The dimensions of consequentialism : ethics, equality, and risk / / Martin Peterson [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463327203321
• Autore: Peterson Martin <1975->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-139-61125-9; 1-107-23814-5; 1-139-62241-2; 1-139-60941-6; 1-139-61311-1; 1-139-61683-8; 1-139-62613-2; 1-139-51924-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 217 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 171/.5
• Soggetti: Consequentialism (Ethics)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Degrees of rightness -- 3. First dimension: persons -- 4. Second dimension: equality -- 5. Third dimension: risk -- 6. Multidimensional decision making -- 7. The best one-dimensional theory -- 8. The limits of consequentialism -- Appendix: multi-dimensional deontic logic.
• Sommario/riassunto: Consequentialism, one of the major theories of normative ethics, maintains that the moral rightness of an act is determined solely by the act's consequences. The traditional form of consequentialism is one-dimensional, in that the rightness of an act is a function of a single moral aspect, such as the sum total of wellbeing it produces. In this book Martin Peterson introduces a new type of consequentialist theory: multidimensional consequentialism. According to this theory, an act's moral rightness depends on several separate dimensions, including individual wellbeing, equality and risk. Peterson's novel approach shows that moral views about equality and risk that were previously thought to be mutually incompatible can be rendered compatible, and ; his precise theoretical discussion helps the reader to understand better the distinction between consequentialist and non-consequentialist theories. His book will interest a wide range of readers in ethics.

Mutual security in the Asia-Pacific : roles for Australia, Canada and South Korea / / edited by Kang Choi, James Manicom and Simon Palamar

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910149404403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Waterloo, Ontario ; ; Seoul, Korea : , : CIGI : , : The Asan Institute for Policy Studies, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 1-928096-14-X; 1-928096-44-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (221 pages)
• Disciplina: 355.03305
• Soggetti: National security - East Asia; Regionalism - East Asia; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.

Air pollution modeling and its application XXVII / / edited by Clemens Mensink and Volker Matthias

