Subject Catalog

Subject Catalog
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1016
Release: 1981
Genre: Subject catalogs
ISBN:

Planning Support Systems for Sustainable Urban Development

Planning Support Systems for Sustainable Urban Development
Author: Stan Geertman
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 478
Release: 2013-06-20
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3642375332

This book collects a selection of the best articles presented at the CUPUM (Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management) conference, held in the second week of July 2013 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The articles included were selected by external reviewers using a double blind process.

Large Dams

Large Dams
Author: Anthony H. J. Dorcey
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 158
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780821340288

In 1996 the World Bank Operations Evaluation Department completed an internal review of 50 large dams funded by the World Bank. IUCN-The World Conservation Union and the World Bank agreed to jointly host a workshop in April 1997 to discuss the findings of the review and their implications for a more in-depth study. The workshop broke new ground by bringing together representatives from governments, the private sector, international financial institutions and civil society organizations to address three issues: critical advances needed in knowledge and practice, methodologies and approaches required to achieve these advances, and proposals for a follow-up process involving all stakeholders.

The Future of Large Dams

The Future of Large Dams
Author: Thayer Ted Scudder
Publisher: Earthscan
Total Pages: 407
Release: 2012
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1849773904

Viewed by some as symbols of progress and by others as inherently flawed, large dams remain one of the most contentious development issues on Earth. Building on the work of the now defunct World Commission on Dams, Thayer Scudder wades into the debate with unprecedented authority.Employing the Commission's Seven Strategic priorities, Scudder charts the 'middle way' forward by examining the impacts of large dams on ecosystems, societies and political economies. He also analyses the structure of the decision-making process for water resource development and tackles the highly contentious issue of dam-induced resettlement, illuminated by a statistical analysis of 50 cases.