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Women in Infrastructure

Author : Peggy Layne
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030928217
Total Pages : 535 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)

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Book Synopsis Women in Infrastructure by : Peggy Layne

Download or read book Women in Infrastructure written by Peggy Layne and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-02-26 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The status of America’s infrastructure is graded every four years by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and reports are provided on the various categories. In this book, prominent women engineers discuss many of the eighteen infrastructure categories from the 2021 ASCE Infrastructure Report Card providing background, analysis of the issues facing the category and projections for the future. Categories covered include aviation, bridges, dams, water and wastewater, energy, hazardous waste, inland waterways, levees, ports, public parks, rail, roads, solid waste, and transit. Case studies from the authors’ work are included throughout. These topics touch on many of the challenges facing the world today and these solutions by women researchers and practitioners are valuable for their technical excellence and their non-traditional perspective. As an important part of the Women in Engineering and Science book series, the work highlights the contribution of women leaders in many of the infrastructure categories, inspiring women and men, girls and boys to enter and apply themselves to secure our future infrastructure.

Enabling Women’s Economic Empowerment New Approaches to Unpaid Care Work in Developing Countries

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264709959
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (647 download)

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Book Synopsis Enabling Women’s Economic Empowerment New Approaches to Unpaid Care Work in Developing Countries by : OECD

Download or read book Enabling Women’s Economic Empowerment New Approaches to Unpaid Care Work in Developing Countries written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2019-06-03 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As part of the OECD Policy Dialogue on Women’s Economic Empowerment, this report focuses on identifying what works to address unpaid care work and sheds light on how governments, donors in the private sector and civil society actors – among others – can design policies to support both those who need care and those who provide care.

Infrastructure and Jobs

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Infrastructure and Jobs by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works

Download or read book Infrastructure and Jobs written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Building Smart, Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure in Developing Countries

Author : Innocent Musonda
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000883361
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Book Synopsis Building Smart, Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure in Developing Countries by : Innocent Musonda

Download or read book Building Smart, Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure in Developing Countries written by Innocent Musonda and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-12-21 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building Smart, Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure in Developing Countries contains the papers presented at the International Conference on Development and Investment in Infrastructure (DII-2022). The contributions cover a wide range of topics related to infrastructure issues on the African continent: Sustainable Infrastructure Development Smart Infrastructure and Cities Quality and Resilient Infrastructure Education, Empowerment, Gender Equity, Wellness and Development Environmental and Waste Management/Facilities & Real-Estate Management Infrastructure, Investment and Finance- Trends and Forecasts Infrastructure: Shock Events, Procurement, Project Management, Health & Safety Infrastructure: Economic, Social/Environmental Sustainability Digital Innovation and transition in the built environment Building Smart, Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure in Developing Countries evaluates innovations, empowerment, growth and sustainable development of infrastructure development in Africa, and aims at administrators, academics, and professionals.

How Infrastructure Works

Author : Deb Chachra
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593086597
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book How Infrastructure Works written by Deb Chachra and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2023 BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "Revelatory, superbly written, and pulsing with wisdom and humanity, How Infrastructure Works is a masterpiece.” —Ed Yong, author of An Immense World A new way of seeing the essential systems hidden inside our walls, under our streets, and all around us Infrastructure is a marvel, meeting our basic needs and enabling lives of astounding ease and productivity that would have been unimaginable just a century ago. It is the physical manifestation of our social contract—of our ability to work collectively for the public good—and it consists of the most complex and vast technological systems ever created by humans. A soaring bridge is an obvious infrastructural feat, but so are the mostly hidden reservoirs, transformers, sewers, cables, and pipes that deliver water, energy, and information to wherever we need it. When these systems work well, they hide in plain sight. Engineer and materials scientist Deb Chachra takes readers on a fascinating tour of these essential utilities, revealing how they work, what it takes to keep them running, just how much we rely on them—but also whom they work well for, and who pays the costs. Across the U.S. and elsewhere, these systems are suffering from systemic neglect and the effects of climate change, becoming unavoidably visible when they break down. Communities that are already marginalized often bear the brunt of these failures. But Chachra maps out a path for transforming and rebuilding our shared infrastructure to be not just functional but also equitable, resilient, and sustainable. The cost of not being able to rely on these systems is unthinkably high. We need to learn how to see them—and fix them, together—before it’s too late.

Unpaid Work and the Economy

Author : R. Antonopoulos
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230250556
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Unpaid Work and the Economy written by R. Antonopoulos and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-12-18 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents research findings from across the global South that substantively improves our understanding of time-use, poverty and gender equalities, to shed light on why unpaid work is indispensable to economic analysis and effective policy making.

