Microcomputer Applications in Transportation II
This book contains over 80 papers associated with the North American Conference on Microcomputers in Transportation held in Boston, Mass., from June 29-July 1, 1987. The papers address...
Beyond Digital Mapping
Northern Ireland, small and compact, geographically well defined with a relatively simple administrative structure, is able to establish a comprehensive Geographic Information System (GIS)...
Managing Urban Transportation as a Business
This book contains papers and discussion summaries from the specialty conference Managing Urban Transportation as a Business held in Orlando, Florida in 1987. The purpose of the conference...
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers 1986
ASCE Annual Combined Index 1986
The 1986 ASCE Annual Combined Index provides a guide to materials appearing in publications of ASCE published during 1986. This includes papers and technical notes from ASCE technical...
Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering
The Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering serves as a resource to researchers, practitioners, and students on advances and innovative ideas in computing as applicable to the engineering profession....
Small Hydro Technology Transfer Project: Licensing Activities
This paper summarizes a report that is part of the Small Hydro Technology Project, sponsored jointly by the Department of Energy and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). The Licensing...
Escondido Decision?Results, Impacts & Applications
The United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision of May 15, 1984, now requires Federal agencies and potential licensees to be more responsive to public needs and requirements....
An Overview of the Implementation of PURPA
In November of 1978, Congress enacted a major piece of legislation that started a new direction in how energy resources in this country would be developed in the next decade. The Act,...
The Municipal Preference and Hydropower Project Finance
There is a continuing search for a way to combine private financing, using tax benefits provided under the Internal Revenue Code, with the municipal preference provided under the Federal...
Financing the Town Bluff Hydropower Project
The Town Bluff Dam Hydropower Project is the first new Federal hydropower project to be completely financed by a non-Federal entity where all of the construction funds would be provided...
Infrastructure Development and Turbine Building
Aggressive development schedules which characterize many projects imply a degree of construction management know-how or alternatively, may say something about the state of the industry...
Public Involvement Strategies: A Case Study in Citizen Participation
Literally millions of dollars are wasted every year because authorized and funded water projects are stalled in court, hung up in administrative proceedings, or delayed while the project...
Small-Hydro Development and Public Decisionmaking
This paper is based on a larger study (Soden, 1985), and employs concepts distilled from public choice theory - an increasingly well-accepted approach to the study of public policy and...
Importance of Public Consultation
Early consultation with governmental resource agencies as well as private environmental groups can mean the difference between early resolution of conflicts between developers and environmentalists...
Effective Coordination With Fish and Wildlife Agencies
Recently the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) expanded the role communications play in dealing with Fish and Wildlife Agencies. In March of 1985 the FERC publication #FERC-0100...
Real Time Information Systems for Improved Port Operations
The technology to make appropriate measurements and to forecast conditions for short intervals is available today. Simple collection, analysis and dissemination systems are within the...
IEEE/ASCE TransmissionStructure Foundation Design Guide
The American Society of Civil Engineers' (ASCE) Subcommittee on Foundation Design for High-Voltage Transmission Structures was formed in October 1976. The purpose of the Subcommittee...
Performance Study of the Lagoon at Inuvik, N.W.T.
Since 1957, Inuvik's sewage has been discharged into a lagoon situated northwest of the townsite. In 1982 the lagoon was upgraded to a two-stage system. Two primary cells...
The Effect of Water Supply and Sanitation Systems on Disease Patterns on Manitoba Indian Reserves
This study examines the links between water supply and sanitation and health on Indian reserves in Manitoba. Health data on water related diseases were obtained from health care agencies....
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