Human and Physical Infrastructure
Human and Physical Infrastructure

Author: Emmanuel Jimenez

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13:

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Just as market failures necessitate government intervention in the infrastructure sectors, so government failures should be considered in deciding the extent and depth of that intervention.

Green Infrastructure and Public Health
Green Infrastructure and Public Health

Author: Christopher Coutts

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-02-05

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 1317298578

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There is a growing body of knowledge revealing a sweeping array of connections between public health and green infrastructure – but not until now have the links between them been brought together in one comprehensive book. Green Infrastructure and Public Health provides an overview of current research and theories of the ecological relationships and mechanisms by which the environment influences human health and health behaviour. Covering a broad spectrum of contemporary understanding, Coutts outlines: public health models that explicitly promote the importance of the environment to health ways in which the quality of the landscape is tied to health challenges of maintaining viable landscapes amidst a rapidly changing global environment This book presents the case for fundamental human dependence on the natural environment and creates a bridge between contemporary science on the structure and form of a healthy landscape and the myriad ways that a healthy landscape supports healthy human beings. It presents ideal reading for students and practitioners of landscape architecture, urban design, planning, and health studies.

Reviving Growth in India
Reviving Growth in India

Author: Pradeep Agrawal

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-03-26

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 1107090334

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This book provides the latest research findings on the ways to revive and sustain higher growth rates in India.

The Rightful Place of Science
The Rightful Place of Science

Author: Braden Allenby

Publisher:

Published: 2021-03-17

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9780999587782

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Humans are at the dawn of major shifts in the relationships among society, the environment, and technology. This transformation has profound implications for the design and management of the critical infrastructure that serves as the backbone for virtually every activity and service. Policymakers and the public have been largely able to ignore these systems, assuming that they'll continue to function as they have in the past. This is no longer a reasonable assumption. It's time to come to grips with the reality that the complexity of infrastructure is exploding, emerging and disruptive technologies are accelerating, history is no longer a reliable guide to the future-and education on these issues is insufficient. Infrastructure in the Anthropocene is a "timely and critical" (Chris Hendrickson, National Academy of Engineering) guide by two of the country's leading scholars of sustainable engineering, adaptation, and innovation. This indispensable book provides "practical and implementable" (Emanuel Liban, American Society of Civil Engineers Committee on Sustainability Chair) insight into what modern infrastructure can and should do, and how it should function on a planet now dominated by humans.

Physical Infrastructure Development
Physical Infrastructure Development

Author: W. Ascher

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2010-05-24

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 0230107672

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This book addresses the key challenges of balancing economic growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental protection in the development of major physical infrastructure, ranging from transport to energy.