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Where Is Science Leading Us? : And What Can We Do to Steer It?
| Where Is Science Leading Us? : And What Can We Do to Steer It? |
| Autore | Jaeger Lars |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (341 pages) |
| Altri autori (Persone) | DacorognaMichel |
| ISBN | 3-031-47138-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Takeover of Scientific Leadership -- Geniuses Create a New World -- The Shift of the Scientific Gravity Centre from Europe to the USA -- Philosophical Implications of Quantum Theory - The Concept of Reality Called into Question -- Highly Controversial Philosophical Discussions Among Physicists in the 1930s -- How Europe and Philosophy Both Lost Their Dominance in Science -- Pragmatism Now Governing Science - With Consequences -- Philosophy for Quantum Physics - Still Essential Today -- Scientific Revolutions Beyond Physics -- 3 Publicly Backed Science in Competition with Private Companies -- The Transition from Fundamental Scientific Research to Technological Applications -- Relationship of Sciences and Technological Applications Today -- Who Finances Modern Science? -- How Do We Judge the Quality of Scientific Papers Today? -- Where Should We Go in Science? -- Three Past Examples from Fundamental Research to Revolutionary Technology - Penicillin, PCR and the Atomic Bomb -- Penicillin -- Atomic Bomb -- Polymerase Chain Reaction PCR -- The Most Important Technological Efforts Today - And Those in the Future -- 4 Philosophy in Science Is Over -- The Tradition of Science Interacting with Philosophy -- The Breakdown of Absolute Knowledge in Science Is a Profound Philosophical Challenge -- Does Philosophy Still Have an Importance for Science? -- Open Questions in Science Today Are as Well Open Philosophical Questions -- Why the Influence of Philosophy into Science, Besides All Its Needs, Is Still so Low Today -- A Key Mathematician Steps Out of Science Protesting Against Its Nature of Leaving Out Important Topics -- A Good Example for an Interaction of Philosophy and Science: Research on the Nature of the Human Ego-Consciousness -- More and More Important: The Relationship Between Science and Ethics.
5 Promising and Scary Developments in Future Technologies -- The Future Technological Application Changing the World and Human Beings -- Artificial Intelligence - Improving or Controlling Our Lives? -- Quantum Computers - Millions of Times Faster Computation or Just a Dream by Physicists? -- CO2-Neutrality - Can We Create Enough Alternative Energies in the Next Few Years to Prevent a Climate Catastrophe -- Nuclear Fusion - The Solution of Our Energy Problems or Just a Topic of a Century of Dreaming? -- Genetics - The Victory Over Cancer or Manipulation of Mankind? -- Internet of Things - New Industrial Technologies and Smart Fabrications or a Full Invasion of Privacy? -- Neuro-Enhancements - Improving Our Thinking and Acting or Move Away From Today's Reality? -- Understanding Our Minds Through VR-Technologies - Finding Our Ego Or Is It Unfindable for Scientists? -- Digital Algorithms and Big Data - New Profiles for Our Lives or Controlling Humans' Thinking and Acting? -- Blockchain Technology - Is It a Groundbreaking Innovation or Just a Passing Trend? -- Cybersecurity - Is It a Consistently Significant Concern or Merely an Occasional Problem? -- Nanotechnology - Creation of Things from "Nothing" or Just a Dream? -- Stem Cells - Using Cells That Can Do Everything. Also for Our Entire Body and Mind? -- Biotechnology - From Frogs for Pharmacists to Nano-Robots in Our Bodies, a Medical Dream or Future Reality? -- New Food Technologies - How We Will Provide Food to 10 Billion People or Just a Science Dream Story? -- Synthetic Life- When Humans Play God: Part I -- Life Prolongation - When Humans Play God: Part II -- Are These All the Technologies that Will Shape Our Future? -- 6 Physics from 1960 to Today -- The New Quantum World - How to Deal With An Uncountable Number of New Particles -- A First Theory Integrating Various Particles and the Strong Force. The Standard Model of Elementary Particles -- "Chaos" Theory and Emergence Patterns in Today's Physics -- Today's Situation in the Macrocosm - Will We Soon Get Answers to the Fundamental Questions About the Universe? -- How Realistic Is a Unifying Theory for Physics? -- Research in Physics Today -- Philosophy of Physics Today -- 7 Computers, Nanotechnology, Internet and Many Other Technologies -- What New Technologies Physics Has Brought Us: A Tremendous Amount of Life Improvements and a Few