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Religious arguments in political decision making University of Antwerp
Religious arguments in political decision making Ghent University
Media coverage of medical decision making at the end-of-life: a Belgian case study (accepted) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This article presents a content analysis of Belgian media coverage of end-of-life decision- making. We examine a selection of press articles and the differences among media genres in covering the issue. In general terms, we found an over-reporting of euthanasia; a focus on dying processes resulting from cancer and Alzheimer's disease; and an attention to political discussions and political voices, which outnumber patient voices. In ...
Decision making process on the Antwerp Oosterweel link: lessons learnt Ghent University
The Oosterweel link (completion of the Antwerp ring road, including a river Scheldt crossing) was planned to be the largest infrastructure project ever built in Belgium. It started as a noiseless process for more than fifteen years, the decision seemed to be taken in 2008: the reference design was approved and a DBFM consortium selected. Then the project became controversial. Action groups dominated the debate and could enforce a public ...
Decision making in the prisoner's dilemma game : the effect of exit on cooperation and social welfare Ghent University
Supporting climate-smart restoration of tropical dry forests: a toolbox for guiding diversity-oriented decision making KU Leuven
At the start of the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030), ecosystem restoration is more than ever a global priority. However, turning ambitious political commitments into successfully restored landscapes will require careful planning. Ecological research can inform such planning, but large knowledge gaps stand in the way of achieving successful long-term restoration. In addition, there is a need to bridge the gap between the generation ...
Where spatial capacity building and spatial decision making meet. Publically debating participatory spatial planning via a newspaper. Hasselt University
This article reports on the in-between results of a Participatory Design research process in spatial planning in Godsheide, a small village in the Belgian Region of Limburg. The research explores how the language of newspapers enables citizens, policy makers, property developers and local organisations to build capacities (cfr. spatial capacity building) in ‘scripting’ their reflections on, but also actions in spatial change. In the heads of our ...
Performance assessment of local mobility policy-making administrations using the principles of total quality management in Flanders, Belgium: Expounding the decision making process Hasselt University KU Leuven
This paper describes a quality assessment of the processes underlying municipal mobility policy-making in Flanders(Belgium). 25 criteria and 176 aspects were queried during 25 interview sessions. Results were aggregated at the level of 7 quality domains of action and suggest that Flemish municipal mobility policy-making is generally fairly frail and of an ad-hoc nature. Four factors are found to be determining for this finding: default of ...
Practicing Openness: Investigating the Role of Everyday Decision Making in the Production of Squatted Space University of Antwerp
By means of illegal occupation, squatters produce (urban) space. Previous studies have predominantly focused on the external dimensions of this process (e.g. squatters' negotiations with authorities), while the few studies that have analyzed the internal processes of producing squatted space have mainly focused on formal and explicit decision-making processes. The effect of everyday practices and improvised decision making on the production of ...