Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

With regard to the last of these points, it is worth considering the criticisms of the concept of social capital, which is often used in conjunction with community-based DRR (Haynes 2009, Inaba 2013). I need not repeat them here. The manifestation of community may simply be an expression of the will of the powerful. Disaster subcultures.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Screenshot, Downtown Pittsburgh Partnership marketing campaign, 2009. sustainable mobility. From the article: In a first for the province — and believed to be unique in Canada — a “vertical school” will be built into the third floor of the project on Lake Shore Blvd. In general, people don't want schools to be bad.

Public Safety 52

Public Safety Parks And Recreation Housing Campaign 52

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

AUGUST 30, 2016

PBB contributes to a community’s long-term financial sustainability and allows communities to better serve their residents in the most effective, efficient and fiscally responsible manner possible. The City of Boulder, Colorado recently stated that " priority based budgeting is the "framework" in which all budget decisions are made."

Budgeting 52

Budgeting Local Government Elected Officials Stewardship 52

AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

They need sustainable solutions to address affordability. Take the Asia-Pacific region, where spending on healthcare per person is now 80 percent higher than it was in 2009. The latest technology can address these pressures and is the subject of a Deloitte Access Economics report analyzing health provision in nine countries.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A core focus of the Future of Government Awards is the importance of open source,” said Joe Hooper, director of the UNDP Global Centre for Technology, Innovation, and Sustainable Development. And this range can have important multiplier effects in expanding the use of existing and proven digital solutions. “A

Government 357

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 16, 2025

Deb Lindsey/For The Washington Post) The Washington Post has an article, " Its just not sustainable: D.C. emphasis added] The article touches on drops in revenues. From the article: Dining out at certain restaurants has become so expensive, many customers now view it as a treat, affordable only on special occasions.

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Elected Officials Sustainability Public Policy Accountability 52

Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

As more of the world becomes connected online, revolutionaries across the globe are being empowered like never before although not all are successful as sustaining the movement the use of information communication technologies (ICT) are critical in developing and executing modern social movements.

Social Media 40

Social Media Sustainability Communications Grassroots 40

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

From the article: The capital improvement program reflects the region’s commitment to maintaining and improving your community’s $100 billion transit asset. The question of how best to fund Metro is an important one that requires thought leadership and extensive community input.

Transportation 52

Transportation Social Media Fundraising Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Crime Given urban crime problems in general and specifically in DC--I remember the worst of the murders in the 1990s, the crack epidemic (" Rayful Edmond's death reminds me of my introduction to Washington, DC ") etc., it's no wonder I have written a lot about crime.

Transportation 52

Transportation Parks And Recreation Economic Development Urban Planning 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 20, 2024

Note that before the book, there was an article in Fortune Magazine , " Downtown is for people " ( pdf ). It's a very important book, about the recentralization of metropolitan areas focused on center city revival. I actually have the original magazine--from an estate sale in Bethesda, found by Suzanne, not me, but it's in DC. Great images.

Social Media 52

Social Media Public Safety Housing Management 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In 2009, I was appointed to serve on the Community Advisory Committee, representing the Eastern Market Preservation and Development Corporation. We did this in 2008 or 2009. 2006 and beyond, although what it's become is perhaps far beyond what I suggested, " Retail planning and Florida Market ," 2009. Anselm's is today.

Nonprofit 52

Nonprofit Development Management Transportation 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 20, 2023

Louis regional transit planning process as a model for what needs to be done in the DC Metropolitan region ," 2009 And some of that seems to be happening, at least with the local commuter line (" Brightline, Orlando and Orange County collaborate on potential convention center rail route ," Orlando Business Journal ).

Transportation 52

Transportation Public Transportation Management Sustainability 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Agglomeration economies and the biotech cluster in Cambridge Massachusetts.The Globe article explains why I am such a proponent of face to face, cluster development and agglomeration economies. But it seems that people have a hard time learning or retaining previous knowledge, so sadly these kinds of points need to be constantly repeated.

Development 52

Development Economic Development Campaign Leadership 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

I should have been a professor and written this up as journal articles--which have much more longevity than a blog post, but c'est la vie. He then mentioned a New York Times Magazine article, " The Myth of Community Development ," by Nicholas Lemann about why community development corporations mostly didn't succeed at improving neighborhoods.

Transportation 52

Transportation Community Development Housing Urban Planning 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

There are tons of "leadership books" and seminars and articles about leadership lessons from sports team coaches. The Stanford Social Innovation Review has published articles over the years about application of design thinking to social enterprises and social issues. But to dig deeper for the right lesson. Learning from sports teams.

Implementation 52

Implementation Leadership Sustainability Public Administration 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Sustainable mobility platform : this builds off transit to include urban design and multiple modes. It's due for a re-codification, as the comments are replete with additions. -- " Further updates to the Sustainable Mobility Platform Framework ," (2018) 8. I have more than 1,000 entries on this topic.

Transportation 52

Transportation Sustainability Parks And Recreation Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Also see Labor Network for Sustainability. Sometime ago, I came across some journal articles about boycotts against streetcar segregation around the turn of the century in the South, including Richmond (" Right to Ride: Streetcar Boycotts and African-American Citizenship in the Age of Plessy v. On November 8, 1965, D.C.

Transportation 52

Transportation Public Transportation Laws Campaign 52