International Seminar on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies - 34th Session : Erice, Italy, 19-24 August 2005.
Title:
International Seminar on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies - 34th Session : Erice, Italy, 19-24 August 2005.
Author:
Ragaini, Richard.
ISBN:
9789812773890
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (488 pages)
Series:
The Science and Culture Series - Nuclear Strategy and Peace Technology
Contents:
CONTENTS -- 1. OPENING SESSION -- The 34th Session of the International Seminars on Planetary Emergencies and Associated Meetings -- A Brief Report on Some Recent WFS/WL-CCAST Activities in China -- 2. ENERGY: NUCLEAR AND RENEWABLE ENERGY -- Energy Technologies for the 21st Century - The Roles of Renewable Energy -- Nuclear Power in Europe -- Current Status of Deep Geological Repository Development -- The Asian Nuclear Power Issue -- The Next Generation Nuclear Energy -- JET, ITER and the Future of Nuclear Fusion -- 3. CLIMATOLOGY: GLOBAL WARMING -- From Concern to Controversy: Science and Non-Science in Global Climate -- Celestial Climate Driver: A Perspective from Four Billion Years of the Carbon Cycle -- Attributing Variations to Various Forcings: A Global Perspective -- Understanding Natural and Anthropogenic Contributions to the Climate of the 20th Century -- Observational Climate Data and Comparison with Models -- How Effective is Greenhouse (GH) Warming of Sea Surface Temperatures (SST)? -- Recent Temperature Changes in Greenland: Coastal Stations and the Greenland Ice Sheet -- Understanding Common Climate Claims -- 4. AIDS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES: NEW THREATS FROM INFECTIOUS AGENTS -- Emerging Viral Diseases: The Role of Wildlife in Disease Emergence -- Ebola Viral Haemorrhagic Fever, Nipah Encephalitis, SARS, Avian Influenza: Episodes in a Never Ending Story? -- Vaccine Development: A Major Challenge -- Emerging Virus Infections in a Changing World -- 5. BRAIN DISEASES: UPDATE -- Update on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies -- 6. LIMITS OF DEVELOPMENT: MIGRATION -- Migration and Freedom of Speech -- A West African Point of View on Migration -- International Migrations: The Case of Argentina (RA) -- Migration in the 21st Century: A Mexican Perspective.
International Migration: Theories and Realities -- 7. POLLUTION: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY -- Subsurface Laser Drilling Applications -- 8. DESERTIFICATION: REMOTE SENSING AND DESERTIFICATION -- Desertification in the Sahel Revisited -- Desertification, the Global Perspective: Dryland Degradation and Primary Productivity -- Integrated Approaches to Desertification -- The Negative Effect of Rainfall Increase along a Climatic Gradient in a Sandy Arid Area -- 9. PERMANENT MONITORING PANEL MEETINGS AND REPORTS -- Permanent Monitoring Panel on Infectious Diseases and AIDS - 2005 Report -- From Missionary Interventions to Local Academies -- Report of the Desertification PMP Meeting Erice, 19 August 2005 -- Energy PMP: Report of the Chairman -- Report of the Permanent Monitoring Panel on Terrorism -- Permanent Monitoring Panel on Information Security Chairman's Report -- Sicilian Water-Related Problems and Needs -- PMP Limits of Development "International Migration" -- Major Shortcomings in U.S. Immigration Policy: Get Tough or Get Real? -- Conceptual Approach in the Creation and Implementation of the National Strategy for Sustainable Development of the Republic of Macedonia -- Mother and Child PMP Report -- Sicilian Water Task Force Meeting Pollution Permanent Monitoring Panel -- 10. DISARMAMENT AND CULTURAL EMERGENCIES: NON-PROLIFERATION, EVOLUTION - MINIMAL LIFE -- The Nuclear Non-proliferation Debate -- Will the Non-Proliferation Treaty Survive? -- Comments on the Non-Proliferation Treaty -- Health of the Non-Proliferation Regime -- 11. ENERGY WORKSHOP -- Workshop Agenda -- Carbon Sequestration and Storage - The Needs -- Consensus and Disagreement on Climate Change due to Carbon Dioxide -- Workshop Participants -- 12. INFORMATION SECURITY WORKSHOP.
Implementing Information Security and its Technology: A Line Management Perspective -- PMP on Information Security: Contributions and Recommendations for Bridging the Digital Divide -- Workshop Participants -- 13. WORKSHOP ON BUILDING RESILIENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE 33RD SESSION - 5-6 MAY 2005 -- Workshop Agenda -- Managing the Risk of Biological and Chemical Terrorism -- The Biological Threat -- Reducing CBRNE Risk in the Built Environment -- Damage Mitigation of Buildings against Blast Loading -- Architecture and Defence: Balancing Contemporary Security Concerns with Architectural Principles -- Workshop Participants -- 14. SEMINAR PARTICIPANTS.
Abstract:
Since its inception in 1981, the Erice Seminars from which this book series originates have attracted the attention of world leaders in science, technology and culture. This latest volume in the series covers a wide range of topics - from energy studies and research to disarmament and cultural emergencies. In addition to the main topics, the book also includes an associated workshop program (the 33rd Session) focusing on cultural emergencies, specifically designing and building in resilience against chemical, biological and radiological attacks. Sample Chapter(s). Chapter 1: The 34th Session of the International Seminars on Planetary Emergencies and Associated Meetings (296 KB). Contents: Energy: Nuclear and Renewable Energy: Nuclear Power in Europe (A Birkhofer); The Asian Nuclear Power Issue (A Miyahara); Climatology: Global Warming: Observational Climate Data and Comparison with Models (D H Douglass); Understanding Common Climate Claims (R S Lindzen); AIDS and Infectious Diseases: New Threats from Infectious Agents: Ebola Viral, Haemorrhagic Fever, Nipah Encephalities, SARS Avian Influenza: Episodes in a Never Ending Story? (J-C Manuguerra); Emerging Virus Infectious in a Changing World (A D M E Osterhaus); Brain Diseases: Update: Update on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (H Budka); Limits of Development: Migration: A West African Point of View on Migration (M Diop); Migration in the 21st Century - A Mexican Perspective (A González-Pozo); Pollution: Science and Technology: Subsurface Laser Drilling Applications (R Parker & L Everett); Desertification: Remote Sensing and Desertification: Desertification in the Sahel Revisited (L Olsson); Integrated Approaches to Desertification (E F Lambin); Permanent Monitoring Panel Meetings and Reports: Major Shortcomings in US Immigration Policy: Get Tough or Get Real? (C D Ellis); Conceptual
Approach in the Creation and Implementation of the National Strategy for Sustainable Development of the Republic of Macedonia (M Milosevska); Disarmament and Cultural Emergencies: Non-Proliferation, Evolution - Minimal Life: Will the Non-Proliferation Treaty Survive? (H Wegener); Comments on the Non-Proliferation Treaty (R Wilson); Energy Workshop: Carbon Sequestration and Storage - The Needs (H Khatib); Consensus and Disagreement on Climate Change Due to Carbon Dioxide (K S Lackner); Information Security Workshop: Implementing Information Security and Its Technology: A Line Management Perspective (W A Barletta); Contributions and Recommendations for Bridging the Digital Divide (A Lehmann); Workshop on Building Resilience Associated with the 33rd Session (Terrorism) - 5-6 May 2005: The Biological Threat (R Dierstein & A Driks); Damage Mitigation of Buildings Against Blast Loading (C Mayrhofer); and other papers. Readership: Scientists, academics, psychologists, sociologists, political analysts, historians and government officials.
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