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Resilience is an illusion

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Previously (Alexander 2013), I thought that Holling was wrong about resilience. Hence, public discourse and concerns could conceivably change overnight (as they did in the USA after "Nine-Eleven" in 2001). Some have even stated that the 2100-year-old concept of resilience was invented by Holling. What can we do instead? Holling, C.S

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Shake Shack began as a small hot dog stand operating out of Madison Square Park in New York City in 2001 and grew into a gourmet fast-casual restaurant with more than 377 locations both domestically and internationally. Although maybe Marriott would be willing to license a revival of Hot Shoppes as a retro business venture.

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V for Vagina: The Anniversary of Michigan Representative Lisa Brown’s Vagina Monologue

Public Policy Blog

For example, in thirty-six of the 49 state lower chambers, the chamber’s rules grant the speaker the authority to make all committee assignments for all legislators of every party (Clucas 2001, 326–327, 335). Mooney, Christopher (2013). DOI: 10.1177/1532440010391873. Darcy, R (996). Social Science Quarterly , 77(4), 888-898.