In this article, we explore the embedding of citizen participation in local government. Our study combines and synthesizes focal aspects two theoretical streams—citizen interactive governance—in a novel way to identify, illustrate, analyze layers governance required for participation. The analysis shows how institutional pervasiveness holistic nature affects strategic, executive, interface thei...

In recent years, citizen science has grown in popularity due to a number of reasons, including the emphasis on informal learning and creativity potential associated with these initiatives. Citizen science projects address research questions from various domains, ranging from Ecology to Astronomy. Due to the advancement of communication technologies, which makes outreach and engagement of wider ...

The development of democratic systems is a crucial task as confirmed by its selection one the Millennium Sustainable Development Goals United Nations. In this article, we report on progress project that aims to address barriers, which information overload, achieving effective direct citizen participation in decision-making processes. main objectives are explore if application Natural Language P...

The last half-a-century has seen a marked demand for authentic citizen participation in public policy-and decision-making, not least the field of sustainability. depth and forms engagement nature-based solutions (NBS), example, how such shapes their trajectories is gaining increasing attention. In this paper, we analyze current implications 58 NBS case studies conducted 21 cities light supporti...

Citizen science refers to voluntary participation by the general public in scientific endeavors. Although citizen science has a long tradition, the rise of online communities and user-generated web content has the potential to greatly expand its scope and contributions. Citizens spread across a large area will collect more information than an individual researcher can. Because citizen scientist...