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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Public benefits"”.
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Community Benefits Agreements : an evolution in public benefits negotiation processes
… projects involve three parties: (1) the public sector (e.g. public officials), (2) the private sector (e.g. developers), and (3) the community (e.g. residents and community groups). Traditionally, decision-making power in urban redevelopment projects resided between the public and private …
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U.S. school quality: The public benefits of primary and secondary education
<p>Three essays focus on the various measurements of school quality and its importance in motivating people's location choices, their interest in school improvement, and their ability to fund additional school expenditures. The first essay examines hedonic housing price studies to dissect the mixed …
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How developers negotiate zoning and public benefits with the city : two cases in downtown Boston
… planners to determine the optimal provision of public benefits. Because of the scale and scope of these projects, substantial negotiation is involved between the city and the private developer in order to issue the development agreement. This thesis seeks to unpack how developers and city …
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The Public Benefits of Higher Education: Examining the Relationship Between State Spending on Higher Education and the Formation of Human Capital
… spending per full-time equivalent enrollment in public higher education predict decreases in the formation of human capital, while increases in state spending per capita on public and private higher education predict increases in the formation of human capital. This suggests that the relationship …
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Negotiated and prescriptive zoning : a comparison of Boston and Seattle through the lens of Seaport Square
… expense of thoughtful neighborhood building and public benefits. In light of this argument, this paper analyzes the public benefits secured by the city at Seaport Square and compares them against the estimated public benefits produced by the highly prescriptive zoning code of Seattle, Washington. …
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Are immigrants in Massachusetts accessing welfare? : an exploratory study of families in Boston and the Merrimack Valley
… status of household heads and the use of public benefits by immigrant headed families. The study surveyed Spanish and Portuguese speaking individuals at 300% or below of the poverty level with children under the age of 18. The survey measured demographic and employment characteristics of …
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Evaluating the community benefits of brownfields redevelopment
… and redeveloping brownfields will provide such public benefits including reduced health risks, jobs for local residents, revitalized neighborhoods, enhanced municipal tax bases. However, little research has been undertaken to document the actual benefits of brownfields revitalization. Those …
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Understanding The Community Benefits Of Municipal Archaeology Programs
… at sustaining long-term relationships with the public have been as successful as the municipal archaeology programs found in Alexandria, VA; St. Augustine, FL; and Phoenix, AZ. For decades, these cities have successfully mixed the enthusiasm and curiosity of local residents, the professional and …
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Does Publicness Matter? A Mixed Method Analysis Identifying and Measuring Institutional Contributions to State Goals for Public Higher Education
<p>States founded, control, and fund public postsecondary institutions because higher education helps meet state goals. Public institutions of higher education provide considerable public benefits to states, but these benefits have not been systematically measured. As a result, public conversations …
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The public-trust doctrine and environmental stewardship in coastal New Hampshire.
… and responsiveness to changing conditions. The public-trust doctrine has been postulated to meet these criteria. It is a vehicle for identifying resources that provide special public benefits, it places the stream of public benefits within its mandate under the guardianship of a public trustee, …
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Accepting the Unacceptable: Trinity Western University, Religious Freedom, and the Meaning of Liberal Constitutionalism
… may legitimately condition receipt of public benefits on the recipient's conformity with liberal values—a question that is implicitly asked, but never directly answered, by the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Law Society of British Columbia v Trinity Western University. How …
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Rethinking community benefits agreements
… large cities. Communities increasingly ask for benefits to offset negative impacts caused by new development. These requests often take the form of negotiated contracts called Community Benefits Agreements (CBAs). CBAs are the subject of some debate, especially as regards their effectiveness, …
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Electoral backlash against climate policy : a natural experiment on retrospective voting and local resistance to public policy
… studies typically examine policies where the public has common interests. By contrast, climate policy has broad public support but concentrated opposition in communities where costs are imposed. This spatial distribution of weak supporters and strong, local opponents mirrors opposition to …
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Aukštojo mokslo finansavimo Lietuvoje tyrimas ES šalių kontekste /
… education, the division of financing between public and private resources, public benefits of high education, and the rate of return to investment in high education. In reference to the results of empiric research the trends for the development of financing of Lithuanian high education system …
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"The Veteran Problem''? The American WWII Veteran
… third frame claims that policies which provide public benefits to veterans exclusively could create a privileged political class that could undermine democracy and meritocracy. My research adds value to current studies of American veterans by emphasizing the extreme fear that has character- ized …
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Rebuilding Civic Infrastructure for Equitable Development: Intermediary Solutions for Transforming Resource-Extractive Economies in Rural Southwest Arkansas
… strategies truly deliver equitable and lasting public benefits, or will they repeat historical patterns of extraction that have sidelined local communities? This study critiques neoliberal development schemes and neoconservative, sectionalist ideologies that deprioritize equity-driven agendas …
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THE INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENTLY FRAMED INFORMATION ON DECISION MAKING IN THE PUBLIC BUDGETING PROCESS: DOES BUDGET REFORM MEAN A DAMN?
Public budgeting has become a central artifact of American government – the principal means for establishing and implementing policy. Modern public budgeting was introduced in the early Twentieth Century as an adaptation of objects of revenue and expenditure budgeting used in commercial businesses. …
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The Value of Cooperative Extension's Public Benefit Explored through Enhancements to Forest Ecosystem Services Provision
Cooperative Extension produces public value through educational programming that benefits the greater community. Forests provide numerous valuable benefits to society through the provision of ecosystem services. Cooperative Extension educational programming positively impacts forest owners, who in …
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The right to health implications of data-driven health research partnerships
The public-private partnership between DeepMind Health and the NHS sparked public outcry for violating patient privacy, capturing the attention of right to privacy scholars and practitioners. By contrast, critiques pertaining to the broader political economy of the collaboration- which invoke …
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