The northern part of Uganda witnessed the most protracted and devastating Lord‘s Resistance Army (LRA) conflict in the country‘s post-independence history, which forms the central focus of the study. To generate a deeper analysis of the role of CSOs, this article delves into the historical evolution of civil society from the classical thought of ancient Greece to the modern and contemporary perspectives of civil society. The analysis of the role of CSOs in post-conflict reconstruction and development is framed in the war-topeace transition; and recognises the dialectical relationship between peace and development. The article examines the community‘s perceptions on the role of CSOs and its responsiveness to community needs. It concludes with a reflection on simmering issues, which if not properly addressed, could destroy the positive inroads and peace dividends being realised in northern Uganda. A constructivist and qualitative methodology guided the study, which sought to interpret reality from the context of the espondents.","PeriodicalId":52757,"journal":{"name":"Ethiopian Journal of Science and Sustainable Development","volume":"59 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89523058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 1

Somali refugees’ wellbeing: the role of socio-culturally mediated agency 索马里难民的福祉:社会文化中介机构的作用

Ethiopian Journal of Science and Sustainable Development Pub Date : 2019-02-05 DOI: 10.4314/jssd.v6i2.8

Moses Senkosi Balyejjusa

引用次数: 3

Motivation and perseverance of women in education leadership in the United States of America 美国妇女在教育领导中的动力和毅力

Ethiopian Journal of Science and Sustainable Development Pub Date : 2019-01-31 DOI: 10.4314/JSSD.V6I2.5

M. Nakitende

{"title":"Motivation and perseverance of women in education leadership in the United States of America","authors":"M. Nakitende","doi":"10.4314/JSSD.V6I2.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/JSSD.V6I2.5","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined executive women leaders in higher education administration in the United States of America. It examined factors influencing women to attain leadership positions. It also looked at the challenges facing female leaders and established strategies women use to overcome these challenges. A sample of 11 women leaders in higher education was selected purposively based on experience, seniority and roles. Multiple sources of data collection were utilised including interviewing, observation and document analysis, which served as a way of triangulation. The nature of the study was exploratory. The qualitative phenomenological method was utilised to organise and analyse the data. The researched data was collected from both primary and secondary sources such as journals, interviews and observations. Findings reveal that senior women leaders in higher education positions are intrinsically moved by a great desire to make a positive difference and a need to help others. External forces influencing women to leadership include mentoring, self-efficacy, networks, prior experience, leadership training, and career planning. The results indicated that the women desire is to achieve personal growth and development. The results are consistent with both leadership and motivation theories (Maslow, 1970; Burns, 1978; Bandura, 1997). The findings are limited to women leaders in the education sector; they cannot be generalised to other business sectors.","PeriodicalId":52757,"journal":{"name":"Ethiopian Journal of Science and Sustainable Development","volume":"71 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78057242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 3