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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EARTH AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOLOGICAL,PHYSIOLOGICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES,ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES,ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WATER SCIENCES,ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ENERGY SCIENCES,ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL SCIENCES,ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES,ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HUMAN RESOURCES POLICY AND MANAGEMENT ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY AND MANAGEMENT ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INSTITUTIONAL AND INFRASTRUCTURAL RESOURCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TECHNOLOGY,INFORMATION, AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT RESOURCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF REGIONAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REVIEWS

The above simplified figure illuminates the essential interconnectedness of the sixteen component encyclopedias of EOLSS.

 In the real world, the various knowledge domains do not exist in isolation from each other. They form an integrated whole, with links in all directions. It is well known that all forms of human knowledge are inter-connected and inter-related. EOLSS mimics this complexity, the automatic inter-connectedness of the various subject categories facilitating navigation through the vast landscape of EOLSS knowledge. This provides the user with an effective and efficient tool to search, navigate and browse through each of the component encyclopedias, through any combination of the sixteen, or through the whole of EOLSS.

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TECHNOLOGY, INFORMATION AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT RESOURCES

CONTENT OUTLINE (partial listing)

 

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Systems engineers

The systems engineering point of view

Definitions of systems engineering

History of technological development and systems engineering

Systems engineering and management knowledge

Methodological frameworks, systems engineering, and management processes

Logical steps of systems engineering

Life-cycle phases of systems engineering

A two-dimensional framework for systems engineering

Life-cycles or stages of systems engineering

Systems engineering processes

Other specific life-cycle methodologies for systems acquisition, production, or procurement

Sustainable development, industrial ecology, and systems engineering and management

Challenges, pitfalls, and the need for a multiple perspective viewpoint in systems engineering and management

 

LIFE CYCLES FOR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Life Cycles

Life Cycle Architecture

The Relationship of RDT&E to Other Life Cycles

 

LIFE CYCLES FOR SYSTEM ACQUISITION

Commonly Used Life Cycles

Waterfall Cycles

Variations of the Waterfall Model

Concurrent Engineering Cycles

Current and Future Trends

ISO 9000

The Capability Maturity Models

SPICE

Acquisition Strategies

Concurrent Design

Deferring the Commitment

Shortening the Learning Curve

 

THE PLANNING AND MARKETING LIFE CYCLE

Planning and Marketing

Life Cycle Interfaces

Product Life Cycle

ISO 14000

Strategic Planning

 

 SYSTEM BASICS

Basic Principles of System Performance

Continuous System Processes, Computational Models

Control, Observation, Feedback

 

USER NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS, AND LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS

Problems and Issues Concerning Requirements Development

Requirements Process

Problems and Issues to be addressed by the Requirements Development Process

Definition of Terms used in a Requirements Process

A System Life Cycle Process for Requirements Management

Requirements Process Functions

Elicitation

Examples of Typical Elicitation Activities

Organization

Assessment

Prototyping

Transformation

Requirements Process Model Summary

Requirements Management as Part of the Process

Quality Charateristics for User Needs and Requirements

Contemporary Requirements Practices

CASE Tools for Support of the Requirements Process

CASE Tools for the Requirements Process

Future Perspectives for User Needs and Requirements Engineering

 

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Identifying System Requirements

Points of View

Functional, Nonfunctional, and Other Requirements

Understanding the Domain

Feasibility of a Solution

Constraints

Validating and Verifying Requirements

Requirements Identification Strategy

Waterfall

Alternative Life Cycle Models

Methodologies and Techniques to Identify User Requirements and System Species

Interviews

Questionnaires

Facilitated Application Specification Techniques (FAST)        

 

VALUE SYSTEM DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY

Relations between Systems Methodology and Fractal Geometry

A Close Look at Value Systems Design (VSD)

How VSD Process Works

How You Can Test a VSD for Quality?

How to Design and Test a Value System

Theories of Value and Multi-phase Effects

Teamwork and Freedom

 

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

Configuration Management within the System Lifecycle

Project Initiation Phase

Inputs to the Project Initiation Phase

Project Configuration Management Plan

Outputs from the Project Initiation Phase

Measurements

Project Initiation Phase Baseline

Requirements Definition Phase

The Identification Function

The Control Function

Requirements Definition Phase Baseline

System Design Phase

System Design Phase Baseline

Development Phase

Formal Test Environment Control

Development Phase Baseline

Integration and Test Phase

Integration and Test Phase Baseline

Deployment and Maintenance Phase

Configuration Status Accounting and Configuration Auditing

Configuration Status Accounting

Collection, Recording, and Maintenance of Data

Status of Proposed Engineering Changes

Change Traceability

Configuration Management Responsibilities

Configuration Management in Process Improvement

Configuration Management Tools

 

DECISION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS AND CONCURRENT ENGINEERING IN LIFE SUPPORT

Life Support Process

Sequential Engineering

Operational Inefficiencies

Knowledge Transfer Difficulties

Concurrent Engineering

CE Challenges

Enabling Information Systems

CE Support Gaps

Environmentally-Cognizant Enterprise Modeling

Data Access and Reporting

Knowledge Transfer

Knowledge Representation

Integrated Systems Support

Concurrent Engineering Life Support System (CELSS)

Inputs

Processing

Outputs

Feedback Loops

Applications

Automobile Emission Testing

Breast Cancer Detection

Railroad Crossing Investments

 

SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES FOR LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS

On Architectures

Architects and Architectures

Architecting in Systems Engineering

Architecture Development Process

Structured Analysis Approach

Functional Decomposition and Activity Model

Data Model

Rule Model

Dynamics Model

Integrated Dictionary and Model Concordance

Object Oriented Approach

UML Elements and Diagrams

An Object Oriented Process

The Physical Architecture View

Conversion to the Executable Model

 

