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New Book: Emergency Health: Practical Application of Public Health Principles

Disaster Zone blog

From a respected leader in public health.

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Legal Issues for Volunteers Responding to Disasters

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

Elizabeth Van Nostrand is an associate professor in the Department of Health Services Administration and Policy at the Temple University College of Public Health. She is the co-author of three public health emergency law bench books for health departments in the District of Columbia, Louisiana and Pennsylvania.

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Planning for heat/climate change | Public health

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But misters probably should be deployed more widely as a matter of public space management. For example, in bike planning, I keep mentioning misters. It's interesting that as part of weather forecasting, television meteorologists report on electricity availability.

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Demystifying AI: How RAG boosts efficiency in state and local government departments

AWS Public Sector Blog

It’s critical for anyone invested in the future of public service. Bridging the knowledge gap with LLMs Imagine if every government employee had an assistant who had read every book, document, and memo in the world. This assistant could draft policies, answer public inquiries, and create reports in seconds.

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Design With the City, Not For It: How to Discover Unlimited Urban Potential

Reprogramming the City

If you enjoyed this post, you’ll LOVE the Reprogramming the City book and toolkit ! Adaptive Reuse Books: Reprogramming the City Book and Toolkit [PRINT Combo Pack]. Repurposing Book and Toolkit: Reprogramming the City and How To [PDF Combo]. Product on sale. $ $ 19.95 $ 16.95. Add to cart.

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People aren't "hanging out" as much outdoors during the workday in the center city

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Whyte ," Wall Street Journal ), which formed the basis of the book, The Social Life of Urban Spaces , and the larger version, The City , which is a classic in urban design. I e-talked with Anne Lusk about this, she is a researcher at Harvard School of Public Health, and wrote her dissertation on the community aspects of multi-use trails.

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8 Ideas for Old Subway Cars: Proposals to Repurpose Retired BART Trains

Reprogramming the City

We’re obviously a big fan of interesting ideas for repurposing existing urban objects – we even wrote the definitive book on the subject. If you like repurposing projects, you’ll LOVE the Reprogramming the City books. Adaptive Reuse Books: Reprogramming the City Book and Toolkit [PRINT Combo Pack].