The State of Nonprofit America

by Engineering, and Medicine National Academies of Sciences (Author), Policy and Global Affairs (Author), Resilience, and Extreme Events Roundtable on Risk (Author), Sherrie Forrest (Editor)
Over the past decade, resilience has gained significant traction across the nation and innovative programs are showing exciting progress in building resilient communities

In many countries, particularly in continental Europe, societies have been plagued by high unemployment for several decades.

Technology for a Quieter America looks at the most commonly identified sources of noise, how they are characterized, and efforts that have been made to reduce noise emissions and experiences. The book also reviews the standards and regulations that govern noise levels and the federal, state, and local agencies that regulate noise for the benefit, safety, and wellness of society at large. In addition, it presents the cost-benefit trade-offs between efforts to mitigate noise and the improvements they achieve, information sources available to the public on the dimensions of noise problems and their mitigation, and the need to educate professionals who can deal with these issues.

Exposure to noise at home, at work, while traveling, and during leisure activities is a fact of life for all Americans.

Once largely confined to the biggest cities in the mid-Atlantic and Great Lakes states, philanthropic foundations now play a significant role in nearly every state. Wide-ranging and incisive, the essays in American Philanthropic Foundations: Regional Difference and Change examine the origins, development, and accomplishments of philanthropic foundations in key cities and regions of the United States.