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The basic lesson of intensification that government officials and activists don't understand: intensification happens first in high value areas, not low value areas

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Illustration from The House Book by Keith DuQuette, showing the intensification of land use as you move from suburban areas to the center city. From the article: This involved allowing additional dwelling units, or ADUs, typically basement or attic apartments or coach houses. Where do I begin? Some units are called “granny flats.”

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Google Public Sector announces Board of Directors

Google Public Sector

military sensors, platforms, commanders, and operators in order to increase battle readiness and responsiveness. He most recently served as the 11th Commander of United States Special Operations Command, where he led the coordinated efforts of the special operations forces across all military branches.

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Ransomware attacks remain the most acute threat to organisations

Open Access Government - Technology News

In fact, just recently, the White House hosted its global ransomware summit , which brought three dozen nations, the EU, and private businesses together to discuss the threat landscape and this evolving threat vector. Soon after, many organisations educated themselves and adopted appropriate mitigation methods.

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Planning for Disaster Debris Removal

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

Debris can come in all shapes and sizes to include cars, houses and hazardous materials. In this podcast the expert guest is Rob Ray, Senior Vice President, for Operations at AshBritt, a national government solutions provider specializing in emergency management and disaster response.

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Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Welcome to the 'riskscape' On one day in July 2021 fires devastated large areas of Sardinia, flooding occurred for the second time in two weeks in London and I received a message from research colleagues in Germany that read "the institute was quite destroyed and many colleagues have suffered tremendous damage to their houses."

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BTMFBA: maintaining arts spaces in the face of rising real estate values | Seattle, New York City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The organization calls itself Seattle’s Creative Industrial Complex, which sounds a bit over the top until you consider that the main complex now covers almost an entire block and houses nearly 150 photographers, printmakers, woodworkers, ceramists, stone carvers, blacksmiths and just about any other creative specialty you can imagine.

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How Marathon County, WI Gets Their Priorities Straight!

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

The real challenge we face is that every year, our operational costs go up 2 million dollars ($2,000,000) while the State imposed levy caps limit us to a half million dollars ($500,000) in new tax levy. In preparing the 2017 budget, we will aspire higher. That’s the size of Marathon County’s annual budget. We are FAR from broke.