Post Un-Lock From Territorial Vulnerabilities to Local Resilience /

Table of Contents: “…- Part 3: Case studies -- NO2 concentrations and Covid-19 in local systems of North-West Italy -- The COVID-19 effects and the development process of Lanzo Valleys in a metro-mountain perspective -- Analysis of hydrogeological risks related to climate change: Testing the ClimeApp assessment tool on the Torino Nord Homogenous Zone -- From knowledge to land-use planning: Local resilient experience in the territory of the municipality of Mappano -- Space for rights. The school between urban standards and social innovation -- Part 4: Digital tools -- The 3D metric survey for the digital cartographic production to support the knowledge of the new Municipality of Mappano -- Sources and data for the analysis of the metropolitan territory with GIS tools -- Part 5: Lesson learned and perspectives -- Final remarks on the implementation of the post-pandemic city and the role of technology.…”
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Migration Between Mexico and the United States IMISCOE Regional Reader /

Table of Contents: “…Violence and International Emigration from Mexico: Evidence at a Municipality Level (Liliana Meza González) -- 7. Mexican Social Programs, Departures and Return Migration (Israel Banegas, Graciela Teruel, and Agustín Escobar Latapí).…”
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Migration Diversity and Social Cohesion Reassessing the Dutch Policy Agenda / by Jennissen, Roel, Bovens, Mark, Engbersen, Godfried, Bokhorst, Meike

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: New migration patterns require a reassessment of policies -- Chapter 2: The Netherlands as a society of immigration -- Chapter 3: Societal challenges -- Chapter 4: Changing policy models -- Chapter 5: A better organisation of reception and integration in municipalities -- Chapter 6: Strengthening the social cohesion -- Chapter 7: Towards migration policy with an eye for social cohesion -- Chapter 8: Reassessing the policy agenda.…”
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Local Tax Benefits at a Distance Japan's Hometown Tax Donation Payment / by Hoda, Takaaki, Dasher, Richard B.

Table of Contents: “…About the Authors -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Time for Regional Areas to Incorporate Management Perspectives in Pursuit of a Sustainable Society -- Chapter 2 Overview of Hometown Tax Donation and the Challenge It Poses to Municipal Administration-Paradigm Shift in Municipal Administration: Incorporating Management Perspectives -- Chapter 3 Effects of Fostering Local Businesses and Measures for Enhancing Business Capabilities: -Based on Case Studies on Hometown Tax Donation Gift Providers -- Chapter 4 1 With a View Toward Initiating Regional Entrepreneurship-Based on Data Analysis and Survey Research of Hometown Tax Donation Gift Providers -- Chapter 5 Prospects for Regional Financial Institutions to Enhance Their Roles Through Hometown Tax Donation-Current State of Lending by Regional Financial Institutions and of Intra-regional Industry-Government-Banking Collaboration.…”
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Electronic Voting 8th International Joint Conference, E-Vote-ID 2023, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, October 3-6, 2023, Proceedings /

Table of Contents: “…Investigating transparency dimensions for Internet voting -- OpenVoting: Recoverability from Failures in Dual Voting -- Adaptively Weighted Audits of Instant-Runoff Voting Elections: AWAIRE -- Online Voting in Ontario Municipalities: A Standards-based Review -- Coercion Mitigation for Voting Systems with Trackers: A Selene Case Study -- Verifiability Experiences in Ontario's 2022 Online Elections -- Pretty Good Strategies for Benaloh Challenge -- CAISED: A Protocol for Cast-as-Intended Verifiability with a Second Device -- Estimating carbon footprint of paper and Internet voting.…”
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Challenging Mobilities in and to the EU during Times of Crises The Case of Greece /

Table of Contents: “…A 'Wicked Problem' for the Municipality of Athens. The 'Refugee Crisis' from an Insider's Perspective -- Chapter 15. …”
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Global LGBTQ Health Research, Policy, Practice, and Pathways /

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Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions Results of SSPCR 2019-Open Access Contributions /

Table of Contents: “…The Case Study of the Municipality of Alcobendas (Spain) Compared with Similar European Cities -- Public Research and Development Funding for Photovoltaics in Europe-Past, Present, and Future -- Urban Density and Household-Electricity Consumption: An Analysis of the Italian Residential Building Stock -- A Possible Circular Approach for Social Perception of Climate Adaptation Action Planning in Metropolitan Cities -- A Spatial Multi-Criteria Decision Support System for Stress Recovery-Oriented Forest Management -- Diagnosis of the State of the Territory in Flanders Reporting about New Maps and Indicators Differentiating between Urban and Rural Areas within Flanders -- Co-creation Pathway for Urban Nature-based Solutions: Testing a Shared-Governance Approach in Three Cities and Nine Action Labs. .…”
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Chinese Water Systems Volume 4: Applied Water Management in China /

Table of Contents: “…New technical approaches for the co-processing of pharmaceutical wastewater in municipal wastewater treatment plants in the Shenyang region -- 5. …”
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Age-Inclusive ICT Innovation for Service Delivery in South Africa A Developing Country Perspective /

Table of Contents: “…Legislative frameworks informing municipal service delivery: the gap between what ought to be and what actually transpires -- 3. …”
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Organic Waste Composting through Nexus Thinking Practices, Policies, and Trends /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- 2. Composting as a Municipal Solid Waste Management Strategy: Lessons Learned from Cajicá, Colombia -- 3. …”
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Public Administration in Germany

