Author: Harvard University. Graduate School of Design. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
Catalogue
Author: Harvard University. Graduate School of Design. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
City Planning
Author: Asbestos and Fire
Author: Rachel MainesPublisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813570239
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
For much of the industrial era, asbestos was a widely acclaimed benchmark material. During its heyday, it was manufactured into nearly three thousand different products, most of which protected life and property from heat, flame, and electricity. It was used in virtually every industry from hotel keeping to military technology to chemical manufacturing, and was integral to building construction from shacks to skyscrapers in every community across the United States. Beginning in the mid-1960s, however, this once popular mineral began a rapid fall from grace as growing attention to the serious health risks associated with it began to overshadow the protections and benefits it provided. In this thought-provoking and controversial book, Rachel Maines challenges the recent vilification of asbestos by providing a historical perspective on Americans’ changing perceptions about risk. She suggests that the very success of asbestos and other fire-prevention technologies in containing deadly blazes has led to a sort of historical amnesia about the very risks they were supposed to reduce. Asbestos and Fire is not only the most thoroughly researched and balanced look at the history of asbestos, it is also an important contribution to a larger debate that considers how the risks of technological solutions should be evaluated. As technology offers us ever-increasing opportunities to protect and prevent, Maines urges that learning to accept and effectively address the unintended consequences of technological innovations is a growing part of our collective responsibility.
Dayton, Courthouse and FOB
Author: Noise Control Act of 1971 and Amendments
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on the EnvironmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Noise control
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
EPA-450/2
Author: Directory of Air Quality Monitoring Sites
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air quality monitoring stations
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Transforming Distressed Global Communities
Author: Fritz WagnerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317007697
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
Many of our global cities are distressed and facing a host of issues: economic collapse in the face of rising expectations, social disintegration and civil unrest, and ecological degradation and the threats associated with climate change, including more frequent and more severe natural disasters. Our long-held assumptions about man and nature and how they interact are defunct. We realize now that we can no longer continue to build without addressing the long-term impacts of our actions and their spillovers. Energy and natural resources are finite. The way we configure economies has come into question. In the developed world, especially in the United States, infrastructure and the notions that underpin it are outdated. Meanwhile, the developing world is experiencing major, rapid transformations in lifestyles and economies that are affecting billions of people and requiring a whole new way of planning human settlements. Cities are the key to our future; they represent the most effective vehicle for positive advancements in the human condition and environmental change. This volume argues for the need to redesign and re-plan our cities in holistic ways that reflect our new understanding and relate to their diversity and multi-dimensionality. Presenting a range of case studies from around the world, this volume examines how these distressed cities are dealing with these issues in planning for their future. Alongside these empirical chapters are philosophical essays that consider the future of distressed cities. Bringing together a team of leading scholars, United Nations agencies, non-governmental organizations, private consulting firms, international organizations and foundations, and policy officials, this volume provides a unique and comprehensive overview on how to transform distressed communities into more livable places.
EEOC and the Laws it Enforces
Author: United StatesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Affirmative action programs
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
Noise Control Act of 1971 and Amendments, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on the Environment....92-1, on S. 1016...and S. 1566...
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. CommercePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1024
Book Description