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UNINA9910791017203321 |
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Titolo |
Controversies in science & technology . Volume 4 From sustainability to surveillance / / edited by Daniel Lee Kleinman, Karen A. Cloud-Hansen, and Jo Handelsman |
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New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , [2014] |
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©2014 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-756297-3 |
0-19-938378-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (299 p.) |
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Collana |
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Controversies in science & technology |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sustainable development |
Science - Social aspects |
Technology - Social aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2014. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Introduction: From Sustainability to Surveillance -- Part One: Infrastructure Development: Resilience, Privacy, and Well-Being -- 2. Our Fragile Infrastructure: Adapting to Global Warming -- 3. Critical Infrastructure in Extreme Events -- 4. Privacy Concerns for Ubiquitous Data Aggregation and Storage -- 5. Transitioning to Renewable Sources of Electricity: Motivations, Policy, and Potential -- 6. Infrastructure and Health -- Part Two: Food Policy: Balancing Productivity, Conservation, and Social Justice -- 7. How to Feed Ourselves—Could This Be the Biggest Question of the 21st Century? -- 8. Global Obesity and Global Hunger -- 9. Food Sovereignty, Food Security: Markets and Dispossession -- 10. Food Security and Gender -- Part Three: Chemicals and Environmental Health: Defining Safety -- 11. Endocrine Disruptors in the Environment -- 12. Chemicals Policy in the United States—The Need for New Directions -- 13. Politics in a Bottle: BPA, Children’s Health, and the Fight for Toxics Reform -- 14. Of Baby Bottles and Bisphenol A: Debates about the Safety of an Endocrine Disruptor -- Part Four: Ecosystem Management: Protecting Nature and Livelihoods -- 15. Biological Invasions: Impacts, Management, and |
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Controversies -- 16. The Aliens in Our Midst: Managing Our Ecosystems -- 17. Controversies in Aquatic Sciences -- 18. On an Economic Treadmill of Agriculture: Efforts to Resolve Pollinator Decline -- Contributors -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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When it comes to any current scientific debate, there are more than two sides to every story. 'Controversies in Science and Technology' analyzes controversial topics in science and technology - infrastructure, ecosystem management, food security and plastics and health - from multiple points of view. |
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