Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

OCTOBER 21, 2022

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). From memory he recited to me a catalogue of omissions, oversights and failures in managing the risks. Was this not a disaster?

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

RTS did this when they were successful, so that when the 2008 recession hit, they were well placed to operate and survive financial setbacks that crippled other transit authorities who were not as well situated. But it is also a management failure of local government. It's an asset and risk management failure of massive proportions.

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GovLoop

JULY 27, 2023

percent” in 2008, according to a study by the Sagamore Institute. In fact, the effort was led by a former sporting goods executive, who put together a customer service management team. That work has continued unabated since Daniels left office in 2013, and the rating now sits at 98%, according to the 2021 annual report.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 19, 2024

While the concept was spurred by my writings on the Purple Line light rail system coming to suburban Maryland, -- " (Big Hairy) Projects Action Plan(s) as an element of Comprehensive/Master Plans ," 2017 but also best practice programs I've across and not always written about. Really, the revitalization management process is never ending.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 9, 2022

Districts are adept at outbound communications but have struggled to manage inbound messages as communications channels expanded beyond phone calls and mail to include texts and emails that can be sent around the clock, the report said. In short, cities are going to have to double down on urban design, placemaking, fun, and co-location.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 10, 2023

In the years immediately following conservatorship (which began in September 2008), the FHFA increasingly took over setting the average G-fee. This all ended in 2008, when even the most ardent GSE defenders in Congress went quiet as the two companies collapsed into conservatorship.

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