This guidance has been developed by integrating experience gleaned from field monitoring activities conducted by members of ASCE’s Urban Water Resource Research Council and through the development of the ASCE/EPA National Stormwater Best Management Practices Database. The manual is intended to help achieve stormwater BMP monitoring project goals through the collection of more useful and represe...

The Impediments of Implementing the Bills Ratified by the Provincial Council of Education in East Azerbaijan R. Rabavi S. Maleki Aavaarsin, Ph.D. J. Torkzaadeh, Ph.D. To identify the impediments of implementing the decisions made by the provincial council of education in East Azerbaijan, a randomly selected sample of 264 council members was given a questionnaire consisting of th...

Policy instruments at least partly intended to promote mixed tenure include the Right to Buy, other low-cost home ownership schemes, aspects of estate and urban regeneration policy and the use of the planning system. While it might seen that 'tenure diversification' and 'mixed tenure' are euphemisms for breaking up social housing estates and reducing the total stock of social housing, the opera...

This study describes the development and evaluation of Native Generations, a campaign addressing high rates of infant mortality (IM) among American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) in urban areas. Campaign development included reviews of literature and previous campaigns, an advisory council, and focus groups. Campaign messages are strength-based, encouraging AI/AN caregivers to utilize avai...

The aims were to: develop a food environment classification tool and to test the acceptability and validity of three secondary sources of food environment data within a defined urban area of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, using a field validation method. A 21 point (with 77 sub-categories) classification tool was developed. The fieldwork recorded 617 establishments selling food and/or food products. The ...

The paper explores a framework combining remote sensing and spatial metrics aimed at improving the analysis and modeling of urban growth and land use change. While remote sensing data have been used in urban modeling and analysis for some time, the proposed combination of remote sensing and spatial metrics for that purpose is quite novel. Starting with a review of recent developments in each of...

IF Introduction sn IWWW fremner ‘I“ ™onsidered —rithmeti™ progressions on ellipti™ ™urvesF fremner ™onstru™ted ellipti™ ™urves with —rithmeti™ progressions of length UD iFeF r—tion—l points @X; Y A whose XE ™oordin—tes —re in —rithmeti™ progressionF sn — following p—per fremnerD ƒilverm—n —nd „z—n—kis ‘P“ showed th—t — su˜group of the ellipti™ ™urve E@QA with E X Y 2 a X@X 2 n 2 A of r—nk I doe...

The study accessed rural-urban migration among youths in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), FCT, Abuja. research was carried out Council. guided by objectives. A descriptive design used this study. the area were chosen using a purposeful sampling method. Multistage approaches to sample eight (8) ADP blocks. Gwarimpa, Garki, Gui, Gwagwa, Karu, Karshi, Nyanya, and Kabusa blocks for research. To...

this papers examines the counsel of the formation of the expediency discernment council in the islamic republic of iran. it aims to analyse the reasons why late imam khomeini decided to form the council. having demonstrated the reasons for the formation of the council, its functions, duties and responsibilities, the article pays a particular attention to the late imam khomeini. it shows that th...

mashhad municipality faces several governance issues including transparency, providing information, justice, accountability and lack of satisfaction on the part of citizens. the necessity of researching these issues and analyzing the current situation of governance in mashhad cannot be denied. this study opens a new horizon in this regard by analyzing the indicators of good governance (particip...