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Cities and their vital systems [[electronic resource] ] : infrastructure past, present, and future / / Jesse H. Ausubel and Robert Herman, editors ; National Academy of Engineering
Cities and their vital systems [[electronic resource] ] : infrastructure past, present, and future / / Jesse H. Ausubel and Robert Herman, editors ; National Academy of Engineering
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1988
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (368 p.)
Disciplina 363.0973
Altri autori (Persone) AusubelJesse
HermanRobert
Collana Series on technology and social priorities
Soggetto topico Cities and towns - United States - Growth
Infrastructure (Economics) - United States
Public works - United States
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-280-21503-8
9786610215034
0-309-55516-7
0-585-14248-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Cities and Their Vital Systems""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1 Cities and Infrastructure: Synthesis and Perspectives""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 The Dynamic Characterization of Cities""; ""EVOLUTION OF A CITY""; ""COMPARISON OF CITIES""; ""DATA COLLECTION AND INTERPRETATION""; ""Statistical Analysis""; ""Data Presentation and Results""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""APPENDIX A SELECTED STUDY VARIABLES: EXPLANATORY NOTES""; ""APPENDIX B CHARACTERISTICS OF EIGHT U.S. CITIES (ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES)""; ""3 How Cities Grew in the Western World: A Systems Approach""
""A DUAL MODEL OF URBAN SYSTEMS: ECONOMIC EXCHANGE AND SPATIAL CONFIGURATIONS""""THE DYNAMICS OF GROWTH AND CHANGE""; ""IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""4 Urban Systems and Historical Path Dependence""; ""THE EVOLUTION OF LOCATIONAL PATTERNS: THREE MODELS""; ""Model I. Pure Necessity: Location under Independent Preferences""; ""Model 2. Pure Chance: Location by Spin-Off""; ""Model 3. Chance and Necessity: Location under Agglomeration Economies""; ""PATH-DEPENDENCE AND CONVEXITY""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""5 An Economic Model of Urban Growth""
""REFERENCES""""APPENDIX""; ""6 Growth of U.S. Cities and Recent Trends in Urban Real Estate Values""; ""DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL METROPOLITAN INFRASTRUCTURE""; ""INFRASTRUCTURE LESSONS FROM GEOGRAPHIC HISTORY""; ""PAYING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE NEW SERVICE ECONOMY""; ""INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE LOCAL SCALE""; ""HOUSEHOLDS AND HOUSING UNITS IN THE LARGEST CITIES""; ""Socioeconomic Status of Households""; ""Stage in the Household Life Cycle""; ""Race and Ethnicity""; ""SOCIAL STATUS AND HOUSING VALUE OF NEIGHBORHOODS""; ""Chicago""; ""Los Angeles""; ""New York City""
""COMPARING CENTRAL CITY AND METROPOLITAN AREA HOUSING VALUES""""CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""7 Infrastructures for Movement: Past and Future""; ""METHODOLOGY""; ""Case 1: The Malthusian Population""; ""Case 2: One-to-One Competition""; ""Case 3: Multiple Competition""; ""AIR TRANSPORT""; ""1995 AND BEYOND""; ""MOVING ENERGY""; ""Coal""; ""Oil""; ""Natural Gas""; ""Nuclear Energy""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""APPENDIX""; ""Special Cases: The Malthusian Case""; ""One-to-One Competition Case""; ""Multiple Competition Case""
""8 Dynamics and Replacement of U.S. Transport Infrastructures""""TRANSPORTATION""; ""Aircraft""; ""The Automobile""; ""Railroads""; ""Canals""; ""Transport Infrastructure""; ""PRIMARY ENERGY""; ""Energy Consumption""; ""Energy Substitution""; ""Crude Oil and Natural Gas Transport""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""APPENDIX""; ""Estimation Methods for the Logistic Growth Function""; ""The Technological Substitution Models and Parameter Estimates""; ""NOTES""; ""Bibliography""; ""9 Air Traffic Congestion: Problems and Prospects""; ""CAUSES OF AIRPORT CONGESTION""; ""PROSPECTS FOR IMPROVEMENT""
""10 Combining Communications and Computing: Telematics Infrastructures""
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Cities and their vital systems : infrastructure past, present, and future / / Jesse H. Ausubel and Robert Herman, editors ; National Academy of Engineering
Cities and their vital systems : infrastructure past, present, and future / / Jesse H. Ausubel and Robert Herman, editors ; National Academy of Engineering
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1988
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (368 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina 363.0973
