Civil engineering, surveying and building

This book provides a timely review of the contemporary interpretation of the 'comprehensive health centre', a building type that was originally advocated by health reformers in the UK in the first half of the twentieth century.

Civil Engineering and Energy-Environment focuses on the research of civil engineering, environment resources and energy materials.

This book addresses the interaction between the soil foundation and the subway shield tunnels under the vibration loading, including the dynamic response of the track inside the shield tunnel, the dynamic properties of soil around the subway shield tunnel, the mechanical properties of subway tunnel, and the long-term settlement of the subway tunnel.

This book contains everything electricians need to know about working on site, covering not only the health and safety aspects of site work, but also the techniques and testing knowledge required from the modern-day electrician.

Industrial Safety and Health for Infrastructure Services provides an in-depth look into the areas of transportation, utilities, administrative, waste management, and remediation.

Cities across the world have been resorting to star architects to brand their projects, spark urban regeneration and market the city image internationally.

The Conference on Traffic and Granular Flow brings togetherinternational researchers from different fields ranging from physics tocomputer science and engineering to discuss the latest developments intraffic-related systems.

The application of mixed methods research design in the built environment discipline by students and academics has continued to grow exponentially.

Curated in China: Manipulating the City through the Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture provides an in-depth observation of an architecture and urbanism exhibition with transformative objectives.

Every day throughout Britain, by road, by rail and by sea, there are large numbers of routine movements of radioactive cargo.

This book presents a state-of-the-art compilation focusing on both technological and policy aspects of sustainable energy production and consumption, which deals with issues like the need for and planning of smart cities, alternative transport fuel options, sustainable power production, pollution control technologies etc.

This comprehensive account of the past, present and future of the automobile examines the key trends, key technologies and key players involved in the race to develop clean, environmentally friendly vehicles that are affordable and that do not compromise on safety or design.

Urban Planning for Social Justice in Latin America explores how urban planning can be used as a tool for social equity.

Synergistic Design of Sustainable Built Environments introduces and illustrates a novel systems approach that fosters both design excellence and a leap toward a more biocentric (ecologically sustainable) design paradigm.

This book represents a powerful analysis of the challenges of metropolitan governance in all its messiness and complexity.

Why does the word design owe its origin to Latin and not Greek roots?

Renovate, repair, or retrofit existing buildings in complete compliance with the 2018 IEBCThis practical guide shows, step by step, how to apply the provisions of the 2018 International Existing Building Code(R) (IEBC) when performing repairs, change of occupancy retrofits, and seismic evaluations in buildings of all sizes.

In recent years, the application of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) has steadily expanded, and has become a hot spot of common interest to universities, scientific research institutes, enterprises and institutions in the transportation field.

This title provides a comprehensive overview of elastoplasticity relating to soil and rocks.

Organic Design in Twentieth-Century Nordic Architecture presents a communicable and useful definition of organic architecture that reaches beyond constraints.

The Definitive Handbook on Cranes and Derricks--Updated Per the Latest Standards and EquipmentFully revised throughout, Cranes and Derricks.

Bioenergy is relied upon worldwide as a modern solution for local energy supply and waste managements.

Green Productivity and Cleaner Production: A Guidebook for Sustainability focuses on green production processes that could help better achieve global sustainability.

The book commences with an introductory section on reconfigurable computing and thereafter delves into its applications in critical infrastructures.

Quadratic programming is a mathematical technique that allows for the optimization of a quadratic function in several variables.

The currently available soil mechanics textbooks explain theory and show some practical applications through solving abstract geotechnical problems.

CRC Handbook of Management of Radiation Protection Programs, 2nd Edition, is unique in that it offers practical guidance for managing various aspects of radiation protection programs ranging from the daily operation of a health physics office to the preparation of radiation experts for court appearances as professional witnesses.

This title was first published in 2003.

In most cases of civil engineering development, a range of alternative schemes meeting project goals are feasible, so some form of evaluation must be carried out to select the most appropriate to take forward.

This book investigates the spaces where architecture and computer science share a common set of assumptions and goals, using methods and objectives from architecture, ethnography, and human-computer interaction (HCI).

With over half of the global human population living in urban regions, urban ecosystems may now represent the contemporary and future human environment.

'Degrowth', a type of 'postgrowth', is becoming a strong political, practical and cultural movement for downscaling and transforming societies beyond capitalist growth and non-capitalist productivism to achieve global sustainability and satisfy everyone's basic needs.

Social participation in water management and governance recently became a reality in many economies and societies.

Achieving a sustainable building is not just a matter of design and construction: what happens once the building is occupied is absolutely critical.

Planning and Urban Growth in Nordic Countries examines urban development and planning in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.

The City is an Ecosystem maps an interdisciplinary, community-engaged response to the great ecological crises of our time-climate change, biodiversity loss, and social inequality-which pose particular challenges for cities, where more than half the world's population currently live.

This book contains seven parts.

This new edition continues to focus on the nuts and bolts of wireless network access for devices on board vehicles.

This book provides a new critical methodology for the study of landscapes in children's literature.

Provides a unique overview of supply chain management (SCM) concepts, illustrating how the methodology can help enhance construction industry project success This book provides a unique appraisal of supply chain management (SCM) concepts brought together with lessons from industry and analysis gathered from extensive research on how supply chains are managed in the construction industry.

This book focuses on the permeability of the foundation of dams, how to determine their state and how to tighten permeable rock to achieve safe foundations for large dams.

This book aims to be the preeminent university chemistry textbook for environmental engineers.

Cold Water Oil: Offshore Petroleum Cultures is a collection of essays examining how societies conceive of fossil fuel extraction in the inhospitable but fragile waters of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans.

This book presents a comprehensive study on intelligent container terminals.

The definitive guide to distribution and transmission line technology-fully revised for the latest standardsThoroughly updated to reflect the 2017 National Electrical Safety Code (NESC ), this authoritative resource explains the principles and practices of electric transmission and distribution line construction, operation, and maintenance.

Real Estate Investment: A Strategic Approach introduces professional and technical approaches to building and managing large real estate portfolios.

This book introduces readers to the concept of territory as it applies to law while demonstrating the particular work that territory does in organizing property relations.