Important Open Questions -- Nuclear Technologies -- Electronics, Digital Technologies and the Miniaturisation of Processors -- Digital Revolution (also Known as the "Third Industrial Revolution" or "Microelectronic Revolution") -- Lasers -- Mobile Phones -- Internet -- Superconductivity and Superfluidity -- Satellites in and Beyond the Atmosphere -- New Materials That Do Not Exist in Nature -- Solid-State Physics -- Quantum Computer -- Nano Particles and Nanotechnologies -- Where Are We Going? -- 8 Biology from 1953 to 2023: Major Breakthroughs and Their Ethical Issues -- The Second Foundation of Biology: Genetics -- First Steps in "Genetic Engineering" -- The Development of Life on Earth -- The Origin of Life -- Genetics Since the 1970s -- Revolution of Genetics in 2012 - As Amazing as Scary New Technologies -- Synthetic Life -- Life Prolongation - When Humans Want to Play God II -- Ethics for Today's Biology -- Humans as a Bull in a China Shop -- 9 Brain Research Since the 1990s -- History of Brain Research Until 1990s - A Rather Short Story Compared with What Happened Thereafter -- Early Brain Research as of 1990 - First Insights and Many Problems Left -- Research About Our Consciousness - How the Brain Generates Our Mind -- About Our ("Ego-")consciousness - Fundamental Open Problems -- More Methods and Results of Research on Our Consciousness. And Yes, It Does Change - The Plasticity of Our Brain -- Key Technologies - "Improving" Our Minds with Neuro-Enhancements -- More Philosophical Questions -- Our Inner Model as Virtual Reality -- Our Mind and Self-Consciousness - More Empirical Studies, Dramatic Applied Technologies and - yet Again - Ethical Issues -- Summary: Scientific Knowledge, Philosophical and Ethical Questions, and Remaining Openness -- New Questions on Social Relationships -- What is a Human Being and What Should a Human Being Be? -- 10 Artificial Intelligence from Its Origins Via Today to the Future -- History of Artificial Intelligence -- History of Computers and Computer Science -- Where AI Stands Today -- The Current Interaction of AI and Our Brain - Does that Eventually Lead to Superhuman Intelligence? -- How AI Shapes Our Society -- Who Should Deal with the Decline of Our Privacy? -- The Development of Big Data -- Artificial Intelligence's Possible Consciousness of (Strong) AI -- 11 The Path Towards Modern Mathematics -- Mathematics Before 1920 -- The Crisis in Mathematics -- The Revolution -- The Path Towards Modern Mathematics - More and More Abstraction -- Dealing with Concrete Problems Through Numerical Methods -- Mathematics Today and in the Future -- 12 Astronomical Research -- A (Very) Brief History of Astronomy Prior to 1960 -- A Rather Recent Revolution in Observing the Universe -- New Discoveries in the Last 25 Years -- Cosmology - The Origin of the Universe -- Cosmology - How the Universe is Developing -- The Current Unified Theory of the Universe - Many Open Questions -- 13 The Future of Sciences/Technologies? -- More of the Promising and Challenging Areas in Science and Technology -- CO2-Neutrality -- Nuclear Fusion -- Food Technology -- Synthetic Life and Life Prolongation -- Historical Issues. "We Go Under" Versus "Yes, We Can" - Dystopian Pessimism Versus Utopian Optimism -- Social Drivers -- Us -- 14 The Myth of the Optimally Functional Invisible Hand -- The Legend of an Invisible Hand -- Who is Likely to Best Govern the Scientific Future? - I. The Side Actors: Cultural Figures, Journalists or the Church? -- Who is Likely to Best Govern the Scientific Future? - II. The - Democratically Elected - Government? -- Who is Likely to Best Govern the Scientific Future? - III. The Scientists Themselves? -- Who is Likely to Best Govern the Scientific Future? - IV. All of Us! -- 15 Science, Technology and Spirituality -- How New Technologies Shape Up the Economy - In the Right Direction? -- More Openness, Less Dogmatism -- Rationally Irrational -- How Can Broad Knowledge About Science and Technologies and Its Rational and Democratic Assessments Make the World a Safer and Better Place -- A New Way of Approaching "Spirituality" -- Summary: Ideas Instead of Ideologies -- Name Index. |
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White-Collar Crime Online : Deviance, Organizational Behaviour and Risk
| White-Collar Crime Online : Deviance, Organizational Behaviour and Risk |
| Autore | Gottschalk Petter |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (330 pages) |
| Disciplina | 364.168 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | HamertonChristopher |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 3-030-82132-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910502993203321 |
