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Supreme Court Report 2007-2008 [PDF]
, 2008 This article reviews the decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court for the 2007-2008 Term that are of particular relevance to state and local governments including those involving voting and elections, speech, class-of-one equal protection claims, immunity ...
Cheslik, Julie M +2 more
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Who Does Bogotá “Care” for? Care Blocks, Care Workers and the Sustainable Development Goals
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper critically examines Bogotá's District Care System within the framework of urban social sustainability and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Focusing on the Care Blocks (Manzanas del Cuidado), it employs a mixed‐methods approach—legal analysis, interviews, testimonies, surveys, and InfoCuidado data—to explore the paradox of a
Valentina Montoya‐Robledo +1 more
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Gun Control after Heller: Litigating against Regulation [PDF]
The “core right” established in D.C. vs. Heller (2008) is to keep an operable handgun in the home for self-defense purposes. If the Court extends this right to cover state and local jurisdictions, the result is likely to include the elimination of the ...
Philip J. Cook, Jens Ludwig, Adam Samaha
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Ways of seeing: Conflicting rationalities in contested urban space - the N2 Gateway in the context of Langa [PDF]
, 2014 Includes bibliographic references.In 2005 the South African Department of Housing announced the launch of the N2 Gateway – a housing ‘megaproject’ to pilot the Breaking New Ground (BNG) housing plan in Joe Slovo informal settlement in Langa, the oldest ...
De Satgé, Richard
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The Path to Neutrality: Evaluating Carbon Offsetting Strategies Among Spanish Corporations
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how offset project characteristics and financial conditions shape the intensity of corporate carbon offsetting in voluntary carbon markets (VCMs). Focusing on a Southern European context, the analysis draws on a longitudinal panel of 357 Spanish firms observed between 2019 and 2022.
Pedro Gil‐García +3 more
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Can State and Local Pensions Muddle Through? [PDF]
The finances of state and local pension plans are headline news almost daily.1 Indeed, although these plans were moving toward prefunding their promised benefits, two financial crises in 10 years have thrown them seriously off course.
Jean-Pierre Aubry +3 more
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Not in my City: Rural America as Urban Dumping Ground
Architecture_MPS, 2014 The ideological divide between “urban” and “rural” is deeply rooted in the American consciousness, fraught with tensions stemming from false memories of a pastoral past on the one hand and the American yearning for progress as exemplified by the ...
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Achieving global sustainability requires rethinking marketing beyond firm centred strategies and towards systemic approaches that engage diverse stakeholders in value co‐creation. This paper proposes a conceptual framework for participatory value co‐creation in sustainable market systems, drawing on stakeholder theory, systems thinking ...
Ahmet Küçükuncular
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The Dynamics of Municipal Fiscal Adjustment [PDF]
The dynamic fiscal policy adjustment of local jurisdictions is investigated empirically using a panel of more than 1000 U.S. municipalities over a quarter of a century.
Thiess Buettner, David E. Wildasin
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Climate change is one of the most profound ethical and existential challenges of the 21st century. Beyond its physical, economic, and environmental consequences, it raises fundamental moral questions about justice, equity, responsibility, and the right to a livable planet.
Jacob Kwakye
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