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Conceptualizing the Street‐Level Bureaucrat Construct
Public 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
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How can children and young people have a voice in urban treescapes?
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Scientific understanding of climate change has, to date, failed to result in sufficient action. This paper proposes that a deficit model of top‐down learning and dissemination in relation to public engagement with science may be part of the problem, particularly when considering the attitudes, values and empowerment of children and young ...
Simon Carr +10 more
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Cahiers de Narratologie, 2016 Recently, mural interventions have been elected as one of the outputs of street artist in various cities of the world. While the sort of composition, contours, colours, and techniques employed in the murals easily make the artist recognizable within the ...
Helena Elias et Inês Marques
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Graffiti, street art and copyright
Street Art & Urban Creativity, 2018 This short note examines whether street and gra ti art can and should be protected by copyright. Indeed, cases where corpo- rations have used these forms of art to promote their products are increasingly common, which shows that these artworks are particularly vulnerable to misappropriation.
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract The first edition of the Ordnance Survey's 1:2500 County Series is marked with treed areas, such as woodlands and orchards, and, remarkably, freestanding trees. Consequently, it is an unparalleled source of information on the distribution of trees across Britain in the mid‐late nineteenth century, when the maps were first surveyed. In order to
Toby Pillatt, William A. P. Smith
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Forests and woodlands are important for biodiversity, climate change mitigation and the provision of services including recreation, timber and non‐timber forest products. Land use policies currently aim to increase forest cover while also maximising the benefits of forests for people and improving community engagement with the process of ...
Sarah Greenwood +6 more
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Curating landscapes to encourage care for biodiversity through arts and citizen science
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigates how combining Citizen Science and Art workshops within curated wildflower meadows can generate repeated, positive experiences with nature, and foster a sense of care for it. The project aimed to increase awareness, encourage responsibility, and develop competencies related to urban nature.
Elisa Olivares Esquivel +2 more
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From anamorphosis to vision: “3D Sidewalk Chalk Art”
Disegnare con, 2020 Two languages, apparently inconsistent, such as “real” and “virtual” can be manipulated to strongly influence human perception of seeing. Representation science finds in the phenomenon of contemporary street art an interesting field of research.
Cristiana Bartolomei +3 more
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Botanic and heritage gardens as living laboratories in the age of the polycrisis
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Societal Impact Statement Cities face intertwined crises of climate, biodiversity loss and social disconnection. We show how botanic and heritage gardens can help address these challenges as living laboratories to generate place‐based evidence and public engagement.
Kevin Frediani
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Lizbona – stolica europejskiego street artu(?)
Postscriptum Polonistyczne, 2020 The aim of the article is to present a variety of street art in Lisbon. Due to the activity of Galeria de Arte Urbana (GAU) the Portuguese capital has become an important and interesting place on the European map of street art.
Marcin Ziomek
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