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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Housing costs and supply are dominating the news at the moment. Housing is the highest monthly bill typical Americans face, reaching an average of $1674 a month in 2021. Housing prices have increased far faster than incomes (Miller 2015), making affordable homeownership inaccessible for many aspiring homeowners (Hackett et al.

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California Forests Are Disappearing–And So Are Air Pollution Disparities

The Lowe Down

This correlation occurs because air quality is an amenity that is capitalized into housing prices; cleaner air is among the many goods purchased by more affluent households in California. in the period 2006-2010. As the average air quality in 2006-2010 is 10.95, this is roughly a 1.4 in 2011-2015 and 0.09 for 2016-2020.

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Three ideas about presentation of African American History in the context of Black History Month | reprint with an addition about the US Civil Rights Trail (versus the Dixieland Trail)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

2011 Doors Open Toronto Guide ) But Open House New York Weekend is increasingly a big deal. In North America, Doors Open Toronto is probably the biggest. The Toronto Star even publishes an event guide. Pittsburgh created Doors Open Pittsburgh.

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National Library Week, 4/7 - 4/13

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The Drumbrae Library in Scotland includes a day care facility (" Work begins on Drumbrae's new library, day care centre and youth cafe ," Guardian, 2011). Probably in rented space (" PC Tots invites all to ribbon cutting at Park City Library ," Park Record ). Libros Book Club. Photo: Nate Martinez, Express-News. Underfunding school libraries.

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Community Resilience or Community Dystopia in Disaster Risk Reduction?

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

There is no such thing as societeigh", she said in that false plummy, slightly hectoring, distinctly overbearing voice (Tice 2010). Rioting and looting occurred in London in 2011 and in Concepcion, Chile, after the 2010 earthquake and tsunami. Socialist (25 November 2010), p. Kawachi, S. Takao and S.V.

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V for Vagina: The Anniversary of Michigan Representative Lisa Brown’s Vagina Monologue

Public Policy Blog

Later, Majority Floor Leader Jim Stamas, R-Midland, determined Brown’s comments “violated the decorum of the House”, said Ari Adler, spokesman for the Republican majority. Pete Lund, (House Speaker) Jase Bolger, (Rep.) Measuring State House Speakers Formal Power 1981-2010. Image: Washington Post.

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Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

Public Policy Blog

Prolific proponent of the networked society Manuel Castells (2011) describes mass media being displaced by mass self-communication (Deluca, Lawson, & Sun, 2012) in altering the communication model from one-to-one to many-to-many. 2011; Aday, et al., Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube Platforms in Brief.