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Strategic issues facing transportation. practitioner's guide and research report / by Meyer, Michael D.(CARDINAL)307168; Flood, Michael.(CARDINAL)411026; Keller, Jake(Fictitious character)(CARDINAL)840638; Lennon, Justin.; McVoy, Gary R.(Gary Richard),1951-(CARDINAL)339400; Dorney, Chris.; Leonard, Ken.(CARDINAL)423770; Hyman, Robert.(CARDINAL)634728; Smith, Joel B.(CARDINAL)339399; United States.Federal Highway Administration.(CARDINAL)139839; American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.(CARDINAL)138446; National Cooperative Highway Research Program.(CARDINAL)281856; National Research Council (U.S.).Transportation Research Board.(CARDINAL)141287;
Includes bibliographical references.pt. 1. Practitioner's guide. Introduction and purpose -- Framework for adaptation planning and strategy identification -- Projected changes in the climate -- Possible impacts to the highway system and the natural environment and agency responses to them -- Vulnerability assessments and risk appraisals for climate adaptation -- Climate change and project development -- Other agency functions and activities -- pt. 2. Research report. Introduction and research objectives -- Research approach and conceptual framework of the highway system -- Current practice in adaptation planning and adaptive management -- Context for adaptation assessment -- Potential impacts on the U.S. Road system -- A focus on risk -- Extreme weather events -- Conclusions and suggested research.Research sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration
Subjects: Technical reports.; Climatic changes.; Severe storms.; Roads; Freight and freightage;
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The Irish empire [videorecording] by Gilsenan, Alan.drt; Shaw, Fiona,1958-; Shaw, Fiona,1958-nrt; Walsh, Dearbhla.drt; BBC Northern Ireland.; Café Productions Ltd.(CARDINAL)332338; Hilton Cordell & Associates.; Little Bird (Firm); Radio Telefís Éireann.; Raidió Teilifís Éireann; SBS Independent.; WinStar TV and Video (Firm);
Pt. 1. The scattering -- Pt. 2. Building the world -- Pt. 3. A world apart -- Pt. 4. Keeping the faith -- Pt. 5. Dreams of home.Directors, Alan Gilsenan (pt. 1, 5), David Roberts (pt. 2, 4), Dearbhla Walsh (pt. 3) ; music, Deborah Mollison ; photography, Peter Dorney ... [et al.] ; series producer, Ritchie Cogan ; executive producers, Andre Singer, James Mitchell, Chris Hilton.Narrator, Fiona Shaw.Explores the history of the Irish experience abroad as seen by Irish migrants themselves and as others perceive them. Covers the diversity and scale of Irish migration, the rise of Irish emigrants from slaves and convicts to plantation owners and influential politicians, Ireland's women emigrants, religious beliefs of Irish emigrants, and how the reality of Ireland today differs from the Ireland imagined by emigrants and their descendents.MPAA rating: Not rated.DVD ; Dolby digital 2.0, 4:3 "letterbox," NTSC all regions.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Historical television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Irish; National characteristics, Irish.;
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