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UNINA9910462665203321 |
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Russell James S |
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The agile city [[electronic resource] ] : building well-being and wealth in an era of climate change / / James S. Russell |
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Washington, D.C., : Island Press, c2011 |
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[1st ed. 2012.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (311 p.) |
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Climatic changes |
Climatic changes - Government policy |
Economic development |
Sustainable development |
Financial crises - History - 21st century |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-271) and index. |
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pt. 1. The land -- pt. 2. Repairing the dysfunctional growth machine -- pt. 3. Agile urban futures. |
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Americans are waking up to the realization that global warming poses real challenges to the nation’s prosperity. In The Agile City, journalist and urban analyst James S. Russell engages the million dollar question: what do we do about it? The answer lies in changing our fundamental approach to growth. Improved building techniques can readily cut carbon emissions by half, and some can get to zero. These cuts can be affordably achieved in windshield-shattering desert heat and the bone-chilling cold of the north. Intelligently designing our towns, suburbs, and cities could reduce commutes and child chauffeuring to a few miles or eliminate it entirely. Who wouldn’t want a future like that? Agility, Russell explains, also means learning to adapt to the effects of climate change, which means redesigning the obsolete ways we finance real estate; distribute housing subsidies; provide transportation; and obtain, distribute, and dispose of water. These engines of growth have become increasingly dysfunctional both economically and environmentally. The Agile City highlights tactics that create multiplier effects. Ecologically |
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driven change can stimulate economic opportunity, make more productive workplaces, and help revive neglected communities. Considering multiple effects and benefits of political choices and private investments is essential to assuring wealth and well-being. The Agile City shows that change undertaken at the building and community level, with ingenuity and resourcefulness, makes the future look very green indeed. |
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UNINA9910953430403321 |
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Advancing regulatory science for medical countermeasure development : workshop summary / / Theresa Wizemann, Bruce M. Altevogt, and Anne B. Claiborne, rapporteurs |
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Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2011 |
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0-309-21493-9 |
1-283-25354-2 |
9786613253545 |
0-309-21491-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (150 pages) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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WizemannTheresa M |
AltevogtBruce M |
ClaiborneAnne B |
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Emergency management - United States - Evaluation |
Disaster medicine - United States - Evaluation |
Weapons of mass destruction - Health aspects |
Chemical agents (Munitions) |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Tables, Figures, and Boxes""; ""Acronyms""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 MCM Enterprise and Stakeholder Perspectives""; ""3 Cutting-Edge Efforts to Advance MCM Regulatory Science""; ""4 MCM Regulatory Science Needs for At-Risk Populations""; ""5 Crosscutting Themes and Future Directions""; ""6 |
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Closing Remarks""; ""References""; ""Appendix A: Workshop Agenda""; ""Appendix B: Participant Biographies"" |
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Whether or not the United States has safe and effective medical countermeasures--such as vaccines, drugs, and diagnostic tools--available for use during a disaster can mean the difference between life and death for many Americans. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the scientific community at large could benefit from improved scientific tools and analytic techniques to undertake the complex scientific evaluation and decision making needed to make essential medical countermeasures available. At the request of FDA, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) held a workshop to examine methods to improve the development, evaluation, approval, and regulation of medical countermeasures. During public health emergencies such as influenza or chemical, biological, radiological/nuclear (CBRN) attacks, safe and effective vaccines, treatments, and other medical countermeasures are essential to protecting national security and the well being of the public. Advancing regulatory science for medical countermeasure development examines current medical countermeasures, and investigates the future of research and development in this area. Convened on March 29-30, 2011, this workshop identified regulatory science tools and methods that are available or under development, as well as major gaps in currently available regulatory science tools. Advancing regulatory science for medical countermeasure development is a valuable resource for federal agencies including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Defense (DoD), as well as health professionals, and public and private health organizations"--Publisher's description. |
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