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Interesting study on litter focuses on the brand of the trash

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

One of my earliest blog entries was on litter, as a result of those efforts. We used it to map the location, materials, type and, where possible, brands of 43,187 items of litter collected across the UK in 2020. And I wrote more pieces over the years. -- " Every litter bit hurts ," 2005 -- " Litter revisited ," 2006 Photo by Inked78.

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How AWS supports the 10th anniversary of National Voter Registration Day with digital tools for civic engagement

AWS Public Sector Blog

On September 20, 2022, Americans celebrate National Voter Registration Day with a massive cross-country effort to register voters ahead of the federal midterm elections. Since the 2020 election, over half of the states in the US have changed election laws. Since 2004 HeadCount has supported the registration of over one million voters.

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AWS investment in South Africa results in economic ripple effect

AWS Public Sector Blog

This origin story traces back to the founding of the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud ( Amazon EC2 ) service in 2004, which is now regarded as one of the fundamental pieces of cloud computing technology. billion through 2022 to meet customer demand for cloud computing services, according to a new economic impact study (EIS) from AWS.

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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

The Vision Theater in Leimert Park Village will be a cultural anchor and will bring new customer segments to the commercial district throughout the day and into the evening, Photo from Horizon and Skyline blog. When it is the Idea Store ,” 2004, Guardian ). Also see " Leimert Theater: Envisioning a Neighborhood Landmark ," KCET.

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Social urbanism and Israel

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

It was awash in money and violence, with 5,840 murders at the peak in 1991 -- 2022's number of 392 is less than 7% of the peak. Since the MetroCable system was built in 2004 and the library in 2007, things have changed, Palomino says. Medellin was the center of Colombia's infamous drug cartels, the hub of the world's trade in cocaine.

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