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Mapping Brick Kilns to Support Environmental Impact Studies around Delhi Using Sentinel-2
2020
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
Brick kilns similar to Bull Trench Kilns were identified using the Sentinel-2 imagery around the state of Delhi in India. ...
The brick kiln locations can be further used for updating land-use emission inventories to assess particulate matter and black carbon emissions. ...
Acknowledgments: The authors are thankful to Copernicus Sentinel-2 data hub and Planet Labs for providing satellite data. ...
doi:10.3390/ijgi9090544
fatcat:crqvfvnxrnhc7jb2k2zm6bcmbm
Effect of COVID-19 pandemic-induced lockdown (general holiday) on air quality of Dhaka City
2021
Environmental Monitoring & Assessment
Necessary time-series data of the concentration of PM2.5, NO2, SO2, and CO have been collected from the archive of the Air Quality Monitoring Station of the US Embassy in Dhaka and Sentinel-5P. ...
This study will help policymakers figure out how to regulate pollution sources and improve the air quality of Dhaka. ...
Acknowledgements The authors are thankful to K. M. Shakik Ahmed Walid for his help during the revision period. Data availability Data will be available on reasonable request. ...
doi:10.1007/s10661-021-09120-z
pmid:34002266
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Spatiotemporal Investigations of Multi-Sensor Air Pollution Data over Bangladesh during COVID-19 Lockdown
2021
Remote Sensing
Additionally, aerosol subtypes from the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder (CALIPSO) were used to explore the aerosol types. ...
The strict lockdown (26 March–30 May 2020) led to a significant reduction in AOD (up to 47%) in all major cities, while the partial lockdown (June 2020) led to increased and decreased AOD over the study ...
Acknowledgments: The authors are grateful to NASA for providing satellite-based aerosol products, NO 2 and O 3 . ...
doi:10.3390/rs13050877
fatcat:k5zm7i4zcbegpcqn3k24jsjttm
Nitrogen oxides concentration and emission change detection during COVID-19 restrictions in North India
2021
Scientific Reports
and rural areas around Delhi. ...
AbstractCOVID-19 related restrictions lowered particulate matter and trace gas concentrations across cities around the world, providing a natural opportunity to study effects of anthropogenic activities ...
Acknowledgements This research is financially supported by Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN: a constituent member of NIHU) Project No. 14200133 (Aakash). ...
doi:10.1038/s41598-021-87673-2
pmid:33963208
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History Matters: A Comparative Exploration on the Spanish Flu and the COVID-19 in India
2020
Zenodo
This article conveys the larger rationale of looking back to look and move forward in terms of crafting just, inclusive and resilient policies from a diseased to a desirable (non)Anthropocene. ...
This article is a comparative exploration of the two pandemics along survey of historical sources and secondary scholarship to finally forge the critical discussion: are we in a better position to tackle ...
Moreover, nonagricultural economic activities that usually absorb surplus labour in the lean agricultural period like construction activity, businesses, brick-kilns, have almost totally stopped. ...
doi:10.5281/zenodo.5558134
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A Breastfeed-Promoting Mobile App Intervention: Usability and Usefulness Study
2018
JMIR mHealth and uHealth
according to the World Development Report 2011. 242 in addition to conflict, the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation create new risks and reinforce old social and economic vulnerabilities ...
of undernutrition a growing global priority -a success it owes to a powerful combination of government commitment and resources, supported by networks of activists and experts around the world using technology ...
In order to allow for comparability with MICS4, data from MICS3 for the adult support for learning, father's support for learning and learning materials at home (playthings) indicators were recalculated ...
doi:10.2196/mhealth.8337
pmid:29374000
pmcid:PMC5807626
fatcat:3w6fuiawd5eyllc5obj5mmntqe
The production and use of ritual terracottas in India
1991
After a brief comparative study of these craftsmen and their roles within contemporary society, the text focuses upon the creation of ritual terracottas and the use of these terracottas as gifts to or ...
Detailed attention is given to the sacred and ritual roles of potters within their communities and the ways in which their products are vital to the devotional practices of the average Hindu, as recorded ...
Fuel is arranged around them gently before the kiln is closed, and, depending upon the kiln type, flues and stoke holes may be dug to feed the flame and regulate the temperature.79 Most of the kilns used ...
doi:10.25501/soas.00029213
fatcat:h4fpaqf4brbvdevusmnianql2q
Syncretic socialism in post-colonial West Bengal : mobilizing and disciplining women for a 'sustha' nation-state
2009
The discourse of equality, emancipation and dignity for women does not necessarily lead to the formation of an emancipated female subject, but often ends up supporting structures and practices against ...
Through its selective appropriation and use of ideologies from both traditional cultural resources and modern political philosophies, the organization produces a 'syncretic' variety of socialism. ...
Now, working-class women (e.g. a brick kiln worker, a domestic servant, or a vegetable vendor) are economically independent. They earn their livelihood. Are they present in any way in this discourse? ...
doi:10.14288/1.0067650
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