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Prolonged, wide-area electrical power failure

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

lifts [elevators] blocked: people possibly trapped in them trains stranded: people possibly stranded in them traffic control inoperable: possibility of accidents and queues at road junctions critical facilities (hospitals, police stations, etc.)

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Cities, Cultural Heritage and the Culture of Responding to Floods

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

In far too many places around Europe and the world, the providers of knowledge and the decision makers in public administration are engaged in a dialogue of the deaf. The last of these is the theatre of operations, as in essence all disasters are local affairs. This is where the resources need to be concentrated.

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One Working Capital Management Strategic Tool: Interfund Transfers

Death and Taxes

accounts payable and notes payable) to ensure smooth operations. The purpose is to maintain cash flows for liquidity to meet short-term operating expenses and obligations. If a government legally allows, authorizes, and fully discloses interfund transfers, it might be an ideal strategy to use to aid in sustaining government operations.

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The NTHP used to have a great cultural heritage tourism operation but they junked it. Truthful study of event tourism finds that the economic impact of spending is much more limited than touted.