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UNINA9910691811603321 |
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Older workers [[electronic resource] ] : policies of other nations to increase labor force participation : report to the Ranking Minority Member, Special Committee on Aging, U.S. Senate |
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[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. General Accounting Office, , [2003] |
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Older people - Employment - United States |
Older people - Employment - Government policy - Japan |
Older people - Employment - Government policy - Sweden |
Older people - Employment - Government policy - Great Britain |
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Title from title screen (viewed on Mar. 3, 2003). |
"February 2003." |
Paper version available from: General Accounting Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548. |
"GAO-03-307." |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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UNINA9910789049503321 |
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An innovative accounting framework for the food-energy-water nexus : application of the MuSIASEM approach to three case studies / / Mario Giampietro [and nine others] |
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[Rome] : , : Food and Agriculture Association of the United Nations, , [2013] |
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©2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (91 p.) |
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Collana |
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Environment and natural resources management paper ; ; 56 |
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Food supply - Case studies - Statistical methods |
Agriculture - Case studies - Statistical methods |
Agriculture and energy - Case studies - Statistical methods |
Water-supply - Case studies - Statistical methods |
Water use - Case studies - Statistical methods |
Power resources - Case studies - Statistical methods |
Biomass energy - Mauritius |
Grain - India - Punjab |
Electric power - South Africa |
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Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [73]-77). |
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""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""MUSIASEM AS A TOOL TO ANALYZE THE NEXUS BETWEEN FOOD, ENERGY, AND WATER SECURITY""; ""1.1. MUSIASEM AND ITS UNDERLYING CONCEPTS""; ""1.2. HOW THE TOOL WORKS""; ""1.3. THE LINK OF QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF FLOW TO LAND USE""; ""APPLICATION TO CASE STUDIES""; ""2.1. CASE STUDY - THE REPUBLIC OF MAURITIUS""; ""2.2. CASE STUDY - THE INDIAN STATE OF PUNJAB""; ""2.3 CASE STUDY - SOUTH AFRICA""; ""LESSONS LEARNED""; ""3.1. ADDED VALUE OF THE APPROACH""; ""3.2. PROBLEMATIC POINTS OF THE APPROACH""; ""REFERENCES"" |
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UNINA9910958836503321 |
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The humanities in architectural design : a contemporary and historical perspective / / edited by Soumyen Bandyopadhyay. [et al.] |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2010 |
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
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1-134-99963-1 |
1-134-99964-X |
1-282-57172-9 |
9786612571725 |
0-203-85944-8 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (287 p.) |
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Architectural design |
Humanities |
Architecture and society |
Design and technology |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustration credits; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1; Freedom in the shadow of uncertainty; Chapter 1 The responsibility of architectural design; Chapter 2 in Humanities: Ethics in architectural praxis; Chapter 3 Cultivating architects: History in architectural education; Chapter 4 The architect as humanist; Chapter 5 Migration, emancipation and architecture; Part 2; The spectre of technology; Chapter 6 Fantasies of the end of technology; Chapter 7 Le Corbusier and the other humanities |
Chapter 8 Humanist machines: Daniel Libeskind's "Three Lessons in Architecture"Chapter 9 Draw like a builder, build like a writer; Chapter 10 The word made flesh: In the name of the surveyor, the nomad, and the lunatic; Part 3; Measures of awareness; Chapter 11 Creative inspirations or intellectual impasses?: Reflections on relationships between architecture and the humanities; Chapter 12 The human mind |
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and design creativity: Leon Battista Alberti and lineamenta; Chapter 13 Renaissance visual thinking: Architectural representation as a medium to contemplate "real appearance" |
Chapter 14 Neoplatonism at the Accademia di San Luca in RomeChapter 15 Who's on first?; Part 4; The challenges of instrumental knowledge; Chapter 16 Architecture as a humanistic discipline; Chapter 17 The situational space of André Breton's atelier and personal museum in Paris; Chapter 18 L'histoire assassinée: Manfredo Tafuri and the present; Chapter 19 Nature choreographed; Chapter 20 The birth of modernity out of the spirit of music?: Henry van de Velde and the Nietzsche Archive; Select bibliography; Index |
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Offering an in-depth consideration of the impact which humanities have had on the processes of architecture and design, this book asks how we can restore the traditional dialogue between intellectual enquiry in the humanities and design creativity.Written by leading academics in the fields of history, theory and philosophy of design, these essays draw profound meanings from cultural practices and beliefs. These are as diverse as the designs they inspire and include religious, mythic, poetic, political, and philosophical references. This timely and important book is not a benig |
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