London Plan is the London mayor’s Spatial Development Strategy. This strategic long-term plan comprises of proposals for different aspects of change within the London boundary. Furthermore, the proposals include chapters outlining adjustments in each facet. Policy 4A.2 reflects the Climate Change Mitigation scheme. Some consultations and research works have been performed to this point, but an ...

The processes of globalization and transition are inevitable, full of dangers and threats, but offer enormous opportunities. Surveys of public opinion show that citizens are not aware of the fact that their countries are governed by the will of the people and a large majority considers that their country and the world are not going in the right direction. Presently, knowledge is becoming a domi...

In this paper we introduce a novel landmark technique for hierarchical planning. Landmarks are abstract tasks that are mandatory. They have to be performed by any solution plan. Our technique relies on a landmark extraction procedure that pre-processes a given planning problem by systematically analyzing the ways in which relevant abstract tasks can be decomposed. We show how the landmark infor...

The new World Bank strategy on Public Sector Management (PSM) has to be judged against the magnitude of the problems it faces. Two of these are what to do about failed and failing states and what to do about the stagnation of progress in ‘flailing’ states. On both of these fronts the gap between what the world of action wants – an implementable action plan to tackle tough problems like Afghanis...

Efficient net-based (computer-mediated) interdisciplinary collaboration of partners with complementary expertise is shown to depend strongly on the quality of the coordination activities. Confronted with psychiatric case studies dyads of advanced medical and psychology students were asked to jointly formulate a diagnosis and a therapy plan making use of their complementary expertise. A first ex...

This essay provides a short, critical commentary on The NHS Leadership Qualities Framework (i). The Framework describes a set of key characteristics, attitudes and behaviours that leaders in the NHS should aspire to in delivering the NHS Plan. It is a key area of current healthcare policy debate. We explore two, interrelated problems with the Framework: (1) methodological – the extent to which ...

In this paper, we unravel the complex ontological relationship between the empirical hyperlink networks enacted by strategic organizational actors and the epistemic issue networks enacted by decision makers who navigate hyperlinks to construct the boundaries of an issue. To conceptualize this relationship, we present a dual structurational model of issue network emergence that demonstrates the ...

The purpose of this study is to illustrate the special cases a fire in hospital especially perinatal intensive department, that may be encountered by firefighters. Due these circumstances, evacuation time facility can significantly increased. There are unusual and rescue methods, which require devices more intense human resources. requirement than usual plan, goal maintain health care services ...

WPSAR Vol 6, Suppl 1, 2015 | doi: 10.5365/wpsar.2015.6.2.HYN_007 www.wpro.who.int/wpsar 5 a Offi ce of the WHO Representative in the Philippines, Sta Cruz, Manila, Philippines. b Health Emergency Management Bureau, Department of Health, Sta Cruz, Manila, Philippines. Submitted: 1 June 2015; Published: 6 November 2015 doi: 10.5365/wpsar.2015.6.2.HYN_007 The Philippine National Disaster Risk Redu...

3. Work plan, timeline, and future external funding The New Frontiers Grant would enable me to begin this project full time in the summer before the one-semester (at least) sabbatical that I plan to take in the fall of 2014. During most of the summer, I will pursue library research, drawing primarily on the world-class resources at the University of Notre Dame, to which I am fortunate to live i...