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Urbanism obituaries, 2022 | Death clusters of people, buildings and organizations as an indicator of institutional failure

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Readers have called our attention to the book, Homelessness is a Housing Problem , which I haven't yet tracked down ("S," Seattle Times ). Although to be fair to public health departments, many do address it. This is a scary indicator of the power of conservatives to cancel and defund public goods. Traffic-related deaths.

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Public restrooms: single versus multiple-occupant

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Policy and practice in public space management depending on the revitalization health of a community. It's worth testing this to see if it has a measurable effect on the reduction of vandalism.

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Hospitals as urban anchors/revitalization levers, not usually, but with great potential to serve communities in important ways: Examples are two forthcoming projects by Intermountain Health and University of Utah Health

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providing high quality people spaces within a hospital complex becomes very difficult (" Penn’s new hospital belatedly recognizes pedestrian space is a public health issue "). Medaglia was tasked by its then owner, Ascension Health, with closing or selling it. Reading room. Teaching Kitchens.

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20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part two -- not transportation

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s newest hospital ," Washington Post ), in a manner that combined acute care, wellness programming including addressing chronic conditions, and public health with a hospital providing acute care at the center. 2018) -- " Part Two: Creating a graduate health and biotechnology research initiative on the St.