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Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2011
This book provides an overview of recent developments and applications of the Land Use Scanner model, which has been used in spatial planning for well over a decade. Internationally recognized as among the best of its kind, this versatile model can be applied at a national level for trend extrapolation,...
Building Resilient Neighbourhoods in Singapore
The Convergence of Policies, Research and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2019
This book examines how institutional and environmental features in neighbourhoods can contribute to social resilience, highlighting the related socio-demographic issues, as well as the infrastructure, planning, design and policies issues. It is divided into three themes – infrastructure, planning,...
Women and Retirement Planning
Understanding Retirement Plans, Investment Choices, and Retirement Plan Distributions
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2013
Retirement used to be funded by defined benefit plans, pensions, and Social Security, but thats not always the case anymore. With the economy shifting and Social Security funding marked by uncertainty, it has become important for individuals to fund their own retirement accounts. The best way to do...
by Yongjie Sha, Jiang Wu, Yan Ji
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
This book focuses on observing and understanding the urban planning and relevant development patterns applied to the creation of urban districts against the backdrop of the current rapid urbanization and transformation of Shanghai on its way to becoming a world city. Based on a review of the four...
Strategic Spatial Projects
Catalysts for Change
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2010
Strategic Spatial Projects presents four years of case study research and theoretical discussions on strategic spatial projects in Europe and North America. It takes the position that planning is not well equipped to take on its current challenges if it is considered as only a regulatory and administrative...
Positioning 4 Retirement
Taking Control and Planning Wisely for Your Future
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2015
People are more afraid of running out of money in retirement than of dying! Mark Cardoza’s Positioning 4 Retirement: Taking Control and Planning Wisely for Your Future lays that fear to sleep. Having worked with individuals of various ages and differing circumstances, Cardoza knows to ensure a bright...
by Hank Parrot
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2011
An interactive guide to mapping your retirement plans
In Seven Steps to Financial Freedom in Retirement, financial advising and estate planning expert Harold Parrott guides the reader through the sometimes murky waters of retirement planning. Using a simple "Lifestyle Expense" planning approach...
Discourse Dynamics in Participatory Planning
Opening the Bureaucracy to Strangers
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
This book introduces the methodology of critical discourse analysis (CDA) to the study of participatory planning. CDA uses linguistic analysis to elucidate social issues and processes and is particularly suited to institutional practices and how they are changing in response to changing social conditions....
Local Government and Strategic Choice (Routledge Revivals)
An Operational Research Approach to the Processes of Public Planning
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013
First published in 1969, this book is concerned with the processes of policy-making in local government. The authors address themselves to the basic challenge of planning in a democracy and consider issues such as how those elected to exercise choice on our behalf can preserve and expand their capacity...
Myths and Mortals
Family Business Leadership and Succession Planning
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
Establish credibility as the new family business leader
Myths & Mortals, Family Business Leadership and Succession Planning provides insights and strategies for successors of family businesses. Successors often find themselves in the shadow of their parents making it difficult to establish...
Women, Money & Prosperity
A Sister's Perspective On How To Retire Well
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
In this inspiring book, Donna Phelan takes a new and refreshing approach to retirement planning for women. Told from the perspective of the four Strong sisters - one married, one divorced, one widowed and one who never married - this is the powerful story of each sister's journey on the road to retirement...
Chatham Village
Pittsburgh's Garden City
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2014
Chatham Village, located in the heart of Pittsburgh, is an urban oasis that combines Georgian colonial revival architecture with generous greenspaces, recreation facilities, surrounding woodlands, and many other elements that make living there a unique experience. Founded in 1932, it has gained international...
by Alicia R. Riley
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
The story of a woman’s journey to becoming an event planner. Alicia R. Riley was all set to begin studying for a career in medicine when something intervened and her world was turned around. Instead, she created an entire cirriculum for her new college major and went on to successfully build and...
by Rhonda Abrams
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
A practical guidebook for people interested in starting a business with comprehensive coverage of all aspects of starting, running and growing a business. This book includes everything needed to launch a successful business now--expert strategies, up-to-date trends, business planning guidance, and...