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UNINA9910143178903321 |
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Autore |
Evans Myron W |
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Titolo |
Advances in Chemical Physics [[electronic resource] ] : Modern Nonlinear Optics. Part 2 |
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1-280-36778-4 |
9786610367788 |
0-470-35598-0 |
0-471-46612-3 |
0-471-23148-7 |
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[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (839 p.) |
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Advances in chemical physics ; ; v.154 |
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Chemistry, Physical and theoretical |
Chemistry, Physical and theoretical -- Periodicals |
Physics |
Physics -- Periodicals |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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MODERN NONLINEAR OPTICS Part 2 Second Edition ADVANCES IN CHEMICAL PHYSICS VOLUME 119; CONTRIBUTORS TO VOLUME 119 Part 2; INTRODUCTION; PREFACE; CONTENTS; OPTICAL EFFECTS OF AN EXTENDED ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY; O(3) ELECTRODYNAMICS; SYMMETRY AND EXACT SOLUTIONS OF THE MAXWELL AND SU(2) YANG-MILLS EQUATIONS; CHAOS IN OPTICAL SYSTEMS; NON-ABELIAN STOKES THEOREM; THE LINK BETWEEN THE SACHS AND O(3) THEORIES OF ELECTRODYNAMICS; THE LINK BETWEEN THE TOPOLOGICAL THEORY OF RAÑADA AND TRUEBA, THE SACHS THEORY, AND O(3) ELECTRODYNAMICS; BEYOND NONCAUSAL QUANTUM PHYSICS; ELECTRODYNAMICS AND TOPOLOGY |
QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS: POTENTIALS, GAUGE INVARIANCE, AND |
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ANALOGY TO CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICSEXTRACTING AND USING ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY FROM THE ACTIVE VACUUM; ENERGY FROM THE ACTIVE VACUUM: THE MOTIONLESS ELECTROMAGNETIC GENERATOR; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX |
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The new edition will provide the sole comprehensive resource available for non-linear optics, including detailed descriptions of the advances over the last decade from world-renowned experts. |
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UNINA9910796199403321 |
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Autore |
Vojinović Zoran |
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Flood risk : the holistic perspective : from integrated to interactive planning for flood resilience / / Zoran Vojinovic |
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London, [England] : , : IWA Publishing, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (300 p.) |
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Urban Hydroinformatics Series |
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Flood damage prevention |
Flood control |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword by Michael B. Abbott""; ""Foreword by Kuniyoshi Takeuchi""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Chapter 1: Floods in urban areas""; ""1.1 Setting the Scene""; ""1.2 On Values and Qualities""; ""1.3 Paving the Way Forward: Shifting the Focus""; ""1.4 Differentiating between Different Types of Floods and Their Impacts""; ""1.5 The Need for Adaptation Calls for Holistic Approaches""; ""1.6 Towards a New Economic Paradigm: Economics, Ethics and Wellbeing""; ""Chapter 2: Holistic thinking""; ""2.1 The Rise of Holistic Thinking"" |
""2.2 From the Parts to the Whole""""2.3 Tracing the Roots of Urban Flood Risk from Four Levels of the Whole""; ""2.4 Mathematics of Complexity and Interactions""; ""Chapter 3: Moving beyond traditional practices""; ""3.1 Towards Holistic Planning for Flood Resilience""; ""3.2 |
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Synergy with Ecosystem Services""; ""3.3 Good Governance for Holistic Planning""; ""3.4 The ABC Framework for Implementation of Holistic Approaches""; ""Chapter 4: A. Holistic risk assessment""; ""4.1 The Purpose of the Holistic Flood Risk Assessment""; ""4.2 Data Gathering""; ""4.3 Root Causes""; ""4.4 Diagnostics"" |
""4.4.1 Assessment of hazards""""4.4.2 Assessment of vulnerabilities""; ""4.4.3 Assessment of impacts""; ""4.4.4 Quantitative assessment of risk""; ""4.4.5 Qualitative assessment of risk""; ""4.4.6 Combining quantitative and qualitative data and methods into holistic frameworks""; ""4.5 Uncertainty in Flood Risk Assessment""; ""4.6 Recognition - Raising Risk Awareness""; ""4.6.1 Methods for raising hazard/risk awareness""; ""Chapter 5: B. Holistic scenario analysis""; ""5.1 The Purpose of the Holistic Scenario Analysis""; ""5.2 Identification of Drivers and Actors"" |
""5.2.1 Climate change impacts on rainfall characteristics""""5.2.2 Population growth""; ""5.2.3 Land use change and economic growth""; ""5.2.4 Urban actors""; ""5.3 Assessment and Evaluation of Scenarios""; ""5.3.1 Climate change scenarios""; ""5.3.2 Socio-economic scenarios""; ""5.3.3 Evaluation of scenarios""; ""5.4 Supporting Tools for Holistic Scenario Analysis""; ""5.4.1 Climate modelling""; ""5.4.2 Modelling land-use change""; ""5.4.3 Modelling behaviour of actors""; ""5.5 Development of a Knowledgebase of Measures""; ""5.5.1 Pluvial flood protection"" |
""5.5.2 Fluvial flood protection""""5.5.3 Groundwater flood protection""; ""5.5.4 Coastal flood protection""; ""5.5.5 Flash flood protection""; ""5.5.6 Stakeholder capacity building""; ""5.5.7 Land use planning""; ""5.5.8 Flood preparedness""; ""5.5.9 Contingency planning""; ""5.5.10 Financial preparedness""; ""5.5.11 Amenities of flood resilience measures""; ""Chapter 6: C. Holistic decision-making""; ""6.1 The Purpose of the Holistic Decision-Making""; ""6.2 Development of Indicators""; ""6.3 Combining Different Measures for Flood Resilience""; ""6.4 Evaluation and Selection of Measures"" |
""6.5 Development of Plans and Implementation of Projects"" |
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