SYSTEMS INTEGRATION OF SYSTEMS FOR LIFE SUPPORT

SI in Life Support Systems and an SI Life Cycle

SI Strategy for Success

Strategy Implementation

Implementation and Integration Activities

Risk Management as Part of the Strategic Plan

The Audit Trail

Audit Trail Process

Documentation and Indexing

Steps to take to embed an Audit Trail

Quality Assurance in SI

Quality Assurance and Testing

A Process for Fusion of Quality Assurance in SI

Subcontractor Management for SI

Subsystem Integration and Delivery

Traceability

Potential conflicts and resolution procedures

Risk analysis and management

Consistency of requirements

Potential ambiguities in evaluation procedures

Testability

Audit Reports and Sign-off

Risk Management

Approaches to Risk Management for SI

Components of a Risk Management Plan for SI

Traceability as part of Risk Management

 

MANUFACTURING AND NETWORKED INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR LIFE SUPPORT

Background

Self-sustained communities in relative isolation

Increased mobility and the evolution of manufacturing

Evolution of information systems

The context

Relationship between information and manufacturing

Networks, technology, and people

Information for sustainable production

 

LIFE-CYCLE COSTING: AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR TOTAL ASSEST MANAGEMENT

The Need for Life-Cycle Costing

Application of Life-Cycle Costing Methods

The Life-Cycle Cost Analysis Process

The Benefits of Life-Cycle Costing

 

MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT: A CRITICAL ELEMENT IN THE SYSTEM LIFE CYCLE

The Elements of Maintenance and Support

The Design for System Maintenance and Support

 

EVALUATION IN SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Integration and Iteration in System Design Evaluation

A Morphology for Synthesis, Analysis, and Evaluation

Synthesis

Analysis

Evaluation

Discussion of the Nine Blocks

The Technologies (Block 0)

The Customer (Block 1)

Need, Functions, and Requirements (Block 2)

The Design Team (Block 3)

Design Synthesis (Block 4)

Top Down & Bottom Up (Block 5)

Estimation and Prediction (Block 6)

Physical and Economic Databases (Block 7)

Design Evaluation (Block 8)

Design Decision Schema (Block 9)

Cost Effectiveness Evaluation

Cost Effectiveness

Cost and Effectiveness Criteria

Identifying Evaluation Criteria

Displaying Multiple Criteria

Cost Breakdown Structure

Research and Development Cost

Production and/or Construction Cost

Operation and Support Cost

Retirement and Disposal Cost

Life-Cycle Cost Profiles

Calculating Economic Equivalence

Money Flow Modeling

Economic Optimization Modeling

Choosing the Preferred Alternative

Cost Analysis Goals

Decision Guidelines and Constraints

System Evaluation Examples

Moving Electrical Energy

Crossing an Obstacle

Procuring and Storing Consumables

Designing and Deploying Repairables

 

EVALUATION OF PROGRAMS AND POLICIES FOR LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS

Evaluation Approach

Evaluation Process

Evaluation Framework

Threats to Validity

Evaluation Design

Test Hypotheses

Selection Scheme

Measures Framework

Measurement Methods

Analytic Techniques

 

DECISION NETWORKS AND COMMAND ORGANIZATIONS

Single Human Detection Model

Overview

Formulation as a Hypothesis Testing Problem

Individual Expertise: The Receiver (Relative) Operating Characteristic (ROC) Curve

Distributed Detection Model

Overview

Graph Representation of Tasks and Organizations

Graph Representation of Tasks

Graph Representation of Organizations

Formulation as a Distributed Hypothesis Testing Problem

Optimal Decision Rules

Organizational Expertise: Team ROC Curve

Special Case: Same Hypotheses at all DMs

Matching Organizations with Tasks

Problem Formulation and Solution Methodology

Performance of Organizations with Nondecomposable Tasks

Performance of Organizations with Decomposable Tasks

Discussion

Structural Congruence between Tasks and Organizations

Task Decomposition

Building Organizations from Tasks: An Illustration

Design of Congruent Organizations for Specific Missions

Phase I: ResourceTask Allocation

Mission Planning

Scheduling

Phase II: DMResource Allocation

Phase III: Organizational Hierarchy

New Directions

Need for Flexibility, Robustness, and Adaptation

Organizational Performance Measures

Flexibility and Robustness of an Organization

Organizational Adaptability and Adaptivity

Mission Monitoring and Failure Diagnosis

 

PRINCIPLES AND TOOLS OF TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT

Total Quality Management Tools

Total Quality Management Philosophies

Visionary Leadership

Customer Driven Excellence

Agility

Management by Fact

Valuing Employees and Partners

Focus on the Future

Managing for Innovation

Public Responsibility and Citizenship

Focus on Results and Creating Value

System Perspective

 

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION: DEVELOPMENTS IN HOW TO SET REQUIREMENTS AND VERIFY COMPLIANCE

How Requirements Should Be Set

Basic Issues

Theory versus Practice

Conflict between relevant and verifiable requirements

Quantitative, Qualitative and Ambiguous Requirements

What Form : Ends, Means or Acceptable risk?

Hierarchy of variables determining risk.

Ends: Public interest alone

Means: Specific Measures

Trading off competing ends

Performance on a single sub-end : acceptable environmental protection

Acceptable risks at lower tiers of means-ends

Motivational considerations affecting level of requirement

Mixed Requirements

"Progressive Tightening" Mix

"Progressive Loosening" Mix

Formal validation of argument

Quantifying the Model

Compensation Among Variables

Specifying requirements does not assure compliance

How to Verify Compliance with Requirements

The Meaning of Compliance

Interpreting of risk assessments

Desirable properties of a risk assessment for decision processes

Desirable properties for public scrutiny

Risk assessment approaches

Documented Safety Assessment (DSA)

Judgmental Safety Assessment (JSA)

Comprehensive Safety Assessment (CSA)

Considerations for policy use

DSA as an approximation to CSA

Suspect default assumptions

Avoiding "Uncertainty"?

