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UNINA9910348235003321 |
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Consuming cities : the urban environment in the global economy after the Rio Declaration / / edited by Nicholas Low. [et al.] |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000 |
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1-134-66111-8 |
1-280-16454-9 |
0-203-98461-7 |
9786610164547 |
1-283-70797-7 |
1-134-66112-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (336 p.) |
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Sustainable development |
Urban ecology (Sociology) |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; 1 Cities as consumers of the world's environment; Introduction; Sustainable development and the changing model of growth; The discourse of urban sustainable development; The model of economic development; The urban environment in the global economy; The demographic context: destabilised population growth; The economic context: marketisation, poverty and spatial polarisation; The political-cultural context: neo-liberal ascendancy and 'competitive cities'; Environmental distribution |
Ecological distributionConclusion; References; 2 The Rio Declaration and subsequent global initiatives; Introduction; Global environmental governance; Different approaches to environmental governance; Agenda, 21, Habitat II and the partnership approach; The rationale of partnership; From environmental threat to sustainable development; From Earth Summit to City Summit and beyond; Human Settlements; |
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Beyond Habitat; Sustainable development and urban policy; Agenda 21 and global environmental governance: concluding remarks; References; 3 A rough road out of Rio; Introduction |
The Earth Summit and its promiseThe official American opposition to Rio; Antiglobalism and ultranationalism in the USA; Anti-statism as anti-environmentalism; Conclusions: rough road ahead; References; 4 Contradictions at the local scale; Introduction; Adoption of local Agenda 21 programs in the USA; Motivations for initiating Local Agenda 21 programs; Local Agenda 21 program characteristics; Discussion; Conclusion; Notes; References; 5 Britain: unsustainable cities; Britain in international context; Urbanisation and the construction of social inequality; The social impact of urban planning |
British cities and the Rio processAction at the National Level; Action at the level of the city; Progress on LA21; Other impacts at the level of the city; The significance of Rio; Factors affecting progress on LA21; The conditions for sustainable urban development; Note; References; 6 Sustainability and urban policy in Germany; Introduction; Sustainable development at national level; Federal gavernment policy; Development co-operation: the BMZ; National urban planning of the BMBau; Environmental policy of the BMU; Civil society activities; New networks (http://www.oneworldweb.de/forum) |
New organisations: Germanwatch (http://www.germanwatch.org)New campaigns: sustainable Germany; The general framework of local authorities in Germany; Scope for policy development; The idea of a 'leitbild'; The institutionalisation of Local Agenda 21 in German municipalities; The issues of Local Agenda 21 in German municipalities; Problems of implementation of Local Agenda 21 in Germany; Structural changes at local level after the Rio Declaration; Changes at the inter-municipal level: the networks; Structural changes within the municipality; Summing up; Note; References |
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This book is about cities as engines of consumption of the world's environment, and the spread of policies to reduce their impact. It looks at these issues by examining the impact of the Rio Declaration and assesses the extent to which it has made a difference. Consuming Cities examines this impact using case studies from around the world including: the USA, Japan, Germany, the UK, China, India, Sweden, Poland, Australia and Indonesia The contributors all have direct experience of the urban environment and urban policies in the countries on which they write and offer an authorita |
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UNINA9910695088003321 |
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Autore |
Wilczak James |
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BOREAS AFM-06 mean wind profile data [[electronic resource] /] / J. Wilczak |
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Greenbelt, Md. : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, , [2000] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 volume : digital, PDF file |
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Technical report series on the Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS) ; ; 14 |
NASA/TM ; ; 2000-209891, v. 14 |
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Air land interactions |
Forests |
Wind direction |
Wind profiles |
Wind velocity |
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Title from title screen (viewed on April 13, 2006). |
"June 2000." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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UNINA9910816170303321 |
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Autore |
Malykin Grigorii B |
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Ring interferometry / / Grigorii B. Malykin, Vera I. Pozdnyakove, translated by Alexei Zhurov |
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Berlin : , : De Gruyter, , 2013 |
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©2013 |
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ISBN |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (320 p.) |
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De Gruyter Studies in Mathematical Physics ; ; v.13 |
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PozdnyakovaVera I |
ZhurovAlexei |
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Biosensors |
Interferometry |
Particles (Nuclear physics) - Diffraction |
Polarization (Nuclear physics) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- List of abbreviations -- List of notations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Fiber ring interferometry based on the Sagnac effect (literature review) -- 3 Development of the theory of linear interaction (random coupling) between polarization modes in single-mode optical fibers -- 4 Experimental study of random coupling between polarization modes in single-mode optical fibers -- 5 Fiber ring interferometers of minimum configuration -- 6 Fiber ring interferometers of nonstandard configuration -- 7 Geometric phases in optics. Application of the Poincaré sphere method for determining a zero shift in fiber ring interferometers -- 8 Time-dependent, nonlinear, and magnetic effects and methods for removing their influence on the zero shift in FRIs -- 9 Relativistic effects in optical and non-optical ring interferometers, Sagnac rotation sensors. Potentials of ring interferometers in determining new fundamental effects -- 10 Conclusion -- Index -- Back matter |
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This monograph is devoted to the creation of a comprehensive formalism for quantitative description of polarized modes' linear interaction in modern single-mode optic fibers. The theory of random |
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connections between polarized modes, developed in the monograph, allows calculations of the zero shift deviations for a fiber ring interferometer. The monograph addresses also the Sagnac effect and the Thomas precession. Devices such as gyroscopes, used in navigation and flight control, work based on this technology. Given the ever increasing market for navigation and air traffic, researchers and practitioners in research and industry need a fundamental and sound understanding of the principles. This work presents the underlying physical foundations. |
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