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Encouraging sustainable development in a coastal community: New Hanover County, North Carolina's exceptional design zoning district
While New Hanover County is the second smallest county in North Carolina, it is also the second most densely
populated with approximately 850 people per square mile. Nestled between the Cape Fear River and Atlantic Ocean
with surrounding barrier island beach communities, the Countyâs geographic location provides a prime vacation
destination, as well as an ideal location for residents who wish to live at the waterâs edge. Wilmington is the largest
city in the County with a population just under 200,000. Most of the Wilmington metropolitan area is developed,
creating intense development pressures for the remaining undeveloped land in the unincorporated County. In order
to provide development opportunities for mixed use or high density projects within unincorporated New Hanover
County where appropriate urban features are in place to support such projects without the negative effects of urban
sprawl, County Planning Staff recently developed an Exceptional Design Zoning District (EDZD). Largely based on
the LEED for Neighborhood Development program, the EDZD standards were scaled to fit the unique conditions of
the County with the goal of encouraging sustainable development while providing density incentives to entice the
use of the voluntary district. The incentive for the voluntary zoning district is increased density in areas where the density may not be allowed under normal circumstances. The rationale behind allowing for higher density projects is that development can be concentrated in areas where appropriate urban features are in place to support such projects, and the tendency toward urban sprawl can be minimized. With water quality being of high importance, it is perceived that higher density development will better protect water quality then lower density projects. (PDF contains 4 pages
How to make social cohesion work. Bertelsmann Stiftung Speech 2019
The megatrends of globalization and digitalization pose
challenges for social cohesion. Many people are concerned
about their economic future, and right-wing populists are
leveraging the internet to spread oversimplified messages
and fuel fears. Thought leaders from around the world
convened to discuss the future of social cohesion at the
Bertelsmann Stiftungâs international âTrying Timesâ
conference addressing the issue âRethinking Social
Cohesionâ that was held in Berlin from September 4â6,
2019. In his closing speech titled âHow to make social
cohesion work,â Canadian author and President Emeritus
of PEN International John Ralston Saul demonstrated
that empathy, respect for difference and the willingness to
accept the complexity of society rather than exclusion and
fear are the factors that pave the way toward a successful
future. The social cohesion of the future needs both
diversity and community. Read his speech in full here
Standing Up to Legislative Bullies: Separation of Powers, State Courts and Educational Rights
The separation of powers doctrine creates a strong presumption in favor of judicial deference to legislative policy determinations. This doctrine was developed for federal courts, however, and does not apply with identical force to state courts enforcing state constitutional rights. This Note examines rationales for the separation of powers doctrine and their potential application to state courts. After concluding that deference should be more limited in state courts, it then applies this conclusion to educational rights, which are frequently at risk due to political market failures. By examining case studies of constitutionally based education litigation in seven states, this Note concludes with recommendations to state courts facing the challenge of managing such cases: issue a strong first opinion, maintain jurisdiction by remanding the case rather than finalizing it, and demonstrate an upfront commitment to enforcing educational rights
Question Isotropy
The "cosmological principle" was set up early without realizing its
implications for the horizon problem, and almost entirely without support from
observational data. Consistent signals of anisotropy have been found in data on
electromagnetic propagation, polarizations of QSOs and temperature maps.
The axis of Virgo is found again and again in signals breaking isotropy, from
independent observables in independent energy regimes. There are no
satisfactory explanations of these effects in conventional astrophysics.
Axion-photon mixing and propagation in axion condensates are capable of
encompassing the data.Comment: Published in Axions 2010: AIP Conf.Proc.1274:72-77,2010, edited by
David Tanne
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