Using an audit tool (MAPS Global) to assess the characteristics of the physical environment related to walking for transport in youth : reliability of Belgian data

Background: The aim was to examine inter-rater and alternate-form reliability of the Microscale Audit of Pedestrian Streetscapes (MAPS) Global tool to assess the physical environment along likely walking routes in Belgium. Methods: For 65 children participating in the BEPAS-children study, routes between their individual homes and the nearest pre-defined destination were defined. Using MAPS Global, physical environmental characteristics of the routes were audited by 4 trained auditors (2 on-site, 2 online using Google Street View). Inter-rater reliability was studied for on-site and online ratings separately. Alternate-form reliability was examined by comparing on-site with online ratings. Results: Inter-rater reliability for on-site ratings was acceptable for 68% of items (kappa range 0.03–1.00) and for online ratings for 60% of items (kappa range −0.03 to 1.00). Acceptable alternate-form reliability was reported for 60% of items (kappa range −0.01 to 1.00/r range 0.31–1.00). Conclusions: MAPS Global can be used to assess the physical environment of potential walking routes. For areas where Google Street View imagery is widely covered and often updated, MAPS Global can be completed online

Iowa Soybean Promotion Board, Independent Auditor's Reports, Financial Statements and Supplementary Information, August 31, 2004 & June 30, 2005

State Audit Report

Audit report on the Delaware County Solid Waste Disposal Commission for the year ended June 30, 2006

Audit report on the Delaware County Solid Waste Disposal Commission for the year ended June 30, 200

Lucas County, June 30, 2003

County Audit Repor

Hardin County Sanitary Solid Waste Disposal Commission, Independent Auditor's Reports, Basic Financial Statements and Required Supplementary Information, Schedule of Findings, June 30, 2005

Other Audit Reports - 28E Organization

Managing contaminated sites

This audit assessed how well the risks associated with contaminated sites in New South Wales are being managed. Executive summary Effective management of contaminated land makes an important contribution to the government’s goal to ‘Protect our natural environment’; Goal 22 of the State Government’s ‘NSW 2021: A plan to make NSW number one’. The Contaminated Land Management Act 1997 (CLM Act) establishes a framework for the regulation and management of land that becomes significantly contaminated. The Act gives the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) powers to require the investigation and management of sites where contamination is significant enough to warrant regulation. This audit assessed how well the risks associated with contaminated sites are being managed. It examined the EPA’s regulation of contaminated sites on both private and public land under the CLM Act. It also examined the management of contaminated sites by government agencies on their land. It focused on the Department of Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services (DTIRIS), which is the largest landholder by area and extensively involved in the management of a range of contaminated sites. This detailed examination was supplemented by a survey of over 30 large landholding government agencies in New South Wales and their management arrangements for dealing with contaminated sites. This audit draws upon the December 2013 Auditor-General’s Report to Parliament and previous reports that raised concerns regarding the management of contaminated sites

Hardin County Sanitary Solid Waste Commission, Independent Auditor's Reports, Basic Financial Statements and Required Supplementary Information, Schedule of Findings, June 30, 2004

Other Audit Reports - 28E Organization

Audit report on the Fremont County Landfill Commission for the year ended June 30, 2009

Audit report on the Fremont County Landfill Commission for the year ended June 30, 200

Audit report on the Jones County Solid Waste Management Commission for the year ended June 30, 2007

Audit report on the Jones County Solid Waste Management Commission for the year ended June 30, 200

Jones County Solid Waste Management Commission, Independent Auditor's Reports, Basic Financial Statements and Required Supplementary Information, Schedule of Findings, June 30, 2005

Other Audit Reports - 28E Organization