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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"public consultation"”.
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Lessons of a Public Consultation = Egy társadalmi konzultáció tanulságai
In parallel with my doctoral studies I started to work in the field of European development policy and policy communication. As I got more into depth in my doctoral research and in my professional life, the similarities underlying the practical and theoretical spheres became more and more obvious, …
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Talking over the waterfront: A qualitative study of Waterfront Toronto’s public engagement practice
… a qualitative study of Waterfront Toronto’s (WT) public consultation practice, a hallmark of its work leading the redevelopment of Toronto’s urban waterfront, since 2001. Motivated in part by the absence of similarly focused studies on one of the longest and most sustained public engagement …
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The implementation of procedural environmental rights: the BTC case study on the implementation of procedural environmental rights
… regarding the disclosure of information and public consultation; the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in the light of its potential to be used for environmental protection.
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Implementing district energy systems : municipal approaches to overcoming barriers
… unexpected barriers related to lack of adequate public consultation and negative perceptions regarding biomass as a fuel for the DES. These `lessons learned' were then developed into recommendations for other municipalities considering DES.
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The implications for low income single women of New Zealand government housing policy reform : A dissertation submitted for the degree of Bachelor of Parks and Recreation Management Honours at Lincoln University, Canterbury
… concern that the changes had occurred without public consultation and that their was inadequate research into the implications of the policies for recipients of Government housing assistance. The focus of this dissertation, is on the implications of the proposed reforms for single low income …
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A plea for time : northern aboriginal peoples advocate for the right to communicate on the information highway
… a large-scale non-government initiated public consultation which impacted on the federal government's national policy for the information highway. Innis' theory of communications provides a theoretical framework for understanding the importance of infrastructure in determining use and …
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New information technologies in public participation : a challenge to old decision-making institutional frameworks
… exist for considerable improvements in public participation in decision-making. In order to test my hypothesis, I developed a prototype of an Intelligent Multimedia System to support public and technical consultation and, together with Internet-based collaborative tools, introduced it in …
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Designing an Authentic Assessment of Elementary Citizenship Competency Through Real-World Democratic Deliberation
… together as participants in a real-world public consultation process in their city. Data was collected through student self-assessments, artifacts of the design process, observation, and semi-structured interviews with students, teachers, and city representatives. Thematic analysis …
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Women s Land Rights Under Traditional Authorities in Namibia: A Case Study of Aawambo Women s Land Rights in the Omusati Region in Relation to the Communal Land Reform Act (Act No.05 of 2002)
… Act itself is flawed as there was very limited public consultation and participation from rural communities, specifically rural women (Girma, 2016:24, Werner, 2008:12, Werner, 2017:16). The overall findings of the study offer valuable insights that may benefit future research, policy reforms, or …
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The relationship between the social licence and law in the context of the Scottish fracking debate: a textual, thematic and comparative analysis of environmental and planning law governing onshore oil and gas authorisations in Scotland.
… following an extensive period of moratorium and public consultation. In announcing its ban on fracking, the Scottish Government cited a lack of "social licence" for the activity, despite expert evidence that the activity could be safely regulated. As the social licence is commonly conceived of as …
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Artificial intelligence (AI) in the public service: Public administrator perspectives on leveraging AI to support citizen and stakeholder engagement
… for engaging citizens and stakeholders in public policy formation. However, one downside of digital engagement is an increase in the volume of external feedback that can overwhelm public servants and political decision makers. One potential solution lies in Natural Language Processing …
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The Gatekeeping Paradigm and the Constructivist Alternative
… become indispensable elements of virtually every public debate. While nations strive to employ the best experts to make timely decisions, discontented citizens increasingly demand better accountability and democratic legitimacy through broad and direct public consultation. Participatory …
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Nuclear Energy and the Low Carbon Transition
… to carbon management vary widely. Analysis of public consultation indicates that climate change is one of a range of geographical considerations important in perceptions of nuclear energy. Views on the significance of the relatively low carbon footprint of nuclear energy and on approaches to …
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The power to negotiate : examining mandating procedures in the National Council of Provinces and their impact on legislation and other parliamentary processes
… of the views emanating from provincial public participation. The study provides a brief overview of the historic background and evolution of the Parliament of South Africa, followed by a discussion of the constitutional and legislative framework from which the NCOP derives its mandate …
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Forests, Beetles, and Climates in British Columbia's Central Interior: Historical Geographies of Paradigm Change in Forest Science and Management, 1945 - Present
… qualitative interviews, data collected via public consultation, archival research, and review of government documents. I suggest several findings based on my research. I propose that BC’s forest management history since WWII is characterized by three paradigms: (1) maximum sustainable yield …
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Environmental Policy In A Petro-State: The Resource Curse And Political Ecology In Canada'S Oil Frontier
… and a review of scholarly, government, and publicly oriented literature, alongside basic economic data analysis to understand the impact of oil on these provinces. I argue that petro-political dynamics in these cases result in weak environmental policy regimes that, in turn, lead to …
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What matters in Making and Cloth(ing)-led Facilitation in healthcare? Towards a practice framework for enhancing participation and collaboration.
… strategic planning, performance management and public consultation initiatives and is used in individual and group settings to foster participation, behaviour change, and to enhance collaboration. Within the UK health sector, Facilitation has become increasingly drawn upon to respond to …
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From hierarchical to horizontal Europeanization: assessing twinning and NGO cooperation in Southeast Europe
… practices, political resistance, and lagging public support for European Union (EU) membership, as well as the presence of two existential EU crises—the euro crisis and migration crisis—, the states of Southeast Europe (SEE) continue to adapt their domestic policies, procedures, legislation, …
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An approach to integrated ecosystem planning: an evaluation of the Minnewanka area plan, Banff National Park
… carrying capacity management and meaningful public participation were defined and applied to the plan. Overall, the plan was rated as successful according to the normative criteria. All of the criteria for an effective approach to carrying capacity management were considered and the plan …
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