An Optimal Size for Rural Tourism Villages with Agglomeration and Club-Good Effects

Helping to sustain a viable rural sector, rural tourism enjoys public support in many countries. We claim that due to club-good and agglomeration externalities in the rural accommodation market, public support should be integrated in a broader local development policy that regulates the number of accommodation units in a locality. To demonstrate this we extended an equilibrium model that accounts for product differentiation and oligopolistic competition to address club-good and agglomeration effects and applied it to data collected in north Israel. We show that under the prevailing regulation, the number of units is by far higher than the social optimum.Community/Rural/Urban Development, International Development, Political Economy,

Evaluating the Baluti Formation at Sararu village, Ora Anticline, Iraqi Kurdistan : a stratigraphic and geochemical approach

Open access through Springer Compact Agreement Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank Colin Taylor and Walter Ritchie from University of Aberdeen for their technical support and assistance with laboratory work. We would also like to thank Mr. Omer Kamil Ali, the Head of the Qumri village, for providing accommodation during fieldwork.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Implementasi Kebijakan Pemerintah Provinsi Bali dalam Moratorium Pembangunan Infrastruktur Akomodasi Pariwisata Hotel di Kabupaten Badung

ABSTRACK The rapid tourism development in Badung Regency as International destination requires the development of tourism accommodation that continous to grow. The provision of hotel accommodation facilities to support tourism activities is a priority to support of tourism development in the Badung Regency. The massive growth of hotel accommodation in Badung Regency is causing uncontrolled development of hotel accommodation and many hotel become overcapacities. So, the Bali provincial government issued a policy for temporary suspension of investment in the field of hotel accommodation services. Based on this problem, the aim of this research is to determine the affectiveness of moratorium hotel construction that has been implemented by Bali Government Province. The aim of moratorium policy is expected to result an order in development of tourism accommodation. This research is using descriptive-qualitative method. The data of this research is conduting by field observation to see real phenomenon and by in-depth interviews to know about moratorium policy in Badung Regency The conclusion of this research is the factors that lead to the ineffectiveness of the moratorium hotel policy in Badung Regency is caused by communication, resources, dispotition and bureaucratic structures that are not running optimall

Barriers and Contradictions in the Resettlement of Single Homeless People

Research in one local authority area suggests that a number of social policy difficulties and contradictions need to be resolved if single homeless people are to be resettled effectively. In particular, there are competing pressures on social housing providers, who are expected to meet the needs of socially excluded individuals while also creating sustainable communities and operating in a cost efficient manner. The government needs to clarify that meeting housing need is a priority for social landlords, and provide adequate funding for long-term support, if single homeless people are to find appropriate permanent accommodation

Comparing men's and womens' experiences of multiple exclusion homelessness

This article explores gender as a variable in multiple exclusion homelessness in England. Much past research has taken insufficient account of the gender of homeless people, especially the predominance of men in the single homeless population and of women heading homeless households with dependent children. Drawing on qualitative data generated in a study of multiple exclusion homelessness in London and Nottingham, the article considers three ways in which gender may act as a homelessness variable: in people's susceptibility to homelessness, in their experiences of homelessness and in their encounters with accommodation services. By comparing the accounts of homeless men and women with complex support needs with evidence from staff working for support agencies, the overall aim of the article is to offer a critical examination of the gendered assumptions of homelessness policy and practice

The cost of choice: how corporate real estate managers evaluate business space options

Firms are faced with a wider set of choices when they identify a need for new office space. They can build or purchase accommodation, lease space for long or short periods with or without the inclusion of services, or they can use “instant office” solutions provided by serviced office operators. But how do they evaluate these alternatives and are they able to make rational choices? The research found that the shortening of business horizons lead to the desire for more office space on short-term contracts often with the inclusion of at least some facilities management and business support services. The need for greater flexibility, particularly in financial terms, was highlighted as an important criteria when selecting new office accommodation. The current office portfolios held were perceived not to meet these requirements. However, there was often a lack of good quality data available within occupiers which could be used to help them analyse the range of choices in the market. Additionally, there were other organisational constraints to making decisions about inclusive real estate products. These included fragmentation of decisions-making, internal politics and the lack of assessment of business risk alongside real estate risk. Overall therefore, corporate occupiers themselves act as an interial force to the development of new and innovative real estate products

Comparative Study of Workplace Policy and Practices Contributing to Disability Nondiscrimination

Objective: To assess the impact of disability nondiscrimination legislation on employer practices in the United States and the United Kingdom. Study Design: U.S. and U.K. human resource professionals were surveyed about their experience with implementation of the legislation. Results: Both U.S. and U.K. employers are responding to their respective legislation by making accommodations-adjustments needed by applicants and employees with disabilities. Conclusions: Rehabilitation psychologists and other health care professionals working with people with disabilities must understand employee rights and employer responsibilities under this legislation, know where employers may have difficulty in responding to an accommodation request, and be familiar with the existing workplace resources and processes that can support an effective response to such requests

Public private leasing arrangements: an effective response to the rapid growth in rent supplement claims?

In 2004 a public private leasing arrangement, the Rental accommodation Scheme, was introduced into the housing system of the Republic of Ireland. Lauded as a more structured, accommodation-based approach to the use of the private rented sector to meet long-term housing need, the Scheme was designed as a means of eliminating dependence on temporary income support payments. However over the last ten years expenditure on the rent supplement scheme has increased fivefold while long term dependency on temporary income supports remains an acute housing policy concern. As a result the effectiveness of the Rental Accommodation Scheme has come in for robust criticism. Yet while the Scheme has encountered a number of operational difficulties the Irish Government remains committed to hybrid leasing arrangements as a long term policy instrument. This paper considers the extent to which this hybrid leasing arrangement offers an effective and sustainable housing policy intervention, particularly in light of the onset of the economic recession. The paper begins by explaining the position the Rental Accommodation Scheme within the broader Irish housing system before describing the Scheme’s design and structure. The paper goes on to examine the various difficulties which the scheme has encountered to date before considering the role which regulatory oversight of the hybrid scheme as set out in the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 may play in the coming years