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“Literacy is Functional for the State. Society does not need Literacy.” Bureaucratic Encounters and (Il)literacy in El Alto

Bolivian Studies Journal
This paper examines how adults with little or no competence in reading and writing engage with bureaucratic paperwork in El Alto, Bolivia. Residents of El Alto complain about having to deal with excessive bureaucracy in state institutions such as ...
Rebekka Krauss
doaj   +1 more source

Experiences With a Last Meter Delivery Robot

Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The steady growth of e‐commerce is a consolidated trend continuously increasing the number of parcels delivered worldwide. Conventionally, in logistics, last mile delivery has been the area of study covering the last step of a parcel delivery process: from the nearest distribution center to the customer.
Ricard Bitriá, Jordi Palacín, Elena Rubies, Eduard Clotet   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An autonomous network of acoustic detectors to map tiger risk by eavesdropping on prey alarm calls

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Tiger population recovery brings with it increased fatalities from human‐tiger conflict. We describe a network of autonomous intelligent passive acoustic sensors that monitor the forest for deer alarm calls as a proxy for tiger risk and provide a risk map to local communities in real‐time.
Arik Kershenbaum, Andrew Markham, Holly Root‐Gutteridge, Bethany Smith, Casey Anderson, Riley McClaughry, Ramjan Chaudhary, Amogh Vishwakarma, Stephen Cummins, Angela Dassow   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tangled Up in Green: A Review of Policy Analyses of the European Green Deal

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The European Green Deal (EGD) was introduced as a transformative policy agenda for sustainability aiming to make Europe the first climate‐neutral continent in the world. While previous research has studied its transformative potential, there is no comprehensive review of that research.
Cecilia Enberg, Christian Ståhl
wiley   +1 more source

Human Rights Economic Dividends: Estimating the Economic Effects of Preventing Discrimination

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Economies embracing principles like nondiscrimination are presumed to reap significant rewards, while violations incur heavy costs. We call these benefits human rights economic dividends—the economic gains that arise when policymaking is guided by human rights principles.
Jose Cuesta
wiley   +1 more source

Between Emancipation and Domination? A Critical Analysis of Empowerment in a Women‐Only Development Program in Costa Rica's Coffee Sector

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Female empowerment and its use in development contexts has histories in coloniality. Gender programs typically imply an individualistic, depoliticized concept. This article examines whether such initiatives can be supportive for empowerment. We apply an embedded qualitative case study of Bean Voyage's program to support female coffee producers
Annelie M. Gütte, Maria Busse, Stefan Sieber, Michelle Bonatti   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

(In)justice in Smart Cities: Barriers and an Integrative Framework for Solution Pathways From a Global Perspective

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smart city initiatives aim for sustainability and inclusiveness, but recent evidence shows that they often lead to injustices. Although this contradiction has received growing academic attention, a comprehensive understanding of how justice is addressed within smart city practices remains limited.
Md. Nazmul Haque, Emilio Costales, Dominik Beckers, Ayyoob Sharifi, Samar Aad, Luca Mora   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Operationalizing the Metaverse for Urban Sustainability: Evidence From an Expert Panel and the Seoul Metaverse City Case Study

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smart cities and urban digital twins have fostered the emergence of immersive environments, such as the metaverse. While contemporary scholarlship has increasingly examined the integration of the metaverse within smart city infrastructures, the critical nexus between urban sustainability and the metaverse remains largely under‐researched. This
Jose Manuel Diaz‐Sarachaga, Ayyoob Sharifi   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Greenway development and gentrification

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper presents research on expanding access to green spaces in developed areas. Critics claim greenway projects lead to gentrification by increasing the demand for housing and pushing out residents in nearby neighborhoods. We look for evidence of this phenomenon using a sorting model and panel data on aggregate populations in Atlanta ...
Jarron VanCeylon, Richard T. Melstrom
wiley   +1 more source

Crime, Gender and Policing: The Role of Women Officers in Addressing Gender‐Based Violence in India

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether an increased presence of women in Indian police forces results in enhanced justice for victims of gender‐based crimes and improves the overall effectiveness and responsiveness of the police. It employs focus group discussions and qualitative system dynamics modelling to examine the dynamics of women in law ...
Kandaswamy Paramasivan, Thangatur Sukumar Hariharan, Nabila Khan, S. Thejaswin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source