Gender Equality at Work Gender Equality in Costa Rica Towards a Better Sharing of Paid and Unpaid Work

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264728767
Total Pages : 91 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (647 download)

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Book Synopsis Gender Equality at Work Gender Equality in Costa Rica Towards a Better Sharing of Paid and Unpaid Work by : OECD

Download or read book Gender Equality at Work Gender Equality in Costa Rica Towards a Better Sharing of Paid and Unpaid Work written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2024-07-11 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The OECD review of Gender Equality in Costa Rica: Towards a Better Sharing of Paid and Unpaid Work is the fourth in a collection of reports focusing on Latin American and the Caribbean countries, and part of the series Gender Equality at Work. The report compares gender gaps in labour and educational outcomes in Costa Rica with other countries. Particular attention is put on the uneven distribution of unpaid work, and the extra burden placed on women. It investigates how policies and programmes in Costa Rica can make this distribution more equitable. The first part of the report reviews the evidence on gender gaps and their causes, including the role played by social norms. The second part develops a comprehensive framework to address these challenges, presenting a broad range of options to reduce the unpaid work burden falling on women, and to increase women’s labour income. Earlier reviews in the same collection have looked at gender equality policies in Chile (2021), Peru (2022) and Colombia (2023).

Women's Economic Empowerment

Author : Kate Grantham
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000340341
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Women's Economic Empowerment written by Kate Grantham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the barriers to women’s economic empowerment in the Global South. Drawing on evidence from a wide range of countries, the book outlines important lessons and practical solutions for promoting gender equality. Despite global progress in closing gender gaps in education and health, women’s economic empowerment has lagged behind, with little evidence that economic growth promotes gender equality. International Development Research Centre’s (IDRC) Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women (GrOW) programme was set up to provide policy lessons, insights, and concrete solutions that could lead to advances in gender equality, particularly on the role of institutions and macroeconomic growth, barriers to labour market access for women, and the impact of women’s care responsibilities. This book showcases rigorous and multi-disciplinary research emerging from this ground-breaking programme, covering topics such as the school-to-work transition, child marriage, unpaid domestic work and childcare, labour market segregation, and the power of social and cultural norms that prevent women from fully participating in better paid sectors of the economy. With a range of rich case studies from Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Nepal, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and Uganda, this book is perfect for students, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers working on women’s economic empowerment and gender equality in the Global South.

Enhancing Gender Equality in Infrastructure Development

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
ISBN 13 : 9292705644
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Enhancing Gender Equality in Infrastructure Development written by Asian Development Bank and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2023-12-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Underlining why gender equality is a core component of sustainable infrastructure design, this report considers four key ADB investment sectors in Asia and the Pacific and sets out ways to evaluate gender-enhanced project outcomes. The report outlines theories of change and indicators designed to enable gender-inclusive infrastructure investment in urban development, transport, energy, and water, sanitation, and hygiene. Designed to serve as a point of reference, it shows how better including the needs of women, increasing their role in decision-making, and raising stakeholder understanding can help deliver projects that work for everyone.

More & Better Jobs for Women

Author : Lin Lean Lim
Publisher : International Labour Organization
ISBN 13 : 9221094596
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book More & Better Jobs for Women written by Lin Lean Lim and published by International Labour Organization. This book was released on 1996 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book outlines the significance of women's employment and the critical concerns and objectives of integrated and comprehensive strategies for action.

Sustainable Public Procurement of Infrastructure and Human Rights

Author : Olga Martin-Ortega
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1802205519
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (22 download)

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Book Synopsis Sustainable Public Procurement of Infrastructure and Human Rights by : Olga Martin-Ortega

Download or read book Sustainable Public Procurement of Infrastructure and Human Rights written by Olga Martin-Ortega and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2023-03-02 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative book addresses the links between sustainability and human rights in the context of infrastructure projects and uncovers the human rights gap in every stage of public procurement processes to deliver on infrastructure assets or services.

Advances in Human Factors and Sustainable Infrastructure

Author : Jerzy Charytonowicz
Publisher : AHFE International (USA)
ISBN 13 : 1495120929
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (951 download)

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Book Synopsis Advances in Human Factors and Sustainable Infrastructure by : Jerzy Charytonowicz

Download or read book Advances in Human Factors and Sustainable Infrastructure written by Jerzy Charytonowicz and published by AHFE International (USA). This book was released on 2018-07-19 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The discipline of Human Factors and Sustainable Infrastructure provides a platform for addressing challenges in human factors and engineering research with the focus on sustainability in the built environment, applications of sustainability assessment, demonstrations and applications that contribute to competitiveness and well-being, quantification and assessment of sustainable infrastructure projects, and the environmental, human, social, and economic dimensions of sustainable infrastructure. A thorough understanding of the characteristics of a wide range of people is essential in the development of sustainable infrastructure and systems and serve as valuable information to designers and help ensure design will fit the targeted population of end users. This book focuses on the advances in the Human Factors And Sustainable Infrastructure, which are a critical aspect in the design of any human-centered technological system. The ideas and practical solutions described in the book are the outcome of dedicated research by academics and practitioners aiming to advance theory and practice in this dynamic and all-encompassing discipline. We hope that this book, which is the international state-of-the-art in Sustainable Infrastructure domain of human factors and ergonomics, will be a valuable source of theoretical and applied knowledge enabling human-centered design for global markets.

