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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

CLTs provide a community ownership approach to providing affordable housing, trying to balance the homeowner desire to build equity with the community and societal desire to maintain an affordable housing stock and the desire of local governments and other funders to sustain housing intervention funding. Where have CLTs been established?

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Bicycling promotion at the neighborhood scale

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In " Making cycling irresistible in DC 2.0 " (2008) and " Best practice bicycle planning for suburban settings using the action planning method " (2010), I mentioned the need to promote bicycling at the neighborhood scale, to increase biking take up. On Capitol Hill in DC, a few yeas ago a "Kidical Mass" group was formed.

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The Benefits of Community Engagement for Universities and Colleges

Social Pinpoint

However, consistent and ongoing community engagement can require significant investment. Universities are always thriving to collaborate with council as it usually generates authentic and impactful engagement that would benefit the community and city stakeholders.

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10 Awesome Repurposed Emergency Bunkers

Emergency Management Degree Guide

The complex had air regeneration and water supply systems together with food and fuel supplies, and it could sustain as many as 3,000 people for three months in the event of a nuclear attack. In 2008, they launched the “Concrete Mushrooms” project, proposing that the structures be transformed into hostels. Image Source.

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Updating the best practice elements of revitalization to include elements 7 and 8 | Transformational Projects Action Planning at a large scale

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But by then, other cities, especially San Francisco ( Sustainable Mobility and Climate Action Strategy ) and New York City ( World Class Streets: Remaking New York City's Public Realm ) far outspanned DC in terms of improving public spaces. Transformational Projects Action Planning. They remade it into a full park circle. Social Marketing 3.

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Haiti: has there been progress in disaster reduction since the last big earthquake?

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

This was in 2010, shortly after Haiti had been prostrated by a magnitude 7 earthquake. The 2010 earthquake occurred after yet another period of instability, which the United Nations Peacekeeping mission (MINUSTAH) had striven to bring to an end. For example, in the 2008 hurricane season, four named storms arrived.

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Learning what not to do from the New England Patriots football team

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From " Design Thinking ," American Libraries, 2008 I used action planning concepts when I did a pedestrian and bicycle plan for Baltimore County (" Best practice bicycle planning for suburban settings using the "action planning" method ," 2010). Since Brady left, the team has languished, really badly.

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