Regulator confidence in DSA

Technician Confidence

Motivational effects

DSA's decision aiding potential

Limited decision applications of DSA

Integrating Documented and Judgmental Risk Assessment

Graphic Illustration

Case Study : Reactor Backfit

Cost Impediment?

Action Implications

 

RISK MANAGEMENT AND RISK-BASED DECISION-MAKING

Complexity of Risk Modeling; Assessment and Management of Large Scale Systems

Systems Engineering, Risk Analysis, and Large-Scale and Complex Systems

Holistic Approach to Risk Assessment and Management

Hierarchical Holographic Modeling for Identifying Risk Scenarios

Expected Value of Risk

The Partitioned Multi-objective Risk Method

Risk of Extreme Events

The Fallacy of the Expected Value

The Partitioned Multi-objective Risk Method

 

THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY

Stewardship of the Earth

Sustainability within a Closed System

Industrial Revolution and Global Perturbations

Master Equation

Population and Wealth

Technology's Role

Emergence of Ecological Perspectives

Environmental Paradigm of the 1960s to the 1980s

Need to Move Beyond the Symptomatic Approach

Complex Systems Treatment of the Economy and Nature

Integration of Scientific, Technological, Environmental, and Economic -Considerations

Ecological Approaches

Continuation of Current Trends: Unsustainable Growth

Radical Ecology: Severe Contraction

Deep Ecology: Managed Contraction

Industrial Ecology: Potentially Sustainable Development

Industrial Ecology

A New Intellectual Framework

Desirable Carrying Capacity with Continued Evolution

Objective Basis

Complex Systems

Appropriate Technology

Foundational Research

System Elements of Industrial Ecology

Systems Imperative

Human Systems

Natural Systems

Materials

Energy Systems

Indicators and Indices

Policy Implications of Industrial Ecology

Adaptable Policy

Dealing with Complexity

Public Roles

Population

Environmental Awareness

Dematerialization

Industry Roles

Design for Environment

Internalizing Externalities

Account for All Product Cycle Costs

Design for Optimized Life Cycle at Both Head and Tail Ends

Leased, Robust, Upgradable, Modular Products

Government Roles

Distributed Control

Collaborative Research

Efficiency, Recycle, and Reuse

Decarbonization

Material Data and Standards

Government Specifications

Eco-Tax and Eco-Labels

Closing the Loop

 

HUMAN FACTORS AND GLOBAL PROBLEMS: A SYSTEMS APPROACH

Why Can Human Factors Help Solve Global Problems

A Systems Approach Design Principles

Behavior Shaping Constraints

Salient, Immediate, Feedback

Application Examples

Conserving Energy Expended by Desktop Computers

Reducing Photocopier Paper Wastage

Conserving Residential Utility Consumption

Reducing Water Wastage from Faucets

 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS ENGINEERING FOR LIFE SUPPORT

Life Support Telecommunications Issues

Principles of Telecommunications

Telecommunications Terminology

Analog and Digital Communications

ATM Networks, Multimedia Communications for Life Support

Multimedia Communication for Life Support

Major Network Components

Transmission Media

Packet Switched Communications

Protocol Layering

Supporting Protocols

Multicasting

Telecommunications Management

Network Security

 

OPERATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE: THE CASE OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE

The Process of Emergency Response

Opportunities for Supporting Decision Making

Support for Operational Risk Management

Support for Improvisation

Technologies for Decision Support

Multimedia and Hypermedia

Virtual Reality

Group Decision Support Facilities

Methodologies for Providing Decision Support in Emergency Response

Individual Decision Support

Multi-Expert Decision Support

A Theoretical Framework for Improvised Decision Making by Teams

Blackboard-based Decision Support

Adapting and Encoding Approaches to Improvisation

Case Study:  Chemical Plant Fire

Illustrative Example - The Port of Rotterdam

 

THE SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Sustainable built environments

Economy of resources

Building materials

Energy

Water

Consumer goods

On-site natural resources

Life-cycle design

Three phases of building materials

PRE-BUILDING PHASE

BUILDING PHASE

POST-BUILDING PHASE

Humane design

Human well-being

Coexistence with fellow living organisms

Attributes of environmental sustainability

Pollution prevention measures in manufacturing

Waste reduction measures in manufacturing

Recycled content

Embodied energy reduction

Use of natural materials

Reduction of construction waste

Local materials

Energy efficiency

Water efficiency

Use of non-toxic materials

Renewable energy systems

Durability

Reuse

Recycling

Biodegradibility

Technological innovation and built environments

Electronic technology in buildings

Functional shift of built environments

Human interaction

Information technology and built environments

Office automation

Telecommunications

Building systems

Building decentralization

Design intelligence

Team design approach

Bio-climatic built environments

Future directions

 

URBAN DESIGN

Meaningful Urban Design

Teleological

Catalytic

Relevant

Future Directions in Urban Design

 

SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND URBAN DESIGN

Search for Sustainablility in the Inner City

The Byzantine-Latino Quarter: Integrating Urban Design and Community Development

The Context and History of the Neighborhood

The Process of Collaboration: Towards a Sustainable Plan of Action

Reclaiming Small Urban Spaces

Cleaning the streets as an exercise in community development

Eliminating negative landmarks

Trashcan containers as canvas for public art

Decorating building facades

Greening the neighborhood

Forging an identity: Linking the past with the future

The Problems of Forging Sustainable Development in the Inner City

 

URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND MORPHOSIS

Material Flows

Mobilization Versus Civilization: The Stresses of Movement

Building Recombinant Ecologies

The Shared Street Concept

Hydric Parks and the Management of Water

Stormwater Treatment

Wastewater Treatment

Ecologies as Urban Fabrics: Solving for Pattern

Site as Generator of Energy

 

URBAN RENEWAL

Background

Montereys Transformation from a Derelict Industrial Landscape into a Prime Tourist Attraction

Lessons Learnt

The Making of Savannahs Historic Downtown

Lessons Learnt

New York: Manhattans Chinatown

Lessons Learnt

 

ZONING AND REGULATORY POLICIES

Private Land Use Regulation

The Police Power

Land Use Regulation Strategies

Comprehensive Zoning

New York City Zoning Resolutions of 1916 and 1961

Land Use

Density

Bulk

Building Placement

Open Space

Variances

 Village of Euclid v. Amber Realty Co.

