1.

Record Nr.

UNISOBSOB020990

Autore

De_Chirico, Giorgio

Titolo

Commedia dell'arte moderna / Giorgio De Chirico ; Isabella Far ; cur. Jole de Sanna

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano, : Abscondita, 2002

ISBN

8884160200

Descrizione fisica

316 p. : fot. ; 22 cm

Collana

Carte d'artisti ; 22

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456248903321

Autore

Staff National Research Council

Titolo

Improving Information for Social Policy Decisions -- The Uses of Microsimulation Modeling, Volume I [[electronic resource] ] : Review and Recommendations

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, : National Academies Press, 1991

ISBN

1-280-21186-5

9786610211869

0-309-55730-5

0-585-00194-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

StatisticsCommittee on National

Disciplina

361.6/1

Soggetti

Public welfare - Decision making

Social policy - Decision making

Social policy - Simulation methods

Decision making - 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 contenuto

Improving Information for Social Policy Decisions; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Summary; IMPROVING THE TOOLS OF POLICY ANALYSIS: INVESTMENT PRIORITIES; Validation; Better Data; THE ROLE OF MICROSIMULATION AS A POLICY ANALYSIS TOOL; Databases; Model Design and Development; Computing Technology; Validation; Documentation and Archiving; The Structure of the Community; The Use of Microsimulation for Basic Research; RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING POLICY ANALYSIS; Data; Validation; RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MICROSIMULATION MODELS; Databases; Model Design and Development; Computing Technology

Health Care and Retirement Policy Modeling Validation; Documentation and Archiving; Structure of the Microsimulation Modeling Community; 1 Introduction; A SCENE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.; THE TOOLS OF POLICY ANALYSIS; THE PANEL STUDY; Part I Information for Social Welfare Policy: Toward A Second Revolution; 2 The Search for Useful Information; THE FIRST INFORMATION REVOLUTION; POLICY ANALYSIS: BETWEEN SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH AND POLITICS; A CASE STUDY OF POLICY ANALYSIS: THE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT OF 1988; Provisions That Could Be Estimated With Microsimulation Models

Provisions That Could Not Be Estimated With Microsimulation Models Problems in the Estimation Process; 3 Improving the Tools and Uses of Policy Analysis; A STRATEGY FOR INVESTMENT; DATA QUALITY AND AVAILABILITY; Investment in Data Production; Coordination of Data Production; Broadened Data Collection; Linking Survey and Administrative Data; Adding Value to Existing Data; VALIDATION; The Difficulty of Validation; Kinds of Model Validation; External Validation; Internal Validation; Investment in Model Validation; DOCUMENTATION AND COMMUNICATION OF THE RESULTS OF POLICY ANALYSIS

Documentation and Archiving as Aids to Validation Communicating Validation Results to Decision Makers; Appendix Models, Uncertainty, and Confidence Intervals; MODELS; UNCERTAINTY OF AN ESTIMATE; CONDITIONAL VERSUS UNCONDITIONAL CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; AN ILLUSTRATIVE DIAGRAM; Part II The Role of Microsimulation as a Policy Analysis Tool; 4 Microsimulation Models: Then and Now; BASIC ELEMENTS OF MICROSIMULATION MODELS; DEVELOPMENT OF MICROSIMULATION MODELING FOR POLICY ANALYSIS; Origins: 1950's to mid-1960's; Development of Static Models: Late 1960's to Early 1980's

Development of Dynamic Models: 1970's to Early 1980's Retreats and Advances: The 1980's; ROLE AND CURRENT STATUS OF MICROSIMULATION: FINDINGS; Overall Value; A Range of Policy Analysis Tools; Analytical Costs; Model Uncertainty; Data Adequacy; Research Knowledge; Computer Technologies; Microsimulation Modeling Community; Future Directions; 5 Databases for Microsimulation; DATA QUALITY: THE MARCH CPS; Survey-Based Problems; Coverage; Response Rates; Sampling Error; Missing Detail; Data Omissions; STRATEGIES FOR TREATING MISSING AND ERRONEOUS DATA; Disaggregation; Imputation for Item Nonresponse

Imputation for Items Not Collected



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910299439503321

Autore

Majumder Mrinmoy

Titolo

Impact of Urbanization on Water Shortage in Face of Climatic Aberrations / / by Mrinmoy Majumder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

981-4560-73-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (105 p.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology, , 2194-7244

Disciplina

333.7

338.927

54

541.38

551.48

553.7

711.4

Soggetti

Nuclear chemistry

Hydrology

City planning

Environmental management

Sustainable development

Environmental sciences

Nuclear Chemistry

Hydrology/Water Resources

Urbanism

Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management

Sustainable Development

Math. Appl. in Environmental Science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Multi Criteria Decision Making -- Artificial Neural Network -- Climate change and Climate Models -- Detail Methodology -- Result and Discussion -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

The uncontrolled utilization of natural resources to supply to the water



demands of the ever-growing population has brought about worldwide scarcity. The supply shortage has resulted   in conflicts between countries, created prolonged drought, closing of industrial units, shifting of local inhabitants etc. The abnormality in climatic patterns due to global warming has only enhanced the uncertainties. Unregulated discharge of waste water into fresh water resources is also polluting the available water resources and making them non-utilizable. That is why the discrepancy between water supply and demand is slowly but steadily becoming a problem, which may lead to conflict and inequality all over the world. The present investigation is an attempt to find the impact of urbanization in the face of climatic uncertainties on water shortage or scarcity. How is climate responsible? What urbanization factors have an influence on the extent of shortages?  What is the role of the socio-economic status of the inhabitants?  Industrialization? Consumption pattern? Each of the causes and effects were analyzed with the help of   data from a climate model, which was then fed into a hydrologic model. The hydrologic output data was then put into various other novel simulation platforms to predict the uncertainties that can be caused by urbanization in various sectors of the regions of interest. The impact was calculated based on IPCC recommended climatic and five distinct urbanization scenarios. The study results will help to predict what is in store of those living in the developing countries. Possible mitigation measures are also discussed.