Filter by
Transforming Urban Food Systems in Secondary Cities in Africa
Countries across Africa are rapidly transitioning from rural to urban societies. The UN projects that 60% of people living in Africa will be in urban areas by 2050, with the urban population on the continent tripling over the next 50 years. The challenge of building inclusive and sustainable cities in the context of rapid urbanization is arguably the critical development issue of the 21st Centu…
- Edition
- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-93072-1
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- XIX, 402
Data for Social Good: Non-profit Sector Data Project
This open access book provides practical guidance for non-profits and community sector organisations about how to get started with data analytics projects using their own organisations’ datasets and open public data. The book shares best practices on collaborative social data projects and methodology. For researchers, the work offers a playbook for partnering with community organisations in d…
- Edition
- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-981-19-5554-9
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- XV, 127
Made-to-Measure Future(s) for Democracy?
This open access volume analyses the development of democracy at different levels of governance (from local to global). The Basque search for an institutional and democratic model that adapts to its social needs and solves its problems offers an interesting perspective for analyzing the way in which democracy is seeking new forms of materialization from the local to the global. The volume is di…
- Edition
- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-031-08608-3
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- Contributions to Political Science
- Call Number
- IX, 369
Sustainable Qatar
This open access book provides a topical overview of the key sustainability issues in Qatar, focusing on environmental sustainability from a socio-political perspective. The transition to a sustainable Qatar requires engagement with diverse areas of social-political, human, and environmental development. On the environmental aspects, the contributors address climate change, food security, water…
- Edition
- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-981-19-7398-7
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- Gulf Studies
- Call Number
- XIII, 380
EU Cohesion Policy Implementation - Evaluation Challenges and Opportunities
This open access book is the result of the 1st International Conference on Evaluating Challenges in the Implementation of EU Cohesion Policy (EvEUCoP 2022). It presents the recent findings, sparks discussion, and reveals new research paths addressing the use of novel methodologies and approaches to tackle the challenges and opportunities that are unveiled with the implementation of the EU cohes…
- Edition
- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-031-18161-0
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- Springer Proceedings in Political Science and International Relations
- Call Number
- XII, 193
Onward Migration and Multi-Sited Transnationalism
This open access book brings novel perspectives to the scholarship on transnational migration. The book stresses the complexity of migration trajectories and proposes multi-sited field studies to capture this complexity. Its constituent chapters offer examples of onward migration spanning all major world regions. The contents exemplify a range of interdisciplinary approaches, including both qua…
- Edition
- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-031-12503-4
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- IMISCOE Research Series
- Call Number
- XVIII, 239
Evidence and Expertise in Nordic Education Policy
This open access book explores how policy makers draw on national, regional and international expertise in issuing school reform within five Nordic countries. In an era of international comparison, policy makers are expected to review best practices, learn from experiences from elsewhere, and apply international standards propelled by international organizations. Do they do so? What counts, fo…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-91959-7
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
The Institutions of Programmatic Action
This open access book is the first monograph to systematically apply the Programmatic Action Framework (PAF) in a comparative analysis of public policy in two institutionally different countries. The PAF seeks to explain long-term policy change by examining the shared biographies of policy actors who, to foster their careers, coalesce around policy programs which they promote throughout the pol…
- Edition
- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-031-05774-8
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- International Series on Public Policy
- Call Number
- XXI, 237
Age-Inclusive ICT Innovation for Service Delivery in South Africa
Vera Roos is Research Professor in the Ageing and Generational Dynamics programme in the Optentia Research Unit (AGenDA) at the North-West University, and an Affiliate Research Fellow of the Institute of Population Ageing at the University of Oxford. As a socio-gerontologist, she focuses on relational experiences and, from a community psychology perspective, on the contributions of older indivi…
- Edition
- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-94606-7
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- XXII, 257
Handbuch Außenpolitik Österreichs
Das Handbuch ist vollständig als Open Access Publikation verfügbar. Dieses Handbuch bietet eine umfassende Analyse der Außenpolitik Österreichs in der Zweiten Republik. Es behandelt die Rahmenbedingungen, Akteure und Prozesse der Außenpolitik und erschließt deren Wesen und Wirkung in verschiedenen Politikbereichen sowie gegenüber einzelnen Ländern, Regionen und internationalen Orga…
- Edition
- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-658-37274-3
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- XXV, 791
Computer Science, Information & General Works 
Philosophy & Psychology 
Religion 
Social Sciences 
Language 
Pure Science 
Applied Sciences 
Art & Recreation 
Literature 
History & Geography