1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910758487003321

Titolo

Traffic Flow Theory

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : TU Delft Open, 2021

©2018

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Soggetti

Engineering

Civil

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1 Variables -- 2 Cumulative curves -- 3 Relationships of traffic variables -- 4 Shock wave theory -- 5 Shockwave theory: moving bottlenecks -- 6 Traffic states and Phenomena -- 7 Car-following -- 8 Microscopic lane change models -- 9 Use of traffic models -- 10 Macroscopic Dynamic Traffic flow Models -- 11 An Introduction to Node Models -- 12 Macroscopic fundamental diagram -- 13 Method of characteristics -- 14 Headway models -- 15 Traffic state dynamics in three representations --

Sommario/riassunto

Traffic processes cause several problems in the world. Traffic delay, pollution are some of it. They can be solved with the right road design or traffic management (control) measure. Before implementing these designs of measures, though, their effect could be tested. To this end, knowledge of traffic flow theory is needed.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910974414603321

Titolo

Pakistan and Its Diaspora : Multidisciplinary Approaches / / edited by M. Bolognani, S. Lyon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2011

ISBN

9786613124258

9781283124256

1283124254

9780230119079

0230119077

Edizione

[1st ed. 2011.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LyonStephen M

BolognaniMarta

Disciplina

954.9105/3

Soggetti

Ethnology

Culture

Sociology

Anthropology

Emigration and immigration

Regional Cultural Studies

Sociocultural Anthropology

Human Migration

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: Reflections and representations : shifting gazes and the curse of truths / Stephen Lyon and Marta Bolgonani -- The public sphere -- Rang de Basanti in Pakistan : elite student activism, the   emergence of a virtual globalised public sphere, and the 2007 emergency / Marta Bolognani -- Revisiting the UK Muslim diasporic public sphere at a time of terror : from local (benign) invisible spaces to seditious conspiratorial spaces and national media dialogue (previously published in South Asian diaspora) / Pnina Werbner -- Kashmir -- Across the fence : belongings and representations between Pakistan



and Kashmir / Paul Rollier -- Kashmiris in Britain : a political project or a social reality / Martin Sokefeld and Marta Bolognani -- Religious leadership -- Changing religious leadership in contemporary Pakistan : the case of the Red Mosque / Amelie Blom -- The religious formation and social roles of imams serving the Pakistani diaspora in the UK / Philip Lewis -- Women -- Pakistani women and education : the shifting patterns of ethnicity and class / Marie Lall -- "I really couldn't think of being married, having a family with nothing behind me" : empowerment, education, and British Pakistani women / Jody Mellor -- Conclusion: Being Pakistani beyond Europe and South Asia / Marta Bolognani and Stephen Lyon.

Sommario/riassunto

Contributors offer an in-depth look at the dynamics of cultural and political change in Pakistan and the Pakistani Diaspora. Moving past static viewpoints, this volume demonstrates the multidirectional nature of the flow of ideas and people that create the social landscape experienced by Pakistanis globally.