Hino, Kimihiro Chronopoulos, Themis
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Crime Prevention and Community Safety
There have been limited reports on crime prevention policies by local governments in Japan, which is one of the safest countries in the world. This article reviews crime prevention policies in Adachi Ward, which used to have the highest crime rates in Tokyo. The government of Adachi Ward introduced the “Beautiful Windows Movement” (BWM) in 2008. Ba...
Khatibi, Farzaneh Shaikh Dedekorkut-Howes, Aysin Howes, Michael Torabi, Elnaz
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Discover Sustainability
Communities that are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change need to adapt to increase their resilience. Effective government policies and plans are a key component of this transition, but they are not sufficient in themselves. The community needs to be made aware of the risks, acquire knowledge about the options that are available for a respon...
Houte, Sylvie Lorant, David Becu, Nicolas
L’article s’appuie sur l’évaluation d’un dispositif participatif, « Mon village espace de biodiversité ». Celui-ci amène les participants à prendre conscience de leurs connaissances et de leur pouvoir d’agir sur leur territoire, ce qui permet le développement d’une dynamique constructive d’actions pour les biens communs dans leurs formes les plus f...
Yao, Ke
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SHS Web of Conferences
Citizen participation mainly focuses on citizens 'participation in social policies and supervision of public power. Citizen participation in the Internet age has shown some new characteristics in terms of scope of participation, willingness to participate, and means of participation, and it has a profound impact on the process, environment and stan...
Galán-Cubillo, Esteban Soler-Campillo, María Marzal-Felici, Javier
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The Values of Public Service Media in the Internet Society
This chapter analyzes the shutdown and later recovery of the public service broadcaster of the Valencia Community region in eastern Spain, a territory that accounts for 10% of Spanish GDP, with over five million inhabitants. In November 2013, the public service broadcaster, after 24 years of history, was closed down. In May 2015, the new administra...
Montero Caro, María Dolores
Reseña del libro de Jorge Castellanos Claramunt titulado «Participación ciudadana y buen gobierno democrático: posibilidades y límites en la era digital». Colección Derecho, Buen Gobierno y Transparencia, publicado por Marcial Pons en 2020. / Review of the book: «Participación ciudadana y buen gobierno democrático: posibilidades y límites en la era...
Sorribas, Patricia
In this work, we identify variables that discriminate between people who participate and those who do not participate in institutions framed in a participatory conception of democracy that involve complex participatory actions. We conducted a survey study of citizens over 16 years of age (N = 663) in two cities in Argentina (Córdoba and Villa María...
Dris, Yasmina
À la croisée de la sociologie de l’architecture, des études urbaines et de la sociologie des groupes professionnels, cette recherche s’inscrit dans la lignée de travaux qui interrogent les transformations des métiers du cadre bâti et aménagé en France. Elle explore les évolutions de l’exercice de la programmation architecturale et urbaine au prisme...
Dris, Yasmina
À la croisée de la sociologie de l’architecture, des études urbaines et de la sociologie des groupes professionnels, cette recherche s’inscrit dans la lignée de travaux qui interrogent les transformations des métiers du cadre bâti et aménagé en France. Elle explore les évolutions de l’exercice de la programmation architecturale et urbaine au prisme...
Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie, Michael Abunyewah, Matthew Edusei, Joseph Buernor Alimo, Emmanuel
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World development perspectives
Citizen participation in decision-making on water-related initiatives offers a valuable pathway to move towards a more equitable and sustainable water delivery, now and into the future. However, given the acknowledged impacts of active citizen participation in the water governance process, there is an increase institutional search for ideal approac...
