Upstream Flows of Water: from the Lesotho Highlands to Metropolitan South Africa by Yannick Rousselot

“…Coalitions of actors have emerged from these new relations that the transfer has produced, and as such, this project should be analysed as a hydraulic assemblage in which three distinct scales of territorialities are clashing or cooperating with each other: the regional scale, made up of South Africa’s political and economic elites, who seek to direct Southern Africa’s water resources towards the thirsty region in and around Johannesburg; the scale of the Lesotho government, which has a nationalist policy of monopolising any social and spatial stakes for the benefit of the national territory; and the scale of the Maloti communities, which claim their rights as a transnational Basotho nation and autonomy in the face of interventionism from the Lesotho state.…”
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Lessons from Studies in Middle-Aged and Older Adults Living in Mediterranean Islands: The Role of Dietary Habits and Nutrition Services by Stefanos Tyrovolas, Evangelos Polychronopoulos

“…Public health nutrition policy has the opportunity to improve the health and quality of life of people living in isolated insular areas of the Mediterranean basin.…”
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L’enrôlement de Madagascar dans la REDD+ : domestiquer une opportunité internationale by Moïse Tsayem Demaze

“…In this context, the scope of the State is weak and REDD+, as it is designed and deployed within the national territory through pilot projects, does not necessarily reflect an endogenous deforestation reduction policy. This raises the question of the sustainability and the effectiveness of this mechanism, since the State and the national and local actors are secondary in the governance set up.…”
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Economic Contributions of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Food Industries in Florida in 2014 by Alan W. Hodges, Mohammad Rahmani

“… Agriculture, natural resources, and food industries remain a significant force in the economy of Florida, and informed public policy demands recognition of the economic contributions of these industries. …”
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The African Economies and Agricultural Value-Added – Contribution to GDP. Top Economies of 20 Countries in Africa 2012 by Hemmali Nagmy, Patrik Rovny, Lucia Vilhanová

“…For national income accounting, policy decision-makers need information about state “country economy” of national economy. …”
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Two-in-One Diasporas? Comparing and Contrasting Migration Management in France and Canada by Eve Bantman

“…This issue is addressed in this comparative review of two models of public policy: Canada’s strategy for Francophone Immigration and France’s promotion of international mobility. …”
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Analysis of satellite-terrestrial frequency sharing technology for 5G and 6G mobile communication by HU Yanwei, GONG Jian, MA Zhanshu

“…The frequency sharing technology for 5G and 6G mobile communication satellite-terrestrial integration was analyzed from the perspectives of technology research, policy formulation, and station layout, providing reference for building a satellite-terrestrial integrated global seamless communication system.…”
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MOTIVATION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNAL SERVICES EMPLOYEES IN THE PERIOD OF INDUSTRY 4.0 DEVELOPMENT IN THE VUCA WORLD by Anna KONYEV, Olena DOLGALOVA

“…The article considers problems and ways of solving the adaptation and development of personnel policy in the conditions of the fourth-generation industrial revolution, which requires the development of innovative forms and methods of management of human resources with the necessary competencies for effective activity in the VUCA conditions. …”
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COMPETITIVENESS OF REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES: CONSIDERATION OF THE VIEWS OF CONSUMERS by I. V. Zakharova

“…It has been indicated to the differences in the meanings of the concept of “competitiveness of the University” in the context of state educational policy, macroeconomics, international and national education markets and in the context of regional consumer markets. …”
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Adoption and Integrating Industrialised Construction Technology to Small and Medium Construction Enterprises in Tanzania by R. S. Tekka

“…The findings acknowledged nine motivational factors and twelve critical factors including promoting the use of BIM to enhance collaboration and ease communication between project participants, developing educational and training initiatives pertaining to ICT for developers, contractors, and policy makers; Optimization of local building materials usage, and promoting Rand D that geared towards the application of ICT. …”
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Déchets ménagers : question d’intégration by Bérengère Hurand

“…It seems also to have led to an erosion of the sense of responsibility of the users. A genuine wastes policy should free itself from the purely technical and economic matter of the problem, in order to think an other definition of waste than which gives the industry. …”
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Exploring condition in which people accept AI over human judgements on justified defection by Hitoshi Yamamoto, Takahisa Suzuki

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IMPROVING OF STATE STIMULATION MEASURES OF INVESTMENT ACTIVITY IN AGRICULTURE by E. Britik, V. Vladimirov, A. Shuldyakov

“…The existing problems for increasing the efficiency of state investment policy in agriculture in modern conditions have been revealed. …”
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Economic Contributions of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Food Industries in Florida in 2013 by Alan W. Hodges, Mohammad Rahmani, Thomas J. Stevens

“…Recognizing the significant impact agriculture, natural resources, and related food industries have on the economy of Florida is essential to informed public policy. UF/IFAS researchers used the Implan regional economic modeling system to estimate economic multipliers for over 500 different industry sectors and evaluate their economic contributions in 2013. …”
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Research on the Statistical Properties and Stability of Complex Interindustrial Networks by Xinyu Cheng

“…Although this established network exhibits high stability, it calls for targeted policy interventions and risk management, especially for industries with pronounced degree centrality and betweenness centrality. …”
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On issue of negative impact of modern organizational and pedagogical conditions on teaching of Russian history (reflections on the First All-Russian Congress of History Teachers in... by A. V. Sushko

“…It is proved that in the absence of conceptual bases of state policy in the field of historical education, the existing conditions for organizing the educational process put a teacher in an uncertain situation when he objectively can not perform his work systematically and qualitatively. …”
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Sisyphe à Mexico : risques et politiques urbaines by François Mancebo

“…After 1985's earthquake, planners and developers of Mexico City have been integrating risk mitigation and sustainability in urban policy. But this new direction turned hardly applicable. …”
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The Politics of Property: Place-Making in Una, Saxon, and Arcadia by Sarah Buckmaster

“…Advocating for equity in Una, Saxon, and Arcadia cannot be simplified to one policy recommendation or development plan. Rather, collective organization and engagement amongst residents bolstered by key stakeholders, such as the county, may provide an equitable and inclusive path to reimagining neighborhood futures.…”
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Infrastructures de données géographiques : quelle contribution à la Gestion intégrée des zones côtières françaises ? by Jade Georis-Creuseveau, Françoise Gourmelon, Christophe Claramunt

“…Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI) have been implemented over the last twenty years in particular to contribute to environmental policy by improving geographical information access and sharing processes. …”
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"SOFT POWER": THE DARK SIDE (ON THE CASE OF GERMANY) by M. M. Lebedeva, L. R. Rustamova, M. V. Sharko

“…They should also consider side-effects of soft power and harmonize NGO's activities in implementation of this policy. The latter is becoming more relevant against the background of broader application of soft power through public diplomacy with the help of non-governmental organizations. …”
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