Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

OCTOBER 21, 2022

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." Kerslake, B.

Management 92

Management Operations Laws Regulations 92

Center for Community Progress

MAY 19, 2022

Reinvestment Fund conducted Market Value Analyses for the City of Bethlehem (2018) and Northampton County (2019) to support data-driven blight prevention and remediation plans. The plan for Bethlehem, which straddles both Northampton and Lehigh Counties, won the 2018 Lehigh Valley Award for Plan or Policy.

Implementation 52

Implementation Development Community Development Elected Officials 52

The Lowe Down

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Freedom House” gathers data on democracy across the world, broken down into different indicators including rule of law, electoral process, political rights, and civil liberties. In the “Freedom House” dataset, the freedom status of a country can take on one of three categorical values: Free, Partially Free, and Not Free.

Voting 52

Voting Housing Laws Sustainability 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JANUARY 8, 2024

We estimate that if all homeowners were subject to the citywide average effective tax rate during Fiscal Year 2018, homeowners in the neighborhoods with the largest share Black population would have paid about $17 million less in property taxes per year, and the quartile with the smallest share Black population would have paid $10 million more.

Housing 52

Housing Translation Laws 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JULY 25, 2023

There are three bus stops--no shelters--alongside Sugar House Park for which I am on the board, and I hope that we work with the Utah Transit Authority to put shelters in, and at at least two of the locations, to incorporate greenery. And not providing a shelter doesn't work out so great in the winter either.

Public Transportation 52

Public Transportation Outreach Transportation Sustainability 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 12, 2022

All to the good, I was surprised to see that more than a handful of houses have gates so they can access the trail, some with elaborate connections because of grade. There were incursions onto the corridor from some houses but it was pretty rare--some bad, but many would be considered acceptable--growing stuff, art works, etc.

Transportation 52

Transportation Advocacy Sustainability Coordinator 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 19, 2023

I just learned that another place where I lived will be demolished for a new dormitory (" Saying goodbye to Ann Arbor's Marshall Court: Houses to be demolished for new dorm ," Ann Arbor News ). And the GMU campus at Virginia Square in Arlington, Virginia, which has the policy and law schools, and other programs.

Economic Development 52

Economic Development Education Development Laws 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 3, 2023

Manufactured housing (MH) has recently taken on a high profile among affordable housing advocates, including in the Biden administration. As a result, the search for ideas to increase the usage of MH has been building given the critical affordable housing shortage that has grown for many reasons over at least the last decade.

Housing 59

Housing Advocacy Government Development 59

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JANUARY 27, 2022

Across the country, policymakers are dealing with the impact of exclusionary zoning practices that have created barriers to housing supply and restricted access to high-opportunity neighborhoods for low-income families. The median rent of a housing unit in Westchester County increased by roughly 2.5 times from 1990 to 2018.

Housing 52

Housing Legislation Regulations Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

They remained open during the 2018-2019 shutdown, through restrooms and information desks were closed and waste disposal was halted. There is tension in the federal laws on parks and public lands, between access and protection, including keeping some lands natural, or wilderness. They were closed during a 2013 shutdown. Wilderness.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Advocacy Security Laws 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 3, 2025

Magazine -- " Women's Place: Urban Planning, Housing Design, and WorkFamily Balance ," Fordham Law Review -- " Women in the Urban Environment ," Signs Vol. Some cities and states have been changing laws to address this (" 'Potty Parity': Equal Wait Time for Men's and Women's Restrooms ," Time Magazine ). 3, Supplement.

Urban Planning 52

Urban Planning Transportation Budgeting Voting 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

It's due for a re-codification, as the comments are replete with additions. -- " Further updates to the Sustainable Mobility Platform Framework ," (2018) 8. This is a great explication of the network concept applied to biking. From the c. I have more than 1,000 entries on this topic.

Transportation 52

Transportation Sustainability Parks And Recreation Development 52

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

OCTOBER 8, 2020

On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act ("NDAA"), SB 1790, 133 Stat 1198, into law. Trish Sifka , Senior Attorney, National Legal Research Group. United States , 889 F.3d 3d 978, 981 (9th Cir. It found that it regrettably had to rule that Feres barred the suit.

Legislation 40

Legislation Supervision Laws Sustainability 40