Constructal human dynamics security and sustainability / / edited by Adrian Bejan ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam, : IOS; Lancaster, : Gazelle (distributor), 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (188 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.2
• Soggetto topico: Physics - Social aspects; Social ecology
• Altri autori: BejanAdrian <1948->
• Note generali: Conference proceedings.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Title page; Preface; Contents; Constructal Theory and Design; Constructal View of City Flow Structure and People Safety; Flow Systems, Catastrophes, and Public Policy; Developing Constructal Theory as a Tool for Global Security and Sustainability; Pattern Formation and Self-Organization in Living Systems: a Unified View of Coral Colonies and Crowd Dynam ics; Constructal Placement of Decontamination on Nuclear W aste Areas; Some Transfer Phenomena Regarding the Safety of Deep Geological Repositories of Radioactive Wa stes. ; Constructal Patterns in Air Traffic Flows and in Sustainable Information SystemsConstructal Flow of Education and Research; Subject Index; Author Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Globalization, security infrastructure and energy sustainability can be designed based on a scientific principle. This book approaches these objectives based on constructal theory, which means to design such projects as global 'flow' architectures that are 'alive' with movement of personnel, equipment, information, and education.
• Titolo autorizzato: Constructal human dynamics security and sustainability
• ISBN: 1-60750-398-0; 600-00-1448-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814654203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series E: Human and Societal Dynamics, v. 50