persons residents and citizens

... Act, a National Care Standards Commission will be established to apply a common set of standards to residential and nursing homes, and in future the same regulations and standards will be applied ... probability samples of homes and of residents were drawn For a detailed account of the selection and weighting procedures for the samples of local authorities, homes and residents and a description of ... ENVIRONMENT SCALE (SUBSCALE AND DIMENSION DESCRIPTIONS) Relationship Dimensions Cohesion How helpful and supportive staff members are towards residents and how involved and supportive residents are with...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 18:20

... C Hyde 93 Handbook of Crisis and Emergency Management, edited by Ali Farazmand 94 Handbook of Comparative and Development Public Administration: Second Edition, edited by Ali Farazmand 95 Financial ... administrative, applied, and professional ethics; and to citizens interested in clarifying the inevitable and insistent moral ambiguities and perplexities associated with their personal and professional ... Professions, and Citizenship, signifies our principal purpose and our abiding hope: the development of a broad perspective on our individual and collective roles and responsibilities as citizens, ...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 19:20

... Form and Function of Matrices, Patches, and Corridors Land Mosaics, Land Transformation, and Implications for Planning Ecosystem Ecology Freshwater Ecosystems and Their Relation to the Land Ecological ... buildings, a stream and wetlands, and some forest Like many maps and plans, however, this one shows none of the context surrounding the farm LEGEND Agricultural Land Wetland Pasture / Grassland Forest ... the salamanders and other species in their community They would ask which species eat the salamanders, which ones the salamanders eat, and which ones compete with the salamanders for food and other...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 01:20

... Color, and Content Michael Tye New Essays on Semantic Externalism and Self-Knowledge Susana Nuccetelli Consciousness and Persons: Unity and Identity Michael Tye Consciousness and Persons Unity and ... Consciousness and Persons Representation and Mind Hilary Putnam and Ned Block, editors Representation and Reality Hilary Putnam Explaining Behavior: Reasons ... Data Tye, Michael Consciousness and persons: unity and identity / Michael Tye p cm.—(Representation and mind) “A Bradford book.” Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 0-262-20147-X...

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 12:48

... obtained from lay -persons [20], we aimed to recruite more persons without diabetes: 75 persons without diabetes in both the UK and in Canada to represent the general population and 50 persons with ... danger, and interpersonal conflict [7] This impact can be substantial for both patients and caregivers [1,8,9] Patients suffering hypoglycaemic episodes are more prone to anxiety and panic attacks and ... have been estimated at 0.82 and 0.33 for persons with Type and insulin-treated Type diabetes, respectively [2] While most hypoglycaemic episodes are relatively benign and can be remedied by eating...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... Form and Function of Matrices, Patches, and Corridors Land Mosaics, Land Transformation, and Implications for Planning Ecosystem Ecology Freshwater Ecosystems and Their Relation to the Land Ecological ... 1974 to study and teach land policy, including land economics and land taxation The Institute is supported primarily by the Lincoln Foundation, which was established in 1947 by Cleveland industrialist ... Ecologically Based Planning and Design Techniques Using Ecological Data Landscape Scale (Counties and Regions) Sublandscape Scale (Cities, Towns, and Counties) Habitat Scale (Sites and Lots) Protecting...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 14:20

... buildings, a stream and wetlands, and some forest Like many maps and plans, however, this one shows none of the context surrounding the farm LEGEND Agricultural Land Wetland Pasture / Grassland Forest ... wetland Land use planners, designers, and developers usually work within unambiguous geographic boundaries and over relatively short time periods In considering the future of a site, designers and ... building codes and other applicable regulations These zoning laws are also the result of an implied contract between the community’s residents and its planners and other officials to establish and maintain...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 14:20

... the salamanders and other species in their community They would ask which species eat the salamanders, which ones the salamanders eat, and which ones compete with the salamanders for food and other ... nonliving land, water, and air on which they live and depend An ecosystem ecologist would focus on the flows of nutrients and energy through the ecosystem in which the salamanders live and would ... politicians and business- and engineering-oriented individuals, and an ethical argument that avoids discussions of money and appeals directly to human intuition For land use planners and the constituents...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 14:20

... many ways Urban and agricultural land uses destroy and fragment native habitats; our homes, machines, and industries pollute, degrade, and alter the land, air, and water; we harvest (and often overharvest) ... but, rather, that planners and designers strive to limit activities and changes that alter the land in severe and long-lasting ways As the examples above illustrate, land use changes that significantly ... cultivation and take over wetland areas with impressive and dismaying speed Fifty percent or more of the native plant biomass in a wetland area can be replaced by loosestrife, which crowds out rare and...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 14:20

