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202) West of Railhead
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"'WELCOME TO EDEN GROVE -- FASTEST GROWING CITY IN THE WEST.' That was the message that greeted newspaperman Clark Tanner as he rode into the raw, new town in the summer of 1872. A lot of people, Tanner included, were putting all their hopes and dreams into founding the town and making a fresh start of things. Perhaps no one of them wanted to wipe the slate clean more than Clark Tanner, whose crusade against the corruption of a powerful block of Nebraska...
Author
Series
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"This book reassesses Putin's attempt to reverse the decentralization of power that characterised centre-regional relations in the 1990s, focusing on regional responses to Putin's federal reforms. It explains the decline of regionalism after 2000 in terms of the dynamics of regional boundaries, understood as the juridical boundaries which demarcate a region's territorial extent and its resources; institutional boundaries that sustain regional differences;...
Author
Publisher
FEMA
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
When buildings undergo repair or improvement, it is an opportunity for local floodplain management programs to reduce flood damage to existing structures. More than 21,000 communities participate in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which is managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). To participate in the NFIP, communities must adopt and enforce regulations and codes that apply to new development in Special Flood Hazard...
Author
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Neil Kraus evaluates both the influence of public opinion on local policy-making and the extent to which public policy addresses economic and social inequalities. Drawing on several years of fieldwork and multiple sources of data, including surveys and polls; initiatives, referenda, and election results; government documents; focus groups; interviews; and a wide assortment of secondary sources, Kraus presents case studies of two Midwestern cities,...