Conclusion: Lessons Learnt and Policy Recommendations

2021 ◽  
pp. 137-139
Author(s):  
Njabulo Kambule ◽  
Nnamdi Nwulu
Keyword(s):  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Lessons Learnt

scholarly journals Cycling in the Era of COVID-19: Lessons Learnt and Best Practice Policy Recommendations for a More Bike-Centric Future

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 4620
Author(s):  
Alexandros Nikitas ◽  
Stefanos Tsigdinos ◽  
Christos Karolemeas ◽  
Efthymia Kourmpa ◽  
Efthimios Bakogiannis
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Travel Demand ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Personal Mobility ◽  
Traffic Calming ◽  
Car Culture ◽  
Lessons Learnt ◽  
Significant Attention

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected our cities in monumental ways with no sector likely being more severely impacted than transport. Lockdowns, physical spacing, transport restrictions and stay-at-home guidelines have transformed personal mobility and highlighted the mistakes of an unbalanced pro-car culture that defined a century of urban planning. One immediate effect of the virus in relation to travel demand and supply was the emergence of active travel modes because of their unique ability to provide a socially distanced way of transport. Cycling is one of the modes that has enjoyed significant attention. Numerous cities have reallocated street and public space to cyclists and introduced pro-bike interventions like pop-up cycle lanes, e-bike subsidies, free bike-share use and traffic calming measures. This newly found outbreak-induced momentum creates an opportunity to establish a new ethos that allows the promotion of potentially permanent strategies that may help cycling to be (re-)established as a robust, mainstream and resilient travel mode for inner city trips and not as a second-class alternative operating under the automobile’s giant shadow. This paper provides a state-of-the-art description of the anti-COVID cycling-friendly initiatives that have been introduced globally, the successes and failures of these initiatives, the lessons learnt that can help us redefine the bicycle’s role in local societies today and a best cycling practice policy guide for planning a more bike-centric future.

Children in Homeless Shelters: Needs, Current Services, and Policy Recommendations

1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daria Zvetina ◽  
Maureen McCreery ◽  
Joseph A. Durlak
Keyword(s):  
Homeless Shelters ◽  
Policy Recommendations

Openness of the Russian economy as a source of economic growth

2016 ◽  
pp. 26-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Kadochnikov ◽  
A. Knobel ◽  
S. Sinelnikov-Murylev
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Integration ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Regional Economic Integration ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
Russian Economy

The paper considers measures on Russia’s integration into the global economy, aimed at the economic growth resumption. It analyzes conditions and mechanisms due to which the expanding trade and mutual investment with other countries contribute to economic growth in Russia. The paper provides policy recommendations for export support, regional economic integration agenda and the institutions reform.

Increasing the value of accounting research: An Italian perspective

2017 ◽  
pp. 29-42
Author(s):  
Aldo Pavan ◽  
Isabella Fadda
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Business World ◽  
Accounting Research ◽  
Business Objects ◽  
To Come ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

Accounting research has a speculative and normative tradition. Starting at the beginning of the 1970s, empirical methodologies gained prominence and the boundaries of accounting disciplines have become uncertain. Quantitative and qualitative methods tend to overwhelm the accounting and business objects; often they are only suitable to deal with past and narrow phenomena. Empirical methodologies need reference theories, coming from other disciplines and particularly economics and sociology. In this context, it is questioned if accounting research does exist anymore and if it is relevant to the business world. Some scholars have begun to wonder whether it would be appropriate to revalue normative approaches in order to conduct a type of research which is useful to the society and allows the preservation of specific accounting knowledge. A necessity emerges to come back to the prominence of business and accounting issues over methodologies and sociological theories. Research should be directed to tackle wide and current phenomena, not just the narrow and past ones. Speculative thinking has to be reassessed and empirical findings should be used to strengthen it as starting premises. Explaining phenomena is not enough; empirical research has to go beyond its findings; the emphasis should be shifted to the drawing of policy recommendations.

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