56 research outputs found
Modelling Co-Creation Ecosystem for Public Open Spaces
Co-creation can be defined as the involvement of citizens in the
initiation and/or the design process of public services in order to (co)create
beneficial outcomes and value for society. Mediated public open spaces are ideal
environments for co-creation to emerge due to the involvement of the community
and ICT in the knowledge creation. The aims of the research presented
in the chapter are two-fold: to conduct a mapping activity in order to collect the
insights on civic technologies promoting the creation of open public spaces
through the use of ICT and to define the critical dimensions in designing cocreative
ecosystems. The mapping strategy was conducted by evaluating the
civic technologies in Lithuania and Bulgaria. The insights from the empirical
exercise allow to draw managerial and organizational recommendations for
strengthening the collective efforts of citizens, IT developers, public and governmental
institutions in creating open, inclusive and reflective open public
spaces
Activism and Legitimation in Israel's Jurisprudence of Occupation
Colonial law need not exclude the colonized in order to subordinate them, and ‘activist’ courts can advance the effect of subordination no less than ‘passive’ courts. As a case study, this article examines the jurisprudential legacy of the Israeli Supreme Court in the context of the prolonged Israeli occupation of Palestine. Applying insights from legal realist, law and society, and critical legal studies scholarship, the article questions the utility of using the activist and passive labels. It illustrates how the Israeli activist court, through multiple legal and discursive moves, has advanced and legitimated the colonization of Palestine; that the court is aware of its role; and that arguments that focus on the court’s informal role do not mitigate this legitimating effect. Unlike other scholars, the article shows that the Israeli court’s role—by extending the power of judicial review to the military’s actions in the occupied areas—is neither novel nor unique or benevolent, as the British colonization of India and the US colonization of Puerto Rico show
A people-centred perspective on climate change, environmental stress, and livelihood resilience in Bangladesh
The Ganges–Brahmaputra delta enables Bangladesh to sustain a dense population, but it also exposes people to natural hazards. This article presents findings from the Gibika project, which researches livelihood resilience in seven study sites across Bangladesh. This study aims to understand how people in the study sites build resilience against environmental stresses, such as cyclones, floods, riverbank erosion, and drought, and in what ways their strategies sometimes fail. The article applies a new methodology for studying people’s decision making in risk-prone environments: the personal Livelihood History interviews (N = 28). The findings show how environmental stress, shocks, and disturbances affect people’s livelihood resilience and why adaptation measures can be unsuccessful. Floods, riverbank erosion, and droughts cause damage to agricultural lands, crops, houses, and properties. People manage to adapt by modifying their agricultural practices, switching to alternative livelihoods, or using migration as an adaptive strategy. In the coastal study sites, cyclones are a severe hazard. The study reveals that when a cyclone approaches, people sometimes choose not to evacuate: they put their lives at risk to protect their livelihoods and properties. Future policy and adaptation planning must use lessons learned from people currently facing environmental stress and shocks
Effects of composition and transesterification catalysts on the physico-chemical and dynamic properties of PC/PET blends rich in PC
Dynamic Analysis and critical speed of rotating laminated conical shells with orthogonal stiffeners using generalized differential quadrature method
Dealing with difference in the divided educational context:balancing freedom of expression and non-discrimination in Northern Ireland and Israel
Gestão da Sustentabilidade em Contexto Organizacional: Integrando Sensemaking, Narrativas e Processo Decisório Estratégico
Public policy in divided societies: the role of policy institutes in advancing marginalized groups
Optimization of planning of territorial systems in the context of strategic tasks of advanced development
Nonlinear Deformation and Branching of the Solutions of Boundary-Value Problems of the Theory of Shells with Delaminations Under External Pressure
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