1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910795879103321

Autore

Jones Darryl N.

Titolo

A clouded leopard in the middle of the road : new thinking about roads, people, and wildlife / / Darryl Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, New York : , : Cornell University Press, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

9781501763731

1-5017-6372-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource)

Disciplina

333.954

Soggetti

Animals - Effect of roads on

Wildlife crossings

Roads - Environmental aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : Waking the Sleeping Giant -- Death, Dust, and Din : How Vehicles Harm -- The Land Fragmented : Why Roadways Matter -- Bridging the Gap -- Know How -- Working Together Works -- Signs of Change -- Conclusion : The Giant Is Awake.

Sommario/riassunto

"Roads connect people but often isolate natural areas and populations. Animals attempting to cross roads face great risk and can endanger motorists. This book explains these problems and describes the emerging field of road ecology which is providing solutions and approaches that benefit global biodiversity and people" --



2.

Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIAVAN0233894

Titolo

Nuclear Power Plants: Innovative Technologies for Instrumentation and Control Systems : The Fourth International Symposium on Software Reliability, Industrial Safety, Cyber Security and Physical Protection of Nuclear Power Plant (ISNPP) / Yang Xu … [et al.] editors]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore, : Springer, 2020

Titolo uniforme

Nuclear Power Plants: Innovative Technologies for Instrumentation and Control Systems

Descrizione fisica

xiii, 571 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Soggetti

00Bxx - Conference proceedings and collections of articles [MSC 2020]

00A79 (77-XX) - Physics [MSC 2020]

81V35 - Nuclear physics [MSC 2020]

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia