The impact of globalisation and the emergence of knowledge - based economies creates a formidable challenge for them in their endeavour to maintain and enhance the competitiveness of their cities by achieving a flexible, adaptable and diverse
local economic structure, which would better position their cities faced with global competition.
Not exact matches
The
local Government departments of agriculture are the
structures responsible for organic farming and although no direct
economic support is available for organic agriculture, $ A250 000 (approximately US$ 130 000) was provided for research in 2000 - 2001 and up to $ A1 000 000 (US$ 520 000) for extension to farmers.
«Lib Dem politics is fiercely parochial, so people who might think of themselves as centre - right or
economic liberals were often isolated in their own
local party
structure.»
Academic learning that comes to mind includes more prosaic elements of law, such as contract vs criminal vs administrative law; the developmental history of their own city; recent (50 years) political history of their city; basics of land law; current vs past thinking in urban planning; specific budgetary investigations at both the state and
local level; school funding law in their state; essentials of Leadership, EPA impacts on dismantling abandoned
structures;
economic price theory; or the competitive strengths and weaknesses of their own city or region.
As an art space on the LES, conscious of both its role within the
local economic and social
structures and its relation to the larger world of contemporary art, Cuchifritos is an ideal nexus for the exploration of these themes.
Its three - act
structure is set in iconic places of the
economic crisis that swept the world in 2008: London, whose banking system collapsed; Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, whose economy was wrecked in two weeks by a succession of strategic errors in managing the crisis» effects on the three
local banks; and Dubai, a Middle East financial hub.
It reviews acts of relevance to
local authorities as well as
local authority council regulations, town planning schemes,
structure and zoning plans,
local economic development and upgrading strategies, the latter with a focus on Windhoek.
Topics include board
structures and procedures; community and
economic development; elections; emergency management; ethics and conflicts; finance and tax law; general
local government; land use and code enforcement; legislative updates; open government; public health; and property transactions.
While the discussions in chapters 1 and 2 recommend increasing the governance options available to traditional owners, their capacity to contribute to the
economic and social development of the traditional owner group will be expanded by integrating these
structures into the
local and regional tiers of governance.
It proposes to meet this challenge by using a partnership of the community, social partners, statutory and public representative sectors to provide services, influence
structures and change policies so that all
local people are included in a self - sustaining community that integrates work and
economic activity with personal, social and
economic needs.