Altri autori (Persone) AusubelJesse
HermanRobert
Collana Series on technology and social priorities
Soggetto topico Cities and towns - United States - Growth
Infrastructure (Economics) - United States
Public works - United States
ISBN 1-280-21503-8
9786610215034
0-309-55516-7
0-585-14248-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Cities and Their Vital Systems""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1 Cities and Infrastructure: Synthesis and Perspectives""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 The Dynamic Characterization of Cities""; ""EVOLUTION OF A CITY""; ""COMPARISON OF CITIES""; ""DATA COLLECTION AND INTERPRETATION""; ""Statistical Analysis""; ""Data Presentation and Results""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""APPENDIX A SELECTED STUDY VARIABLES: EXPLANATORY NOTES""; ""APPENDIX B CHARACTERISTICS OF EIGHT U.S. CITIES (ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES)""; ""3 How Cities Grew in the Western World: A Systems Approach""
""A DUAL MODEL OF URBAN SYSTEMS: ECONOMIC EXCHANGE AND SPATIAL CONFIGURATIONS"" ""THE DYNAMICS OF GROWTH AND CHANGE""; ""IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""4 Urban Systems and Historical Path Dependence""; ""THE EVOLUTION OF LOCATIONAL PATTERNS: THREE MODELS""; ""Model I. Pure Necessity: Location under Independent Preferences""; ""Model 2. Pure Chance: Location by Spin-Off""; ""Model 3. Chance and Necessity: Location under Agglomeration Economies""; ""PATH-DEPENDENCE AND CONVEXITY""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""5 An Economic Model of Urban Growth""
""REFERENCES"" ""APPENDIX""; ""6 Growth of U.S. Cities and Recent Trends in Urban Real Estate Values""; ""DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL METROPOLITAN INFRASTRUCTURE""; ""INFRASTRUCTURE LESSONS FROM GEOGRAPHIC HISTORY""; ""PAYING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE NEW SERVICE ECONOMY""; ""INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE LOCAL SCALE""; ""HOUSEHOLDS AND HOUSING UNITS IN THE LARGEST CITIES""; ""Socioeconomic Status of Households""; ""Stage in the Household Life Cycle""; ""Race and Ethnicity""; ""SOCIAL STATUS AND HOUSING VALUE OF NEIGHBORHOODS""; ""Chicago""; ""Los Angeles""; ""New York City""
""COMPARING CENTRAL CITY AND METROPOLITAN AREA HOUSING VALUES""""CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""7 Infrastructures for Movement: Past and Future""; ""METHODOLOGY""; ""Case 1: The Malthusian Population""; ""Case 2: One-to-One Competition""; ""Case 3: Multiple Competition""; ""AIR TRANSPORT""; ""1995 AND BEYOND""; ""MOVING ENERGY""; ""Coal""; ""Oil""; ""Natural Gas""; ""Nuclear Energy""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""APPENDIX""; ""Special Cases: The Malthusian Case""; ""One-to-One Competition Case""; ""Multiple Competition Case""
""8 Dynamics and Replacement of U.S. Transport Infrastructures"" ""TRANSPORTATION""; ""Aircraft""; ""The Automobile""; ""Railroads""; ""Canals""; ""Transport Infrastructure""; ""PRIMARY ENERGY""; ""Energy Consumption""; ""Energy Substitution""; ""Crude Oil and Natural Gas Transport""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""APPENDIX""; ""Estimation Methods for the Logistic Growth Function""; ""The Technological Substitution Models and Parameter Estimates""; ""NOTES""; ""Bibliography""; ""9 Air Traffic Congestion: Problems and Prospects""; ""CAUSES OF AIRPORT CONGESTION""; ""PROSPECTS FOR IMPROVEMENT""; ""10 Combining Communications and Computing: Telematics Infrastructures""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910778782403321
Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1988
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Cities and their vital systems : infrastructure past, present, and future / / Jesse H. Ausubel and Robert Herman, editors ; National Academy of Engineering
Cities and their vital systems : infrastructure past, present, and future / / Jesse H. Ausubel and Robert Herman, editors ; National Academy of Engineering
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1988
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (368 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina 363.0973
Altri autori (Persone) AusubelJesse
HermanRobert
Collana Series on technology and social priorities
Soggetto topico Cities and towns - United States - Growth
Infrastructure (Economics) - United States
Public works - United States
ISBN 1-280-21503-8
9786610215034
0-309-55516-7
