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A Planner's Encounter with Complexity
ISBN: 9781409402657 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Spatial planning is about dealing with our 'everyday' environment. In A Planner's Encounter with Complexity we present various understandings of complexity and how the environment is considered accordingly. One of these considerations is the environment as subject to processes of continuous change, being either progressive or destructive, evolving non-linearly and alternating between stable and dynamic periods. If the environment that is subject to change is adaptive, self-organizing, robust and flexible in relation to this change, a process of evolution and co-evolution can be expected. This...
Spatial planning is about dealing with our 'everyday' environment. In A Planner's Encounter with Complexity we present various understandings of compl...
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873,24 |
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U S Railroads: Issues, Regulations & Safety
ISBN: 9781617615023 / Angielski / Twarda / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is the federal agency primarily responsible for safety in the rail industry. FRA's safety programs were last authorised in 1994; their authorisation expired in 1998. This title explores the issues, regulations and safety of US railroads.
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is the federal agency primarily responsible for safety in the rail industry. FRA's safety programs were last...
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1090,23 |
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Roads & Drivers
ISBN: 9781607419990 / Angielski / Twarda / 397 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the most important factors that affect a person's risk of injury in a motor vehicle crash is the age of the person. This book investigates patterns of injury severity, location of injuries, and contact sources for the driver injuries by driver age.
One of the most important factors that affect a person's risk of injury in a motor vehicle crash is the age of the person. This book investigates patt...
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1656,74 |
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Transit & Freight Safety & Security
ISBN: 9781616689520 / Angielski / Twarda / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Examines the safety record of rail transit and the division of responsibilities for ensuring the safety of rail transit operations the United States, with an emphasis on the role of the federal government.
Examines the safety record of rail transit and the division of responsibilities for ensuring the safety of rail transit operations the United States, ...
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924,55 |
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Traffic Safety
ISBN: 9781617611209 / Angielski / Twarda / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Presents research in the study of traffic safety, including using systems analysis to improve traffic safety; transport related issues and concerns in developing countries; electronic stability control; and, various trends in road traffic safety.
Presents research in the study of traffic safety, including using systems analysis to improve traffic safety; transport related issues and concerns in...
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1255,91 |
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Comparative Metropolitan Policy : Governing Beyond Local Boundaries in the Imagined Metropolis
ISBN: 9780415684750 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Metropolitan Governance and Policy' explores how partnerships between local governments are established or maintained. It will be of interest to students and scholars of urban politics and governance, and comparative politics.
'Metropolitan Governance and Policy' explores how partnerships between local governments are established or maintained. It will be of interest to stud...
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873,24 |
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The Future of Sustainable Cities: Critical Reflections
ISBN: 9781847426673 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What effects have the economic downturn and credit crunch had on efforts to develop more sustainable cities? This groundbreaking book investigates how urban sustainability is being radically rethought conceptually and politically in our new economic climate. Prominent scholars analyze changes in key areas of urban planning, including housing, transportation, and the environment, and map out core areas for future research. An important survey of a rapidly changing field, "The Future of Sustainable Cities"will be essential for students of urban studies, geography, and sociology."
What effects have the economic downturn and credit crunch had on efforts to develop more sustainable cities? This groundbreaking book investigates how...
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480,95 |
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Sleep, Sleepiness & Traffic Safety
ISBN: 9781617289439 / Angielski / Twarda / 251 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Public health is considering road safety as a major factor to improve morbidity and mortality but the health community is poorly educated regarding this issue. The World Health Organization dedicated the 2004 World Health Day to road safety. This book discusses the causes and consequences of driver sleepiness.
Public health is considering road safety as a major factor to improve morbidity and mortality but the health community is poorly educated regarding th...
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1565,89 |
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Toyota Automobiles & Unintended Acceleration
ISBN: 9781613242759 / Angielski / Twarda / 207 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The US Department of Transportation released results from an unprecedented ten-month study of potential electronic causes of unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles. This book provides an analysis of the research by NASA engineers and the US Department of Transportation into Toyota automobiles and the unintended acceleration episodes.
The US Department of Transportation released results from an unprecedented ten-month study of potential electronic causes of unintended acceleration i...
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1517,79 |
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Unintended or Sudden Acceleration in Automobiles
ISBN: 9781617289835 / Angielski / Miękka / 103 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Congress is considering legislation to strengthen federal regulation of auto safety, in response to hundreds of reported accidents, and more than 50 fatalities, that may be linked to sudden acceleration in certain makes of Toyota and Lexus vehicles. Toyota, under pressure from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), has recalled more than 6 million autos in the United States, and for a time stopped production of certain new-model vehicles in an effort to address the problems, which is one of the largest such efforts in recent history. This book examines the problem of...
Congress is considering legislation to strengthen federal regulation of auto safety, in response to hundreds of reported accidents, and more than 50 f...
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689,39 |
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Aviation Safety
ISBN: 9781617614316 / Angielski / Twarda / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Addresses the Federal Aviation Administration's planned use of data to oversee safety; the preliminary information on aircraft icing and winter operations; information on modifying the age standard for commercial pilots; potential strategies to address air ambulance safety concerns; and, a look at increased efforts to address runway incursions.
