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Municipal Bureaucratic Drivers of Mini-Publics: A Case Study of Municipalities in the Tokyo Area
Journal of Deliberative DemocracyThis article examines why and how municipal bureaucracies engage with mini-public participation across policy stages. Examining these questions through a comparative analysis of municipalities that have repeatedly implemented mini-public initiatives in ...
Motoki Nagano
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, 2010 The presented thesis deals with the urban dimension of the European and the German National Policy and their interconnection. After defining urban policy in general, the European and the German national level have been analyzed in terms of their development of an urban dimension, the involved institutions and actors and the subjects as well as the ...
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Policy impact pathways of climate-related urban health vulnerability – A retrospective analysis [PDF]
Climate change-related health risks are likely to become more prevalent in cities. Cities are also key actors in adaptation to these risks. Adaptation can take place through intentional measures to reduce vulnerability or exposure and unintentionally ...
Käyhkö, Janina +5 more
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Behaviorally Adaptive and Inclusive Advanced Driver‐Assistance Systems
Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.Advanced driver‐assistance systems (ADASs) are mapped as evolving human‐centered, adaptive technologies linking sensing, driver monitoring, AR/HUD interfaces, patents, regulation, and inclusive design. The review identifies gaps in real‐world evidence, diverse‐driver validation, gaze metrics, and governance, outlining a roadmap for safer, behaviorally ...
Jana Skirnewskaja +2 more
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Variation in access to urban parks across six OECD countries
npj Urban SustainabilityAccess to parks by urban residents has been associated with higher mental and physical health, social capital, community cohesion, and quality of life.
Talia Kaufmann +8 more
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Earth System GovernanceClimate finance is a critical component of climate policy implementation, but disparities in access reflect the broader power imbalances between the Global North and the Global South, and shape both the allocation of funds and the types of projects that ...
Istiakh Ahmed, Laura Kuhl
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The Collective Power of Bacteria as a Blueprint for Emergent Intelligence
Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.Small cells, powerful collectives. Bacteria demonstrate how sophisticated behaviors can emerge from many simple individuals working together. We explore the remarkable world of bacterial communities and the mechanisms that underpin their complex emergent behaviors, enabling impressive adaptability, robustness, and responsiveness to changing ...
Johanna A. Blee +2 more
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Autonomous Charging and Battery Swapping for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: A Review
Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.This review evaluates major autonomous charging and battery swapping methods for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) against a single question: how close each is to sustained unattended operation. Rather than ranking them by charging performance, it identifies the limitation that most restricts each method, and briefly outlines the supporting technologies ...
Zelin Wu +5 more
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Urban CDEPs as Indigenous Employment Centres: Policy and community implications [PDF]
, 2015 This paper explores the federal government's continued development of its Indigenous Employment Policy (IEP) with the launch of additional Indigenous-specific welfare reform initiatives flagged in the May 2001 Budget. One of these new initiatives focuses
Champion, M
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