0-585-14248-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Cities and Their Vital Systems""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1 Cities and Infrastructure: Synthesis and Perspectives""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 The Dynamic Characterization of Cities""; ""EVOLUTION OF A CITY""; ""COMPARISON OF CITIES""; ""DATA COLLECTION AND INTERPRETATION""; ""Statistical Analysis""; ""Data Presentation and Results""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""APPENDIX A SELECTED STUDY VARIABLES: EXPLANATORY NOTES""; ""APPENDIX B CHARACTERISTICS OF EIGHT U.S. CITIES (ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES)""; ""3 How Cities Grew in the Western World: A Systems Approach""
""A DUAL MODEL OF URBAN SYSTEMS: ECONOMIC EXCHANGE AND SPATIAL CONFIGURATIONS"" ""THE DYNAMICS OF GROWTH AND CHANGE""; ""IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""4 Urban Systems and Historical Path Dependence""; ""THE EVOLUTION OF LOCATIONAL PATTERNS: THREE MODELS""; ""Model I. Pure Necessity: Location under Independent Preferences""; ""Model 2. Pure Chance: Location by Spin-Off""; ""Model 3. Chance and Necessity: Location under Agglomeration Economies""; ""PATH-DEPENDENCE AND CONVEXITY""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""5 An Economic Model of Urban Growth""
""REFERENCES"" ""APPENDIX""; ""6 Growth of U.S. Cities and Recent Trends in Urban Real Estate Values""; ""DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL METROPOLITAN INFRASTRUCTURE""; ""INFRASTRUCTURE LESSONS FROM GEOGRAPHIC HISTORY""; ""PAYING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE NEW SERVICE ECONOMY""; ""INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE LOCAL SCALE""; ""HOUSEHOLDS AND HOUSING UNITS IN THE LARGEST CITIES""; ""Socioeconomic Status of Households""; ""Stage in the Household Life Cycle""; ""Race and Ethnicity""; ""SOCIAL STATUS AND HOUSING VALUE OF NEIGHBORHOODS""; ""Chicago""; ""Los Angeles""; ""New York City""
""COMPARING CENTRAL CITY AND METROPOLITAN AREA HOUSING VALUES""""CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""7 Infrastructures for Movement: Past and Future""; ""METHODOLOGY""; ""Case 1: The Malthusian Population""; ""Case 2: One-to-One Competition""; ""Case 3: Multiple Competition""; ""AIR TRANSPORT""; ""1995 AND BEYOND""; ""MOVING ENERGY""; ""Coal""; ""Oil""; ""Natural Gas""; ""Nuclear Energy""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""APPENDIX""; ""Special Cases: The Malthusian Case""; ""One-to-One Competition Case""; ""Multiple Competition Case""
""8 Dynamics and Replacement of U.S. Transport Infrastructures"" ""TRANSPORTATION""; ""Aircraft""; ""The Automobile""; ""Railroads""; ""Canals""; ""Transport Infrastructure""; ""PRIMARY ENERGY""; ""Energy Consumption""; ""Energy Substitution""; ""Crude Oil and Natural Gas Transport""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""APPENDIX""; ""Estimation Methods for the Logistic Growth Function""; ""The Technological Substitution Models and Parameter Estimates""; ""NOTES""; ""Bibliography""; ""9 Air Traffic Congestion: Problems and Prospects""; ""CAUSES OF AIRPORT CONGESTION""; ""PROSPECTS FOR IMPROVEMENT""; ""10 Combining Communications and Computing: Telematics Infrastructures""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910829105903321
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1988
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Lasers [[electronic resource] ] : invention to application / / John R. Whinnery, symposium chairman ; Jesse H. Ausubel, H. Dale Langford, editors ; National Academy of Engineering
Lasers [[electronic resource] ] : invention to application / / John R. Whinnery, symposium chairman ; Jesse H. Ausubel, H. Dale Langford, editors ; National Academy of Engineering
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1987
Descrizione fisica viii, 134 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.)
Disciplina 621.36/6
Altri autori (Persone) WhinneryJohn R
AusubelJesse
LangfordH. Dale
Soggetto topico Lasers
Photonics
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-280-22161-5
9786610221615
0-309-59471-5
0-585-14390-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910455430103321
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1987
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Lasers [[electronic resource] ] : invention to application / / John R. Whinnery, symposium chairman ; Jesse H. Ausubel, H. Dale Langford, editors ; National Academy of Engineering
Lasers [[electronic resource] ] : invention to application / / John R. Whinnery, symposium chairman ; Jesse H. Ausubel, H. Dale Langford, editors ; National Academy of Engineering
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1987
Descrizione fisica viii, 134 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.)
