Infrastructural Lives

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Infrastructural Lives

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Author : Stephen Graham
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-10-10

Infrastructural Lives written by Stephen Graham and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-10 with Architecture categories.

Infrastructural Lives is the first book to describe the everyday experience and politics of urban infrastructures. It focuses on a range of infrastructures in both the global South and North. The book examines how day-to-day experience and perception of infrastructure provides a new and powerful lens to view urban sustainability, politics, economics, cultures and ecologies. An interdisciplinary group of leading and emerging urban researchers examine critical questions about urban infrastructure in different global contexts. The chapters address water, sanitation, and waste politics in Mumbai, Kampala and Tyneside, analyse the use of infrastructure in the dispossession of Palestinian communities, explore the pacification of Rio’s favelas in the run-up to the 2014 World Cup, describe how people’s bodies and lives effectively operate as ‘infrastructure’ in many major cities, and also explores tentative experiments with low-carbon infrastructures. These diverse cases and perspectives are connected by a shared sense of infrastructure not just as a ‘thing’, a ‘system’, or an ‘output,’ but as a complex social and technological process that enables – or disables – particular kinds of action in the city. Infrastructural Lives is crucial reading for academics, researchers, students and practitioners in urban studies globally.

Transportation Infrastructure And Quality Of Life For Disadvantage Sic Populations

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008

Transportation Infrastructure And Quality Of Life For Disadvantage Sic Populations written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Hispanic Americans categories.

This research is a pilot study aimed to identify environmental characteristics in colonias that are related to infrastructure and safety, access to goods and services, and quality of life. A secondary objective consisted of evaluating a variety of tools that could be used to identify and assess these environmental characteristics. El Cenizo in Webb County, Texas, was selected as our study colonia after preliminary visits and investigations. A multi-disciplinary approach framed this study, considering the transportation, urban design and planning, public health, and socioeconomic dimensions as potential determinants of the residents' mobility behaviors, environmental perception, and quality of life. Three instruments were developed to collect data for this research: 1) a survey, 2) an activity diary or travel diary, and 3) environmental audit instruments. Additionally, this study also included a small sub-group study testing the usability of wearable Global Positioning Systems (GPS) units as a research tool to capture spatial-behavioral data, combined with travel diary. First, the study has generated valuable data on transportation and mobility behaviors where almost no-information is available. Second, the multidisciplinary approach has allowed a comprehensive approach towards a better understanding of the current needs of colonias, especially those related to pedestrians. Some of them could be easily addressed with direct short-term interventions while other require a more long-term plans. Third, the assessment of new research tools offers useful insights for future research in the context of similar low-income marginalized communities.

Basic Rural Infrastructure And Services For Improved Quality Of Life

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Author : R. C. Choudhury
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999

Basic Rural Infrastructure And Services For Improved Quality Of Life written by R. C. Choudhury and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Infrastructure (Economics) categories.

Contributed articles presented at the Workshop on Basic Rural Infrastructure and Services for Improved Quality of Life organised on Nov. 5-6, 1998.

Accounting For Infrastructure Regulation

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Author : Martin Rodriguez Pardina
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2008

Accounting For Infrastructure Regulation written by Martin Rodriguez Pardina and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Business & Economics categories.

This title provides a practical guide for regulators, policy-makers, and utility managers for establishing regulatory accounts that can be the cornerstone for better, more complete, and more reliable information. It sets out the essential accounting features of regulatory accounts and provides practical guidance on controversial areas such as cost allocation, asset valuation, and depreciation. It emphasizes the essential requirements for consistency with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

Infrastructural And Campaigning Costs June 1993

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Author : African National Congress. Elections Commission
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993

Infrastructural And Campaigning Costs June 1993 written by African National Congress. Elections Commission and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Elections categories.

Infrastructure

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Author : Jason R. Baren
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009

Infrastructure written by Jason R. Baren and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Business & Economics categories.

There are various definitions of what constitutes infrastructure, but generally infrastructure refers to the large-scale public systems, services, and facilities of a country or region that are necessary for economic activity. The sector tends to be separated into two broad subsets - economic and social. Economic infrastructure includes highways, water and sewerage facilities, and energy distribution and telecommunication networks whereas social infrastructure encompasses schools, universities, hospitals, public housing and prisons. Infrastructure assets are generally characterised by high development costs (high barriers to entry) and long lives. They are generally managed and financed on a long-term basis. Historically it was seen as the role of the government to fund and manage these assets for the good of the population. Today, the role of the government as the provider of public services is increasingly being questioned both in terms of the absolute cost to taxpayers and as to whether a government can deliver the assets as efficiently as a private company competing for the privilege. From the government's perspective there is a strong case for privatisation, where the debt raised by the private partner remains on their balance sheets, not on that of the Treasury's. These factors have resulted in a gradual migration from the public provision of infrastructure to the private sector. The private provision of these assets may take many forms from joint ventures, concessions and franchises through to straight delivery contracts. Essentially the private sector is being brought in to design, build, finance and/or maintain public sector assets in return for long term contracted payments from the government or access to the revenues generated from the asset.

Life At Four Corners

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Author : Carol Coburn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992

Life At Four Corners written by Carol Coburn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Education categories.

Defined less by geography than by demographic character, Block, Kansas, in many ways exemplifies the prevalent yet seldom-scrutinized ethnic, religion-based community of the rural Midwest. Physically small, the town sprang up around four corners formed by crossroads. Spiritually strong and cohesive, it became the educational and cultural center for generations of German-Lutheran families. In this book Carol Coburn analyzes the powerful combination of those ethnic and religious institutions that effectively resisted assimilation for nearly 80 years only to succumb to the influences of the outside world during the 1930s and 1940s. Emphasizing the formal and informal education provided by the church, school, and family, she examines the total process of how values, identities, and all aspects of culture were transmitted from generation to generation.

Colonia Housing And Infrastructure Current Characteristics And Future Needs

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997

Colonia Housing And Infrastructure Current Characteristics And Future Needs written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Infrastructure (Economics) categories.

Rural Prosperity And Agriculture Infrastructure And Institutional Support

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Author : R. C. Choudhury
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000

Rural Prosperity And Agriculture Infrastructure And Institutional Support written by R. C. Choudhury and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Agriculture categories.

Papers presented at a national seminar.

The Management And Measurement Of Infrastructure

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Author : Charlie Karlsson
language : en
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Release Date : 2007

The Management And Measurement Of Infrastructure written by Charlie Karlsson and has been published by Edward Elgar Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Business & Economics categories.

Highlights the growing demand for accurate, complete and continuous disclosure of information related to management activities, expenditures, stock availability and shadow prices. This book also presents theoretical and practical advances as well as concepts and paradigms in infrastructure systems.