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The Future of Recycling Programs and the Role of Community Feedback

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From 2014 to 2019 alone, the number of communities offering composting programs grew by 65 percent ! In April of 2021, Stamford, CT , announced a new composting initiative. Residents were very disappointed and let it be known on social media and other channels.

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Transit safety and security: Broken Windows theory and reality | and the state of transit safety today

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In his second autobiography, The Profession: A Memoir of Policing in America, Bratton discusses interviewing for the New York Transit police chief job (which was the stepping stone to commissioner). Plus the findings during Bratton's time that fare beaters often committed other crimes on the system.

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Haiti: has there been progress in disaster reduction since the last big earthquake?

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

The 14 th August 2021 magnitude 7.2 In mid-2021, 40 districts are currently enduring a crisis of food availability, and 130,000 children are suffering from acute malnutrition. million), but in mid-August 2021 only 0.1% Consider, for example, the role of the Internet and social media. Disasters 34(S3): S444-S463. [ii]

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