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20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part two -- not transportation

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s newest hospital ," Washington Post ), in a manner that combined acute care, wellness programming including addressing chronic conditions, and public health with a hospital providing acute care at the center. 2018) -- " Part Two: Creating a graduate health and biotechnology research initiative on the St.

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Urbanism obituaries, 2022 | Death clusters of people, buildings and organizations as an indicator of institutional failure

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Homelessness concentrates in cities because there are more people, housing is more expensive, and people migrate to cities because they are more likely to offer social services. Although to be fair to public health departments, many do address it. We can't really blame this on cities. Mention this a lot.

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African American History Month and Transportation: February 4th | Transit Equity Day

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For example, " Making bus service sexy and more equitable " (2012) discusses how investment in bus systems, network breadth and depth, and streetcars is a benefit for the transit dependent. Transit access is more complicated even because "choice riders"--people with cars--see transit more as a social service, not a vital community service.