scholarly journals Urban Policies and Planning Approaches for a Safer and Climate Friendlier Mobility in Cities: Strategies, Initiatives and Some Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 1778
Author(s):  
Michela Tiboni ◽  
Silvia Rossetti ◽  
David Vetturi ◽  
Vincenza Torrisi ◽  
Francesco Botticini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transport Sector ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Urban Policies ◽  
Carbon Reduction ◽  
Planning Strategies ◽  
Neighborhood Level ◽  
Planning Approaches

How can urban policies and planning approaches help in achieving a safer mobility and carbon reduction in the transport sector? The attention of planners and policy makers towards the promotion of sustainability and reduction of environmental impacts has grown in recent years. This paper investigates the role that Urban Planning plays in the long term towards a safer and climate friendlier mobility, highlighting the need for integrated approaches gathering spatial planning and mobility management. After a review of several urban policies and planning strategies, initiatives, and approaches, mainly based on the urban scale, the paper presents an urban regeneration case study leading to an increase of pedestrian accessibility at the neighborhood level. This can be seen as a support tool to foster sustainable, safe, and climate friendly mobility in cities. The results of the performed analysis show a dependency of accessibility from two different factors: the distribution of services and the capillarity of the soft mobility network, which can contribute to creating a more walkable space.

scholarly journals Joint Optimization of Routes and Container Fleets to Design Sustainable Intermodal Chains in Chile

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2221
Author(s):  
Alba Martínez-López ◽  
Manuel Chica
Keyword(s):  
Real Life ◽  
Decision Support Tool ◽  
Nsga Ii ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Conflicting Objectives ◽  
Objective Model ◽  
Pareto Fronts ◽  
Geographical Locations

This paper introduces a decision support tool for sustainable intermodal chains with seaborne transport, in which the optimization of a multi-objective model enables conflicting objectives to be handled simultaneously. Through the assessment of ‘door-to-door’ transport in terms of costs, time, and environmental impact, the most suitable maritime route and the optimized fleet are jointly calculated to maximize the opportunities for success of intermodal chains versus trucking. The resolution of the model through NSGA-II algorithms permits to obtain Pareto fronts that offer groups of optimized solutions. This is not only useful to make decisions in the short term, but also to establish long-term strategies through assessment of the frontiers’ behavior obtained when a sensitivity analysis is undertaken. Thus, consequences of transport policies on intermodal performance can be analyzed. A real-life case is studied to test the usefulness of the model. From the application case, not only the most suitable Motorway of the Seas with their optimized fleets are identified for Chile, but also significant general findings are provided for both policy makers and heads of ports to promote the intermodal option regardless of their geographical locations.

EU Migration Policy: Evolving Ideas of Responsibility and Protection

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Haddad
Keyword(s):  
Forced Migration ◽  
Migration Policy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Common European Asylum System ◽  
The Eu

AbstractWhile humanitarian intervention in cases of state instability remains a disputed concept in international law, there is consensus in the international community over the need to provide protection to refugees, one of the corollaries of such instability. Using the European Union (EU) as a case study, this article takes a policy perspective to examine competing conceptions of both 'responsibility' and 'protection' among EU Member States. Responsibility can be seen either as the duty to move refugees around the EU such that each Member State takes its fair share, or the duty to assist those Member States who receive the highest numbers of migrants due to geography by way of practical and financial help. Similarly, protection can imply that which the EU offers within its boundaries, encompassed within the Common European Asylum System, or something broader that looks at where people are coming from and seeks to work with countries of origin and transit to provide protection outside the Union and tackle the causes of forced migration. Whether one or both of these concepts comes to dominate policy discourse over the long-term, the challenge will be to ensure an uncompromised understanding of protection among policy-makers.

scholarly journals Promoting the creation of Innovation Ecosystems: the case of the University of Porto

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Melo Brito
Keyword(s):  
Growth And Development ◽  
Success Factor ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Innovation Ecosystems ◽  
The University ◽  
Key Success Factor ◽  
Knowledge Valorisation

