Spacehive
Author: Jeff Sutton
Publisher: New York : Ace Books
Published: 1960
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13:
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Crowdasset: Crowdfunding For Policymakers
Author: Oliver Gajda
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2020-06-03
Total Pages: 532
ISBN-13: 9811207836
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCrowdfunding is already transforming the way many entrepreneurs and enterprises around the globe think about community engagement and fundraising for various causes. This book puts forth the belief that policymakers, public servants and various governments, municipalities and regions can significantly benefit from crowdfunding through employing crowd-related mechanisms within their frameworks and using their crowd as an asset — a crowdasset. Using real-world examples, this book explores the opportunities presented by crowdfunding and crowdfunded innovation, and how major policymakers are already using crowdfunding and crowd mechanisms to accelerate innovation, engagement and community transformation. A guide for those involved in crowdfunding, CrowdAsset brings readers through the journey of maximising crowd impact.
Crowdfunding in the Public Sector
Author: Regina Lenart-Gansiniec
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2021-07-27
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 303077841X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn recent years, crowdfunding has become important and it has been enthusiastically used not only by commercial organizations but also by the public sector. This alternative source of financing in times of constrained government budgets enables citizens to vote with their dollars online to bring ideas into reality. This book sheds light on the developing concept of crowdfunding in the public sector, with an overview of current academic discussions and best practices on crowdfunding in the public sector. The volume approaches crowdfunding in the public sector from an integrated perspective, addressing the dearth of publications on the subject. The book gathers a wealth of theoretical information, ideas, best practices and lessons learned in the context of executing concrete crowdfunding projects, and assess methodological approaches to integrating the topic of crowdfunding in public organizations curricula. The book provides definitions, insights and examples of this managerial perspective resulting in a theoretical framework of crowdfunding in the public sector. The contributors also explore different crowdfunding applications in public sectors such as local government, higher education, schools, arts & culture organizations, healthcare, energy sector, and police services, which are presented in several case studies. This is a unique book in the field that points the way forward both for policymakers and for the research community in terms of thinking about crowdfunding in the public sector and the complex issues surrounding its development.
Distributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions
Author: Norbert A. Streitz
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2023-07-08
Total Pages: 504
ISBN-13: 3031346092
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Distributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions, DAPI 2023, held as part of the 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2023, which took place as an hybrid event in Copenhagen, Denmark, in July 2023. A total of 1578 papers and 396 posters have been accepted for publication in the HCII 2023 proceedings from a total of 7472 submissions. The 60 papers included in the DAPI 2023 proceedings were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: Designing and evaluating intelligent environments; user experience in intelligent environments; pervasive data; Part II: Smart cities and environment preservation; media, art and culture in intelligent environments; supporting health, learning, work and everyday life.
Advances in Crowdfunding
Author: Rotem Shneor
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 543
ISBN-13: 3030463095
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis open access book presents a comprehensive and up-to-date collection of knowledge on the state of crowdfunding research and practice. It considers crowdfunding models and their different manifestations across a variety of geographies and sectors, and explores the perspectives of fundraisers, backers, platforms, and regulators. Gathering insights from a wide range of influential researchers in the field, the book balances concepts, theory, and case studies. Going beyond previous research on crowdfunding, the contributors also investigate issues of community, sustainability, education, and ethics. A vital resource for anyone researching crowdfunding, this book offers readers a deep understanding of the characteristics, business models, user-relations, and behavioural patterns of crowdfunding.
