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A brief critique of UK emergency arrangements in the light of the Covid-19 crisis

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

In 2017, the responses to the Manchester Arena bombings and the Grenfell Tower fire were substantially criticised. In the case of coronavirus, the medical profession has taken control of the agenda, yet most of the failings--and there are many--refer to civil protection issues: communications, logistics, coordination.

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Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

In some instances, notably the Manchester Arena bombing and the Grenfell Tower fire (both in 2017), the shortcomings have been nothing less than scandalous (Kerslake 2018, Moore-Bick 2019). In the UK this is the Civil Contingencies Act of November 2004. Report of the Public Inquiry Into the Fire At Grenfell Tower on 14 June 2017.

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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

Bilbao as an example of Transformational Projects Action Planning ," 2017 But I have to say that the student "inspired me" to rethink of the bridge park as an opportunity to reshape revitalization planning and practice in Anacostia. Get the parks working together and coordinated. National Heritage Area as a way to break silos.

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Eastern Market DC's 150th anniversary last weekend | And my never realized master plan for the market

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

A big thing was parking and mobility coordination, for example the way Hyattsville does it for their Arts District. -- offer a joint delivery service from the market at least within the neighborhood as a basic transportation demand management measure. I mentioned it over time. It laid the groundwork for connecting civic assets.