Perspectives on Complex Global Challenges: Education, Energy, Healthcare, Security and Resilience: Education, Energy, Healthcare, Security and Resilience

Examines current and prospective challenges surrounding global challenges of education, energy, healthcare, security, and resilience This book discusses issues in large-scale systems in the United States and around the world. The authors examine the challenges of education, energy, healthcare, national security, and urban resilience. The book covers challenges in education including America's use of educational funds, standardized testing, and the use of classroom technology. On the topic of energy, this book examines debates on climate, the current and future developments of the nuclear power industry, the benefits and cost decline of natural gases, and the promise of renewable energy. The authors also discuss national security, focusing on the issues of nuclear weapons, terrorism and cyber security. Urban resilience is addressed in the context of natural threats such as hurricanes and floods. -Studies the usage of a globalized benchmark for both student and pedagogical performance -Covers topics such as surveillance, operational capabilities, movement of resources, and the pros and cons of globalization -Examines big data, evolving medical methodologies and effects on the medical educational curriculum, and the positive effects of electronic records in healthcare data Perspectives on Complex Global Challenges: Education, Energy Healthcare, Security, and Resilience serves as a reference for government officials, personnel in security, business executives and system engineers. Read more... Abstract: Examines current and prospective challenges surrounding global challenges of education, energy, healthcare, security, and resilience This book discusses issues in large-scale systems in the United States and around the world. Read more...

Examines current and prospective challenges surrounding global challenges of education, energy, healthcare, security, and resilience

This book discusses issues in large-scale systems in the United States and around the world. The authors examine the challenges of education, energy, healthcare, national security, and urban resilience. The book covers challenges in education including America's use of educational funds, standardized testing, and the use of classroom technology. On the topic of energy, this book examines debates on climate, the current and future developments of the nuclear power industry, the benefits and cost decline of natural gases, and the promise of renewable energy. The authors also discuss national security, focusing on the issues of nuclear weapons, terrorism and cyber security. Urban resilience is addressed in the context of natural threats such as hurricanes and floods.

• Studies the usage of a globalized benchmark for both student and pedagogical performance
• Covers topics such as surveillance, operational capabilities, movement of resources, and the pros and cons of globalization
• Examines big data, evolving medical methodologies and effects on the medical educational curriculum, and the positive effects of electronic records in healthcare data

Perspectives on Complex Global Challenges: Education, Energy Healthcare, Security, and Resilience serves as a reference for government officials, personnel in security, business executives and system engineers.

With contributions from many well known thought leaders, Perspectives on Complex Global Challenges: Education, Energy, Healthcare, Security, and Resilience examines current and prospective issues faced on a large scale in the United States and around the world. This book covers the following areas and topics: Education includes America's use of educational funds, standardized testing, and classroom technology, taking into account a global benchmark for both student and pedagogical performance, Energy revolves around climate, the electric grid, current and future developments of the nuclear power industry, the benefits and cost decline of oil and gas, and the promises of renewable energies, Healthcare examines value-based healthcare, changing priorities for medical education, the benefits of electronic records in managing health-care data, and the increasing use of big data, National security discusses nuclear weapons, terrorism, and cyber security, and maintaining leadership in science and technology central to defense, Urban resilience is addressed in the context US and European cities and how they are affected by natural threats such as hurricanes and floods, Perspectives on Complex Global Challenges: Education, Energy, Healthcare, Security, and Resilience serves as a reference for government officials, policy makers, business executives, and system engineers Edited By Elisabeth Paté-cornell, William B. Rouse. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.