• Record Nr.: UNISA996466734103316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin, Germany ; ; New York, New York : , : Springer-Verlag, , [2021]; ©2021
• ISBN: 3-662-63760-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (357 pages)
• Collana: Springer Proceedings in Complexity
• Disciplina: 628.53015118
• Soggetti: Environmental sciences; Air quality; Air - Pollution - Mathematical models
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Organizing Committee -- Preface-50th Anniversary of ITM -- Contents -- Contributors -- Aerosols in the Atmosphere -- Role of Organic Aerosol Chemistry Schemes on Particulate Matter Modeling in Europe -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Method -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Questions and Answers -- Biogenic Emissions and Urban Air Quality -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Model Setup -- 3 Model Results -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Questions and Answers -- Global Simulations of Ice Nuclei Particles Derived from Organics and Inorganics Particles -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods -- 2.1 The Global Model -- 2.2 Calculation of Potential INP Concentrations -- 3 Results -- References -- Questions and Answers -- Estimating Aerosol Loads and Aerosol-Cloud-Interaction in the 1980s and Today -- 1 Introduction and Motivation -- 2 Methods -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Further Conclusions -- References -- Questions and Answers -- Characterisation of Light-Absorbing Particles in the Brussels Sub-urban Atmosphere and Implications for the Emission Scheme of a Regional Chemical Transport Model -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods -- 3 Results -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Questions and Answers -- Emission Modeling and Processing -- Traffic Emissions 2040-Impact on Air Quality in Germany -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Traffic Emissions -- 3 Atmospheric Concentration ; Patterns -- 3.1 Situation in 2010 -- 3.2 Future Scenarios -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Questions and Answers -- Biogenic VOC Emission Modeling for Spain: Adaptation of the National Forest Inventory as Input for MEGANv3 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 2.1 Spanish National Forest Inventory -- 2.2 BVOC Emission Potentials Distribution -- 3 Results -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Question and Answer.; Alteration of Vehicle Propellant Use and the Impact on CO2 Emissions and NO2 Concentrations in Gothenburg and Mölndal -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Method -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 3.1 Emission Calculations -- 3.2 Dispersion Simulations -- 3.3 Population Exposure -- 4 Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Regional and Intercontinental Modeling -- Improvements of Chemical Transport Modeling Over the Last 40 Years-A Personal Journey -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Short History -- 3 Chemical Transport Modeling -- 4 Highlights of Ph.D.-Studies Over the Last 30 Years -- 5 Model Improvement -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Questions and Answers -- Timely Update of Emission Inventories with the Use of Satellite Data -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Questions and Answers -- Modeling Atmospheric Composition in the Summertime Arctic: Transport of North American Biomass Burning Pollutants and Their Impact on the Arctic Marine Boundary Layer Clouds -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Transport Cases During the 2014 NETCARE Field Campaign -- 3 Impact of NA Wildfire Pollutants on Arctic Low-Level Clouds -- References -- Questions and Answers -- Effect of Aerosol Nitrate Photolysis on Wintertime Air Quality -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Method -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Questions and Answers -- Improved Estimation of Background Ozone and Emission Impacts Using Chemical Transport Modeling and Data Fusion -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods -- 3 Results and Discussion -- References -- Questions and Answers -- Same Model (CAMx6.50), Same Year (2010), Two Different European Projects: How Similar Are the Results? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Method -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Questions and Answers.; SMART Modeling Suite: Assessment of the Turbulence Parameterisation for the Simulation of Atmospheric Circulation and Dispersion -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Parameterisations and the Simulations -- 3 Results and Discussion -- References -- Questions and Answers -- Analysis of the Zero-Out Method of Source Apportionment for Air Quality Modeling in Spain -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 3.1 Ozone -- 3.2 Nitrogen Dioxide and Particulate Matter -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Questions and Answers -- Spatio-Temporal Modeling of Grass and Birch Pollen in Belgium -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Data and Methods -- 3 Results and Discussions -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Multi-compartment Chemistry Transport Models -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Mercury -- 3 Model and Domain -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Climate Change Projections for Bulgaria According to RCP45 Scenario Until 2099 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Data and Experiment Design -- 3 Results -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Data Assimilation and Air Quality Forecasting -- Interpreting Measurements from Air Quality Sensor Networks: Data Assimilation and Physical Modeling -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Operational Phase -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Need and Potential Benefits of Improving Aloft Air Pollution Characterization: A Modeling Perspective -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Variations in Surface and Aloft O3 -- 3 Impact of Assimilating Aloft O3 -- 4 A Possible Aloft Monitoring Strategy -- References -- Optimal ; Interpolation Based Data Fusion Techniques to Improve Deterministic Air Quality Forecast -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 2.1 Weighted Mean Approach -- 2.2 Least-Square Error Approach -- 3 Case Study -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Questions and Answers -- Eigenmode-Based Parameter Perturbation for Stochastic Chemistry Transport Modeling.; 1 Introduction -- 2 Method -- 3 Results -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Questions and Answers -- Evolution of the Performance of the Canadian Operational Regional Air Quality Deterministic Prediction System from 2010 to 2019 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Evaluation Methodology -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Questions and Answers -- Statistical Methods to Forecast Air Quality in Taipa Ambient and Taipa Residential of Macao -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Modeling Air Pollution in a Changing Climate -- Impacts of Fine Particulate Matter and Climate Change on Human Health Over Europe-Present and Future Scenarios -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 2.1 Exposure-Response Functions -- 2.2 Simulation WRF-Chem -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Questions and Answers -- Air Quality Effects on Human Health and Ecology -- Assessing the Impact of the Po Valley Air Quality Plan (Italy) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Case Study -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Question and Answer -- Innovative Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling in Support of Smart Farming Applications Within the Frame of the EU LIFE+ GAIA SENSE Project -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Modelling Methodology for Assessing Air Quality Impacts -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Modeling Chain Set up for the Assessment of Policy Impacts on Air Quality and Human Health -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 2.1 Models -- 2.2 Scenarios -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Modeling of Pollutant Emissions from a Diesel Power Station and Dispersion Over Extremely Complex Topography -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 2.1 Study Area -- 2.2 Modelling Tools -- 2.3 MEMO Input Data -- 2.4 Emission Estimations and MARS-aero Input Data.; 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Local and Urban Scale Modeling -- The Lagrangian Approach to Dispersion Modeling: Why We Like It (and What We Did with It) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Historical Trace -- 3 More Recent Developments and Our Work in the Meantime -- 4 Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Questions and Answers -- Modeling Setup for Assessing the Impact of Stakeholders and Policy Scenarios on Air Quality at Urban Scale -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Air Quality Impacts Assessment -- 2.1 Impact Assessment of Scenarios -- 3 Conclusions -- References -- Question and Answer -- Urban Atmospheric Chemistry with the EPISODE-CityChem Model -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The EPISODE-CityChem Model -- 3 Results -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Questions and Answers -- The Impact of BVOC Emissions from Urban Trees on O3 Production in Urban Areas Under Heat-Period Conditions -- 1 Heat-Periods, Urban Trees and Urban Air Quality -- 2 Research Domain and CTM Setup -- 3 Modeling Urban Tree-Specific BVOC Emissions in Urban Areas -- 4 Simulated Effects of UGI BVOC Emissions on Ozone -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Questions and Answers -- Implementation and Application of the Online Coupled Chemistry Model of the Microscale Urban Climate Model PALM-4U -- 1 Introduction -- 2 PALM-4U Chemistry Implementation -- 3 Case Study for a City Quarter of Berlin, Germany -- 4 Conclusions and Outlook -- References -- Questions and Answers -- Urgency Management of Adverse ; Atmospheric Releases with a Forefront Multi-scale High Resolution Modeling and Decision-Support System -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Downscaling and Upscaling Flow and Dispersion Modeling -- 3 Validation of the Local Scale Modeling System -- 3.1 Description of the Experimental Test-Cases -- 3.2 Overview of PMSS Validation Against Michelstadt Wind Tunnel Results.; 3.3 Overview of PMSS Validation Against CUTE Field and Wind Tunnel Results.