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Emerald cities
In Emerald Cities, Joan Fitzgerald shows how in the absence of a comprehensive national policy, cities like Chicago, New York, Portland, San Francisco, and Seattle have taken the lead in addressing the interrelated environmental problems of global warming, pollution, energy dependence, and social justice. Cities are major sources of pollution but because of their population density, reliance on public transportation, and other factors, Fitzgerald argues that thesse major cities are uniquely suited to promote and benefit from green economic development.
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Economic revitalization : cases and strategies for city and suburb
In Economic Revitalization: Cases and Strategies for City and Suburb Fitzgerald and Leigh answer the need for a text that incorporates social justice and sustainability into how we think about and practice economic development. It is one of the first to talk about how revitalization strategies are implemented in both cities and suburbs, particularly inner-ring suburbs that are experiencing decline previously associated only with inner-city neighborhoods. After setting the context with a brief history of economic development practice and its shortcomings, Fitzgerald and Leigh focus on six economic development strategies: sectoral strategies, Brownfield redevelopment, industrial retention, commercial revitalization, industrial and office property reuse, and workforce development.
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Emerald cities : urban sustainability and economic development / Joan Fitzgerald
Here is a refreshing look at how American cities are leading the way toward greener, cleaner, and more sustainable forms of economic development. In this book the author shows how in the absence of a comprehensive national policy, cities like Chicago, New York, Portland, San Francisco, and Seattle have taken the lead in addressing the interrelated environmental problems of global warming, pollution, energy dependence, and social justice. Cities are major sources of pollution but because of their population density, reliance on public transportation, and other factors, she argues that they are uniquely suited to promote and benefit from green economic development. For cities facing worsening budget constraints, investing in high-paying green jobs in renewable energy technology, construction, manufacturing, recycling, and other fields will solve two problems at once, sparking economic growth while at the same time dramatically improving quality of life. She also examines how investing in green research and technology may help to revitalize older industrial cities and offers examples of cities that don't make the top-ten green lists such as Toledo and Cleveland, Ohio and Syracuse, New York.
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Economic revitalization
Redefining the field of local economic development -- Sectoral development strategies for new and old industries -- Brownfield redevelopment for equitable community revitalization -- Industrial retention : multiple strategies for keeping manufacturing strong -- Commercial revitalization in central cities and older suburbs
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Level of Maternal Antibody Required to Protect Neonates against Early-Onset Disease Caused by Group B Streptococcus Type Ia: A Multicenter, Seroepidemiology Study
Because of the difficulty of conducting efficacy trials of vaccines against group B streptococcus (GBS), the licensure of these vaccines may have to rely on studies that measure vaccine-induced antibody levels that correlate with protection. This study estimates the level of maternal antibody required to protect neonates against early-onset disease (EOD) caused by GBS type Ia. Levels of maternal serum IgG GBS Ia antibodies, measured by ELISAs in 45 case patients (neonates with EOD caused by GBS Ia) and in 319 control subjects (neonates colonized by GBS Ia but without EOD) born at ⩾34 weeks gestation were compared. The probability of developing EOD declined with increasing maternal levels of IgG GBS Ia antibody (P=.03). Neonates whose mothers had levels of IgG GBS Ia antibody ⩾5 μg/mL had an 88% lower risk (95% confidence interval, 7%–98%) of developing type-specific EOD, compared with those whose mothers had levels <0.5 μg/mL. A vaccine that induces IgG GBS Ia antibody levels ⩾5 μg/mL in mothers can be predicted to confer a high degree of type-specific immunity to EOD to their infants
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