Disciplina 621.36/6
Altri autori (Persone) WhinneryJohn R
AusubelJesse
LangfordH. Dale
Soggetto topico Lasers
Photonics
ISBN 1-280-22161-5
9786610221615
0-309-59471-5
0-585-14390-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto The laser -- still young at 25? / Anthony E. Siegman -- Lasers in modern industries / Anthony J. DeMaria -- Lasers in communications and information processing / C. Kumar N. Patel -- Lasers in medicine / Rodney Perkins -- Lasers in science / Arthur L. Schawlow -- Interactions between the science and technology of lasers / John R. Whinnery.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910778711803321
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1987
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Lasers : invention to application / / John R. Whinnery, symposium chairman ; Jesse H. Ausubel, H. Dale Langford, editors ; National Academy of Engineering
Lasers : invention to application / / John R. Whinnery, symposium chairman ; Jesse H. Ausubel, H. Dale Langford, editors ; National Academy of Engineering
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1987
Descrizione fisica viii, 134 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.)
Disciplina 621.36/6
Altri autori (Persone) WhinneryJohn R
AusubelJesse
LangfordH. Dale
Soggetto topico Lasers
Photonics
ISBN 1-280-22161-5
9786610221615
0-309-59471-5
0-585-14390-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto The laser -- still young at 25? / Anthony E. Siegman -- Lasers in modern industries / Anthony J. DeMaria -- Lasers in communications and information processing / C. Kumar N. Patel -- Lasers in medicine / Rodney Perkins -- Lasers in science / Arthur L. Schawlow -- Interactions between the science and technology of lasers / John R. Whinnery.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910828411003321
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1987
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Technological trajectories and the human environment [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jesse H. Ausubel and H. Dale Langford
Technological trajectories and the human environment [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jesse H. Ausubel and H. Dale Langford
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1997
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (224 p.)
Disciplina 363.7
Altri autori (Persone) AusubelJesse
LangfordH. Dale
Soggetto topico Environmental management
Technological innovations - Environmental aspects
Power resources - Environmental aspects
Materials - Environmental aspects
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-282-08112-8
9786612081125
0-309-52127-0
0-585-02645-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction: Technological Trajectories and the Human Environment""; ""Contents""; ""The Liberation of the Environment""; ""Time for a Change: On the Patterns of Diffusion of Innovation""; ""Population, Technology, and the Human Environment: A Thread Through Time""; ""How Much Land Can Ten Billion People Spare for Nature?""; ""Freeing Energy from Carbon""; ""Life-styles and the Environment: The Case of Energy""; ""Elektron: Electrical Systems in Retrospect and Prospect""; ""Materialization and Dematerialization: Measures and Trends""
""Toward the End of Waste: Reflections on a New Ecology of Industry""""Humans in Nature: Toward a Physiocentric Philosophy""; ""Sustaining the Human Environment: The Next Two Hundred Years""; ""Biographical Data""; ""Index""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910456027903321
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1997
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Technological trajectories and the human environment / / editors, Jesse H. Ausubel, H. Dale Langford
Technological trajectories and the human environment / / editors, Jesse H. Ausubel, H. Dale Langford
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1997
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina 363.7
Altri autori (Persone) AusubelJesse
LangfordH. Dale
Soggetto topico Environmental management
Technological innovations - Environmental aspects
Power resources - Environmental aspects
Materials - Environmental aspects
ISBN 0-309-17678-6
1-282-08112-8
9786612081125
0-309-52127-0
0-585-02645-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction: Technological Trajectories and the Human Environment""; ""Contents""; ""The Liberation of the Environment""; ""Time for a Change: On the Patterns of Diffusion of Innovation""; ""Population, Technology, and the Human Environment: A Thread Through Time""; ""How Much Land Can Ten Billion People Spare for Nature?""; ""Freeing Energy from Carbon""; ""Life-styles and the Environment: The Case of Energy""; ""Elektron: Electrical Systems in Retrospect and Prospect""; ""Materialization and Dematerialization: Measures and Trends""
""Toward the End of Waste: Reflections on a New Ecology of Industry"" ""Humans in Nature: Toward a Physiocentric Philosophy""; ""Sustaining the Human Environment: The Next Two Hundred Years""; ""Biographical Data""; ""Index""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910778763803321
Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1997
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Technological trajectories and the human environment / / edited by Jesse H. Ausubel and H. Dale Langford
Technological trajectories and the human environment / / edited by Jesse H. Ausubel and H. Dale Langford
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1997
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina 363.7
Altri autori (Persone) AusubelJesse
LangfordH. Dale
Soggetto topico Environmental management
