Model-Driven Engineering and Creative Arts Approach to Designing Climate Change Response System for Rural Africa: A Case Study of Adum-Aiona Community in Nigeria

• Autorzy: Okewu E. , Misra S. , Okewu J.

Warianty tytułu

PL

Zastosowanie inżynierii sterowania modelami i sztuk pięknych w przygotowywaniu systemu reagowania na zmiany klimatyczne dla obszarów wiejskich w Afryce: przypadek wspólnoty Adum-Aiona w Nigerii

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Experts at the just concluded climate summit in Paris (COP21) are unanimous in opinion that except urgent measures are taken by all humans, average global temperature rise would soon reach the deadly 2oC mark. When this happens, socioeconomic livelihoods, particularly in developing economies, would be dealt lethal blow in the wake of associated natural causes such as increased disease burden, soil nutrient destruction, desertification, food insecurity, among others. To avert imminent dangers, nations, including those from Africa, signed a legally bind-ing universally accepted climate control protocol to propagate and regulate environmentally-friendly behaviours globally. The climate vulnerability of Africa as established by literature is concerning. Despite contributing relatively less than other continents to aggregate environmental injustice, the continent is projected to bear the most brunt of environmental degradation. This is on account of her inability to put systems and mechanisms in place to stem consequences of climate change. Hence, our resolve to use a combination of scientific and artistic models to design a response system for tackling climate challenges in Africa. Our model formulation encompasses computational model and creative arts model for drawing attention to environmentally friendly behaviours and climate adaptation and mitigation strategies. In this work, we focus on rural Africa to share experience of climate change impact on agriculture – mainstay of rural African economy. We examine the carbon footprints of a rural community in Nigeria – the Adum-Aiona community – as case study and for industrial experience. The authors will provide operational data to substantiate claims of existential threats posed by greenhouse gas (GHG) generation on livelihoods of rural dwellers. The study will also design and test a Climate Change Response System (CCRS) that will enable people to adapt and reduce climate change impact. To achieve the research objective, the researchers will review literature, gather requirements, model the proposed system using Unified Modelling Language (UML), and test CCRS statically. We expect that the implementation of the proposed system will enable people mitigate the effects of, and adapt to, climate change-induced socioeconomic realities. This is besides the fact that the empirical data provided by the study will help clear doubts about the real or perceived threats of climate change. Finally, the industrial experience and case study we share from Africa using model-driven engineering approach will scale up the repository of knowledge of both climate change research and model-driven engineering community.

PL

Eksperci biorący udział w szczycie klimatycznym w Paryżu (COP21) sugerują, że pomimo mimo podejmowanych działań zaradczych, średnia temperatura na naszej planecie podniesie się wkrótce o 20C. Gdy to nastąpi, społeczno-ekonomiczne podstawy bytu, szczególnie w krajach rozwijających się, zostaną naruszone w wyniku m.in. przewi-dywanego wzrostu zachorowań, zniszczenia gleby, pustynnienia i braku zabezpieczenia żywności. Aby zapobiec zbliżającemu się niebezpieczeństwu podpisano prawnie wiążący protokół klimatyczny, zaakceptowany także przez kraje afrykańskie. Jego celem jest uregulowanie i wsparcie dla zachowań prośrodowiskowych w skali globalnej. Opisywana w literaturze wrażliwość klimatu w Afryce wydaje się być szczególnie istotna. Chociaż w porównaniu do innych kontynentów jej udział w emisji zanieczyszczeń do atmosfery jest mniejszy, to właśnie ten kontynent ma dotknąć największy poziom degradacji środowiskowej. Wynika to m.in. z braku możliwości wdrażania kluczowych dla klimatu systemów i mechanizmów. Stąd wynika nasza determinacja w opracowaniu kombinacji naukowych i artystycznych modeli, służących jako narzędzia do formułowania systemu odpowiedzi na czekające Afrykę zmiany klimatyczne. Nasze podejście obejmuje modele obliczeniowy i odnoszący się do sztuk pięknych, które mają pomóc w zwróceniu uwagi społeczeństw na niezbędne zachowania prośrodowiskowe. W badaniach koncentrujemy się na obszarach wiejskich w Afryce, aby przedstawić wpływ zmian klimatycznych na rolnictwo, które stanowi podstawę afrykańskiego systemu ekonomicznego. Zbadaliśmy ślad węglowy obszarów wiejskich w Nigerii, we wspólnocie Adum-Aiona. Autorzy przedstawiają dane pokazujące realne zagrożenia dla ludzi, które niesie ze sobą emisja gazów cieplarnianych. Prezentowany jest także test odnoszący się do Systemu Odpowiedzi na Zmiany Klimatu, który pomoże mieszkańcom nie tylko w adaptacji do, ale także w zmniejszeniu konsekwencji zmian klimatycznych. Dyskusja zostanie wsparta przeglądem literaturowym, pomagającym lepiej określić wymagania, które powinien spełniać model, z wykorzystaniem UML. Należy się spodziewać, że wdrożenie proponowanego systemu przyniesie realne korzyści, także te noszące się do uwarunkowań społeczno-ekonomicznych. Rezultaty przeprowadzonych badań empirycznych precyzują zakres zagrożeń związanych ze zmianami klimatycznymi. W końcowej części odniesiemy się do doświadczeń związanych z przemysłem, także w kontekście Afryki. Zastosowanie inżynierii sterowania modelami wzbogaca zakres wiedzy odnoszący się zarówno w kontekście badań nad zmianami klimatycznymi, jak i możliwych zastosowań inżynierii.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

agriculture; climate change; visual and creative arts model; model driven engineering; response system

PL

rolnictwo; zmiany klimatyczne; wizualny i kreatywny model sztuki; inżynieria modelowa; system odpowiedzi

• Wydawca: Lublin University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Problemy Ekorozwoju
• Rocznik: 2017
• Tom: Vol. 12, nr 1
• Strony: 101--116
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 58 poz., fig., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Okewu E.

• Centre for Information Technology and Systems, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

autor

Misra S.

• Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria
• Atilim University, Ankara, Turkey

autor

Okewu J.

• Department of Visual and Creative Arts, Federal University, Lafia, Nigeria

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Opracowanie ze środków MNiSW w ramach umowy 812/P-DUN/2016 na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (zadania 2017)