A Comparative Analysis of Conservation Awareness among New York and Massachusetts Woodland Owners

The literature shows that governments around the world have sought to improve their governing capabilities by developing and implementing strategic information and communication technologies (ICTs). The use of ICTs can provide citizens with greater access to government services, can promote transparency and accountability, and also streamline government expenditures. This research provides a comparative analysis of the practices of digital governance in large municipalities worldwide in 2005. Digital government includes both e-government and e-democracy. The research is based on an evaluation of a sample (n=81) of city websites globally in terms of two dimensions: delivery of public services and digital democracy. The official websites of each city were evaluated in their native languages. Based on the analysis of the 81 cities, Seoul, New York, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Sydney represent the cities with the most effective e-governance systems.

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Multilateral Sanctions in International Law: A Comparative Analysis. By C. Lloyd Brown-John. New York: Praeger, 1975. Pp. xv, 426.

Canadian Yearbook of international Law/Annuaire canadien de droit international ◽

10.1017/s0069005800013187 ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 16 ◽

pp. 445-447

Author(s):

John Claydon

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Comparative Analysis ◽

International Law

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Italy on Fifth Ave: From the Museum of Modern Art to the Olivetti Showroom

Modern Italy ◽

10.1017/mit.2017.65 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 103-122 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jim Carter

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Comparative Analysis ◽

Modern Art ◽

Museum Of Modern Art ◽

Art World ◽

Corporate Marketing ◽

Cultural Legitimacy ◽

The Moment

The 1952 MoMA exhibitionOlivetti: Design in Industryhas come to mark the moment when the established art world recognized the cultural legitimacy of mass-produced goods. This article contests such an interpretation by showing how the exhibition was organised and paid for by the Olivetti company. This enables a comparative analysis of the MoMA exhibition with a second New York space, the Olivetti showroom. Located on Fifth Ave, less than a half kilometre from the museum, the Olivetti showroom sold the company’s products to the same American public. The article concludes that the MoMA exhibition and the New York Olivetti showroom must be understood together as a clever case of corporate marketing.

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Liability for Dangerous Activities: A Comparative Analysis

International and Comparative Law Quarterly ◽

10.1017/s0020589300063661 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 48 (4) ◽

pp. 731-756 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Elspeth Reid

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Comparative Analysis ◽

Strict Liability ◽

Balloon Flight ◽

Hot Air ◽

The World ◽

Probable Consequence ◽

Dangerous Activity

Hot air ballooning is a dangerous activity, and not only for the balloonist. In Guille v. Swan, 1 a balloonist crash-landed in a New York vegetable garden. When a crowd rushed to his assistance damage was caused to the vegetables. He was held to be strictly liable for the damage caused. Across the Atlantic balloonists were more glamorous although not more successful. In Scott's Trs. v. Moss, 2 the defender, an Edinburgh impresario, arranged a balloon flight by the “world-renowned scientific aeronaut”, Professor Baldwin. The advertisement promised that the Professor would descend by parachute, landing on ground rented by the defender. In the event, he missed and landed in a turnip field owned by the pursuers. Fences and a large number of turnips were trampled by the crowd rushing to the scene. The Court of Session decided that the defender could be liable only on the basis of fault. Foreseeability was of the essence: the pursuer was entitled to damages if and only if the crowd's actions were the “natural and probable consequence” of the defender's activities. Counsel's research had uncovered Guille v. Swan, but the Court of Session declined to follow it into strict liability.

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Academy Students in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: Social Geography, Demography, and the Culture of Academy Attendance

History of Education Quarterly ◽

10.1111/j.1748-5959.2001.tb00088.x ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 41 (2) ◽

pp. 251-262 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nancy Beadie

Keyword(s):

Nineteenth Century ◽

New York ◽

Comparative Analysis ◽

Civil War ◽

Case Studies ◽

American Revolution ◽

New York State ◽

Social Geography ◽

York State

Academies and academy students increased substantially in number during the period from the American Revolution to the Civil War. Why? Who were these students and what did academy attendance mean to them? Theodore R. Sizer asked these questions in 1964, but his ability to answer them was limited by the absence of studies that focused on academy students. In this essay I reexamine Sizer's understanding of academies in light of evidence provided by subsequent studies of student populations. These studies include my own comparative analysis of data from nearly 500 Regents academies that operated in New York State between 1835 and 1890, as well as in-depth case studies of individual institutions by myself and others.

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