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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “shigeru morichi”
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  • Transport Development in Asian Megacities

    A New Perspective

    Edited by Shigeru Morichi, Surya Raj Acharya ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    The rapid growth of the Asian urban population concentrates on a few large cities, turning them into giant megacities. Despite new theoretical insights into the benefits of megacities, the emerging Asia is facing a daunting challenge concerning the management of infrastructure and services in their megacities. The deteriorating urban mobility is the most difficult challenge with respect to the ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Intercity Transport and Climate Change

    Strategies for Reducing the Carbon Footprint

    Edited by Yoshitsugu Hayashi, Shigeru Morichi, Tae Hoon Oum, Werner Rothengatter ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    While intercity passenger transport counts for about 2% of the total passenger transport volume the share of the total passenger kilometers traveled is estimated more than one third. In many countries the major part of intercity transport is performed by car and air and as a result, the contribution to the carbon footprint is substantially higher than the share of overall passenger transport ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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  • Rail Vehicle Dynamics

    by Klaus Knothe, Sebastian Stichel ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book on the dynamics of rail vehicles is developed from the manuscripts for a class with the same name at TU Berlin. It is directed mainly to master students with pre-knowledge in mathematics and mechanics and engineers that want to learn more. The important phenomena of the running behaviour of rail vehicles are derived and explained. Also recent research results and experience from the ... Read more

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  • Climate Change: A Wicked Problem

    Complexity and Uncertainty at the Intersection of Science, Economics, Politics, and Human Behavior

    by Frank P. Incropera ...
    Under one cover, Frank P. Incropera provides a comprehensive, objective and critical assessment of all issues germane to the climate change debate: science, technology options, economic ramifications, cultural and behavioural issues, the influence of special interests and public policy, geopolitics and ethical dimensions. The underlying science is treated in depth, but in an approachable and ... Read more

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  • The European Emission Trading System and Its Followers

    Comparative Analysis and Linking Perspectives

    by Simone Borghesi, Massimiliano Montini, Alessandra Barreca ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Given the rapid spread of ETSs in an increasing number of countries and the important role that they are likely to play for the success or failure of the environmental policy in the years to come, this book provides an interdisciplinary analysis of the EU ETS from both the legal and economic perspectives comparing it with the other main ETSs existing worldwide, in order to assess whether the EU ... Read more

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  • Pricing and Forecasting Carbon Markets

    Models and Empirical Analyses

    by Bangzhu Zhu, Julien Chevallier ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book applies the multidisciplinary approaches of econometrics, statistics, finance and artificial intelligence for pricing and forecasting the carbon market in the context of managerial issues. It explores the related issues of pricing and forecasting the carbon market using theoretical models and empirical analyses, demonstrating how the carbon market, as a policy-based artificial market, is ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • The Next Economics

    Global Cases in Energy, Environment, and Climate Change

    Edited by Woodrow W. Clark II ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    The Next Economics focuses on how the field of economics must change and incorporate environment, energy, health and new technologies that are called externalities for stopping and reversing climate change. The field of economics needs to become a science. Economics in this book for the Green Industrial Revolution which goes beyond the third industrial revolution since it covers cases, examples ... Read more

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  • Sustainable Rail Transport

    Proceedings of RailNewcastle Talks 2016

    Edited by Marin Marinov ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This edited monograph presents the selected papers from RailNewcastle 2016, being held in Newcastle UK, June 2016. The collected papers focus on railway research, including topics such as rail operations, engineering, logistics, communication systems and safety. The target audience primarily comprises researchers and experts in the field of railway engineering, but the paper collection may also be ... Read more

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  • Infranomics

    Sustainability, Engineering Design and Governance

    Edited by Adrian V. Gheorghe, Marcelo Masera, Polinpapilinho F. Katina ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book provides a rough entry into the interdisciplinary field of Infranomics. It enables better decision making in an increasing ambiguous, complex, emergent, interdependent, and uncertain world where we attempt to anticipate modern society trends and patterns in order to react appropriately. However, as with any emerging discipline, much research is needed at the applications and conceptual ... Read more

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  • Cities for Smart Environmental and Energy Futures

    Impacts on Architecture and Technology

    Edited by Panos M. Pardalos, Stamatina Th. Rassia ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    Cities for Smart Environmental and Energy Futures presents works written by eminent international experts from a variety of disciplines including architecture, engineering and related fields. Due to the ever-increasing focus on sustainable technologies, alternative energy sources, and global social and urban issues, interest in the energy systems for cities of the future has grown in a wealth of ... Read more

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  • Megacity Mobility Culture

    How Cities Move on in a Diverse World

    Edited by Institute for Mobility Research (ifmo) ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    What determines how cities move on? The ever-increasing challenges to urban mobility come in many forms, and approaches to address them range from the technically ingenious to attempts to change travel behaviour. Key amongst factors essential to the success of any such approach is whether the urban environment proves to be fertile ground for the desired progress. Another vital determinant of ... Read more

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