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H Street NE nightlife district, failing?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

You can never stop (" MAIN STREET NICHES IN A MASS SALES WORLD ," Neil Peirce, 2004). But transportation is the biggest issue, better connections making it easier for people to go to other nearby districts, some of which (as I wrote about in the Eastern Market piece ) are more carefully managed to be constantly "on."

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Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Recently, I spoke to a senior emergency planner who has worked for years in the transportation and nuclear industries. In the UK this is the Civil Contingencies Act of November 2004. He went on to promulgate a law, the Coronavirus Act of March 2020, that is perhaps even more 'extreme', although mitigated by its incomprehensibility.

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Student Corner: The Role of Technology in CED Service Delivery – Help or Hindrance? The Example of SNAP Benefit Enrollment

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Research has shown it is common for SNAP participants to need help in applying, whether through government social services offices or external sources such as social workers, food banks, and non-profit organizations (Bartlett 2004). But which specific aspects of the application process present a barrier?

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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

Out of region visitors spend on lodging, food, and transportation. When it is the Idea Store ,” 2004, Guardian ). An important distinction they make is between in region and out of region visitation. This extends to other public lands.) That's not a lot of money.

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Interpreting Covid-19 as a Disaster

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Despite this, the 2020 pandemic has obvious similarities with previous outbreaks of viral diseases and with many other kinds of disaster. Front-line' workers include those who serve in hospitals, work in care homes, run public transport and deliver essential items. IRDR Report 2020-01. Distribution of vulnerability.

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The unintended consequences of converting office buildings to housing: the need for public safety; schools; amenities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

It had been happening for decades (" Having a Longer View on Downtown Living ," Eugenie Birch, University of Pennsylvania, 2002; Get Urban!: