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To be a Listed Building (LB) a building must: "meet the criteria of special architectural or historic interest" In their Technical, Advice & Guidance, Owner and Occupier Guide, Historic Environment Scotland (HES) states that a building can be defined as: "anything made by people and can include a great variety of other structures such as fountains, …
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Historic Environment Scotland (HES) Listed Building (LB) data is released as a point data set of 67,355 records representing 46,786 listed buildings. The maps below visualise the category of LBs within Scotland's city centres in terms of their building footprints, as derived through enrichment with Open Street Map (OSM) building polygons. Where a LB point did …
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Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) detail the: "energy efficiency of a property, and includes recommendations for improving energy efficiency and reducing energy bills. An EPC is required when a property is constructed, sold or rented out to a new tenant." Scottish domestic EPC (DEPC) and non-domestic EPC (NDEPC) data is available for search and download from …
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The Constitution 2010 of the sovereign, unitary, republican and secular Republic of Madagascar divides the nation into a system of three administratively and financially autonomous Decentralized Territorial Collectivities (Communities) consisting of: Decentralized Territorial CollectivitiesSubdivisionProvinces (faritany mizakatena)n/aRegions (faritra) District (distrika)Communes (faribohitra/kaominina)Fokontany The Constitutional referendum of 04 April 2007 backed a revised constitution without any provinces "in …
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On the 19 December 2011 the 66th United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 66/130 regarding women and political participation. The resolution encourages all states to achieve: "equal representation of women and men, if necessary through positive action, in all governmental and public administration positions" In 2015, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5 of The …
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