Download or read book Underutilised Resources in Urban Environments written by Sigrid Kusch-Brandt and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2020-06-18 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the result of a Special Issue of the journal Resources. The Special Issue was initiated to identify promising solutions and specific challenges in the context of underused resources in urban environments. Authors focus on two main areas: the establishment of circular economy schemes based on valorizing wastes that occur in urban areas and the exploitation of renewable energies. The circular economy and renewable resources hold key potential for increasing the sustainability of cities, and the presented studies enhance our understanding of how to unlock this potential. Effective regulatory frameworks and policymaking processes that balance the power between stakeholders are required to successfully manage energy transition and the transition to more circular economies. The positive role of community engagement merits high attention. To recover valuable resources from household waste, a focus on technology and infrastructure is required but is insufficient; motivational factors and knowledge of citizens are the most essential elements. The need to more reliably quantify and better characterize recyclable material streams also evidently remains, especially where population numbers are further growing. This book provides a rich source to explore promising solutions, challenges, and research needed for the sound management of resources in urban settings.
Download or read book Public Works and Economic Development Act Amendments of 1969 titles I IV VI and VII written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rethinking Coordination of Services to Refugees in Urban Areas written by Shelly Culbertson and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2016-04-27 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report focuses on identifying ways to improve coordination of international and national entities managing the Syrian refugee response in urban areas in Jordan and Lebanon, particularly in the legal, employment, shelter, water and sanitation, health, and education sectors. This report makes several contributions to the existing literature on this topic. First, it assesses the management model of a complex emergency response in urban areas in middle-income countries; most existing literature about humanitarian responses focuses on camps in weak states. Second, it brings together views of a broad spectrum of stakeholders to provide a comprehensive, multidimensional analysis of management of the Syrian refugee crisis in Jordan and Lebanon in particular. Third, this study presents a new framework for planning, evaluating, and managing refugee crises in urban settings, both in the Syrian refugee crisis as well as other such situations going forward. Fourth, it provides concrete recommendations for how to better support the needs of Syrian urban refugees in Jordan and Lebanon and for how to rethink refugee-assistance coordination around the world for improved effectiveness in the future. This study drew on multiple methods: a literature review; interviews in Jordan and Lebanon with officials from donor countries, UN agencies, host governments, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs); telephone interviews with international experts; and focus groups with refugees"--Back cover.
Download or read book The State of Food and Agriculture 1996 written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 1996 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Urban Environment written by Sébastien Rauch and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-12-09 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over half of the global population now lives in cities. This ongoing urbanisation is making it increasingly important to adequately manage urban systems and preserve urban environments. This book is the outcome of the 11th Urban Environment Symposium (UES) held on 16-19 September 2012 in Karlsruhe, Germany. The UES aims at providing a forum on the sciences and practices needed to promote a sustainable future in urban environments. Papers by leading experts are presented in sections on Urban Management and Spatial Planning, Green Cities and Urban Ecosystems, Urban Planning and Development, Air Quality and Noise, Urban Climate Change and Adaptation, and Contamination of Urban Waters and its Effects.
Download or read book The Role of Sharing Mobility in Contemporary Cities written by Guido Smorto and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-02 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emergence of sharing mobility is having a profound impact on urban landscapes. In fact, it is deeply affecting the traditional organization of local services by calling into question how urban transportation is planned, and by redesigning city spaces. Further, by connecting people to shared assets, services or both, sharing mobility is poised to facilitate the more efficient use of underutilized resources, becoming a powerful tool for economic growth and social inclusion, while also contributing to sustainability. That being said, the economic, social and spatial impacts of sharing mobility have not been sufficiently investigated, and so far, the evidence is mixed. From a normative standpoint, while it is relevant to better understand the relations between sharing mobility, the city and the environment, it is also of crucial importance to define new policies and sound rules for sharing mobility in urban areas. Against this backdrop, this book adopts a multidisciplinary perspective to explore the role that sharing mobility can play in the creation of more just and sustainable cities.
Download or read book OECD Economic Surveys Mexico 2000 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2000-07-10 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 2000 edition of OECD's periodic review of Mexico's economy includes special features on public spending and structural reform.
Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress Senate and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 1322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hearings Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Public Works written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 1780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Regional Economic Development Legislation of 1969 Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Economic Development Serial No 91 5 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 1332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Regional Economic Development Legislation of 1969 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Economic Development and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 1004 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Committee Serial No. 91-5. Considers S. 1072 and related S. 1090, to extend the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 and Title V of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 authorizing Federal funds for Regional Development Commissions; pt. 2, Committee Serial No. 91-5. Continuation of field hearings to examine progress of Regional Commissions. Considers. S. 1072, to make appropriations to all five Regional Commissions for next five years. S. 1090, to make appropriations to all five Regional Commissions for next two years. Includes Appalachian Regional Commission progress report "Progress Report of the Appalachian Regional Development Program 1965-1969" Mar. 4, 1969 (p. 991-1093). Apr. 11 hearing was held in Boston, Mass.; Apr. 18-19 hearings in Albuquerque, N.Mex.; Apr. 21 hearing in Provo, Utah; and May 5 hearing in Springfield, Mo.
Download or read book Sustainable Cities written by and published by IIED. This book was released on 1992 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Making a Difference written by D. Hulme and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Western aid budgets are slashed and government involvement with aid programmes reduced, NGOs in the voluntary sector are finding themselves taking an ever-increasing share of development work overseas. As they do so, they are forced to grow and to assume new responsibilities, taking more important and wide-ranging decisions - in many cases, without having had the chance to step back and review the options before them and the best ways of maximizing the impact they make. This collection of essays explores the strategies available to NGOs to enhance their development work, reviewing the ways that options can be understood, appropriate programmes and likely problems.
Download or read book Gentrification in Neighbourhood Development written by Yvonne Franz and published by V&R unipress GmbH. This book was released on 2015 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English summary: This book aims at a comprehensive understanding of diverging urban rejuvenation practices and gentrification processes in New York City, Berlin and Vienna. Regulative and supportive mechanisms at policy and planning level have been identified through a comparative analysis of urban rejuvenation policies and actors' embeddedness. Those mechanisms enable the development of contextualised parameters that support projection attempts of future gentrification processes at the neighbourhood level. As a result, a reflective understanding of gentrification and policy recommendations are drawn at a general level. The recommendations refer to the political understanding of gentrification and its role in urban development. This analysis argues that cities should include gentrification as a driving force in urban policies. However, processes of gentrification require mediation and monitoring by public authorities who should be aware of the risk of social fragmentation. As a consequence, cities should move towards a social entrepreneurial city that moves beyond the simple distribution of financial resources and responsibilities and ensures social responsibility within the force field of ongoing neoliberal forces. German description: Diese Publikation zielt auf ein umfassendes Verstandnis unterschiedlicher Stadterneuerungspraktiken, die sich auf die Erhaltung der baulichen Substanz beziehen, sowie Gentrification-Prozesse in New York City, Berlin und Wien ab. Dabei wird eine vergleichende Analyse von politischen Strategien und involvierten AkteurInnen angewendet, um regulierende und unterstutzende Mechanismen auf der politischen und stadtplanerischen Ebene zu identifizieren. Diese Mechanismen ermoglichen die Entwicklung von kontextualisierten Parametern. Als Ergebnis dienen eine reflektierte Betrachtung von Gentrification und Empfehlungen, die auf einer stadtubergreifenden Ebene Entwicklungsleitlinien fur den politischen Umgang mit Gentrification und dessen Rolle in der Stadtentwicklung aufzeigen.
Download or read book Management of Science Intensive Organizations written by Ellie Okada and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-01-04 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines what mechanisms enable science-intensive organizations to broaden beneficiaries of science in urban settings. Focusing on organizations that constitute urban resilience systems and networks, it maps the contributions of academic institutions, established multinationals, and entrepreneur firms in environmental, material, and related life sciences. It then develops a model of strategy and governance for organizations to invest in and implement new environmental material science projects. This book provides researchers with a framework based on management theories of R&D and resource allocation for resolving urban issues.
Download or read book Current Problems of Hydrogeology in Urban Areas Urban Agglomerates and Industrial Centres written by Ken W.F. Howard and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Groundwater issues have generated worldwide concern in recent decades. The problems are numerous: too little groundwater, too much groundwater, groundwater contaminated by either saline water or a broad spectrum of industrial and domestic pollutants. Many urban groundwater problems are not unique to any one region, which is the thinking behind this book. Many of the case studies presented here have never before been described in English. Overall, the papers represent the work and experience of researchers and groundwater professionals who have worked on urban groundwater issues in developed and less-developed nations around the world. They reveal the magnitude and scope of the problem as well as identify future challenges, potential courses of action, and emerging technologies that offer hope for the future.
Download or read book Sustainable Resilient Built Environments written by Rama Devi Nandineni and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 1135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
