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Socioeconomic inequalities in unmet dental care needs in Spain. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Oral Health
Zuniga-Jara S   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

State Capacity and Path Dependence in Cape Verde's Supreme Audit Institution

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines state capacity and path dependence in the Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) of Cape Verde, focussing on the performance and governance of the Court of Auditors. Drawing on a mixed‐methods longitudinal design covering the period from 2010 to 2024, the analysis combines international governance indicators, documentary analysis,
Ana Lúcia Romão
wiley   +1 more source

Conceptualizing the Street‐Level Bureaucrat Construct

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Differences among street‐level bureaucrats—across professions, institutional settings, regions, and countries—are largely overlooked in research. We propose conceptualizing the street‐level bureaucrat construct as a general variable that varies across institutional settings, professions, cultures, times, and locations. We analyze variations in
Faisal S. Cheema   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A produção social do espaço: do campo à cidade, da cidade ao campo

open access: yes, 2010
Há milênios, o homem transforma o espaço para melhor adaptar-se, suprindo suas necessidades de sobrevivência. A açáo do homem sobre o meio que o envolve transforma esse espaço em espaço rural e espaço urbano. Durante décadas este binômio foi abordado numa visáo dicotômica: o campo, analisado de modo a ser referendado como espaço, por excelência,
openaire   +1 more source

Using a social‐ecological macrosystems framework to understand how human activities alter ecological synchrony

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Different aspects of ecological systems, biotic or abiotic, often fluctuate in coordinated patterns over space and time. Such high concordance between ecological processes is often referred to as ecological synchrony. Human activities, including and beyond climate change, have the potential to alter ecological synchrony by disrupting or ...
Yiluan Song   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digital fire technologies and community networks: Cultivating just sociotechnical practices for living with planetary change

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Fires are expanding in frequency and intensity worldwide due to climate change and land‐use transformations. At the same time, fire often plays a regenerative role in ecosystems. Traditional and cultural practices incorporate fire use for landscape management and landscape renewal. In this complex matrix of fire ecologies, digital technologies
Jennifer Gabrys   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing terrestrial vertebrates as potential biodiversity indicators of ecosystem services in multifunctional landscapes

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Combining ecosystem services and biodiversity conservation is critical for evaluating the benefits of nature to society. However, research gaps have led to a conservation dilemma in determining which biodiversity groups should be selected in ecosystem service assessments.
Felipe S. Campos   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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