Securing urbanism : contagion, power and risk / / Mark Laurence Jackson, Mark Hanlen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910431345803321
• Autore: Jackson Mark Laurence
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore : , : Springer, , [2020]; ©2020
• ISBN: 981-15-9964-5
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2020.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XIV, 483 p. 1 illus.)
• Disciplina: 605
• Soggetti: Social sciences; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Securing Urbanism: Contagion, Power & Risk -- Part I: Politics of Contagion -- Chapter 1. Contagious Flows -- Chapter 2. Cholera -- Chapter 3. Sub-Prime -- Part II: Securing the Urban -- Chapter 4. Spatiality and Power -- Chapter 5. Governing Security -- Chapter 6. Bio-political Urbanism -- Part III: Post-political Urbanism -- Chapter 7. Indistinct Politics -- Chapter 8. Political Animals -- Chapter 9. Marketplace of Risk.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is concerned with developing an in-depth understanding of contemporary political and spatial analyses of cities. In the three-part development of the book’s overall argument or premise, the reader is taken in Part I through a range of contemporary critical and political understandings of urban securitizing. This is followed by an historical urban landscape of emerging liberalism and neo-liberalism, in nineteenth-century Britain and twentieth-century United States, respectively. These case-study historical chapters enable the introduction of key political issues that are more critically assayed in Parts II and III. With Part II, the reader is introduced in depth to a series of spatial analyses undertaken by Michel Foucault that have been crucial for especially late-twentieth and twenty-first century urban theory and political geography. With Part III the full ramifications of a paradigmatic shift are explored at the level of rethinking territory, population and design. This book is timely and useful for readers who ; want to develop a stronger understanding of what the book’s researchers term a new political paradigm in urban planning, one ultimately governed by global economic forces that define the end of probability.

Environmental Analysis by Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors : Fundamentals / / edited by Ligia Maria Moretto, Kurt Kalcher

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910298645903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014
• ISBN: 1-4939-0676-3
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2014.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (714 p.)
• Collana: Nanostructure Science and Technology, , 1571-5744
• Disciplina: 363.7063; 54; 541.37; 543; 628; 660; 660.6
• Soggetti: Electrochemistry; Analytical chemistry; Environmental monitoring; Environmental engineering; Biotechnology; Chemical engineering; Analytical Chemistry; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
• 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: Foreword; Preface; About the Editors; Contents of Volume 1; Contents of Volume 2; Part I: Environmental Analysis; Chapter 1: Introduction to Electroanalysis of Environmental Samples; 1.1 Electroanalysis; 1.2 A Glance into Electroanalytical Literature; 1.3 Electroanalysis in a Flash; 1.3.1 Advantages; 1.3.2 Drawbacks; 1.4 Electrochemistry and Environmental Analysis; 1.4.1 History and Present; 1.4.2 Main Topics; 1.4.3 Sampling, Sample Storage, and Pretreatment; 1.4.4 Measurements with Electrochemical Sensors; 1.5 Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 2: Soil; 2.1 Introduction to Soil and Its Characteristics2.2 The Unique Nature of Soils: A Heterogeneous, Three Phase System; 2.2.1 Interactions of Biological, Chemical, and Physical Processes; 2.2.1.1 Buffering; 2.2.1.2 Filtering and Retention; 2.2.1.3 Decomposition and Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics; 2.3 Importance of Soil Analysis; 2.4 Issues Related to Soil Assessment and Testing; 2.4.1 Representative Sampling or Monitoring with Spatial and Temporal Variation; 2.4.2 Selection of Soil Analytical Methods; 2.4.3 Associated Measurements; 2.4.4 Use of Soil Test Databases and Networks; 2.5 Application of Proximal Soil Sensors2.5.1 Voltammetric Methods; 2.5.2 Conductometric Methods: Soil ECa; 2.5.2.1 Soil Conductivity Sensors; 2.5.3 Potentiometric Methods: Ion-Selective Electrodes; 2.5.3.1 Issues in ISE/ISFET Application; 2.5.3.2 Application: Soil Nutrient Sensing; 2.5.3.3 Nitrate, Potassium, and Phosphate Membranes and Electrodes; 2.5.3.4 Laboratory Prototype Systems for Soil Nutrient Sensing; 2.5.3.5 Field-Mobile Soil Nutrient Sensors; 2.6 Future Outlook and Considerations; 2.6.1 Considerations in Soil Nutrient Sensing; 2.6.1.1 Sensor Fusion; 2.6.1.2 Sensor Calibration; 2.6.1.3 Integration with Fertilizer Application EquipmentReferences; Chapter 3: Water; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Water Chemistry: Environmental Relevance; 3.2.1 Chemical Processes in Ambient Water; 3.2.2 Water Pollution; 3.3 Environmental Water Analysis; 3.4 Electrochemical Sensors in Water Analysis; 3.4.1 Electroanalytical Techniques; 3.4.2 Instrumental and Technological Trends; 3.4.3 Standardised Methods; 3.5 Conclusions and Outlook; References; Chapter 4: Atmosphere; 4.1 Gaseous Constituents; 4.1.1 Sulfur Oxides; 4.1.2 Nitrogen Oxides; 4.1.3 Ozone; 4.2 Atmospheric Aerosol; 4.3 Inorganic Aerosol4.4 Organic Aerosol; 4.5 Conclusions; References; Chapter 5: Biosphere; 5.1 Chemical and Electrochemical Sensors in Living World; 5.2 Electrochemical Sensors for Flora and Fauna on Earth; 5.3 Sensors for Monitoring Agriculture, Food, and Drug Quality; 5.3.1 Remote Spectral Sensing; 5.3.2 The Electronic Nose; 5.3.3 Electrochemical Sensors; 5.3.4 Biosensors; 5.3.5 Wireless Sensor Networks; 5.4 Future Aspects and Developments; References; Chapter 6: Extraterrestrial; 6.1 Introduction; 6.1.1 Historical Development of Electroanalytical Instruments for Mars; 6.2 The Phoenix Wet Chemistry Laboratory (WCL) Electroanalytical Sensor Array
• Sommario/riassunto: Electrochemical sensors represent the oldest type of chemical sensors and are widely present in chemical laboratories, industries, healthcare and in many aspects of our daily life. During the past few decades biosensors mimicking biological receptors for the sake of analytical assessment have emerged as an extremely important and fruitful field in fundamental and applied electroanalytical chemistry. Research and routine analysis in environmental sciences have shown that electrochemical sensors and biosensors may supply useful information for solving problems from the quite general to the highly specific, dealing with environmental pollution or many other questions in connection with (bio)geochemical cycles or fundamental environmental ; chemical processes. Environmental analytical chemistry is a multidisciplinary field requiring the cooperation of chemists, biochemists, physicists, engineers and many other specialists, a collaboration which defines and guarantees the development and applicability of robust and highly sensitive sensors for chemical analysis and environmental monitoring. The aim of this book is to give an overview of the role of electrochemical sensors in environmental chemical analysis and on their operating principles. It provides detailed information on the applicability of such sensors to the determination of all the different substances of environmental importance. It is designed on one hand as a textbook for students and teachers, and, on the other, as a manual for researchers and applied scientists and engineers who are fully or marginally confronted with problems in context with environmental chemistry. Due to its multidisciplinary character the book synthesizes various viewpoints of different sciences and addresses chemists, physicists, pharmacists, medical doctors, engineers and in fact all who are interested, professionally or non-professionally, in the chemistry of our environment.