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UDI [2 records]

Record 1 2018-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Problems
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
OBS

IDU; IVDU: People should never be referred to as an abbreviation, such as IDU (for injecting drug users), since this is dehumanizing. Instead, the name or identity of the group should be written out in full.

OBS

intravenous drug user: note that the term "intravenous drug users" is incorrect because subcutaneous and intramuscular routes may be involved.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
OBS

CDI; UDI : Les personnes ne devraient pas être désignées par des sigles, comme CDI(pour consommateurs de drogues injectables), car ils sont déshumanisants. En revanche, le nom ou l'identité du groupe devra être écrit en toutes lettres.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Problemas sociales
  • Drogas y toxicomanía
OBS

Se prefiere "usuario de drogas inyectables" a "usuarios de drogas por vía intravenosa" porque algunos individuos se inyectan las drogas en un músculo y no en una vena.

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Record 2 2002-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Municipal Law
  • Regulations (Urban Studies)
CONT

A development cost charge is a tax on land. It is a tax that should have a clear relationship between the tax collected, the related expenditure, and the beneficiary of the service. The intent of the tax is to apportion new infrastructure costs between a local government and a proprietary owner. It is meant to allow new development to pay for the infrastructure it requires and to limit the amount that existing residents have to subsidize infrastructure for new residents.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit municipal
  • Réglementation (Urbanisme)
DEF

Taxe qui est destinée à un propriétaire possédant sur un lot de terre et qui sert à financer les infrastructures municipales environnant ce lot. Cette taxe a pour objectif de limiter le nombre de cotisants aux nouvelles infrastructures municipales et par conséquent d’assurer que les propriétaires du secteur assument une plus grande partie des coûts.

CONT

L'Urban Development Institute(UDI) Pacific Region a présenté l'idée de prélever les droits d’aménagement au pied carré aux municipalités de la région de Vancouver.

Key term(s)
  • droit d'aménagement

Spanish

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