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Here is a single-sit read than can change the course of your retirement. Written by Dr. Teresa Ghilarducci, an economics professor, a retirement and savings specialist, and a trustee to two retiree health-care trusts worth over $54 billion, How to Retire with Enough Money cuts through the confusion, misinformation, and bad policy-making that keeps us spending or saving poorly. It begins with acknowledging what a person or household actually needs...
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Retirement shouldn’t be just for the rich: “Finally, a practical plan to address Americans’ lack of adequate retirement savings.”—Michael Bloomberg
Everyone deserves to be able to retire with dignity, but this core feature of the social contract is in jeopardy. Companies have swerved away from pensions, and most of the workforce has woefully inadequate retirement savings. If we don’t act...
Everyone deserves to be able to retire with dignity, but this core feature of the social contract is in jeopardy. Companies have swerved away from pensions, and most of the workforce has woefully inadequate retirement savings. If we don’t act...
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Do cities work anymore? How did they get to be such sprawling conglomerations of lookalike subdivisions, mega freeways, and "big box" superstores surrounded by acres of parking lots? And why, most of all, don't they feel like real communities? These are the questions that Alex Marshall tackles in this hard-hitting, highly readable look at what makes cities work.
Marshall argues that urban life has broken down because of our basic ignorance of the...
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"A stunningly original, lushly illustrated vision for a Green Utopia, published on the 500th anniversary of the original Big Idea. Five hundred years ago a powerful new word was unleashed upon the world when Thomas More published his book Utopia, about an island paradise far away from his troubled land. It was an instant hit, and the literati across Europe couldn't get enough of its blend of social fantasy with a deep desire for a better world. Five...
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"San Francisco was once widely viewed as the prettiest city in America. Today it is best known as the epicenter of the homeless zombie apocalypse. What went wrong? Michael Shellenberger has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for 30 years, during which time he advocated for the decriminalization of drugs, and for alternatives to jail and prison. But as massive open-air drug markets spread across the state, Shellenberger decided to take a deep dive...
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"In Red Team, security expert Micah Zenko provides an in-depth investigation into the work of red teams, revealing the best practices, most common pitfalls, and most effective strategies of these modern-day Devil's Advocates. He shows how competitive organizations, from private corporations to whole governments, can and should mitigate risk by red teaming. A growing number of institutions are already using this approach, Zenko shows, but he argues...
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The early 21st century has not been kind to California's reputation for good government. But the Golden State's governance flaws reflect worrisome national trends with origins in the 1970s and 1980s. Growing voter distrust with government, a demand for services but not taxes to pay for them, a sharp decline in enlightened leadership and effective civic watchdogs, and dysfunctional political institutions have all contributed to the current governance...
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El Plan Estratégico de Turismo de la Mancomunidad de la Canal de Navarrés es una apuesta de ocho municipios para trazar las líneas de trabajo que permitan el diseño participativo de una comarca como territorio de interior de la Comunidad Valenciana. Pretende reforzar su potencial para convertirse en referente turístico en la provincia de Valencia. El plan constituye un instrumento flexible de planificación, destinado a dotar a los municipios...
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A series of stories which each explore some individual aspect of life in a paralytically sleepy Central American town while each advancing some aspect of the larger plot and relating back one to another in a complex structure which slowly explicates its own background even as it painstakingly erects a town which is one of the most detailed literary creations of the period. In this book, O. Henry coined the term "banana republic".
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Cities in Asia and the Pacific are expanding rapidly. With this growth, persons with disabilities, older persons, women, and children face significant challenges in accessing urban services and fully participating in city life. To address such barriers, inclusive environments are needed wherein infrastructure and services are built considering the different needs of everyone. The inclusive cities guidelines provide universal design solutions, accessibility...
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This publication helps guide investment planning and financing across key urban infrastructure sectors of Azerbaijan to improve the performance of cities with a focus on economy, equity, and environment. The National Urban Assessment for Azerbaijan is among a series prepared by the Asian Development Bank for selected developing countries under its Urban Operational Plan 2012–2020.
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There is a complex web of infrastructure behind the day-to-day operation of a Canadian city. Flick the switch and the light comes on; turn the tap and the water is there; flush the toilet and the sewage disappears. But what price are we paying for these services that make our lives easier? In an age of blackouts, water problems, overflowing sewers, dangerously smoggy skies, and overburdened highways - problems that have led to an increasingly fragile...
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Agent de développement économique, social, communautaire, touristique, rural, culturel, chargé de projets, coordonnateur; telles sont quelques-unes des multiples appellations désignant les métiers du développement territorial. Quels sont réellement ces métiers? Comment l'évolution des politiques a-t-elle transformé les pratiques de ces agents de développement? Quel est le profil de ces professionnels? Quelles qualifications et compétences...
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As housing supply in England reaches crisis point, Duncan Bowie provides a critical review of housing policy under successive UK governments. From Blair's New Labour and Cameron's Coalition government to the 2016 Housing and Planning Act, Bowie demonstrates how successive governments have failed to provide adequate, affordable housing, leading to a chronic lack of provision. Exploring the inter relationship between housing, planning and land policies,...
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Fruit d'une réflexion collective des membres du Centre de recherche sur le développement territorial, cet ouvrage éclairera les lecteurs non seulement sur les différentes méthodes utilisées par les chercheurs pour comprendre les réalités des territoires, mais leur donnera aussi des outils concrets (cadre d'analyse, dimensions, indicateurs, etc.) leur permettant de développer leurs propres recherches dans le domaine.
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En estas páginas se desvela la realidad de las víctimas del conflicto armado en Mocoa, un municipio donde el 50 % de la población se encuentra en esta condición. De los 21 asentamientos identificados en las zonas urbana y rural, se analizaron 6 que presentaban la desarticulación entre la Ley 1448 del 2011 de Víctimas y la Ley 388 del 1997 sobre Ordenamiento Territorial. En el proceso investigativo, que contó con el apoyo de instituciones de...
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One of the most vexing problems for governments is building controversial facilities that serve the needs of all citizens but have adverse consequences for host communities. Policymakers must decide not only where to locate often unwanted projects but also what methods to use when interacting with opposition groups. In Site Fights, Daniel P. Aldrich gathers quantitative evidence from close to five hundred municipalities across Japan to show that planners...
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This comprehensive yet concise textbook is the first to provide a focused, subject specific guide to planning practice and law. Giving students essential background and contextual information to planning's statutory basis, the information is supported by practical and applied discussion to help students understand planning in the real world. The book is written in an accessible style, enabling students with little or no planning law knowledge to engage...
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"En Colombia existen municipios donde más del 50 % de su población es víctima del conflicto armado, lo cual conlleva a que generen pocos ingresos y gran dependencia de los recursos de la nación. Pese a que la Corte Constitucional amplió la vigencia de la Ley 1448 del 2011 sobre las víctimas del conflicto armado del 2021 al 2031, debido a que solo el 10 % de las víctimas se encuentra reparado, es un reto para los municipios
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In this provocative new book, Peter Latham argues that the UK Conservative Government's devolution agenda conceals their real intention: to complete the privatisation of local government and other public services. Using illustrative examples from across the UK, including the so-called 'Northern Powerhouses' and the Midlands, the book explains the far-reaching implications of the reorganisation of local government that is already affecting vital public...
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