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Preliminary Principles and Guidelines for Archiving Environmental and Geospatial Data at NOAA: Interim Report
by National Research Council of the National AcademiesThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) collects and manages a wide range of environmental and geospatial data to fulfill its mission requirements--data that stretch from the surface of the sun to the core of the earth, and affect every aspect of society. With limited resources and enormous growth in data volumes, NOAA asked the National Academies for advice on how to archive and provide access to these data. This book offers preliminary principles and guidelines that NOAA and its partners can use to begin planning specific archiving strategies for the data streams they currently collect. For example, the book concludes that the decision to archive environmental or geospatial data should be driven by its current or future value to society, and that funding for environmental and geospatial measurements should include sufficient resources to archive and provide access to the data these efforts generate. The preliminary principles and guidelines proposed in this book will be refined and expanded to cover data access issues in a final book expected to be released in 2007.
Preliminary Reconnaissance Report of the 2011 Tohoku-Chiho Taiheiyo-Oki Earthquake
by Architectural Institute of JapanDevastating damage in the Tohoku region of Japan occurred during and after the earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku earthquake on March 11, 2011. The AIJ (Architectural Institute of Japan) dispatched reconnaissance teams into the field to obtain basic facts on the damage to buildings due to the massive ground motions and resultant tsunami. Their mission included collecting information on the characteristics of the earthquake itself and the observed major ground motions and tsunamis throughout the area. For the structural damage investigation, buildings are classified by their type of construction, namely, steel buildings, reinforced concrete buildings, wooden houses, etc. along with descriptions of special features for each category of building type. The report summarizes damage associated with ground failures including landslide and liquefaction as well as non-structural damages such as to equipment and facilities, partitioning walls and ceilings, and functional failures in skyscrapers. Also brief description of the Japanese Seismic Design Code will be provided in the Appendix. A proposed scheme of anti-tsunami design for buildings is also included.
Prentice Hall Brief Review Earth Science: The Physical Setting
by Jeffrey C. CallisterThis book is designed to enhance review of the concepts, skills, and application of the Physical Setting/Earth Science Core Curriculum that may be tested on the Regents Examination for The Physical Setting: Earth Science. Students can use the book in any order as each topic is independent except for the introduction of vocabulary words.
Prentice Hall Earth Science: Physical Setting/Earth Science (New York)
by Edward J Tarbuck Frederick K. LutgensEarth Science New York High School Textbook
Prentice Hall Earth Science: Physical Setting/Earth Science, New York
by Edward J. Tarbuck Frederick K. Lutgens Dennis TasaNIMAC-sourced textbook
Prentice Hall Earth Science
by Edward J. Tarbuck Frederick K. Lutgens Dennis TasaNIMAC-sourced textbook
Prentice Hall Earth Science
by Edward J. Tarbuck Frederick K. Lutgens Dennis TasaNIMAC-sourced textbook
Prentice Hall Earth Science
by Edward J. Tarbuck Frederick K. Lutgens Dennis TasaNIMAC-sourced textbook
Prentice Hall Earth Science (11th edition)
by Edward J. Tarbuck Frederick K. Lutgens Dennis TasaThe latest edition of a broad and nonquantitative survey at the introductory level of topics in geology, oceanography, meteorology, and astronomy.
Prentice Hall Science Explorer Earth Science
by Jan Jenner Andrew C. Kemp Jay M. Pasachoff Barbara Brooks SimonsNIMAC-sourced textbook
Prentice Hall Science Explorer Georgia Earth Science
by Michael J. Padilla Ioannis Miaoulis Martha CyrNIMAC-sourced textbook
Prentice Hall Science Explorer Georgia Earth Science
by Michael J. Padilla Ioannis Miaoulis Martha CyrNIMAC-sourced textbook
Prentice Hall World Explorer: People, Places, And Cultures (Texas edition)
by James B. KrachtOrganize information in a way that helps you see meaningful connections or relationships. Taking notes as you read will improve your understanding.
