Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously: Economic Development, the Environment, and Quality of Life in American Cities (American and Comparative Environmental Policy)

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Today at least twenty-five major U.S. cities have pursued some form of sustainability initiative. Although many case studies and "how-to" manuals have been published, there has been little systematic comparison of these cities' programs and initiatives. In this book Kent Portney lays the theoretical groundwork for research on what works and what does not, and why.

Distinguishing cities on the basis of population characteristics and region for his analysis, Portney shows how cities use the broad rubric of sustainability to achieve particular political ends. Cities that take sustainability seriously, such as Portland, San Francisco, and Seattle, use broad definitions that go well beyond concern for the physical environment or creating jobs. They pursue sustainability at many levels and integrate concern for economic development, the environment, and quality of life across all activities of city government. Cities that take sustainability less seriously, such as Cleveland, Boston, and Orlando, confine it to such issues as solid waste disposal, brownfields, redevelopment, and neighborhood beautification. Still other cities, such as New Haven, Brownsville, and Milwaukee, do considerably less to work toward sustainability.

Portney begins by reviewing the conceptual underpinnings of sustainable development and sustainable communities. The comparisons that follow provide a foundation for assessing the range of what is possible and desirable for sustainability initiatives. In the book's conclusion, Portney assesses the extent to which cities can use the pursuit of sustainability either to foster change in public values or merely to reinforce values that are already reflected in systems of governance.

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worth the read.......2006-12-13

Great book. Lots of important data and ideas backed by solid research.

Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously: Economic Development, the Environment, and Quality of Life in American Cities [A book review from: Cities]

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Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously: Economic Development, the Environment, and Quality of Life in American Cities [A book review from: Cities]
C.G. Boone
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000RR0D8U

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This digital document is a journal article from Cities, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously: Economic Development, the Environment, and Quality of Life in American Cities.(Book Review): An article from: Journal of the American Planning Association

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Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously: Economic Development, the Environment, and Quality of Life in American Cities.(Book Review): An article from: Journal of the American Planning Association
Maria Manta Conroy
Manufacturer: American Planning Association
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This digital document is an article from Journal of the American Planning Association, published by American Planning Association on March 22, 2004. The length of the article is 832 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously: Economic Development, the Environment, and Quality of Life in American Cities.(Book Review)
Author: Maria Manta Conroy
Publication: Journal of the American Planning Association (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 2004
Publisher: American Planning Association
Volume: 70 Issue: 2 Page: 238(2)

Article Type: Book Review

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The ability of societies to manage the current transition to an innovation-driven learning economy is determined by the capacity of existing institutions to facilitate the changes underway. Individual and social learning dynamics are critical to the innovation process and essential for developing and maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage. The crucial issue is: how well suited are the institutions of a region, nation or international regime to the task of coping with the dramatic changes currently underway in the global economy?

Innovation and Social Learning: Institutional Adaptation in an Era of Technological Change

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Innovation and Social Learning: Institutional Adaptation in an Era of Technological Change

Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan, UK/NY
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000I8TYEC

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INTRODUCTORY APPLIED BIOSTATISTICS (WITH CD-ROM) explores statistical applications in the medical and public health fields. Examples drawn directly from the authors' clinical experiences with applied biostatistics make this text both practical and applicable. You'll master application techniques by hand before moving on to computer applications, with SAS programming code and output for each technique covered in every chapter. For each topic, the book addresses methodology, including assumptions, statistical formulas, and appropriate interpretation of results. This book is a must-have for every student preparing for a statistical career in a healthcare field!

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Price-less.......2006-03-11

Visually is unappealing. The examples and tests lack answers to corroborate whether your efforts paid off. It looks like your paying a bundle for a photocopy version of the book....

Statistics Explained, An Introductory Guide for Life Scientists

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Statistics Explained, An Introductory Guide for Life Scientists
Steve McKillup
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0521543169

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Statistics Explained is a reader-friendly introduction to experimental design and statistics for undergraduate students in the life sciences, particularly those who do not have a strong mathematical background. Hypothesis testing and experimental design are discussed first. Statistical tests are then explained using pictorial examples and a minimum of formulae. This class-tested approach, along with a well-structured set of diagnostic tables, will give students the confidence to choose an appropriate test with which to analyze their own data sets. Presented in a lively and straightforward manner, Statistics Explained will give readers the depth and background necessary to proceed to more advanced texts and applications. It will therefore be essential reading for all bioscience undergraduates, and will serve as a useful refresher course for more advanced students.

Introductory Biostatistics for the Health Sciences: Modern Applications Including Bootstrap (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics)

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good introduction
A book that has a well balanced explanation with math and english.

Introductory Biostatistics for the Health Sciences: Modern Applications Including Bootstrap (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics)
Michael R. Chernick , and Robert H. Friis
Manufacturer: Wiley-Interscience
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 047141137X

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Accessible to medicine- and/or public policy-related audiences, as well as most statisticians.

Emphasis on outliers is discussed by way of detection and treatment.
Resampling statistics software is incorporated throughout.
Motivating applications are presented in light of honest theory.
Plentiful exercises are sprinkled throughout.

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good introduction.......2007-08-15

This is my husband's second book. It came out based on a course he taught to undergraduate health science majors at Cal State Long Beach. He taught it successfully twice. It is a clear introduction for the novice like me and has a good set of exercises and references for further reading. Mike works in the pharmaceutical industry and previously in medical devices. He brings his experience to bear on the examples and to motive the students to see the real value of statistics to their future profession. His coauthor also taught the course at cal State Long Beach and provided many of the exercises and some of the applications particularly in the area of epidemiology which is his specialty. The book has been slow to be adopted in some classrooms because of thre novel introduction of bootstrap a technique that many instructors are not familiar with. But if you look at the review in JASA you will see that this is a strength of the book and is presented simply and only for the most basic bootstrap techniques and applications. It is worth the effort to learn these techniques and to choose this book over some competitors that just do the standard things and look exactly like each other.

A book that has a well balanced explanation with math and english........2005-08-27

Biostatistics textbooks usually either concentrate on the math or the explanations, and end up giving an unbalanced idea of the subject at hand.

Texts that choose to have both as different modules, are generally large (therefore more or less reference), expensive and at times incoherent.

I have come across a variety of texts dealing with the subject, from the popular Motulsky's book, Rosner, Dytham and even most of the Wiley series. I have found that this is one of those very few texts available that has a balanced explanation of stat with "the english of it" and "the maths of it".

In general the book follows the same sequence as standard biostatistics courses offered at second year of university. However it assumes the reader knows very little, at that same token the book is not written in a conderscending manner.

It is so well written that it can probably appeal to most readerships (undergraduate that is). It is not only an excellant primer but also a workable textbook.

Introductory Biostatistics for the Health Sciences (A Wiley medical publication)

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Europe is undergoing dramatic economic and political changes. This work discusses structural changes and main problems and developments in relationships between the European Community (EC) and Eastern Europe. Part I deals with the EC, mainly the West European democracies, and gives an historical framework for formation and expansion of this group. Part II deals individually with the East European and troubled Balkan countries. Part III deals with the European countries in the former USSR.

Ri Tn Internet Bus Mdl Cases
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Very good book.......2000-10-02

This is one of the few good book you can find, you can't find one like that easily. It is the best thing you can get that tells you all what you need to know on that topic, if you want a good book, buy this one.

MacGillivray and Parkington on Insurance Law Relativity to All Risks (Insurance practitioners library)

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Insurance law relating to all risks other than marine: And including life, fire, accident, guarantee, burglary, third party risks, and employers' liability

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MacGillivray on Insurance Law, Mainwork and Supplement

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