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Reversibility of Chronic Disease and Hypersensitivity Volume 4 The Environmental Aspects of Chemical Sensitivity

Reversibility of Chronic Disease and Hypersensitivity Volume 4 The Environmental Aspects of Chemical Sensitivity

Reversibility of Chronic Disease and Hypersensitivity Volume 4: The Environmental Aspects of Chemical Sensitivity is the fourth of an encyclopedic five-volume set describing the basic physiology chemical sensitivity diagnosis and treatment of chronic degenerative disease studied in a 5x less polluted controlled environment. This text focuses on treatment techniques strategies protocols prescriptions and technologies. Distinguishing itself from previous works on chemical sensitivity it explains newly understood mechanisms of chronic disease and hypersensitivity involving core molecular function. The authors discuss new information on ground regulation system genetics the autonomic nervous system and immune and non-immune functions. The book also includes the latest technology and cutting-edge techniques numerous figures and supporting research. | Reversibility of Chronic Disease and Hypersensitivity Volume 4 The Environmental Aspects of Chemical Sensitivity

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Secure and Resilient Software Requirements Test Cases and Testing Methods

Secure and Resilient Software Requirements Test Cases and Testing Methods

Secure and Resilient Software: Requirements Test Cases and Testing Methods provides a comprehensive set of requirements for secure and resilient software development and operation. It supplies documented test cases for those requirements as well as best practices for testing nonfunctional requirements for improved information assurance. This resource-rich book includes:Pre-developed nonfunctional requirements that can be reused for any software development project Documented test cases that go along with the requirements and can be used to develop a Test Plan for the softwareTesting methods that can be applied to the test cases provided Downloadable resources with all security requirements and test cases as well as MS Word versions of the checklists requirements and test cases covered in the bookOffering ground-level already-developed software nonfunctional requirements and corresponding test cases and methods this book will help to ensure that your software meets its nonfunctional requirements for security and resilience. The accompanying downloadable resources filled with helpful checklists and reusable documentation provides you with the tools needed to integrate security into the requirements analysis design and testing phases of your software development lifecycle. Some Praise for the Book:This book pulls together the state of the art in thinking about this important issue in a holistic way with several examples. It takes you through the entire lifecycle from conception to implementation . . —Doug Cavit Chief Security Strategist Microsoft Corporation. provides the reader with the tools necessary to jump-start and mature security within the software development lifecycle (SDLC). —Jeff Weekes Sr. Security Architect at Terra Verde Services. full of useful insights and practical advice from two au | Secure and Resilient Software Requirements Test Cases and Testing Methods

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Equivalence and Noninferiority Tests for Quality Manufacturing and Test Engineers

Equivalence and Noninferiority Tests for Quality Manufacturing and Test Engineers

In engineering and quality control various situations including process validation and design verification require equivalence and noninferiority tests. Equivalence and Noninferiority Tests for Quality Manufacturing and Test Engineers presents methods for using validation and verification test data to demonstrate equivalence and noninferiority in engineering and applied science. The book covers numerous tests drawn from the author’s more than 30 years of work in a range of industrial settings. It provides computational formulas for the tests methods to determine or justify sample sizes and formulas to calculate power and operating characteristic curves. The methods are accessible using standard statistical software and do not require complicated programming. The book also includes computer code and screen shots for SAS R and JMP. This book provides you with a guide to performing validation and verification tests that demonstrate the adequacy of your process system or product. It will help you choose the best test for your application.

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Test Quality for Construction Materials and Structures Proceedings of the International RILEM/ILAC Symposium

Test Quality for Construction Materials and Structures Proceedings of the International RILEM/ILAC Symposium

Testing of materials and manufactured items is a key element in the process from standard specifications though control and verification during manufacture to trade in actual products. Cooperative agreements and networks are being set up covering reference materials and calibration. This process is becoming more urgent with the development in the European market and other international developments. This book presents international views on this fast changing field with the main themes of: technical components of test quality; quality assurance in testing laboratories; laboratory accreditation and transnational recognition of test results. | Test Quality for Construction Materials and Structures Proceedings of the International RILEM/ILAC Symposium

