Author:
Publisher: FEMA
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
Urban Recycling and the Search for Sustainable Community Development
Author: Adam S. Weinberg
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400823897
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
More Americans recycle than vote. And most do so to improve their communities and the environment. But do recycling programs advance social, economic, and environmental goals? To answer this, three sociologists with expertise in urban and environmental planning have conducted the first major study of urban recycling. They compare four types of programs in the Chicago metropolitan area: a community-based drop-off center, a municipal curbside program, a recycling industrial park, and a linkage program. Their conclusion, admirably elaborated, is that recycling can realize sustainable community development, but that current programs achieve few benefits for the communities in which they are located. The authors discover that the history of recycling mirrors many other urban reforms. What began in the 1960s as a sustainable community enterprise has become a commodity-based, profit-driven industry. Large private firms, using public dollars, have chased out smaller nonprofit and family-owned efforts. Perhaps most troubling is that this process was not born of economic necessity. Rather, as the authors show, socially oriented programs are actually more viable than profit-focused systems. This finding raises unsettling questions about the prospects for any sort of sustainable local development in the globalizing economy. Based on a decade of research, this is the first book to fully explore the range of impacts that recycling generates in our communities. It presents recycling as a tantalizing case study of the promises and pitfalls of community development. It also serves as a rich account of how the state and private interests linked to the global economy alter the terrain of local neighborhoods.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400823897
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
More Americans recycle than vote. And most do so to improve their communities and the environment. But do recycling programs advance social, economic, and environmental goals? To answer this, three sociologists with expertise in urban and environmental planning have conducted the first major study of urban recycling. They compare four types of programs in the Chicago metropolitan area: a community-based drop-off center, a municipal curbside program, a recycling industrial park, and a linkage program. Their conclusion, admirably elaborated, is that recycling can realize sustainable community development, but that current programs achieve few benefits for the communities in which they are located. The authors discover that the history of recycling mirrors many other urban reforms. What began in the 1960s as a sustainable community enterprise has become a commodity-based, profit-driven industry. Large private firms, using public dollars, have chased out smaller nonprofit and family-owned efforts. Perhaps most troubling is that this process was not born of economic necessity. Rather, as the authors show, socially oriented programs are actually more viable than profit-focused systems. This finding raises unsettling questions about the prospects for any sort of sustainable local development in the globalizing economy. Based on a decade of research, this is the first book to fully explore the range of impacts that recycling generates in our communities. It presents recycling as a tantalizing case study of the promises and pitfalls of community development. It also serves as a rich account of how the state and private interests linked to the global economy alter the terrain of local neighborhoods.
Urban Search and Rescue in the Santa Cruz Area Following the Loma Prieta Earthquake
Author:
Publisher: FEMA
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
Publisher: FEMA
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
Urban Search and Rescue in San Bernardino, California, Following a Major Train Derailment in a Residential Neighborhood
Author: US Fire Administration
Publisher: FEMA
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher: FEMA
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue Program in Haiti
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Hurricane Katrina : urban search and rescue in a catastrophe : hearing
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9781422321805
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9781422321805
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
United States Code
Author: United States
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description
"The United States Code is the official codification of the general and permanent laws of the United States of America. The Code was first published in 1926, and a new edition of the code has been published every six years since 1934. The 2012 edition of the Code incorporates laws enacted through the One Hundred Twelfth Congress, Second Session, the last of which was signed by the President on January 15, 2013. It does not include laws of the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, First Session, enacted between January 2, 2013, the date it convened, and January 15, 2013. By statutory authority this edition may be cited "U.S.C. 2012 ed." As adopted in 1926, the Code established prima facie the general and permanent laws of the United States. The underlying statutes reprinted in the Code remained in effect and controlled over the Code in case of any discrepancy. In 1947, Congress began enacting individual titles of the Code into positive law. When a title is enacted into positive law, the underlying statutes are repealed and the title then becomes legal evidence of the law. Currently, 26 of the 51 titles in the Code have been so enacted. These are identified in the table of titles near the beginning of each volume. The Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives continues to prepare legislation pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 285b to enact the remainder of the Code, on a title-by-title basis, into positive law. The 2012 edition of the Code was prepared and published under the supervision of Ralph V. Seep, Law Revision Counsel. Grateful acknowledgment is made of the contributions by all who helped in this work, particularly the staffs of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel and the Government Printing Office"--Preface.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description
"The United States Code is the official codification of the general and permanent laws of the United States of America. The Code was first published in 1926, and a new edition of the code has been published every six years since 1934. The 2012 edition of the Code incorporates laws enacted through the One Hundred Twelfth Congress, Second Session, the last of which was signed by the President on January 15, 2013. It does not include laws of the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, First Session, enacted between January 2, 2013, the date it convened, and January 15, 2013. By statutory authority this edition may be cited "U.S.C. 2012 ed." As adopted in 1926, the Code established prima facie the general and permanent laws of the United States. The underlying statutes reprinted in the Code remained in effect and controlled over the Code in case of any discrepancy. In 1947, Congress began enacting individual titles of the Code into positive law. When a title is enacted into positive law, the underlying statutes are repealed and the title then becomes legal evidence of the law. Currently, 26 of the 51 titles in the Code have been so enacted. These are identified in the table of titles near the beginning of each volume. The Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives continues to prepare legislation pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 285b to enact the remainder of the Code, on a title-by-title basis, into positive law. The 2012 edition of the Code was prepared and published under the supervision of Ralph V. Seep, Law Revision Counsel. Grateful acknowledgment is made of the contributions by all who helped in this work, particularly the staffs of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel and the Government Printing Office"--Preface.
Urban search and rescue in New York City following a commercial building collapse.
Author: US Fire Administration
Publisher: FEMA
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
Publisher: FEMA
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
Senate Reports
Author: United States. Congress. Senate
Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1530
Book Description
Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1530
Book Description
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations for 1993
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 944
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 944
Book Description
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1994
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description