Incentive Zoning

Exactions

Special Districts

Growth Management

Smart Growth and Sustainable Development

Environmental Review

The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969

Land Use Regulation as a Planning Strategy

 

EMERGING ISSUES IN BUILDING DESIGN

Environmental Context

Green and Sustainable Buildings

Climate Change

Clean Energy

Material Resources

Materials Production

Materials Use

Technological Context

Direct Technologies

Indirect Technological Advance

Demobilization

Dematerialization

Social and Cultural Context

World-Views

Space-Time

Automated and User Control

 

ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY BUILDING MATERIALS

The global role of building materials

Global scale of resource use

Demand created by global urbanization

Material environmental life-cycle: resource extraction; manufacturing; transportation; use

Extraction

Manufacturing

Transportation

Installation and use

Reuse/recycling or disposal

Material Assessment Methods

Other economic factors

Material economic life cycle

Building materials and local economies

Broad categories of materials

Low Tech-to-High Tech

Labor Content

Specific types of materials

Wood products and other plant fiber

Minerals

Metals

Petrochemicals

Summary global trends

Healthy Materials

 

RESOURCE CONSCIOUS BUILDING DESIGN METHODS

Resource-Efficiency and Sustainable Construction

Brief History of Sustainable Construction

Resource-Efficiency as a Key Concept of Sustainable Construction

Resource-Efficiency Economics

Ecology as the Basis for Resource Efficient Design

Ecological Concepts

Industrial Ecology as a Starting Point

Rules of the Production-Consumption System

The Golden Rules of Eco-Design

Construction Ecology

Resource-Efficient Strategies for Building Design

Materials Selection and Design for Deconstruction

Energy Strategies

Water, Wastewater, Stormwater

Land Use

Landscape as a Resource

Case Studies

 

INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS

Development of Intelligent Buildings

Background

Emergence of Intelligent Buildings

Current Intelligent Building Developments

What are Intelligent Buildings?

Current Developments in Intelligent Building

Design of Intelligent Buildings

Future Development of Intelligent Buildings

 

HOMES FOR PEOPLE WITH MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITIES

Defining Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS)

A History of Indoor Air Quality Problems

Indoor Air Pollutants

The Design of Dwellings for people with MCS

Programming: Determining Individual Standards

Health and Climate

Site Selection

Site Design

Architectural Plan

Exterior Envelope Assemblies

Materials and Finishes

Ventilation

Combustion Safety

Construction Practices

Case Study: Barrhaven Community Housing for the Environmentally Hypersensitive

Current Trends and Issues for the Future

Current Trends

Work Remaining

MCS, Health and the Future of Green Building

 

ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS

Theoretical approaches to setting environmental standards

Environmental standards from classical times to 1970

Acid Rain   the development of the first international environmental standards to -regulate trans-boundary pollution

Development of global environmental standards   ozone depletion and CFCs

Climate change

 

ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND HEALTH IN HOUSING DESIGN

A system: human, house and the environment

Housing and its impact on human health and well-being

Key elements of design and operation of healthy houses

The effect of housing on the environment

Challenges in implementation of system approach

The complexity

Sustainable development

Lack of combined responsibility and short term economic gains.

Directions for the future

HVAC systems directions

Information technology tools

 

HEALTH AND COMFORT IN BUILDINGS

History of buildings and health

Environmental issues

Health effects

Developing countries

Developed countries

Cancer

Allergy

Other hypersensitivity reactions

Airways infections

Indoor exposures associated with health effects

Air quality

Odor

Chemical compounds

Particles

Micro-organisms

The "Lamp-Post Effect"

Temperature, and relative humidity

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

Radon

Allergens

Allergens from mites

Allergens from furry animals

Building factors associated with health effects

Building constructions and materials

Emissions from materials

Damp buildings

Ventilation

Cleaning

Economy

Future

 

THERMAL COMFORT IN HOUSING AND THERMAL ENVIRONMENTS

Thermo-regulatory system

Heat balance

Sensible heat loss

Evaporative heat loss

Heat loss by evaporation

Metabolic rate

Global thermal comfort

Local thermal comfort

Radiant asymmetry

Draught

Warm or cold floors

Vertical air temperature difference

Thermal comfort predictive models

Simplified models

Detailed models

Thermal environmental for elderly and physically handicapped persons

Physically handicapped persons

Elderly persons

Patients

Other ailments

Social-political understanding of the issue

 

SOLAR HEATING AND PASSIVE COOLING

Passive solar heating - recent progress

Passive cooling

 

NATURAL, MECHANICAL AND HYBRID VENTILATIONS

Mechanisms of airflow

Natural ventilation

Ventilation due to wind effect

Ventilation due to buoyant effect

Mechanical ventilation

Airtightness and ventilation

Ventilation design

Calculation of ventilation requirement

Ventilation Airflow Path

Ventilation Systems

Natural ventilation system

Opening area and location of ventilation inlet

Passive ventilation system

Mechanical ventilation systems

Mechanical supply and exhaust system

Centralized mechanical exhaust system

Central mechanical supply system

Hybrid ventilation systems

Predictive models

Thermal buoyancy

Wind pressure

Mechanical ventilation systems

Total pressure

Flow equation

Small openings

Duct components

Large openings

Solution methods and airflow network

 