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Whiteness and Stigma in the Workplace : Organisation and Work in South Africa
| Whiteness and Stigma in the Workplace : Organisation and Work in South Africa |
| Autore | Crafford Anne |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (317 pages) |
| Disciplina | 331.1330968 |
| ISBN |
9783031098116
9783031098109 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910590046103321 |
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Who Gives to Whom? Reframing Africa in the Humanitarian Imaginary
| Who Gives to Whom? Reframing Africa in the Humanitarian Imaginary |
| Autore | Kemedjio Cilas |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (266 pages) |
| Disciplina | 337.6 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | LynchCecelia |
| Collana | Culture and Religion in International Relations Series |
| ISBN | 3-031-46553-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910845087703321 |
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Whole Slide Imaging : Current Applications and Future Directions
| Whole Slide Imaging : Current Applications and Future Directions |
| Autore | Parwani Anil V |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (253 pages) |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 3-030-83332-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910508467803321 |
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Whole-Body Control for Multi-Contact Balancing of Humanoid Robots : Design and Experiments
| Whole-Body Control for Multi-Contact Balancing of Humanoid Robots : Design and Experiments |
| Autore | Henze Bernd |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 pages) |
| Collana | Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics Ser. |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 3-030-87212-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Whole-Body Control for Multi-Contact Balancing of Humanoid Robots |
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Henze Bernd
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Why Do Banks Fail and What to Do about It : The Role of Risk Management, Governance, Accounting, and More
| Why Do Banks Fail and What to Do about It : The Role of Risk Management, Governance, Accounting, and More |
| Autore | Abidi Nordine |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (192 pages) |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BuchettiBruno
CrosettiSamuele Miquel-FloresIxart |
| Collana | Contributions to Finance and Accounting Series |
| ISBN | 3-031-52311-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Authors' Comment -- Disclaimer -- Introduction -- Contents -- About the Authors -- 1 The Role of Banking -- 1 Banks Are at the Heart of the Financial System -- 2 What Are Banks, What Do They Do and Why Do We Need Them? -- 3 The Future of Banking and Money? The Big Tech Challenge and Payment Evolution -- 2 Risk Management and Banking Failures -- 1 Introduction -- 2 How Does the Regulator Respond to a Bank Failure? -- 3 Preventing Failures and Managing Banks' Risks Effectively -- 3.1 New Risks: Climate Change -- 4 New Risks: Digitisation, Technology, and the Financial Sector -- 5 New Risks: Cyber Risk and the Financial Sector -- 5.1 The Emergence of Cyber Risk for Banks -- 5.2 Key Regulatory and Policy Considerations and Ways Ahead -- The NIST Cybersecurity Framework -- US Cyber Security Strategy Takes a New Regulation for the Cloud -- 3 The Role of the Accounting Information in Banking Failures -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Financial Statement of Commercial and Investment Banks -- 3 Mechanics of Accounting Misrepresentation -- 3.1 Overstatement of Assets -- 4 Creative Accounting, Underreporting of Liabilities and Off-BS Position -- 4 Corporate Governance and Banking Failures -- 1 Introduction -- 2 What Is Corporate Governance in the Banking Sector? -- 3 Corporate Governance: Insights from Agency Theory -- 4 Agency Costs: How to Reduce Them -- 5 Corporate Governance and Banking: The Role of Agency Costs -- 6 Agency Dilemma I: Shareholders and Depositors vs Directors -- 7 Agency Dilemma II: Shareholders and Depositors vs Directors -- 5 Banking Resolution and Its Key Concepts and Tools -- 1 What Is so Special About Banks and Why We Need Resolution Regimes -- 2 The Resolution Objectives -- 2.1 Preservation of Critical Functions -- Prevention of Contagion Effects -- 2.2 Protection of Taxpayers.