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Preconcentration Techniques for Natural and Treated Waters High Sensitivity Determination of Organic and Organometallic Compounds Cations and

Preconcentration Techniques for Natural and Treated Waters High Sensitivity Determination of Organic and Organometallic Compounds Cations and

Equipment used for the analysis of water is frequently insufficiently sensitive to be able to detect the low concentrations of organic and inorganic substances present in samples. Applying preconcentration to the sample prior to analysis means the results gained are more accurate and can be used to report trends more effectively. Each chapter of Preconcentration Techniques for Natural and Treated Waters discusses a different method of preconcentration and its application to the preconcentration of cations anions organic substances and organometallic compounds. Drawing together the recent world literature available on the subject this book provides detailed discussion of the need for reducing detection limits in analytical chemistry and ways of achieving this aim. Throughout the book emphasis is laid on providing practical experimental detail facilitating further development of procedures. Numerous tables present information clearly and accessibly. This book will be an invaluable reference for biologists chemists agriculturists toxicologists oceanographers and environmentalists dealing with the analysis of water in industry and academia. | Preconcentration Techniques for Natural and Treated Waters High Sensitivity Determination of Organic and Organometallic Compounds Cations and

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British Nuclear Weapons and the Test Ban 1954–1973 Britain the United States Weapons Policies and Nuclear Testing: Tensions and Contradictions

British Nuclear Weapons and the Test Ban 1954–1973 Britain the United States Weapons Policies and Nuclear Testing: Tensions and Contradictions

In 1962 Dean Acheson famously described Britain as having lost an Empire but not yet found a role. Perhaps nowhere is this more apparent than in the realms of nuclear weapons. An increasingly marginal world power successive post-war British governments felt that an independent nuclear deterrent was essential if the country was to remain at the top table of world diplomacy. Focusing on a key twenty-year period this study explores Britain's role in efforts to bring about a nuclear test ban treaty between 1954 and 1973. Taking a broadly chronological approach it examines the nature of defence planning the scientific goals that nuclear tests were designed to secure Anglo-American relationships the efficacy of British diplomacy and its contribution to arms control and disarmament. A key theme of the study is to show how the UK managed to balance the conflicting pressures created by its determination to remain a credible nuclear power whilst wanting to pursue disarmament objectives and how these pressures shifted over the period in question. Based on a wealth of primary sources this book opens up the largely ignored subject of the impact of arms control on the UK nuclear weapons programme. Its appraisal of the relationship between the requirements and developments of the UK nuclear weapons programme against international and domestic pressures for a test ban treaty will be of interest to anyone studying post-war British defence and foreign policy history of science arms control disarmament and non-proliferation and international relations. It also provides important background information on current events involving nuclear proliferation and disarmament. | British Nuclear Weapons and the Test Ban 1954–1973 Britain the United States Weapons Policies and Nuclear Testing: Tensions and Contradictions

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Nonparametric Statistical Tests A Computational Approach

Nonparametric Statistical Tests A Computational Approach

Nonparametric Statistical Tests: A Computational Approach describes classical nonparametric tests as well as novel and little-known methods such as the Baumgartner-Weiss-Schindler and the Cucconi tests. The book presents SAS and R programs allowing readers to carry out the different statistical methods such as permutation and bootstrap tests. The author considers example data sets in each chapter to illustrate methods. Numerous real-life data from various areas including the bible and their analyses provide for greatly diversified reading. The book covers: Nonparametric two-sample tests for the location-shift model specifically the Fisher-Pitman permutation test the Wilcoxon rank sum test and the Baumgartner-Weiss-Schindler test Permutation tests location-scale tests tests for the nonparametric Behrens-Fisher problem and tests for a difference in variability Tests for the general alternative including the (Kolmogorov-)Smirnov test ordered categorical and discrete numerical data Well-known one-sample tests such as the sign test and Wilcoxon’s signed rank test a modification suggested by Pratt (1959) a permutation test with original observations and a one-sample bootstrap test are presented. Tests for more than two groups the following tests are described in detail: the Kruskal-Wallis test the permutation F test the Jonckheere-Terpstra trend test tests for umbrella alternatives and the Friedman and Page tests for multiple dependent groups The concepts of independence and correlation and stratified tests such as the van Elteren test and combination tests The applicability of computer-intensive methods such as bootstrap and permutation tests for non-standard situations and complex designs Although the major development of nonparametric methods came to a certain end in the 1970s their importance undoubtedly persists. What is still needed is a computer assisted evaluation of their main properties. This book closes that gap. | Nonparametric Statistical Tests A Computational Approach

