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  • Is the co-op the future of housing affordability?

    October 01, 2014 |

    Places Journal |

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    Response Location: United States

    There is an escalating housing affordability crisis in America, where even the middle and creative classes are having difficulty finding somewhere they can afford to live. A possible solution could be cooperative housing as explained through several examples around the world where this method has been used.

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  • How Highway Underpasses are Saving Panthers in Florida

    August 14, 2014 |

    Mental Floss |

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    Response Location: United States, Florida

    According to the Florida Wildlife Conservation Commission, there are fewer than 180 panthers left in the state due to high rates of animal-vehicle collision. Now, the state is trying to prevent further harming the species by introducing specially designed technology, including highway underpasses and roadside animal detection systems.

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  • Dealing with blight complaints requires new approach, Memphis says

    February 22, 2014 |

    Fayetteville Observer |

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    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    In Memphis, a creative blight-reduction initiative called 25 Square Blocks broke down the city into blocks. Inspectors were able to quickly identify all the violations and fix them, using the same amount of funding, but less time, as the old call-and-respond model.

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  • A Tornado-Stricken City Is Teaching The World How To Build A Disaster-Proof Hospital

    June 18, 2013 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, Moore, Oklahoma

    After a powerful storm destroyed their hospital and left lives at risk, Moore, Oklahoma is rebuilding a new type of facility that can weather a tornado. They are helping other cities learn how to do the same, ensuring that lives can still be saved in the face of such storms.

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  • A Vision of Vertical Slums in Mumbai

    December 11, 2012 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: India, Mumbai

    For a megacity with more than 18 million people in its metro area, Mumbai, India is not a particularly vertical city. Many of its inhabitants squeeze into low-rise slums crammed into the urban space. But an ongoing slum rehabilitation program seeks to clear these corrugated metal shacks and relocate the slum-dwellers to new high rises.

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