2.3 Protection of Covered Counterparties, Insolvency Hierarchy and Segregation of Client Assets -- 2.4 Efficiency of Resolution -- 2.5 Other Objectives Included in the Key Attributes -- 3 The Concept of Resolvability (Or the Corollary to the Resolution Objectives) -- 3.1 The Definition -- 3.2 The Content -- 3.3 The Policy Operationalisation of Resolvability -- 4 The Preconditions to Resolution and the PublicInterest Assessment -- 5 The Resolution Tools -- 5.1 Bail-In -- Bail-In Functioning and Sequence -- Exclusions from Bail-In -- `No Creditor Worse Off' Principle, Valuation and Financing Arrangements -- 5.2 Sale of Business -- Is It Possible to Sell a Failing Bank? -- The Roles Involved in a Sale -- Different Sale Strategies for Different Circumstances -- 5.3 Asset Separation -- 5.4 Bridge Bank -- 6 The Loss Absorption Requirements -- 6.1 The Total Loss-Absorbing Capacity for G-SIBs -- 6.2 The MREL -- 7 Ongoing Resolution Planning, Resolvability Assessmentand Testing -- Conclusion -- References. |
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Wicked Problems in Public Policy : Understanding and Responding to Complex Challenges
| Wicked Problems in Public Policy : Understanding and Responding to Complex Challenges |
| Autore | Head Brian W |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (180 pages) |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 3-030-94580-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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Wildland Fire Smoke in the United States : A Scientific Assessment
| Wildland Fire Smoke in the United States : A Scientific Assessment |
| Autore | Peterson David L |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, : Springer Nature, 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (346 pages) |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
McCaffreySarah M
Patel-WeynandToral |
| Soggetto topico |
Natural disasters
Ecological science, the Biosphere Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques Pollution & threats to the environment Life sciences: general issues Mathematics & science |
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Wildland Fire and Smoke
Global Warming and Climate Change Smoke Plumes Fire related Physical, Chemical and Biological Issues Smoke and Fire Management Smoke Impacts from Wild and Planned Fires |
| ISBN | 3-030-87045-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Disclaimer -- Contents -- 1 Assessing the State of Smoke Science -- 1.1 Recent Trends -- 1.2 Environmental and Social Context -- 1.3 Overview of This Assessment -- References -- 2 Fuels and Consumption -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.1.1 Understanding How Fuels Contribute to Smoke -- 2.2 Wildland Fuels -- 2.2.1 Fuel Characteristics -- 2.2.2 Traditional Methods to Estimate Wildland Fuel Loadings -- 2.2.3 Emerging Technologies and Methods -- 2.3 Fuel Consumption -- 2.3.1 Indirect Estimates of Fuel Consumption -- 2.3.2 Direct Measures of Fuel Consumption -- 2.4 Gaps in Wildland Fuels Characterization -- 2.4.1 Scaling from Fine-Scale to Coarse-Scale Fuel Characterization -- 2.4.2 Challenges in Forest Floor Characterization -- 2.4.3 Modeling Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Wildland Fuels -- 2.5 Vision for Improving Fuel Science in Support of Smoke Science -- 2.6 Science Delivery to Managers -- 2.7 Research Needs -- 2.8 Conclusions -- References -- 3 Fire Behavior and Heat Release as Source Conditions for Smoke Modeling -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Current State of Science -- 3.2.1 Representing Fire in Smoke Models -- 3.2.2 Remote Sensing -- 3.2.3 Effects of Management Actions -- 3.3 Gaps in Understanding the Link Between Fire Behavior and Plume Dynamics -- 3.3.1 Heat Release -- 3.3.2 Fire Spread -- 3.3.3 Plume Cores -- 3.4 Vision for Improving Smoke Science -- 3.5 Emerging Issues and Challenges -- 3.5.1 Magnitude of Fire and Smoke Impacts -- 3.5.2 Managing Fuels to Minimize Air Quality Impacts -- 3.5.3 Need for Dispersion Climatologies -- 3.5.4 When and Where is Coupled Fire-Atmosphere Modeling Needed? -- 3.6 Conclusions -- 3.7 Key Findings -- 3.8 Key Information Needs -- References -- 4 Smoke Plume Dynamics -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.1.1 Scientific Significance -- 4.1.2 Management Significance.
