1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990009966010403321

Autore

Pavan, Elena

Titolo

Frames and connections in the governance of global communications : a network study of the Internet Governance Forum / Elena Pavan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : Lexington Books, c2012

ISBN

978-0-7391-9059-3

Descrizione fisica

XXXVIII, 197 p. ; 23 cm

Disciplina

344.095

Locazione

DDCIC

Collocazione

IX C 110

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910958613903321

Autore

Callahan Joan R

Titolo

Emerging biological threats : a reference guide / / Joan R. Callahan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : Greenwood Press, , c2009

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), , 2024

ISBN

9798400645020

9786612385933

9783133720946

3133720945

9781282385931

1282385933

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (342 p.)

Collana

Non-Series

Disciplina

362.196/9

Soggetti

Emerging infectious diseases

Food security

Health risk assessment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa



Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Five big ones -- Five more (and complications) -- Food insecurity -- Food insecurity, continued -- Making things worse -- Fighting back.

Sommario/riassunto

What biological agents should we truly be afraid of? Which have garnered more attention than they warrant? <i>Emerging Biological Threats: A Reference Guide</i> is the antidote for the confusion surrounding the potentially devastating impact of pathogens on the human community. Written by a frontline professional in epidemiology, it is the most authoritative yet engagingly written resource available on the real risks we face, and the countermeasures used to confront them.    <i>Emerging Biological Threats</i> provides the information needed to understand significant direct threats to human he