Universities are increasingly acting as promoters of innovation, economic growth and regional development, a trend that has attracted the attention of both policy makers and researchers. The objective of this paper is to contribute to a deeper understanding of the role of higher education institutions as dynamic promoters of growth and development. The University of Porto is used as a case study to explore how universities can act as innovation ecosystems leaders and integrators. The main contributions of the paper are threefold. First, the case puts in evidence a key success factor: the talent to transform the knowledge produced by universities into valuable solutions for companies and other organisations. Second, links between universities and industry must assume a long-term and relational nature rather than an intermittent and transactional character. Finally, the success of university-based ecosystems depends on the integration of a diversity of actors, resources and competences. This means that a sustainable strategy of innovation and knowledge valorisation requires an approach that fosters both internal and external networking.

scholarly journals RESTRUKTURISASI ORGANISASI DAKWAH YANG KOMPREHENSIP [KAJIAN TERHADAP UPAYA PENJABARAN DAKWAH BERDASARKAN PMANO. 13 TAHUN 2012]

TASAMUH ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-62
Author(s):  
Kholili Kholili
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Design Strategy ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Technical Issues ◽  
Depth Interviews

Islamic Information Directorate in charge of da’wah Islam, the structure and the task would be a lot of contact with the activities of information da’wah and extension da’wah. But officials in the field of da’wah is unclear, as the structure and tasks should be done. The research problem: How to design the da’wah of Islam in the PMA 13- 2012. How policy makers formulate information da’wah and extension da’wah at all levels of the ministry of religion. Objective: Assess the design of the da’wah of Islam in the PMA 13 - 2012 and analyze how the policy makers to formulate information da’wah and extension da’wah. Research Methods. The study uses a case study to examine many documents that seeks to provide a detailed overview of the PMA 13 - 2012, but some things carefully studied and confirmed to officials associated with FGDs and in-depth interviews. There are many programs, righ now are revolve around administration technical issues, not much goes to the development of da’wah materials and methods strategically. Da’wah program, righ now, there is a program is to overcome problems that appear in society, not to get in to the undertakings of the design strategy for long-term da’wah.

scholarly journals La planificación como impulsora de la evolución socioeconómica y el desarrollo local de Torre Pacheco (Murcia) = Planning as a Driver of Socio-Economic Evolution and Local Development of Torre Pacheco (Murcia)

2020 ◽  
pp. 215
Author(s):  
Mercedes Millán Escriche
Keyword(s):  
Water Availability ◽  
Time Horizon ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Economic Evolution ◽  
Planning Strategies ◽  
Estudio De Caso

El municipio de Torre Pacheco ha conocido una significativa evolución en las últimas décadas, tanto desde el punto de vista territorial como socioeconómico. El principal objetivo de esta aportación es comprobar qué tipo de actuaciones han contribuido a modificar la tendencia de declive que compartía con otros espacios rurales. Junto al estudio de caso, se ha recurrido a una metodología no experimental, exploratoria y descriptiva de tipo cualitativo, sin renunciar al soporte de las estadísticas necesarias que cuantifiquen y apoyen determinados aspectos. Los resultados obtenidos ponen de relieve los beneficios alcanzados en Torre Pacheco mediante el incremento de su disponibilidad hídrica, a partir de la aplicación de estrategias de planificación llevadas a cabo con un horizonte temporal de largo plazo.Abstract The municipality of Torre Pacheco has undergone a significant evolution in recent decades, both from the territorial and socioeconomic point of view. The main objective of this contribution is to verify what type of actions has contributed to modifying the trend of decline that it shared with other rural areas.Along with the case study, a non-experimental, exploratory and descriptive methodology of a qualitative type has been used, without renouncing the support of the necessary statistics that quantify and support certain aspects. The results obtained highlight the benefits achieved in Torre Pacheco by increasing its water availability, through the application of planning strategies carried out with a long-term time horizon.

Orchestrating Community Change through Music and Heritage

2017 ◽  
pp. 455-475
Author(s):  
Charles A. Santo
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Community Change ◽  
Missed Opportunities ◽  
Level Change ◽  
Indirect Relationship ◽  
Artistic Heritage ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Neighborhood Level

This chapter will provide a case study reflection on the outcomes and lessons of a long-term community-university partnership that originated among a group of students exploring the relationship between creativity, culture, and community development in Memphis. A collaboratively-developed “Memphis Music Magnet” plan is being implemented in the Soulsville USA neighborhood to explore the regenerative potential of culture-led planning. The plan seeks to create neighborhood-level change by supporting musicians, celebrating the artistic heritage of the neighborhood, and creating new types of interaction and collaboration. This reflection will consider the missed opportunities and often-indirect relationship between positive impacts and preconceived intent.