Green Energy and Infrastructure

Author : Jacqueline A. Stagner
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000196720
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Green Energy and Infrastructure written by Jacqueline A. Stagner and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-10-12 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: C. S. Lewis rightly instructed, "The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts." This book aims to achieve this task by pushing the frontiers of scholarship for securing a sustainable future through green energy and infrastructure. This encompasses the notion that what we create is in harmony and integration with both the spatial and temporal domains. Through numerous practical examples and illustrations, this book examines a comprehensive review of the latest science on indoor environmental health, energy requirements for buildings, and the "greening" of infrastructure. Also, it provides a discussion on the underlying properties of biomass and its influence on furthering energy conversion technologies. Energy storage is essential for driving the integration of renewable energy, and different storage approaches are discussed in terms of power balancing, grid stability, and reliability. Features: Focuses on the importance of coupling green energy with green infrastructure Provides an unbiased update of the state-of-the-art of sustainability science Discusses utilizing sustainable building materials for simultaneous improvement in energy, economic, and environmental bottom lines for industry Illuminates practical steps that need to be undertaken to achieve a greener infrastructure Green Energy and Infrastructure: Securing a Sustainable Future is appropriate for researchers, students, and decision-makers seeking the latest, practical information on environmental sustainability.

Applying Anthropology in the Global Village

Author : Christina Wasson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315434636
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book Applying Anthropology in the Global Village written by Christina Wasson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The realities of the globalized world have revolutionized traditional concepts of culture, community, and identity—so how do applied social scientists use complicated, fluid new ideas such as translocality and ethnoscape to solve pressing human problems? In this book, leading scholar/practitioners survey the development of different subfields over at least two decades, then offer concrete case studies to show how they have incorporated and refined new concepts and methods. After an introduction synthesizing anthropological practice, key theoretical concepts, and ethnographic methods, chapters examine the arenas of public health, community development, finance, technology, transportation, gender, environment, immigration, aging, and child welfare. An innovative guide to joining dynamic theoretical concepts with on-the-ground problem solving, this book will be of interest to practitioners from a wide range of disciplines who work on social change, as well as an excellent addition to graduate and undergraduate courses.

Infrastructure Aesthetics

Author : Solveig Daugaard, Cecilie Ullerup Schmidt, Frederik Tygstrup
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3111350401
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (113 download)

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Book Synopsis Infrastructure Aesthetics by : Solveig Daugaard, Cecilie Ullerup Schmidt, Frederik Tygstrup

Download or read book Infrastructure Aesthetics written by Solveig Daugaard, Cecilie Ullerup Schmidt, Frederik Tygstrup and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2024-06-26 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Intersections: Gender, HIV, and Infrastructure Operations

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
ISBN 13 : 929254716X
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (925 download)

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Book Synopsis Intersections: Gender, HIV, and Infrastructure Operations by : Asian Development Bank

Download or read book Intersections: Gender, HIV, and Infrastructure Operations written by Asian Development Bank and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is committed to mainstream gender equality approaches in all sectors of its operations. This publication assesses the nexus between gender inequalities, HIV spread, and infrastructure development. A desk review and comparative analysis of existing infrastructure sector policies, legal and regulatory frameworks related to HIV prevention in Cambodia, the People's Republic of China, India, Papua New Guinea, and Tajikistan identifies factors which may contribute to promote an effective response to the epidemic. The assessment of and field visits in selected ADB transport project sites identified promising practices for a more sustainable and gender-inclusive response to the epidemic.

Signal Traffic

Author : Lisa Parks
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252097416
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Signal Traffic written by Lisa Parks and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributors to Signal Traffic investigate how the material artifacts of media infrastructure--transoceanic cables, mobile telephone towers, Internet data centers, and the like--intersect with everyday life. Essayists confront the multiple and hybrid forms networks take, the different ways networks are imagined and engaged with by publics around the world, their local effects, and what human beings experience when a network fails. Some contributors explore the physical objects and industrial relations that make up an infrastructure. Others venture into the marginalized communities orphaned from the knowledge economies, technological literacies, and epistemological questions linked to infrastructural formation and use. The wide-ranging insights delineate the oft-ignored contrasts between industrialized and developing regions, rich and poor areas, and urban and rural settings, bringing technological differences into focus. Contributors include Charles R. Acland, Paul Dourish, Sarah Harris, Jennifer Holt and Patrick Vonderau, Shannon Mattern, Toby Miller, Lisa Parks, Christian Sandvig, Nicole Starosielski, Jonathan Sterne, and Helga Tawil-Souri.