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The Top 10 Local Government Conferences of 2022

zencity

It’s a new year, which means our team is here to share the local government conferences we’re most excited for in 2022. But before we do so, we want to quickly look back and reflect on 2021. Here are our top picks for those looking to make the most of the best 2022 local government conferences to attend.

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Universities for Democratic Citizenship

First State Insights

School of Public Policy and Administration, speaks with Troy Mix, associate director at the University of Delaware’s Institute for Public Administration, about the history, dimensions, and future of engaged universities in the United States.

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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Housing is the highest monthly bill typical Americans face, reaching an average of $1674 a month in 2021. Over 225 CLTs have developed since their inception in the 1960s (Grounded Solutions Network 2021), and fifteen states have some version of a positive law supporting CLT formation and affirming CLT legality in their state (Decker 2018).

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Rampant management failure #2: DC area Metrorail (Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Since I got involved in urban revitalization I've argued that DC had five competitive advantages: 1. historic architecture 2. urban form (urban design) dating from the walking and transit city eras of urban development, therefore supporting walkability, transit, and biking 3.

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Building resilience: Using technology to prepare for, respond to, and recover from the unexpected

AWS Public Sector Blog

According to the United Nations (UN) 2022 Global Assessment Report on Climate Reduction , worldwide disasters will get worse if current trends continue. In February 2022, deadly floods and landslides ravaged Petrópolis, a city in southeastern Brazil in the State of Rio de Janeiro.

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Fiscal Impacts from COVID-19–Revenue Structure Matters

Death and Taxes

Based on the real monthly updates on the Florida state and county unemployment rates in 2020, we estimated each county’ unemployment rate in 2021 and 2022 to forecast the revenue impact for FY 2022 and FY 2023. Green School of International and Public Affairs at Florida International University. Authors’ Bios.

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

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Hence there is potential for floods that equal or exceed those generated in 2008, storms that may be more disruptive than Arwen was in 2021, heatwaves greater than that of July 2022, and so on. The devolved administrations and metropolitan mayoralities are the nearest Britain comes to having a regional tier of public administration.