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Showing 1 to 20 of 412 for “"Local authorities"”.
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Exploring strategic turnaround in English Local Authorities
… the nature of strategic turnaround in English local authorities during the period of Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) between 2002 and 2008. This period was unique in that it allowed the comparative performance of local authorities and their management practices using the holistic …
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An analysis of eParticipation in Scottish local authorities.
… making is a statutory obligation for Scottish local authorities but traditional forms of public participation such as public meetings are not considered to be effective for engaging a representative range of citizens. Developments in ICT have led to speculation about the impact of technology on …
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Climate change governance: enhancing local authorities’ adaptive capacity
… and society. While much is known about local governance challenges internationally, information has been lacking about the Irish context. Little work has been done concerning how climate change will affect Irish local authorities, how advanced their preparations are, and factors …
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THE POLITICS AND MANAGEMENT OF SMALL RURAL LOCAL AUTHORITIES
Local government is treated as a national system with homogenised institutional actors having equal interest in central initiatives. The urban centric focus of central policy makers marginalizes the important role played by small rural authorities. In failing to recognise the importance of small …
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Impact of EU-GDPR on Local Authorities in the UK
… into force in May 2018, and its impact on UK local authorities. Its key objectives were to identify how the pending changes to data protection legislation might impact on current compliance procedures and policies. Its aim was to provide recommendations for local authorities regarding the key …
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Acceptance of silent piling technology among local authorities in Malaysia
… application of silent piling technology among local authorities in Malaysia. In order to achieve these objectives, a quantitative research by questionnaire and qualitative research by indepth interview were conducted in this research. Hence, a mixed method design of the combination of …
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Acceptance of silent piling technology among local authorities in Malaysia
… application of silent piling technology among local authorities in Malaysia. In order to achieve these objectives, a quantitative research by questionnaire and qualitative research by in-depth interview were conducted in this research. Hence, a mixed method design of the combination of …
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Local Authorities’ views of the Badman Review into Elective Home Education
This study explores the views of nine Local Authority (LA) professionals (home education officers) regarding their current elective home education (EHE) context and practice, and how they perceive their professional practice evolving or changing as a consequence of the Badman Review into EHE …
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Data capture of geometric data for local authorities' geographic information systems
… for a Geographical Information System (GIS) at a local authority or municipality consist of a number of different data sets. These include inter alia: the cadastral information, zoning information, servitudes, building lines, the outlines of improvements and the reticulation networks and the house …
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Sustainable tourism planning by local authorities : an investigation of the London Boroughs
… Nevertheless, it has been suggested that local authorities can bring together and facilitate the cooperation between all these stakeholders, and therefore can play an essential role in the sustainable development of tourism in a destination. However, when it comes to large cities, even …
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An assessment of the assigned fiscal revenue instruments to local authorities in Namibia
Local Authorities are closest to people in terms of service provision. The Local Authority Act of Namibia assigns expenditure responsibilities as well as fiscal instruments to raise revenue to fund these expenditure responsibilities. The research looked at how this assigned fiscal instruments were …
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Rethinking Homeland Security: the Roles of State and Local Authorities in Defending America
… levels of government, but finds that state and local authorities can play a larger role in defending the nation than they do today. Finally, I suggest the possibility of dismantling the Department of Homeland Security and offers one possible reapportionment scheme for its components.
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Mobile GIS for enhanced property tax collection: a case of Lusaka province local authorities
… a means of raising the much-needed revenue for local authorities in Zambia. However, the local authorities are faced with problems of identifying and capturing properties that qualify for property tax. This has resulted in them having a significant number of properties that are not assessed and …
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Mobile GIS for enhanced property tax collection: a case of Lusaka province local authorities
… a means of raising the much-needed revenue for local authorities in Zambia. However, the local authorities are faced with problems of identifying and capturing properties that qualify for property tax. This has resulted in them having a significant number of properties that are not assessed and …
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Local Authorities on involving families in the development of Education, Health and Care Plans
… a Foucauldian lens through which to examine how Local Authorities involve families in the development of Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) to support children and young people who are considered to have Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). Semi-structured interviews were …
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Technological innovation and local authorities: a case-study of the Greater London Council (GLC)
… were the identification of the factors, both locally and nationally, which affected the policy implementation process. For the GLC, the national economic and political context proved crucial to policy developments: it resulted in their abolition in 1986. The Technology Networks remained in …
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Local Authorities and the Development of the National Health Service (NHS) in Scotland, 1939 to 1974
Local authorities were at the forefront of the provision of health services and health service planning before the establishment of the National Health Service (NHS) in Scotland and in Britain more generally in 1948. By 1929 the Local Government Act had consolidated the position of local …
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The role of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities as an employers' organisation with an international comparison.
… and present role of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities as an employers' organisation and contrasts this role with the manner in which the corresponding function is discharged by the local authority associations in the four Scandinavian countries of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. …
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Critical systems thinking, theory and practice : a case study of an intervention in two British local authorities
This thesis reports an intervention informed by critical systems thinking. The intervention drew upon a variety of systems and operational research methods to systemically explore the problems facing housing services for older people. Stakeholders were then supported in developing a response to …
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Intergovernmental relations between central government and selected local authorities in Namibia with special reference to the decentralisation process
Although decentralisation is a basic tenet of local democracy in local government operations, the central government and local authorities do not seem to adhere to basic principles that the concept seeks to promote, particularly in policy and legislation formulation on matters pertaining to local …
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