Stewardship Plan for Four Conservation Easements Held by the Town of Newfields

In 2005 the Town of Newfields, NH was awarded a grant by the New Hampshire Estuaries Project. The Eligible Activity applied for, under the category of Land Conservation and Natural Resource Protection was “Development of monitoring plans for town-held easements on conservation lands”. The Town identified four properties on which the they hold conservation easements as the focus of the project. Newfields’ goal in applying for the grant were to have each property visited by the contractor and a local volunteer, conduct an interview with the landowner and a conduct a ground monitoring of the property. Following the visits, baseline documentation reports and a stewardship plan for each easement property would be created. As a part of the plan, the Town also hoped to address policy considerations relating to stewardship of easements

City of Gold Beach transportation system plan

147 pp. Includes maps and figures. Published June 2000. Received from ODOT January 2, 2007.The Gold Beach Transportation System Plan (TSP) guides the management of existing transportation facilities and the design and implementation of future facilities for the next 20 years. This Transportation System Plan constitutes the transportation element of the City's Comprehensive Plan and satisfies the requirements of the Oregon Transportation Planning Rule established by the Department of Land Conservation and Development. This document also identifies and prioritizes transportation projects for inclusion in the Oregon Department of Transportation's (ODOT's) Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). [From the Plan]"This project is partially funded by a grant from the Transportation and Growth Management (TGM) Program, a joint program of the Oregon Department of Transportation and the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development. TGM grants rely on federal Intermodal Transportation Efficiency Act and Oregon Lottery funds.

General Aviation Trends in the European Market Memorandum Report

In 1969, as western Europe was becoming a common market, significant economic growth was projected. His Highness, The Aga Kahn requested that Economics Research Associates (ERA) perform a memorandum report and forecast the trends for private aviation potentials in Europe over the decade of the 1970s. The resulting report by ERA reviews the history of European aviation, current and future economic trends in the common European market area as these pertain to the growth of private aviation, advantages and disadvantages involved in noncommercial flying, and future trends in private aviation. Data was gathered from such sources as aviation publications, interviews with persons connected with private aviation, and market studies and projections of commercial organizations. The report includes the following sections: 1) introduction, 2) summary and conclusions, 3) the western European economy, 4) general aviation, 5) general aviation and future trends in aviation design, 6) impact of general aviation on tourism. The report includes four tables

Groundwater Control in Tunneling: Executive Summary

DOT-FH-11-9516This Executive Summary briefly describes a three-volume report on Groundwater Control During Tunneling and in Completed Tunnels

Reducing Runaway Truck Accidents Through Weight-Based Advisory Speeds

DTFH61-88-R-00072Current developments in truck design may worsen the problem of runaway trucks. Trucks are becoming heavier, and the design of more aerodynamic cabs and the use of radial and smaller-diameter tires may increase the potential for brake failure on downgrades. This report gives State transportation officials an overview of the Grade Severity Rating System, a program to reduce runaway truck accidents through the use of weight-specific-speed (WSS) signs. The report contains adequate information for State transportation officials to decide whether they want to implement GSRS-WSS and also tells potential users where to get the additional information needed for actual implementation. The report summarizes the five steps required to implement WSS signing. The first step determines the magnitude of the runaway truck problem in a given State and identifies potential WSS sites. The second step analyzes the sites selected to determine percent and length of downgrade and truck braking length--the variables that determine brake temperature and hence safe speeds for different truck weight classes. In step three, analysts enter percent of grade and grade length or truck braking length into a computer program that yields advisory speeds for various truck weight classes. Step four converts the computer program output into the information that will actually be posted on WSS signs. Step five is actual installation of signs before and preferably along the downgrades selected for WSS. The report is based on the following studies: Feasibility of a Grade Severity Rating System, FHWA/RD-79/116, The Development and Evaluation of a Prototype Grade Severity Rating System, FHWA/RD-81/185, Field Test of the Grade Severity Rating System (GSRS), FHWA/RD-86/011, and Grade Severity Rating System (GSRS)--Users Manual, FHWA-IP-88-015

Improving Truck Safety at Interchanges

DTFH61-88-R-00072This report offers highway engineers guidance in designing interchanges so as to reduce the likelihood of truck accidents on highway interchanges. This report summarizes research showing that the interaction between truck dynamics and interchange geometry can contribute to rollovers, jackknifes, and other loss-of-control accidents. Engineers can apply corrective actions to six specific ramp design features that were found to contribute to truck accidents: poor transitions to superelevation, abrupt changes in compound curves, short deceleration lanes preceding tight-radius exits, curbs placed on the outside of ramp curves, lowered friction levels on high speed ramps, and substantial downgrades leading to tight ramp curves. Countermeasures for these design problems include incorporating a greater safety margin into formulations for side friction factors, reviewing and modifying posted speed limits, improving curve condition and downgrade signs at interchanges, increasing deceleration lane length, overlaying curbs with wedges of pavement or eliminating curbs altogether, resurfacing ramps with high-friction overlays, and redesigning sites where accidents are common

Community professionals' management of client care : a mixed-methods systematic review

This is the final draft, after peer-review, of a manuscript published in Journal of Health Services Research & Policy. The definitive version, detailed above, is available online at www.rsmjournals.com.Peer reviewedPostprin

Breadwinners and Homemakers: Migration and Changing Conjugal Expectations in Rural Bangladesh

The literature on marriage norms and aspirations across societies largely sees the institution as static – a tool for the assertion of masculinities and subordination of women. The changing meanings of marriage and conjugality in the contemporary context of globalisation have received scant attention. Based on research in rural Bangladesh, this article questions the usefulness of notions of autonomy and dependence in understanding conjugal relations and expectations in a context of widespread migration for extended periods, especially to overseas destinations, where mutuality is crucial for social reproduction, though in clearly genderdemarcated domains