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Clean Water Using Solar and Wind : : Opportunities to reach outside the power grid / / Gustaf Olsson
| Clean Water Using Solar and Wind : : Opportunities to reach outside the power grid / / Gustaf Olsson |
| Autore | Olsson Gustaf |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | IWA Publishing, 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (239 p.) |
| Disciplina | 628.162 |
| Soggetto topico | Water supply & treatment |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Environmental Sciences
Water Renewable Energy |
| ISBN |
1-5231-2328-1
1-78040-944-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910309849703321 |
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| IWA Publishing, 2018 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Water and energy : threats and opportunities / / Gustaf Olsson
| Water and energy : threats and opportunities / / Gustaf Olsson |
| Autore | Olsson Gustaf |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, [England] : , : IWA Publishing, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (350 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.91 |
| Soggetto topico |
Water use
Water resources development Energy development Water security Energy security |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-78040-694-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acronyms""; ""A guide for the reader""; ""Preface""; ""Preface 2nd edition""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Acknowledgements 2nd edition""; ""Part I: Introduction: The water and energy interdependence""; ""1. The water and energy nexus""; ""1.1 The Water and Energy Interrelationship""; ""1.2 The Supply of Water""; ""1.2.1 Water and poverty""; ""1.2.2 The millennium development goals""; ""1.2.3 Energy supply for water""; ""1.3 Expedients for Water""; ""1.3.1 The value of water""; ""1.3.2 Economic and energy resources for water""; ""1.4 Quantity and Quality""
""1.5 Chapter Summary""""1.6 More to Read""; ""1.6.1 Journals""; ""1.6.2 Visual media""; ""2. Competition and conflicts between water and energy""; ""2.1 Conflicts Over Shared Water and Energy Resources""; ""2.2 Primary Energy Sources""; ""2.3 Electrical Energy Generation""; ""2.4 Industrial Pollution""; ""2.4.1 China""; ""2.4.2 India""; ""2.5 Chapter Summary""; ""2.6 More to Read""; ""3. The demand for holistic solutions""; ""3.1 Consequences of the Water and Energy Nexus""; ""3.2 Integrated Solutions""; ""3.2.1 System wide water operations""; ""3.3 Water, Energy and Food Security"" ""3.4 Sustainability""""3.4.1 Putting ecosystems into the planning""; ""3.5 Finding Efficient Driving Forces""; ""3.6 Chapter Summary""; ""3.7 More to Read""; ""Part II: Water vs. climate, population, energy, food and land use""; ""4. Climate change""; ""4.1 Global Warming""; ""4.1.1 Intergovernmental panel on climate change - IPCC""; ""4.1.2 Other works to address climate change""; ""4.1.3 The oceans""; ""4.1.4 Arctic areas and Antarctica""; ""4.1.5 Signs in nature""; ""4.1.6 Impact on water resources""; ""4.2 Climate Change Impact on Weather"" ""4.2.1 Risks of extreme events and disasters""""4.2.2 Economic losses related to weather""; ""4.2.3 Extreme weather events""; ""4.2.4 The tipping point""; ""4.3 Climate Change Impact on Energy""; ""4.3.1 Climate impact on energy production""; ""4.3.2 Climate impact on energy demand""; ""4.3.3 Building more climate resilient energy""; ""4.4 Climate Meetings""; ""4.4.1 Kyoto 1997""; ""4.4.2 Copenhagen 2009 - Cancún 2010 - Durban 2011""; ""4.4.3 Warsaw 2013""; ""4.4.4 IPCC meeting in Stockholm 2013""; ""4.4.5 New York 2014 - Beijing 2014""; ""4.4.6 The emission gap"" ""4.5 Recent Climate Actions""""4.5.1 European Union""; ""4.5.2 United States""; ""4.5.3 Climate actions