Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Water Resources, Transportation, and Infrastructure
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Category : Public buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Healthy Buildings
Author: JOSEPH G. ALLEN
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674278364
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Buildings can make us sick or keep us well. Diseases and toxins course through indoor spaces, making us ill. Meanwhile, better air quality and light levels improve productivity. At a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has us focused more than ever on indoor air quality, Healthy Buildings shows how much we have to gain from human-centered design.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674278364
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Buildings can make us sick or keep us well. Diseases and toxins course through indoor spaces, making us ill. Meanwhile, better air quality and light levels improve productivity. At a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has us focused more than ever on indoor air quality, Healthy Buildings shows how much we have to gain from human-centered design.
Public Buildings Programs of the General Services Administration
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Water Resources, Transportation, and Infrastructure
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Public Buildings Program
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Committee Serial No. 85-7. Considers legislation to extend and revise GSA and Post Office Dept public buildings lease-purchase contract programs.
Publisher:
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Category : Public buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Committee Serial No. 85-7. Considers legislation to extend and revise GSA and Post Office Dept public buildings lease-purchase contract programs.
Building State Capability
Author: Matt Andrews
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198747489
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Governments play a major role in the development process, and constantly introduce reforms and policies to achieve developmental objectives. Many of these interventions have limited impact, however; schools get built but children don't learn, IT systems are introduced but not used, plans are written but not implemented. These achievement deficiencies reveal gaps in capabilities, and weaknesses in the process of building state capability. This book addresses these weaknesses and gaps. It starts by providing evidence of the capability shortfalls that currently exist in many countries, showing that many governments lack basic capacities even after decades of reforms and capacity building efforts. The book then analyses this evidence, identifying capability traps that hold many governments back - particularly related to isomorphic mimicry (where governments copy best practice solutions from other countries that make them look more capable even if they are not more capable) and premature load bearing (where governments adopt new mechanisms that they cannot actually make work, given weak extant capacities). The book then describes a process that governments can use to escape these capability traps. Called PDIA (problem driven iterative adaptation), this process empowers people working in governments to find and fit solutions to the problems they face. The discussion about this process is structured in a practical manner so that readers can actually apply tools and ideas to the capability challenges they face in their own contexts. These applications will help readers devise policies and reforms that have more impact than those of the past.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198747489
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Governments play a major role in the development process, and constantly introduce reforms and policies to achieve developmental objectives. Many of these interventions have limited impact, however; schools get built but children don't learn, IT systems are introduced but not used, plans are written but not implemented. These achievement deficiencies reveal gaps in capabilities, and weaknesses in the process of building state capability. This book addresses these weaknesses and gaps. It starts by providing evidence of the capability shortfalls that currently exist in many countries, showing that many governments lack basic capacities even after decades of reforms and capacity building efforts. The book then analyses this evidence, identifying capability traps that hold many governments back - particularly related to isomorphic mimicry (where governments copy best practice solutions from other countries that make them look more capable even if they are not more capable) and premature load bearing (where governments adopt new mechanisms that they cannot actually make work, given weak extant capacities). The book then describes a process that governments can use to escape these capability traps. Called PDIA (problem driven iterative adaptation), this process empowers people working in governments to find and fit solutions to the problems they face. The discussion about this process is structured in a practical manner so that readers can actually apply tools and ideas to the capability challenges they face in their own contexts. These applications will help readers devise policies and reforms that have more impact than those of the past.
A Better Planet
Author: Daniel C. Esty
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 030024889X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
A practical, bipartisan call to action from the world’s leading thinkers on the environment and sustainability Sustainability has emerged as a global priority over the past several years. The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change and the adoption of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals through the United Nations have highlighted the need to address critical challenges such as the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, water shortages, and air pollution. But in the United States, partisan divides, regional disputes, and deep disagreements over core principles have made it nearly impossible to chart a course toward a sustainable future. This timely new book, edited by celebrated scholar Daniel C. Esty, offers fresh thinking and forward-looking solutions from environmental thought leaders across the political spectrum. The book’s forty essays cover such subjects as ecology, environmental justice, Big Data, public health, and climate change, all with an emphasis on sustainability. The book focuses on moving toward sustainability through actionable, bipartisan approaches based on rigorous analytical research.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 030024889X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
A practical, bipartisan call to action from the world’s leading thinkers on the environment and sustainability Sustainability has emerged as a global priority over the past several years. The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change and the adoption of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals through the United Nations have highlighted the need to address critical challenges such as the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, water shortages, and air pollution. But in the United States, partisan divides, regional disputes, and deep disagreements over core principles have made it nearly impossible to chart a course toward a sustainable future. This timely new book, edited by celebrated scholar Daniel C. Esty, offers fresh thinking and forward-looking solutions from environmental thought leaders across the political spectrum. The book’s forty essays cover such subjects as ecology, environmental justice, Big Data, public health, and climate change, all with an emphasis on sustainability. The book focuses on moving toward sustainability through actionable, bipartisan approaches based on rigorous analytical research.
Foresighted Planning and Budgeting Needed for Public Buildings Program
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
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Category : Buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Public Buildings Reform Act of 1995
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Publisher:
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Public Buildings Act of 1979
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works
Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Public Buildings....
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Impact of Postal Building Program on Federal Agencies
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description