LIGHTING: FUNDAMENTALS, PRACTICE, AND INTEGRATED SYSTEMS

Lighting Practice

Illuminances

Luminances

Color Characteristics

Power and Energy Budgets

Initial and Life- cycle Costs

Maintenance

Design Approaches

Daylighting

Fenestration Control

Integrating Electric Light

Architecture

Lamps

Current Practice Trends

Residential settings

Hospitality settings

Work settings

Institutional settings (e.g., schools, hospitals, care homes)

Future Trends

 

ACOUSTICS IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

External propagation

Atmospheric absorption and dispersion

Velocity of sound with temperature

Barriers

Community sources of sound

LAeq, (T), Ln and Ldn  

Road traffic, Railway and Aircraft Noise

Occupational noise exposure

Ear protection

Noise intrusion

Noise intrusion at the façade

Sound reduction index

The simple wall

The sound transmission class (STC)

Double leaf walls or panels

Flanking transmission

Combination of insulation values

Floors and Ceilings

Indoor noise assessment (Background)

NC & PNC Curves

RC Curves

Indoor noise assessment (Quality)

Reverberation time or liveness

Early Decay Time

Running Liveness or Reverberance to Early Sound Ratio

Speech intelligibility

Clarity and Center Time

Lateral Energy Fraction

Assessment of Acoustic Quality in the Future

 

CULTURE, MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, AND POLICY ISSUES IN THE SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Culture and its role in sustainable development

Sustainable development and the built environment

The social and cultural context of health

Protecting and promoting health

Conservation and management of the built environment

Tools for Management of the Built Environment

Awareness of the need to preserve

Public participation

Economics of preservation

International support and local practices

New perspectives for the built environment

 

THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT: ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES

Summary

Enhancing Architectural and Environmental Assets

The Economic Strategies for Enhancement

The Public Strategies

The Private Strategies

The Mixed Public-Private Strategies

Choosing the Destination in the Conservation of Property of Historical and Architectural Interest

Managing the Architectural Property and the Activities

The Contribution of Economics and Evaluation

 

BUILT ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND ETHICS OF INTERVENTION

Background

Statements on the right to healthy indoor air

Principles

Commentary

 

CULTURAL CONSERVATION IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Alois Riegl and Der moderne Denkmalkultus (The modern cult of monuments) (1903)

Keywords in the conservation of architectural works

Why and what is conserved?

Restoration vs Conservation

The conservation project

Scope of the conservation project

State of the art and cultural progress

 

HISTORIC BUILDINGS: CONSERVATION, MANAGEMENT AND POLICY ISSUES

Conservation and restoration in historical buildings

Conservation and restoration including exhibition space and transport

Registration and documentation for the identification of cultural property

Ecological aspects of building maintenance

Indoor environment engineering for heritage conservation

Strategy for safety in buildings

 

EDUCATION AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENTS

Culture, Existing Building and Sustainability

A Call for Better Understanding

Indoor Air Sciences Education: A Tool for Achieving Sustainable Built Environments

Information and Dissemination

Professional Education

A New Context for Graduate Education

A Shift from the Industrial Economy to a Knowledge Economy

Information Technology a New Possibility

Learning Models

An International Network

Information Technology: Fundamentals of Indoor Air Science at VA Tech

Integrated Approach: the case of Hunts Point community in New York City

 

CASE STUDIES EVALUATION: TOWARD DEVELOPMENT OF A TRANSFERABLE MODEL

The Main Street Program: A Successful Cultural Heritage Preservation Program in 2,000 Communities

Essential Elements of a Sustainable, Heritage-Focused Community Development Program

Case Studies

Port Gibson, Mississippi

Watsonville, California

Burlington, Iowa

Holland, Michigan

Roslindale Village Boston, Massachusetts

Chinatown Singapore

 

USING TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF CITY LIFE

Environmental Indices and Indicators

Development of Indices

Quality of Life

Defining Quality of Life

Quality of Life Index

Quality of Life Indicators

Ecoindicators Indicators of Urban Sustainability

Community Indicators

New Technologies and Quality of Life

Technology and New Technologies

Using Technology to Improve The Quality of City Life

Case studies

Case Study 1: Quality of Life in Ontario (Provincial Report)

Case study 2: Charlotte Neighborhood Quality of Life Index, (City Within A -City Quality of Life Technical Report)

Case study 3: City Quality of Life

 

MONITORING THE QUALITY OF AIR

Air quality monitoring techniques

Geographic Information System (GIS)

GIS Overview

Transport and dispersion of contaminants

GIS and air quality monitoring

Satellite-based monitoring

Remote Sensing

Measuring and Monitoring of Air Pollution

Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME)

Measurement of AIR Pollution by Satellites (MAPS)

Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE I, II and III)

Halogen Occultation Experiment (HALOE)

Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT)

Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL)

Monitoring Motor Vehicle Pollution Through NASA Satellite -Technology

Case Study

Global ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME)

GOME Instrument

GOME Measurements

GOME Data Validation

GOME Observations

Ozone monitoring

Bromine oxide monitoring

 

MONITORING OF SURFACE WATER QUALITY

Summary of monitoring of surface water quality

Water quality and parameters monitored

Basic parameters

Water temperature

pH

Conductivity

Dissolved oxygen (DO)

Suspended Solids (SS)

Transparency

Organic pollution indicators

Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)

Chemical oxygen demand (COD)

Total organic carbon (TOC)

Eutrophication indicators

Eutrophication

Nitrogen

Phosphorus

Chlorophyll a

Acidification indicators and specific ions

Toxic substances

Trace metals

Organic micropollutants

Other environmental indicators

Test Kits

Sampling

Surface water

Sediments

Plankton

Zoobenthos

Remote sensing

Examples of monitoring results

Future trends

 

MONITORING OF SOIL AND GROUNDWATER QUALITY

Chemical analyses

Colorimetric indicator tests

Fiber optic chemical sensors

Gas chromatography

Mass spectrometry

High pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Atomic absorption spectroscopy