in some other countries""; ""4.6 The Greenhouse Effect""; ""4.6.1 Greenhouse gas emissions""; ""4.6.2 Early discovery of global warming""; ""4.7 The Greenhouse Gases""; ""4.7.1 Carbon dioxide""; ""4.7.2 Methane""; ""4.7.3 Nitrous oxide""; ""4.7.4 Artificial gases""; ""4.8 The Global Warming Potential""; ""4.8.1 Estimating global warming potential""; ""4.9 Frugality""; ""4.9.1 Efficiency""; ""4.10 Chapter Summary - The Urgency""; ""4.11 Recommended Reading"" ""4.11.1 A note on Svante Arrhenius, a GHG pioneer"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460872503321 |
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Olsson Gustaf
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| London, [England] : , : IWA Publishing, , 2015 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Water and energy : threats and opportunities / / Gustaf Olsson
| Water and energy : threats and opportunities / / Gustaf Olsson |
| Autore | Olsson Gustaf |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, [England] : , : IWA Publishing, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (350 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.91 |
| Soggetto topico |
Water use
Water resources development Energy development Water security Energy security |
| ISBN | 1-78040-694-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acronyms""; ""A guide for the reader""; ""Preface""; ""Preface 2nd edition""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Acknowledgements 2nd edition""; ""Part I: Introduction: The water and energy interdependence""; ""1. The water and energy nexus""; ""1.1 The Water and Energy Interrelationship""; ""1.2 The Supply of Water""; ""1.2.1 Water and poverty""; ""1.2.2 The millennium development goals""; ""1.2.3 Energy supply for water""; ""1.3 Expedients for Water""; ""1.3.1 The value of water""; ""1.3.2 Economic and energy resources for water""; ""1.4 Quantity and Quality""
""1.5 Chapter Summary""""1.6 More to Read""; ""1.6.1 Journals""; ""1.6.2 Visual media""; ""2. Competition and conflicts between water and energy""; ""2.1 Conflicts Over Shared Water and Energy Resources""; ""2.2 Primary Energy Sources""; ""2.3 Electrical Energy Generation""; ""2.4 Industrial Pollution""; ""2.4.1 China""; ""2.4.2 India""; ""2.5 Chapter Summary""; ""2.6 More to Read""; ""3. The demand for holistic solutions""; ""3.1 Consequences of the Water and Energy Nexus""; ""3.2 Integrated Solutions""; ""3.2.1 System wide water operations""; ""3.3 Water, Energy and Food Security"" ""3.4 Sustainability""""3.4.1 Putting ecosystems into the planning""; ""3.5 Finding Efficient Driving Forces""; ""3.6 Chapter Summary""; ""3.7 More to Read""; ""Part II: Water vs. climate, population, energy, food and land use""; ""4. Climate change""; ""4.1 Global Warming""; ""4.1.1 Intergovernmental panel on climate change - IPCC""; ""4.1.2 Other works to address climate change""; ""4.1.3 The oceans""; ""4.1.4 Arctic areas and Antarctica""; ""4.1.5 Signs in nature""; ""4.1.6 Impact on water resources""; ""4.2 Climate Change Impact on Weather"" ""4.2.1 Risks of extreme events and disasters""""4.2.2 Economic losses related to weather""; ""4.2.3 Extreme weather events""; ""4.2.4 The tipping point""; ""4.3 Climate Change Impact on Energy""; ""4.3.1 Climate impact on energy production""; ""4.3.2 Climate impact on energy demand""; ""4.3.3 Building more climate resilient energy""; ""4.4 Climate Meetings""; ""4.4.1 Kyoto 1997""; ""4.4.2 Copenhagen 2009 - Cancún 2010 - Durban 2011""; ""4.4.3 Warsaw 2013""; ""4.4.4 IPCC meeting in Stockholm 2013""; ""4.4.5 New York 2014 - Beijing 2014""; ""4.4.6 The emission gap"" ""4.5 Recent Climate Actions""""4.5.1 European Union""; ""4.5.2 United States""; ""4.5.3 Climate actions in some other countries""; ""4.6 The Greenhouse Effect""; ""4.6.1 Greenhouse gas emissions""; ""4.6.2 Early discovery of global warming""; ""4.7 The Greenhouse Gases""; ""4.7.1 Carbon dioxide""; ""4.7.2 Methane""; ""4.7.3 Nitrous oxide""; ""4.7.4 Artificial gases""; ""4.8 The Global Warming Potential""; ""4.8.1 Estimating global warming potential""; ""4.9 Frugality""; ""4.9.1 Efficiency""; ""4.10 Chapter Summary - The Urgency""; ""4.11 Recommended Reading"" ""4.11.1 A note on Svante Arrhenius, a GHG pioneer"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797483703321 |
