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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Government Response"”.
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The decline of infrastructure and the federal government response
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1986.
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Analyzing the Effect of Causation in Covid-19 Business Interruption Insurance Claims: A Black-Letter Law Analysis of Causation within Business Interruption Insurance Cases
The unprecedented Covid-19 lockdown response by governments around the world triggered a bevy of business interruption insurance claims. One of the key issues considered by the courts in adjudicating refuted claims was the question of causation. The question in its simplest form was this: did the …
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International economic effects of halting the voyage of CSAV RIO PUELO
… Although the information which triggered the government response later proved to be a hoax, the economic damage to particular businesses was quite real. This thesis explores the broad range of costs - direct, indirect and intangible - incurred by businesses up and down supply chains within the …
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Driving Demands of a Successful Protest: A Comparative Analysis of Drivers That Leads To a Successful Outcome of Protest
… world at large. Other variables, such as violent government response or corruption motivated, protest is significant in determining the outcome of protests in Africa and the world at large. A rather unexpected finding of my study is that the number of participants during a protest insignificantly …
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Connected corrections and corrected connections: post-release supervision of long sentence male prisoners
… is safe and responsibly managed. A whole of government response is necessary to ensure that basic human needs are met upon release.
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The viability of the forthcoming Norwegian Sami Parliament: an assessment
In 1987, the Norwegian Government passed the Sámi Law, which expressly protected the interests of the Norwegian Sámi as an ethnic group and provided for the establishment of the Norwegian Sámi Parliament, a representative body to be elected by and among the Norwegian Sámi. This body will replace …
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Co-Governing Care in Astoria, Queens: The Role and Responsibility of the City in Supporting Community-Led Solidarity Networks
… York City and the United States, an inadequate government response and an overburdened social safety net left millions facing unemployment, eviction, and food insecurity with limited institutional support. Yet alongside these systemic failures, mass acts of solidarity emerged, as unprecedented …
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Resilience of small-scale farmers amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: a case study of small-scale farmers in Limpopo Province, South Africa
… hotels and large social gatherings by the government left these farmers susceptible to market shocks, given their reliance on these channels. Over a span of 17 months, the study observed 21 farmers, exploring their adaptive strategies amidst the crisis. Farmer selection was based on their …
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Strategies for maximizing supply chain resilience : learning from the past to prepare for the future
… The probability of future attacks, coupled with government response to the threat, has introduced myriad new challenges that virtually every manufacturer, distributor, and retailer engaged in global commerce must now face. This thesis will explore and analyze the impact that the "new" terrorist …
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British reactions to Amritsar and Croke Park : Connections and comparisons
… Park Massacre 1920. It centres on the British Government’s response to these massacres, and the perspectives of two opposed political groups: the British and Irish Unionists, and the Labour Party. Connections and comparisons are drawn between the Government response to both cases and the …
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Analysing the impact of and response to the 2019 tornado in Harry Gwala District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
This study aims to analyse the impact of and response to the 2019 tornado disaster in Harry Gwala District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. To achieve this aim, this research utilized mixed research methods to collect and analyse data. Questionnaires were used to collect data from …
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The Famine Years in Queen's County 1845-1850
… that were carried out in the county and the government response to the disaster. The first chapter deals with the county as a whole and it's situation prior to the famine. It looks at the people of the county and the methods by which they supported themselves. They are broadly divided into …
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Creating healthier populations: an assessment of the use of data on social determinants of health to inform decision-making in eight countries
… Covid-19 policy data from the Oxford Covid-19 Government Response Tracker (OxCGRT) and data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) on the informal labor sector. All data were used in descriptive and multivariable regression analyses. RESULTS: Of 8,754 respondents, 56.2% (95% CI: …
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Reporting terrorism: Boko Haram in the Nigerian press.
… as a terrorist organisation by every major government in the world. The study aims to show how an African press has reported terrorism within its national borders. Through an analysis of 851 news stories from three Nigerian newspapers, the thesis examined the portrayal of Boko Haram focusing …
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Building adaptive capacity to flood risk in Philippi, Cape Town, through infrastructure-led planning interventions
… in some parts of Cape Town, much of the local government response to flooding disasters has been reactive, short term and generally not designed to effectively support informal settlements. The township of Philippi is highly impacted by flooding events, which often compromise the township's …