•Human Development

Health care• Provide medical transportation• Life and health insurance• Health education programs

Security• Ghanaian Police Code• Police station and officers• Town-watch initiative

Education• Provide education access for all children• Primary, junior secondary, and secondary

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Sustainable Village In Ghana  •InstitutionsAlternate systems are analyzed and after taking consideration stakeholder requirements as well as cost benefit analysis these systems are decided to be implemented.

Water Systems Waste Management

Department of Electrical &Systems Engineering

Group 1

TeamDeger Atay

Pete Eschenbrenner Gizem Goryakin

Ed Levinson

Advisors

Peter Scott Walt Sobkiw

Special ThanksDr. Barry Silverman

David Pietrocola and their team

Demo TimesThursday, April 23, 2009

11:30 am – 12 noon1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

ABSTRACT

Until the past 15 years, Ghana was plagued with corrupt and militant governments. As a result, the nation suffered economically. Recently, Ghana has begun to rebuild its infrastructure in the hope of becoming a more stable and peaceful nation. Although Ghana has many natural resources and an abundant labor force, much of its nation remains in poverty.

In completing this project we plan to provide the means and resources to achieve economic stability in the Volta Region. In order to do so, we developed a realistic model of a sustainable village in Ghana. The criteria of sustainability used concern environmental, economical, social, and cultural aspects of the village. Given these criteria, we aimed to implement solutions to allow for the continuity of all systems and institutions comprising the village. This model village is able to show the means for a given region in Ghana to prosper, including access to energy/electricity, clean water, food production, a health care center, security, education centers, effective waste management, housing, and transportation. This model has been constructed using Agent-based Modeling (ABM). ABM allowed for the creation of an environment representative of the actual village to be constructed in Ghana. From this, it was possible to demonstrate both positive and sustainable influences that our village model will have in Volta region.

According to the United Nations, “over the next 25 years, over 2 billion people in the world will add to the growing demand for housing, water supply, sanitation, and other urban infrastructure services. The ultimate goal of our project is to implement actual versions of our model throughout the world to help meet this demand.

• Sufficient Clean Water for Drinking and Agriculture • Hand Dug Wells• Rainwater Catchment System

Agriculture Systems• Main Source of Village Employment/Revenue • Harvest Grains, Cocoa, Fruits, Vegetables, etc.• Livestock Housing Facilities• Personal Garden for Each Home

Energy• Photovoltaic cells on rooftops• Gas generators• Enough electricity for 4 hours per day (more than rural average power availability in Ghana)

• Sanitary Waste Management Systems• Dry Pit Latrines (In every house and public building)• Designated Garbage Dumpsters

Communication• Includes 5 community centers with internet access, television, and telephones• One post office• In a cell phone coverage area

Transportation• Efficient network of roads within village• Plan allows for roads connecting village to other parts of Ghana

Village Design Neighborhood Design

Plan of a Housing Unit

Village consists of 2000 houses and an additional of 150 buildings for shops, administrative offices, health center, police office, post office, sport center, church, library and primary school.

The village consists of 8 neighborhoods which has 250 houses. Each neighborhood has 5 hand-dug well water systems located on the corners and at the center of the neighborhood. The empty area at the center will be used depending on each neighborhood's needs.

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The Model

Agent Based Modeling

•Economy Model Investments & Loans

•Upfront costs to build village• Future Monthly costs to maintain infrastructure• Households pay a monthly fee to village administration• Villagers have access to loans for businesses or housing

Employment

• Commercial• Civic• Agricultural

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Until the past 15 years, Ghana was plagued with corrupt and military governments. As a result, the nation suffered economically. Recently, Ghana has begun to rebuild its infrastructure in the hope of becoming a more stable and peaceful nation. Although Ghana has many natural resources and an abundant labor force, much of the nation remains in poverty.

In completing this project we plan to provide the means and resources to achieve economic stability in the Volta Region. In order to do so, we developed a realistic model of a sustainable village in Ghana. The criteria of sustainability used concern environmental, economical, social, and cultural aspects of the village. Given these criteria, we aimed to implement solutions to allow for the continuity of all systems and institutions comprising the village. This model village is able to show the means for a given region in Ghana to prosper, including access to energy and electricity, clean water, food production, a health care center, security, education centers, effective waste management, housing, and transportation. This model has been constructed using Agent-based Modeling (ABM). ABM allowed for the creation of an environment representative of the actual village to be constructed in Ghana. From this, it was possible to demonstrate both positive and sustainable influences that our village model will have in Volta region.

According to the United Nations, over the next 25 years, over 2 billion people in the world will add to the growing demand for housing, water supply, sanitation, and other urban infrastructure services. The ultimate goal of our project is to implement actual versions of our model throughout the world to help meet this demand.

The model design portion of our project can be divided into four stages. First stage •Define goals and constraints of the project. •Research the subsystems of the village model.Second stage •Look at the alternatives and choose the option in each subsystem that - Best satisfies the project requirements. - Meets Ghanaian cultural standardsand combines the chosen subsystems.Third stage •Test and verify the model.•Make necessary changes if needed by conducting additional research and making improvements where necessary.Fourth stage•Start cost and risk analysis of the model.•Start financing and marketing the village model.

Agent Properties Agent Physiology Levels