4.2 Current State of Science -- 4.2.1 Theoretical Framework -- 4.2.2 Smoke Measurements -- 4.2.3 Smoke Plume Modeling -- 4.2.4 Interactive Processes -- 4.2.5 Smoke Decision Support Systems -- 4.3 Gaps in Understanding Plume Dynamics -- 4.3.1 Measurements -- 4.3.2 Plume Rise -- 4.3.3 Dispersion and Transport Modeling -- 4.3.4 Nighttime Smoke -- 4.3.5 Physics-Based Fire Models -- 4.3.6 Smoke Management for Prescribed Fires -- 4.4 Vision for Improving Plume Dynamics Science -- 4.4.1 New Research on Observational and Computational Capabilities -- 4.4.2 New Approaches and Tools -- 4.4.3 New Projects -- 4.4.4 Recent Policies and Integration with Smoke Impacts Research -- 4.5 Emerging Issues and Challenges -- 4.5.1 Coupled Modeling Systems -- 4.5.2 Improving Modeling Tools with Field Campaign Data -- 4.5.3 Real-Time Smoke Transport Modeling and Prediction -- 4.5.4 Smoke from Duff Burning Under Drought Conditions -- 4.5.5 Smoke Plume Dynamics and Climate Change -- 4.5.6 Smoke Dynamics in the Earth System -- 4.6 Conclusions -- 4.7 Key Findings -- References -- 5 Emissions -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Current State of the Science -- 5.2.1 Fuel Properties, Combustion Processes, and Emissions -- 5.2.2 Smoke Composition and Emission Factors -- 5.2.3 Emission Calculations -- 5.3 Existing Data, Tools, Models, and Other Technology -- 5.3.1 Emission Factors -- 5.3.2 Emission Inventories -- 5.3.3 Emission Models for Land Management -- 5.4 Gaps in Data, Understanding, and Tools/Technology -- 5.4.1 Emission Factors for Wildfires -- 5.4.2 Connecting Laboratory Studies with Field Observations -- 5.4.3 Variability of EFs with Combustion Conditions -- 5.4.4 Validation of Emission Inventories -- 5.4.5 Forecasting Wildfire Emissions -- 5.4.6 Measuring and Modeling PM2.5 -- 5.4.7 Emissions of Hazardous Air Pollutants -- 5.4.8 Emissions from Structure Fires -- 5.5 Conclusions. References -- 6 Smoke Chemistry -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.1.1 Overview and Context of the Issues -- 6.1.2 Need for Decision Support -- 6.1.3 Scientific Challenges -- 6.2 Current State of the Science -- 6.2.1 Well-Understood Aspects of Smoke Chemistry -- 6.2.2 Existing Data, Tools, Models, and Other Technology -- 6.3 Gaps in Data, Understanding, and Tools/Technology -- 6.3.1 Ozone Data Gaps -- 6.3.2 Secondary Organic Aerosol Data Gaps -- 6.3.3 Model Gaps -- 6.4 Vision for Improving Our Understanding of Smoke Chemistry -- 6.4.1 Near-Term Opportunities -- 6.4.2 Long-Term Priorities for Improving Smoke Chemistry Knowledge -- 6.5 Emerging Issues -- 6.5.1 Higher Particulate Matter, Ozone, and Hazardous Air Pollutants from Fires in Western States -- 6.5.2 How Prescribed Burning Affects Smoke Chemistry -- 6.5.3 Clarifying Specific Health Effects -- 6.6 Links with Other Components of the Smoke Assessment -- 6.6.1 Fire Behavior and Plume Dynamics -- 6.6.2 Fuel Characterization -- 6.6.3 Smoke Emissions -- 6.6.4 Effects on People, Health, Transportation, and Commerce -- 6.7 Conclusions -- 6.7.1 Key Research Needs and Priorities -- 6.7.2 Opportunities for Shared Stewardship to Improve Smoke Science and Management -- References -- 7 Social Considerations: Health, Economics, and Risk Communication -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Health Effects Attributed to Wildland Fire Smoke -- 7.2.1 Wildland Fire Smoke Exposure -- 7.2.2 Epidemiologic Evidence-Wildfire Smoke and PM2.5 -- 7.2.3 Other Smoke Pollutants Associated with Health Risks -- 7.2.4 Occupational/Cumulative and Chronic Exposures -- 7.3 Economic Costs and Losses from Smoke -- 7.3.1 Theoretical Costs and Losses -- 7.3.2 Health Costs and Losses -- 7.3.3 Evacuation as an Averting Behavior -- 7.3.4 Displaced Recreation and Tourism -- 7.4 Social Acceptance and Risk Communication -- 7.4.1 Social Acceptability. 