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Brownfields Redevelopment: Case Studies and Concepts in Community Revitalization
In urban planning, a brownfield is a former industrial or commercial site where environmental contamination hinders development. They exist in almost every community--there is probably one in your neighborhood--and state or federal resources can be used to facilitate assessment, cleanup and reuse. Drawing on...- $39.95
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Cities and Homelessness: Essays and Case Studies on Practices, Innovations and Challenges
Homelessness in America's cities remains a growing problem. The homeless today face the same challenges as in years past: poverty, tenuous or no ties to family and friends, physical and mental health issues, and substance abuse. Compared to the 1950s to 1970s, more homeless...- $39.95
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Climate Change and Disaster Resilience: Challenges, Actions and Innovations in Urban Planning
Climate change and natural disasters have always been hot topics of discussion and debate from the living rooms of citizens to meetings to civil society organizations' candlelight vigils. The consensus from the scientific and academic community on the threat of climate change clashes with...- $39.95
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Cybersecurity: Current Writings on Threats and Protection
Billions of people are connected through billions of devices across the globe. In the age of this massive internet, professional and personal information is being transmitted and received constantly, and while this access is convenient, it comes at a risk. This handbook of cybersecurity...- $39.95
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Eminent Domain and Economic Growth: Perspectives on Benefits, Harms and New Trends
Eminent domain is integral to a government's legal ability to take private property for a public purpose. If used correctly, the owners are paid the fair market value for their property, few citizens are inconvenienced and everyone benefits. Bad-faith abuses of eminent domain typically...- $39.95
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Filipino American Faith in Action: Immigration, Religion, and Civic Engagement
Filipinos are now the second largest Asian American immigrant group in the United States, with a population larger than Japanese Americans and Korean Americans combined. Surprisingly, there is little published on Filipino Americans and their religion, or the ways in which their religious traditions...- $30.00
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Gun Safety and America's Cities: Current Perspectives and Practices
Across government bodies, from local to federal, legislative responses to mass gun violence in the new millennium have varied greatly. Lack of communication or collaboration between government officials forestalls the implementation of practiced strategy. In an effort to encourage widespread solutions, this collection of...- $75.00
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Keeping Schools Safe: Case Studies and Insights
Since 2009, at least 177 of America's schools experienced a shooting. A parent should not have to worry when their children are at a public school in their city--whether it be an elementary school, a middle school, a high school, or a college campus....- $75.00
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Senior Care and Services: Essays and Case Studies on Practices, Innovations and Challenges
There are more senior citizens in the U.S. today than ever before. Public services for seniors are rapidly changing and expanding as this diverse population ages. This collection of essays describes key developments in services being provided in cities across the nation. Topics include...- $39.95
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Small Town Economic Development: Reports on Growth Strategies in Practice
We tend to associate small town economic development with the decline of the rural United States--empty houses, shuttered shops and rusting factories. A common diagnosis of sluggish small town recovery is their lack of lifestyle amenities that attract new residents and businesses. Yet many...- $39.95
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Syringe Exchange Programs and the Opioid Epidemic: Government and Nonprofit Practices and Policies
Syringe exchange programs and safe injection services are outside-the-box interventions increasingly being used by governments, nonprofits and citizens to address dire issues percolating in tandem with America's burgeoning opioid epidemic. People who inject drugs (PWID)--almost a million Americans annually--commonly use painkillers such as heroin...- $39.95
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