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Olsson Gustaf
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| London, [England] : , : IWA Publishing, , 2015 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Water and energy : threats and opportunities / / Gustaf Olsson
| Water and energy : threats and opportunities / / Gustaf Olsson |
| Autore | Olsson Gustaf |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, [England] : , : IWA Publishing, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (350 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.91 |
| Soggetto topico |
Water use
Water resources development Energy development Water security Energy security |
| ISBN | 1-78040-694-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acronyms""; ""A guide for the reader""; ""Preface""; ""Preface 2nd edition""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Acknowledgements 2nd edition""; ""Part I: Introduction: The water and energy interdependence""; ""1. The water and energy nexus""; ""1.1 The Water and Energy Interrelationship""; ""1.2 The Supply of Water""; ""1.2.1 Water and poverty""; ""1.2.2 The millennium development goals""; ""1.2.3 Energy supply for water""; ""1.3 Expedients for Water""; ""1.3.1 The value of water""; ""1.3.2 Economic and energy resources for water""; ""1.4 Quantity and Quality""
""1.5 Chapter Summary""""1.6 More to Read""; ""1.6.1 Journals""; ""1.6.2 Visual media""; ""2. Competition and conflicts between water and energy""; ""2.1 Conflicts Over Shared Water and Energy Resources""; ""2.2 Primary Energy Sources""; ""2.3 Electrical Energy Generation""; ""2.4 Industrial Pollution""; ""2.4.1 China""; ""2.4.2 India""; ""2.5 Chapter Summary""; ""2.6 More to Read""; ""3. The demand for holistic solutions""; ""3.1 Consequences of the Water and Energy Nexus""; ""3.2 Integrated Solutions""; ""3.2.1 System wide water operations""; ""3.3 Water, Energy and Food Security"" ""3.4 Sustainability""""3.4.1 Putting ecosystems into the planning""; ""3.5 Finding Efficient Driving Forces""; ""3.6 Chapter Summary""; ""3.7 More to Read""; ""Part II: Water vs. climate, population, energy, food and land use""; ""4. Climate change""; ""4.1 Global Warming""; ""4.1.1 Intergovernmental panel on climate change - IPCC""; ""4.1.2 Other works to address climate change""; ""4.1.3 The oceans""; ""4.1.4 Arctic areas and Antarctica""; ""4.1.5 Signs in nature""; ""4.1.6 Impact on water resources""; ""4.2 Climate Change Impact on Weather"" ""4.2.1 Risks of extreme events and disasters""""4.2.2 Economic losses related to weather""; ""4.2.3 Extreme weather events""; ""4.2.4 The tipping point""; ""4.3 Climate Change Impact on Energy""; ""4.3.1 Climate impact on energy production""; ""4.3.2 Climate impact on energy demand""; ""4.3.3 Building more climate resilient energy""; ""4.4 Climate Meetings""; ""4.4.1 Kyoto 1997""; ""4.4.2 Copenhagen 2009 - Cancún 2010 - Durban 2011""; ""4.4.3 Warsaw 2013""; ""4.4.4 IPCC meeting in Stockholm 2013""; ""4.4.5 New York 2014 - Beijing 2014""; ""4.4.6 The emission gap"" ""4.5 Recent Climate Actions""""4.5.1 European Union""; ""4.5.2 United States""; ""4.5.3 Climate actions in some other countries""; ""4.6 The Greenhouse Effect""; ""4.6.1 Greenhouse gas emissions""; ""4.6.2 Early discovery of global warming""; ""4.7 The Greenhouse Gases""; ""4.7.1 Carbon dioxide""; ""4.7.2 Methane""; ""4.7.3 Nitrous oxide""; ""4.7.4 Artificial gases""; ""4.8 The Global Warming Potential""; ""4.8.1 Estimating global warming potential""; ""4.9 Frugality""; ""4.9.1 Efficiency""; ""4.10 Chapter Summary - The Urgency""; ""4.11 Recommended Reading"" ""4.11.1 A note on Svante Arrhenius, a GHG pioneer"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826489403321 |
