Urban Change and Conflict: An Interdisciplinary Reader

The articles in this reader have been grouped into five sections and together they provide a comprehensive overview of contemporary urban development in industrial societies.  The scope is broader than that of other available urban readers in that it attempts to give balanced coverage not only to intraurban structure but also to intraurban relations and urban societal issues. The role of planning and state intervention in contemporary urban development, given scant attention elsewhere, is also fully discussed.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Sage Publications Ltd.

<p>This book combines a wide-ranging theoretical view of accessibility and utilization with empirical experience from a variety of comparable health-care delivery systems - those of the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The authors focus on primary health-care provision, but also consider secondary and tertiary facilities. Where previous medical geography texts have dealt with disease ecology, this book provides a comprehensive review of recent geographical research into the health service system and its utilization. The book is clearly structured and well written, enabling students to grasp the essentials of the subject. The skilful use of references will permit more advanced students to follow up the topics in greater detail.</p>

Accessibility and Utilization: Geographical Perspectives on Health Care Delivery

Science & Math

Phillips, David

Joseph, Alun E.

Earth Sciences

The Contemporary British City locates aspects of urban governance within the broader debates about the welfare state in Britain.  Local economic development, inner city policy, housing, transport, welfare and education are dealt with in terms of a variety of economic, political, financial and sociodemographic factors. Each chapter addresses issues relating to the effectiveness and equity of intervention in the postwar period; the tension between political rhetoric and policy reality; and the degree to which debate between and within political parties has modified policy implementation.

The Contemporary British City

History

Europe

A unique comprehensive work on the reference male and female, including data on mass of the various organs of the body, chemical composition of the body and various tissues and physiological data. While still the major source of reference data, this report is supplemented and amended by ICRP Publication 89.

ICRP Publication 23: Reference Man: Anatomical, Physiological and Metabolic Characteristics

Reference

ICRP

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

The International Commission on Radiological Protection has given general guidance on the precautions to be taken in the storage, handling and disposal of unsealed radioactive material in hospitals and medical research establishments in ICRP Publication 5. The present publication replaces the previous recommendations of the Commission given in ICRP Publication 5 and is primarily directed towards the competent national authorities. By utilizing the practices outlined in the present report, it should be possible to keep radiation doses well below the maximum permissible levels recommended by the Commission. National regulatory authorities should, however, draw up the necessary local standards and control procedures. The Commission believes that the information given can be utilized also by the local medical and research institutions and to some extent be applicable to other types of laboratories where radioactive substances are used. This report is concerned with the problems which arise owing to the use of unsealed radioactive substances in therapy, diagnosis and research.

ICRP Publication 25: Handling and Disposal of Radioactive Materials in Hospitals (Annals of the ICRP)

Physics

Inhalation of radionuclides leads to problems of spatial distribution of radiation dose within tissues. The variables are considerable: specific activity of the radionuclide and its concentration of radiation emitted, concentration of radiation sources (single relatively active particles versus many particles of low specific activity), radioactive decay, degree of particulate aggregation, cellular interactions and movement of particles within the tissue, solubility, presence of other toxic materials, state of health of the tissue containing the particle, and so forth. The problem is so complex that it has not been feasible to approach all aspects experimentally: therefore specific radiation protection criteria for inhaled particles are continually evaluated as new research is completed.   This report focuses on various types of radionuclides that may be inhaled and deposited in the respiratory tract. One of the primary goals of this ICRP Task Group is to assess specifically the biological implications of inhaled plutonium. Because other transuranics are becoming more abundant, information on americium, curium and einsteinium is included. Data are also included from studies of polonium and of several beta-gamma emitting isotopes.

ICRP Publication 31: Biological Effects of Inhaled Radionuclides (Annals of the ICRP)

Biological Sciences

<p>The first of a series of reports recommending Annual Limits for Intakes (ALI’s) of radionuclides by workers. This report includes the main text for the whole series of Publication 30, and data on twenty one elements having radioisotopes that are of considerable importance in radiological protection. The actual ALI values in ICRP Publication 30 have become obsolete with the newer dosimetry and dose limits of ICRP Publication 60, and at present the dose coefficients in ICRP Publications 68, 69, 71, and 72 should be used to determine ALI’s. However, the vast body of biokinetic information in Publication 30 still forms the basis of much of the calculations underlying those later reports.</p>

ICRP Publication 30: Limits for the Intake of Radionuclides by Workers, Part 1

This part gives metabolic data for 30 further elements, including Annual Limits on Intakes (ALI’s) for their isotopes. The data given in this report are intended to be used together with the text and dosimetric models described in ICRP Publication 30, Part 1.

ICRP Publication 30: Limits for Intakes of Radionuclides by Workers, Part 2

This supplement gives relevant dosimetric data for radionuclides considered in ICRP Publication Number 30, Part 2.

ICRP Publication 30: Limits for Intake of Radionuclides by Workers, Supplement to Part 2

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Urban Change and Conflict: An Interdisciplinary Reader

Urban Change and Conflict: An Interdisciplinary Reader

Accessibility and Utilization: Geographical Perspectives on Health Care Delivery

The Contemporary British City

ICRP Publication 23: Reference Man: Anatomical, Physiological and Metabolic Characteristics

ICRP Publication 25: Handling and Disposal of Radioactive Materials in Hospitals (Annals of the ICRP)

ICRP Publication 31: Biological Effects of Inhaled Radionuclides (Annals of the ICRP)

ICRP Publication 30: Limits for the Intake of Radionuclides by Workers, Part 1

ICRP Publication 30: Limits for Intakes of Radionuclides by Workers, Part 2

ICRP Publication 30: Limits for Intake of Radionuclides by Workers, Supplement to Part 2