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Back Home Again: LaPorte County, Indiana, Plan to End Homelessness [PDF]

, 2009
The Social IMPACT Research Center (IMPACT), a program of Heartland Alliance, worked with leaders in LaPorte County, Indiana to create a Plan to End Homelessness for the county. Plans to End Homelessness help communities determine and implement key system
Alyssa Nogaski, Amy Rynell, Amy Terpstra, Andrew Roberts   +3 more
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Forbs in Viking lands: the effect of disturbing dominant graminoids on recruitment in tundra grasslands

Oikos, EarlyView.
Grasslands, by definition, are dominated by graminoids. Nevertheless, forbs also make up a substantial part of vascular plant diversity in grasslands and are important resources of mammalian herbivores. However, forb recruitment is constrained by successful dominant graminoids, limiting access to safe sites for germination.
Gerardo Celis, Dorothee Ehrich, Mary Heskel, Eeva Soininen, Peter Ungar, Kari Anne Bråthen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring the accessibility of emergency shelters based on an improved two-step floating catchment area model

International Journal of Digital Earth
The accessibility of emergency shelters is crucial for reducing casualties. Previous studies on the accessibility of emergency shelters have limitations in the refinement and comprehensiveness of supply and demand data.
Yongyang Xu, Chiyu Zhou, Bin Hu
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Predictors of Nursing Home Admission Among a Cohort of Homeless Older Adults Entering Emergency Shelter. [PDF]

Med Care, 2021
Byrne T, Roncarati JS, Miller DP.
europepmc   +1 more source

Simple Shelters?: Monitoring Radioactive Fallout Across Canada, 1959–63 [PDF]

, 2012
During the early Cold War, the Canadian government adivsed public that they could cheaply build fallout shelters in their homes to protect their families from radiation after a nuclear war.
Burtch, Andrew
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A amostragem estratificada aprimora a compreensão das redes entre morcegos e frutos na Mata Atlântica meridional

Oikos, EarlyView.
Few studies have sought to understand the vertical patterns of bat–fruit systems, and therefore, it is not possible to evaluate whether interpretations based on data collected from a single stratum adequately represent the interaction patterns of this system. In this context, we evaluated the dissimilarity in the assemblage of frugivorous bats, plants,
Karolaine Porto Supi, Thais Bastos Zanata, Daniela Aparecida Savariz Bôlla, Fernando Carvalho   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

High urban flood risk and no shelter access disproportionally impacts vulnerable communities in the USA

Communications Earth & Environment
Vulnerable communities are disproportionately placed in low-lying, flood-prone neighborhoods, with deficient infrastructure and limited access to shelter. Here we present a methodology to study the risk of urban floods in tandem with access to shelter to
Alireza Ermagun, Virginia Smith, Fatemeh Janatabadi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Geospatial analysis of emergency shelter accessibility under flood-induced road disruptions: a case study of central Guangzhou, China

Geo-spatial Information Science
Geospatial modeling offers critical insights for assessing emergency shelter accessibility in the context of disaster-induced disruptions in flood-prone cities.
Qiuping Li, Yufeng Ba, Huabing Huang, Chaoyang Shi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of an integrated safer use space and safer supply program on non-fatal overdose among emergency shelter residents during a COVID-19 outbreak: a case study. [PDF]

Harm Reduct J, 2022
Lew B, Bodkin C, Lennox R, O'Shea T, Wiwcharuk G, Turner S.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A Region Responds: The Neighbors in Need Fund Report to the Community [PDF]

, 2010
Reviews the impact of a fund created to meet the needs of District of Columbia, Maryland, and Northern Virginia residents during the recession. Includes summary of grants by type of service and region, as well as profiles and lists of grantees and ...

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