Author: Max Fora
Publisher: Au Pre
Keywords: calgary, press, sprawl, urban, discourses, expansive
Number of Pages: 276
Published: 2009-04-02
ISBN-10: 1897425139
ISBN-13: 9781897425138

A groundbreaking study of urban sprawl in Calgary, "Expansive Discourses" looks at the city’s development after the Second World War. The interactions of land developers and the local government influenced how the pattern grew: developers met market demands and optimized profits by building houses as efficiently as possible, while the city had to consider wider planning constraints and infrastructure costs.In "Expansive Discourses", Foran examines the complexity of their debates from a historical perspective, why each party acted as it did, and where each can be criticized.About the Auth

Authors:Cynthia C. Lebow, Liam P. Sarsfield, William Stan
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: aviation, accident, investigations, ntsb, parties, skies, personnel, safety
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2000
ISBN-10: 0833028065
ISBN-13: 9780833028068

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) bears a significant share of the responsibility for ensuring the safety of domestic and international air travel. The NTSB relies on teamwork to resolve accidents; the parties that participate in an investigation may include manufacturers and operators, as well as the Federal Aviation Administration. This arrangement works well under most circumstances, despite inherent conflicts of interest that may jeopardize, or be perceived to jeopardize, the integrity of the NTSB investigation. The NTSB’s ability to lead investigations and to form expe

Author: Murray N. Rothbard
Publisher: mises
Keywords: depression, america’s
Number of Pages: 376
Published: 2009-04-03
ISBN-10: 1607961105
ISBN-13: 9781607961109

From the Author The Wall Street collapse of September–October 1929 and the Great Depression which followed it were among the most important events of the twentieth century. They made the Second World War possible, though not inevitable, and by undermining confidence in the efficacy of the market and the capitalist system, they helped to explain why the absurdly inefficient and murderous system of Soviet communism survived for so long. Indeed, it could be argued that the ultimate emotional and intellectual consequences of the Great Depression were not finally erased from the mind of h