Prentice Hall World Geography: Building a Global Perspective
by Thomas J. Beawald Celeste FraserWhat does it mean to learn world geography? It means more than gathering the facts, names, and data about the nations and lands of the earth. It means gaining a feel for, or an appreciation of, the richness and variety of the face of our planet.
Prentice Hall, World Geography, Building a Global Perspective
by Thomas J. Baerwald Celeste FraserNIMAC-sourced textbook
Prepared-Not-Scared Cookbook: What to Store and How to Feed Your Family for 5 Weeks
by Laura RobinsA guide to keeping your family safe, well fed, and stocked with essentials in any emergency.The Prepared-Not-Scared Cookbook reveals how to create a five-week comprehensive menu plan, build and keep a seventy-two-hour food kit, and where and how to shop for food items. It provides a clear game plan during emergencies, and highlights how implementing a food storage strategy can keep you feeling in control during a crisis. From pandemic viruses and natural disasters to threats of terrorism, we can all be more prepared in our daily lives. Organized according to meals, these are easy-to-prepare, nutritious breakfasts, lunches, dinners, desserts, and more. For those just getting started, there are shopping lists, storage tips, container information. This is a comprehensive go-to bible on the practical matter of feeding a family during uncertain times. The Prepared-Not-Scared Cookbook reveals: · The Perpetual Calendar and the 5-Week Storage Menu · Whole Wheat, the Cornerstone of Food Storage · Why you need a Good 72-Hour Kit and How to Put One Together · The Snack Pack (A Kid-friendly Companion to the 72-Hour Kit) · Where to store it all? Consider toilet paper, detergent, first aid and sewing supplies, and more Recipes include Swedish Pancakes, Chicken & Dumplings, Mushroom Omelets, 10-Grain Cereal, Red Beans and Rice, 15-Bean Soup, Pasta Primavera, Olive Bread, Danish Applesauce, Wild Rice Cakes, Rice pudding, Clam Chowder, Beef Stroganoff, Peach Crumble, Egg Sandwich, Split Pea Soup, Peanut Butter Sandwich Roll-Up, Broccoli Cheese Soup, Greek Chicken & Lemon, and more! Previously published as Pantry Cooking
Preparing Africa for the Twenty-First Century: Strategies for Peaceful Coexistence and Sustainable Development (Routledge Revivals)
by John Mukum MbakuFirst published in 1999, this volume is written by seasoned African scholars and is intended to make a significant contribution to the debate on peaceful coexistence and sustainable development in the continent. The book contains a very refreshing, rigorous, informative and multidisciplinary analysis of the transition in Africa and provides practical and effective policy options for Africans. It breaks new ground in that it emphasizes the importance of institutions to economic growth and development in Africa. As such, it differs significantly from previous efforts which have tended to blame Africa’s underdevelopment on incompetent, ill-informed and poorly educated leadership. While agreeing that the shortage of competent and skilled technocrats has been a significant problem for many African countries during the last four decades, the contributors argue that the most critical determinant of poverty and deprivation in the continent has been the absence of institutional arrangements that enhance the creation of wealth and allow ethnic and other social cleavages to live together peacefully. Thus, as Africans prepare their societies for the new century, the first line of business should be state reconstruction - a task that was supposed to have been undertaken shortly after independence but was never accomplished. The main purpose of such an exercise is for each African country to design and adopt institutional arrangements that enhance peaceful coexistence of groups, the creation of wealth, and sustainable development.