The Road to Nusantara: Process, Challenges and Opportunities
Author: Julia M Lau
Publisher: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Published: 2023-07-11
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9815104233
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe collective research effort of senior and junior scholars from Indonesia and beyond, The Road to Nusantara: Process, Challenges and Opportunities examines the political, economic, socio-cultural, security and environmental implications of President Joko Widodo’s historic plan to move Indonesia’s national capital from Jakarta to Nusantara, East Kalimantan. This volume will be of interest to policymakers, Indonesia’s neighbours near and far, prospective investors, and students of Indonesia who wish to understand the complex challenges underlying this megaproject. "The chapters in this book are important contributions to the study of Indonesia today …. Ground-breaking and meticulously documented using post-independence archival material and contemporary essays on new capitals …. Essential reading for a better understanding of the impetus behind Nusantara, made even more critical as the future of Nusantara hangs in the balance.” -- Edward Lee Kwong Foo, Chairman of Indofood Agri Resources Ltd and former Singapore’s Ambassador to Indonesia, 1994–2006
The Public Wealth of Cities
Author: Dag Detter
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2017-07-18
Total Pages: 162
ISBN-13: 0815729995
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow to leverage existing resources to meet the current and future needs of cities Crumbling streets and bridges. Poorly performing schools and inadequate social services. These are common complaints in cities, which too often struggle just to keep the lights on, much less make the long-term investments necessary for future generations. It doesn’t have to be this way. This book by two internationally recognized experts in public finance describes a new way of restoring economic vitality and financial stability to cities, using steps that already have been proven remarkably successful. The key is unlocking social, human, and economic wealth that cities already own but is out of sight—or “hidden.” A focus on existing public wealth helps to shift attention and resources from short-term spending to longer-term investments that can vastly raise the quality of life for many generations of urban residents. A crucial first step is to understand a city’s balance sheet—too few cities comprehend how valuable a working tool this can be. With this in hand, taxpayers, politicians, and investors can better recognize the long-term consequences of political decisions and make choices that mobilize real returns rather than rely on more taxes, debt, or austerity. Another hidden asset is real estate. Even poor cities own large swathes of poorly utilized land, or they control underperforming utilities and other commercial assets. Most cities could more than double their investments with smarter use of these commercial assets. Managing the city’s assets smartly through the authors’ proposed Urban Wealth Funds—at arm’s-length from short-term political influence—will enable cities to ramp up much needed infrastructure investments.
Law Between Buildings
Author: Nestor Davidson
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2016-10-14
Total Pages: 169
ISBN-13: 1317107624
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe rich field of urban law has thus far lacked a holistic and concerted scholarly focus on comparative and global perspectives. This work offers new inroads into the global and comparative streams within urban law by presenting emerging frameworks and approaches to topics ranging from urban housing and land use to legal informality and consumer financial protection. The volume brings together a group of international urban legal scholars to highlight emergent global, interdisciplinary perspectives within the field of urban law, particularly as they have import for comparative legal analysis. The book presents a timely addition to the literature given the urgent legal issues that continue to surface in an age of rapid urbanization and globalization.
Tourism and Social Marketing
Author: C. Michael Hall
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-02-24
Total Pages: 310
ISBN-13: 1136989285
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSocial Marketing is the utilisation of marketing principles and methods to encourage individual and organisational behaviour change for the public good. Traditionally the domain of government it is increasingly also utilised by non-government and non-profit organisations and other institutions of civil society as a non-regulatory means to achieve policy and public good goals. At a time when concerns over tourism's contribution to undesirable environmental, economic and social change is greater than ever, social marketing strategies are important for encouraging more appropriate and desirable behaviours by tourists and the tourism industry. Tourism and Social Marketing is the first book to comprehensively detail the relevance of social marketing principles and practice to tourism, destination management and marketing. By considering this relationship and application of social marketing approaches to key issues facing contemporary tourism development, such as the environment, this book provides significant insights into how the behaviours of visitors and businesses may be changed so as to develop more sustainable forms of tourism and improve the quality of life of destination communities. It further provides a powerful impetus to the development of tourism related forms of sustainable consumption and the promotion of ethical tourism and marketing. This innovative book is comprehensive in scope by considering a variety of relevant fields relevant to tourism and social marketing practice including, health, non - profit organisations, governance, the politics of marketing and consumption, consumer advocacy and environmental and sustainable marketing. It integrates selected international cases studies to help tourism students engage with the broader debates in social marketing, governance and the politics of behaviour change and shows the relationship of theory to practice. Written by a leading authority in the field, topical and integrative, this book will be valuable reading for students, scholars and researchers in tourism.
Benjamin & Rumblechum
Author: Kenna McKinnon
Publisher: Next Chapter
Published: 2022-02-04
Total Pages: 58
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBenjamin & Rumblechum is a story that will keep your children laughing and learning from the first page to the last. As Katie and Jacob travel across Canada with their two eccentric aunts in a minivan named Rumblechum, they learn about history and geography. And with them is their stuffed monkey, Benjamin. Rumblechum transports them through Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the huge province of Ontario, and finally back to their little house in Edmonton, Alberta. Their dear calico cat Freedom is at the door to greet them, meowing with excitement and joy, and a mysterious parcel is opened. This is a fictional chapter book suitable for readers between ages 3 to 6, based on true traveling experiences. Your little ones will love paging through the chapters with whimsical illustrations at the top of each chapter, and you will love sharing the magical story of Benjamin's adventures in Rumblechum. This is a story for all ages, sharing the great country of Canada with a new generation of readers.
