City Management

Charlotte is a tale of one city, a meditation and inquiry into the inner life of one Southern metro of 2.6 million. It is also a story of life in cities across America. It is about a profound and prevalent experience of daily life, yet so seldom acknowledged or allowed expression, it has no name. This book calls it Soul, referring to Sense of Place, Home, the universal and innate need of people to form attachment to and shape where they live.

This is the story of a local government manager who got hired by a small mountain town in the Colorado Rocky Mountains in his first city manager job. The job got complicated from the first day and developed into more and more complexity.

Urban water infrastructure is under mounting pressure from climate change, aging assets, and rapidly expanding service demands. Sensor networks, machine learning, and data platforms are restructuring how cities monitor, operate, and govern critical water systems — but only where the right governance and institutional conditions are in place. - Understand how smart metering, LoRaWAN sensor networks, and edge computing generate the data on which every downstream analytics application depends - Analyze machine learning applications in water demand forecasting, pipe failure prediction, and ...

There are so many reasons to be angry after the devastating discovery of being betrayed and deceived by the person you trusted the most with your heart, your body and mind, and your life. Eighty-four percent of betrayed partners who participated in a Betrayal Trauma Anger survey reported the anger they experienced after discovery was more intense than at any other time in their life.

Minimalism in the City is your practical and inspiring guide to creating a calm, intentional life right in the heart of a busy urban environment. Designed specifically for city dwellers, this audiobook shows you how to simplify your space, your schedule, and your mindset without giving up comfort, style, or ambition.

Resisting Garbage presents a new approach to understanding practices of waste removal and recycling in American cities, one that is grounded in the close observation of case studies while being broadly applicable to many American cities today.

Pete and Geri Scazzero developed The Emotionally Healthy (EH) Relationships Course over a 21-year period to directly address core biblical principles to guide you and others into an experience of discipleship that will deeply change your life. In the EH Relationships Course, everyone will learn...

Charles' crazy wager paid off. After facing near annihilation, he managed to upend Nicos the warmonger and secure a new strip of land near the coast. With Tine growing steadily, he can now turn his attention to developing this new village and turning it into a new powerhouse. But as always, nothing ever goes as planned. For one, the borders of his new territory do not quite reach the water, so he cannot build a Seaport until he levels up his village. He cannot even access the resource tiles such as the fish, making this place completely depend on Tine for food.

Cities face accelerating climate risk, aging infrastructure, and governance systems designed for a world that no longer exists. Urban Planning and Resilient Infrastructure provides the analytical framework planners, policy professionals, and administrators need to understand and address these converging pressures. - Understand how systems thinking reframes urban infrastructure from discrete assets to interdependent networks where failure cascades across sectors - Analyze climate risk assessment methodologies and their translation into capital programming and land-use planning decisions - ...

Red Shoes Living offers a higher standard by which you can live, work, and thrive. In a world that is increasingly noisy and negative, the Red Shoes philosophy has become a symbol for making a positive impact. As an authentic authority in this growing movement, Lonnie Mayne shares his expertise on standing out in the way you live, the way you interact with people, and the way you can make a difference - whether in business or your personal life.

How did Circuit City go from a Mom and Pop store with a mere $13,000 investment, to the best performing Fortune 500 Company for any fifteen-year period between 1965 and 1995, to bankruptcy and liquidation in 2009? What must leaders do not only to take a business from good to great, but to avoid plummeting from great to gone in a constantly evolving marketplace?

Water security and climate resilience now decide whether economies grow, cities function, and communities withstand drought and flood. This authoritative analysis explains how a warming climate is reshaping the water cycle and what it takes to build resilient water systems. - Understand water security as a risk-based, systems property rather than a question of supply alone - Analyze how warming intensifies the hydrological cycle, driving scarcity, drought, and flooding - Examine water governance, institutions, and the policies that allocate water and distribute risk - Evaluate gray, green, ...

From “tomorrow’s greatest designer” (The Atlantic), a personal and deeply researched look at how the choices we build into our environment reflect and determine the way we think, connect, and live. We've been led to believe that purposefully designed spaces are something reserved only for...

Dive deep into the world of urban farming with "Cultivating the City", an informative and inspiring journey through sustainable agriculture in metropolitan spaces. This comprehensive guide takes you from the introductory stages, exploring the vast opportunities of urban farming to the advanced techniques of managing a fully operational urban farm. Uncover the benefits of integrating sustainable agricultural practices within urban fiends and learn how to transform your concrete spaces into green, organic patches of productivity. The initial chapters provide an understanding of urban farming,...

The wait is over: Arsenal are Premier League Champions. Now you can read the exclusive story. For two decades, Arsenal Football Club was weighed down by under-achievement and internal friction. But under the visionary leadership of Mikel Arteta, the club has shed its bad apples, forged an...

What If the World’s Largest City in AD 1200 Was Hiding Under the Cambodian Jungle and No One Knew Until a Laser Found It? For a century, the textbooks said Angkor was a ceremonial center of stone temples surrounded by empty forest. Then LiDAR stripped the trees away, and a megacity emerged. In April 2012, a helicopter-mounted laser fired 200,000 pulses per second at the ground beneath the Angkor canopy. The data that came back revealed a continuous urban grid—streets, canals, house mounds, markets—stretching over 3,000 square kilometers. The population estimate tripled overnight to ...

Step into the world of green innovation and sustainable living with "Urban Permaculture Blueprint," the definitive guide that will transform your urban space into a thriving ecosystem. Whether you have a small balcony or a concrete backyard, this eBook unveils the secrets of creating a permaculture paradise in the heart of the city. Discover a treasure trove of knowledge as you delve into the essence of urban permaculture, beginning with the foundational principles that can benefit even the most challenged urban settings. Navigate through the complexities of soil health, learning the art of...

Building on the success of their previous title, The Oz Principle, Connors and Smith explore the direct link between a company's culture and the results it produces. Journey to the Emerald City details a clear road map for accelerating the move to a culture of accountability in which people focus on achieving the results critical to a company's future.

After an intelligence failure at Op-Center results in a major terrorist attack, director Chase Williams radically transforms the agency into a ground-breaking new mobile strike force. It’s a beautiful day in Manhattan as excited tourists board the floating Air and Space Museum on the USS...

Jesus told us to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. We love the idea of it, but many of us are so busy it can be hard to live out. The past few years our culture has become more polarized with division and disrespect. As tragedies and social issues fill the headlines, the church seems to be nearly absent in the conversation. Love Our City presents our problem, how we can overcome it, and solid ways to fulfill our God-given mission.