There is a growing concern for people to contribute to future developments in shaping their surroundings (town, community, and region) and, thus, their quality of life. Therefore, the study aims to propose a framework of public-participation exploita...
Participatory guarantee systems (PGS) have become increasingly important for organic quality assurance. PGS are promoted as more suitable than third-party certification (TPC) for smallholder farmers in the Global South. The advocated benefits of PGS...
Cities in Saudi Arabia need to expand rapidly due to the rapidly growing urban population. To develop smart sustainable cities (SSC), human, social, and environmental capital investments must be expanded beyond just focusing on technology. There have...
River basin planning under the European Water Framework Directive (2000/60/CE, WFD) poses two major challenges to EU countries: coordination among administrative units for large-scale river basin planning and the inclusion of interested parties in de...
Increasingly, adaptive processes and decentralization are vital aspects of watershed governance. Equitable and sustainable water governance requires an understanding that different societal members have unique relationships with the environment and v...
Participatory approaches are an important component of institutional frameworks for the governance of water resources and services. Studies on public participation in water management provide evidence for the outcomes of public participation and insi...
Canada’s vast geography, and centralized delivery of cancer care and clinical trials create barriers for trial participation for patients in remote and rural settings. The development and implementation of a framework that enables safe and regulatory...
The growth in biofuels’ investment brings with it concerns about the social and environmental impacts of the sector. Several tools and frameworks have been used to address these concerns, including the Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) framew...
STEM learning unfolds over many years. It is shaped by changing contexts, transitions, and occasional breaks. However, much of the existing work still focuses on single stages or isolated factors. This article introduces the E3 Framework. Its purpose...
A key strategic option for many organizations across the globe is to examine whether and how business ecosystems can help them survive and thrive amidst continuous changes in business realities. Joining a business ecosystem, though, is not a straight...
Local flexibility markets (LFMs) are a market-based concept to integrate distributed energy resources into congestion management. However, the activation of flexibility for storage-based flexibility changes the respective state of charge. Compensatio...
Accessible tourism is increasingly recognised as a condition of socially sustainable development, yet its documented provision does not necessarily enable its usability. This conceptual paper develops an Inclusive Tourism Sustainability Framework (IT...
After the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Chinese officials claimed that the goal of “driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports” had been achieved. Historically, the London 2012 Olympic Games had a similar goal: to in...
Research shows that in most cases occupants are not actively involved in the design process but only informed about the decisions already made. This paper proposes a framework for the early phases of socially sustainable renovation design of multifam...
Payments for ecosystem services (PES) are designed to reduce the impact of human activities on eco-sensitive areas. PES programs often adopt economic-incentive and command-control strategies. Increasing the enthusiasm of farmers’ participation...
The development of youth to actively engage in agriculture could address the persistent youth unemployment problem. For youth to actively engage in agriculture, adequate access to key productive resources is necessary. The main aim of this article is...
Multi-stakeholder participation (MSP) has become a central feature in several institutions and processes of global governance. Those who promote them trust that these arrangements can advance the deliberative quality of international institutions, an...
Online brand communities enable knowledge exchange, peer support, content creation, and value co-creation, yet technically simple participation can feel costly while objectively demanding activity can feel smooth. This conceptual article develops the...
This paper develops a theory-first framework explaining how tariff policy reshapes participation and position in global value chains (GVCs). Building on the input–output price model and value-added trade accounting, we formalize the tariff casc...
21 December 2019
Mass participation sporting events (MPSEs) are increasing in popularity. However, little research exists into the potential value of these events for improving public health by enhancing physical activity (PA). The aim of this study is to estimate th...
Background/Objectives: Catch-up vaccination is essential for reaching zero-dose and under-vaccinated children. However, community participation depends on several factors whose interactions remain insufficiently understood. This study aimed to analyz...
Artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly informs smart-city services, yet residents can rarely see why an automated decision was made or correct it when it is wrong, so their participation remains passive. This study proposes a human-in-the-loop exp...
Background and Objective: Research on aquatic interventions for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has spanned over four decades, yet the field remains characterized by a fragmented evidence where therapeutic techniques often coexist withou...
Higher education institutions (HEIs) primarily serve as centers of knowledge, capacity builders, and policy influencers and choose to voluntarily engage with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs) as they are not mandated to imple...
Urbanization and climate change are increasing pluvial flooding risks, thereby intensifying the need for more adaptive stormwater governance in Chinese Sponge City projects. Although public participation is widely recognized as important, current res...
