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How two UK customers use AWS to support sustainability goals

AWS Public Sector Blog

Sustainability is now an integral part of business strategy, even as the sustainability landscape is continuously evolving. Technology, data, and innovation play a fundamental role in helping governments, organisations, and society address sustainability-related challenges. This means thinking differently about technology.

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What’s the deal with rural land banks? A Q&A with West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation Executive Director Taylor Bennett

Center for Community Progress

We spoke with Taylor Bennett , Executive Director of the West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation (WVLSC). WVLSC operates as the statewide land bank for VAD properties, including those that have known or suspected environmental issues, and takes title to those properties to prepare them for redevelopment. Photo courtesy of WVLSC.

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Harnessing cloud solutions to tackle water challenges

AWS Public Sector Blog

This post can serve as a resource for public sector leaders, utilities, and environmental agencies seeking to harness the power of the cloud to create a more sustainable water future for the EMEA region and beyond. For example, creating digital twins of water systems promotes more effective management and simulation of various scenarios.

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What Policymakers Need to Know About New and Evolving Publicly-Driven Housing Development Models in the U.S.

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

While a notable portion of the nation’s public housing stock still operates under traditional public housing rules, particularly in New York City, the government's role in new affordable housing development has changed. as part of a recent report for RIHousing and the Rhode Island Department of Housing. to make the development work.

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State of Land Banking: 2023 Survey Highlights 

Center for Community Progress

The National Land Bank Network (NLBN) at the Center for Community Progress is a community of practice to unite and support the over 300 land banks operating throughout the country. 64 percent of all respondents operate at a county-level and 24 percent operate at a municipal-level.

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Land Banks and Community Land Trusts: Emerging Partners for a Resilient and Equitable Recovery

Center for Community Progress

Likewise, one of the strengths of CLTs is the long-term stewardship of land and ensuring that the pipeline of properties acquired from a land bank continues to serve the community in perpetuity. 5.

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Islands innovating to future-proof water resources

AWS Public Sector Blog

Islands can be testbeds for sustainable innovation that can help address these needs. Essential water operations on islands, including risk management, water treatment and recycling, pressure control and leakage detection, metering and consumption management, water quality and quality monitoring, and asset management.