Immunoassay

Infrared spectroscopy

Laser induced fluorescence

X-ray fluorescence

Geophysical technologies

Electromagnetometry

Seismic Reflection/Refraction

Electrical conductivity/resistivity

Magnetometry

Ground penetrating radar

Cross-well radar

Natural gamma detection

Biomonitoring

 

TECHNOLOGIES TO IMPROVE WASTE DISPOSAL

Sources and characteristics of waste

Technologies for waste management

Land disposal

Landfill

Landfarming

Deep well injection

Incineration

Types of incinerators

Environmental concerns

Recycling

Composting

Sewage and MSW composting

Hazardous waste composting

Home composting

Digestion

Anaerobic digestion

Aerobic digestion

Physical/chemical treatment

Newer developments in waste management

Landfill mining

Landfill bioreactor

Future directions

 

ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT

Ecological Engineering or Ecotechnology

Definitions

Terminology

Concepts of Ecological Engineering

Ecological Engineering methods, principles, and applications

Ecological Engineering Methods

Ecological Engineering Principles

Applications of Ecological Engineering

Concerns about future applications of Ecological Engineering

Ecological Engineering and the Urban Environment

The Urban Environment

Sustainable Urban Development

Unified strategies

Methods, Approaches and Techniques of urban ecological engineering

"Process Chains Analysis" in Investigating Ecological Engineering of Cities

The "Eco-City"

Scenario Techniques to Analyse Complex Problems of Ecological -Engineering

High Resolution Remote Sensing Methods and GIS Applications

Towards Integration

Case studies

Case Study 1: Ecological Design of Urban Structures

Case Study 2: Towards The Environmental City Of The 21st Century "A Blue -Print For The Future -The M21 Scenarios"

 

ECONOMICS OF THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

Transportation Economics

Transportation Systems

Transportation Networks

Economies of Scale, Scope, Density and Market Presence

Problems of Congestion in the System

Allocating the Costs of the Transportation System

Expanding Capacity

The Economics of Regulation of the Transportation System

 

INTERMODAL AND MULTIMODAL CONSIDERATIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS

Transportation Modes

A Multimodal Perspective of the Transportation System

Transportation Infrastructure and Service Strategies

Influencing the Demand for Transportation

Linking Land Use and Transportation

Intermodal Considerations

Intermodalism:  Focus On Connections 

Intermodalism:  Focus On Efficiency and Productivity

Future Issues and Challenges

 

TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM ORGANIZATION, MANAGEMENT, AND INTEROPERABILITY

Transportation System Organization

Transportation System Management

Coordination of the Construction, Operation and Preservation of Transportation Facilities and Services

Coordinating the Construction Program

Coordinating System Operations

Coordinating System Preservation

Managing the Demand for Transportation

Linking Land Use and Transportation System Investment

Interoperability of Transportation Design Operations

Future Issues and Challenges

 

THE AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Overview of the Air Transportation System

Airports

Air Traffic Control Systems

Airplanes

Airlines

Impacts of the Air Transportation System

Economic/land use impacts

Noise Impacts

Air Emissions

Ecological Impacts

Future Issues

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

ITS Defined

History of ITS Applications

History of European Applications

History of Asian Applications

History of North American Applications

A National Architecture for ITS Applications

ITS Applications for Multimodal System Management

ITS Applications for Freight Movement

ITS Applications for Traveler Information

Future Issues

 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

Questions of definitions

Science and technology, R&D, and other statistical categories

The multiple dimensions of the research endeavor

The real scope of science and technology policies

The new social and institutional framework

Science and technology as closer endeavors

The increasing role of private companies and private R&D

The changing context of S&T policy making

The environment

Users demand more participation

Information technologies contribute to a new economy

Changing NorthSouth relations and the emergence of the transition economies

Collaborations, associations, and networks as new actors

Globalization as a challenge to national policy making

S&T policy in the learning economy

The historical evolution of S&T policies

The domains of science and technology policies

Support for higher and technical education

Direct support for research institutions

Indirect public support

Support for innovation-oriented research activities

Promotion of science and technology to the public

Management, analysis, and policy bodies for science and technology

Actors in the performance of R&D

Universities and the academic sector

Public research institutes

Public agencies

NGOs and non-profit foundations

Research units of the private sector

A complex web of institutions

Policy making bodies

Policy making processes

The main moments of a policy making process

Definition of the general objectives and what is at stake (strategic analysis)

Definition of modes of action (policy analysis)

Programming and budgeting (allocation of resources)

Execution (management, operational phase, and follow-up or monitoring)

Evaluation

The pivotal role of evaluation

The use of quantitative indicators

The innovation system and innovation policy

Main characteristics of innovation policies

The debate on the need for innovation policies

The international dimensions of S&T policies

The elements of a new international scientific world

The adoption of a regional perspective

Toward an international system of research?

 

SOCIAL SCIENCES, SCIENCE POLICY STUDIES, SCIENCE POLICY-MAKING

The Growth of the Field of Science Policy Studies and its uses

Why Should Science be Supported? In What Proportions?

The Measurerment of Innovation and its Systemic Conditions

Science, Technology and Sustainable Development

A Research Agenda

 

SOCIAL APPROPRIABILITY OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE 

The Existing Approaches

The linear innovation model approach

The approaches in the field of economics of innovation

The analysis of intellectual property and patenting

The sociological approaches

The integration of social knowledge

 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY PROFESSIONALS: JOBS, WORK, KNOWLEDGE, AND VALUES

Careers in S&T Policy

The work of S&T policy professionals

The knowledge base

The value of and values of S&T professionals

 

COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH: IMPLICATIONS FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DECISION-MAKING IN THE UNITED -STATES

Public Participation in the Research Process: The History of Community-Based Research

Community-Based Research in the USA

Community-Based Research: Research for Change

Community-Based Research in Action: Two Examples

Public Funding of Community-Based Research

Community-Based Research Networks

Policy Recommendations: Building the Capacity of Community-Based Research Activities

 

JUSTICE, HUMAN RIGHTS AND ETHICS ISSUES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

Ethics and Justice

Ethics, Justice and Policy

Consequentialism

Kantian or Rights-based Ethics

Communitarianism and Virtue Ethics

Social Justice and Technical Change

Technical Change as a Violation of Individual Rights

Technical Change and Procedural Justice

Social Justice and the Problem of Risk

 

CURRENT ISSUES IN AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

Current Issues

Institutional Changes

Plant Breeders Rights vs. Farmers Rights

Responses

Technological Innovations

New Biotechnologies

What they are

Increasing global inequality

Consumer acceptance

Labeling

Allergens

Food Safety

Biosafety

Policy Issues

Other Technologies

What is at Stake?

