Hawaii Deep Water Cable Program

Background information sheets about the Hawaii Deep Water Cable ProgramThe 1985 version includes a map with the proposed cable route

Request for proposals : study to integrate development of Hawaii's renewable energy and water resources

"The objective of the requested investigation is to determine the economic and technical feasibility of combining renewable energy and water resources development in Hawaii. An economic and technical assessment of water resource needs and potential alternate energy availability to fill these needs is needed. Finally, more detailed conceptual plans are needed for several of the more promising opportunities to illustrate how natural energy and water resource development can be effectively combined.

Macro and Micro Impacts of Structural Reforms in Papua New Guinea: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis

The Papua New Guinea economy has been subjected to a series of external shocks, starting with the Bougainville war in 1989. The government has responded with a series of structural reforms, with the most recent one being implemented in 2000. This paper employs a computable general equilibrium model to evaluate the impacts of the government's reform policies. Policies simulated are reduction in current government expenditure, reduction in real wages, tariff cuts and a goods and services tax. The results show that the export-oriented and government sectors benefit. However, the service sectors are adversely affected. While the rural population could benefit from the reforms, a case is made for increased government investment spending in these areas to stem the rural-urban drift

Rochester Embayment Remedial Action Plan Stage 1

The Rochester Embayment designation refers to a portion of Lake Ontario and a portion of the Genesee River near Rochester, New York. The Remedial Action Plan (RAP) will identify water quality problems and specific actions that need to be taken by various parties to address the problems. The Remedial Action Plan effort has been undertaken due to an international agreement to improve the water quality of the Great Lakes water system. The International Agreement, known as the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, is described in more detail in other sections of this chapter. The preparation of the RAP is being coordinated by the Monroe County Department of Planning and Development through a contract with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC)

Bangor\u27s Industrial Parks: City of Bangor, Maine, Planning Board and Industrial Development Department, 1956

When the war ended in 1945, a wholesale grocer and a hardware jobber who were located In the downtown congested area of Bangor began looking for new sites for their warehouses. After surveying the entire area, they decided that the most desirable location was a tract of land about 2.5 miles from downtown Bangor, located on the main line of the railroad and on U.S. Route 2. The area consisted of a 260 acre farm. Since the interests of the two wholesalers coincided, they formed the Bangor Real Estate Development Company to purchase and develop the land. After the land was purchased, the real estate company, with the help of engineers and architects, laid out parcels of land in the part of the district that it would first develop. It drained part of the area, graded it, and lnstalled roads, sewers, electrlclty, drainage facilities, and water. These Improvements were financed partially by the development company and partially by the city, under arrangements the city offers to anyone. The real estate company also had test borings made throughout the area to provide data on the type of Iand and the Ioads it will bear. The Maine Central Railroad built a lead track to the edge of the district and the real estate company financed over a mile of spur tracks to the rear of sites to prevent interference with street traffic, truck loading docks, and parking areas. Includes several maps and photographs.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/city_bur_book/1006/thumbnail.jp

Bangor\u27s Industrial Parks: City of Bangor, Maine, Planning Board and Industrial Development Department, 1958

Modern industrlal management wants to avoid the inherent dlfflcultles of city locations, parking, crowding and lack of growth space, and stilI maintain the advantages of a ready labor market and of transportation that the city provides. Space for one story plants, off street parking and loading, and future expansion are relatively impossible to find in any decent sized city. The large city is by its very nature a crowded, densely populated area. Only a planned industrial park site can offer management what it wants. When he chooses to move into an industrial park an industrial manager can be assured that he has the needed facilities and the needed zoning protection to operate efficiently. Most important of all the industrial park offers the industrialist elbow room and freedom of expansion within a planned industrial community. The advantages are not aiI on the side of the industrialist. By developing a large piece of land, Bangor can segregate industrial activity into one location which can be better control led and serviced. By controlllng the area through zoning and restrictive covenants better and more stable firms can be attracted to the area with a beneficial result on the economic base of the community. Control of architectural and structural design can result in an aesthetlcally pleasing industrial park which would be an asset to the City of Bangor. Includes several maps and photographs.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/city_bur_book/1007/thumbnail.jp

Comprehensive plan for Hallowell, Maine; Vol. 1 : First Phase of Comprehensive Plan 1962

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Tenure, mobility and retention of nurses in Queensland, Australia: 2001 and 2004

[Abstract]: Aim: Data were collected on tenure, mobility and retention of the nursing workforce in Queensland to aid strategic planning by the Queensland Nurses’ Union. Background: Shortages of nurses negatively affect the health outcomes of patients. Population rise is increasing the demand for nurses in Queensland. The supply of nurses is affected by recruitment of new and returning nurses, retention of the existing workforce and mobility within institutions. Methods: A self-reporting, postal survey was undertaken of Queensland Nurses Union members from the major employment sectors of aged care, public acute and community health and private acute and community health. Results: Only 60% of nurses had been with their current employer more than five years. In contrast 90% had been nursing for five years or more and most (80%) expected to remain in nursing for at least another five years. Breaks from nursing were common and part-time positions in the private and aged care sectors offered flexibility. Conclusion: The study demonstrated a mobile nursing workforce in Queensland although data on tenure and future time in nursing suggested that retention in the industry was high. Concern is expressed for replacement of an aging nursing population

State Requires Erosion Response Plans

The City���s Erosion Response Plan (ERP) has been drafted to meet state requirements to prepare a plan to ���reduce public expenditures for erosion and storm damage losses to public and private property, including public beaches.��� Pursuant to Title 31 Texas Administrative Code, ��15.17 (31 TAC 15.17), local ERPs should address beachfront construction, public beach access, dune preservation and restoration, and the voluntary acquisition of beachfront property. Although the plan is called an ���Erosion Response Plan,��� it is important to note the state requires plans to address the effects of erosion and storm damage