Addresses the Federal Aviation Administration's planned use of data to oversee safety; the preliminary information on aircraft icing and winter operat...
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994,02 |
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Distracted Driving: Research & Prevention Efforts
ISBN: 9781612092782 / Angielski / Twarda / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Distracted Driving
Distracted Driving
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994,02 |
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Highway Safety Improvement Efforts
ISBN: 9781613241943 / Angielski / Twarda / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fatalities on US roads now total over 40,000 each year. This book examines how the Department of Transportation (DOT) is deciding on responses to the crash avoidance and electronic distractions trends and other efforts to improve highway safety.
Fatalities on US roads now total over 40,000 each year. This book examines how the Department of Transportation (DOT) is deciding on responses to the ...
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1111,60 |
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Lessons for the Big Society: Planning, Regeneration and the Politics of Community Participation
ISBN: 9781409420682 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides concrete examples of the ways in which shifting academic debates, policy and political approaches have impacted on a specific place over the past 30 years. It offers a critical analysis of the history, politics and social geography of the high profile London Borough of Haringey, in the decades prior to the 2011 Tottenham riots. The Haringey case study acts as a lens through which to explore the evolution of theoretical and policy debates about the relationship between local institutions and the communities they serve. Focusing on the policy areas of planning and...
This book provides concrete examples of the ways in which shifting academic debates, policy and political approaches have impacted on a specific place...
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873,24 |
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Regional Planning for a Sustainable America: How Creative Programs Are Promoting Prosperity and Saving the Environment
ISBN: 9780813551326 / Angielski / Twarda / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Regional Planning for a Sustainable America is the first book to represent the great variety of today's effective regional planning programs, analyzing dozens of regional initiatives across North America. The American landscape is being transformed by poorly designed, sprawling development. This sprawl--and its wasteful resource use, traffic, and pollution--does not respect arbitrary political boundaries like city limits and state borders. Yet for most of the nation, the patterns of development and conservation are shaped by fragmented, parochial local governments and property... Regional Planning for a Sustainable America is the first book to represent the great variety of today's effective regional planning programs... |
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277,91 |
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Nature-Based Tourism in Peripheral Areas: Development or Disaster?
ISBN: 9781845410018 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides one of the first detailed examinations of the problems of nature-based tourism development in peripheral areas. A diverse range of environments is used to illustrate the challenges and difficulties of managing nature-based tourism resources. A central theme throughout the book is the degree of opportunity that nature-based tourism provides as the basis for peripheral region development. This book provides one of the first detailed examinations of the problems of nature-based tourism development in peripheral areas. A diverse range ... |
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641,08 |
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Gendered Mobilities
ISBN: 9780754671053 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Being socially and geographically mobile is generally seen as one of the central aspects of women's wellbeing. Alongside health, education and political participation, mobility is indispensable in order for women to reach goals such as agency and freedom. Building on new philosophical underpinnings of 'mobility', whereby society is seen to be framed by the convergence of various mobilities, this volume focuses on the intersection of mobility, social justice and gender. The authors reflect on five highly interdependent mobilities that form and reform social life: *
Being socially and geographically mobile is generally seen as one of the central aspects of women's wellbeing. Alongside health, education and politic...
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954,48 |
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Transit Oriented Development: Making It Happen
ISBN: 9780754673156 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Transit Oriented Development: Making it Happen brings together the different stakeholders and disciplines that are involved in the conception and implementation of TOD to provide a comprehensive overview of the realization of this concept in Australia, North America, Asia and Europe. The book identifies the challenges facing TOD and through a series of key international case studies demonstrates ways to overcome and avoid them. The insights gleaned from these encompass policy and regulation, urban design solutions, issues for local governance, the need to work with community and the...
Transit Oriented Development: Making it Happen brings together the different stakeholders and disciplines that are involved in the conception and impl...
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873,24 |
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Rationalities of Planning: Development Versus Environment in Planning for Housing
ISBN: 9781840149296 / Angielski / Twarda / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What are the key rationalities that underpin planning policy discourses and how do they 'frame' seemingly irreconcilable conflicts around development and environmental protection? Providing a thorough assessment of these important questions, this stimulating book reviews planning policy in the UK and the rationality of 'sustainable development'. Supported by a wealth of empirical material collected over the past ten years, the study examines the national, regional and local tiers of planning for housing. It analyzes whether the rationality of planning for 'sustainable development' allows a...
What are the key rationalities that underpin planning policy discourses and how do they 'frame' seemingly irreconcilable conflicts around development ...
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873,24 |
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Growth Management and Public Land Acquisition: Balancing Conservation and Development
ISBN: 9780754679417 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bringing together a team of national experts, this volume offers a detailed look at the links between public land acquisition programs and efforts to yield smart growth outcomes in the USA. Both public land acquisition programs and state and local growth management efforts have been examined in detail, but while there is growing recognition that land acquisition can play an important role in smart growth outcomes, there has so far been little research into the nexus of these areas of public policy. This book investigates various aspects of the land acquisition-smart growth linkage and...
Bringing together a team of national experts, this volume offers a detailed look at the links between public land acquisition programs and efforts to ...
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527,98 |
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