1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453149603321

Autore

McAnany Emile G

Titolo

Saving the world [[electronic resource] ] : a brief history of communication for development and social change / / Emile G. McAnany

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2012

ISBN

0-252-09387-9

1-283-99350-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Collana

History of communication

Disciplina

338.9001/4

Soggetti

Communication in economic development - History

Communication in rural development - History

Communication in social action - History

Mass media - Social aspects - History

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 (p. [157-168]) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Communication in the lives of the globe -- Saving the world : beginning of communication for development -- Globalization, discourse and development communication : Unesco as prime mover -- Communication for development : does it work? -- Rethinking the paradigm : the dependency phase -- Another paradigm : participatory communication -- Paradigm for a new millennium : social entrepreneurship -- Past, present and future : an agenda for 2015 and beyond -- The future : some final thoughts.

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on the pioneering works of Daniel Lerner, Everett Rogers, and Wilbur Schramm as well as his own personal experiences in the field, McAnany builds a new, historically cognizant paradigm of communication for development and social change for the future that supplements technology with social entrepreneurship.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910131501003321

Autore

Landberg Lars

Titolo

Meteorology for wind energy : an introduction / / Lars Landberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, England : , : Wiley, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-118-91347-7

1-118-91345-0

1-118-91346-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (283 p.)

Disciplina

551.518

Soggetti

Wind power - Climatic factors

Wind forecasting

Atmospheric turbulence - Mathematical models

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

Meteorological basics -- Measurements -- The wind profile -- Local flow -- Turbulence -- Wakes -- Modelling.