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Implementation of Youth Empowerment Services (YES) juvenile justice diversion program: A first‐person account

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In Santa Barbara County, the Youth Empowerment Services (YES) Program brought together several government and community‐based organizations, as well as a university‐based evaluation team, to provide pre‐adjudication diversion to youth ages 12 to 17.
Angela Pollard, Jill D. Sharkey, Erin Cross, Karyn Milligan, Michelle Kerwood, Ruby Celio, Andrea Fernandez‐Contreras, Esteban Medina‐Galvan   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quality control in Volunteered Geographic Information: analysis, representation and proposals for its assessment [PDF]

, 2014
Questo lavoro analizza i contributi geografici volontari come particolare sorgente di informazione in applicazioni di carattere scientifico o professionale, approfondendone la principale criticità: la qualità. Dopo aver fornito un quadro introduttivo,
Bordogna, Gloria, Carrara, Paola, Criscuolo, Laura, Pepe, Monia   +3 more
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Contribution of Geomatics Engineering and VGI Within the Landslide Risk Assessment Procedures [PDF]

, 2015
This paper presents a literature review on the methodology called Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) and its use for Landslide Risk Assessment (LRA).
BERTACCHINI, Eleonora, CAPRA, Alessandro, CASTAGNETTI, Cristina, Ceppi, C, MANCINI, Francesco, RIVOLA, RICCARDO   +5 more
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AN INVENTORY DATABASE FOR GEOEDUCATIONAL OUTREACH BASED ON VOLUNTEERED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION (VGI) APPROACH IN MALAYSIA [PDF]

Geo Journal of Tourism and Geosites, 2018
The authors aim to construct a geosite database in Malaysia that is based on volunteered geographic information approach. This is because geosites information is quite scattered around the country.
Norbert SIMON, Che Aziz ALI, Marilah SARMAN, Dana BADANG, Tanot UNJAH, Mat Niza RAHMAN   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative study of Land Use/Cover classification using Flickr photos, satellite imagery and Corine land cover database [PDF]

, 2014
Ponencias, comunicaciones y pósters presentados en el 17th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science "Connecting a Digital Europe through Location and Place", celebrado en la Universitat Jaume I del 3 al 6 de junio de 2014.Volunteered ...
Estima, Jacinto, Fonte, Cidália C., Painho, Marco   +2 more
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Flexible Querying of Volunteered Geographic Information for Risk Management [PDF]

Proceedings of the 8th conference of the European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology, 2013
The paper presents an approach to manage volunteered geographic information (VGI) to point out anomalous conditions of the environment to help administrators in charge of the governance and maintenance of the territory to plan mitigation and safeguard interventions.
Paolo Arcaini, Gloria Bordogna, Simone Sterlacchini   +2 more
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Using photovoice to understand community perceptions of firearm risks and protective factors among Asian Americans

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study used photovoice methodology to explore Asian Americans' perspectives on the root causes and protective factors of firearm violence in their communities. Photovoice provided a participatory platform for community members to document lived experiences and identify priorities for change.
Tsu‐Yin Wu, Szu‐Hsien Chen, Xining Yang, Ken Resnicow, Hsing‐Fang Hsieh   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

B/ordering and healthcare access for migrants with precarious status: The role of healthcare workers in counteracting restrictive policies

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In Canada, precarious migration is largely invisibilized. Nonetheless, b/ordering greatly affects people's realities by limiting access to social rights. In Quebec, migrants with precarious status (MPS) do not have access to healthcare, although Quebec has a “universal” healthcare coverage.
Émilie Pigeon‐Gagné, Jill Hanley, Élise Bourgeois‐Guérin, Pénélope Boudreault   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A platform to integrate crowdsourced, physical sensor and official geographic information to assist authorities in emergency response [PDF]

, 2017
In this work, a prototype GIS-based platform to integrate Volunteered Geographic Information from various sources with other spatial data is presented, aiming at assisting civil protection authorities in emergency response situations. The platform is now
Cardoso, A., de Almeida, J.-P., Estima, J., Fonte, C., Fontes, D.   +4 more
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The Nature of Volunteered Geographic Information

, 2016
This contribution starts from the assumption that volunteered geographic information is a technological, cultural and scientific innovation. It therefore offers first some general background on the context that has fuelled the development of VGI and the lively scientific debates that have accompanied its success. The paper then focuses on the nature of
openaire   +4 more sources