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FixMyStreet Brussels: Socio-Demographic Inequality in Crowdsourced Civic Participation [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv.org, 2017
FixMyStreet (FMS) is a web-based civic participation platform that allows inhabitants to report environmental defects like potholes and damaged pavements to the government. In this paper, we examine the use of FMS in Brussels, the capital city of Belgium.
B. Pak, Alvin Chua, A. Moere
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

The paradox of planning the compact and green city: analyzing land-use change in Amsterdam and Brussels

open access: yesJournal of Environmental Planning and Management, 2021
Strategies applied by urban policy makers in order to achieve sustainable city development may be in conflict with each other because it crosses many disciplines and policy areas.
Stella Balikci, M. Giezen, R. Arundel
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Unified equations of state for cold non-accreting neutron stars with Brussels-Montreal functionals. I. Role of symmetry energy [PDF]

open access: yesMonthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2018
The theory of the nuclear energy-density functional is used to provide a unified and thermodynamically consistent treatment of all regions of cold non-accreting neutron stars. In order to assess the impact of our lack of complete knowledge of the density
J. Pearson   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Brussels Effect

open access: yesThe Brussels Effect, 2019
Chapter 2 lays out the conditions under which a single jurisdiction exerts global regulatory authority and shows why the EU today is in a unique position to assume the role of a global regulatory hegemon.
A. Bradford
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Colouring inside what lines?: interference of the urban growth boundary and the political-administrative border of Brussels [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This paper discusses the relationship between the political-administrative border and the urban growth boundary around Brussels, the Belgian capital. Our hypothesis is that the interests of the various regions and language groups in Belgium interfere ...
Allaert, Georges   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Experience and Acceptance of an Autonomous Shuttle in the Brussels Capital Region

open access: yes2020 Forum on Integrated and Sustainable Transportation Systems (FISTS), 2020
A successful implementation of autonomous vehicles will depend to a great extent on the acceptance of users. The individual attitudes regarding AVs are crucial in the adoption of this technology.
Manon Feys   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Brussels Effect: How the GDPR Conquered Silicon Valley

open access: yesEuropean Foreign Affairs Review, 2021
In 2018, the Californian government adopted a new data protection framework. The flagship of this framework is the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
Simon Gunst, Ferdi De Ville
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Hacking the representative system through deliberation? The organization of the Agora party in Brussels

open access: yesActa Politica, 2021
Recent years have witnessed the emergence of a variety of deliberative practices in the organization and activities of political parties. What remains unclear, however, is how parties can promote deliberative democracy in an environment that remains ...
Nino Junius   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Gender as “Ebola from Brussels”: The Anticolonial Frame and the Rise of Illiberal Populism

open access: yesSigns: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 2018
This article examines the recent wave of grassroots mobilizations opposing gender equality, LGBT rights, and sex education, which vilify the term “gender” in public debates and policy documents.
Elżbieta Korolczuk, A. Graff
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Collaborative governance platform for social innovation in Brussels

open access: yes, 2021
Purpose – This paper aims to share the experience of a collaborative platform for social innovation (SI) in urban governance in Brussels (Belgium) and to formulate recommendations for future initiatives.
Laura Temmerman   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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