Environment

Food Security

Control of the Agrifood System

The Public Interest

Participation in Science and Technology Policy

 

TECHNOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL MARKET : IS SUSTAINABILITY BOUND TO THE OLD WORLD ORDER?

Technology and the Environment: From sustainability to the global market

New Global Interests and Technological Cooperation

New Interests Converge with the Old Terms of International Exchange (the Kyoto Model)

 

THE NATIONAL IMPERATIVE. THE STATE, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, AND POLICY EVOLUTION CIRCA 1400-2000

Statism in the Eighteenth Century

Industrialisation and Industrialism

Public Science and Science Policy

The Development Paradigm - The Short Twentieth Century

The World Turned Upside Down - The New Climacteric

 

INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS OF TECHNOLOGIES: SUCCESS AND FAILURES OF PRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS, AND GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR POLICY

Technology transfers are not limited to a contract

An example of breakdown and repair

A socio-technical construction

Policies of technology transfer and productive efficiency

Payments in the transfer of technologies

Evaluation of productive efficiency

 

STAKES AND NEW PROSPECTS FOR NORTH-SOUTH SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION POLICIES

Scientific Interference: Legitimacy and Duty

Is Research for Development a Public Property?

Growing Disparities Requires Different Strategies

Models and Approaches

The Networks

The Centers of Excellence

North-South Partnership

Institutional Functions and Models

Coordination

A Growing Capacity for European Development-oriented Research

The Emergence of an International/Global/Worldwide System?

 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICIES IN THE CONTEXT OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC MIGRATION

Historical Perspectives of International Scientific Migration

Scientific Mobility: A Continuing Feature since Ancient Times

Second Half of the Twentieth Century: Expansion of Mobility

Losses and Gains an Unclear Picture

Brain Drain versus Brain Gain

Gain for the North?

Loss for the South?

Determibning the Loss or Gain: The Return

The Situation Today: A Mixed Picture

The Response of Scientific Policies

An Incomplete Knowledge of Migratory Movements

Attempts to find Global Remedies

The National Policies for Retrieving Scientists and/or the Science

Repatriation Programs for Elites

The Setting-up of Scientific and Technological Networks

 

GLOBALISATION OF INDUSTRIAL R&D: POLICY ISSUES

Trend in R & D Globalisation

Inward and outward R&D FDI

International strategic alliances

International patenting

Technology trade

General implications

Impacts On National Economies

Policy concerns at the national level

Spillovers to the rest of the economy

Strategies For Enhancing The National System Of Innovation

Framework conditions

Network building

An open question : the need for leading-edge clusters

Science Policies, Globalization, and Migrations

 

MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY

Management of Technology and its Role in the Process of Innovation

The Evolution of the Notion of Innovation: The Nature of the Process and its Sources

The Evolution of Management of Technology

Networking and Technology Development

The Development of Core Competencies, a New Approach to Strategic -Management

Integrated Strategic Management of Technology

 

STRATEGIC INNOVATION ALLIANCES

Strategic Innovation Alliances and Policy Considerations

General S&T Policy that Impacts Alliances

Complementary Alliances and Policies

with a Government Member

without a Government Member

Adversarial Alliances and Policies

Quasi-Concentration Alliances and Policies

Pre-Competitive Alliances and Policies

International Alliances and Policies

 

THE NEW KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY AND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

The New Technoscientific Information Infrastructure

What is Infrastructure?

Building an Infrastructure

Ownership of Scientific and Technological Ideas and Data

Sharing Data

Working Collaboratively

International Technoscience

Distributed Collective Work

 

POLICY-MAKING PROCESSES AND EVALUATION TOOLS: S&T INDICATORS

S&T Indicators: Definition, Terms of Reference and Categories

Definition

Characteristics of S&T Indicators Useful for Decision-making

The Reliability Criterion

The Relevance Criterion

The Categories of S&T Indicators: Input, Output, Interaction, Performance Indicators

Inputs Indicators: The Human and Financial Resources

Outputs Indicators: The Production of S&T Activities

Interactions Indicators

Performance Indicators

Types of Indicators: Descriptive, Cognitive and Opinion Indicators

Overview: Categories and Types of Indicators

The Production and Use of S&T Indicators in Practice the Question of the Data Sources

S&T Indicators Production Activity

The Relationship with the Client: Understanding the Demand and -Conceiving the Product

The Production of the S&T Indicators

Bringing the Indicators to the Client and the Users

Source Data for S&T Indicators Production

From Source Data to Indicators

Statistical Status of the Data

Legal Status of Data

Technical Status of Data

Data Sources Providers

Overview of Data Sources for S&T Indicators

Indicators in the Decision-making Process: Limitations and Criticism

The Possible Extreme Options for the Use of Indicators in Decision-making

Criticism of the S&T Indicators: What do they Really Measure?

