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Strike While the Iron is Hot: Land Trusts, Temperature Anomalies, and Agenda Setting for Local Open Space Referenda

open access: yesNonprofit Policy Forum
Despite substantial progress on understanding the influence of nonprofits in the policy process, the role of nonprofits in local agenda setting remains under-examined.
Zuhlke Samantha   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Land Trusts and the Protection and Stewardship of Land in Canada: Exploring Non-Governmental Land Trust Practices and the Role of Urban Community Land Trusts

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Urban Research, 2016
This paper explores the mandates of non-government land trust organizations in Canada, the role of urban land in current land trust practices, and possibilities for the inclusion of land protection and stewardship in Canadian cities through a discussion of the community land trust (CLT) model.
Susannah Bunce, Farrah Chanda Aslam
openaire   +1 more source

Key Pathways to Protecting 30% of Australia’s Land by 2030

open access: yesConservation
In December 2022, 196 nations around the world committed to protecting at least 30% of terrestrial and inland water areas and marine and coastal areas by 2030, one of the targets of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Kunming-Montreal Global ...
James A. Fitzsimons   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

What are children's trusts? Early findings from a national survey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
<i>Background:</i> The Children Act 2004 and National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services require fuller integration of health, education and social services for children and young people in England and Wales ...
Bachmann, M.O.   +12 more
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Strategic land conservation: An applied, multi‐target approach to prioritization of resilient sites for protection

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice
Land trusts have historically selected many project sites opportunistically, awaiting communication from willing sellers or donors interested in conserving their land.
Hilary Habeck Hunt   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

North Bay leads Central Valley in protecting farmland

open access: yesCalifornia Agriculture, 1998
In a comparison of four counties in the San Francisco North Bay area with seven Central Valley counties, researchers found that the coastal jurisdictions are more aggressive in limiting the conversion of farmland to urban uses and ...
Alvin Sokolow
doaj   +2 more sources

Resisting the Financialisation of Housing and Land: The Emergence of Community Land Trusts in Latin America and the Caribbean

open access: yesCritical Housing Analysis
In Latin America and the Caribbean, residents of low-income, self-built neighbourhoods are increasingly turning to community land trusts (CLTs) to resist the financialisation of land and housing.
Line Algoed, Tarcyla Ribeiro
doaj   +1 more source

Income Trusts--Understanding the Issues [PDF]

open access: yes
An income trust is an investment vehicle that distributes cash generated by a set of operating assets in a tax-efficient manner. The market capitalization of income trusts has grown rapidly over the past two years, reaching $45 billion at year-end 2002 ...
Michael R. King
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State-Led Commons? Rethinking Housing Affordability Through Community Land Trusts

open access: yesLand
Community Land Trusts (CLTs) have emerged as alternative housing models mainly taken up by civil society organizations aiming to de-commodify land and ensure long-term affordable housing, while fostering participatory democratic governance and (re ...
Xenia Katsigianni   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Principles and practices of an affordable housing community land trust model

open access: yes, 2012
This Research Paper provides an introduction to a form of shared equity housing called a community land trust, which is operational in the United States of America and United Kingdom, and under exploration by various state and community organisations in ...
Blunden, Hazel (R13479)   +3 more
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