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The Primacy of Social Capital for Community Resilience

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Like the idea of individual resiliency, “community resilience is a measure of the sustained ability of a community to utilize available resources to respond to, withstand, and recover from adverse situations” ( RAND Corporation ). This ability to respond and recover from disruption, from crisis situations, is called community resilience.

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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

I made a presentation about this at the University of Delaware public policy school in early 2010, " Metropolitan Mass Transit Planning presentation " (link to presentation within). And a more expanded concept of the "sustainable mobility dates to 2018 (" Further updates to the Sustainable Mobility Framework ").

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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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