Air travel and communicable diseases, comprehensive federal plan needed for U.S. aviation system's preparedness : report to Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Aviation, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910707922503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Government Accountability Office, , 2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ii, 60 pages) : color illustrations, color map
• Soggetti: Air travel - Health aspects - United States; Aeronautics - Health aspects - United States; Epidemics - United States - Prevention; Communicable diseases - United States - Prevention; Aeronautics - Health aspects; Air travel - Health aspects; Communicable diseases - Prevention; Epidemics - Prevention; United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "December 2015."; "Accessible version."; "GAO-16-127."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Sommario/riassunto: Past communicable diseases, such as the recent Ebola epidemic, have resulted in many deaths and highlight the potential economic cost of disruptions to air travel and the U.S. and global economies. GAO was asked to review the preparedness of the U.S. aviation system to respond to communicable diseases. This report examines (1) the extent to which selected U.S. airports and airlines have plans for responding to communicable disease threats from abroad and to which a national aviation-preparedness plan guides preparedness, and (2) the ; challenges that U.S. airports and airlines have faced when responding to threats and any actions taken to address them. GAO reviewed available documents and interviewed representatives from 14 U.S. international airports -- selected to reflect a range of activities and facilities -- and the 3 major U.S. airlines. GAO also reviewed applicable federal requirements and international obligations and guidance for U.S. airports and airlines, and interviewed officials and reviewed documents from federal agencies and aviation stakeholder groups. GAO recommends that DOT work with relevant stakeholders, such as the Department of Health and Human Services, to develop a national aviation-preparedness plan for communicable diseases. DOT agrees a plan is needed, but suggests public health agencies lead the effort. GAO continues to believe the recommendation is correctly directed to DOT, as discussed in this report.--Highlights page.

DYNAMICS OF CONFLICT AND PEACE IN CONTEMPORARY SOUTH ASIA : the state

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910476760103321
• Autore: Mio Minoru
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [S.l.], : ROUTLEDGE, 2020
• ISBN: 1-00-303852-2; 1-003-03852-2; 1-000-33128-8; 1-000-33136-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 pages)
• Collana: Routledge new horizons in South Asian studies
• Disciplina: 320.954; 303.660954
• Soggetti: Democracy - South Asia; Social movements - South Asia; South Asia Politics and government; South Asia Social conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction: Dynamics of conflict and peace in contemporary South Asia -- Part I: Democracy, state and religion -- Chapter 1: Democracy and vigilantism: The spread of Gau Rakshaks in India -- Chapter 2: Creating majoritarian democracy: Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2017 Legislative Assembly election in Uttar Pradesh -- Chapter 3: Practicing the right to indifference: Secularism, toleration, and Islamophobia in Indian and American National Subjectivities -- Chapter 4: State and violence in Burma/Myanmar: The Rohingya crisis and its implication for South and South-East Asia -- Part II: Democratization and social movements -- Chapter 5: Manifestation of Dalit rights, justice and Dalit-ness in the post-Mandal era -- Chapter 6: Homogenization of social movement dynamics under a "clever" Nepali state, 2007-2012 -- Chapter 7: Abul Sattar Edhi: The modern incarnation of a pacifist Sufi -- Chapter 8: Movements of flats and citizens: Notes on spatial politics in Mumbai -- Part III: How does a conflict end? -- Chapter 9: Life beyond the paradox: Peace, ethnic conflict, and everyday realities of Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh -- Chapter 10: Communities and mediation in post-conflict Nepal -- Chapter 11: Maps, migration, melancholia -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book engages with the concept, true value, and function of democracy in South Asia against the background of real social conditions for the promotion of peaceful development in the region. In the book, the issue of peaceful social development is defined as the conditions under which the maintenance of social order and social development is achieved - not by violent compulsion but through the negotiation of intentions or interests among members of society. The book assesses the issue of peaceful social development and demonstrates that the maintenance of such conditions for long periods is a necessary requirement for the political, economic, and cultural development of a society and state. Chapters argue that, through the post-colonial historical trajectory of South Asia, it has become commonly understood that democracy is the better, if not the best, political system and value for that purpose. Additionally, the book claims that, while democratization and the deepening of democracy have been broadly discussed in the region, the peace that democracy is supposed to promote has been in serious danger, especially in the 21st century. A timely survey and re-evaluation of democracy and peaceful development in South Asia, this book will be of interest to academics in the field of South Asian Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies and Asian Politics and Security.