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Reflections on the Turkish-Syrian Earthquakes of 6th February 2023: Building Collapse and its Consequences

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

A short bibliography of sources that deal with common faults in Turkish R/C construction is appended at the end of this article. Mosalam 2003. An experienced civil engineer could evaluate some of that by eye, but much of the rest is hidden and only exposed once the building collapses. Whittaker, K.J. Elwood and K.M.

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Relearning old lessons: Urban economics, agglomeration economies, and adaptive reuse of "a large stock of old buildings"

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Agglomeration economies and the biotech cluster in Cambridge Massachusetts.The Globe article explains why I am such a proponent of face to face, cluster development and agglomeration economies. Characteristics of cultural quarters From Montgomery (2003). Like "bump factor" instead of "agglomeration economies." Stable arts funding.

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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

Maybe the National Park Service Urban Agenda: A call to action initiative (2015) can help facilitate this, but I am not holding my breath. The award-winning orchid curtain in the Exhibition Hall at Longwood Gardens' 2015 Orchid Extravaganza. Another link. s Black arts scene ," Post ).