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Showing 1 to 20 of 56 for “"Property ownership"”.
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Property, ownership and improvement in Ludlow, a fashionable country town, 1660 to 1848
Three major themes - property, ownership and improvement - are investigated, within the context of a well preserved and well documented historic town. The relevance of these themes to urban history is shown. Ludlow is a small market town in south Shropshire. From the 1660s population was just over …
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Reforming the Chinese Model of Trust Property Ownership : an Analysis of the Ownership Structures and Functions of Trusts
… system. However, critics claim that the “dual ownership”, which is the hallmark of the common law trust, conflicts with the civilian conception of indivisible and absolute ownership. Due to the lack of theoretical foundation, Chinese trust law remains ambiguous on the ownership of trust …
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Perceived environment, strategic orientation, ownership effect and performance implications in a transition economy: an empirical study in the People's Republic of China
… the impact of an important contextual variable, property ownership type, on the environment-strategy relationship and its performance implications. To guide this study theoretically, the literature on organizational environment, strategy, the environment-strategy relationship, and property …
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Private Property in America: Land Use and the Ethics of Owning Land
Private property in the United States arose out of a tradition that emphasized the individual freedom to control holdings without interference from governmental influences. A sharp distinction between society as a whole and individual rights isolated ownership of private property from a notion of …
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WASHHOUSE : A shared amenity for dense urban environments.
… density are diverse, encompassing shifts in property ownership, alterations to daily routines, changes in workplace locations, and reassessments of the significance of communal engagement and spaces. The primary focus of this thesis is to conceptualize routine daily activities integral to our …
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The Contested Ground of the "Peaceable Kingdom": Environmental Change and the Construction of Identity in Early Pennsylvania.
… agricultural system rooted in private property ownership and production for the Atlantic economy. This process of environmental transformation was especially consequential for the nature of relationships among the people of the colony. The new ecological regime of Pennsylvania served as …
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"For His Own Lucre and Gain": Armistead Lawless's Bawdyhouse and the Meanings of Black Freedom in Antebellum St. Louis
… he was tricked into signing away control of his property. He sued for his property in the St. Louis Circuit Court, igniting an eight-year legal battle, but he never returned to St. Louis. Lawless fails to conform to conventions about Black freedom. Instead, he illuminates the possibilities of …
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Canada’s Cultural Property Export Controls: An Analysis of the Colonial and Heritage Discourses that Animate the Cultural Property Export and Import Act
This thesis critiques Canada’s Cultural Property Export and Import Act (CPEIA) and its framing as a legal instrument intended to protect and preserve Canada’s cultural heritage. It focuses on the export provisions of the Act and the related experts and administrative bodies who oversee disputes …
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The making of a kholwa intellectual : a discursive biography of Magema Magwaza Fuze
… by subscribing to progressive ideals of private property ownership, individual rights and the Protestant work ethic, the amakholwa within the limited political sphere of colonial governance acquired, according to their own understanding, the rights of British subjects.
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Supportive housing in the age of market fundamentalism : a human rights-based approach to the provision of supportive housing for mentally ill homeless people
… treaties. The government has enforced a property ownership and regulatory regime that interferes with mentally ill citizens' ability to satisfy their basic needs and therefore must provide a publicly-financed remedy for their condition. This thesis identifies the best legal strategy by …
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Are Condo Owners Changing San Francisco's Voting Habits?
… science, research points to the conclusion that property ownership tends to make a person vote more conservatively. In recent years, San Francisco has seen an increase in condo production. This increases the ability for people to buy property. If the conventional wisdom of political science holds …
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The crossroads of oil: perpetuation of settler colonialism based in Native American treaties and sustained through the construction and protection of oil pipelines in the American Great Lakes region
… that imposed Euro-American ideals of private property ownership on the Great Lakes region, and its already established peoples, in the long process of settler-colonialism of the Americas. The two new nation-states of the United States and Canada were wrought from, and took shape on, what was …
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Property management in the public sector has specific characteristics which differentiates it from the private sector: evidence from an analysis of the South African market
… investigates the perception of public sector property management professionals on the differences between public and private sector management in South Africa. The main objective of the research is to ascertain if private sector property performance measures are appropriate and sufficient in …
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Safe Haven Leveling the Playing Field by Creating a Home for the Unsheltered, Homeless, Water, and Native Plants
… plants. Preliminary research into the history of property ownership, discrimination, economic inequality, and government programs for the unsheltered created a picture of why certain demographics struggle with housing. Case studies of homeless encampments in the Washington DC area of NOMA, Abbot's …
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Sustainable development of maritime cultural heritage in the Gulf of Maine
… government should enact law that asserts public property ownership and protection of all maritime cultural resources in waters under U.S. federal jurisdiction, implement a regional governance structure based on the tenets of ecosystem-based management to manage and develop these resources …
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Examining the technology acceptance model and its influence on individuals’ willingness to accept commercial wind farms
… Sampling targeted those who owned or rented property in Tuscola, Huron, and Sanilac Counties, which formed the focus of the study. Pearson’s correlation analysis revealed that independent variables corresponding to perceived usefulness, technophobia, environmental factors, and education were …
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Land titling as women's empowerment: critical observations from Recife Brazil
… the promises and shortcomings of women’s formal ownership of land (land titling) as a means towards women’s empowerment. The literature extensively documents the costs and benefits of land titles for poor women and delineates the gendered impacts of property ownership. The literature lacks …
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Increasing women’s access to credit through establishment of a village community bank: a case of women at Makulu ward Dodoma (R) District
… laws that discriminate them in terms of property ownership and inheritance rights. Despite the fact that there have been various efforts by the government, Donor agencies and NGOs in empowering women, still women face problems at the community level due to ignorance of their rights, low …
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Maynooth - towards a community profile 1750-1911
… an examination of its population, housing, property ownership and economic and social activity. Change over time and the nature and level of interaction between three employment loci is explored. Certain groups or ‘communities of interest’ emerge, some of which operate on separate levels to …
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