The Planner
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 35,90 MB
Release : 1977
Category : City planning
ISBN :
Transport Planning and Traffic Safety
Author : Geetam Tiwari
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 24,94 MB
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1498751474
Book Description
In recognition of the importance of road safety as a major health issue, the World Health Organization has declared 2011-2021 the Decade of Safety Action. Several countries in Europe, North America, and Asia have been successful in reducing fatalities and injuries due to road traffic crashes. However, many low-income countries continue to experience high rates of traffic fatalities and injuries. Transport Planning and Traffic Safety: Making Cities, Roads, and Vehicles Safer offers a source book for road safety training courses as well as an introductory textbook for graduate-level courses on road safety taught in engineering institutes. It brings together the international experiences and lessons learned from countries which have been successful in reducing traffic crashes and their applicability in low-income countries. The content is based on lectures delivered during an international course on transportation planning and traffic safety, sponsored annually by the Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme (TRIPP) at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. The book is interdisciplinary and aimed at professionals—traffic and road engineers, vehicle designers, law enforcers, and transport planners. The authors examine trends in performance of OECD countries and highlight the public health and systems approach of traffic safety with the vulnerable road user in focus. Topics include land use (transportation planning, mobility, and safety), safety education and legislation, accident analysis, road safety research, human tolerance to injury, vehicle design, safety in construction zones, safety in urban areas, traffic calming, public transportation, safety laws and policies, and pre-hospital care of the injured.
Transforming Southern African Agriculture
Author : Ann Willcox Seidman
Publisher : Africa World Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 37,75 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780865431324
Book Description
Handbook of Drought and Water Scarcity
Author : Saeid Eslamian
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 856 pages
File Size : 48,38 MB
Release : 2017-09-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 1351851136
Book Description
This volume includes over 30 chapters, written by experts from around the world. It examines numerous management strategies for dealing with drought and scarcity. These strategies include management approaches for different regions, such as coastal, urban, rural, and agricultural areas. It offers multiple strategies for monitoring, assessing, and forcasting drought through the use of remote sensing and GIS tools. It also presents drought mitigation management strategies, such as groundwater management, rainwater harvesting, conservations practices, and more.
Health planning reports subject index
Author : United States. Health Resources Administration
Publisher :
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 47,80 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Health planning
ISBN :
Book Description
Resources in Education
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,76 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Education
ISBN :
Book Description
Municipal Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries
Author : Sunil Kumar
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 48,67 MB
Release : 2016-11-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 1315352451
Book Description
This book contains detailed and structured approaches to tackling practical decision-making troubles using economic consideration and analytical methods in Municipal solid waste (MSW) management. Among all other types of environmental burdens, MSW management is still a mammoth task, and the worst part is that a suitable technique to curb the situation in developing countries has still not emerged. Municipal Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries will help fill this information gap based on information provided by field professionals. This information will be helpful to improve and manage solid waste systems through the application of modern management techniques. It covers all the fundamental concepts of MSWM; the various component systems, such as collection, transportation, processing, and disposal; and their integration. This book also discusses various component technologies available for the treatment, processing, and disposal of MSW. Written in view of actual scenarios in developing countries, it provides knowledge to develop solutions for prolonged problems in these nations. It is mainly for undergraduate and postgraduate students, research scholars, professionals, and policy makers.
Health Planning Reports: Subject index. 4 v
Author : United States. Health Resources Administration
Publisher :
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 50,64 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Health planning
ISBN :
Book Description
Conflict Resolution in Water Resources and Environmental Management
Author : Keith W. Hipel
Publisher : Springer
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 37,16 MB
Release : 2015-04-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319142151
Book Description
The latest developments regarding the theory and practice of effectively resolving conflict in water resources and environmental management are presented in this book by respected experts from around the globe. Water conflicts are particularly complex and challenging to solve because water and environmental issues span both the societal realm, in which people and organizations interact, and the physical world which sustains all human activities. For instance, when large-scale water diversions take place across political jurisdictions, conflicts may ensue among stakeholders within and across regions, while the water transfers may cause severe damage to sensitive ecological systems. Therefore, to arrive at realistic and fair resolutions, one must take into account not only the economics and politics of the situation but also the water quantity and quality changes that may occur within the altered hydrological system as well as the ecosystems contained therein. When the effects of climate change and the closely connected activities of energy production and usage are also considered, the complexity of the problem becomes even greater and messier. Accordingly, one must adopt an integrative and adaptive approach to water and environmental governance that specifically recognizes the conflicting value systems of stakeholders, including nature and future generations even though they are not present at the bargaining table. The 16 chapters in this leading-edge book are written by authors who presented their original research at the International Conference on Water Resources and Environment Research (ICWRER) 2013, which was held in Koblenz, Germany, from June 3rd to 7th, 2013, and subsequently submitted expanded versions of their research for review and publication in this timely book. The rich range of contributions are put into perspective in the first chapter and then categorized into four main interconnected parts: Part I: Management and EvaluationPart II: Global, Trans-boundary and International Dimensions Part III: Consensus-building, Bargaining and Negotiation Part IV: Ecological and Socio-economic Impacts
Climate Change 1995: Economic and Social Dimensions of Climate Change
Author : Hoe-sŏng Yi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 22,44 MB
Release : 1996-06-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521568548
Book Description
The consequences of climate change for society are analysed in this landmark assessment from the IPCC. This book assesses the available knowledge on the many issues that society has to face, including the international decision-making framework; applicability to climate change of techniques for assessing costs and benefits; the significant social costs of projected climate change; and the economic assessment of policy instruments to combat climate change, nationally and internationally. Some important conclusions of this Second Assessment Report indicate that 10 to 30% of greenhouse gas emissions in most countries can be reduced at negative or zero cost - 'no regrets' measures. Also, the literature indicates that climate change will cause aggregate net damage, which provides an economic rationale for going beyond 'no regrets' measures. It also indicates that a portfolio of mitigation, adaptation and research measures is a sound strategy for addressing climate change given the remaining uncertainties. This report speaks directly to the issues that are faced by the many countries committed to limit emissions of greenhouse gases by the year 2000, and currently negotiating actions to be taken beyond that date. Will be of great value to the international community of policymakers interested in the consequences of climate change, as well as to economists, social and natural scientists.
