1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910677039303321

Titolo

Modern trends in structural and solid mechanics . 2 Vibrations / / edited by Noël Challamel, Julius Kaplunov, Izuru Takewaki

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England ; ; Hoboken, New Jersey : , : ISTE : , : Wiley, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

1-5231-4361-4

1-119-83185-7

1-119-83186-5

1-119-83184-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (291 pages)

Collana

Mechanical Engineering and Solid Mechanics Series

Disciplina

620.3

Soggetti

Vibration

Structural analysis (Engineering)

Mechanics, Applied

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911019354503321

Titolo

Injury biomechanics and control : optimal protection from impact / / Walter D. Pilkey [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, [2010]

ISBN

0-470-50195-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resources (304 pages)

Disciplina

620.8/6

Soggetti

Industrial safety

Shock absorbers

Human mechanics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Fundamentals of impact and shock isolation -- Basic optimal shock isolation : single-degree-of-freedom systems -- Optimal shock isolation for multi-degree-of-freedom systems -- Spinal injury control -- Thoracic injury control -- Head injury control -- Injury control for wheelchair occupants.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910954888603321

Autore

Nordhaus William D

Titolo

The climate casino : risk, uncertainty, and economics for a warming world / / William Nordhaus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven : , : Yale University Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

9780300203813

0300203810

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (393 p.)

Classificazione

QT 000

Disciplina

363.738/74

Soggetti

Climatic changes - Effect of human beings on

Climatic changes

Climatic changes - Social aspects

Environmental policy

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

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note to Readers -- 1. First Encounters in the Climate Casino -- 2. A Tale of Two Lakes -- 3. The Economic Origins of Climate Change -- 4. Future Climate Change -- 5. Tipping Points in the Climate Casino -- 6. From Climate Change to Impacts -- 7. The Fate of Farming -- 8. The Impact on Human Health -- 9. Perils for the Oceans -- 10. Intensification of Hurricanes -- 11. Wildlife and Species Loss -- 12. Adding Up the Damages from Climate Change -- 13. Dealing with Climate Change: Adaptation and Geoengineering -- 15. The Costs of Slowing Climate Change -- 16. Discounting and the Value of Time -- 17. Historical Perspectives on Climate Policy -- 18. Climate Policy by Balancing Costs and Benefits -- 19. The Central Role of Carbon Prices -- 20. Climate-Change Policies at the National Level -- 21. From National to Harmonized International Policies -- 22. Second Best and Beyond -- 23. New Technologies for a Low-Carbon Economy -- 24. Climate Science and Its Critics -- 25. Public Opinion on Climate Change -- 26. Obstacles to Climate-Change Policies -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Climate change is profoundly altering our world in ways that pose



major risks to human societies and natural systems. We have entered the Climate Casino and are rolling the global-warming dice, warns economist William Nordhaus. But there is still time to turn around and walk back out of the casino, and in this essential book the author explains how. Bringing together all the important issues surrounding the climate debate, Nordhaus describes the science, economics, and politics involved-and the steps necessary to reduce the perils of global warming. Using language accessible to any concerned citizen and taking care to present different points of view fairly, he discusses the problem from start to finish: from the beginning, where warming originates in our personal energy use, to the end, where societies employ regulations or taxes or subsidies to slow the emissions of gases responsible for climate change. Nordhaus offers a new analysis of why earlier policies, such as the Kyoto Protocol, failed to slow carbon dioxide emissions, how new approaches can succeed, and which policy tools will most effectively reduce emissions. In short, he clarifies a defining problem of our times and lays out the next critical steps for slowing the trajectory of global warming.