Sustainable Cities

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha C. Monroe ◽  
Arjen E. J. Wals ◽  
Hiromi Kobori ◽  
Johanna Ekne
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Learning ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Government Agency ◽  
Sustainable Cities ◽  
Participatory Decision Making

This chapter presents three cases that demonstrate a variety of interactions between residents and expert leaders in fostering sustainability innovations in cities. It looks at sustainable cities in Sweden, Japan, and the Netherlands, focusing on common principles that may help explain their success as well as the role of environmental education and learning in these efforts. All three examples engage municipal nonprofit and government agency leaders with residents in many different ways. Leaders and residents learn about sustainability as they build skills for participatory decision making. They offer ideas and realize that their contributions matter. The cases have outlived their inception phase and continue to grow and improve their outcomes despite setbacks, changing circumstances, and even opposition. The chapter explains how monitoring the outcomes of such innovations, including through citizen science and social learning, can contribute to their effectiveness.

The Role of Citizen Science in Environmental Education

2017 ◽  
pp. 213-230
Author(s):  
Ria Ann Dunkley
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Scientific Data ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Science Projects ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Evaluation Approaches

Citizen Science is increasing in popularity and used by many academics, community groups and Non-Governmental Organizations in scientific data collection. Despite this, little is known about the motivations and experiences of those who contribute to citizen science projects, nor about the impacts of involvement in citizen science upon the individual. Moreover, few have considered the pedagogic process that individuals undergo as they participate in these activities. Citizen science practitioners and program developers stand to benefit from increased understanding of these experiences in terms of their capacity to enhance environmental education. Such increased understanding of the implications of citizen science may also promote the development of sustainability education. This chapter synthesizes insights from existing literature, policy documents and practical projects to explore the pedagogic potential of the convergence of citizen science and environmental education. The chapter concludes that progressive evaluation approaches are needed to complement what is an emergent field.

scholarly journals The role of socio-economic status in the decision making on diagnosis and treatment of oesophageal cancer in The Netherlands

2006 ◽  
Vol 95 (9) ◽  
pp. 1180-1185 ◽  
Author(s):  
E P M van Vliet ◽  
M J C Eijkemans ◽  
E W Steyerberg ◽  
E J Kuipers ◽  
H W Tilanus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Oesophageal Cancer ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Diagnosis And Treatment ◽  
Socio Economic Status

A Heuristic Framework for Understanding the Role of Participatory Decision Making in Community-Based Non-Profits

2011 ◽  
Vol 47 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 236-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly D. Bess ◽  
Douglas D. Perkins ◽  
Daniel G. Cooper ◽  
Diana L. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Participatory Decision Making

Building Local Resilience to Climate Change Through Citizen Science, Environmental Education and Decision-Making

2018 ◽  
pp. 50-64
Author(s):  
Erin E. Posthumus ◽  
LoriAnne Barnett ◽  
Theresa M. Crimmins ◽  
Jody Einerson ◽  
Esperanza Stancioff ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Local Resilience

Social Learner Decision Making

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carter Rees ◽  
L. Thomas Winfree
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Learning ◽  
Social Learning Theory ◽  
Statistical Models ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Matching Law ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
The Social

Social learning theory is one of the leading theories in the field of criminology. This chapter provides an overview of the role of choice and human agency within the theoretical framework of social learning and their integrative importance for understanding delinquency and crime. Emphasis is placed on research stemming from Herrnstein’s matching law, choice allocation, and statistical models of social learning as applied to social networks. The chapter provides a unifying discussion of choice-based theories of behavior, elaborates on existing statistical models used to test these choice-based and social learning theories, and suggests topics for an innovative research agenda grounded in the relevant literature. In addition, the chapter articulates a research agenda that will help researchers further promote empirical and theoretical advancements in the social learning tradition of criminology.

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