1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910480171203321

Titolo

The drug legalization debate [[electronic resource] /] / James A. Inciardi, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c1999

ISBN

1-322-41805-5

1-4522-3226-1

1-4522-6482-1

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

InciardiJames A

Disciplina

363.450973

Soggetti

Drug legalization - United States

Drug abuse - Government policy - United States

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

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Chapter 1 - American Drug Policy: The Continuing Debate; Chapter 2 - Alternative Perspectives on the Drug Policy Debate; Chapter 3 - Legalizing Drugs: Would It Really Reduce Violent Crime?; Chapter 4 - The Marijuana Legalization Debate: Is There a Middle Ground?; Chapter 5 - Cannabis, The Wonder Drug; Chapter 6 - Thinking About the Drug Policy Debate; Chapter 7 - Why the Drug War Will Never End; Chapter 8 - War Is Still Not the Answer; Chapter 9 - Commonsense Drug Policy; Index; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

This completely revised and updated second edition of the Drug Legalization Debate continues to address, and offer alternatives to, the major issues.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783679703321

Autore

Hough Susan Elizabeth <1961->

Titolo

After the Earth quakes [[electronic resource] ] : elastic rebound on an Urban planet / / by Susan Elizabeth Hough and Roger G. Bilham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-19-029252-0

0-19-756229-9

1-280-42843-0

1-4237-3489-0

0-19-972750-3

1-60256-545-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (330 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Altri autori (Persone)

BilhamRoger G

Disciplina

551.22

Soggetti

Elastic rebound theory

Earthquakes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2005.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Elastic rebound is one of the most basic tenets of modern earthquake science, the term that scientists use to describe the build-up and release of energy along faults. It is also the best metaphor for societal responses to major earthquakes in recent historic times. After The Earth Quakes focuses on this theme, using a number of pivotal and intriguing historic earthquakes as illustration. The book concludes with a consideration of projected future losses on an increasingly urbanized planet, including the near-certainty that a future earthquake will someday claim over a million lives. This grim prediction impels us to take steps to mitigate earthquake risk, the innately human capacity for rebound notwithstanding.