Technological innovations - Environmental aspects
Power resources - Environmental aspects
Materials - Environmental aspects
ISBN 0-309-17678-6
1-282-08112-8
9786612081125
0-309-52127-0
0-585-02645-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction: Technological Trajectories and the Human Environment""; ""Contents""; ""The Liberation of the Environment""; ""Time for a Change: On the Patterns of Diffusion of Innovation""; ""Population, Technology, and the Human Environment: A Thread Through Time""; ""How Much Land Can Ten Billion People Spare for Nature?""; ""Freeing Energy from Carbon""; ""Life-styles and the Environment: The Case of Energy""; ""Elektron: Electrical Systems in Retrospect and Prospect""; ""Materialization and Dematerialization: Measures and Trends""
""Toward the End of Waste: Reflections on a New Ecology of Industry"" ""Humans in Nature: Toward a Physiocentric Philosophy""; ""Sustaining the Human Environment: The Next Two Hundred Years""; ""Biographical Data""; ""Index""
Altri titoli varianti Human environment
Record Nr. UNINA-9910828698803321
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1997
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Technology and environment / / Jesse H. Ausubel and Hedy E. Sladovich, editors ; National Academy of Engineering
Technology and environment / / Jesse H. Ausubel and Hedy E. Sladovich, editors ; National Academy of Engineering
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1989
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (x, 221 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina 628
Altri autori (Persone) AusubelJesse
SladovichHedy E
Soggetto topico Environmental engineering - Technological innovations
Environmental protection
ISBN 1-280-21179-2
9786610211791
0-309-58306-3
0-585-02271-2
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Technology and Environment: An Overview""; ""FRAMEWORKS FOR ANALYSIS""; ""SOME SOLUTIONS""; ""SOCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS""; ""TECHNOLOGICAL OPPORTUNITIES""; ""CONCLUDING THOUGHTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""1 Frameworks for Analysis""; ""Industrial Metabolism""; ""MASS FLOWS AND WASTE EMISSIONS""; ""ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF WASTE RESIDUALS""; ""EVOLUTION OF INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES""; ""EVOLUTIONARY ECONOMICS AND GAIA""; ""APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS-BALANCE PRINCIPLES""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""APPENDIX""
""The Biosphere as a Materials-Transformation System"" ""Industrial Transformation Processes""; ""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Dematerialization""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENT""; ""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Regularities in Technological Development: An Environmental View""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""NOTE""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 The Promise of Technological Solutions""; ""Meeting the Near-Term Challenge for Power Plants""; ""THE ROLE OF ELECTRICITY IN ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PRODUCTIVITY""; ""IMPACTS OF REGULATIONS""; ""TRENDS IN EFFICIENCY""; ""CLEAN POWER FROM COAL""; ""CARBON DIOXIDE AND GLOBAL WARMING""
""CONCLUSION"" ""REFERENCES""; ""Advanced Fossil Fuel Systems and Beyond""; ""THE MYTH OF ''RUNNING OUT OF RESOURCES""""; ""NATURAL GAS: A BRIDGE TO THE POSTFOSSIL AGE?""; ""ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS""; ""BEYOND THE FOSSIL AGE""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Protecting the Ozone Layer: A Perspective from Industry""; ""ORIGINS OF CONCERN""; ""ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY""; ""PRECAUTIONARY ACTIONS""; ""INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS""; ""RENEWED CONTROL EFFORTS AND INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP""; ""A HISTORIC INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT""; ""CREDIBLE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES""
""3 Social and Institutional Aspects"" ""The Rise and Fall of Environmental Expertise""; ""OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES""; ""THE REAL WORLD OF DECISIONS""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""Environmental Issues: Implications for Engineering Design and Education""; ""REGULATORY TRENDS""; ""A CHALLENGE TO ENGINEERING""; ""DESIGN OF ENVIRONMENTALLY COMPATIBLE PROCESSES AND PLANTS""; ""RESEARCH IMPLICATIONS""; ""ENVIRONMENTALLY COMPATIBLE CONSUMER PRODUCTS""; ""IMPLICATIONS FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION""; ""SUMMARY""; ""NOTE""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Engineering Our Way Out of Endless Environmental Crises""
""ENVIRONMENTAL ENDS, TECHNOLOGICAL MEANS"" ""CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR WASTE TECHNOLOGY""; ""LEAVING THE END-OF-PIPE APPROACH""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""The Paradox of Technological Development""; ""SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT""; ""PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS AND PUBLIC POLICY""; ""A CASE IN POINT: THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT""; ""ADDRESSING GLOBAL WARMING AS A GLOBAL PROBLEM""; ""ONE COURSE OF ACTION: NUCLEAR ENERGY""; ""ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND PRACTICE: WHAT NEXT?""; ""COOPERATION FOR THE FUTURE""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Contributors""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910826931903321
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1989
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