Preparing for a Sustainable Future (Approaches to Global Sustainability, Markets, and Governance)
by David Crowther Shahla SeifiThe term sustainability has become one of the most significant in the current era. It seems to be ubiquitous amongst academics, politicians, business leaders, media personnel and even the general public. It is no exaggeration to state that it is considered all over the world to be the most pressing issue to be addressed for the long-term future of the planet and its inhabitants. The topic is of course complex, and the issue of sustainability is under much debate as to what it actually is and how it can be achieved, but it is completely certain that the resources of the planet are fixed in quantity and, once used, cannot be reused except through being reused in one form or another. At present, much of the discourse of sustainability has focused upon the environment and in particular upon climate change and the effects that this is having. Thus, the discourse has tended to be about mitigation.Sustainability of course requires all three pillars of the triple bottom line—economic, environmental and social—to be addressed. Indeed, it might be considered that the effects upon the social, and how we choose to live our lives, might well be the most profound effect of achieving sustainability. This book therefore focuses upon some of the many aspects of the social and how we can adapt our lives to accommodate the requirements of sustainability. it therefore takes a very different approach to addressing the issues of sustainability, while of course not ignoring the other pillars.This book therefore sets out to examine various aspects of the changes to personal, corporate and institutional behaviour which may have to come about in our search for sustainability. It is tended to address some of the issues and how they are being dealt with in various parts of the world. As always, our concept is to share best practice and thereby enrich both the discourse and our progress towards sustainability. Thus, we focus upon the current situation while also considering the extent to which the focus is changing so much that we need to think about new approaches to our understanding of behaviour and differing effects in practice. The international origins of the contributors to this book make this an original contribution taking some of the best ideas from around the world.This book therefore addresses these issues from a perspective not generally addressed by researchers, or even by politicians and the press. It therefore provides fresh perspectives upon the important issue of our common future. As always, this approach is based on the tradition of the Social Responsibility Research Network srrnet.org (a worldwide body of scholars with membership of several thousand), which in its 20-year history has sought to broaden the discourse and to treat all research as inter-related and relevant to business. This tradition has always been to explore the subject widely and to seek relevant solutions, while also sharing best practice. This book is based primarily upon some of the contributions from the network at our recent conference and shows both commonality and diversity in approaches and effects.
Preparing for Earthquakes: Lessons for India
by T. G. Sitharam Sreevalsa KolathayarThe primary goals of this brief are to invoke alertness and solidarity among the public in earthquake prone areas of India, and to empower the community to prepare themselves to face and manage the aftermath of an earthquake. The work presented here sheds new light on the action plans to be taken by the common public and public agencies, before, during and after earthquakes to safeguard lives of people and minimize loss of assets. This carefully presented book articulates various factors related to earthquake preparedness, and develops guidelines and useful tips for communicating them to relevant stakeholders. The book has been divided into three parts: (i) the first providing background which explains earthquakes in general and seismicity of India (ii) the second explores earthquake preparedness intended for individuals, families and various stakeholders, and (iii) the final section which describes various strategies for communities to prepare themselves for a future earthquake.
Preparing for Peak Oil in South Africa
by Jeremy J. WakefordOil is the lifeblood of modern industrial economies. Petroleum powers virtually all motorized transport, which in turn enables most economic activities and provides mobility for citizens. But oil is a finite resource that is steadily depleting. In the past decade, the phenomenon of global peak oil - the fact that annual world oil production must at some point reach a maximum and then decline - has emerged as one of the twenty-first century's greatest challenges. South Africa imports over two-thirds of its petroleum fuels, and history has shown that oil price shocks generally translate into a weakening currency, rising consumer prices, increasing joblessness and a slow-down in economic activity. This book examines the implications of peak oil for socioeconomic welfare in South Africa and proposes a wide range of strategies and policies for mitigating and adapting to the likely impacts. It contains a wealth of data in tables and figures that illustrate South Africa's oil dependencies and vulnerabilities to oil shocks. The material is presented from a systems perspective and is organized in key thematic areas including energy, transport, agriculture, macro-economy and society. The study highlights the risks, uncertainties and difficult choices South Africa faces if it is to tackle its oil addiction, and thereby serves as an example for researchers, planners and policy-makers in the developing world who will sooner or later confront similar challenges. This case study brings a fresh southern perspective to an issue of global importance, and shows how the era of flattening and then declining global oil supplies may be a pivotal period in which either the project of industrialization progressively runs out of steam, or societies are able to undertake a proactive transition to a more sustainable future.
