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MARC recordMLA questions cost and feasibility of tiny towns / David Murphy.
| Title: | MLA questions cost and feasibility of tiny towns / David Murphy. |
| Author(s): | Murphy, David. |
| Date: | 2014. |
| In: | Nunatsiaq News. (2014.), Vol. 41(12) (2014) |
| Abstract: | Reports discussions initiated by member of Nunavut's legislative assembly on viability of small, remote settlements. Notes that half of all Nunavut communities have fewer than 1,000 residents. Traditional justification for settlements was reinforcement of Canadian sovereignty in Arctic, but costs of maintaining small communities and concomitant infrastructure are increasing, and sustainability of present arrangement is being reconsidered. |
| Notes: | Nunatsiaq News. Vol. 41(12) :1, 4 (2014). |
| Keywords: | 323 -- Politics, internal. 336.5 -- Public expenditure. 35 -- Public administration. 711.433/.435 -- Towns. J -- Social sciences. (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*41) -- Canada. (*440.2) -- Nunavut. |
| SPRI record no.: | 209833 |
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