This paper serves three purposes. First, it gives a short introduction to the concept of sustainability in relation to land use. Since the Brundtland report it has become clear that sustainability is a dynamic concept that changes when conditions in society change. Moreover, it is easier to assess what is ‘unsustainable’ than what is ‘sustainable’. But that will not suppress the demand for sust...

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This abstract provides an update on development and implementation progress of the Pure community module in 5 years since initial launch service. The paper revisits conclusions our 2018 presentation [1], providing updates ‘future developments’ encourages a discussion complexities supporting multi-institutional collaborations. In addition, we will provide overview some key challenge areas have b...

This article examines the role played by institutions in post-Soviet transformation of rural areas Russia and development agriculture. It is shown that main goal transformations—the transition to market relations—has been achieved. The relevance lies analysis process incomplete institutional transfer, unique on a global scale: from full state ownership regulation relations was replaced dominanc...

When physicians' conflicts of interest arise from ties with drug firms, we should shift our focus to the pharmaceutical industry and improper dependencies that cause institutional corruption. This article analyzes eight forms of improper dependencies on pharma and proposes reforms.

An online survey of institutional repository (IR) managers identified copyright clearance trends in staffing and workflows. The majority of respondents followed a mediated deposit model, and reported that library personnel, instead of authors, engaged in copyright clearance activities for IRs. The most common “information gaps” pertained to the breadth of information in copyright directories li...

Responses from UHCC Strategic Planning Council Spring 2009 Responses ascending value within characteristics The Community College Inventory provides descriptions of eleven characteristics that are strongly focused on student success -that is student persistence, learning and attainment. Related to each characteristic is a set of indicators that more fully describe observable institutional pract...

Russia and other countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States that have implemented voucher privatization programs have to account for the puzzling behavior of insiders—manager-owners—who, in stripping assets from the firms they own, appear to be stealing from one pocket to fill the other. This article suggests that asset stripping and the absence of restructuring result from interaction...

The structured inequalities of capital investment and disinvestment are prominent themes in critical urban and regional research, but many accounts portray ‘capital’ as a global, faceless and placeless abstraction operating according to a hidden, unitary logic. Sweeping politicaleconomic shifts in the last generation demonstrate that capital may shape urban and regional processes in many differ...

Building information modeling (BIM) has been presented as a potential solution to current facilities management problems related to information exchange during handover, and facilities information management during operations. However, implementing BIM in an owner organization is a complex challenge that necessitates reconfiguration of work practices and internal structures to fully realize the...