Preparing for the Third Decade (Cycle 3) of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program
by Water Science and Technology Board Committee on Preparing for the Third Decade (Cycle 3) of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program Division on Earth and Life Studies National Research CouncilThe first two decades of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program have provided a successful and useful assessment of U.S. water-quality conditions, how they have changed over time, and how natural features and human activities have affected those conditions. Now, planning is underway for the third decade (Cycle 3) of the Program outlined in the Science Plan, with challenges including ensuring that the NAWQA remain a national program in the face of declining resources, balancing new activities against long-term studies, and maintaining focus amidst numerous and competing stakeholder demands. The Science Plan for Cycle 3 articulates a forward-thinking vision for NAWQA science over the next decade, building on the previous cycles' data, experience, and products. Preparing for the Third Decade (Cycle 3) of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program explains the national needs outlined in the plan, NAWQA's need to emphasize collaboration with other USGS and external programs, other federal agencies, state and local governments, and the private sector.
Preparing the Next Generation of Earth Scientists
by Board on Earth Sciences and Resources National Research Council Division on Earth and Life Studies Committee on Trends and Opportunities in Federal Earth Science Education and Workforce DevelopmentEarth science, which in this context does not include oceanic, atmospheric, and space sciences, is vital to the wellbeing of the United States and many of its issues, such as water resources, are expected to grow in importance. An earth science workforce will be needed to deal with this issues and it\'s important that this workforce draw on the talents of all citizens. Thus, federal education programs can be implemented to help attract and retain students on an earth science pathway; however, tight funding means agencies need to invest in programs that actually work. As a result, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Office of Science Quality and Integrity asked the National Research Council (NRC) to establish a committee to carry out a study, organized around a workshop, to address several tasks including: examining recent earth science education programs with a research or training component, both formal and informal, in these federal agencies; indentifying criteria and the results of previous federal program evaluations, and summarizing the knowledge and skills identified in recent NRC workforce reports that are needed by earth scientists in their careers. Preparing the Next Generation of Earth Scientists: An Examination of Federal Education and Training Programs presents the committee\'s finding. The investigation was completed through information provided by federal agency managers and published articles and reports. A 2-day workshop was also held to examine federal earth science education programs and efforts to leverage resources. The report includes the workshop agenda, a glossary of abbreviated terms, and more.
Prepper Guns: Firearms, Ammo, Tools, and Techniques You Will Need to Survive the Coming Collapse
by Bryce M. TowsleyFood, water, and shelter are very important to survival. But you must also be ready to protect what is yours, because if somebody stronger, better prepared, and better equipped takes it all away, you will die. Your family will die. The only way to protect them is with firearms.Written with the law-abiding civilian in mind, Prepper Guns covers the firearms and tools needed to survive, not only for defense, but also for foraging. It is a comprehensive look at the realities of the firearms a prepper should have. Written by Bryce M. Towsley, a firearms expert and a full-time gun writer with thirty years of experience, it steps away from the "conventional wisdom” that is often spouted by prepper publishing and takes a hard, honest, look at the reality of the firearms, ammo, tools and training needed to survive at home and on the road.Prepper Guns takes a careful look at each category of firearms, ammo, sights, and accessories. Other topics include gun care and maintenance, as well as some simple gunsmithing and reloading to keep firearms repaired and ammo on hand. Finally, Prepper Guns has training suggestions and drills, plus a look at the psychology of survival, using the expertise of some of the top people in the world in these fields.If you are worried that bad things are coming and are trying to prepare, this book is the most important piece of gear you can buy. Because if you can’t protect your family, your food and your home, nothing else really matters.