On January 16‚ 2016‚ President Barack Obama declared the city of Flint‚ Michigan to be in a state of emergency due to the widespread lead poisoning of the city’s residents that later became known as the Flint Water Crisis (Southall 2016). The crisis began in April of 2014‚ when the officials of Flint decided that‚ in an effort to conserve dwindling funds‚ the city would switch their main water source from Lake Huron‚ to the Flint River (Southall 2016). Almost immediately‚ the residents of Flint began
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Developing countries Mortality strata The mortality strata method classifies countries based on statistics for child and adult mortality. Data on child mortality is arranged into three groups: very low‚ low and high. Adult mortality is then used to break the low and high child mortality groups down further giving the strata. STRATA CHILD MORTALITY ADULT MORTALITY COUNTRIES A Very low Very low Australia‚ Canada‚ USA B Low Low China‚ Mexico ‚ Indonesia C Low High Russia
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Factors Affecting Outcome of Construction Projects by Urban Local Bodies R. Saravanan (CE07M007) Project Guide: Prof. K. N. Satyanarayana Building Technology and Construction Management Division Department of Civil Engineering f Ci il i i Indian Institute of Technology Madras Outline • • • • • • • • • • Background Need for study Objectives & Scope Methodology Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) Questionnaire data analysis Interview data analysis Case study analysis Measures to ensure project
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5. Case Study Of The Textile Industry In Tirupur 5.1 Background AS OUR CAR bounced along the narrow pot-holed road to Tirupur‚ a sign Welcome to Banian City greeted us. Banian is the local name for the white vests used mostly by men in India. This sign described what was in store for us in Tirupur. There does not seem to be any activity in the town that is not directly or indirectly connected with the manufacture and sale of banians and T-shirts. The whole world appeared to have discovered
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A qualitative and quantitative examination of the limnology of Manly Reservoir Catchment Word Count: 3‚916 Abstract Limnology of the Manly Reservoir Catchment was undertaken to assess the trophic status of the lentic system in the catchment area. Manly Dam is surrounded by urban development and bushland. It is of extreme importance as both a water supply for domestic and commercial use and as a site
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Corp comes from outside Malaysia‚ therefore YTL Corp is pretty much a global player to reckon with. YTL Corp is an integrated infrastructure developer with core activities including power generation and transmission‚ owning and managing water and sewerage facilities‚ property and hotel development‚ cement manufacturing‚ construction contracting and e-commerce
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Sustainable Tourism Using Regulations‚ Market Mechanisms and Green Certification: A Case Study of Barbados Michelle Mycoo Department of Surveying and Land Information‚ The University of the West Indies‚ Trinidad Tourist destinations are under market pressure to offer a green product‚ including the Caribbean‚ one of the world’s most tourism-dependent regions. A decade after the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States convened in 1994‚ sustainable tourism
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10 Waste Management Coordinating Lead Authors: Jean Bogner (USA) Lead Authors: Mohammed Abdelrafie Ahmed (Sudan)‚ Cristobal Diaz (Cuba)‚ Andre Faaij (The Netherlands)‚ Qingxian Gao (China)‚ Seiji Hashimoto (Japan)‚ Katarina Mareckova (Slovakia)‚ Riitta Pipatti (Finland)‚ Tianzhu Zhang (China) Contributing Authors: Luis Diaz (USA)‚ Peter Kjeldsen (Denmark)‚ Suvi Monni (Finland) Review Editors: Robert Gregory (UK)‚ R.T.M. Sutamihardja (Indonesia) This chapter should be cited as:
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1.0 INTRODUCTION Landlord–tenant law is a part of the common law that details the rights and duties of landlords and tenants. It includes elements of both real property law and contract law. Modern landlord‐tenant law includes a number of other rights and duties held by both landlords and tenants. The relationship of landlord and tenant arises where one person‚ who possesses either a freehold or leasehold property interest expressly or impliedly grants to another‚ an estate
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METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY Management Letter June 30‚ 2004 KPMG LLP 1900 Nashville City Center 511 Union Street Nashville‚ TN 37219-1735 October 31‚ 2004 The Honorable Mayor and Members of Council The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County Nashville‚ Tennessee Ladies and Gentlemen: We have audited the financial statements of the governmental activities‚ the business-type activities‚ the aggregate discretely presented component units‚ each
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