local studies
1Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies — Service (CALS) is a UK local government institution which collects and preserves archives, other historical documents and printed material relating to the modern county of Cambridgeshire, which includes the former counties of Huntingdonshire and… …
2Sheffield Local Studies Library — (located in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England) collects and preserves printed material relating to Sheffield and the surrounding area, and makes it available for study and research. The collection of over 30,000 volumes includes books,… …
3Local extinction — is where a species (or other taxon) ceases to exist in the chosen area of study, but still exists elsewhere. This phenomenon is also known as extirpation. Local extinctions are contrasted with global extinctions.Local extinctions may be followed… …
4Local government in the Republic of Ireland — is governed by the Local Government Acts , the most recent of which (Local Government Act 2001) established a two tier structure of local government. The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 is the founding document of the present system of local… …
5Local purchasing — is a preference to buy locally produced goods and services over those produced more distantly. It is very often abbreviated as a positive goal buy local to parallel the phrase think globally, act locally common in green politics. On the national… …
6Local transport plan — Local transport plans, divided into full local transport plans (LTP) and local implementation plans for transport (LIP) are an important part of transport planning in England. Strategic transport authorities (county councils, unitary authorities …
7Local convex hull — (LoCoH) is a method for estimating the size the home range of an animal or a group of animals (e.g. a pack of wolves, a pride of lions, or herd of buffalos), and for constructing a utilization distribution. [Getz, W. M. and C. C. Wilmers, 2004. A …
8English local history — Local history is the study of the history of a relatively small geographic area; typically a specific settlement, parish or county. English local history came to the fore with the antiquarians of the nineteenth century and was particularly… …
9Local church — For other uses, see Local church (disambiguation). A local church is a Christian religious organization that meets in a particular location. Many are formally organized, with constitutions and by laws, maintain offices, are served by pastors or… …
10Local food — Farmers market] Local food (also regional food or food patriotism) or the local food movement is a collaborative effort to build more locally based, self reliant food economies one in which sustainable food production, processing, distribution,… …