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Introduction to Feedback Control Theory

Introduction to Feedback Control Theory

There are many feedback control books out there but none of them capture the essence of robust control as well as Introduction to Feedback Control Theory. Written by Hitay Özbay one of the top researchers in robust control in the world this book fills the gap between introductory feedback control texts and advanced robust control texts. Introduction to Feedback Control Theory covers basic concepts such as dynamical systems modeling performance objectives the Routh-Hurwitz test root locus Nyquist criterion and lead-lag controllers. It introduces more advanced topics including Kharitanov's stability test basic loopshaping stability robustness sensitivity minimization time delay systems H-infinity control and parameterization of all stabilizing controllers for single input single output stable plants. This range of topics gives students insight into the key issues involved in designing a controller. Occupying and important place in the field of control theory Introduction to Feedback Control Theory covers the basics of robust control and incorporates new techniques for time delay systems as well as classical and modern control. Students can use this as a text for building a foundation of knowledge and as a reference for advanced information and up-to-date techniques

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Mathematical Modelling of Heat Transfer Performance of Heat Exchanger using Nanofluids

Mathematical Modelling of Heat Transfer Performance of Heat Exchanger using Nanofluids

The book presents a detailed discussion of nanomaterials nanofluids and application of nanofluids as a coolant to reduce heat transfer. It presents a detailed approach to the formulation of mathematical modelling applicable to any type of case study with a validation approach and sensitivity and optimization. Covers the aspects of formulation of mathematical modelling with optimization and sensitivity analysis Presents a case study based on heat transfer improvement and performs operations using nanofluids Examines the analysis of experimental data by the formulation of a mathematical model and correlation between input data and output data Illustrates heat transfer improvement of heat exchangers using nanofluids through the mathematical modelling approach Discusses applications of nanofluids in cooling systems This book discusses the aspect of formulation of mathematical modelling with optimization and sensitivity analysis. It further presents a case study based on the heat transfer improvement and performing operations using nanofluids. The text covers sensitivity analysis and analysis from the indices of the model. It also discusses important concepts such as nanomaterials applications of nanomaterials and nanofluids. It will serve as an ideal reference text for senior undergraduate and graduate students in fields including mechanical engineering chemical engineering aerospace engineering industrial engineering and manufacturing engineering. | Mathematical Modelling of Heat Transfer Performance of Heat Exchanger using Nanofluids

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The Shroud of Christ Evidence of a 2 000 Year Antiquity

The Shroud of Christ Evidence of a 2 000 Year Antiquity

The Shroud of Turin has been the focus of extensive study by historians and researchers since the beginning of the twentieth century. It is possibly the world’s most studied historical artifact generating a regular flow of new research publications. There is however one scientific test that overshadows all other research: the 1988 radiocarbon dating. This test dated the cloth to the period 1260–1390AD and was given such extensive publicity that most people today no longer accept the Shroud to be a true relic. Sadly very few people are aware that this test has been widely criticized for falling short of acceptable scientific standards. Similarly most people remain unaware of the wealth of compelling evidence that contradicts the conclusions of that test and supports claims of the Shroud’s authenticity. This book reveals extracts from secret discussions on dating evidence from the Shroud Science Group a private international forum of Shroud researchers and provides a detailed account of the dating evidence revealed by over a hundred years of research. It outlines reasons why the 1988 radiocarbon dating test continues to attract criticism from respected scientists and also describes a series of innovative flax dating techniques which have recently been used measure the age of Shroud material producing results that contradict the radiocarbon date. | The Shroud of Christ Evidence of a 2 000 Year Antiquity

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Educational and Psychological Measurement

