Civil engineering, surveying and building

Bringing together comparative case studies from Belfast, Beirut, Amsterdam and Berlin, this book examines the role of the urban environment in social polarisation processes.

This book examines land acquisition and resettlement experience in Asian countries, where nearly two-thirds of the world's development-induced displacement currently takes place.

This book examines the effects of incoherent noise and how it leads to the misinterpretation of seismic data.

This new edition provides a detailed reference source of the use in residential buildings of materials known or suspected to harm health and the environment.

The urban-rural relationship in China is key to a sustainable global future.

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The editors and contributors to this volume demonstrate how suburbs and the meaning of suburbanism change both with time and geographical location.

Provides a thorough review of properties, durability and use of high performance concrete, derived from recent research and experience.

Economic growth and socio-economic development are particuliarly important for developing countries, and the construction industry plays a central role in driving both of these.

This book presents practical methods for the analysis and design of circular concrete tanks.

This book provides insights into sensor development for structural health monitoring.

This book offers readers a thorough introduction to the Dinaric Karst System in Croatia.

Uneven distribution of life is a dominant feature of the city.

The design and construction of progressive glass architecture is explained in detail, the design and detailing of load-bearing glass building elements is explained for practical application.

This book brings high-quality selected research articles from the international conference on Sustainable Water Resources Management (SWARM 2020), held at Assam Engineering College, Guwahati, Assam, India, during 19-21 June 2020.

APA's popular primer for citizens is all new!

This book presents a critical analysis of the 'resource curse' doctrine and a review of the international evidence on oil and urban development to examine the role of oil on property development and rights in West Africa's new oil metropolis - Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana.

This text presents the key findings of the International Symposium held in Delft in 2003, which explored the process of shallow flows.

Housing and neighbourhoods have an important contribution to make to our wellbeing and our sense of our place in the world.

Diversity among Architects presents a series of essays questioning the homogeneity of architecture practitioners, who remain overwhelmingly male and Caucasian, to help you create a field more representative of the population you serve.

The book brings together the basics and rules for design, detailing, structural design and construction of structures for protection against wild torrents.

Reading Architecture with Freud and Lacan: Shadowing the Public Realm methodically outlines key concepts in psychoanalytic discourse by reading them against key modern and post-modern architects.

How much do you know about Greek architecture?

Bridge Engineering: Classifications, Design Loading, and Analysis Methods begins with a clear and concise exposition of theory and practice of bridge engineering, design and planning, materials and construction, loads and load distribution, and deck systems.

Central Heating: A Design and Installation Manual is a guide to modern domestic heating systems for those involved in the trade.

The ways in which we travel have a huge impact on sustainability.

In nineteenth-century Britain, ahead of the rest of the world in economic development, many towns and cities grew to a size that only London had attained before.

The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 modernised the UK's approach to disaster and emergency management, taking into account the kinds of threats the country faces in the 21st century, including terrorist threats and threats to the environment.

Conservation and Sustainability in Historic Cities examines how the two key issues of urban conservation and sustainability relate to each other in the context of historic cities, and how they can be brought together in a common philosophy and practice that is mutually supportive.

Elevated temperatures are known to affect the properties of both fresh and hardened concrete.

This new edition of the classic quantity surveying textbook retains its basic structure but has been thoroughly updated to reflect recent changes in the industry, especially in procurement.

This book represents a significant step toward a new contribution in the process of developing the seismic vulnerability index.

This book explains the basic and advanced aspects of engineering economics, cost estimating, cost control, cost forecasting, and planning and scheduling.

Immer wieder klagen Bauleitende darüber, dass sie wegen Arbeitsüberlastung und Zeitnot ihre Möglichkeiten nicht effizient ausschöpfen können.

All structures suffer from stresses and strains caused by factors such as wind loading and vibrations.

The first volume of this comprehensive global perspective on Integrated Drought Management is focused on understanding drought, causes, and the assessment of drought impacts.

Dieses Buch gibt eine fundierte Einführung in die Methoden der Qualitäts- und Zuverlässigkeitssicherung bei der Entwicklung und Produktion von Geräten und Systemen.

The Routledge Companion to Modernity, Space and Gender reframes the discussion of modernity, space and gender by examining how "e;modernity"e; has been defined in various cultural contexts of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, how this definition has been expressed spatially and architecturally, and what effect this has had on women in their everyday lives.

For the Nonengineering ProfessionalPerfect for anyone without a background in science or engineering who wants to take a closer look at how water is processed and treated, Reverse Osmosis: A Guide for the Nonengineering Professional relates reverse osmosis in its most basic form and addresses growing concerns about the quality of tap water.

Reflective Planning Practice: Theory, Cases, and Methods uses structured, first-person reflection to reveal the artistry of planning practice.

This book has one central theme: how, in the United Kingdom, can we create better cities and towns in which to live and work and play?

Architecture for a Free Subjectivity reformulates the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze's model of subjectivity for architecture, by surveying the prolific effects of architectural encounter, and the spaces that figure in them.

Risk assessment is the key to successful management of health and safety at work.

This book covers all supervisory situations one is likely to encounter on a commercial, industrial, or institutional construction project.