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‘Science’ is a proportionately small but recurring constituent in the rhetorical lexicon of political leaders. To evaluate the use of science-related content relative to other themes in political ... regularly make decisions and communicate to the public on complex socioeconomic, political, and other issues. We consider rhetoric in its classical sense, articulated by Aristotle as “means of persuasion in
various marketplaces. Safety-by-Design (SbD) is one leading concept that, while equally philosophy as well as risk-based practice, can uniquely help address lingering uncertainties and concerns stemming ... as both a guiding philosophy and a methodological practice—through differing disciplinary lenses, SbD is often framed as one or the other, with no resolution on how it could be adopted by governance
three areas of deficit: coordination between crisis staffs and (1) civil society, (2) emergency responders, and (3) political leaders. The paper highlights the importance of coordination during a crisis ... Institute for Political Science, TU Darmstadt , Darmstadt , Germany The latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns of an increase in heavy rainfall events due to global
proposed methodological approach is having as philosophy cornerstone its applicability to all the spatial levels and the potentiality for covering most of the assets and the hazards that are needed to be ... investigated under the scope of a holistic resilience assessment. Figure 1 depicts this philosophy in terms of 3D chart, where the three axes are presenting the resilience dimensions, the time and the spatial
different XTs (e.g., cyber, political or technology-originated threats), climate change-related or natural XTs may interfere with other processes (e.g., migration, globalization) and be amplified by human
information such as an area's topography, political boundaries, or population density. In addition, hyperlinks and hazard pictures can be included to provide further details of a natural hazard (Dunbar 2007
important to note that just as the market is indivisible, nature is also indivisible. As a result, it is only through acknowledging this fundamental assumption and implementing effective social and political ... waste management and recycling activities and EU legislative acts, given the socio-political and economic challenges present. Regarding the environmental concerns, CE is typically viewed through the lens
. 3.1.1 Stakeholder mapping Phase A of the DeCyDe-4-SLR method identified the relevant stakeholders among political, industrial, touristic, etc., for each of the investigated sites. An approach similar to ... political/decision-making power to the municipalities of the Delta (Table S8 in Supplementary Material). The measures to address this need, according to the stakeholders, are the involvement of local
or emotions, or extrinsic, from outside the individual as external conditions, such as regulations or a given political context (Silvi and Padilla 2021) . As a result, those socio-cultural forces ... and more critical. In her own words, One MA expressed: You can see it on the political side; you can see it from the consumer side. So for me, it’s like, it’s not a question that you need to work with
emerging technologies is a political act with societal consequences. Hence, we need to reflect upon how decision-making tools might impact on this process. As a consortium responding to the NMBP-13 call in ... 1972) . From the discipline of political science, there are stronger challenges to the notion that agents embedded in organizations can be expected to make purely rational decisions, especially where
variety of departments—Biology, Computer Science, Earth and Space Science, Political Science, Sociology/Social Work/Criminal Justice, Accounting/Information systems, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Flood resilience has been rising up the political, economic and social agendas. Taking an integrated systems approach, using the right design guidance and tools and ensuring that education is in ... impetus to adopt a performance-based philosophy for design against risk (FEMA 424 2010). Performance-based design requires a quantitative measure of risk (FEMA 2007). It also establishes the basis for
interventions, and defensive measures. In fact, the insurance industry and political authorities at local, national, and supra-national levels deal with risk in a symbiotic manner (See Fig. 1). Where insurance
sustainable solutions to them. To tackle planetary emergencies linked to the environment, the economy, and socio-political systems, we have to understand their systemic properties. System resilience is a term ... climate change, show that resilience must become a core philosophy within system management and operations to ensure we are able to continue to function in the midst of these disruptions, and particularly
Policy 41 : 1643 - 1654 . https://doi.org/10. 1016/j.respol. 2012 . 03 .025 Joerges C , Neyer J ( 1997 ) From Intergovernmental bargaining to deliberative political processes: the constitutionalisation of
, especially if the demand increases (Helsinki). Finally, public authorities have a critical role in overcoming these barriers (Budapest, Helsinki, and Trondheim). Political cooperation is required to adopt ... innovative solutions (Budapest), and strong political will from local authorities is critical (Trondheim). Moreover, adopting low-/ zero-emission machinery means that the local procurement department must
, fair, and equitable social and political power structures? Answers must be found in the coming years. This is beyond the scope of this research. We present here a reading of the paradigm supported by
political perspectives in which DLT platforms are deployed to understand the operating governance within various levels of interaction. Benedict (2019) presented the challenges faced by DLT-based systems to ... manage use of firm resources. As stressed by Naudts et al. (2021), the concept of governance comprises of social, economic, and political issues and is considered from different viewpoints (technological
support, improved availability/affordability of sustainable P sources, long-term planning on land use, political will, and public investment (Table S13). When stakeholder responses to needs for achieving
municipalities in Norway and found that the primary reasons to adopt EVs were political signals, economic benefits, and entrepreneurial employees who worked to promote electric cars. Significant barriers to ... is not to define political goals, but to take the political goals and turn them into action”. The public procurement officers shared the vision of the government agencies to contribute to zero
