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To Prevent Illegal Dumping, You Have to Know the Scale of the Problem

Center for Community Progress

Make sure data is spatially referenced with GPS coordinates. A 2021 pilot study focused on a handful of chronic dumping sites where researchers tested low-cost interventions like boulder barriers, artwork, seating, lighting, and trail cameras. Dont duplicate efforts, and dont create a new database if you dont have to.

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Are combination inspectors a good choice for municipalities?

American City & Country

This can be seen more recently after events like the 2021 Surfside, Fla., Then often following high-profile incidents and media coverage there are periods of heightened public awareness about safety issues that tend to lead to changes and or stronger enforcement of building codes.

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Community Engagement Trends for 2025

Social Pinpoint

for 2021, 2022, and 2023, and now boasts national leagues, including in Australia. This will likely lead to projects becoming targets for coordinated responses and submissions from determined groups that are seeking to influence or alter the decision-making process. It’s been recognized as the fastest-growing sport in the U.S.

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Using Data to Prevent the Loss of Home Equity in New York City

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

A 2021 Pew Charitable Trusts report identified at least 10,407 tangled title properties, including heirs’ property, in Philadelphia. 10,455 properties (2.09% of properties in our universe ) received a lis pendens foreclosure notice between 2018 and 2021. Coordinate across systems to avoid unintended harm.

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Is DC screwed economically because of Trump and the Republicans? Probably.

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I don't know what the multiplier effect is for "paper pushers" (information coordination) versus doing jobs. I've written before that the government functions in the city proper tend to be information coordination, not doing, which has less positive impact. This will have long term negative impact on "talent attraction".

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Detroit needs a transformational projects action plan for the Renaissance Center, the adjoining waterfront and business district, and transit

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I see the opportunities that a coordinated revitalization could provide to Detroit. transit redevelopment and expansion and more programs for resident attraction. Also see " New plans for Liverpool waterfront regeneration submitted by developers ," Independent. Conclusion. But they aren't there yet.

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Cities, Cultural Heritage and the Culture of Responding to Floods

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

In 2021 a colleague who studies natural hazards wrote to me that "our institute is all but destroyed and colleagues have lost their homes". The regional tier of government should coordinate and support local efforts and the national level should weld all of this into a fully harmonised system marked by compatibility and mutual support.