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The Property Tax in a New Environment: Lessons from International Tax Reform Efforts [PDF]

, 2004
Contemporary property tax reforms face the challenge of identifying the appropriate role for a tax on immobile physical assets in an economy ever more reliant on mobile and intangible factors.
Jane Malme, Joan Youngman
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Areal Interpolation Using Parcel and Census Data in Highly Developed Urban Environments

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2019
Areal interpolation is routinely used when spatial data are unavailable at desired geographical units. While many methods are available, few of them were developed specifically for and tested in highly developed urban cores.
XiaoHang Liu, Alexis Martinez
doaj   +1 more source

A Survey of Methods for Constructing 3D Urban Models From Point Clouds

Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.
The survey outlines a general process for constructing 3D models from point clouds and categorizes the methods based on their use of templates, basic surface primitives, hybrid approaches, or linear primitives. Additionally, the survey reviews the datasets and benchmarks that are essential for testing and training the developed methods.
Chiara Romanengo, Silvia Biasotti, Bianca Falcidieno, Daniela Cabiddu, Elia Moscoso Thompson, Michela Spagnuolo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Doing Business in the Czech Republic [PDF]

, 2012
[Excerpt] Baker & McKenzie is one of the world’s largest law firms with its presence in 70 locations in 42 countries. We have been active in the Czech Republic since 1993 and our work includes a full range of legal and tax services directed primarily to ...
Baker & McKenzie
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Spatial identification of areas suitable for other effective area‐based conservation measures in the European Union

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Although significant biodiversity has been safeguarded by protected areas (PAs), biodiversity trends continue downward. Within the frameworks of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the new EU Restoration Regulation (2024), conserving critical biodiversity areas is essential.
George Kefalas, Roxanne Suzette Lorilla, Stefanos Boutsios, Dimitrios Bormpoudakis, Pierre Bonnet, Alexandra Demertzi, Camino Liquete, Ioannis Ν. Vogiatzakis, Joseph Tzanopoulos, Jasmin Upton, Emily Howland, Heather Bingham, Konstantina Apostolopoulou, Neil Burgess, Evangelia G. Drakou   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ploughing for Justice: Land Return, Clientelism and Citizenship in Central Burma

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article asks if clientelism is a form of citizenship in an agrarian society under military domination. It focuses on the efforts made by villagers in central Burma to recover land previously grabbed by force by the military state. A promise of land return during the political transition of the 2010s enabled dispossessed farmers to define ...
Stéphen Huard, Mya Dar Li Thant
wiley   +1 more source

Une méthode d’analyse pour mesurer l’impact  des documents d’urbanisme sur la maîtrise de l’étalement urbain : l’exemple de La Rochelle, France

VertigO, 2009
La Rochelle, France knew during the second half of the twentieth century an important increase of its permanent and seasonal population. Since 1999, the city is grouped together with 17 others municipalities (communes) into an intercommunality ...
Frédéric Rousseaux
doaj   +1 more source

Simulating Large-Scale 3D Cadastral Dataset Using Procedural Modelling

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2020
Geospatial data and information within contemporary land administration systems are fundamental to manage the territory adequately. 3D land administration systems, often addressed as 3D cadastre, promise several benefits, particularly in managing today’s
Jernej Tekavec, Anka Lisec, Eugénio Rodrigues   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Grassland age and local adaptation shape drought resilience across semi‐natural grassland populations

New Phytologist, EarlyView.
Field sampling sites and mesocosm experimental design. Summary Increasing frequency and intensity of droughts threaten grassland ecosystems. Semi‐natural grasslands vary in age from ancient to younger sites established on former arable land. While species richness and composition are known to affect drought resilience, little is known about how ...
Yuying Jing, Jenalle L. Eck, Piia Kängsep, Lauri Laaspere, Miina Oras, Laura Puura, Anastasia Tõnisson, Mari Torsus, Martti Vasar, Jianlu Wu, Nianxun Xi, Kadri Koorem, Honor C. Prentice, Marina Semchenko   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Laying Waste: Pre‐Emption, Dispossession, and Deputization in Colonial British Columbia

Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 3, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Pre‐emption, a legal instrument allowing settlers to acquire Indigenous land via occupation and improvement, is a vital means of colonial dispossession in North America, yet has received relatively little critical attention. Our analysis outlines its significance, shedding new light on the way in which private property power and state ...
Brenna Bhandar, Nicholas Blomley
wiley   +1 more source