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A brief critique of UK emergency arrangements in the light of the Covid-19 crisis

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

In the case of coronavirus, the medical profession has taken control of the agenda, yet most of the failings--and there are many--refer to civil protection issues: communications, logistics, coordination. The 2004 Civil Contingencies Act has been sidelined throughout the Coronavirus disaster. Moreover, it is inclusive.

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Highlands Conservation Act Grant Program ? Competitive Funding

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If the Governor assigns multiple Lead Agencies, those Agencies must coordinate on funding requests prior to submission and ensure no more than the maximum allowable amount is requested through this funding opportunity. 1964, 2004; 16 U.S.C. Each Agency may submit multiple applications to this Competitive grant round.

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Recreation planning and financing failure in Philadelphia: 11 of 12 public swimming pools have closed

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The Philadelphia Inquirer has an article on the latter, " Philly’s indoor pools have become ‘a travesty’ after decades of disrepair and neglect ," about how 11 of 12 public indoor pools are closed because of facility failure--from 2004 to 2019. One issue is money.

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A Proposed Strategy to Advocate for Improved Civil Protection in the United Kingdom

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

The Civil Contingencies Act of 2004 is of debatable value, as evidenced by the fact that it was in effect abandoned during the Covid-19 pandemic emergency. In these countries responsibility for coordinating local emergency actions is delegated to the regions. Command and control are being replaced by coordination and collaboration.

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National Park Service as operator of local parks in DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

WRT local governments not being good at providing extranormal service see " The Life and Death of a Masterpiece: What went wrong with a 1988 park by the late Dan Kiley, and what can we learn from its imminent demolition? ," Landscape Architecture , 2004. Note sometimes it is poor planning, lack of coordination, etc.

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Rayful Edmond's death reminds me of my introduction to Washington, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Cocaine Epidemic ," Post ) and police service area meetings--one of the problems we had is the area was split between two different police precincts creating problems of coordination.

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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. The provincial emergency plan is fully digital and it is coordinated by the civil protection service of the region. Every country needs a law that specifies the nature of the civil protection system and the basic details of how it works.