Roadmaps and roadmapping techniques receive increasing attention in the Science, Technology Innovation policy community, notably for development of strategies policies to address societal challenges ambitious goals such as SDGs. STI roadmaps are used evoke future visions, align actor expectations formulate, document, plan implement public long-term, sustainability goals. As a sophisticated stra...

2. Mass gatherings have significant implications for public health beyond the acute public health events which may occur and require rapid detection and effective management. These implications extend to the benefits of cross-sectoral preparedness planning and increased capacity in the health infrastructure; the international spread of epidemic or pandemic disease; or the powerful leverage that...

In this paper one introduces the modeling of power flow constraints for transmission grid in the multi-sectoral multi-energy long-term investment planning tool ETEM-SG. This extension allows a better representation of demand response for flexible loads triggered by real time marginal cost pricing. Since the loads and the generation units are geographically distributed these prices should be rep...

It is increasingly understood that transport infrastructure and services are critical elements to achieving poverty reduction, gender equality, and sustainable development, but relevant methods to systematically characterize and address differences in mobility and access are lagging. This paper presents a series of maps based on an integrated pilot application of geographical information system...

The links between the social and environmental pillars are particularly under-developed in scientific literature. This article bridges this knowledge gap by applying a socialenvironmental conceptual framework which consists of a check-list of 33 questions. It used same to review various strategy documents of the Government of Cameroon. These comprised one national strategy document, three secto...

The Collaborative RESearch team to study psychosocial factors in bipolar disorder (CREST.BD) is a multidisciplinary, cross-sectoral network dedicated to both fundamental research and knowledge exchange on bipolar disorder (BD). The core mission of the network is to advance the science and understanding of psychological and social issues associated with BD, improve the care and wellness of peopl...

The objective of this paper is to present a GIS-based multivariatc application for l:lnd suitabiiity assessment with a public part¡cipation base. The approach takes into account the issues and concerns of the stakeholders, and employ~ a mult¡variate statistical procedure for classifying~.I~~d~nits into land suitability groups. according to sectoral interests. sets of spatlal algorithms are inco...

In the past, the energy planners through setting the desired level of economic growth simply used this figure as a base to which additional increases were made, dependent on changing population and supply conditions. Planning proceeded from the national, macroeconomic position, to the aggregate, sectoral and finally project levels. Such process was a virtual oneway linkage from economic growth ...

IT2000 is a strategic national information technology (IT) policy introduced by the Singaporean government in 1992. The Construction and Real Estate Network (CORENET) is one of such several sectoral applications of IT, expected to be implemented in the construction industry. IT has special significance for Singaporean economic development. Planning practices for the national IT policy in each h...