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Distinctive bus shelter at the entrance to Utah State University, Logan

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

It definitely is an illustration of my point that bus shelters are "marketing touchpoints" of transit systems (" Arlington County's bus shelters and a public realm framework of quality ," 2013), and if bus shelters are crappy that communicates very clearly that the community doesn't value transit.

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Foresight

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

One question that is asked relatively rarely is why we exclude warfare from our definitions of disaster. Everyday risk factors are different when floods, transportation crashes, landslides, toxic spills, structural collapses occur against a background of asymmetric warfare, armed insurgency, fighting or rampant terrorism.

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Community Resilience or Community Dystopia in Disaster Risk Reduction?

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

In disaster risk reduction circles, there is an almost desperate reliance on 'community' and a strong growth in studies and plans to "involve the community" in facing up to risks and impacts (Berkes and Ross 2013). The intentions are laudable, as DRR needs to be democratised if it is to function. I need not repeat them here. ordinary people).

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New Granite Library, Salt Lake County Public Library System

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

And the main branch is superb (" The Salt Lake City Central Library is Incredible, "2013). But the green screen room and kitchen facilities definitely stand out. Salt Lake County is a leader in terms of developing co-located functions as part of community facilities. Computers of course.

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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

The study of disasters is a 'lateral discipline' that, to varying degrees embraces at least 42 other disciplines and professions (Alexander 2013). One result of having so many disciplinary perspectives is virtually to preclude consensus on the definition and classification of disasters and the concepts that go with them. Alexander, D.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part One | Defining Levels of Service for individual parks

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Working on revitalization in DC, where the National Park Service runs many of the "local" parks, general federal-local government issues, and being on the board of Eastern Market public market for 13 years definitely prepared me for the kinds of issues present here. -- " Revisiting Trust for Public Land's Park Score® methodology " (2017) -- " Federal (..)

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What should the program for a Transportation Management District look like?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I'd say definitely not, the ridership is abysmal. I would think that such a program should be encouraged for workers, and it should be offered promotionally for the residents of multiunit buildings, especially along the streetcar route, to get them to experiment with transit. Car sharing.