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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820795803321

Titolo

Construction innovation / / edited by Finn Orstavik, Andrew Dainty, Carl Abbott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : , : John Wiley & Sons Inc., , 2015

ISBN

1-118-65555-9

1-118-65568-0

1-118-65559-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 p.)

Collana

Innovation in the built environment

Disciplina

624.068/4

Soggetti

Civil engineering - Technological innovations

Construction industry - Technological innovations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Incentives for innovation in construction -- Built-in innovation and the ambiguity of designing accessibility -- Stakeholder integration champions and innovation in the built environment -- Grassroots innovation in the construction industry -- Stakeholder integration champions and innovation in the built environment -- An industrial network perspective on innovation in construction -- Innovation diffusion across firms -- Clients shaping construction innovation -- Innovation in road building : removing obstacles for diffusion of novel building products -- Innovating for integration : clients as drivers of industry improvement -- Project delivery systems and innovation : the case of us road building -- The leitmotif of building-products innovation in Finland : from commercial technology exploitation to sustainable development.

Sommario/riassunto

Construction innovation is an important but contested concept, both in industry practice and academic reflection and research. A fundamental reason for this is the nature of the construction industry itself: the industry and the value creation activities taking place there are multi-disciplinary, heterogeneous, distributed and often fragmented.   This book takes a new approach to construction innovation, revealing different perspectives, set in a broader context. It coalesces multiple



theoretical and practice-based views in order to stimulate reflection and to prepare the ground for further

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910142516803321

Titolo

Chemistry in the marine environment / / editors, R.E. Hester and R.M. Harrison

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, : Royal Society of Chemistry, c2000

ISBN

1-59124-411-0

1-84755-045-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 98 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Issues in environmental science and technology, , 1350-7583 ; ; 13

Altri autori (Persone)

HarrisonRoy M. <1948->

HesterR. E (Ronald E.)

Disciplina

551.46

Soggetti

Chemical oceanography

Ocean-atmosphere interaction

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction and Overview; The Oceans and Climate; The Use of U-Th Series Radionuclides and Transient Tracers in Oceanography: An Overview; Pharmaceuticals from the Sea; Contamination and Pollution in the Marine Environment; Subject Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The oceans cover more than 70% of the earth's surface to an average depth of almost 4000 metres. It is therefore not surprising that exchanges that occur between ocean and atmosphere exert major influences on the global climate. In addition, there is great variety within the expanses of the ocean, including large temperature differences, and enormous biodiversity brought about by the great chemical diversity within the marine environment.Written by international experts in the field, Chemistry in the Marine Environment offers a multidisciplinary and authoritative review of this important topic