1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990008768790403321

Titolo

Aluminium structural analysis : recent European advances : a collection of papers on aspects of research and design in structural aluminium with particular reference to the needs of a future European code of practice / edited by P. S. Bulson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London New York : Elsevier Applied Science, [1992]

ISBN

1851666605

Descrizione fisica

XI, 372 p. : ill ; 23 cm

Disciplina

624.182 6

Locazione

DINPA

Collocazione

G25

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453972603321

Titolo

Improving the presumptive disability decision-making process for veterans [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Evaluation of the Presumptive Disability Decision-Making Process for Veterans, Board on Military and Veterans Health, Insitute of Medicine of the National Academies ; Jonathan M. Samet and Catherine C. Bodurow, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2008

ISBN

1-281-76744-1

9786611767440

0-309-10731-8

Descrizione fisica

xxxi, 407 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

SametJonathan M

BodurowCatherine C

Disciplina

616.07/5

Soggetti

Disability evaluation - Decision making

Disabled veterans - Medical care - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Appendices A-C included in text; appendices D-M on accompanying CD-ROM.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779230303321

Titolo

Rebuilding urban neighborhoods : achievements, opportunities, and limits / / W. Dennis Keating, Norman Krumholz, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c1999

ISBN

0-7619-0691-6

1-322-41563-3

1-4522-6341-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 236 p.) : ill., maps

Collana

Cities and planning series

Altri autori (Persone)

KeatingW. Dennis (William Dennis)

KrumholzNorman

Disciplina

307.34160973

Soggetti

Urban renewal - United States

Community development, Urban - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Series Editors' Introduction; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 - Introduction; The Decline of Urban Neighborhoods; Federal Intervention; Federal Cutbacks; Cities and Distressed Neighborhoods: Case Studies; Conclusion; Chapter 2 - Federal Policy and Poor Urban Neighborhoods; Introduction; The Progressive Era; The Liberal New Deal; Urban Renewal; The 1960s: Urban Riots and Ambitious Federal Programs; A Shift to the Right: The New Federalism; HUD and the Neighborhoods; Lenders and Investment in Poor Neighborhoods: HMDA and CRA; The 1992 Los Angeles Riot and Empowerment Zones

Conclusion; Urban Redevelopment Initiatives; Chapter 3 - Atlanta: Peoplestown--Resilience and Tenacity Versus Institutional Hostility; Early History; Expressways and Neighborhood Destruction I; Urban Renewal; Peoplestown Organizes; Expressways and Neighborhood Destruction II; The Olympic Stadium; Summerhill's Deal With the Regime; Peoplestown Mobilizes Opposition; The Consequences of Opposition; Indigenous Development; Future Prospects; Chapter 4 - Camden, New Jersey: Urban Decay and the Absence of Public-Private Partnerships; Introduction; Background; Mayor Randy Primas Tries to



Rebuild Camden

The Administration of Dr. Arnold Webster; How Camden Might Improve Its Record in Urban Revitalization; Conclusion; Chapter 5 - Chicago: Community Building on Chicago's West Side-North Lawndale, 1960-1997; Introduction; A History of North Lawndale; Civil Rights and Community Organizing; Planning and a Community Development Corporation; Faith, Markets, and Community Building; Lawndale Christian Development Corporation; Homan Square; The Steans Family Foundation; North Lawndale's Past and Future; Chapter 6 - Cleveland: The Hough and Central Neighborhoods-Empowerment Zones and Other Urban Policies

Cleveland: An Overview; Hough; Central; Empowerment Zones; Chapter 7 - Detroit: Staying the Course-Detroit's Struggle to Revitalize the Inner City; Detroit's Revitalization Experience: Common Themes; Urban Redevelopment; Urban Renewal; The War on Poverty; Model Cities; Community Development Block Grant Program; Public Housing; The Empowerment Zone; Private Sector Partnerships; Citizen Participation; Prognosis; Can Archer Deliver?; Can Programs Make a Difference?; The City and Support of Poor Neighborhoods

Chapter 8 - East St. Louis, Illinois: Promoting Community Development Through Empowerment Planning; The Economic Collapse of East St. Louis; Initiating the Empowerment Process in Winstanley/ Industry Park; Formulating Neighborhood Goals for Winstanley/ Industry Park; Creating the Illinois Avenue Playground; Devising the Neighborhood Stabilization Plan; Establishing the East St. Louis Farmers Market; Improving Winstanley/Industry Park's Housing Stock; Building Organizational Capacity for WIPNO; Predicting the Future of Local Community-Based Planning Efforts; Conclusions; Chapter 9 - Los Angeles: Borders to Poverty-Empowerment Zones and Spatial Politics of Development

Sommario/riassunto

Reporting the progress in the fight against the ingrained poverty and social problems of many areas within the US, this text includes case studies from many cities which highlight the achievements in such communities.