http://thuvienso.vanlanguni.edu.vn/handle/Vanlang_TV/3602 2026-06-23T15:38:49Z 2026-06-23T15:38:49Z Bretislav Friedrich Dieter Hoffmann Jürgen Renn http://thuvienso.vanlanguni.edu.vn/handle/Vanlang_TV/35042 2021-11-25T07:42:45Z 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: One Hundred Years of Chemical Warfare: Research, Deployment, Consequences Authors: Bretislav Friedrich; Dieter Hoffmann; Jürgen Renn Abstract: On April 22, 1915, the German military released 150 tons of chlorine gas at Ypres, Belgium. Carried by a long-awaited wind, the chlorine cloud passed within a few minutes through the British and French trenches, leaving behind at least 1,000 dead and 4,000 injured. This chemical attack, which amounted to the first use of a weapon of mass destruction, marks a turning point in world history. The preparation as well as the execution of the gas attack was orchestrated by Fritz Haber, the director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry in Berlin-Dahlem. During World War I, Haber transformed his research institute into a center for the development of chemical weapons (and of the means of protection against them). Description: xi, 408 p. : ill ; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51664-6 CC BY-NC

2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Markus Quante Franciscus Colijn http://thuvienso.vanlanguni.edu.vn/handle/Vanlang_TV/35041 2021-11-25T07:41:07Z 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: North Sea Region Climate Change Assessment Authors: Markus Quante; Franciscus Colijn Abstract: This book offers an up-to-date review of our current understanding of climate change in the North Sea and adjacent areas, as well as its impact on ecosystems and socio-economic sectors. It provides a detailed assessment of climate change based on published scientific work compiled by independent international experts from climate-related disciplines such as oceanography, atmospheric sciences, marine and terrestrial ecology, using a regional evaluation and review process similar to that of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of our changing climate, discussing a wide range of topics including past, current and future climate change, and climate-related changes in marine, terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. It also explores the impact of climate change on socio-economic sectors such as fisheries, agriculture, coastal zone management, coastal protection, urban climate, recreation/tourism, offshore activities/energy, and air pollution. Description: xlv, 528 p. : ill ; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39745-0

2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Tomoyuki Takahashi http://thuvienso.vanlanguni.edu.vn/handle/Vanlang_TV/35035 2021-11-25T07:19:45Z 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Radiological Issues for Fukushima’s Revitalized Future Authors: Tomoyuki Takahashi Abstract: This book overviews environmental issues 4 years after the Fukushima nuclear accident, covering a wide range of areas related to radiation and radioactivity. The topics discussed are necessary to make clear the relationship between the results of research and Fukushima’s revitalized future. The chapters are divided into four parts: Part 1 presents the identification of radionuclides in soil and migration of radionuclides in the terrestrial environment; Part 2 describes the safety decontamination system and treatment of radioactive waste; Part 3 explains the development of the system of measurement of environmental radiation and evaluation of external exposure; and Part 4 discusses the identification of radionuclides in farm products, control of root uptake, identification of decreasing radionuclides by food processing, and evaluation of internal exposure. Description: xiii, 232 p. : ill ; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55848-4 CC BY-NC

2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Lars Klüver Rasmus Øjvind Nielsen Marie Louise Jørgensen http://thuvienso.vanlanguni.edu.vn/handle/Vanlang_TV/35032 2021-11-25T07:09:05Z 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Policy-Oriented Technology Assessment Across Europe: Expanding Capacities Authors: Lars Klüver; Rasmus Øjvind Nielsen; Marie Louise Jørgensen Abstract: Policy-making to address grand challenges faces greater complexity than any previous project of modernization. Future scenarios are haunted by uncertainty and there is real ambivalence as to the values that policy should strive for. In this situation decision-makers look to research and innovation to provide answers and solutions. But neither can the great transitions ahead be planned by science, nor will conventional methods of innovation bring such transitions about. A turn to interactive governance is therefore underway with policy-makers and citizens becoming increasingly involved in processes of deliberating futures. Technology Assessment (TA) is the art of structuring such processes. TA goes beyond traditional expert policy analysis by systematically combining a multi-disciplinary evidence base with participatory approaches to policy deliberation. TA thus seeks to act as a hub for serious and transparent dialogue between policy, industry, science, and society about the challenges ahead and the available options for overcoming them responsibly. This volume offers an up-to-date account of the expansion of technology assessment capacities across new European member states. The contributions of this volume are written by leading European researchers and practitioners in technology assessment (TA) and are based on the PACITA (Parliaments and Civil Society in Technology Assessment) project. Description: xvi, 171 p. : ill ; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-56172-5

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