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Environmental Justice In Cuba: Capital Needs, Developing A Tourist Infrastructure, And Liberty Of Access To National Resources, Colin Crawford
Environmental Justice In Cuba: Capital Needs, Developing A Tourist Infrastructure, And Liberty Of Access To National Resources, Colin Crawford
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First, I will describe the role of tourism in the current Cuban economy and identify the environmental concerns this development poses. In particular, this analysis will explore the environmental justice concerns of Cuba's emerging tourist infrastructure. Second, the article will examine both practical and theoretical efforts to include claims for freedom of access to environmental benefits under the environmental justice rubric. The article will both examine the relevance and lessons of those efforts for Cuba and do so with reference to notions of liberty rather than equality-the standard principle on which environmental justice claims are advanced. This section will conclude …
Los Angeles' Cornfield: An Old Blueprint For New Greenspace, Paul Stanton Kibel
Los Angeles' Cornfield: An Old Blueprint For New Greenspace, Paul Stanton Kibel
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This article begins with an historical survey of the Los Angeles River. Next, it considers the implications of a comprehensive 1930 park plan for Los Angeles. The 1930 plan was suppressed before it was published but is now being revived. The article then turns to the Cornfield, and reviews the activities and people associated with the site. The section that follows recounts the opposition to the Cornfield's reindustrialization, as well as the organizing and law suit that ultimately stopped the proposed manufacturing-warehouse project. The article goes on to deconstruct the deal that initially enabled the Trust for Public Land, and …
The California Land Conservation (Williamson) Act 2004 Status Report, California Department Of Conservation
The California Land Conservation (Williamson) Act 2004 Status Report, California Department Of Conservation
California Agencies
The California Land Conservation Act, better known as the Williamson Act, has been the state’s premier agricultural land protection program since its enactment in 1965. The Williamson Act preserves agricultural and open space lands through property tax incentives and voluntary restrictive use contracts. Private landowners voluntarily restrict their land to agricultural and compatible open-space uses under minimum 10-year rolling term contracts with local governments. In return, restricted parcels are assessed for property tax purposes at a rate consistent with their actual use, rather than potential market value.