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A targeted public: public services in fifteenth-century Ghent and Bruges KU Leuven Ghent University University of Antwerp
Though the phrase 'public services' is a nineteenth-century invention, which was supported by a developed rhetoric of political economy, this article shows that the concept, practice and supply of such services could also be found in the medieval city. It specifically studies three areas of urban service provision: jurisprudence and legal security, infrastructure and finally health care and poor relief. Although the available sources tend to ...
A targeted public: public services in fifteenth-century Ghent and Bruges Vrije Universiteit Brussel
M. Pâcques, D. Déom, P.-Y. Erneux, D. Lagasse: Domaine public, domaine privé: Biens des pouvoirs publics University of Antwerp
Muziek en publiek. De notie van public service bij de omroeporkesten van de Belgische openbare omroep. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Wanneer we heden naar ons medialandschap kijken, merken we dat de Belgische radio de tand des tijd doorstaan heeft. Waar pluriformiteit vandaag troef is, was dit anno 1930 niet het geval. De'brenger van het gesproken dagblad' of 'de klankradio' was toen een unieke speler in het audio landschap. Voordien waren uithuizige concerten enkel voor de elite weggelegd maar dankzij de uitvinding van draadloze communicatie werd muziek toegankelijk voor een ...
Spatial transformation, public policy and metropolitan governance: secondary business districts in Dublin and Warsaw Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Across Europe, economic development is increasingly focused on large city regions intensifying processes of metropolitanization. However, the trajectories and experience of these processes are context dependent, shaped by the broad political–economic context and public policy frameworks. Drawing on case studies of Warsaw (Poland) and Dublin (Ireland), this paper examines the relationship between the transformation of the metropolitan spatial ...
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and response on the utilisation of health services in public facilities during the first wave in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo Institute of Tropical Medicine
INTRODUCTION: Health service use among the public can decline during outbreaks and had been predicted among low and middle-income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2020, the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) started implementing public health measures across Kinshasa, including strict lockdown measures in the Gombe health zone.
METHODS: Using monthly time series data from the DRC Health Management ...
COVID-19 Pandemic: Knowledge and Attitudes in Public Markets in the Former Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo KU Leuven
Background. Public markets were exempted from the restrictive regulations instituted to limit the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In the early stage of the pandemic, we assessed people's knowledge, attitudes, and behavior on public markets towards COVID-19. Methods. We conducted a cross-sectional study from 16 to 29 April 2020 among sellers and customers frequenting the food sections of ten ...