An innovative accounting framework for the food-energy-water nexus : application of the MuSIASEM approach to three case studies / / Mario Giampietro [and nine others]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910464618603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Rome] : , : Food and Agriculture Association of the United Nations, , [2013]; ©2013
• ISBN: 92-5-107957-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (91 p.)
• Collana: Environment and natural resources management paper ; ; 56
• Altri autori (Persone): GiampietroM (Mario)
• Soggetti: Food supply - Case studies - Statistical methods; Agriculture - Case studies - Statistical methods; Agriculture and energy - Case studies - Statistical methods; Water-supply - Case studies - Statistical methods; Water use - Case studies - Statistical methods; Power resources - Case studies - Statistical methods; Biomass energy - Mauritius; Grain - India - Punjab; Electric power - South Africa; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "October 2013."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [73]-77).
• Nota di contenuto: ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""MUSIASEM AS A TOOL TO ANALYZE THE NEXUS BETWEEN FOOD, ENERGY, AND WATER SECURITY""; ""1.1. MUSIASEM AND ITS UNDERLYING CONCEPTS""; ""1.2. HOW THE TOOL WORKS""; ""1.3. THE LINK OF QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF FLOW TO LAND USE""; ""APPLICATION TO CASE STUDIES""; ""2.1. CASE STUDY - THE REPUBLIC OF MAURITIUS""; ""2.2. CASE STUDY - THE INDIAN STATE OF PUNJAB""; ""2.3 CASE STUDY - SOUTH AFRICA""; ""LESSONS LEARNED""; ""3.1. ADDED VALUE OF THE APPROACH""; ""3.2. PROBLEMATIC POINTS OF THE APPROACH""; ""REFERENCES""

Advanced Location-Based Technologies and Services / / Hassan A. Karimi

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910720570203321
• Autore: Karimi Hassan A.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boca Raton : , : Taylor & Francis, , 2013; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 310 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 910.285
• Soggetti: Location-based services
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Section 1. Techniques and technologies -- section 2. New trends -- section 3. Services.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Since the publication of the first edition in 2004, advances in mobile devices, positioning sensors, WiFi fingerprinting, and wireless communications, among others, have paved the way for developing new and advanced location-based services (LBSs). This second edition provides up-to-date information on LBSs, including WiFi fingerprinting, mobile computing, geospatial clouds, geospatial data mining, location privacy, and location-based social networking. It also includes new chapters on application areas such as LBSs for public health, indoor navigation, and advertising. In addition, the chapter on remote sensing has been revised to address advancements"--