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Olsson Gustaf
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| London, [England] : , : IWA Publishing, , 2015 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Water Interactions : Why We Need to Comprehend the Water-Climate-energy-food-economics-lifestyle Connections
| Water Interactions : Why We Need to Comprehend the Water-Climate-energy-food-economics-lifestyle Connections |
| Autore | Olsson Gustaf |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : IWA Publishing, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (275 pages) |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Water interactions |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910586572503321 |
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Olsson Gustaf
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| London : , : IWA Publishing, , 2022 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Water interactions : A systemic view Why we need to comprehend the water-climate-energy-food-economics-lifestyle connections / / Gustaf Olsson
| Water interactions : A systemic view Why we need to comprehend the water-climate-energy-food-economics-lifestyle connections / / Gustaf Olsson |
| Autore | Olsson Gustaf |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | United Kingdom : , : IWA Publishing, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (275 pages) |
| Disciplina | 333.91 |
| Soggetto topico | Water-supply |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | About the author xiii -- Preface. . xv -- Acknowledgements. xix -- Prologue - Some experiences in my lifetime xxi -- Chapter 1 Introduction - setting the scene. 1 -- 1.1 Where We are Today . 1 -- 1.2 How We Got Here . 2 -- 1.3 Going from Here . . 4 -- 1.4 Some Scenarios . 4 -- 1.4.1 Fossil fuels 5 -- 1.4.2 Food. . 6 -- 1.4.3 Renewable energy - critical minerals . . 7 -- 1.4.4 Economics 7 -- 1.5 Overview of the Book . . 7 -- Chapter 2 Systems thinking . . 11 -- 2.1 Systemic Approach . 12 -- 2.2 Feedback 15 -- 2.3 Wicked Problems . 15 -- 2.4 Hyperobjects. 16 -- 2.5 The UN Sustainable Development Goals . 17 -- 2.6 Global Risks . 18 -- Chapter 3 Climate today . . 19 -- 3.1 The 1992 RIO Conference . 21 -- 3.2 Climate as Reported by IPCC in 2021 23 -- 3.3 Climate Pioneers . 26 -- 3.4 The Million-Year Perspective . 27 -- 3.5 The CO2 -- Budget 28 -- 3.6 The COP26 Agreements . 29 -- 3.7 Deforestation 31 -- 3.8 Actions Needed 34 -- Chapter 4 Global warming impacts . 35 -- 4.1 Global Impact of Climate Change . 37 -- 4.2 Weather vs Climate . 37 -- 4.3 Extreme Weather. 38 -- 4.3.1 Human-made vulnerability 42 -- 4.4 Temperature . 42 -- 4.5 Rossby Waves 45 -- 4.6 Droughts 46 -- 4.7 Air Pollution from Wildfires 47 -- 4.8 Precipitation . 48 -- 4.9 Methane 49 -- 4.10 Other Significant Greenhouse Gases 52 -- 4.10.1 Nitrous oxide . 52 -- 4.10.2 Hydrofluorocarbons . 52 -- 4.11 Climate Feedback Mechanisms . 52 -- 4.12 The Human Cost of Climate Change. 54 -- 4.13 Actions Needed 55 -- Chapter 5The water perspective . . 57 -- 5.1 How We Got Here 59 -- 5.1.1 Drinking water 59 -- 5.1.2 Sanitation 60 -- 5.1.3 Water stress 60 -- 5.2 The State of Water Resources. 60 -- 5.2.1 Water quantity 61 -- 5.2.2 Water quality . 63 -- 5.2.3 Natural disasters and water . 