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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

Bratton implemented a strategy of “quality of life” policing, derived in large part from the “broken windows” theory advanced by the social scientists George Kelling and James Q. As crime dropped and police needed things to do, this was implemented in communities of color as "stop and frisk" which was later found unconstitutional.

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Another attempt to raise discussion about the DC Height Limit

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

And Maglev and the Central Business District, which is another inducement for a Height increase, one completely unseen by DC's planning and economic development officials (" DC, Transformational Projects Action Planning, and the Baltimore-Washington Maglev project ," 2021). Social urbanism and equity planning.

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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% Krimgold (eds) 2015. doi: 10.1108/DPM-08-2018-0263 of the population has been vaccinated.

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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

The paper " Evaluating the economics of park-tourism from the ground-up: Leakage, multiplier effects, and the enabling environment at South Luangwa National Park, Zambia " Ecological Economics , 2021, argues that simple surveys can collect this type of information. Part 1: Overview and Theoretical Foundations ," 2021 -- " St.

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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)

2 In November of last year, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the regulator and conservator of the two companies, issued its annual report on their G-fees (the G-fee Report), covering calendar year 2021. And will any change be implemented quickly or perhaps incrementally over several years? percent to 0.49

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