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Aid to developing countries: the technology/ecology fit (open access)

Aid to developing countries: the technology/ecology fit

This report focuses primarily on AID and to a lesser extent on the World Bank. AID and the World Bank have made the most observable efforts to integrate environmental and development concerns.
Date: June 1987
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
New technology for NATO: implementing Follow-On Forces Attack (open access)

New technology for NATO: implementing Follow-On Forces Attack

The report briefly reviews what Follow-On Forces Attack (FOFA) is and how it fits into NATO strategy, but is primarily concerned with the outstanding technical issues, how our Allies view FOFA, how the Soviets might respond to it, and how the various technical developments might be brought together into “packages” of systems to support specific operational concepts.
Date: June 1987
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Integrated renewable resource management for U.S. insular areas (open access)

Integrated renewable resource management for U.S. insular areas

The report on renewable resource development can help foster self-sufficiency, but certain approaches are not compatible with sustained development (e. g., harvesting resources until long-term productivity is lost, resources are depleted, or the environment is degraded). Similarly, policies, programs, and projects that seriously conflict with local cultures and customs are likely to be counterproductive.
Date: June 1987
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Construction and materials research and development for the nation's public works (open access)

Construction and materials research and development for the nation's public works

A report on the nation’s infrastructure that is the physical framework that supports and sustains virtually all domestic economic activity; it is essential to maintaining international competitiveness as well.
Date: June 1987
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
From pollution to prevention: a progress report on waste reduction (open access)

From pollution to prevention: a progress report on waste reduction

The report examines the effectiveness of the limited Federal actions taken so far and summarizes what industry and State and local governments have done to implement waste reduction. These programs are encouraging, and they help us understand what congressional policy options might accomplish, This special report discusses in greater detail several options that first appeared in Serious Reduction of Hazardous Waste.
Date: June 1987
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mapping our genes: federal genome projects: How vast? How fast?: transcript of workshop, "Issues of Collaboration for Human Genome Projects (open access)

Mapping our genes: federal genome projects: How vast? How fast?: transcript of workshop, "Issues of Collaboration for Human Genome Projects

This report discusses the research and technology efforts aimed at mapping and sequencing large portions or entire genomes. It includes the implication of technologies, social and ethical issues, applications in research biology and medicine etc.
Date: June 26, 1987
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
System: The UNT Digital Library