Spillover effects of remittances on local public spending in developing economies by Rodríguez Raúl Alberto Ponce, Rodríguez Benito Alán Ponce, Guirado Juan Carlos Medina

“…We develop several tests to be verified empirically, for instance, our model states that if local public goods are substitutes and externalities are moderate, remittances received by households in one locality increase government spending in that locality but reduce spending in other districts. If externalities are significant, remittances affect local public spending in high-income localities but do not affect spending in low-income localities.…”
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Pripojenie Javoriny a Lesnice k Poľsku 1938–1939 by Pavol Matula

“…Thus Poland acquired the districts of Javorina and Lesnica (in the Spiš Region) in November 1938. …”
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L’immigration indentured à l’île Maurice, 1840-1870 : conditions, abus et résistance by Alessandro Stanziani

“…As all these aspects were highly differentiated in different districts and from each plantation to another, this article will seek to avoid one single explanation of the indentured labour for the whole island. …”
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La représentation des paysages de décharges publiques urbaines au Liban by Nada Chbat

“…They contributed to divide the space and to draw separation lines that didn’t exist between the different districts. They deeply affected the quality of life of the inhabitants while modifying (rupture) what was "their territory" and the representations of their imaginary local. …”
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Juozas Narūnavičius–Naronskis, a mathematician and cartographer (1610–1678) by Evaldas Gečiauskas

“…Naronskis drew maps of 44 local districts in East Prussia. In 1665 he wrote his work Artileria, and in 1669 – Complement to his book Arithmetica. …”
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Industrial reconversion in productive clusters. Design and active preservation of local know-how by Beatrice Lerma, Eva Vanessa Bruno

“…The discipline of Design is called upon to contribute to the preservation and transmission of the productive culture of agglomeration economies, such as industrial Districts, clusters and networks, a culture threatened by the tendency to move the supply-chain out of the territory, with a consequent loss of local identity and know-how. …”
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Políticas públicas e reservas da biosfera, desafios na gestão de cidades brasileiras by Neli Aparecida de Mello-Théry, Hervé Théry

“…It is necessary, therefore, to understand the urban dynamics both in the scale of districts and of the city in its totality. The analysis of the impacts of this fragmentation is an essential condition to identify and propose mechanisms for urban sustainability, environments quality and to make cities more inclusive. …”
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Saisir les dynamiques de minorisation sociale dans les espaces publics verts des quartiers populaires urbains en France, depuis le point de vue du jardinier municipal by Elsa Koerner

“…With the theoretical framework of the social minorisation built by Colette Guillaumin, this paper addresses how public servants view the working-class districts as places where gender inequalities are tangible. …”
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Microbial Assessment of Drinking Water Sources in Himachal Pradesh, India by Sidharath Dev Thakur, Ashok Kumar Panda, Vaneet Diwan, Pravesh Kumar, Madhumeet Singh, Dinesh Kumar Sharma

“…A total of 592 drinking sources from 11 districts of Himachal Pradesh, India, were screened for coliform contamination and the presence of fecal origin Escherichia coli. …”
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Current data on Short-toed Eagle in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, Russia by Pavel M. Shukov

“…Observations were carried out in 30 districts of the region. Hunting Short-Toed Eagles were observed from natural hills through binoculars. …”
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Agriculture urbaine : un outil multidimensionnel pour le développement des quartiers by Éric Duchemin, Fabien Wegmuller, Anne-Marie Legault

“…The UA initiatives in Montreal have resulted in the development of a centre with a significant vegetable production and a socialization and education environment that fosters individual and collective social development in districts with a significant economically disadvantaged population. …”
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Analysis of Water Utilization Structure in Huizhou Based on Lorenz Curves and Gini Coefficients by CHEN Yuan, KONG Xiangqian, WANG Tong, ZHANG Jintao

“…In order to understand the water utilization structure of water-rich areas in southern China, this paper analyzes the water utilization structure of counties (districts) in Huizhou from 2013 to 2017 by using Lorenz curve and Gini coefficient. …”
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For the categorisation of historic buildings to determine energy saving by Tor Broström, Anna Donarelli, Fredrik Berg

“…This study has been conducted within the multi-disciplinary projects Potential and policies for energy efficiency in Swedish buildings built before 1945, financed by the Swedish Energy Agency and Energy Efficiency for EU Historic Districts, funded by the European Commission under its Seventh Framework Programme.…”
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Didactic analysis of the results of solving tasks of school-scale mathematical competitions for fourth formers by Danutė Kiseliova, Arkadijus Kiseliovas

“… The research has randomly selected 2581 from more than 5000 competition works by fourth formers from Lithuania's all cities and districts. The central and, probably, the most important aim and task of such competitions includes development of primary formers' interest in mathematics, development and improving of their mathematical achievements, knowledge, development of creativity, logical and critical thinking. …”
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Individual right to clean air including compensation for health damage – comment on JP v Ministre de la Transition écologique, C-61/21 by Bazylinska-Nagler Justyna

“…On the other hand, EU citizens have their right to demand that their local authorities pass ‘air quality plans’ for towns or districts where air quality standards were below the so-called limit values. …”
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Urbanisme de rattrapage, marquage territorial populaire et conflits d’odonymies dans les quartiers de Yaoundé (Capitale du Cameroun) by Gaston Ndock Ndock

“…In a remedial urban planning situation, places and districts are renamed according to various referents and symbols which recall official power, history and culture. …”
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Facts about Farm to School by Samantha Ward, Lauren Headrick, Karla Shelnutt

“…Over the past 20 years, school districts in all 50 states have joined the F2S program and are purchasing items from local farmers. …”
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PE-Iv (Panorama Education-Italian version): the adaptation/validation of 5 scales, a step towards a SEL approach in Italian schools by Lynda S. Lattke, Aurelia De Lorenzo, Michele Settanni, Emanuela Rabaglietti

“…This study presents the cultural adaptation/validation of 5 scales from Panorama Education, which are widely used in school districts in the United States, to the Italian middle/high school context: Grit, Sense of Belonging, Self-Management, Social Awareness, and Self-Efficacy. …”
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‘‘Retour’’ et ‘‘reconquête’’ de la péninsule historique : discours et usages distinctifs autour du patrimoine de Fener et Çarşamba by Brian Chauvel

“…With the help of observations conducted in two neighbourhoods – one (Fener) known for and visited because of its heritage rum, the other one (Çarşamba) cultivating an Islamic image – I explore the relations of distance and proximity and the symbolic borders that are both developing in these two districts.…”
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Simulation and modelling for climate adaptation and mitigation. Experiences of environmental renovation in Rome by Fabrizio Tucci, Valeria Cecafosso, Paola Altamura, Marco Giampaoletti

“… This paper defines an original methodological and applicative approach in support of the experimental/planning phase in the area of the regeneration of urban districts, in order to offer responses to the challenges of adapting to and mitigating climate change. …”
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