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UNINA9910454413903321 |
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Scribbins Jim |
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Milwaukee road remembered [[electronic resource] /] / Jim Scribbins |
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Minneapolis, MN, : University of Minnesota Press, 2008 |
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[1st University of Minnesota Press ed.] |
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1 online resource (169 p.) |
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Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book |
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Railroads - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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CONTENTS; WHY REMEMBER THE MILWAUKEE ROAD?; A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MILWAUKEE ROAD; THE HIAWATHAS; OTHER NAME TRAINS OF THE MILWAUKEE ROAD; MOTOR CARS; THE COLORFUL MILWAUKEE ROAD; CITY TICKET OFFICES; DINING CARS; OBSERVATION CARS; WINTER; STEAM FREIGHT TRAINS; ELECTRIC FREIGHT TRAINS; DIESEL FREIGHT TRAINS; GLOSSARY AND GAZETTEER; INDEX |
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The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific was a railroad with a big personality. For a time it offered the world's fastest steam-powered passenger trains. Extending from Indiana to Puget Sound, it crossed five mountain ranges in Montana, Idaho, and Washington. It was also the first railroad to prove the feasibility of long distance movement of heavy trains by electricity. All-welded freight and passenger cars were pioneered in its shops, and Milwaukee Road mechanical engineers planned the first streamlined steam locomotives intended for sustained 100 mph speeds. In Milwaukee Road Remembered e |
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UNINA9910955974903321 |
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Arnell Nigel |
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A short guide to climate change risk / / by Nigel Arnell |
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London : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
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1-351-96187-X |
1-138-43597-X |
1-315-26371-8 |
1-4094-5353-7 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (227 p.) |
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Short Guides to Business Risk |
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Climatic changes - Risk assessment |
Climatic changes |
Climatic changes - Economic aspects |
Climatic changes - Effect of human beings on |
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"A Gower Book"--cover. |
First published 2015 by Gower Publishing. |
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Acronyms; Acknowledgements; 1 Climate Change as a Business Risk; Introduction: What is Climate Change? ; Climate Change and Business Risk ; Adapt to Impacts and Opportunities, or Reduce Emissions?; Climate Change and Sustainability; About this Book; Conclusion: Sources Of Information; 2 The Science of Climate Change; Introduction; Is Climate Changing, and Why?; The Physics of Climate Change; The Effects of Changes in the Atmosphere on Weather and Climate; Other Effects of Increasing Greenhouse Gases |
Has Climate Change Altered Recent Weather?How Might Climate Change in the Future? ; Forecasts, Predictions and Projections ; Conclusion; 3 The Consequences of Climate Change; Introduction; The Impacts of Climate Change ; Changes in climate at a place ; Potential impacts by sector ; National and international assessments of the impacts of climate change ; The Potential Impacts of Climate Change on |
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an Organisation ; Reducing Impacts Through Adaptation; Conclusion; 4 The Politics of Climate Change: The Regulatory Context; Introduction; International Climate Policy: The Kyoto Protocol and Beyond |
The UNFCCC process The Kyoto Protocol and beyond ; Challenges to the UNFCCC process: where are the problems? ; What effect would reducing emissions have on climate change? ; Other components of the UNFCCC process ; National and Regional Legislation and Frameworks ; European Union; UK; USA; South Africa; Overview; Reporting on Climate Risks: Regulation and Voluntary Reporting; Regulatory requirements for reporting ; Voluntary reporting of climate change risks ; Conclusion; 5 Assessing Climate Change Risks and Opportunities |
Introduction: Addressing Risks and Opportunities through Risk Management ProcessesRisk Assessment; Scoping: establishing the context ; Risk identification ; Risk analysis ; Risk evaluation ; Information for Risk Assessment ; Climate scenarios; Climate scenario sources ; Translating climate change into impacts ; Conclusion; 6 Coping with the Risks of Climate Change; Introduction; Approaches to Adaptation ; Adapt to current vulnerabilities ; Predict and plan ; Precautionary approach ; Adaptive management ; Win-wins ; Identifying Adaptation Options; Enhancing adaptive capacity |
Adaptation actions Designing and Appraising Adaptation Options ; Adaptation objectives and evaluation criteria ; Appraisal tools ; Monitoring and Evaluation ; Conclusion; 7 An Overview; Index |
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Climate change poses a risk to business operations and to markets--but at the same time, it can bring opportunities for some businesses. With chapters on the nature, science and politics of climate change risk, as well as how to assess, then how to cope with it, and recommendations for incorporating climate change risks into a Company Climate Risk System, this concise guide serves the needs of business students and practitioners across a wide range of sectors, public and private. |
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