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Reflections on the Turkish-Syrian Earthquakes of 6th February 2023: Building Collapse and its Consequences

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Why RC buildings failed in the 2011 Van, Turkey, earthquakes: construction versus design practices. It is also singular that one of the first short, stubby minarets in Turkey (located in Izmir) was built 300 years after Sinan died in 1588. Select Bibliography of Sources on Turkish R/C Construction Practices Cogurcu, M.T.

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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

inter-city) transit planning ," 2011). Second, when budget crisis hits services are cut. -- " Without the right transportation planning framework, metropolitan areas are screwed, and that includes the DC area ," 2011 2. 15 years ago I first wrote that WMATA needed to rebuild the regional consensus about the value of transit: -- " St.

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Florida's Brightline passenger rail as an opportunity to rearticulate and extend transit service in cities like Orlando

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Boston versus the Raleigh-Durham's GoTransit Model ," 2017 -- " What Richmond can't teach DC about bus services ," 2019 Brightline is a new railroad passenger service that started in South Florida, is expanding to Orlando and intends to expand to Tampa.

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Metrorail Silver Line phase two opening this week

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But the failures in planning extend beyond DC (" Silver Line Metro expansion a classic example of the need to have true regional transportation planning ," 2011). Create the DMV Transport Association (" The answer is: Create a single multi-state/regional multi-modal transit planning, management, and operations authority association ") 2.

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Bilbao as an example of Transformational Projects Action Planning ," 2017 But I have to say that the student "inspired me" to rethink of the bridge park as an opportunity to reshape revitalization planning and practice in Anacostia. For years I've argued that DC should manage itself as a heritage area with or without designation.

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Crain's Chicago Business: Crain's Forum on Rebranding Chicago

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Not as scintillating as the Boston Globe series (" Blueprints for a downtown Boston | Boston Globe "), but at least the business community is concerned about reputation and brand and identity management. From destination managers to city brand managers to community asset managers.

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Current GSE Guarantee Fees Are Too Low to Be Consistent with Regulatory Capital: Does This Mean a Large Increase Is Coming?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

This would be, in essence, an unwinding of the ERCF and a return to approximately the CCF that was officially in place from 2017 to 2019 for setting the average G-fee. 6] It was officially adopted in 2017. [7] 26] It was only officially adopted in 2017, but in practical terms began to be partially used as far back as 2014. [27]

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