... farms and ranches in the Midwest and the West and the development of rail transport between these distant areas and the urban markets of the East, many farms in New England were abandoned and Petersham ... again forested Stands of white pine covered many abandoned fields and pastures, while other open-land specialists—gray birch, aspens, and cherries—filled other abandoned farmlands The turn of the ... influences the viability of different species, and how energy and nutrients flow through the landscape These topics relate directly to land use and offer planners and designers specific recommendations...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 14:20

... several different ecosystems and communities: the far northern wetlands where it breeds, the Florida and Texas wetlands where it overwinters, and the fields and wetlands through which it passes ... insects and such birds of prey as Populations and Communities eagles and falcons to the advent of DDT and other pesticides DDT was invented in the late 1930s and came into widespread use during and ... cyclic or random variation in the numbers of both predators and prey Planners and designers should understand predation because humans introduce large numbers of predators—domestic cats and dogs—into...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 14:20

... farmland are interspersed in a forested matrix The Ecology of Landscapes 1960s and 1970s.1 Forman’s 1995 book Land Mosaics provides a more recent synthesis of the field of landscape ecology.2 Landscape ... really protect in a world of expanding human population and land uses, and what should be the goals of conservation-minded planners, designers, developers, and citizens? The answer to this last ... arrangement of land uses affects their function for humans, other life forms, and abiotic processes Since planning and development are first and foremost about the arrangement of land uses within...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 14:20

... multi-use lands, managed for production (e.g., timber, livestock, and mining), recreation, and biodiversity protection U.S National Forests (“land of many uses”), state and provincial forests, and BLM ... reserve still exists today and is administered by the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment ... local land trusts, conservation organizations, and universities can also be excellent sources of information * Land cover and land use data both describe the surface cover of the earth Land cover...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 14:20

... land and to the landscapes of their home region that will stay with them for their entire lives They learn about the ebb and flow of nature and the cycles of life and death, and they understand ... Dead wood and leaves contribute to soil formation and provide food and habitat for numerous decomposers and mammals In dry areas, excessive detritus may increase the fire hazard Wetlands and water ... impacts when they understand them more directly and see them locally The Power of Nature in Small Places Many land use professionals strive to plan and design natural and built environments that...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 14:20

... help planners and designers assess when and how restoration might play a part in their projects, understand and critique restoration plans and designs that are presented to them, and work with ... (tree and shrub cutting) to change forests to more open ecosystem types, such as savannas, shrublands, and grasslands Once lands have become more open, ecologists mow, use grazing animals, and ... Vineyard landscape by setting fires and girdling trees These open areas are necessary for the survival of rare community types, such as grasslands, heathlands, and scrub oak–heath shrublands They...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 14:20

... habitat and headwater stream protection Similarly, large patches of agricultural and urban lands can be designated so as to gain the benefits of aggregating these land uses Landscape Conservation and ... intensive production areas (agriculture and forestry), and urban areas Ecological analysis, landscape ecology principles, and the goals of the region’s residents and leaders should all inform the creation ... produced food and fiber, and limiting suburban sprawl by putting rural lands to an economically productive use Finally, urban areas are shorthand for all places where built land has become the landscape...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 14:20

... context in space and time? Key aspects of context include disturbance and succession, adjacent land uses, protected areas, landscape connectivity, and abiotic flows, such as water and nutrients We ... well-known facts and working hypotheses • To ensure human health, safety, and welfare, planners and developers must know their ecological neighborhood—both biotic and abiotic • Nature reserves and open ... the site’s boundaries and also forward and backward in time You learn that forest fires regularly occur in the national forest and the private timber lands to the north and east of the site Some...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 14:20

... Hitchmough, and T Calvert, “Woodland Spaces and Edges: Their Impact on Perception of Safety and Preference,” Landscape and Urban Planning 60, no (2002): 135–50 26 Adams and Dove, Wildlife Reserves and ... Conservation Assessment [Washington, DC: Island Press, 1999].) bands of wet forests, dry shrubands, moister grasslands and savannas, and moist forests that cover the landscape from west to east Warm, moist ... 45 land-based industries, 154 land management, 180–85 landscape conservation and development plan (LCDP), 190–92, 195, 197 landscape ecology, 26, 93–95, 205 landscape elements, 93, 94F landscapes:...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 14:20

... between man and nature, with “geo” denoting earth and nature vis-a-vis heaven, and soil, land, country, and nation, and “piety” denoting reverece and attachment to one’s family and homeland, and to ... residence and age of residence may strengthen attachment to an area Compare with young and newer residents, older and long-term residents may express more satisfaction toward their neighborhood, and ... it is contended that understanding residents attachment to nearby open spaces is both relevant and necessary, and it has important implications for planning, design, and management of open spaces...

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