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Achieving global sustainability [[electronic resource] ] : policy recommendations / / edited by Takamitsu Sawa, Susumu Iai and Seiji Ikkatai
| Achieving global sustainability [[electronic resource] ] : policy recommendations / / edited by Takamitsu Sawa, Susumu Iai and Seiji Ikkatai |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Tokyo ; ; New York, : United Nations University Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (364 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.9/27 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
IaiSusumu
IkkataiSeiji SawaTakamitsu <1942-> |
| Collana | Sustainability science series |
| Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Government policy
Global environmental change - Government policy Sustainability - Government policy Sustainable development - Government policy |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 92-808-7153-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Achieving global sustainability: Policy recommendations""; ""Contents""; ""Figures""; ""Tables""; ""Plates""; ""Equations""; ""Contributors""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Preface""; ""1 Introduction""; ""1-1 The end of the era of CO2 emissions""; ""1-2 Green New Deal""; ""1-3 The end of the era of automobiles and oil""; ""1-4 Automobiles and digital cameras""; ""1-5 Measures to combat climate change will spur global economic growth""; ""2 Global sustainability""; ""2-1 Global sustainability: Current issues and challenges""; ""2-1-1 Sustainability issues in the twenty-first century""
""2-1-2 The current state of global sustainability""""Environmental sustainability""; ""Global socio-economic realities""; ""2-1-3 Approaches to global sustainability""; ""2-1-4 Challenges for global sustainability""; ""The role of technology and institutions""; ""Challenges in developing countries""; ""2-1-5 Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""2-2 Global sustainability: Globalization and sustainable development""; ""2-2-1 Introduction""; ""2-2-2 Today's patterns in global environmental changes""; ""2-2-3 Environment and economic globalization in East Asia"" ""Mutual dependence between international specialization and environmental load""""2-2-4 Sustainable development of Asia""; ""Sustainable development of East Asia""; ""Asia of growth and Asia with vulnerability""; ""2-2-5 Global sustainability and local initiatives""; ""2-2-6 Conclusion""; ""References""; ""2-3 A new paradigm for economic growth""; ""2-3-1 Introduction""; ""2-3-2 The twentieth century as the century of CO2""; ""2-3-3 The basis for President Bush's withdrawal announcement""; ""2-3-4 Adaptation to climate change""; ""2-3-5 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Barack Obama"" ""2-3-6 Keynesian economics reborn""""2-3-7 The Green New Deal declaration""; ""2-3-8 Penetration of consumer durables to drive future growth""; ""2-3-9 What needs to be done to facilitate the penetration of solar panels?""; ""2-3-10 Stationary fuel cells and electric cars""; ""2-3-11 Closing remarks""; ""References""; ""3 Paradigm shift of socio-economic development""; ""3-1 Sustainable development and social common capital""; ""3-1-1 Introduction""; ""3-1-2 Economic models of sustainable development""; ""3-1-3 Productive base and social common capital"" ""3-1-4 Social common capital and climate change""""3-1-5 Conclusion""; ""References""; ""3-2 Social norms and people�s values in light of sustainability""; ""3-2-1 Introduction""; ""3-2-2 Sustainability and social dilemma""; ""Social dilemmas""; ""Importance of communication""; ""Efficacy for cooperation""; ""Inherent features of environmental problems""; ""3-2-3 Morality and social norms""; ""Psychological factors in the social dilemma""; ""Social norms for cooperation""; ""Two types of social norms""; ""3-2-4 Keys to solving social dilemmas in the local community"" ""Community and social capital"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462064803321 |
| Tokyo ; ; New York, : United Nations University Press, c2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Developments in Earthquake Geotechnics / / edited by Susumu Iai
| Developments in Earthquake Geotechnics / / edited by Susumu Iai |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (VIII, 414 p. 319 illus., 194 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 624.1762 |
| Collana | Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering |
| Soggetto topico |
Natural disasters
Geotechnical engineering Natural Hazards Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences |
| ISBN | 3-319-62069-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. Performance-based seismic design of geotechnical structures -- Chapter 2. The evolution of geotechnical seismic response analysis from 1964-2015 -- Chapter 3. Past, Present, and Future Developments in Liquefaction Hazard Analysis -- Chapter 4. Countermeasures against liquefaction -- Chapter 5. Towards solution for nuclear disaster at Fukushima No.1 Power Plant -- Chapter 6. Liquefaction induced dragload and downdrag based on full-scale blast liquefaction testing. Chapter 7. Innovation in sensing technologies for geotechnical engineering and opportunities for earthquake geotechnics -- Chapter 8. Recent efforts to mitigate the impacts of earthquake hazard in Indonesia -- Chapter 9. Possible 4m-deep flooding in densely populated low-land area of Tokyo triggered by a mega-earthquake expected in the near future -- Chapter 10. Journey from soil micro-element modelling to foundation macro-element -- Chapter 11. Effective Stress Analysis of Liquefaction during 2011 East Japan Earthquake -- Chapter 12. Effective Stress Analysis of Liquefaction during 2011 East Japan Earthquake: Effects of Void Redistribution (Kazuaki Uemura).-Chapter 13. Effective Stress Analysis of River Dikes during 2011 East Japan Earthquake -- Chapter 14. Effective Stress Analysis of Quay Walls during 2011 East Japan Earthquake -- Chapter 15 -- Modelling of Axial Behavior of Piles -- Chapter 16. Modelling of cohesive soils: soil element behavior -- Chapter 17. Modelling of cohesive soils: consolidation and seismic response -- Chapter 18. Large deformation (finite strain) analysis: theory -- Chapter 19. Large deformation (finite strain) analysis: application. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299392603321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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