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Dr. Ebenezer Boateng, ASU and Sawan Shariar, YouthMappers

Generating Solutions with Optimization Analysis

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YOUTHMAPPERS Workshop June 9-18, 2024

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Leadership Moment

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What do you have to say about leadership?

  • Create paths for those around you.
  • Your energy as a leader is contagious.
  • Manage a good balance among the whole.

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Optimisation of Cooling Centres

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Introduction

  • You will learn:
    • Overview of cooling centres
    • Ideal places to use as cooling centres
    • Optimised access cooling centres

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Overview of Cooling Centres

  • Cooling centre: An air-conditioned public facility where people may go for relief during periods of extreme heat.

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  • Forms of cooling centres:
    • Formal/Official
    • Informal
    • Inside/Indoors
    • Outside/Outdoors

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Optimised access to Cooling Centres

  • You will learn:
    • Distances people may travel to access cooling centres
      • Network analytical tools
        • Allocate to existing facilities-Assign demand to facilities based on the capacity at the facility and the amount of demand from the surrounding area
        • Minimise travel- Choose facilities so the overall travel time or distance from all demand locations to their assigned facility is minimised.

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Optimised access to Cooling Centres

  • Facilities: they provide a service to the surrounding area in one form or another (eg. fire stations, schools, health clinics, etc).

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  • Demand locations: this represents the need for a service that the facilities can meet (eg. individuals (students, customers, patients, residents, etc).

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  • Data required
    • Buildings within AOI (Demand point)
    • Health facilities/Schools (Facilities/Supply point)

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A Discussion or Intervention