Educational and Psychological Measurement

This new text provides the most current coverage of measurement and psychometrics in a single volume. Authors W. Holmes Finch and Brian F. French first review the basics of psychometrics and measurement before moving on to more complex topics such as equating and scaling item response theory standard setting and computer adaptive testing. Also included are discussions of cutting-edge topics utilized by practitioners in the field such as automated test development game-based assessment and automated test scoring. This book is ideal for use as a primary text for graduate-level psychometrics/measurement courses as well as for researchers in need of a broad resource for understanding test theory. Features: How it Works and Psychometrics in the Real World boxes break down important concepts through worked examples and show how theory can be applied to practice. End-of-chapter exercises allow students to test their comprehension of the material while suggested readings and website links provide resources for further investigation. A collection of free online resources include the full output from R SPSS and Excel for each of the analyses conducted in the book as well as additional exercises sample homework assignments answer keys and PowerPoint lecture slides. | Educational and Psychological Measurement

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Handbook Of Applied Econometrics And Statistical Inference

Handbook Of Applied Econometrics And Statistical Inference

Summarizing developments and techniques in the field this reference covers sample surveys nonparametric analysis hypothesis testing time series analysis Bayesian inference and distribution theory for applications in statistics economics medicine biology engineering sociology psychology and information technology. It supplies a geometric proof of an extended Gauss-Markov theorem approaches for the design and implementation of sample surveys advances in the theory of Neyman's smooth test and methods for pre-test and biased estimation. It includes discussions ofsample size requirements for estimation in SUR models innovative developments in nonparametric models and more. | Handbook Of Applied Econometrics And Statistical Inference

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Reliability Analysis with Minitab

Reliability Analysis with Minitab

Statistical Analysis for the Reliability Engineering ProfessionalEffectively conduct reliability analysis using the world’s leading statistical software. Reliability Analysis with Minitab® outlines statistical concepts and applications explains the theory of probability reliability analysis and quality improvement and provides step-by-step instruction on the use of Minitab. Minitab introduces reliability analysis tools that can be used to perform tasks that range from checking the distribution fit of lifetime data to estimating the warranty costs of a product. Perform the Analyses Needed to Minimize Product Failures and Reduce CostsChock full of examples that include numerous case studies and over 200 screenshots this book is a comprehensive guide to quality and reliability in the service and manufacturing industries. It illustrates the shapes of the most commonly used statistical distributions in reliability analysis and in simple language demonstrates concepts that include parametric reliability analysis nonparametric reliability analysis warranty analysis accelerated life testing reliability test plans and probit analysis. Illustrating the application of Minitab for reliability analysis this book explains how to: Perform reliability analysis of a product with right-censored and exact failure time data Complete reliability analysis of a product with arbitrarily censored failure time dataAchieve nonparametric reliability analysis of a productPredict the amount of money that is needed to cover the warranty costs for products in a specific period of time in the futureAnalyze the results from accelerated life testing on two different productsDetermine the reliability test sample size when the test time and the number of failures are constrainedRegulate the testing time when test sample size and the number of failures are constrainedCompare the reliabilities of parts from different vendorsTest whether the reliability of a product depends on certain factorsPredict the stress level at which a product will fail after a certain test period

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Basic Cost Engineering

Basic Cost Engineering

This work focuses on the application of fundamental cost engineering principles to the capital and operating costs estimation of major projects. It provides detailed coverage of profitability risk and sensitivity analysis. This third edition: discusses novel strategies for calculating preliminary estimates using MasterFormat; presents new information on estimating the retrofitting and extension of existing plants; contains current international cost data; and more. ;A solutions manual is available to instructors only. | Basic Cost Engineering

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Cross-Cultural Analysis Methods and Applications Second Edition

