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What Affects The Quality Of Economic Analysis For Life-Saving Investments?, Robert Hahn, Katrina Kosec, Peter Neumann, Scott J. Wallsten Jan 2006

What Affects The Quality Of Economic Analysis For Life-Saving Investments?, Robert Hahn, Katrina Kosec, Peter Neumann, Scott J. Wallsten

Scott J. Wallsten

No abstract provided.


Universal Telecommunications Service In India, Roger G. Noll, Scott J. Wallsten Jan 2006

Universal Telecommunications Service In India, Roger G. Noll, Scott J. Wallsten

Scott J. Wallsten

No abstract provided.


Safeguards In A World Of Ambient Intelligence, Ioannis Maghiros, Yves Punie, Sabine Delaitre, Paul De Hert, Serge Gutwirth, Anna Moscibroda, Wim Schreurs, Michael Friedewald, Ralf Lindner, David Wright, Elena Vildjiounaite, Petteri Alahuhta Jan 2006

Safeguards In A World Of Ambient Intelligence, Ioannis Maghiros, Yves Punie, Sabine Delaitre, Paul De Hert, Serge Gutwirth, Anna Moscibroda, Wim Schreurs, Michael Friedewald, Ralf Lindner, David Wright, Elena Vildjiounaite, Petteri Alahuhta

Michael Friedewald

Intelligent devices embedded everywhere and inter-connected with always-on capability will enable new services and applications to emerge but also greatly magnify the risk of abuse of the exchanged data. This article will present the need to develop safeguards in order to protect valuable assets if society at large is to benefit from AmI. Since the challenge lies in identifying safeguards for threats and vulnerabilities that are yet to be defined, the dark scenarios developed by the SWAMI project (Safeguards in a World of Ambient Intelligence) , will be presented as a tool to help illustrate risks that need to be …


The Debate On The Basic Income Grant In South Africa: Social Citizenship, Wage Labour And The Reconstruction Of Working Class Politics, Franco Barchiesi Jan 2006

The Debate On The Basic Income Grant In South Africa: Social Citizenship, Wage Labour And The Reconstruction Of Working Class Politics, Franco Barchiesi

Franco Barchiesi

No abstract provided.


Art Of The State: Explaining State-Level Appropriations To Arts Agencies, Douglas S. Noonan Jan 2006

Art Of The State: Explaining State-Level Appropriations To Arts Agencies, Douglas S. Noonan

Douglas S. Noonan

This report focuses on appropriations to state arts agencies (SAAs), a primary figure in arts and cultural policy in the United States. It examines a specific category of state government expenditures using variation over time and across states to identify the different influences on SAA appropriations. The statistical model sheds light on the fiscal, institutional, and demographic determinants of appropriations.


Urban Environments And Neighborhood Change: Exploring Urban Sorting Beyond The Featureless Plain, Douglas S. Noonan Jan 2006

Urban Environments And Neighborhood Change: Exploring Urban Sorting Beyond The Featureless Plain, Douglas S. Noonan

Douglas S. Noonan

This paper introduces environmental features explicitly into the analysis of urban residential sorting where geographic barriers can mitigate neighbor externalities. Borders between groups in equilibrium will be more stable when supported by barriers. The hypothesis that racial disparity between neighboring tracts is greater when a barrier separates them is tested for Atlanta in 1990 and 2000 and compared to previous results for Chicago. The econometric estimation accounts for spatial dependence in the data. Significant barrier effects are found for certain types of geographical features (e.g., railroads, landmarks). The effect on local racial dissimilarity of the major extension of the mass …


Harnessing Growth Spillovers For Rural Development: The Effects Of Regional Spatial Structure, Edward Feser, Andrew Isserman Jan 2006

Harnessing Growth Spillovers For Rural Development: The Effects Of Regional Spatial Structure, Edward Feser, Andrew Isserman

Edward J Feser

Many rural development strategies seek to leverage urban to-rural growth spillovers. This paper concludes that their success depends on the spatial structure surrounding the target rural counties. We develop a county-level spatial growth model to identify the positive spread and negative backwash effects of urban to rural spillovers in the lower 48 states over the 1990-2000 period. Instead of the conventional, fallacious substitution of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan for urban and rural, we consider the urban and rural character of each county. Mostcounties have both urban and rural populations, and we classify each as urban, mixed urban, or rural depending on …


Town Of Odessa Comprehensive Plan, Troy D. Mix, Martin Wollaston, William Decoursey Jan 2006

Town Of Odessa Comprehensive Plan, Troy D. Mix, Martin Wollaston, William Decoursey

Troy D Mix

No abstract provided.


Delaware Ceds: A Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy For The State Of Delaware, Troy D. Mix, Marcia Scott, Julia O'Hanlon, Maria Aristigueta, William Mcgowan, Lisa Mcilvaine Jan 2006

Delaware Ceds: A Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy For The State Of Delaware, Troy D. Mix, Marcia Scott, Julia O'Hanlon, Maria Aristigueta, William Mcgowan, Lisa Mcilvaine

Troy D Mix

No abstract provided.


Regularização Fundiária Sustentável Na Vila Acaba Mundo, Rafael De Oliveira Alves, Vívian Barros Martins Jan 2006

Regularização Fundiária Sustentável Na Vila Acaba Mundo, Rafael De Oliveira Alves, Vívian Barros Martins

Rafael de Oliveira Alves

Na primeira seção apresentamos o Programa Pólos de Cidadania; e, em seguida, o seu Projeto na Vila Acaba Mundo. Na terceira parte, expomos referenciais teóricos e metodológicos da regularização fundiária; e, finalmente, a quarta parte, encarrega-se de apresentar uma proposta pedagógica inovadora para o ensino do direito urbanístico.


Princípios Do Direito À Cidade: Território Da Cidadania, Rafael De Oliveira Alves Jan 2006

Princípios Do Direito À Cidade: Território Da Cidadania, Rafael De Oliveira Alves

Rafael de Oliveira Alves

No abstract provided.


Construindo O Conceito De Justiça No Território Urbano, Rafael De Oliveira Alves Jan 2006

Construindo O Conceito De Justiça No Território Urbano, Rafael De Oliveira Alves

Rafael de Oliveira Alves

No abstract provided.


Calamity, Catastrophe, And Horror: Representation Of Natural Disaster, 1885-2005, Richard Steven Salkowe, Graham A. Tobin, S Elizabeth Bird Jan 2006

Calamity, Catastrophe, And Horror: Representation Of Natural Disaster, 1885-2005, Richard Steven Salkowe, Graham A. Tobin, S Elizabeth Bird

Richard Steven Salkowe

An examination of disaster literature from the late 19th and early 20th centuries revealed social, political, and economic vulnerability issues that parallel many current concerns. A modern model of comprehensive emergency management was used to comparatively address selected issues of vulnerability found in these texts; looking specifically at emergency response and initial recovery, perception, and attitudes towards different groups. Emergency response has made significant advances with the development of more sophisticated intervention protocols and the involvement of a vast array of governmental and non-governmental organizations. However, disasters remain deterministic and/or probabilistic in the eyes of many and recovery inevitably incorporates …