1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910707695403321

Titolo

Terrorism, missiles and corruption : the risks of economic engagement with Iran : hearing before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, second session, May 12, 2016

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : , : U.S. Government Publishing Office, , 2016

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 114 pages)

Soggetti

Terrorism - Prevention - International cooperation

Ballistic missiles - Iran

Intercontinental ballistic missiles - Iran

Terrorism - Finance - Prevention

Terrorism - Iran

Ballistic missiles

Intercontinental ballistic missiles

Terrorism

Legislative hearings.

Iran

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Paper version available for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office.

"Serial No. 114-180"

Title from title screen (viewed Sept. 13, 2016).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910971767203321

Autore

Carpenter T. G

Titolo

Construction in the landscape : a handbook for civil engineering to conserve global land resources / / T.G. Carpenter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Washington, DC, : Earthscan, 2011

ISBN

1-280-87298-5

9786613714299

1-136-53957-3

1-84977-537-0

1-136-53956-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (361 p.)

Disciplina

624.028/6

Soggetti

Building sites

Landscape protection

Engineering geology

Building - Environmental aspects

Landscape construction

Land use - Planning

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Construction in the Landscape; Copyright; Contents; List of Photographs, Figures and Tables; Preface; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Part I: Land Resources; Chapter 1. Land Features; Chapter 2. The Impact of Construction; Part II: Man-Made Forms and Structures; Chapter 3. Landforms and Their Modification; Chapter 4. Earthworks for Structures; Chapter 5. Mines and Quarries; Chapter 6. Dams and Other Hydraulic Structures; Chapter 7. Coastal and Estuarial Construction; Chapter 8. Transport Routes and Infrastructure; Chapter 9. Bridges and Crossings

Chapter 10. Military and Industrial ConstructionChapter 11. Towers; Chapter 12. Buildings and Settlements; Part III: Planning Construction in Various Landscapes; Chapter 13. Construction in Scenic Country; Chapter 14. Construction in Flat, Open Country; Chapter 15. Construction in Urban Landscapes; Chapter 16. Built Landscapes in the



Future; Subject Index; Index of Places, Projects and People

Sommario/riassunto

Construction in the Landscape describes the impact of construction on the land and landscape where it takes place. Geographical coverage is necessarily global to reflect the great variation both in people?s economic and social needs and in the shortage or abundance of natural resources.Part I introduces both land resources, whether used for agriculture, human settlement or mineral extraction or conserved as scenery, wildlife habitat or for the undefined needs of future generations; and construction, its products, skills, processes and impacts on land resources.Part II describes specific forms