Against the backdrop of the growing emphasis on cultural confidence and the continuous expansion of cultural consumption, how local museums effectively transform local cultural resources into cultural and creative consumption behavior has become an i...
21 January 2024
Blue-collar workers in the freight transport industry report a high risk of developing chronic diseases, partly due to an unhealthy lifestyle. Worksite health promotion programs (WHPPs) may be able to promote a healthier lifestyle, but participation...
Educational digital games are increasingly incorporated into formal learning contexts. However, their evaluation often relies on isolated outcome measures that provide limited insight into how students experience, interpret, and assess gameplay. This...
Smart city initiatives increasingly claim to be citizen-centric, yet governance frameworks persistently conflate two analytically distinct concepts, citizen participation and citizen engagement, in ways that undermine the design and evaluation of civ...
Population aging and digital transformation are reshaping opportunities for participation, autonomy, and inclusion in contemporary cities. While smart-city initiatives increasingly promote digital technologies as tools for healthy aging, limited evid...
15 May 2023
For children, meaningful participation in community life includes being able to access places for play. Such community playspaces are potentially important for all children, including those with disabilities. Yet, children are rarely asked for their...
Sound governance arrangement in socio-ecological systems (human niche) combines different means of sense-making. The sustainability of human niche-building depends on the governability of the social-ecological systems (SES) forming the niche. Experie...
Existing studies indicate that preventive conservation (PC) has become a key strategy in heritage risk management. For traditional villages with limited resources, community participation is necessary for the implementation of risk management. Howeve...
Rising urban temperatures due to climate change, limited green spaces, and dense urban areas impact public health and human well-being, highlighting the need for innovative grey infrastructure solutions where conventional green spaces are not feasibl...
How much is religion quantitatively involved in global climate politics? After assessing the role of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change from a normative perspective, this descriptive, transdisciplin...
In the past three decades, there has been increasing research carried out on the role of heritage and its processes in achieving broader sustainable development objectives beyond heritage conservation. As part of this movement, people-centered approa...
Disaster risk reduction in rural Africa can contribute to reducing poverty and food insecurity if included in local development plans (LDPs). Five years after the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), we do not know how much risk reduct...
Against the backdrop of pursuing technological self-reliance and strength, examining how participation in technical standard setting influences corporate patient capital investment holds significant importance. This study constructs a complex mediati...
The European Union (EU) Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires EU member states to produce and implement river basin management plans, which are to be designed and updated via participatory processes that inform, consult with, and actively involve...
Background/Objectives: Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common cause of motor disability in childhood and is frequently associated with cognitive impairments that limit autonomy and participation. While motor function is a known predictor of functiona...
Accelerated urbanization and frequent flooding in contemporary cities have contributed to the devaluation of rivers within urban landscapes, resulting in a diminished relationship between residents and these waterways. Although there has been a notab...
Organized youth sport has considerable potential to promote young people’s physical health, well-being, and personal and social development. However, these positive outcomes are not guaranteed. When sport environments are poorly structured, exc...
With the launch of the European Green Deal (EGD) in 2019, the European Union aims to become a global leader in the ecological transition. To implement sustainable policies at the local level, a place-based, analytical approach is a necessary prerequi...
Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) has emerged globally as a governance tool to balance marine conservation and blue economy objectives. While many studies have described the legal and institutional frameworks underpinning MSP, fewer have critically asses...
The reduction of equipment costs encourages the diffusion of photovoltaic micro-generation, however, proper regulatory measures should be implemented to facilitate self-production dissemination and to promote the emergence of new electricity markets...
Background and objectives. Participation is a fundamental right of the child, regardless of his health status. Assessing and supporting the participation of children with spina bifida (SB) presents a significant challenge for practitioners. The purpo...
Pre-designation stakeholder spatial perceptions remain underexamined despite their relevance to protected area (PA) designation. Using Public Participation Geographical Information System (PPGIS), by convenience sampling, 97 participants (69 locals a...
Road traffic fatalities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are continuing to rise, posing significant socio-economic and public health challenges. To prevent these road deaths and avoid the corresponding costs, the World Health Organization...
This research conducts a comparative analysis of the Environmental Impact Assessment’s (EIA’s) legal frameworks in Laos and China, utilising a qualitative methodological approach rooted in comparative law. This research systematically exa...
Under rapid urbanization and watershed-scale spatial restructuring, urban green-space systems are often treated as residual indicators after construction land has been allocated, which limits the capacity of blue–green networks to act as leadin...
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