1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990003259410403321

Autore

Hall, Peter <1932-2014>

Titolo

CITIES OF TOMORROW : An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design in the Twentieth Century

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : BSSic Blackwell LTD, 1988

ISBN

0-631-13444-1

Edizione

[1]

Descrizione fisica

pp.473

Disciplina

044.005

Locazione

DECGE

Collocazione

044.005.HAL.02

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00384762

Autore

MCKINNON, Malcom

Titolo

Asian cities : Globalization, urbanization and nation-building / Malcom McKinnon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Copenhagen, : NIAS Press, 2011

ISBN

978-87-7694-079-9

Descrizione fisica

XIII, 258 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Classificazione

SEA XII

Soggetti

GLOBALIZZAZIONE - Asia

Urbanizzazione - Asia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910557577503321

Autore

Turk Tom

Titolo

Marine Natural Products with Antifouling Activity

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (158 p.)

Soggetti

Research and information: general

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Marine fouling affects most man-made surfaces temporarily or permanently immersed in the sea, causing important economic costs. Intense research is aimed at methods for preventing or reducing



fouling development. The most widespread solution to inhibit fouling is to make surfaces unsuitable for settlers by coating them with antifouling paints containing toxic compounds. Most such antifouling agents give undesirable effects on nontarget species, including commercially important ones. The search for new nontoxic antifouling technologies has become a necessity, particularly after the ban of organotin compounds such as tributyltin (TBT), once the most widespread and used antifouling agent. Alternative organic and metal-based biocides are now used in antifouling paints, but their possible toxic effects on the aquatic environment are not yet fully understood. A nontoxic alternative for antifouling protection comes from the possibility of adopting natural antifouling compounds that are and may be found in marine sessile invertebrates like sponges, bryozoans, corals, and tunicates and in marine microorganisms. Such metabolites can prevent their producers from being fouled on by other organisms or be responsible for specific metabolic functions that may interfere with biofouling species adhesion. As natural marine compounds, they may inhibit settlement through a nontoxic mechanism without adverse effects to the environment. Such compounds could be developed into active ingredients of new antifouling coatings. So far, a rather limited number of natural products antifoulants (NPAs) has been isolated from marine organisms, but a huge reservoir of compounds with potential antifouling activity is hidden in marine organisms. The Special Issue on Marine Natural Products with Antifouling Activity aims at the discovery of such compounds their activity, toxicity and potential application in environmentally friendly antifouling coatings.