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Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Makai Blvd Concept (proposed), Middle St to Pier 18, Honolulu
Author: Makai Blvd Construction to Improve Nimitz Hwy from Middle St to Pier 18, Honolulu
Author: Acquisition List
Author: University of Hawaii at Manoa. Library. Hawaiian CollectionPublisher:
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Category : Hawaii
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
EIS Cumulative
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Category : Environmental impact statements
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Hawaii Documents
Author: Hawaii Documents: Cumulative Index
Author: Hawaii Documents Center (Hawaii State Library)Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Urban Green
Author: Peter HarnikPublisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1597268127
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
For years American urban parks fell into decay due to disinvestment, but as cities began to rebound—and evidence of the economic, cultural, and health benefits of parks grew— investment in urban parks swelled. The U.S. Conference of Mayors recently cited meeting the growing demand for parks and open space as one of the biggest challenges for urban leaders today. It is now widely agreed that the U.S. needs an ambitious and creative plan to increase urban parklands. Urban Green explores new and innovative ways for “built out” cities to add much-needed parks. Peter Harnik first explores the question of why urban parkland is needed and then looks at ways to determine how much is possible and where park investment should go. When presenting the ideas and examples for parkland, he also recommends political practices that help create parks. The book offers many practical solutions, from reusing the land under defunct factories to sharing schoolyards, from building trails on abandoned tracks to planting community gardens, from decking parks over highways to allowing more activities in cemeteries, from eliminating parking lots to uncovering buried streams, and more. No strategy alone is perfect, and each has its own set of realities. But collectively they suggest a path toward making modern cities more beautiful, more sociable, more fun, more ecologically sound, and more successful.
Da Kine Talk
Author: Elizabeth Ball CarrPublisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824881249
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Hawaii is without parallel as a crossroads where languages of East and West have met and interacted. The varieties of English (including neo-pidgin) heard in the Islands today attest to this linguistic and cultural encounter. "Da kine talk" is the Island term for the most popular of the colorful dialectal forms--speech that captures the flavor of Hawaii's multiracial community and reflects the successes (and failures) of immigrants from both East and West in learning to communicate in English.
Construction at Military Posts
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military AffairsPublisher:
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Category : Military bases
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
U.S. Health in International Perspective
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309264146
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
The United States is among the wealthiest nations in the world, but it is far from the healthiest. Although life expectancy and survival rates in the United States have improved dramatically over the past century, Americans live shorter lives and experience more injuries and illnesses than people in other high-income countries. The U.S. health disadvantage cannot be attributed solely to the adverse health status of racial or ethnic minorities or poor people: even highly advantaged Americans are in worse health than their counterparts in other, "peer" countries. In light of the new and growing evidence about the U.S. health disadvantage, the National Institutes of Health asked the National Research Council (NRC) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to convene a panel of experts to study the issue. The Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries examined whether the U.S. health disadvantage exists across the life span, considered potential explanations, and assessed the larger implications of the findings. U.S. Health in International Perspective presents detailed evidence on the issue, explores the possible explanations for the shorter and less healthy lives of Americans than those of people in comparable countries, and recommends actions by both government and nongovernment agencies and organizations to address the U.S. health disadvantage.