1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463870803321

Autore

Grant Richard

Titolo

Globalizing city : the urban and economic transformation of Accra, Ghana / / Richard Grant

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Syracuse, New York : , : Syracuse University Press, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

0-8156-5097-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 187 p. ) : ill., maps ;

Collana

Space, Place and Society

Disciplina

307.7609667

Soggetti

Urbanization - Ghana - Accra

Globalization - Ghana - Accra

Electronic books.

Accra (Ghana) Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : globalizing city -- Globalizing from above : foreign companies and corporate spaces -- Globalizing residential spaces : the spread of gated communities -- Globalizing from above and in between : the residential building boom -- In-between globalizing : returnees' networks and spaces -- Globalizing from below : slum dwellers in a globalizing city -- Conclusions.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910706802203321

Autore

Quade Derek J.

Titolo

Influence of thin-film adhesives in pullout tests between nickel-titanium shape memory alloy and carbon fiber-reinforced polymer matrix composites / / Derek J. Quade, Sadhan C. Jana, Linda S. McCorkle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cleveland, Ohio : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn Research Center, , February 2018

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (26 pages) : color illustrations

Collana

NASA/TM ; ; 2018-219747

Soggetti

Shape memory alloys

Polymer matrix composites

Nickel alloys

Fiber composites

Adhesion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"February 2018."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 25-26).