7.4.2 Risk Communication -- 7.5 Key Findings -- 7.6 Key Information Needs -- 7.6.1 Understudied Health Effects -- 7.6.2 Health Benefits and Trade-Offs of Public Health Interventions -- 7.6.3 Economic Impacts -- 7.6.4 Central Repository of Standards and Actions -- 7.7 Conclusions -- References -- 8 Resource Manager Perspectives on the Need for Smoke Science -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Managing Wildland Fire to Improve Ecosystem Conditions While Minimizing Smoke Impacts -- 8.2.1 Smoke Concerns and Barriers to Prescribed Fire -- 8.2.2 Applying Prescribed Fire Across Large Landscapes -- 8.2.3 Utilizing Wildfires and Natural Ignitions -- 8.2.4 Implications of Wildfire Response Actions and Suppression for Air Quality -- 8.2.5 Alternatives to Burning-Evaluating Emissions Reduction -- 8.2.6 Effects of Fuel Moisture on Emissions and Dispersion -- 8.2.7 Fuel Type, Fuel Loading, and Fuel Consumption -- 8.2.8 Techniques for Minimizing Smoke Impacts -- 8.2.9 Components of Wildland Fire Smoke -- 8.2.10 Soils and Emissions -- 8.2.11 Remote Sensing and Data for Fuels, Fire, and Smoke -- 8.2.12 Prescribed Fire Tracking Data -- 8.2.13 Fire Emissions and the National Emissions Inventory -- 8.3 Wildland Fire and Smoke Decision Tools -- 8.3.1 Multiple Fires and Airshed Analysis -- 8.3.2 Fire Growth Models and Smoke Dispersion -- 8.3.3 Background Air Quality Conditions -- 8.3.4 Smoke Models for Fire Planning -- 8.3.5 Use of Air Quality Measurements -- 8.3.6 Air Quality Impacts of Prescribed Fire Versus Wildfire -- 8.3.7 Smoke Model Performance and Accuracy -- 8.3.8 Long-Range Forecasts and Projections for Planning and Early Warning -- 8.3.9 Tools and Data Needs for the Future -- 8.3.10 Identifying Areas at High Risk from Wildfire and Smoke -- 8.4 Health, Safety, and Societal Impacts of Smoke -- 8.4.1 What is a Smoke-Affected Day?. 8.4.2 Effects of Smoke Exposure on Human Health for Different Exposure Scenarios -- 8.4.3 Health Effects of Constituents of Smoke Beyond Particulate Matter -- 8.4.4 Smoke and Mental Health -- 8.4.5 Smoke and Visibility Reduction on Roadways -- 8.4.6 Visibility Conditions in Class I Areas -- 8.5 Outreach and Messaging About Smoke -- 8.5.1 Smoke Ready Interventions -- 8.5.2 Air Quality Conditions and Advisories -- 8.5.3 National Weather Service -- 8.5.4 Interagency Wildland Fire Air Quality Response Program and Air Resource Advisors -- 8.6 Transfer of Smoke and Air Quality Science and Tools to Managers -- 8.6.1 Formal Fire and Smoke Training Opportunities -- 8.6.2 Informal Training and Collaboration Opportunities -- 8.6.3 Websites, Webinars, Etc. -- 8.6.4 Learning Pathways -- 8.6.5 Maintaining Contact -- 8.7 Managing Smoke in a Changing Environment -- References -- Appendix A Regional Perspectives on Smoke Issues and Management -- Alaska Region -- Ecological and Social Context -- Prescribed Fire and Smoke -- Smoke Research Needs and Scientific Efforts Applicable to the Region -- Eastern Region -- Ecological and Social Context -- Prescribed Fire and Smoke -- Smoke Research Needs and Scientific Efforts Applicable to the Region -- Intermountain Region -- Ecological and Social Context -- Prescribed Fire and Smoke -- Smoke Research Needs and Scientific Efforts Applicable to the Region -- Northern Region -- Ecological and Social Context -- Prescribed Fire and Smoke -- Smoke Research Needs and Current Efforts Applicable to the Region -- Pacific Northwest Region -- Ecological and Social Context -- Prescribed Fire and Smoke -- Smoke Research Needs and Scientific Efforts Applicable to the Region -- Pacific Southwest Region -- Ecological and Social Context -- Prescribed Fire and Smoke -- Smoke Research Needs and Scientific Efforts Applicable to the Region. Rocky Mountain Region. |
