At the municipal level, Hawaii has four counties: the city and county of Honolulu, the county of Hawai’i, the county of Maui, and the county of Kaua’i. Each county has an elected mayor and council, and there are no town governments in the state. Some government functions provided by...
The only incorporated area in the state is Honolulu County, a consolidated city–county that governs the entire island of Oahu. County executives are referred to as mayors; these are the Mayor of Hawaii County, Mayor of Honolulu, Mayor of Kauaʻi, and the Mayor of Maui. The mayors are ...
Tourism’s Economic Significance: Acknowledging that tourism is the sole economic driver, even Maui’s county council has emphasized the need for balance, recognizing the tourism sector’s importance while still striving to find an equilibrium. In the aftermath of the Maui fires the ongoing debate ...
Orange County, California Sunset photos are easily taken from the resort beachfront. Early morning, no one at the pool yet. I can hear the nightly Hawaiian music in this photo. Looking toward Kalakaua Avenue. Partial ocean view room.
The final land selection was based on the process of ground-truthing to help improve the quality of the analysis by using high spatial resolution satellite imagery from Google Earth and Microsoft Aerial Bing Maps. All the shapefile layers were projected to the coordinate system NAD 1983 UTM Zone...