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Download Gender In The Post-fordist Urban: The Gender Revolution In Planning And Public Policy This book investigates the gender revolution in urban planning and public policy. Building on feminist urban studies, it introduces the concept of genderfication as a means of understanding the consequences of post-Fordist gender notions for the city. It traces the changes in western urban gender relations, arguing that in the post-Fordist urban landscape gender is used for urban planning and public policy – both to rebrand a city’s image and to produce space for gender-equal ideals, often at the cost of precarious urban populations. This is a topic that remains largely unexplored in critical urban studies and radical geography. Chapters cover how Jane Jacobs’ perspectives provide an alternative to the patriarchal modernist city for contemporary planners and using Rotterdam as a case study Van Den Berg discusses why new urban planning methods focus on attracti...

Download Travel Plans For New Residential Developments: Insights From Theory And Practice This thesis explores the use of travel plans for new residential developments as a tool for managing car use and encouraging the use of more sustainable forms of transport. It provides coverage of the scale of travel planning practice for new developments, industry perspectives on their development and implementation, and an assessment of their quality and effectiveness. It combines implementation theory and planning enforcement theory to identify opportunities to enhance the effectiveness of travel plans for new residential developments and to guide future travel planning practice. This thesis is useful and will appeal to both researchers and practitioners involved in transport planning for new residential developments.

Download Renewing Local Planning To Face Climate Change In The Tropics This book aims to inspire decision makers and practitioners to change their approach to climate planning in the tropics through the application of modern technologies for characterizing local climate and tracking vulnerability and risk, and using decision-making tools. Drawing on 16 case studies conducted mainly in the Caribbean, Central America, Western and Eastern Africa, and South East Asia it is shown how successful integration of traditional and modern knowledge can enhance disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change in the tropics. The case studies encompass both rural and urban settings and cover different scales: rural communities, cities, and regions. In addition, the book looks to the future of planning by addressing topics of major importance, including residual risk integration in local development plans, damage insurance and the potential role of climate vul...

Download Manufacturing Resource Planning Systems: An Overview Manufacturing Resource Planning Systems : An Overview is intended to provide a brief overview of manufacturing planning systems, how they are structured as well their role and potential shortcomings in the inventory management and production planning process.

Download Digital Planning And Custom Orthodontic Treatment K. Hero Breuning (Editor), Chung H. Kau (Editor) offers a thorough overview of digital treatment planning as it relates to custom orthodontic treatment. - Covers 3D imaging of the dentition and the face with intraoral scanners, CBCT machines, and 3D facial scanners - Provides a complete guide to using digital treatment planning to improve the predictability, efficiency, and efficacy of orthodontic treatment - Discusses CAD/CAM fabrication of appliances and the monitoring of treatment progress and stability - Offers detailed descriptions for the main commercial systems on the market - Presents clinically oriented information to aid in yielding high quality and stable results The editors , was Assistant Professor of 3D Imaging at the Department of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Biology at Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. , is Professor and Chairman at the Department of ...