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Unbalanced Books: How to Improve Toronto’s Fiscal Accountability [PDF]
As Toronto gears up for a municipal election this fall, the city's poor record on fiscal accountability promises to be a central issue. As the sixth largest government in Canada, with a budget of over $11 billion annually, Toronto city hall should have ...
Benjamin Dachis +2 more
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Tough Decisions and Limited Options: How Philadelphia and Other Cities Are Balancing Budgets in a Time of Recession [PDF]
, 2009 Compares the budget gaps, the budget cuts, and proposed tax increases brought on by the economic downturn in twelve cities nationwide with those of Philadelphia.
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In response to growing global challenges, this study explores how social entrepreneurship within the Edible City movement contributes to building resilient, sustainable, and equitable urban food systems. Drawing on semistructured interviews with over 70 stakeholders across five cities—Berlin, Andernach, Oslo, Rotterdam, and Havana—we ...
Ina Säumel +6 more
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Local development implications of pork-barrel: a case study of a Czech district
Acta Universitatis Carolinae Geographica, 2014 The purpose of this article is to contribute to the study of parliamentary grants (also known as “pork barrel”) through a case study focusing on the grant application process from the perspective of municipal representatives and the perception of the ...
David Hána
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The present study applied the diffusion of innovation theory to investigate the rate of diffusion of renewable energy sources used by Europe's top professional football stadiums and the relationship with carbon neutrality. A discrete diffusion model estimated the diffusion of renewable energy to saturation, and a multivariate logistic ...
Chad S. Seifried +2 more
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Reported municipal costs from outdoor smoke-free by-laws-experience from Ontario, Canada
Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2014 Background In 2006, enclosed public and workplaces in Ontario were made smoke-free by the Smoke-free Ontario Act (SFOA). Numerous area municipalities across the province have since developed local by-laws that are more restrictive than the SFOA and ban ...
Ryan David Kennedy +3 more
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Holding Canada's Cities to Account: an Assessment of Municipal Fiscal Management [PDF]
Cities are the most visible level of government for most Canadians, providing services such as waste collection, policing and transit. Yet their budgets are the most opaque of any level of government.
Benjamin Dachis, William B.P. Robson
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Global net‐zero ambitions require transformative strategies to decarbonise carbon‐intensive global value chains (GVCs). This study examines how multinational enterprises (MNEs) in sunset industries integrate carbon capture technologies (CCT) with operational and supply chain dynamics (OSCD) to advance decarbonisation.
Muhammad Mustafa Kamal +6 more
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Finacial Aspects of Municipal Waste Management
EU agrarian LawMunicipal waste management plays a crucial role in our communities and has far-reaching implications. Effective waste management contributes to environmental conservation.
Valach Maroš, Cifranič Michal
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Structure of the Environmental Public Expenditure in the CR [PDF]
Public budgets obviously play important roles in the protection of national environments. The role of public budgets in the former communist countries of Europe has expanded in the period of their economic transition, as these countries face relatively ...
Miroslav Hájek
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