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UNINA9910704747703321 |
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Titolo |
Pipeline safety : an on-the-ground look at safeguarding the public : field hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, first session, January 28, 2013 |
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Washington : , : U.S. Government Printing Office, , 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (iii, 95 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Pipelines - United States - Safety measures |
Pipelines - Accidents - Prevention - Government policy - United States |
Natural gas pipelines - Accidents - West Virginia |
Natural gas pipelines - Accidents - United States |
Pipelines - Law and legislation - United States |
Legislative materials. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from title screen (viewed on August 5, 2013). |
Paper version available for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, United States Government Printing Office. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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UNINA9910953784103321 |
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Autore |
Bassett Thomas J |
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The atlas of world hunger / / Thomas J. Bassett and Alex Winter-Nelson |
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Chicago ; ; London, : University of Chicago Press, 2010 |
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9786612584640 |
9781282584648 |
1282584642 |
9780226039084 |
0226039080 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (217 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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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 and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. Locating hunger -- pt. 2. The sources of hunger. |
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Earlier this year, President Obama declared one of his top priorities to be "making sure that people are able to get enough to eat." The United States spends about five billion dollars on food aid and related programs each year, but still, both domestically and internationally, millions of people are hungry. In 2006, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations counted 850 million hungry people worldwide, but as food prices soared, an additional 100 million or more who were vulnerable succumbed to food insecurity. If hunger were simply a matter of food production, no one would go without. There is more than enough food produced annually to provide every living person with a healthy diet, yet so many suffer from food shortages, unsafe water, and malnutrition every year. That's because hunger is a complex political, economic, and ecological phenomenon. The interplay of these forces produces a geography of hunger that Thomas J. Bassett and Alex Winter-Nelson illuminate in this empowering book. The Atlas of World Hunger uses a conceptual framework informed by geography and agricultural economics to present a hunger index that combines food availability, household access, and nutritional outcomes into a |
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single tool-one that delivers a fuller understanding of the scope of global hunger, its underlying mechanisms, and the ways in which the goals for ending hunger can be achieved. The first depiction of the geography of hunger worldwide, the Atlas will be an important resource for teachers, students, and anyone else interested in understanding the geography and causes of hunger. This knowledge, the authors argue, is a critical first step toward eliminating unnecessary suffering in a world of plenty. |
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