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AWS investment in South Africa results in economic ripple effect

AWS Public Sector Blog

This origin story traces back to the founding of the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud ( Amazon EC2 ) service in 2004, which is now regarded as one of the fundamental pieces of cloud computing technology. An overview of AWS’s planned investment and its estimated economic impact in South Africa from 2018-2029.

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Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

In the UK this is the Civil Contingencies Act of November 2004. It is a role that is seldom sustained enough to make a thorough-going difference. In Florence, a consortium of 29 volunteer organisations includes specialists in medicine, transportation, radio communications, fire-fighting, logistics and hazardous materials response.

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Eastern Market DC's 150th anniversary last weekend | And my never realized master plan for the market

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I participated in a workshop on the plaza led by Project for Public Spaces and Scenic America in 2004 ( write up ). It should support sustainable modes (biking, walking, transit improvements) as well as parking. It laid the groundwork for connecting civic assets. These spaces are minimally used on weekends and in the evenings.

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20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part one -- (in)FAQ and my influences

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Once you've one that, communicate out so it can be and is successfully diffused across communities. Replicate -- develop the systems, structures, frameworks to apply programs to different situations and communicate them throughout innovation networks. Sustainable mobility. It can include car sharing.