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SeloVerde uses geospatial big data and AI/ML to monitor deforestation in supply chains, powered by AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Amazon provides grant funding to accelerate sustainability research and innovation through the RNCF and the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative ’s (ASDI) Promotional Credit Program. post-2008 deforestation). that it deployed in the AWS Cloud in 2023. SeloVerde 2.1’s SeloVerde 2.1’s The vision behind SeloVerde and CAR 2.0 [the

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In Iloilo City, Philippines, an Inclusive Housing Program Protects Vulnerable Communities from Flood Risks

The City Fix

Aileen Monsale, a resident of Iloilo City, Philippines, lost her home in 2008 after devastating floods hit the low-lying city following Typhoon Fengshen – which many called a “storm of the century.” Like thousands of people in Iloilo City, her.

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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. Too many people think biking is recreational or a joke in terms of sustainable mobility.

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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. Davis, John E., Davis, John E.

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Accelerating the secure exchange of public health data with AIMS, powered by Ruvos and AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Powering fast, secure exchanges of public health data APHL partnered with Ruvos in 2008 to design and build AIMS, a hub-and-spoke model for national public health data exchange.

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Rampant management failure #2: DC area Metrorail (Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

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. The director then, Mark R. But it is also a management failure of local government.

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What’s a Capital Stack and How Does it Work?

CRA Today

This CDFI Fund article is a great resource that illustrates capitalization strategies and opportunities to help you support the sustainability and growth of a potential capital stack.It All these layers together make a community development loan possible. also shows how each investment option is considered.