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Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

In some instances, notably the Manchester Arena bombing and the Grenfell Tower fire (both in 2017), the shortcomings have been nothing less than scandalous (Kerslake 2018, Moore-Bick 2019). He went on to promulgate a law, the Coronavirus Act of March 2020, that is perhaps even more 'extreme', although mitigated by its incomprehensibility.

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How to Build Community Consensus Throughout the Engagement Process

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It has even been revealed that community opposition has contributed to the delay or cancellation of more than $30 billion worth of infrastructure projects nationally in the decade to 2017. It’s essential that we build consensus throughout the community engagement process, especially when the project is new or controversial.

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Digital Engagement for Mental Health

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Specifically, within the last few years, predominantly during the pandemic years from 2020 to 2022, it indicated that 21.5% Comparing this to the 2017-18 data, there was an increase from 20.1% Community initiatives – Engaging the community in collective challenges or initiatives that promote a sense of unity and purpose.

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Defining Community Engagement, Public Participation, Civic Engagement and More

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From community engagement, community consultation, public participation, public involvement, civic engagement, public engagement, and citizen participation – it’s a varied mix. So, let’s start with one of our favorites, community engagement. What is community engagement?

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Martin Luther King Day

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I started before the 2020 election, but excepting Biden's win over Trump, the Republicans did very well, which means that there is little appetite for a communitarian (versus a libertarian) focus and working together and building the means for civic participation.