Infrastructure

This report explains how the quality of infrastructure investments in developing Asia can be enhanced and why this is vital for the region's sustainable recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.It emphasizes the need to balance urgent...

The thirteenth of a well-received and highly acclaimed series on critical infrastructure, Commercial Facilities Protection and Homeland Security is intended to help law enforcement, security specialists, managers, and anyone involved in protecting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781587981395Author Charles H. FergusonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Beard BooksPublisher Beard Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781943386468Author Alinka RutkowskaFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Leaders PressPublisher Leaders PressWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789975154246Author Itumeleng G MotlhatlhediFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Generis PublishingPublisher Generis PublishingWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781605207612Author Ida M TarbellFormat HardbackPage Count 462Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 830g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781605207636Author Ida M TarbellFormat HardbackPage Count 456Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 821g

Investment in infrastructure is essential for promoting economic growth, and while countries in Asia have enjoyed higher rates of gross domestic product growth in recent years, the region remains severely deficient in the scale and quality of sustainable...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781466406414Author Rachel RofeFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 8mm

This compendium presents the papers presented in the conference 'Infrastructure Development Theory, Practice, and Policy' held on 29th and 30th April, 2021. It brings together the select papers from the conference and other contributions from experts and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989453967Author Bahman Fakhraie PhdFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Ferdat PublishingPublisher Ferdat PublishingWeight(grams) 204g

Advertised as ""a new standard for living,"" the Lustron Home was introduced in 1948 in response to the urgent need for housing for veterans returning from World War II and their rapidly growing families. These enameled steel, prefabricated houses became...

This book carries out an initial assessment of Nepal's urban growth and spatial transformation, with a focus on spatial demographic and economic trends, economic growth drivers and infrastructure requirements of Nepal's urban regions. It notes that Nepal...

The current distribution of power markets around intermediate structures between full integration and unbundling suggests that there has not been a linear path to reform in practice. Instead, many developing countries may retain intermediate structures...

WILLA Literary Award Finalist in Creative Nonfiction Finalist, Evans Handcart Award In the middle of the Great Depression, Montana native Julia Bennett arrived in New York City with no money and an audacious business plan: to identify and visit...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979584145Author Sinclair PowellFormat PaperbackPage Count 568Imprint Mark ChaplinPublisher Mark ChaplinWeight(grams) 839gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 152mm *...

This book provides complete, yet nontechnical, analyses of production fragmentation effects and thus targets a wide range of readers -- including academics, researchers, policy makers, students, entrepreneurs, and anyone who is interested in this subject...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781464802331Author Sheoli PargalFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint World Bank PublicationsPublisher World Bank Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781464802355Author Ernesto Sanchez TrianaFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint World Bank PublicationsPublisher World Bank Publications

'Cities in a Globalizing World' stresses that quality of governance can determine whether the burgeoning cities of the developing world can become global centers of opportunity or urban examples of over crowding and underachievement. The book examines...

This book provides insights into infrastructure sector performance by focusing on the links between key indicators for utilities, and changes in ownership, regulatory agency governance, and corporate governance, among other dimensions. By linking inputs...

This paper assesses and measures regulatory governance in 21 infrastructure regulators in Brazil. Regulatory Governance is decomposed into four main attributes: autonomy; decision-rules; means and tools; and accountability. A ranking is proposed and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781464802393Author Havard HallandFormat PaperbackPage Count 113Imprint World Bank PublicationsPublisher World Bank Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780646903255Author Susanne CooperFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Jacobs Group (Australia) Pty LtdPublisher Jacobs Group (Australia) Pty...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578873305Author Norman F AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 282Imprint Strategic Infrastructure Performance InstitutPublisher Strategic Infrastructure...

By international standards, health workers in Ethiopia are in short supply. In addition, those who do enter the health fields and remain in the country disproportionately live and work in the capital, Addis Ababa. This paper uses detailed data gathered...

The Broadband Strategies Handbook is a guide for policymakers, regulators, and other relevant stakeholders as they address issues related to broadband development. It aims to help readers, particularly those in developing countries, by identifying issues...

This study analyzes the impacts of the financial crisis on power sectors in five countries in the region: Armenia, Kyrgyz Republic, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine. Before the financial crisis, these countries faced expected power shortages as a result of...

The industrialized economies of the world have experienced a considerable diversity of economic experience since the shocks of the 1970s. The authors of this major study assess the institutional determinants of economic performance in a comparative...

This important book provides a systematic and quantitative analysis of the development of the software industry: the major growth industry in advanced economies of the world. It presents the results of a comprehensive set of industry surveys to shed...

In Creating the Modern South , Douglas Flamming examines one hundred years in the life of the mill and the town of Dalton, Georgia, providing a uniquely perceptive view of Dixie's social and economic transformation. ""Beautifully written, it combines the...

Tim Lehman examines the political battles over public policies to protect farmland from urban sprawl. His detailed account clarifies three larger themes: the ongoing struggle over land use planning in this country, the emerging environmental critique of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615278841Author Frank RoseFormat PaperbackPage Count 374Imprint Stuyvesant Street PressPublisher Stuyvesant Street PressWeight(grams) 549gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780393097818Author R.T. AverittFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint WW Norton & CoPublisher WW Norton & CoWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 137mm *...

Bullard Firearms is the story of a mechanical genius whose rifles and cartridges were the equal of any made in America in the 1880s, yet little of substance had been written about James H. Bullard or his arms prior to 1988, when the first edition, called...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604270624Author William LeeFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint J Ross PublishingPublisher J Ross PublishingWeight(grams) 644gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Sit back, pop a cold one, and let Gary Straub introduce you to the colorful world of beer tray collecting. With over 800 bright color photographs of different trays and an engaging text, the reader follows the rise and fall of the lithographed tin beer...

Presents photographs for identification and gives suggested prices for each collectible Planters Peanut object.Book InformationISBN 9780887407932Author Jan LindenbergerFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer...

Here's a big second serving for sassafras softdrink lovers. Ever since Tom Morrison's first beverage book, Root Beer Advertising and Collectibles, was published, a second edition about this popular pop was inevitable. More than 650 photographs of root...

The identification and dating of American jewelry heretofore has been difficult because few pieces bear standard markings and the references have been diverse, hard to find, and incomplete. Using old trade journals and their related directories as her...