Stakeholder groups engage in ecosystem services coproduction as both coproducers and beneficiaries. group perceptions of their own each other’s roles therefore influence how are provided a given landscape. However, only few studies have investigated self-perceived attributed stakeholder this context. The aim paper is to assess the engagement importance case study Lahn River landscape Germany. r...

Background To improve the performance of the healthcare system, Mali’s government implemented a pilot project of performance-based financing (PBF) in the field of reproductive health. It was established in the Koulikoro region. This research analyses the process of implementing PBF at district hospital (DH) level, something which has rarely been done in Africa.   Methods...

Effective and efficient requirements negotiation is a key to the success of software development efforts. For large projects, this can be especially difficult to do effectively and efficiently when combining input from non-co-located experts and reaching consensus among the different stakeholders (e.g., end-users, developers, software assurance, customers) as well as among the different aspects...

The project “Developing Policies and Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change in the Baltic Sea Region” (AS­ TRA) assesses regional vulnerabilities to climate change and aims for developing adaptation options. To de­ termine whether the participating municipalities are prepared to climate change, this study investigates stake­ holder perspectives and knowledge in multiple case studies. Based on ...

1 Peter Scallan, University of Paisley, Paisley PA1 2BE, UK [email protected] 2 Steve Gallagher, University of Paisley, Paisley PA1 2BE, UK [email protected] Abstract  As with many Higher Education Institutions in the UK, the University of Paisley has experienced a significant drop in the number of applications for engineering degrees in the last five years. As part of a Faculty stra...

BACKGROUND World wide, there is plentiful evidence regarding the role of stigma in mental illness, as well as the association between poverty and mental illness. The experiences of stigma catalyzed by poverty revolve around experiences of devaluation, exclusion, and disadvantage. Although the relationship between poverty, stigma and mental illness has been documented in high income countries, l...

The quality of the data provided is critical to the success of data warehousing initiatives. There is strong evidence that many organisations have significant data quality problems, and that these have substantial social and economic impacts. This paper describes a study which explores the perceptions of various stakeholders in the data warehousing environment concerning their data quality requ...

This report is an output from a project funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) for the benefit of developing countries under its Natural Resources Systems Programme (project no R8280). The views expressed are not necessarily those of DFID. Research for this project was conducted by a collaborative team from the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge; EnviroLe...