Case study of zero-tillage organic soybean production in Brazil

Soil Research ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 166 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. N. Landers ◽  
M. Challiol ◽  
L. Vilela ◽  
S. Lanz
Keyword(s):  
Weed Control ◽  
Conservation Agriculture ◽  
Shock Treatment ◽  
Environmental Services ◽  
Zero Tillage ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Soybean Production ◽  
Significant Difference

In the absence of the herbicide option, weed control is the major constraint to organic soybean production in southern Brazil and eastern Paraguay. A joint entrepreneurial initiative introduced innovative 6000-V electro-shock desiccation for pre-plant weed control in organic soybeans, under zero-tillage–conservation agriculture, complemented by already-proven inter-row cultivation and biological control methods for insects and diseases. To develop an efficient operating procedure, a field trial with the electro-shock treatment was carried out and showed 78.6% overall weed control 28 days after electro-shock treatment, and no significant difference between operating speeds of 3.42, 9.49 and 16.57 km h−1. Further research is required to improve equipment performance and prove the medium- and long-term economic and social benefits to policy-makers, in order to justify environmental services payments for this environmentally friendly system.

Multi-Criteria Decision Aid for Sustainable Energy Prioritization Using Fuzzy Axiomatic Design

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Basar Oztaysi ◽  
Mine Isik ◽  
Secil Ercan
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Axiomatic Design ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Tremendous Importance ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Sustainability has gained tremendous importance and has been an important issue both for policy makers and practitioners. Realizing that the resources on the earth are limited, renewable energy alternatives have flourished and started to replace the conventional energy alternatives. Energy planning using different energy alternatives, for the long term becomes a vital decision. In this study, fuzzy multi criteria decision- making methodologies, axiomatic design (AD) and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) are utilized for ranking both renewable and conventional energy alternatives. In the first phase AHP is utilized to determine the importance of the criteria and in the second phase fuzzy AD is used to evaluate the experts’ assessments. In the case study, both conventional and renewable energy alternatives are evaluated according to technical, economical, air quality and site selection perspectives. The case study results show that the renewable energy alternatives (biomass, geothermal power and wind) perform better than the conventional energy resources.

Evaluating the Options in Urban Areas with Financial Constraints

1996 ◽  
Vol 1518 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-56
Author(s):  
Patrick Decorla-Souza ◽  
Jerry Everett ◽  
Brian Gardner ◽  
Michael Culp
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Financial Constraints ◽  
General Purpose ◽  
Highway Capacity ◽  
Mixed Flow ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Infrastructure Investments ◽  
New Infrastructure

Logic is devised for a needs test for new general-purpose lane (GPL) highway capacity in urban areas that have limited funding available for new infrastructure investments. GPL capacity is defined as mixed-flow lanes on which both single-occupant and high-occupancy vehicles are permitted. Methodologies to apply the needs test and to evaluate the options in urban areas facing limitations on new GPL capacity are developed. A case study is used to demonstrate the methodologies to evaluate the air quality and cost-effectiveness impacts of transportation system alternatives, illustrating how planners may develop the type of information that policy makers will need to help them make informed decisions about long-term options.

scholarly journals Residents’ Attitudes toward Impacts of Tourism: A Case Study of Langkawi, Malaysia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurhazani Mohd. Shariff ◽  
Shaharuddin Tahir
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Personal Lives ◽  
Sustainable Tourism Development ◽  
Residents Attitudes ◽  
Positive Impacts

This paper presents findings from a study that was undertaken to investigate residents’ attitudes toward the impacts of tourism in Langkawi Island, Malaysia. In order to gain reliable results for the use of Langkawi policy makers and tourism planners, a standardized instrument for measuring residents’ attitude was developed and used in the study. The findings revealed that residents tend to perceive impacts that benefit them as positive impacts of tourism. The findings also indicated that residents tend to perceive impacts of tourism, either positively or negatively depending on how much they would affect their personal lives. The more dependent they were on the positive impacts of tourism, the more supportive they were toward tourism development. Thus, the findings do not support Doxey’s Irridex Model. Finally, the study suggested that for a long-term purpose of achieving sustainable tourism development, Langkawi tourism planners and policy makers should conduct several campaigns and tourism workshops for the residents. Accordingly, this would gain residents support for tourism development on the island.  

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