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2014

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Weathering Nepa Review: Superstorms And Super Slow Urban Recovery, John Travis Marshall Jan 2014

Weathering Nepa Review: Superstorms And Super Slow Urban Recovery, John Travis Marshall

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Delays in implementing long-term neighborhood housing recovery measures following urban disasters profoundly disrupt a city's revitalization and resurgence. Following recent large-scale urban disasters, some blame the National Environmental Policy Act environmental and historical review requirement for greatly slowing the long-term recovery process. They claim that the National Environmental Policy Act review is ill suited for the exigencies of disasters. Finding effective ways to advance urban disaster recovery as quickly as possible, while not compromising key environmental quality objectives, is a central challenge to implementing effective post-disaster recovery plans. This Article addresses how best to balance necessary regulation with critical disaster …


Undoing Race? Reconciling Multiracial Identity With Equal Protection, Lauren Sudeall Lucas Jan 2014

Undoing Race? Reconciling Multiracial Identity With Equal Protection, Lauren Sudeall Lucas

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The number of multiracial individuals in America, many of whom define their racial identity in different ways, has grown dramatically in recent years and continues to increase. From this demographic shift a movement seeking unique racial status for multiracial individuals has emerged. The multiracial movement is distinguishable from other race-based movements in that it is primarily driven by identity rather than the quest for political, social, or economic equality. It is not clear how equal protection doctrine, which is concerned primarily with state-created racial classifications, will or should accommodate multiracialism. Nor is it clear how to best reconcile the recognition …