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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Municipal autonomy"”.
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Municipal Property Taxation in Law and Practice: A descriptive comparative study between Alberta and Ontario
Municipal property tax is one of the most important revenue sources for most local governments across the world. The extent to which local governments have control over property taxes is a critical factor – it determines the local revenues in relation with expenditures of services as well as their …
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Provincial Cannabis Legislation, Regulation, and Licensing: Its Effectiveness and Impacts on Municipalities in Ontario
… and regulations that often restricted municipal autonomy with respect to cannabis. This paper aims to provide a better understanding of the legal and regulatory framework of retail cannabis in Ontario and to contribute to other long-term studies with respect to this matter. Through case …
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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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Tourism in Lephalale, South Africa: A Just and Sustainable Future?
… sheer power of the mining industry suppresses municipal autonomy and potential visions of a sustainable, just future. Tourism, predominately in the form of game farming, is currently positioned to offset the environmental harms of mining but is also highly problematic, as its exclusive nature …
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Democratization of local government in Brazil : decentralisation and people's councils
… of implementation of alternative strategies for municipal government reform in Brazil, decentralisation and People's Councils. The aim is to answer the following general question: `Can decentralisation and People's Councils be a means for democratization of municipal government in Brazil?'. The …
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Chilean conservative thought, 1866-1904
… of education, association, press, professions, municipalities, and elections. It also encompassed a social economy element, shared with Catholic social teachings, which advocated for the welfare of impoverished classes. Finally, their approach to achieving progress emphasised gradual reformism …
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Law, Autonomy, and Local Government: A Legal History of Municipal Corporations in Canada West/Ontario, 1850-1880
… West/Ontario is divided on the question of municipal autonomy. The more dominant thesis asserts that the Municipal Corporations (Baldwin) Act of 1849 ushered in a period of freedom for municipalities. The second depicts the Act as oppressive of autonomy in the interests of economic …
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The role of a transit agency in station area development : a case study of Tren Urbano, Puerto Rico
… coordinate with other stakeholders, particularly municipalities that are seeking planning autonomy from the central government Planning Board. This thesis consequently examines how the ability of a transit agency to effect station area development may be influenced by an expansion of its …