Cross-Cultural Analysis Methods and Applications Second Edition

Intended to bridge the gap between the latest methodological developments and cross-cultural research this interdisciplinary resource presents the latest strategies for analyzing cross-cultural data. Techniques are demonstrated through the use of applications that employ cross-national data sets such as the latest European Social Survey. With an emphasis on the generalized latent variable approach internationally prominent researchers from a variety of fields explain how the methods work how to apply them and how they relate to other methods presented in the book. Syntax and graphical and verbal explanations of the techniques are included. Online resources available at www. routledge. com/9781138690271 include some of the data sets and syntax commands used in the book. Applications from the behavioral and social sciences that use real data-sets demonstrate: The use of samples from 17 countries to validate the resistance to change scale across these nations How to test the cross-national invariance properties of social trust The interplay between social structure religiosity values and social attitudes A comparison of anti-immigrant attitudes and patterns of religious orientations across European countries. The second edition includes six new chapters and two revised ones presenting exciting developments in the literature of cross-cultural analysis including topics such as approximate measurement invariance alignment optimization sensitivity analyses a mixed-methods approach to test for measurement invariance and a multilevel structural equation modeling approach to explain noninvariance. This book is intended for researchers practitioners and advanced students interested in cross-cultural research. Because the applications span a variety of disciplines the book will appeal to researchers and students in: psychology political science sociology education marketing and economics geography criminology psychometrics epidemiology and public health as well as those interested in methodology. It is also appropriate for an advanced methods course in cross-cultural analysis. | Cross-Cultural Analysis Methods and Applications Second Edition

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Asphalt Mixture Specification and Testing

Asphalt Mixture Specification and Testing

This guide reviews the way asphalt mixture can be specified with particular emphasis on the test methods used to measure performance. The advantages and limitations of the tests are described for measuring the desired property and engineers can specify a test according to the material’s use. The book starts with a resume of specifications and their relative advantages and disadvantages for different situations. Then different properties are discussed in terms of: their specification; the test methods that can be used (primarily the EN 12697 suite of European methods of which the author has been responsible for drafting); the extent to which the results predict performance; the levels that can be achieved with different asphalt mixes and types; what levels if any should be specified in various situations and pavement layers; and which other properties are adversely affected by enhanced performance. The final section covers various aspects of sustainability with a strong emphasis on durability. Better understanding should enable clients and consultants who specify pavements to produce durable asphalt pavements more economically and also help asphalt producers and students trying to understand the black art of asphalt. | Asphalt Mixture Specification and Testing

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Contemporary Intellectual Assessment Fourth Edition Theories Tests and Issues

Contemporary Intellectual Assessment Fourth Edition Theories Tests and Issues

This leading practitioner reference and text-now in a revised and expanded fourth edition-provides the knowledge needed to use state-of-the-art cognitive tests with individuals of all ages from preschoolers to adults. The volume examines major theories and tests of intelligence (in chapters written by the theorists and test developers themselves) and presents research-based approaches to test interpretation. Contributors address critical issues in evaluating culturally and linguistically diverse students gifted students and those with intellectual disability sensory–motor impairments traumatic brain injuries and learning difficulties and disabilities. The fourth edition highlights the use of cognitive test results in planning school-based interventions. New to This Edition *Complete coverage of new or updated tests: WPPSI-IV WISC-V WISC-V Integrated WJ IV ECAD CAS2 RIAS-2 KABC-II Normative Update and UNIT2. *Chapters on cutting-edge approaches to identifying specific learning disabilities and reading disorders. *Chapters on brain imaging neuropsychological intervention in schools adult intellectual development and DSM-5 criteria for learning disorders. *Updated chapters on theories of intelligence their research base and their clinical utility in guiding cognitive and neuropsychological assessment practice. | Contemporary Intellectual Assessment Fourth Edition Theories Tests and Issues

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Planning for Population Change

Planning for Population Change

Originally published in 1986 this book explores many important aspects of the relationship between population change and planning exploring the impact of population change on service provision and its impact on the policy-making process. In all countries whether their population is expanding. ageing or stagnating population mobility is an important cause of economic and social development. This book argues that there is a need for greater sensitivity about population change in policy-making and service provision and suggests ways of achieving this. | Planning for Population Change

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Practical Design and Production of Optical Thin Films

