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How State and Local IT Agencies Can Best Prepare for Natural Disasters

State Tech Magazine

Last year tied 2017 and 2011 for the third-highest number of billion-dollar disasters in the U.S., with the cost of 18 weather events totaling more than $175 billion. But whether preparing for an event that is foreseeable (like a hurricane)…

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Flyer, Park City (Utah) Community Events for September 2022

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In the old days, when I'd travel I would pick up community newspapers and alternative weeklies and weekend sections in local newspapers to find other things to do, along with visitor centers (there should be community calendars posted there too), etc.

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Three ideas about presentation of African American History in the context of Black History Month | reprint with an addition about the US Civil Rights Trail (versus the Dixieland Trail)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

How about a month long "Doors Open" event during Black History Month. The Toronto Star even publishes an event guide. 2011 Doors Open Toronto Guide ) But Open House New York Weekend is increasingly a big deal. Just think how much stronger and more powerful these trails could be linked up as part of a broader system.

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Economic impact of big name concert tours: Taylor Swift in Philadelphia

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Although other events also contributed to this, including the University of Pennsylvania graduation. SEPTA ridership was higher, and some food establishments had stronger business. Again, I'd say a lot of hotel revenue and transportation (airline, rental cars, for out of area visitors) are captured by non local entities.

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Foresight

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Inspired by the events that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall, 30 years ago Francis Fukuyama wrote his treatise on The End of History (Fukuyama 1992). History, of course, continues to be made, both as events and as some form of human social development. One is that the shifting context pilots events. References Fukuyama, F.

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A Proposed Strategy to Advocate for Improved Civil Protection in the United Kingdom

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

In the case of radioactive emission, it has been estimated that the top event could be 20 times greater than that of Chornobyl in 1986, which covered the entire continent with radioactivity. A consistent trait has been the failure to learn and implement lessons from past events, or indeed from good practice in other European countries.

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Arts as production: The rock music ecosystem in West Seattle

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I've written a bunch of articles on music as an element of the local arts ecosystem: -- " Ground up (guerrilla) art #2: community halls and music (among other things) ," 2011 -- " Under threat: Austin's music industry as an element of the city's cultural ecosystem and economy ," 2016 -- " Leveraging music for cultural and economic development: part (..)