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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450957403321

Autore

Khlebopros Rėm Grigorʹevich

Titolo

Catastrophes in nature and society [[electronic resource] ] : mathematical modeling of complex systems / / Rem G. Khlebopros, Victor A. Okhonin, Abram I. Fet

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2007

ISBN

1-281-12097-9

9786611120979

981-270-755-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (335 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

OkhoninViktor

FetA. I (Abram Ilʹich)

Disciplina

304.201/5118

Soggetti

Human ecology - Mathematical models

Natural disasters - Mathematical models

Electronic books.

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

Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1. Environmental Microcatastrophes; 2. Cancer as a Catastrophe in Organisms; 3. Life and Atmosphere; 4. Technosphere-Biosphere Interaction and Global Climate; 5. Dynamics of Atmospheric Ozone; 6. Closed Ecological Systems and Earth's Biosphere; 7. Environmental Damage; 8. Fining and Environment; 9. Market; 10. Marketing Dynamics; 11. Labor Market and Capitalism; 12. Unemployment Dynamics; 13. Objects of Nature as Commodities; 14. Long-term Motivation; 15. Democracy in the Light of Electoral Procedures; Conclusion; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Many people are concerned about crises leading to disasters in nature, in social and economic life. The book offers a popular account of the causative mechanisms of critical states and breakdown in a broad range of natural and cultural systems - which obey the same laws - and thus makes the reader aware of the origin of catastrophic events and the ways to avoid and mitigate their negative consequences. The authors apply a single mathematical approach to investigate the revolt of cancer cells that destroy living organisms and population outbreaks



that upset natural ecosystems, the balance between