Towards a Realistic Role of S&T Indicators in Decision-making

Perspectives and Conclusion

Towards an Ethic of Indicators Production

Towards 'Socially Robust' S&T Indicators

Indicators as Tools for Democratic Decision Process in the S&T Area

 

EVALUATION PRACTICES IN A MODERN CONTEXT FOR RESEARCH: A (RE)VIEW

Basic Definitions of Research and Evaluation Methodologies

Relationship between Science Policies, Promotion and Management of R&D Activities

Policy for Science

Policy by (means of) Science

Science Policy in the 80s. The Systemic Concepts

A General Frame of Reference for Evaluation from the European Perspective

Procedures for the Evaluation of Socio-economic Programs

The Research and Development (R&D) Programs

Innovative Approaches to Evaluation of Research Activities

The Different Roles of Research Institutes and Laboratories

Evaluation of Societal Quality of Research

The Transducing Model as an Alternative to R&D Programs Evaluation

Emerging Issues on Evaluation from the United States

 

BIBLIOMETRICS AND INSTITUTIONAL EVALUATION

Bibliometrics as an Evaluation Tool

Role of Bibliometrics in Institutional Evaluation

Methodological Considerations

Output Evaluation

Weighted Values of Publications

Time Span

Assigning Publications to different Research Units

Citation Measurements

Journal Impact Factors

Relative Impact Indicators

Future Trends and Perspectives

 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICIES IN AFRICA

Historical Background

From Colonial Science to National Science

North Africa, South Africa

Capacities Established

Recent Change, and the Factors Behind

Current Policies: A Typology

Laissez-faire

Policies Recommended by Outside Bodies (especially the World Bank)

New National Policies

Towards Regional Policies?

 

CHANGING POLICY IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN INDIA

Four Science and Technology Policy Cultures

Different Phases of S&T Policy

1947 to 1970 Phase of Optimism in ‘Policy for Science’

1970s to 1990 From Optimism to Critical Evaluation

After 1991- New Economic Reforms, Liberalisation and Globalisation

Changing Trends in Science as Social Institution

Wealth from Knowledge

Whithering Boundaries and Hybrid Communities

Incorporating Interests, Accountability and Reward Structure

Management of R&D and Entrepreneurial mode

 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY IN CHINA

Science and Technology Policy from the 1950s to the 1970s

Investment in Science and Technology and Institutionalization of the Innovation System

Innovation Performance: Why Was It Low?

Low Incentives

Blocked Information Flows between Producers and Users of Technology

Science and Technology Policy in the 1980s and 1990s: Market Reform and the Transformation of the Innovation System

From "Technology Market" to Organizational Restructuring 

Technology Market and Transaction of Mature and Complementary -Technologies

The Transformation of the Innovation System in China

"Innovative Recombination" and Learning in Economic Transition in China

Successful Mobilization of Endogenous Capabilities and "Recombination -Learning"

The case of the TV Sector

The Case of the Computer Software Sector.

"Innovative Recombination" of Capabilities.

 

EUROPEAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

The International Context

Formalization and Implementation of the EU Research Policy 

Evolution and legislative framework

Principle of regulation

Instruments for the Implementation and Funding of R&D Projects

Links with other European S&T cooperation structures

European Scientific Facilities and Organisations

Other Multilateral Programmes

The EU Research and Development Programs

The Framework Programme conception: structure and general characteristics

Thematic evolution

Strengths and weaknesses of the EU intervention: a general overview

 

THE NORTH AMERICAN "INNOVATION SPACE": A WORK IN PROGRESS?

The Characteristics of the S&T structure in North America

The United States and Technological Leadership

Canada and its Changing Image as a Knowledge-Based Society

Establishing Mexico’s Place in the Innovation Arena

A North American Research Diaspora?

What are Some Key Elements of a Regional Research Space?

Emerging Signs of North American Collaboration in S&T

The Data Picture

On-going Networking Among Research Centers

Education and Skills Mobility

Promotion of Common Systems of Scientific Policy and Technical Issues

Reaching Beyond the North American Sphere

An Agenda for a North American Innovation Approach

 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY IN JAPAN

Features of the Early Development of Science and Technology Policy

Post-war Catch up and S&T Policy

Japanese Science and Technology in the Recent Decades

R&D Expenditures

Human Resources

Research Outputs

Framework for Science and Technology Policy Making and the Current Policy Trends

Administrative Structure

The Science and Technology Basic Plan

Issues for Science and Technology Policy in the New Century

 

CHANGING INNOVATION SYSTEM OF ECONOMIES IN TRANSITION (CEE)

Global Position of the Region

General

Macro Economic Indicators

GDP per Capita

Private Sector Share of GDP

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)

External Debt/Exports

Investment Rate

Unemployment Rate

Change of Labor Productivity in Industry

Share of Exports to Non-transition Countries

Technology Indicators

Gross Domestic Expenditure on R&D (GERD)

Total R&D Personnel

Higher Education R&D Personnel

US Patents

International R&D Consequences of Opening the Borders

Importance of International R&D Co-operation and Problems in the Past

Exceptions: Rare Flowers of Isolation

19891991: The Iron Curtain Disappears

CEE Participation in the EU 5th RTD Framework Programme

Some Changes in the National Innovation Systems

Changing Institutional System

Mass Brain Drain from the CEE Academic Sector Typical in Phase I

Moving out from Transition Crises

 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY IN UNESCO : A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW

Genesis of science and technology policy in UNESCO

Science policy consultancy services

Science policy publications

Regional Ministerial Conferences

Information Exchange and Normative–making Activities

Training in science and technology policy

Termination of UNESCO Science and Technology Policy Programme

 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY IN THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM: A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW

The 1963 Geneva Conference

The UNCSTD preparation

Chronology

UN Regional conferences

Surrounding scientific meetings

The Vienna Programme of Action

UNCSTD Results and Post-Vienna Activity

Intergovernmental Committee on Science and Technology for Development

Advisory Committee on Science and Technology for Development

ACC Task Force on Science and Technology for Development

Centre for Science and Technology for Development

UN Financing System for Science and Technology

Further restructuring of UN in the economic and social fields

Commission on Science and Technology for Development

Science and technology policy in the work of UN bodies

 

 

 

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