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2023 reading list and commentary

Librarian.net

I’ve been actively seeking out non-binary authors and trying to read print a little more. average read per month: 9.5 average read per week: 2.2 The always-updated booklist, going back to 1997, lives at jessamyn.info/booklist and it has its own RSS feed.

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California Forests Are Disappearing–And So Are Air Pollution Disparities

The Lowe Down

Between 1972 and 2018, the number of large wildfires in California increased by 784 percent, and the area burned increased by more than 1,200 percent (Environmental Market Solutions Laboratory, UC Santa Barbara). in the period 2006-2010. As the average air quality in 2006-2010 is 10.95, this is roughly a 1.4 We focus on PM2.5,

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2022 reading list and commentary

Librarian.net

Previous librarian.net summaries: 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , 2007 , 2006 , 2005 , 2004. I’m also retiring my “people of color/non-Western” category only because it relies too much on surface impressions/names. average read per month: 12.

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2021 reading list and commentary

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Previous librarian.net summaries: 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , 2007 , 2006 , 2005 , 2004. Here are stats for the books that I finished. average read per month: 9.6. average read per week: 2.2. number read in worst month: 6 (February). number unfinished: 0.

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Straws and puffery: USC's DC "campus" as a lever for downtown revival

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DC's planning function and capacity has diminished with each mayor since Anthony Williams left office in 2006. Some schools have invested in nearby commercial districts, like Catholic University mentioned above. That's why I have to laugh at the article in today's Post about USC, " D.C. But that's not a unique failing.

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Public housing administration as a measure of government (in)competence

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Ironically, under the Williams Administration--1998-2006--the resuscitation of the DC Housing Authority was one of the city's great accomplishments , and the director, Michael Kelly, was even detailed by HUD to help fix failing authorities in Philadelphia and New York City. Housing Authority better ," Post ). Performance dashboards.

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WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative | Could a regional "transport association" be on the horizon, or just a transit bailout?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

My mobility shed/mobilityshed and transit shed entry dates to 2006, " Updating the mobilityshed / mobility shed concept." And a more expanded concept of the "sustainable mobility dates to 2018 (" Further updates to the Sustainable Mobility Framework "). inter-city) transit planning ," 2011). It's about speed versus access.