The City Fix

APRIL 12, 2023

Between 2000 and 2014, urban area in South Africa expanded by 1,464 km2. South Africa’s cities are economic engines, drawing workers across the country and the continent. Of the country’s 58.8 million population, 68% live in urban areas. Population projections.

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Sanitation Housing Engagement Sustainability 52

Barrett & Greene

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The last few years have illustrated, on issues ranging from mask policies to housing, the power of a small number of energized but vocal participants to sway policy. Organizations such as , ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability – are helping to adapt that goal for local governments. ?.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

When I got my job in 2014, there were 208 tenure-track Spanish positions advertised ; in 2022 there were only 44. The difference between the two worlds One of the problems I had with academic writing was actually sustaining interest in my own projects long enough to get all the way through the academic publishing pipeline.

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

However,'community' is contentious concept (Barrios 2014). At its most benign, it is about relative influence (Barrios 2014). It will be hard work, and even more hard work will have to go into making the result sustainable as society continues to change at an ever accelerating rate. Hence, 'community' is about influence.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 19, 2024

1) neighborhood/district/city/county wide as part of a master plan; (2) within functional elements of a master plan such as transportation, housing, or economic development; and (3) within a specific project (e.g., how do we make this particular library or transit station or park or neighborhood "great"?);

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Elected Officials Implementation Development 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 29, 2024

Introduction President Biden recently addressed the pressing issue of housing affordability in his recent State of the Union (SOTU) speech, announcing several initiatives to tackle it. Together, these two events make clear that closing costs are moving to the front burner of housing policy. So, this is still an evolving situation.)

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 26, 2024

Sugar House Park, Salt Lake City. Waverly Market Pete Seeger tribute singalong, Columbia Heights Plaza, Washington, DC, 2/1/2014 Sometimes plazas are poorly placed, like Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC, so it often goes unused. Plan for time of day and day of the week sure. Open Streets Minneapolis Ciclavia, Los Angeles Times photo.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Press Release Strategic Planning Engagement 52

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

AUGUST 20, 2021

In 1978 the architect Ian Davis published a small book entitled Shelter After Disaster , [iv] which included a number of well-chosen exposés of post-disaster housing as architectural fantasy rather than useful dwelling place. The effects of stabilisation on humanitarian action in Haiti. Disasters 34(S3): S444-S463. [ii] ii] Farmer, Paul 2012.

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Social Media Public Affairs Development Security 69

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

This week, September 6 to be exact, marks the fifteenth anniversary of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae – the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) - being placed into conservatorship by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). [1] However, it never made it past Senate Banking Committee approval in 2014. government (i.e.,

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

I lost about a year's photos somehow, including a great photo of bbq use at Sugar House Park in February!!! Jordan River, Salt Lake Why come to Sugar House Park when it is 8-10 miles away from residents on the west side? This is at Liberty Park in SLC. And when you have parks and open space assets in your own neighborhoods.

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Sustainability Housing Transportation Engagement 52

AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 22, 2024

The outdated perception of cloud being expensive stems from a narrow focus on migration costs , ignoring long-term value such as increased productivity, resilience, agility, and sustainability. Prioritizing in-house skill development and a culture of continuous learning is crucial. billion in Canada between 2022 and 2037.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MAY 31, 2023

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the regulator and conservator of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), has been very prominently in the news lately. The changes then became the subject of hearings and legislation in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to reverse the changes.

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