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Dealing with variability in water availability: the case of the Verde Grande River basin, Brazil [PDF]
Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 2014 This paper presents a water resources management strategy developed by the Brazilian National Water Agency (ANA) to cope with the conflicts between water users in the Verde Grande River basin, located at the southern border of the Brazilian semi-arid ...
B. Collischonn, A. V. Lopes, A. R. Pante
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Competence Development and Evaluation Dynamics in the Context of Learning
Risk, Hazards &Crisis in Public Policy, Volume 17, Issue 1, March 2026.ABSTRACT Organizations operating in high‐risk environments rely on learning from real incidents, yet how evaluation practices contribute to competence development and organizational learning remains insufficiently understood. This challenge is evident in police operations, where decisions made under uncertainty have immediate implications for safety ...
Ensieh Roud, Riana Steen, Marita Aune
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Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 1, February 2026.Abstract Urgency to save species from extinction has prompted increased investment in law enforcement in protected areas. To date, such law enforcement has largely focused on increasing costs and reducing opportunities for offending. However, these resource‐intensive approaches are not always effective and can contribute to conflict between people and ...
Freya A. V. St. John +3 more
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Campbell Systematic Reviews, Volume 21, Issue 4, December 2025.ABSTRACT Growing numbers of young people are encountering the counter‐terrorism system. This international trend raises important questions about the effectiveness of efforts to prevent and counter childhood and adolescent radicalisation. This review examines the effectiveness and implementation of interventions designed to counter cognitive and ...
James Lewis +4 more
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Frontiers in Environmental ScienceOne of the critical challenges in environmental, social, and economic terms is the progressive loss of strategic ecosystems, such as wetlands, moorlands, and mangroves.
Siberman Carvajal Romero +2 more
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Strengthening Amazon conservation through community‐based voluntary patrolling
Conservation Biology, Volume 39, Issue 3, June 2025.Abstract Globally, environmental crimes are a major threat to biodiversity and the livelihood of local populations. Community‐based protection of natural resources, which involves local people in surveillance and enforcement, is an important complement to the government‐led command‐and‐control policing approach.
Caetano L. B. Franco +8 more
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“We're tired of this Weber guy!”—Force experts, police reforms, and the violence of standardization
American Anthropologist, Volume 127, Issue 1, Page 5-19, March 2025.Abstract Since the mid‐2000s, the use‐of‐force continuum—a global standard for providing law enforcement with guidelines on the proportionate use of force—has been central in Turkish police training and reporting practices. Liberal police accountability tools, like the use‐of‐force continuum, rely on standardization to prevent police violence.
Hayal Akarsu
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The Tools of External Migration Policy in the EU Member States: The Case of Italy
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 62, Issue 6, Page 1448-1474, November 2024.Abstract This article focuses on the external dimension of migration policy (EXMIPO) in the EU member states (MSs), through a policy tool approach. It offers an analytical framework for conceptualizing MS EXMIPO, by (1) unpacking its tools and (2) understanding their relationship with EU‐level migration governance, as based on competition, convergence ...
Iole Fontana, Matilde Rosina
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Aproximación a la base teórica de la inteligencia policial
Revista Criminalidad, 2013 Este trabajo de investigación es una juiciosa aproximación que se realizó con el propósito de describir los fundamentos de conocimiento que caracterizan la inteligencia policial como disciplina científica.
Yofre Luis Cortés-Vargas +1 more
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Gender, social protection systems and street‐level bureaucrats
International Social Security Review, Volume 77, Issue 4, Page 7-22, October/December 2024.Abstract Street‐level bureaucrats are the “human face” of social protection delivery systems around the world. To date, most social protection literature approaches questions of gender with respect to policy and programme design and expected and unexpected outcomes.
Tara Patricia Cookson +1 more
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