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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Policy and Decision-Making"”.
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Exploring Topic Modeling in The Domain of Integrated Water Resource Management
… United Nations Sustainable Development goals, policy and decision making should include Integrated Environmental Assessment (IEA). Water resources and there utilization play an important role in achieving these goals at all levels from global to local. Sustainability of a water resource is of …
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A Market-Based Approach for Valuing Ecosystem Services on Coastal Properties
… to assess ecosystem services provided by wetlands, this research focuses on estimating the private monetary value of wetland services to residential property owners in Louisiana and Alabama using a hedonic price model. Understanding that tradeoffs must be made with limited resources, valuing …
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Geospatial Sharing as an Effective Governance Tool for Policy Decision: Comparative Analysis and Implication to Saudi Arabia
… of various activities in local communities and government agencies. The efficiency of planning and decision-making processes in many government activities are based on the availability of geospatial data. This data need to be easily and quickly accessed and analyzed to support a wide variety …
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Unpacking community participation in the Integrated Development Planning process in Mbombela Local Municipality, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
… 1994, the black democratic government took power and sought to address apartheid practices by enacting key policies to transform local government. As a planning instrument for local government, the integrated development plan (IDP), was seen as one of the mechanisms for including residents in …
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Essays on Crime and Law
… dissertation examines the interplay between law, policy, and decision-making within criminal justice and employment.</p> <p>The first chapter investigates the interplay between predictive algorithms and human discretion in parole decision-making. It examines how deviations from algorithmic …
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Three Papers on Patient Experiences with Symptom Persistent Lyme Disease in Canada
… a phenomenon attributed to climate change and the northern migration of ticks. The focus of this dissertation can advance knowledge in this area by addressing a gap in the current academic literature (a lack of patient voices). It is important that researchers continue to seek …
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Patient perspectives on health care system navigation : the chronic illness multi-morbidity experience
… These people have a unique understanding of how health care delivery links across time, place, and settings because of the care they require for their multiple chronic conditions. An interpretive descriptive design was used to examine patient navigation from the perspective of 20 …
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Paying 'Due Regard'? The Impact of the Public Sector Equality Duty on Service Provision for Single Mothers
… study, undertaken between February 2013 and May 2015, used an alternative perspective of gender equality through considering the positive rights of this group. Using Bristol and Bristol City Council (BCC) as a case study, a socio-legal approach was utilised through desktop, analytical …
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Young offenders and the Criminal Justice System: a systems science approach to evaluating and improving Metropolitan Police Service policy toward young offenders
… with a systems science approach to evaluating and improving Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) policy toward young offenders from 1992 to 1999. The MPS were concerned at the cost effectiveness of their policy and procedures toward young offenders, and the role of other agencies in the …
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Values of Canadian Student Affairs Practitioners
… of their work, the values they brought to it, and values conflicts they encountered. All of these are personal, and all depend on each individual’s experience. Through this exploration, a construction of roles, values and values conflicts was built and confirmed with the participants. Using …
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The evolution of the Teachers' Registration Movement from 1846 to 2005
… of the Teachers’ Registration Movement and within this context to consider the elements of conflict bearing on policy and decision-making. The submission explores the relationship between private teachers, as represented by the College of Preceptors and external agencies, in ways that no …
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Enabling more Holistic Consideration of Value in Socio-ecological Relationships:: A Well-being Centred Approach
… feel happier, enjoy time in natural settings and feel grateful for benefits from nature. They also tend to repay nature’s generosity with proenvironmental behaviours. The widespread human-nature disconnect has created an<br/>operating environment where destructive and unsustainable behaviours …
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Organizational persistence and change: A case study of a community college
… case study examined the origins, growth, and development of one community college in Michigan, North Central Michigan College (NCMC). The purpose of the study was to understand organizational persistence and change through learning how one organization formed and developed over time.</p> …
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Federalism and Conflict Management in Ethiopia. Case Study of Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State.
… conflict management. Homogenisation of cultures and languages by the earlier regimes led to the emergence of ethno-national movements and civil wars that culminated in the collapse of the unitary state in 1991. For this reason, the federal system that recognises ethnic groups¿ rights is the first …
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The Identity and International Relations of Orkney and Dublin in the long Eleventh Century
… the concept of ‘diaspora’ as it applies to the Scandinavian settlements of Orkney and Dublin in the eleventh century. Comparative analysis identifies how key differences in the settlements’ location and make-up affected their dynamic, and even opportunistic, set of relationships with their …
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Enabling a community of practice: participatory practices in building a water-sensitive catchment
… relational, value-framing approach to nature and biodiversity in the field of urban water management. There are increasing calls in water governance for a better understanding of how participatory processes can be designed and structured to accommodate a range of stakeholders and achieve …
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An elite’s response to democracy: how the Conservative Party adapted to extensions of the franchise; and coped with ensuing political repercussions 1867-1914.
… effects of democratic reform between 1867 and 1914. It analyses the performance of successive party leaders through their exploitation of high politics; and how ideology influenced their policy, and decision making. It also examines how the party’s organization was periodically revised to …
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The role of women in the small-scale fishery sector in South Africa: the case of St Helena Bay
… of coastal livelihoods, food security, and cultural heritage worldwide, supporting millions of people and contributing significantly to global fish production. These fisheries are inherently diverse, involving a wide range of activities from harvesting and processing to marketing of the …
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Integrating thermoelectric power generation operations with aquatic ecosystem sustainability
… generation in the United States, withdraw and discharge large quantities of water for cooling purposes. This process can cause thermal pollution in waterways, adversely affecting aquatic ecosystems. Incorporating biology into the energy-water nexus can aid decision-makers in identifying …
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Evolving Technologies Shaping Public Transit
… business models, ridership, travel patterns, and the transit workforce. As transit agencies introduce new technology systems, research is needed on how these systems impact demand for paratransit and on-demand mobility services. This research addresses this topic by studying the impact of …
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