Practical Design and Production of Optical Thin Films

Providing insider viewpoints and perspectives unavailable in any other text this book presents useful guidelines and tools to produce effective coatings and films. Covering subjects ranging from materials selection and process development to successful system construction and optimization it contains expanded discussions on design visualization dense wavelength division multiplexing new coating equipment electrochromic and chemically active coatings ion-assisted deposition and optical monitoring sensitivity. Furnishing real-world examples and know-how the book introduces Fourier analysis and synthesis without difficult mathematical concepts and equations. | Practical Design and Production of Optical Thin Films

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An Introduction to Distributed Optical Fibre Sensors

An Introduction to Distributed Optical Fibre Sensors

This book explains physical principles unique benefits broad categories implementation aspects and performance criteria of distributed optical fiber sensors (DOFS). For each kind of sensor the book highlights industrial applications which range from oil and gas production to power line monitoring plant and process engineering environmental monitoring industrial fire and leakage detection and so on. The text also includes a discussion of such key areas as backscattering launched power limitations and receiver sensitivity as well as a concise historical account of the field’s development. | An Introduction to Distributed Optical Fibre Sensors

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Emerging Imaging Technologies in Medicine

Emerging Imaging Technologies in Medicine

From the discovery of x-rays in 1895 through the emergence of computed tomography (CT) in the 1970s and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the 1980s non-invasive imaging has revolutionized the practice of medicine. While these technologies have thoroughly penetrated clinical practice scientists continue to develop novel approaches that promise to push imaging into entirely new clinical realms while addressing the issues of dose sensitivity or specificity that limit existing imaging approaches. Emerging Imaging Technologies in Medicine surveys a number of emerging technologies that have the promise to find routine clinical use in the near- (less than five years) mid- (five to ten years) and long-term (more than ten years) time frames. Each chapter provides a detailed discussion of the associated physics and technology and addresses improvements in terms of dose sensitivity and specificity which are limitations of current imaging approaches. In particular the book focuses on modalities with clinical potential rather than those likely to have an impact mainly in preclinical animal imaging. The last ten years have been a period of fervent creativity and progress in imaging technology with improvements in computational power nanofabrication and laser and detector technology leading to major new developments in phase-contrast imaging photoacoustic imaging and optical imaging.

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A Course in Item Response Theory and Modeling with Stata

A Course in Item Response Theory and Modeling with Stata

Over the past several decades item response theory (IRT) and item response modeling (IRM) have become increasingly popular in the behavioral educational social business marketing clinical and health sciences. In this book Raykov and Marcoulides begin with a nontraditional approach to IRT and IRM that is based on their connections to classical test theory (nonlinear) factor analysis generalized linear modeling and logistic regression. Application-oriented discussions follow next. These cover the one- two- and three-parameter logistic models polytomous item response models (with nominal or ordinal items) item and test information functions instrument construction and development hybrid models differential item functioning and an introduction to multidimensional IRT and IRM. The pertinent analytic and modeling capabilities of Stata are thoroughly discussed highlighted and illustrated on empirical examples from behavioral and social research. | A Course in Item Response Theory and Modeling with Stata

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Proportionate Share Impact Fees and Development Mitigation

Proportionate Share Impact Fees and Development Mitigation

After decades of evolving practice often tested in court development impact fees have become institutionalized in the American planning and local government finance systems. But they remain contentious especially as they continue to evolve. This book is the third in a series of impact fee guidebooks for practitioners following A Practitioner’s Guide to Development Impact Fees and Impact Fees: Proportionate Share Development Fees. Proportionate Share Impact Fees and Development Mitigation is the culmination of the authors’ careers devoted to pioneering applications of the dual rational nexus test. That test requires (1) establishing the rational nexus between the need for infrastructure broadly defined to mitigate the impacts of development and (2) ensuring that development mitigating its infrastructure impacts benefits proportionately. The book elevates professional practice in two ways. First it shows how the rational nexus test can be applied to all forms of development infrastructure impact mitigation. Second it establishes the link between professional ethics and equity as applied to proportionate share impact fees and development mitigation. The book is divided into four parts with the first reviewing policy and legal foundations the second detailing the planning calculation and implementation requirements the third exploring economic ethical and equity implications and the fourth presenting state-of-the-art case studies. Proportionate Share Impact Fees and Development Mitigation sets new standards for professional practice.

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