…York City. In coverage of this issue, it may be worth mentioning that a 2012 study published in Nature Climate Change, titled “Physically Based Assessment of Hurricane Surge Threat Under…
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…of lines, are analyzed. While these may help, less reliance on electricity for lighting and heating systems could also provide a benefit.” “Power System Reliability Assessment Considering the Effect…
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…military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone, Chandrasekaran’s first book, takes an in-depth look at reconstruction efforts after the 2003 invasion…
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…30, 2012. doi:10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040389 Abstract: “The city of Winnipeg was the first among several jurisdictions in Manitoba, Canada, to introduce breed-specific legislation (BSL) by banning pit-bull type dogs in 1990. The…
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…retweets instead simply being a factor of the total population of tweets originating from that city.” Users typically send tweets both locally and internationally on a regular basis; the average…
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…and the city is now 85% Hispanic. Many of the new arrivals are not the stereotypical migrant worker; some are members of the business elite and have access to the…
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…Justice: An Emerging Field, the city of Portland, Oregon, was an early proponent of the approach, starting in 1990. Holder himself applied similar strategies in Washington, D.C., in the 1990s…
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…City tabloid New York Post” — and the author sails off among the likes of Huffington Post (12 aggregation sites in all) and select mainstream media institutions. Based on these…
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…in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in the late 1980s. Residents took part in local and citywide assemblies to help establish spending priorities for a select portion of the city’s spending budget….
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…that policy efforts to build entrepreneurship among a location’s existing residents may be more powerful than efforts to attract outside entrepreneurs to the city.” Cities that have a high entry…
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