Author: Venezuela. Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales RenovablesPublisher:
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Category : Environmental policy
Languages : es
Pages : 568
Book Description
Memoria y cuenta - Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales Renovables
Author: Venezuela. Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales RenovablesPublisher:
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Category : Environmental policy
Languages : es
Pages : 568
Book Description
Planning and Design for Future Informal Settlements
Author: David GouverneurPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317658930
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
This is the first book to address future informal settlements at the global scale. It argues that to foster favourable conditions for the sustainable evolution of future informal cities, planners must consider the same issues that are paramount in formal urban developments, such as provision of: balanced land uses energy efficiency and mobility water management and food sufficiency governance and community participation productivity and competitiveness identity and sense of place Planning and Design for Future Informal Settlements makes a call for responsible action to address the urban challenges of the developing world, suggesting that the vitality of informality, coupled with spatial design and good management, can support the efficient use of resources in better places to live. The book analyses the strengths and weaknesses of informal urbanism and the challenges faced by the fast growing cities of the developing world. Through case studies, it demonstrates the contributions and limitations of different attempts to plan ahead for urban growth, from the creation of formal housing and urban infrastructures for self-built dwellings to the improvement of existing informal settlements. It provides a robust framework for planners and designers, policy-makers, NGOs and local governments working to improve living conditions in developing cities.
Barrio Rising
Author: Alejandro VelascoPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520283317
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
"In the mid-1950s, in an effort to modernize Venezuela, the military government razed dozens of slums in the heart of the capital Caracas, replacing them with massive buildings to house the city's working poor. The project remained unfinished when the dictatorship fell on January 23, 1958, and in a matter of days city residents illegally occupied thousands of apartments, squatted on green spaces, and renamed the neighborhood to honor the emerging democracy: the 23 de Enero (January 23). Over the next thirty years, through eviction efforts, guerrilla conflict, state violence, internal strife, and official neglect, inhabitants of the barrio learned to use their strategic location and symbolic tie to the promise of democracy in order to demand a better life. Granting legitimacy to the state through the vote but protesting its failings with violent street actions when necessary, they laid the foundation for an expansive understanding of democracy--both radical and electoral--whose features still resonate today"--Provided by publisher.
Perspectives on Integrated Coastal Zone Management
Author: Wim SalomonsPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642601030
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
All coastal areas are facing a growing range of stresses and shocks, the scale of which now poses threats to the resilience of both human and environmental coastal systems. Responsible agencies are seeking better ways of managing the causes and consequences of the environmental change process in coastal zones. This volume discusses the basic principles underpinning a more integrated approach to coastal management and highlights the obstacles that may be met in practice in both developed and developing countries. Successful strategies will have to encompass all the elements of management, from planning and design through financing and implementation, as highlighted in this book.
Information Sources in Official Publications
Author: Valerie J. NurcombePublisher: London : Bowker-Saur
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Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
An evaluative guide to official publishing in most countries of the world. Chapters follow a format of notes on other guides for the area, an overview of government organization and its publications including the legislative process and related reports, and descriptions of executive, departmental, a
New Serial Titles
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1608
Book Description
A union list of serials commencing publication after Dec. 31, 1949.
Serial Publications Available by Exchange
Author: Gabriela Sonntag-GrigeraPublisher: Albuquerque, N.M. : SALALM Secretariat, General Library, University of New Mexico
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Category : Acquisition of Latin American publications
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Perspectives on Integrated Coastal Zone Management
Author: Willem SalomonsPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Animal Models in Orthopedic Research is a reference book of the major animal models used in the study of orthopaedic conditions and in the in vivo study of biomaterials. Use of animal models provides important knowledge about pathological conditions that can eventually lead to the development of more effective clinical treatment of diseases in both humans and animals. Directed primarily toward surgeons, investigators, research fellows, graduate students, and those working in orthopaedic or biomaterial research, this book is intended to serve as a basis for a literature search before embarking on a detailed research project. This book is the result of the editors' own quest for information about research methodology and the use of animal models in orthopaedic and biomaterial research.
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