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Wildlife Trafficking : A Deconstruction of the Crime, Victims and Offenders
| Wildlife Trafficking : A Deconstruction of the Crime, Victims and Offenders |
| Autore | Wyatt Tanya |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (298 pages) |
| Disciplina | 364.13367 |
| Collana | Critical Criminological Perspectives Ser. |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 3-030-83753-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Acronyms -- List of Figures -- 1 Introduction -- Definitions -- Scale and Scope -- The Dark Figure of Wildlife Trafficking -- The Green Criminological Underpinning -- The Layout -- References -- 2 Contemporary Patterns -- Global Patterns -- The Demand -- Processed Commodities -- Collectors' Items -- Traditional Medicines -- Food -- Factors Affecting the Demand -- The Supply -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Significance -- Environmental Impacts -- Loss of Biodiversity -- Invasive Species -- Disease Transmission -- Economic Impacts -- Government -- Business and Industry -- Human Impacts -- Livelihoods -- Health -- National Security Impacts -- Corruption -- Organised Crime Groups -- Terrorism and Insurgency -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Construction of Harm and Victimhood -- The Construction of Harm -- Anthropocentrism -- Biocentrism -- Ecocentrism -- Who Are the Victims of the Illegal Wildlife Trade? -- People -- States -- Non-Human Animals -- Plants -- The Environment -- The Hierarchy of Victimhood -- Humans -- The State -- Non-Human Animals -- Plants -- The Environment -- Summary -- The Victimisation Continues -- Euthanasia -- Rehabilitation and Life in Captivity -- Reintroduction -- The Moral Obligation -- References -- 5 Construction of Blame and Offending -- What Wildlife Offenders Say Are Their Motivations -- The Capturers -- Subsistence Poachers/Harvesters -- Opportunistic Poachers/Harvesters -- Specialist Poachers/Harvesters -- The Smugglers -- Individuals -- The Intermediary -- The Networks -- Disorganised Crime -- Organised Crime Groups -- Other 'Organised' Crime -- The Sellers, Processors, and Storers -- The Buyers -- Accidental -- Denial -- Committed -- The Hierarchy of Offending -- Punishment -- References -- 6 The Fight Against Wildlife Trafficking.
How to Combat Wildlife Trafficking -- Criminalisation -- Regulation -- Compliance -- CITES -- Law Enforcement -- Environmental Law Enforcement -- Wildlife Law Enforcement -- Forensics -- Customs and Border Protection -- Prosecution, the Judiciary and the Jury -- Conservation -- Scientists -- Non-Governmental Organisations -- Citizens -- The Economy -- Governments -- Corporations -- Individuals -- Analysis -- References -- 7 Transnational Collaborations -- The Species Collaborations -- GRASP -- Species Survival Network (SSN) -- The Regional Collaborations -- The Industry Collaborations -- Financial Taskforce -- Transport Taskforce -- Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking Online -- The Global Collaborations -- United for Wildlife -- Global Conferences -- ICCWC -- INTERPOL -- Environmental Crime at INTERPOL -- The Enforcement Teams/Working Groups -- Projects -- LEAF -- Predator and Wisdom -- Operations -- Analysis -- References -- 8 Reflecting on Wildlife Trafficking -- The Big Picture -- The Impacts -- The Victims -- The Offenders -- The Fight -- The Connections -- The Future -- References -- References -- Index. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Wildlife Trafficking |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910506379803321 |
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Wyatt Tanya
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2021 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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