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Study of the health effects of bicycling in an urban atmosphere. Final report

Description: This report analyzes data on the health effects of bicycling in an urban environment through intensive study of ten healthy male subjects bicycling or driving in systematically varied conditions in the streets of Washington, D.C. Evaluation criteria for available technology and instrumentation are included and a methodology is developed for route selection. Specific air pollutants (carbon monoxide, ozone, sulfates, nitrates, and particulates) are measured concurrently with exposure and subseque… more
Date: October 14, 1977
Creator: Waldman, M.; Weiss, S. & Articola, W.
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Management of social and economic impacts associated with the construction of large-scale projects: experiences from the Western coal development communities

Description: The construction and operation of large-scale energy or resource development projects are accompanied by environmental, social, and economic changes or impacts. Impact assessment is the key tool used to determine which impact areas will most severely affect the community and will thus need to be managed. Impact management, only recently recognized as part of the assessment process, includes public and private actions to ameliorate impacts. The use of available impact management strategies can a… more
Date: June 1, 1977
Creator: Greene, M.R. & Curry, M.G.
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Distributed Technologies in California's Energy Future: A Preliminary Report. Volume 2

Description: The chapters in Volume 2 of Distributed Energy Systems in California's Future are: Environmental Impacts of Alternative Energy Technologies for California; Land Use Configurations and the Utilization of Distributive Energy Technology; Land Use Implications of a Dispersed Energy Path; Belief, Behavior, and Technologies as Driving Forces in Transitional Stages--The People Problem in Dispersed Energy Futures; Development of an Energy Attitude Survey; Interventions to Influence Firms Toward the Ado… more
Date: September 1, 1977
Creator: Christensen, M.; Craig, P.; McGuire, C. B. & Simmons, M.
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Methodology for the analysis of the impacts of electric power production in the West: a summary report

Description: The project objective is to design a computer-based tool to help decision makers analyze some of the crucial environmental, social, and economic impacts--particularly the following impacts which involve conditions that are unique to the West: the boom town impacts that result from the construction and operation of power plants near small, isolated towns in the sparsely populated West; and the reduction in visibility caused by the fossil fuel emissions from power plants operating in the pristine… more
Date: January 1, 1977
Creator: Ford, A. & Lorber, H. W.
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Formerly utilized MED/AEC sites, Remedial Action Program: radiological survey of the Hooker Chemical Company, Niagara Falls, New York. Final report

Description: Results of a radiological survey of a portion of the Hooker Chemical Company, Niagara Falls, New York, are presented. The survey was conducted over 5.5-acres in which uranium-bearing materials were handled in the early 1940's. The survey included direct measurements of alpha, beta-gamma, and external gamma radiation throughout the site, measurement of transferable alpha and beta contamination levels in the buildings, determination of uranium and radium concentrations in the soild on the site, m… more
Date: January 1, 1977
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Grid Connected Integrated Community Energy System. Volume 4. Integrated solid waste management systems. Final report: Phase I, February 1, 1977-May 31, 1977

Description: The cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul represent the hub of commercial activity for the Twin Cities Metropolitan Region (TCMR). A Metropolitan Council has been charged with a continuous program of research and study concerning the acquisition of necessary facilities for the disposal of solid material for the metropolitan area and the means of financing such facilities. The region is defined; management of solid waste in the region is discussed. The region ranks high in the number of health ca… more
Date: June 1, 1977
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Annual Highlights of the National Center for Analysis of Energy Systems

Description: The National Center for Analysis of Energy Systems at Brookhaven has been in operation since January 1976. This annual highlights report outlines the scope of activities of the Center involving the integrated analyses of technological, economic, environmental, and social aspects of energy at the regional, national, and international levels. The objectives of the Center and major accomplishments of 1977 are described along with a list of active projects and publications. The energy data bases an… more
Date: December 1977
Creator: Hoffman, Kenneth C.
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