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Effective planning of a solid waste recycling program is a substantial challenge for the current waste management system in Key West, Florida. Solid waste management strategies have to be reorganized in light of the social and economic recycling, recovery, and reuse philosophical approaches which are dramatically changing consumer behaviors across the globe. The growing concern for environmental issues and the goal of local sustainable development have moved the management of solid waste to the forefront of the public agenda. This paper focuses on efforts to agree upon a city-wide initiative to increase waste diversion within the prevailing political, environmental, and economic climate in which waste disposal activities had dominated the market. It discusses how the traditional two-party solid waste hauling contract was altered by the addition of outside third-party interests forcing a multi-party negotiation processes.

Establishing Boundaries for Spanish West Florida is No Simple Matter. Under consideration is not the entire province of Spanish West Florida stretching to the Mississippi but the smaller region bounded on the west by the Perdido River, the Suwannee River on the east, the Gulf of Mexico on the south, and the uncertain boundary with the United States on the north. Pensacola and San Marcos are two principal settlements, and this area approximates the western panhandle of the present-day state of Florida. When Spain acquired West Florida in 1783 the British boundary was the Apalachicola River, but Spain in 1785 moved it eastward to the the Suwanee River. (Few maps indicate this eastward shift.) The purpose of making the Suwannee River the eastern boundary was to transfer San Marcos and the province of Apalachee from East Florida to West Florida. After the 1795 Pinckney Treaty Spain and the United States agreed that the northern boundary was the thirty-first parallel west from the Chattahoochee River and the parallel intersecting the Flint and Chattahoochee rivers running eastward. Until after the Pinckney Treaty went into effect in the late 1790s, Spanish West Florida's northern boundary was indefinite. Spain regarded the Yazoo parallel, the Tennessee, Cumberland, or even Ohio rivers as the northern limit. This meant that for well over a decade Spain considered the western part of Georgia, the eastern part of Alabama, along with bits of Tennessee and North Carolina, as part of West Florida.

Intro -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Understanding the Risk: West Florida's Hurricane History -- Who Should Read This Guide? -- How to Use This Book -- Chapter 1: The Basics of Hurricanes -- What is a Hurricane? -- The Anatomy of a Hurricane -- The Hurricane Season -- Hurricane Categories and What They Mean -- Chapter 2: Preparing Before the Season -- Assessing Your Risk -- Home Inspections and Modifications -- Windows and Shutters -- Shutters -- Roof and Structural Integrity -- Stocking Emergency Supplies -- Food and Water -- First Aid Kit -- Power and Light Sources -- Chapter 3: Evacuation Strategies -- Developing an Evacuation Plan -- Choosing an Evacuation Route -- Preparing an Evacuation Kit -- Pet Evacuation: Don't Forget Fluffy! -- Chapter 4: Riding Out the Storm -- When to Stay and When to Go -- Safe Rooms and Shelters -- Utility Safety: Gas, Water, and Electricity -- How to Keep Informed -- Chapter 5: Communications -- Setting Up a Communication Plan -- Useful Apps and Websites -- Emergency Numbers and Contacts -- Chapter 6: Financial and Legal Preparedness -- Understanding Your Insurance -- Important Documents to Protect -- Creating a Financial Emergency Kit -- Chapter 7: Community Resources -- Local Emergency Services -- Community Support and Neighborhood Plans -- Volunteer Opportunities -- Chapter 8: Special Considerations -- Families with Children -- Senior Citizens and Disabled Individuals -- Care for Pets and Livestock -- Chapter 9: Post-Storm Recovery -- Assessing Damage Safely -- Contacting Insurance and Authorities -- Cleanup and Rebuilding -- Coping with Psychological Effects -- Chapter 10: Lessons from the Past -- Case Studies: West Florida Hurricanes -- Lessons Learned and Future Outlook -- Appendix A: Emergency Supplies Checklist -- Appendix B: Evacuation Route Maps -- Appendix C: Important Contact Information.

by the Center for State and Local Government, the University of West Florida. ; "March 19, 1981." ; "Submitted as a supplement to a prior report entitled, Ad Valorem taxation at Pensacola Beach." ; Includes bibliographical references (p. 36-38). ; Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : State University System of Flrida, PALMM Project, 2004. (Florida heritage collection) Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software; Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print PDF files. Electronically reproduced by the University of West Florida from a book held in the Main Library at the University of West Florida, Pensacola.