Table of Contents: “…Institutional Differentiation of Public Service Provision in Germany: Corporatization, Privitization and Re-Municipalization -- 18. Participatory Administration and Co-Production -- 19. …”
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Migrants with Irregular Status in Europe Evolving Conceptual and Policy Challenges /

Table of Contents: “…An Analysis of Post-2015 Policy Responses Towards Rejected Asylum Seekers in Austria: Ilker Ataç and Theresa Schütze -- Chapter 8: Irregular Migration and Irregular Work: A Chicken and Egg Dilemma : Anna Triandafyllidou and Laura Bartolini -- Chapter 9: The Economy of Reception: A View from Southern Europe: Laura Bartolini, Regina Mantanika, and Anna Triandafyllidou -- Chapter 10: Cities Breaking the Mould? Municipal Inclusion of Irregular Migrants in Europe: Sarah Spencer -- Chapter 11: Evolving Conceptual and Policy Challenges Sarah Spencer and Anna Triandafyllidou.…”
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Sustainable Energy Access for Communities Rethinking the Energy Agenda for Cities /

Table of Contents: “…Sustainable Energy Access for Sustainable Communities - Introduction by a Social Scientist -- Local Dimensions of Sustainable Energy Governance: Case Study -- Can Municipalities Lead the Energy Transition? On Available Policy, Competences and Requirements for Action -- Local Action for Energy Sustainability: A Review of Policies' Impact -- Techno-Economic Assessment of Renewable Energy Potential in Cities: Case Studies of Solar Photovoltaic, Waste-To-Energy and Wind Energy -- Management of Intermittent Solar and Wind Energy Resources: Storage and Grid Stabilization -- Modelling Sustainable Energy Transition for Cities: Case Studies of LEAP, ENPEP-BALANCE, and Moces -- Hidden Costs of Decarbonizing Utility Generation: Investment on Grid Stability & Contribution of Renewable Energies -- Democratization of Energy Planning: On a New Planning Tool Tailored to the Needs of Developing Countries -- Innovation for the Better: How Renewable Energy Technologies Improve Living Standard -- Energy Potential of Crop Residues in Senegal: Technology Solutions for Valorization -- Energy in Development Objectives: How the Energy Ecological Footprint Affect Development Indicators? …”
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Geographies of Asylum in Europe and the Role of European Localities

Table of Contents: “…Evidence from the Field: Bori Simonovits -- Part III: Local Practices of Refugee Integration: 9 Diverging Perspectives on "Integration" in the Vocational Education System: Evidence from an East German Periphery: Birgit Glorius, Anne-Christin Schondelmayer -- 10 Municipal Housing Strategies for Refugees. Insights from two Case Studies in Germany: Francesca Adam, Stefanie Föbker, Daniela Imani, Carmella Pfaffenbach, Günther Weiss, Claus-Christian Wiegandt -- 11 Arenas of Volunteering: Experiences, Practices and Conflicts of Voluntary Refugee Relief: Annika Hoppe-Seyler -- 12 Local Innovation in the Reception of Asylum Seekers in the Netherlands. …”
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New Perspectives in Critical Data Studies The Ambivalences of Data Power /

Table of Contents: “…New Perspectives in Critical Data Studies: The Ambivalences of Data Power-An Introduction -- Part I Global Infrastructures and Local Invisibilities -- Data Power and Counter-power with Chinese Characteristics -- Transnational Networks of Influence: The Twitter Presence of the Quantified Self and Maker Movements' Organizational Elites -- The Power of Data Science Ontogeny: Thick Data Studies on the Indian IT Skill Tutoring Microcosm -- Fighting the "System": A Pilot Project on the Opacity of Algorithms in Political Communication -- Indigenous Peoples, Data, and the Coloniality of Surveillance -- Part II State and Data Justice -- The Datafied Welfare State: A Perspective from the UK -- The Value Dynamics of Data Capitalism: Cultural Production and Consumption in a Datafied World -- Mapping Data Justice as a Multidimensional Concept Through Feminist and Legal Perspectives -- Reconfiguring Education Through Data: How Data Practices Reconfigure Teacher Professionalism and Curriculum -- Public Values and Technological Change: Mapping how Municipalities Grapple with Data Ethics -- Welfare Data Society? …”
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Schools and Society During the COVID-19 Pandemic How Education Systems Changed and the Road Ahead /

Table of Contents: “…Reimers) -- Chapter 2. Brazil. How two municipalities achieved above-average results in reading in the early years of elementary school during the Covid-19 pandemic (Carlos Palacios, Alicia Bonamino) -- Chapter 3. …”
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Finland's Famous Education System Unvarnished Insights into Finnish Schooling /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Part 1: Politics, policy, teachers and edu-business -- Municipal governance of comprehensive education: The emergence of local universalisms -- Finland's ministry of education and culture in the light of its working groups -- A progressive force in Finnish schooling?…”
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Knowledge and Networks

Table of Contents: “…Cities: Stefano Breschi and Camilla Lenzi -- Learning Networks Among Swedish Municipalities: Is Sweden a Small World?: Christopher Ansell, Martin Lundin, and Per Ola Öberg -- The Coevolution of Innovative Ties, Proximity, and Competencies: Toward a Dynamic Approach to Innovation Cooperation: Uwe Cantner, Susanne Hinzmann, and Tina Wolf -- The Klaus Tschira Foundation -- Index.…”
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Remittances as Social Practices and Agents of Change The Future of Transnational Society /

Table of Contents: “…More Money, Less Politics: Financial Remittances and Voting Patterns in the Municipalities of the Republic of Serbia -- Chapter 13. …”
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