Municipality

(Janssen, Charalabidis & Zuiderwijk, 2012). Public sector is a place where enormous amount data ranging from multiple sectors such as transportation, demographics, energy management, waste management and public services is stored. While some municipalities and governments are actively promoting open data initiatives, there are still some places, especially in developing countries, lacking behind which results in a huge amount of data staying unused. Another problem with data is that it tends to…

authorization from the state governments to make decisions on specific issues through the state made legislation. Residents interact more with local government than the state or federal governments. The local government involves the county, townships, municipalities, and special districts (James, 2004). Accordingly, the county manages state laws in a specific location; it includes the management of parks, hospitals, fire services, libraries, schools, courts, roads, law enforcement and others.…

Airports are categorized by their ownership, but their management is determined through its governance structure. The governance structure defines how an airport will be managed, operated, and developed. For example, an airport can be owned by a municipality, but operated by a regional or city-controlled airport authority. The majority of public airports in the United States are governed by airport authority. For instance, Dulles and Reagan Nation Airport are both owned by the federal government…

Elections are the most fundamental aspect of democracy. Through elections, individuals have the ability to choose who they believe will best represent them and who will work towards the betterment of their community. Many Canadians are very familiar with the way in which they elect representatives on a federal and provincial level. The way in which we elect individuals at these levels is usually very similar. However, more variety in electoral systems and unique results of elections can be…

different political parties. For democracy to survive not one political party should always be able to win and should not be a winner take all system. When particular responsibilities are passed to lower levels of authority and when there are many municipalities and provinces where governments…

Brazil has its clear segment of societal issues, which its people and government no doubt work hard to resolve. These issues include: Poverty is there in every part of the world. There are rich people living as well as the poor people as well alongside. Poverty in Brazil is most visually characterized by the various favelas, slums in the country's urbanite areas and isolated upcountry regions that suffer with economic underdevelopment and below-par standards of living. Brazil has severe…

Our team of experienced professionals is well trained in municipal compliance with the MS4 regulations. We currently provide MS4 services to 36 municipalities across four counties in Pennsylvania. Our team has been providing this service since 2003 with a focus of making a complex permit easier to manage. We achieve this objective through the use of our real word experience and tools such as CSDatum. Our approach to MS4 program management is to ensure that the Township is “audit ready”. To…

The city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin was selected as an area for exploration for its relevance to the topic in both modern and historical contexts. When viewed on demographic and social levels, Milwaukee offers an interesting precedent for race in America. While the city is consistently listed as one of the most diverse cities in America, it is also one of the most deeply segregated. , Maps created from census data showcase the distinct divides between races within the city, where entire enclaves…

1. Most of the total water withdrawals in France are used by the Industry: 24. 48 billion m3 followed by municipal water use of 5.49 billion m3 and agricultural water use 3.143 billion m3. In percentages industrial water withdrawals represent 73.93%, agricultural water withdrawals represent 9.49 % and municipal 16.58 %. http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/data/query/index.html?lang=en (Aquastat) In comparison the world water withdrawals used by industry in 2007 are 734 km3 or 19 % of the total…

Monte Albán is a huge pre-Columbian archaeological place in the Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán Municipality in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. The site is located in a small mountainous area increasing higher the field in the central section of the Vale of Oaxaca where the end northern Ella, eastern Tlacolula, and southern Zimatlán & Ocotlán parts meet. The currently-day state capital Oaxaca City has located roughly 6 miles east of Monte Albán. Beyond being one of the newest towns of Mesoamerica,…