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Citizens with Benefits

open access: yesAristotelian Society Supplementary Volume, 2022
Abstract Can states permissibly enforce mandatory participation in the provision of public goods? Usual justifications of state action here appeal to the fact that such goods are very good for people. Arthur Ripstein argues that states can compel provision of public goods, but that the best explanation of this is grounded, not in the ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Does citizen coproduction lead to better urban services in smart cities projects? An empirical study on e-participation in a mobile big data platform

open access: yesGovernment Information Quarterly, 2020
With contemporary development of digital technology and smart cities initiatives, citizen co-production has created a new government-citizen interface.
Barbara Allen   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Accounting for animal health in efficiency analysis: An application to Swedish dairy farms

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Poor animal health is a central concern in modern livestock production. Despite the necessity to incorporate animal health in efficiency analysis, the theoretical and empirical developments are limited on this subject. This article appropriately characterizes the axiomatic properties of animal health within a production framework.
Frederic Ang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Robust Spectrum Sensing Demonstration Using a Low-Cost Front-End Receiver

open access: yesInternational Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 2015
Spectrum Sensing (SS) is an important function in Cognitive Radio (CR) to detect primary users. The design of SS algorithms is one of the most challenging tasks in CR and requires innovative hardware and software solutions to enhance detection ...
Daniele Borio   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Localism may actually reduce citizen voice because information on citizen redress is either not collected or ignored [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Citizen redress is essential for any government committed to administering accountable and efficient public sector services. However, as Jane Tinkler argues, the introduction of more complex provider networks in the Big Society threatens the already ...
Tinkler, Jane
core  

Blogging on the ice: Connecting audiences with climate-change sciences [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Scientists working in Antarctica have recognized the need to counteract problems associated with mainstream media's treatment of the climate-change crisis.
Thorsen, Einar
core   +1 more source

Smart urbanism and smart citizenship: The neoliberal logic of ‘citizen-focused’ smart cities in Europe

open access: yesEnvironment and Planning C Politics and Space, 2018
This paper examines the neoliberal ideals that underpin participation and citizenship in the smart city and their replication mechanisms at the European level, particularly focusing on the work of the European Innovation Partnership for Smart Cities and ...
P. Cardullo, Rob Kitchin
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mental pictures: citizen or consumer? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This is a PDF version of an article published in Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health© 2008. The final, definitive version of this paper has been published in Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, 128, July by SAGE
David Rutherford, Jung CG
core   +2 more sources

Identifying animal species in camera trap images using deep learning and citizen science

open access: yesMethods in Ecology and Evolution, 2018
Ecologists often study wildlife populations by deploying camera traps. Large datasets are generated using this approach which can be difficult for research teams to manually evaluate.
M. Willi   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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