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Vikram Parmar
Pág. pp. 89 - 96 pgs.
Despite large-scale investment in ICT in developing countries, information poverty has not been addressed, particularly for rural users. This article analyzes the shortcomings of current ICT design and deployment approaches and attributes the failures to...
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Mabungela Mvuyisi, Ifeanyi Mbukanma
Pág. 90 - 98
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Michael L. Best,Thomas N. Smyth,John Etherton,Edem Wornyo
Pág. pp. 91 - 108 pgs.
Liberia is a country emerging from years of protracted and devastating civil conflict. Left without any fixed-line telephone infrastructure, it relies solely on the mobile phone for telephony. This study investigates the usage of mobile phones in this im...
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Francisco Asensio-Montesinos, Milagrosa Oliva Ramírez, María Teresa Aguilar-Torrelo and Giorgio Anfuso
Litter on beaches is one of the most difficult problems in coastal management and every year, much efforts and public money are invested to try to alleviate and solve the problem. Cigarette butts (CB) are among the most widespread abandoned personal item...
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Ebru Çaglayan-Akay,Muhammed H. Van
Pág. 425 - 431
The aim of the paper is to determine the factors affecting the economic development levels of selected countries using bayesian ordered probit model. For this aim, Human Development Indices of 130 countries are involved in the analysis with respect...
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Peggy Subirats, Yann Goyat, Bernard Jacob, Eric Violette
Pág. 4267 - 4276
In 2014, in France, accidents on rural roads accounted for roughly 63% of road mortality (ONISR, 2014). Yet, the locations of accidents are increasingly spread, and it is becoming difficult for road managers to set priorities for interventions on their r...
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Teresa Santos, Ricardo Nogueira Mendes, Estela I. Farías-Torbidoni, Rui Pedro Julião and Carlos Pereira da Silva
Data obtained through Volunteered Geographical Information (VGI) have gradually been used to monitor and support planning mainly in urban contexts. Regarding recreational activities in peri-urban green and natural areas, VGI has been used to map, measure...
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Minda Hu, Ashwin Rao, Mayank Kejriwal and Kristina Lerman
Successful responses to societal challenges require sustained behavioral change. However, as responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in the US showed, political partisanship and mistrust of science can reduce public willingness to adopt recommended behaviors ...
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Melaku Mathewos, Kitessa Hundera and Lisa Biber-Freudenberger
Multi-story cropping systems are used to grow fruits and vegetables in rural homegardens, and it has been argued that they are crucial for the food and nutrition safety of rural populations. They also are considered as refuges for a number of plant speci...
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Hideyuki Kita, Hirofumi Yotsutsuji, Mutsuki Ikemiya, Yoko Suga
Pág. 3865 - 3874
A few researchers have applied Sen's capability approach to rural public transport planning. However, previous studies have yet to clarify what the traditional utility approach is missing or why the capability approach is useful. The aims of this study a...
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Harri Oinas-Kukkonen, Pasi Karppinen and Markku Kekkonen
Two of the key information technologies with very high expectations to change our contemporary society are the fifth generation broadband cellular network technologies, which are already emerging to markets, and the foreseen sixth generation broadband ce...
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Donna Champion,Sylvain Cibangu
Pág. 15 pgs.
End-user engagement is considered essential when designing new sociotechnical systems, but in the context of designing large-scale infrastructural systems such as communications networks, this ideal is rarely put into practice. We examine the challenges ...
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Donna Champion,Sylvain Cibangu
Pág. 15 pgs.
End-user engagement is considered essential when designing new sociotechnical systems, but in the context of designing large-scale infrastructural systems such as communications networks, this ideal is rarely put into practice. We examine the challenges ...
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María L. Fuentes-Galván, Josefina Ortiz Medel and Luz A. Arias Hernández
This study was carried out in rural communities in the state of Guanajuato, in central Mexico. A questionnaire was directly applied to users of rainwater (RW) to identify the uses, water consumption, and perception towards RW and traditional supply sourc...
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Norbert Brunner, Markus Starkl, Absar A. Kazmi, Alvaro Real, Nitin Jain and Vijay Mishra
Based on experiences about the planning of decentralized wastewater treatment systems for slums of two rural towns in India, the paper asks to what extent affordability for the future users may impede the realization of other sustainability goals. The pl...
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María L. Fuentes-Galván, Josefina Ortiz Medel and Luz A. Arias Hernández
This study was carried out in rural communities in the state of Guanajuato, in central Mexico. A questionnaire was directly applied to users of rainwater (RW) to identify the uses, water consumption, and perception towards RW and traditional supply sourc...
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Maurice De Kleijn,Niels van Manen,Jan Kolen,Henk Scholten
Pág. 1 - 35
Spatial scientific research has increasingly become multidisciplinary. The need for different disciplines to share thematic knowledge and information has increased. However, not many Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs) have succeeded in facilitating the ...
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María Paz Comech, José F. Sanz-Osorio, Julio J. Melero and Oscar García-Izquierdo
The electric vehicle deployment, due to the plans defined according to the energy transition objectives, produces new challenges for the electrical system. These challenges are associated with the charging infrastructure of these vehicles since they requ...
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Muhammad Shahzad Nazir, Yeqin Wang, Muhammad Bilal, Hafiz M. Sohail, Athraa Ali Kadhem, H. M. Rashid Nazir, Ahmed N. Abdalla and Yongheng Ma
Wind energy is considered as one of the most prominent sources of energy for sustainable development. This technology is of interest owing to its capability to produce clean, eco-friendly, and cost-effective energy for small-scale users and rural areas w...
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Benedict Orari Ebangu, Edward Dintwa, Oboestwe Motsamai
Pág. 222 - 233
Commercial preservation of agro-produce by solar drying entails using large-scale dryer units that are generally not affordable by potential users in a rural setting. The objective of this study was to design a photo-voltaic greenhouse solar drying unit ...
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