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UNINA9910299439003321 |
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Shikazono Naotatsu |
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Environmental and Resources Geochemistry of Earth System : Mass Transfer Mechanism, Geochemical Cycle and the Influence of Human Activity / / by Naotatsu Shikazono |
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Tokyo : , : Springer Japan : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
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[1st ed. 2015.] |
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1 online resource (257 p.) |
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Physical geography |
Geochemistry |
Geophysics |
Environmental sciences |
Earth System Sciences |
Geophysics and Environmental Physics |
Environmental Science and Engineering |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Chemical equilibrium -- Partial chemical equilibrium -- Mass transfer mechanism -- System analysis -- Geochemical cycle -- Interaction between nature and humans. |
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The Earth system consists of subsystems that include the atmosphere, hydrosphere (water), geosphere (rocks, minerals), biosphere, and humans. In order to understand these subsystems and their interactions, it is essential to clarify the mass transfer mechanism, geochemical cycle, and influence of human activity on the natural environment. This book presents fundamental theories (thermodynamics, kinetics, mass balance model, coupling models such as the kinetics-fluid flow model, the box model, and others) |
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concerning mechanisms in weathering, formation of hydrothermal ore deposits, hydrothermal alteration, formation of groundwater quality, and the seawater system. The interaction between fluids (atmosphere, water) and solid phases (rocks, minerals) occurs both in low-temperature and also in high-temperature systems. This book considers the complex low-temperature cycle with the high-temperature cycle, a combination that has not been dealt with in previous books concerning Earth systems. Humanity is a small part of the biosphere; however, human activities greatly influence Earth’s surface environments (atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, soils, rocks). Thus, the influences of humans on other subsystems, particularly mass transfer in the deep underground geologic environment composed of host rocks and groundwater, are discussed in relation to high-level nuclear waste geologic disposal and CO2 underground sequestration—topics that have not been included in other books on environmental science. |
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UNINA9910370250203321 |
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Autore |
Teti Andrea |
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Democratisation against Democracy : How EU Foreign Policy Fails the Middle East / / by Andrea Teti, Pamela Abbott, Valeria Talbot, Paolo Maggiolini |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020 |
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[1st ed. 2020.] |
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1 online resource (349 pages) |
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The European Union in International Affairs, , 2662-592X |
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Europe - Politics and government |
International relations |
Political science |
Middle East - Politics and government |
International organization |
European Politics |
Foreign Policy |
Political Science |
Middle Eastern Politics |
International Organization |
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Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Constructing the EU as a Policy Entrepreneur: The Roots of European Identity -- Chapter 3: The EU’s Neighbourhood Policy before the Arab Uprisings: Rhetoric vs. Reality -- Chapter 4: From Talking Democracy to Promoting Autocracy: Analysing the EU's Neighbourhood Policy After the Arab Uprisings -- Chapter 5: EU Delivery and Practice: Democracy Assistance, Aid and Trade Before and After the Uprisings -- Chapter 6. What do ‘The People’ Want? Form and Substance in Democracy and social justice -- Chapter 7: Priorities for Inclusive Growth: Increasing Employment, Decreasing Inequality and Fighting Corruption -- Chapter 8: Gender Equality in Theory and Practice -- Chapter 9: In the In the Eye of the Beholder: Perceptions of the EU Through Survey Data -- Chapter 10: Conclusions: Learning from Listening? Why the EU Failed to Learn from the Arab Uprisings and Why that Matters. |
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This book explains why the EU is not a ‘normative actor’ in the Southern Mediterranean, and how and why EU democracy promotion fails. Drawing on a combination of discourse analysis of EU policy documents and evidence from opinion polls showing ‘what the people want’, the book shows EU policy fails because the EU promotes a conception of democracy which people do not share. Likewise, the EU’s strategies for economic development are misconceived because they do not reflect the people’s preferences for greater social justice and reducing inequalities. This double failure highlights a paradox of EU democracy promotion: while nominally emancipatory, it de facto undermines the very transitions to democracy and inclusive development it aims to pursue. Andrea Teti is Senior Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen, UK, and Co-Director of the Centre for Global Security and Governance. Pamela Abbott is Director of the Centre for Global Development and a professor in the School of Education at the University of Aberdeen, UK. Valeria Talbot is Senior Research Fellow and Co-Head of the MENA Centre at the Italian Institute for International Political Studies, Milan, Italy. Paolo Maggiolini is Research Fellow and Adjunct Professor at the Catholic University of Milan, Italy. |
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