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Lax Regulation Doesn’t Fully Explain Unsafe Buildings in African Cities: A View from Ghana

The City Fix

One study counted 54 building collapse deaths and 122 injuries in Kampala, Uganda, between 2004 and 2008. Another identified 112 cases in Lagos, Nigeria, from 1978 to 2008. Incidents of building collapse are worryingly common in large African cities. Cities in Ghana and Kenya, Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

It describes how the GSE design defect had very publicly manifested itself in these institutions prior to their being taken over by the government via conservatorship in 2008. It did so, for example, in 2004 to cover the budget year 2003, when its estimate was $3.2 trillion of assets) and are the most well-known and studied GSEs.

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A History of Ohio Land Banking 2009–2021: From Legislation to Operation

Center for Community Progress

At the height of the foreclosure crisis post-2008, a group of elected officials, community development practitioners, and lawyers came together to craft a strategy to respond to the hemorrhaging real estate market in Ohio. Everything seemed to work as planned—until 2008. The trend continued for the next several years.

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State of the Nation - a UK Perspective on Covid-19

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Since 2008, pandemics have been top of the list of 96 threats and hazards in the UK National Risk Register of Civil Emergencies in all editions. Plans were made in the UK in 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2014. The scenario for this pandemic (excluding the recovery) was fully formulated over the period 2003-2009.

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CIVIL RIGHTS/CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: Pitt Bull Owners’ § 1983 Action May Proceed

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

2008); San Jose Charter of Hells Angels v. Bethards , 826 F.3d 3d 1252 (10th Cir. 2016); Saathoff v. Davis , 826 F.3d 3d 925 (7th Cir. 2016); Maldonado v. Fontanes , 568 F.3d 3d 263 (1st Cir. 2009); Viilo v. Eyre , 547 F.3d 3d 707 (7th Cir. City of San Jose , 402 F.3d 3d 962 (9th Cir. 2005); Altman v. City of High Point, N.C. , 2d 111 113 (D.

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Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

But in 2008 floods stretched from Alnwick in Northumberland to Tewksbury in Somerset, nearly 500 km away. In the UK this is the Civil Contingencies Act of November 2004. However, it would be wrong to avoid thinking about how to improve our ability to respond to meteorological disasters when they occur. Was this not a disaster?

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University of Utah University Neighborhood Partners program and community revitalization in West side Salt Lake City/County

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

After the 2008 recession, they dropped their primary outreach program. From the Salt Lake Tribune article: It was in 2001 that University of Utah President Bernie Machen (1998-2004) recognized and took ownership for the fact that, as an institution, the U was little involved on the west side.