Planetary Rent


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The research monograph Planetary Rent as an Instrument for Solving Global Problems is by Professor Aleksandr V. Bezgodov, Doctor of Economics, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences and General Director of the Planetary Development Institute in Dubai, UAE. It is a logical follow-up to the humanitarian manifesto Planetary Project: From Sustainable Development to Managed Harmony. The second Planetary Project book focuses on the economic mechanisms of implementing managed harmony. The monograph spells out an innovative theory of planetary rent as an instrument for building a planetary budget, which would provide funding for addressing global challenges. It would lay foundations for a new economic system, which meets the standards of biocompatibility and the fair distribution of world income. A universal civilization would be created built on harmony between nature and society. Rent evolution and types are analyzed. The need to institutionalize planetary rent is advocated that would contribute to the universal unification of norms and regulations of resource management based on the principles of saving nature, optimization, equality and symmetry. Planetary rent is the next historical phase of the institution of rent in which its innate contradiction of excess income is removed. Several scenarios of global economic development are investigated. A model of the planetary economy is described that is the result of the transition to the biocentric paradigm of human activity and Sixth Techno-economic paradigm technologies. The place and role of planetary rent is examined in a new reality.




Indoor Air Quality Guide


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The Indoor Air Quality Guide: Best Practices for Design, Construction and Commissioning is designed for architects, design engineers, contractors, commissioning agents, and all other professionals concerned with IAQ. This comprehensive publication provides both summary and detailed guidance.The detailed guidance provides:Hundreds of internal and external links to invaluable IAQ resources Access to an incredible variety of in-depth information by topic to help you design construct and operate acceptable IAQThe CD that comes with the book contains the detailed guidance for implementing these strategies. Embedded in a digital version of the summary guidance information are hundreds of internal and external links to resources for the design, construction and commissioning of buildings with excellent indoor air quality.




Use of Air Space in the District of Columbia


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Considers. S. 1245, to authorize the lease of airspace above and below freeways in D.C. S. 1246, to authorize the lease of airspace above and below streets other than freeways in D.C. S. 1247, to authorize D.C. government to collect and regulate rents on aerial and subterranean space.




Damp Indoor Spaces and Health


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Almost all homes, apartments, and commercial buildings will experience leaks, flooding, or other forms of excessive indoor dampness at some point. Not only is excessive dampness a health problem by itself, it also contributes to several other potentially problematic types of situations. Molds and other microbial agents favor damp indoor environments, and excess moisture may initiate the release of chemical emissions from damaged building materials and furnishings. This new book from the Institute of Medicine examines the health impact of exposures resulting from damp indoor environments and offers recommendations for public health interventions. Damp Indoor Spaces and Health covers a broad range of topics. The book not only examines the relationship between damp or moldy indoor environments and adverse health outcomes but also discusses how and where buildings get wet, how dampness influences microbial growth and chemical emissions, ways to prevent and remediate dampness, and elements of a public health response to the issues. A comprehensive literature review finds sufficient evidence of an association between damp indoor environments and some upper respiratory tract symptoms, coughing, wheezing, and asthma symptoms in sensitized persons. This important book will be of interest to a wide-ranging audience of science, health, engineering, and building professionals, government officials, and members of the public.







Rent


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(Applause Libretto Library). Finally, an authorized libretto to this modern day classic! Rent won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, as well as four Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Book, and Best Score for Jonathan Larson. The story of Mark, Roger, Maureen, Tom Collins, Angel, Mimi, JoAnne, and their friends on the Lower East Side of New York City will live on, along with the affirmation that there is "no day but today." Includes 16 color photographs of productions of Rent from around the world, plus an introduction ("Rent Is Real") by Victoria Leacock Hoffman.




Air Pollution, 1967


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Considers implementing a national automobile emission standard. Feb. 13 and 14 hearings were held in Los Angeles, Calif.; Feb. 20 and 21 hearings were held in Detroit, Mich., pt.1; Considers S. 780, the Air Quality Act of 1967, to establish a program of Federal air quality standards and assistance to state programs focusing on controlling automobile exhaust emissions. Apr. 3 hearing was held in Denver, Colo., and Apr. 4 hearing in St. Louis, Mo. pt. 2; Considers status of ambient air quality criteria. Includes the following reports. a. National Center for Air Pollution Control, "Current Status Report; State and Local Pollution Control Programs" May, 1967 (p. 1160-1283). b. New York City Council, "Air Pollution in New York City" June, 1965 (p. 1495-1568). c. New York City Council, "Blueprint for Cleaner Air" Dec. 1965 (p. 1569-1624), pt.3; to provide efficient air pollution controls for industry and autos, pt.3; Continuation of hearings considering S. 780, to provide efficient air pollution controls for industry and autos, pt.4.




Air Force Manual


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