VOLUME 1 ISSUE 1
A STUDY ON NEW GREEN METHODS OF GENERATING ELECTRICITY
Authors: Razin Ahmed, Rezoana Bente Arif , Dr. Bishwajit Saha
Published: 2016-December-15
In this paper, a new method of electricity generation, namely geothermal technique based on carbon dioxide (CO2), is proposed as a partial solution to the power generation needs of Bangladesh. This geothermal technique is an environmentally friendly and safe method of electricity generation compared to some other methods of power generation. Although the cost of the overall system is high, especially for storage of liquid CO2 this high cost can be reduced by using multiple sub-systems of power generation. Every brick field can set up a CO2 trap including a liquefied conversion unit. The pros and cons of the newly proposed method have been discussed extensively with some specific points related to environmental and technical issues. The overall results show that the new method can be useful in Bangladesh to generate an adequate supply of electricity to meet demand.
Download for More DetailsCOMPARING NATIONAL LEVELS AND CHANGES OVER THE LAST DECADE IN SOUTH ASIA AND OTHER LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
Authors: John Richards, Aidan R. Vining
Published: 2016-December-15
This article analyzes institutional factors associated with under-five mortality at two intervals (2000-03 and 2010-13) among low-income countries, with an emphasis on South Asia. The factors considered fall in four broad categories: health sector inputs (national per capita ratios of professional health care providers and hospital beds, plus public health spending as percent of GDP), performance of public health institutions (access to safe water and sanitary toilet facilities, child immunization, total fertility rate, and access to mosquito nets in malaria-prone countries), social determinants of health (female literacy, percent under $1.25/day and per capita GDP), and effectiveness of national governments in providing services. In explaining changes in mortality levels between decades, four factors are significant: increase in percent above $1.25/day, in vaccination rates and in rates of use of mosquito nets, plus average government effectiveness over the decade. In explaining mortality levels, the top quarter of countries ranked by under-five mortality outperform on average the comparable averages for the three other quarters on nine factors assessed. Achieving top-quarter mortality levels requires superior performance among most of the complex institutional factors such as schools and sanitary infrastructure.
Download for More DetailsFACEBOOK MARKETING CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN BANGLADESH
Authors: Dr. Abu Naser Ahmed Ishtiaque, Sumaiya Minnat
Published: 2016-December-15
Facebook marketing is the most popular method for online marketing today. You will hardly find any business now without a Facebook presence. The main advantage of Facebook marketing is its vast audience. According to Facebook, there are currently over one billion daily active users on average. The number of businesses using Facebook is growing rapidly around the world, even in our country. From large conglomerates to small businesses, most are on Facebook. Both large and small companies are promoting their products on Facebook. In Bangladesh, like most of the world, Facebook marketing has created opportunities for women entrepreneurs who can now sell different products from their home. Many fashion boutiques have flourished over the last few years solely depending on Facebook for their marketing efforts. Even though the number of Facebook “likes†seems to be related to the popularity of the brand, research shows that the key performance indicator is the Facebook Engagement Factor (F.E.F), i.e., the number of people interacting with the page. This research paper contains survey results and in-depth analysis of 50 fashion boutiques in Bangladesh that use Facebook for marketing their products, the majority of which are run by women. They use paid advertisement, word of mouth, and frequent posts as tools to promote their page. The Facebook Engagement Factor, not the number of likes, is the determinant of how well the page is doing. Small business owners who market their products through Facebook pages thus have to concentrate more on increasing F.E.F than the number of likes of their page in order to be successful.
Download for More DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE INTEGRATED URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIC PLAN OF ACCRA CITY USING AQUACYCLE13 MODEL TO DEVELOP AN OUTLINE OF THE STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS FOR DHAKA CITY
Authors: M.A. Hashnat Badsha
Published: 2016-December-15
Accra, the capital city of Ghana, is facing on major challenges in both water supply and sanitation. Urban sprawl has outpaced planning of infrastructure and public services by more than a decade due to rapid urbanization and a high population growth rate. As a result, providing water and sanitation services to all in a fast growing, largely unplanned city like Accra is a great challenge. In order to meet these challenges, the Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM) is introduced and IUWM provides an outline for planning, designing, and managing urban water systems. Although, Accra and Dhaka city are geographically located in two different regions on the earth, but there are some similarities, which have been found between them. Similarly, many differences have also been observed. In addition, the IUWM strategic plans of Accra city have been assessed by the two different engineering tools in order to generate different scenarios before and after considering the strategic directions suggested by the SWITCH—Sustainable Water Improves Tomorrow’s Cities’ Health project. In this regard, Aquacycle13, a modern urban water balancing model has been used in this study where the developed scenarios have showed the future prediction on the basis of the different strategies that must be executed in future. Finally, this study makes an outline of IUWM strategic directions for the Dhaka city in Bangladesh, based on its future challenges and lesson learnt from the existing strategic plan of Accra, Ghana.
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