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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Municipal Policy"”.
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Municipal policy and program options for affordable home ownership: a City of Toronto case study
As the level of government closest to people, municipalities are left face-to-face with the failures of the housing market and the lack or failure of senior-level government housing programs. The federal government has practically withdrawn from social housing since the mid-1980s, and most of its …
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Sustainable Retrofitting in the 21st Century: Reviewing the Impact of Municipal Policy on Rental Property Owners
… interviews with rental property operators and municipal representatives and reviewing relevant literature, this research identifies the challenges and opportunities in adopting energy-efficient practices in the rental sector. The findings provide insights for policymakers, highlighting the gap …
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Is Micromobility Here to Stay? Insights from Canadian Communities Prioritizing Climate Action
… micromobility is addressed in the planning and policy documents of Canadian municipalities, particularly in cities prioritizing climate action. Using both deductive and inductive coding, the analysis applies a framework within the existing literature (the Sustainable Micromobility Framework) …
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Mainstreaming Water Energy Food Nexus thinking and drought preparedness into local municipal planning: An analysis in the Bergrivier Municipality
… scale focusing on the drought impacts on a local municipality and major employers through a Water Energy Food Nexus lens. The study is grounded on literature based on water-energy-food nexus, the sustainable livelihoods framework and drought. Given that natural disasters such as drought tend to …
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Managing growth In The knowledge economy : lessons from the bust and boom of San Francisco's technology industry
Municipal policy-makers have embraced the promise of the innovation-based "Next Economy" as the latest policy prescription for growth. However, recent evidence suggests that the agglomeration of high-skill, high-wage industries is associated with increased socioeconomic divergence and pressures on …
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Políticas públicas para as mulheres: estudo sobre o Plano Municipal de Políticas Públicas para as Mulheres (2013 - 2016)
… situations. In Brazil, in 2013, the National Policy Plan for Women (2013-2015) was launched and, in the same year, in the municipality of João Pessoa / Paraíba, the Municipal Policy Plan for Women was also launched through the Extraordinary Secretariat for Public Policies for Women based on …
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Municipal strategies for affordable housing : incenting an exacting public goods from private developers
This thesis studies the next generation of municipal housing policy by asking, "How can cities effectively use the private-sector to promote affordable housing development?" In response, it looks at an array of public-sector municipal policy tools ranging from incentives to exactions. In …
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A Comparative Analysis of Domestic Municipal Data Governance Systems
… how cities in the United States are using policy tools to institutionalize data governance practices and what these policies reveal about how city governments are conceptualizing the nature of municipal data. Using a case study approach, an extensive literature review paired with staff …
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Spatial empowerment : the appropriation of public spaces by Filipina domestic workers in Hong Kong
… this phenomenon, I hope this thesis can inform municipal policy-makers and contribute to policies relating to this specific migrant community as well as other migrant communities and their spatial needs.
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“This is the place that the women built”: A case study of the nexus of formalised land rights and housing recognition on spatial justice in Cape Town
… by secondary review of provincial data and policy documentation. Formalisation and municipal policy were reviewed for the rezoning of the VMX settlement as a formal township, as well as the replacement of the CPA deed with individual title deeds for VMX residents. Interviews with the VMX …
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Shadow suburbanism : Mexican everyday life, fear, and space in Greater Atlanta
… to the built environment, as well as in the ways municipal planning and law enforcement agencies adjust their policies to either accommodate or discriminate against Mexican immigrant land uses. My dissertation broadly examines how fear and invisibility influence Mexicans' spatial coping mechanisms …
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Development planning and integration of migration in the city of uMhlathuze, South Africa
Migration, as a global phenomenon, affects municipalities not only in South Africa but across the globe. Therefore, it must be factored into municipal policy, planning and budget processes. Against this backdrop, this study investigated the extent to which municipal development planning integrated …
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Implementing district energy systems : municipal approaches to overcoming barriers
… change and energy security are issues facing municipalities throughout the world. Efficient, resilient, sustainable, community-based energy systems, such as district energy systems (DES), fuelled mostly by renewables, are an important tool for addressing both climate change and energy security …
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Banking on land: A critical review of land banking in the United States
… more common, responsibility and deployment of policy for swelling real estate inventories has given cities pause as disposition and management strategies become crucial to localities seeking to remain places of continued residence and economic activity. Abandoned properties in particular have …
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Methodik und Prozessgestaltung strategischer kommunaler Verkehrsplanungen : Anwendungsmöglichkeiten von systemdynamischen Modellen zur Bewertung kommunaler Verkehrsstrategien in der Planungspraxis
As part of strategic municipal traffic planning involved specialist consultants need to evaluate the effects of traffic measures, which serves as the basis for decision making by participating parties when it comes to implementation. The downside to popular traffic demand models is that they only …
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The Operation was Successful but the Patient Died: The Politics of Crisis and Homelessness in Post-Katrina New Orleans
… addresses crucial questions for organizers and policymakers attempting to combat poverty and wealth inequality.</p>