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When The Saints Go Marching Out, Scott J. Wallsten Nov 2005

When The Saints Go Marching Out, Scott J. Wallsten

Scott J. Wallsten

No abstract provided.


The Economic Costs Of The War In Iraq, Scott J. Wallsten, Katrina Kosec Sep 2005

The Economic Costs Of The War In Iraq, Scott J. Wallsten, Katrina Kosec

Scott J. Wallsten

No abstract provided.


Broadband Penetration: An Empirical Analysis Of State And Federal Policies, Scott J. Wallsten May 2005

Broadband Penetration: An Empirical Analysis Of State And Federal Policies, Scott J. Wallsten

Scott J. Wallsten

No abstract provided.


High Speed Flight At Low Altitude - Hazard To Commercial Aviation?, Paul F. Eschenfelder Apr 2005

High Speed Flight At Low Altitude - Hazard To Commercial Aviation?, Paul F. Eschenfelder

Paul F. Eschenfelder

No abstract provided.


Safeguards In A World Of Ambient Intelligence: Outline Of A Research Agenda On The European Level, Michael Friedewald Apr 2005

Safeguards In A World Of Ambient Intelligence: Outline Of A Research Agenda On The European Level, Michael Friedewald

Michael Friedewald

Ambient Intelligence is a vision of the future information so- ciety stemming from the convergence of ubiquitous computing, ubiqui- tous communication and intelligent user-friendly interfaces. Beyond the possible benefits that are associated with this vision, it also requires a proper balance of a complex diversity of interests and values. These are related to access to information, protection of the individual sphere, trust, security, protection against discrimination, protection of identity, free speech, protection against intrusions by public and private actors and so on. The design of such a balance demands an approach which is not only driven by one or two …


'Wild Capitalism’ And ‘Ecocolonialism’: A Tale Of Two Rivers, Krista Harper Jan 2005

'Wild Capitalism’ And ‘Ecocolonialism’: A Tale Of Two Rivers, Krista Harper

Anthropology Department Faculty Publication Series

The development and pollution of two rivers, the Danube and Tisza, have been the site and subject of environmental protests and projects in Hungary since the late 1980s. Protests against the damming of the Danube rallied opposition to the state socialist government, drawing on discourses of national sovereignty and international environmentalism. The Tisza suffered a major environmental disaster in 2000, when a globally financed gold mine in Romania spilled thousands of tons of cyanide and other heavy metals into the river, sending a plume of pollution downriver into neighboring countries. In this article, I examine the symbolic ecologies that emerged …


Rethinking The Puzzles Of The Science-Policy Nexus: From Knowledge Utilization And Science Technology Studies To Types Of Boundary Arrangements, Robert Hoppe Jan 2005

Rethinking The Puzzles Of The Science-Policy Nexus: From Knowledge Utilization And Science Technology Studies To Types Of Boundary Arrangements, Robert Hoppe

Robert Hoppe

No abstract provided.


Science/Policy Boundaries: A Changing Division Of Labour In Dutch Scientific Policy Advice., Robert Hoppe, Willem Halffman Jan 2005

Science/Policy Boundaries: A Changing Division Of Labour In Dutch Scientific Policy Advice., Robert Hoppe, Willem Halffman

Robert Hoppe

No abstract provided.


Rethinking Regional Innovation And Change: Path Dependency Or Regional Breakthrough?, Gerhard Fuchs, Philip Shapira Jan 2005

Rethinking Regional Innovation And Change: Path Dependency Or Regional Breakthrough?, Gerhard Fuchs, Philip Shapira

Philip Shapira

Rethinking Regional Innovation and Change is an edited volume bringing together papers from leading international scholars in the field of regional development and policy. Contributors to the book examine the interactions between path-dependent developments, institutions, and governance structures in influencing regional innovation capacity. The invariably complex interrelationships between technical and industrial development paths and regional institutions are explored, using cases from both highly developed and lagging regions. The book offers an assessment of the extent to which regional innovative capacity can be increased by strengthening, re-orientating, or creating institutions and policies and examines opportunities for reflexive practice at the regional …


Perspectives Of Ambient Intelligence In The Home Environment, Michael Friedewald, Olivier Da Costa, Yves Punie, Petteri Alahuhta, Sirkka Heinonen Jan 2005

Perspectives Of Ambient Intelligence In The Home Environment, Michael Friedewald, Olivier Da Costa, Yves Punie, Petteri Alahuhta, Sirkka Heinonen

Michael Friedewald

Ambient Intelligence is a vision of the future information society stemming from the convergence of ubiquitous computing, ubiquitous communication and intelligent user-friendly interfaces. It offers an op- portunity to realise an old dream, i.e. the smart or intelligent home. Will it fulfil the promises or is it just an illusion – offering apparently easy living while actually increasing the complexity of life? This article touches upon this question by discussing the technologies, applications and social implications of ambient intelligence in the home environment. It explores how Ambient Intelligence may change our way of life. It concludes that there are great …


Science And Technology Roadmapping For Policy Intelligence: Lessons For Future Projects, Olivier Da Costa, Mark Boden, Michael Friedewald Jan 2005

Science And Technology Roadmapping For Policy Intelligence: Lessons For Future Projects, Olivier Da Costa, Mark Boden, Michael Friedewald

Michael Friedewald

No abstract provided.


'Wild Capitalism’ And ‘Ecocolonialism’: A Tale Of Two Rivers, Krista Harper Jan 2005

'Wild Capitalism’ And ‘Ecocolonialism’: A Tale Of Two Rivers, Krista Harper

Krista M. Harper

The development and pollution of two rivers, the Danube and Tisza, have been the site and subject of environmental protests and projects in Hungary since the late 1980s. Protests against the damming of the Danube rallied opposition to the state socialist government, drawing on discourses of national sovereignty and international environmentalism. The Tisza suffered a major environmental disaster in 2000, when a globally financed gold mine in Romania spilled thousands of tons of cyanide and other heavy metals into the river, sending a plume of pollution downriver into neighboring countries. In this article, I examine the symbolic ecologies that emerged …


Local E-Government In Norway: Current Status And Emerging Issues, Leif Skiftenes Flak, Dag H. Olsen, Peter Wolcott Jan 2005

Local E-Government In Norway: Current Status And Emerging Issues, Leif Skiftenes Flak, Dag H. Olsen, Peter Wolcott

Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Publications

Recent studies indicate that e-government initiatives have not held their promise of improving government services. The majority of efforts to benchmark e-government have had central government as the unit of analysis. This study employs the MeGAP-3 (The Municipal E-Government Assessmen Project) assessment tool to assess the status of municipal e-government in the Agder region in southern Norway, an area with high Internet penetration and mature information and communication technology (ICT) use. MeGAP-3 proved effective in providing a relative positioning of these Norwegian municipalities, but we argue that country specific assessment indicators are needed to complement the tool and enable cross-country …


Barriers To Canadian Municipal Response To Climate Change, Pamela J. Robinson, Christopher D. Gore Dec 2004

Barriers To Canadian Municipal Response To Climate Change, Pamela J. Robinson, Christopher D. Gore

Christopher D Gore

No abstract provided.