64 -- 5.2.4 Glacier mass loss 64 -- 5.2.5 Water supply from glaciers 65 -- 5.2.6 Sea level rise and land subsidence 66 -- 5.2.7 Predicting future water resources 67 -- 5.2.8 Water conflicts 67 -- 5.3 Energy for Water Supply and Water Treatment 68 -- 5.3.1 Source water abstraction and conveyance . 68 -- 5.3.2 Desalination . . 69 -- 5.3.3 Irrigation and groundwater use 70 -- 5.3.4 Wastewater treatment - water resource recovery . 72 -- 5.4 Water Impact on Hydropower 73 -- 5.5 Economics, Tariffs, and the Value of Water . 74 -- 5.6 Food Consumption Impact on Water 78 -- 5.6.1 Water use 78 -- 5.7 Lifestyle and Water Consumption . 79 -- 5.8 Our Attitude to Nature . . 80 -- 5.9 Actions Needed 82 -- Chapter 6 The energy perspective . 85 -- 6.1 How We Got Here . . 87 -- 6.1.1 Global energy . 87 -- 6.1.2 Electrical energy 88 -- 6.1.3 Transport 90 -- 6.2 Energy Consumption Today . . 92 -- 6.3 Climate and Energy Interactions . . 93 -- 6.4 Water Needs for Energy . 95 -- 6.5 Fossil Fuel Production - Impact on Water and Environment 97 -- 6.5.1 Tar sand operations . . 97 -- 6.5.2 Hydraulic fracturing 100 -- 6.5.3 Flaring 101 -- 6.5.4 Coal 102 -- 6.5.5 Oil accidents and oil pollution 104 -- 6.6 Biofuel Production. 106 -- 6.6.1 Water use . 107 -- 6.6.2 Burning wood 108 -- 6.7 Electric Power Production 109 -- 6.8 Hydropower 110 -- 6.8.1 Impact of reservoirs. 110 -- 6.9 Thermal Electric Power Generation Systems. 112 -- 6.9.1 Nuclear power . 113 -- 6.9.2 Fossil-fuelled power systems 115 -- 6.9.3 Water requirements . 115 -- 6.10 Carbon Capture . 117 -- 6.11 Solar and Wind Power . 119 -- 6.11.1 Energy efficiency and consumption 119 -- 6.11.2 Solar .120 -- 6.11.3 Wind power . 121 -- 6.12 Energy Storage 122 -- 6.12.1 Batteries 122 -- 6.12.2 Hydrogen .125 -- 6.13 Critical Resources for Renewable Energy 127 -- viii Water Interactions - A Systemic View -- 6.13.1 Cobalt128 -- 6.13.2 Lithium . 131 -- 6.14 Energy and Public Health. 133 -- 6.14.1 Coal and public health 135 -- 6.14.2 Biomass burning . 135 -- 6.15 Actions Needed . 135 -- Chapter 7 The food perspective . . 137 -- 7.1 Food and Climate Change 139 -- 7.1.1 Global meat production and consumption 140 -- 7.1.2 Environmental impact. 142 -- 7.2 Land Area for Food 143 -- 7.3 Food Waste. 145 -- 7.4 Water for Food 147 -- 7.4.1 Irrigation, water efficiencies, and available technologies 147 -- 7.4.2 Water quality 148 -- 7.5 Energy for Food . 149 -- 7.5.1 Irrigation 149 -- 7.5.2 Fertilizers . 150 -- 7.6 Conservation Agriculture . 152 -- 7.7 Food-Related Health . 155 -- 7.7.1 Targets for food production and consumption . 155 -- 7.7.2 Health risks factors . 156 -- 7.8 Actions Needed . 157 -- Chapter 8 Economics 159 -- 8.1 Inequalities . 160 -- 8.1.1 Climate change. 162 -- 8.1.2 Water inequalities 162 -- 8.1.3 Energy inequalities . 163 -- 8.1.4 Land use and deforestation. 163 -- 8.1.5 Food inequalities . 164 -- 8.2 Economic Consequences of Climate Change . 164 -- 8.2.1 The polluter pays principle . 165 -- 8.2.2 Paying for climate change 165 -- 8.3 Doughnut Economics 167 -- 8.3.1 Circular economics . 169 -- 8.4 Energy Subsidies 169 -- 8.5 Actions Needed . 170 -- Chapter 9 Lifestyle 173 -- 9.1 The Real Difficulty . 173 -- 9.2 Relation Between Wealth and Emissions 174 -- 9.3 Measuring National Emissions . . 176 -- 9.4 Consumption Patterns. . 177 -- 9.4.1 Apparel industry . 178 -- 9.4.2 Aviation . 179 -- 9.5 Actions . . 180 -- Chapter 10 Crisis or hope 183 -- A1 Units. 187 -- Large numbers . 187 -- Power and energy . 187 -- Mass and volume . 188 -- A2 Glossary 189 -- A3 Abbreviations 191 -- Notes 193 -- References 205 -- Index 217. |
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Olsson Gustaf
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| United Kingdom : , : IWA Publishing, , 2022 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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