Complexity; Simulation and Modeling; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk; Communications Engineering, Networks
This open access book analyses Iberian expansion by using knowledge accumulated in recent years to test some of the most important theories regarding Europe’s economic development. Adopting a comparative perspective, it considers the impact of early globalization on Iberian and Western European institutions, social development and political economies. In spite of globalization’s minor impor…
Housing finance; Slum upgrading; Africa; Construction; Political economy; Land tenure; Housing development; Urban planning; Real estate; Public policy; Property rights; Economics
Development Economics; Economic Growth; Social Structure, Social Inequality; Political Economy; Latin American Culture
development; economics
Design for Sustainability; Product-Service System; Distributed Energy; Renewable Energy; Business Models for DRE Systems
Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks; Software Engineering; Complex Systems; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet); Computer Applications
Older adults outnumbering children; Gerontology/geriatrics; Aging world population; The study of ageism; Ageism is the most prevalent form of discrimination
Given the dominant place occupied by experts in our society, the citizen may be led to wonder what an expert is and on what basis his authority rests.
Public-private partnerships have become an important tool for delivering essential public goods, but critics fear that they erode public accountability. Making partnerships more accountable requires a clear understanding of what accountability means for partnerships and which mechanisms can be used to strengthen it. Accountability in Public Policy Partnerships develops a new model of accountabi…