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NATO Science for Peace and Security Series - E: Human and Societal Dynamics
Volume 37, 2008
Complexity and Security
Edited by Jeremy J. Ramsden, Paata J. Kervalishvili
ISBN 978-1-58603-849-6
$161.00 / € 81,00
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Chapter 1
General survey
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1 - 6 |
| Jeremy J. Ramsden
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Part I. The Notion of Security
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Chapter 2
Defining security
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9 - 11 |
| Jeremy J. Ramsden
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Chapter 3
The sociophysics of terrorism: a passive supporter percolation effect
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13 - 37 |
| Serge Galam
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Chapter 4
The ‘What’, ‘Who’ and ‘How’ of contemporary security
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39 - 52 |
| Trevor Taylor
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Part II. What is Complexity?
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Chapter 5
An introduction to complexity
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55 - 70 |
| Jeremy J. Ramsden
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Chapter 6
Complexity, stability and crises
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71 - 92 |
| Peter M. Allen, Mark Strathern
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Chapter 7
The representation of complexity
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93 - 102 |
| Jeremy J. Ramsden
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Chapter 8
Soil as a paradigm of a complex system
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103 - 121 |
| Karl Ritz
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Chapter 9
Complexity in materials science and semiconductor physics
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123 - 143 |
| Paata J. Kervalishvili
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Part III. Climate and Energy
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Chapter 10
Introduction to global warming
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147 - 184 |
| Graham C. Holt, Jeremy J. Ramsden
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Chapter 11
Climate change and the complexity of the energy global security supply solutions: the global energy (r)evolution
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185 - 217 |
| Fulcieri Maltini
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Chapter 12
Complexity in environmental and meteorological research
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219 - 235 |
| D.N. Asimakopoulos
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Chapter 13
Global warming: a social phenomenon
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237 - 245 |
| Serge Galam
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Part IV. The Technology of Security
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Chapter 14
Complex technology: a promoter of security and insecurity
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249 - 264 |
| Jeremy J. Ramsden
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Chapter 15
The problems of protecting people in underground structures from terrorist explosions
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265 - 275 |
| E. Mataradze, T. Krauthammer, N. Chikhradze, E. Chagelishvili, P. Jokhadze
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Chapter 16
Degradation of anthropogenic contaminants by higher plants
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277 - 298 |
| G. Kvesitadze, E. Kvesitadze
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Chapter 17
Modern trends in integrated information systems development
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299 - 306 |
| Karine Kotoyants
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Chapter 18
The synthesis of information protection systems with optimal properties
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307 - 316 |
| Alexei Novikov, Andrii Rodionov
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Chapter 19
Complexity and security of coupled critical infrastructures
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317 - 327 |
| O. Udovyk
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Chapter 20
The formation of a global information society, digital divide and trends in the Georgian telecommunications market
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329 - 347 |
| Otar Zumburidze, Guram Lezhava
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Part V. Psychological, Social, Political, Economic and Ethical Aspects of Security
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Chapter 21
Psychological, social, economic and political aspects of security
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351 - 368 |
| Jeremy J. Ramsden
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Chapter 22
Why governments and companies invest in science and technology
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369 - 377 |
| J. Thomas Ratchford
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Chapter 23
Social entropy, synergy and security
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379 - 388 |
| Badri Meparishvili, Tamaz Gachechiladze, Gulnara Janelidze
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Chapter 24
An abstract model of political relationships: modelling interstate relations
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389 - 392 |
| Irakli Avalishvili
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Chapter 25
The complexity of the economic transition in Eastern Europe
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393 - 403 |
| Fulcieri Maltini
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Chapter 26
Children and security: “A child has the right to be defended from birth”
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405 - 410 |
| Nino Kandelaki, George Chakhunashvili
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