1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910702355603321

Autore

Wong Wayne A.

Titolo

Advanced Stirling Convertor (ASC) technology maturation in preparation for flight / / Wayne A. Wong and Peggy A. Cornell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cleveland, Ohio : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn Research Center, , 2012

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (11 pages) : color illustrations

Collana

NASA/TM ; ; 2012-217207

Soggetti

Stirling cycle

Energy conversion efficiency

Fatigue tests

Aerospace systems

Nondestructive tests

Refractory materials

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Aug. 21, 2014).

"August 2012."

"Prepared for the Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS-2011) cosponsored by the ANS Aerospace Nuclear Science and Technology Division, the ANS Trinity Section, and the AIAA, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 7-10, 2011."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 10-11).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910792271403321

Autore

Scott Allen John

Titolo

Social economy of the metropolis [[electronic resource] ] : cognitive-cultural capitalism and the global resurgence of cities / / Allen J. Scott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

9786611825829

1-281-82582-4

0-19-156357-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (197 p.)

Disciplina

307.76

330.91732

Soggetti

Sociology, Urban

Cities and towns - Growth

Capitalism

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. 157-172) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; 1. The Resurgent City; 2. Inside the City; 3. Production and Work in the American Metropolis; 4. The Cognitive-Cultural Economy and the Creative City; 5. Culture, Economy, and the City; 6. Chiaroscuro: Social and Political Components of the Urban Process; 7. City-Regions: Economic Motors and Political Actors on the Global Stage; 8. Coda; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This book is about the renaissance of cities in the twenty first century and their increasing role as centers of creative economic activity. Allen Scott is one of the world's foremost thinkers on globalization and the economies of modern cities, and in this book presents a concise introduction to his innovative and insightful perspective. - ;This book is about the renaissance of cities in the twenty first century and their increasing role as centers of creative economic activity. It attempts to put some conceptual and descriptive order around issues of urbanization in the contemporary world, e