1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910706217903321

Titolo

Cyber infrastructure protection / / Tarek Saadawi, Louis Jordan, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carlisle, PA : , : Strategic Studies Institute, , 2011-

Carlisle, PA : , : Strategic Studies Institute : , : U.S. Army War College Press.

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (volumes) : illustrations (some color)

Soggetti

Cyberinfrastructure - Security measures

Computer networks - Security measures

Cyberterrorism - Prevention

Cyberinfrastructure - Law and legislation

Computer networks - Law and legislation

Cyberterrorism - Law and legislation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Paper version of Volume III available for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Editors: volume I, Tarek Saadawi, Louis Jordan; volume II, Tarek Saadawi, Louis H. Jordan, Jr., Vincent Boudreau; volume III, Tarek Saadawi, John D. Colwell, Jr.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Volume I. Introduction -- part I. Strategy and policy aspects. -- part II. Social and legal aspects. -- part III. Technical aspects. -- Volume II. Introduction -- part I. Economics and social aspects of cyber security. -- part II. Law and cybercrime. -- part III. Cyber infrastructure. -- Volume III. part I. Cybersecurity policy, strategy, and cybercrime. -- part II. Cybersecurity of smart cities. -- part III. Cyber infrastructure security.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784228103321

Autore

Addiscott T. M (Tom M.)

Titolo

Nitrate, agriculture, and the environment [[electronic resource] /] / T.M. Addiscott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, USA, : CABI Pub., c2005

ISBN

1-280-73575-9

9786610735754

1-84593-094-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (291 p.)

Disciplina

631.8/4

Soggetti

Nitrogen fertilizers - Environmental aspects

Nitrogen fertilizers

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. 252-268) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Dependence on Nitrogen; 2 The Chemistry and Physics of Nitrate; 3 The Biology of Nitrate; 4 Nitrogen Fertilizer; 5 Losses of Nitrogen from Arable Land; 6 Losses of Nitrogen from Grassland; 7 Nitrate in Fresh Water and Nitrous Oxide in the Atmosphere; 8 Nitrate in Coastal Waters; 9 Nitrate and Health; 10 The Politics and Economics of Nitrate; 11 Nitrate in Africa: The 'Western Hegemony'; 12 Risk; 13 Coming to Terms with Nitrate: Public Attitudes to Science; 14 Coming to Terms with Nitrate: Land Use; References; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

There is widespread public concern about the effects of nitrate derived from the use of fertilizers in farming on water quality and public health. But research on nitrate during the past decade has revealed wide discrepancies between public perceptions and reality. The main problems from nitrate are in fact ecological changes in coastal and estuarine waters and nitrous oxide in the atmosphere. This gas, largely derived from nitrate, is a threat to the ozone layer in the stratosphere and is also a greenhouse gas. This book builds on Farming, Fertilizers, and the Nitrate Problem (CABI, 1991) by