Civil engineering, surveying and building

Headlines continue to blare news of climate change, tangential catastrophic events, and dwindling energy resources.

Arsenic-contaminated groundwater is considered one of the world's largest environmental health crises, as more than 300 million people in more than one-third of countries worldwide are at risk of groundwater arsenic poisoning.

This book attempts to provide a broad coverage of current information needed by public health workers, physicians, veterinarians, parasitologists, technicians, and various biologists who encounter or work with the parasitic disease Cryptosporidium.

Latin American Modern Architectures: Ambiguous Territories has thirteen new essays from a range of distinguished architectural historians to help you understand the region's rich and varied architecture.

This manual covers the design, improvement, maintenance and management of accessible environments.

This book of specially commissioned essays by distinguished housing scholars addresses the big issues in contemporary debates about housing and housing policy in the UK.

Islamic Art and Beyond is the third in a set of four volumes of studies on Islamic art by Oleg Grabar.

This book considers the potential of new, smart materials and their use in architecture.

This is the first volume of a two-volume guide to designing, conducting and interpreting laboratory and field experiments in a broad range of topics associated with hydraulic engineering.

'Engineering acoustics' is a teaching textbook that can serve as a tool for self-study and as a compendium for lectures as well.

Based on the success of the previous four editions, this new fifth edition includes Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) in the title, which is part of the Global Positioning System (GPS).

This text identifies the problems and opportunities of converting wastes into useful materials or fuels.

Throughout the world, the threat of climate change is pressing governments to accelerate the deployment of technologies to generate low carbon electricity or heat.

The Word in the World is a collection of essays and lectures by H S Shivaprakash, a well-known poet, playwright, and translator.

This book explores the role of silence in how we design, present and experi-ence architecture.

This book focuses on the design of a multi-criteria automated vehicle longitudinal control system as an enhancement of the adaptive cruise control system.

Die passive Sicherheit von Kraftfahrzeugen nimmt bei der Auslegung von Kraftfahrzeugen, bei Umfrageergebnissen von Fahrzeugbenutzern und bei der Berichterstattung in Fachzeitschriften und Automagazinen einen hohen Stellenwert ein.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

This book is a collection of peer-reviewed and presented papers from the 2024 11th International Conference on Geological and Civil Engineering.

The process of spraying concrete is one of the most versatile concrete placing techniques, and is used in a wide range of applications - from construction of new tunnels, domes, tanks and pools, to repair and strengthening of existing structure.

Analyzing the self-sufficient Danish island of Samso, this book explains sustainability through a bio-geophysical understanding of how to best use society's limited resources to achieve true sustainability.

Knowledge of the behavior of soil mechanics is essential for forecasting the internal displacements and actions of any construction.

Stephen McDonald offers a basic understanding of the goals and practices by which the federal government leases its fossil fuel resources and how these practices affect the economy.

This book introduces readers to essential technology assessment and forecasting tools, demonstrating their use on the basis of multiple cases.

* Explains the physical meaning of linear and nonlinear structural mechanics.

This book comprises select proceedings of the National Conference on Advances in Structural Technology (CoAST 2019).

A 2004 textbook highlighting environmental concerns arising from use and misuse of soil and water resources.

Worldwide, urbanization is steadily increasing, yet many modern cities are becoming less and less able to accommodate the growth in their population.

Sie müssen nicht immer den Heizkessel tauschen um Energie zu sparen.

This volume provides in-depth coverage of environmental pollution sources, waste characteristics, control technologies, management strategies, facility innovations, process alternatives, costs, case histories, effluent standards, and future trends in the process industries.

Complete guidelines to developing and maintaining the most effective, environment-friendly irrigation systems for golf coursesGolf Course Irrigation offers valuable insight on the design, installation, management, and maintenance of irrigation systems-the most important management tool used on today's golf courses.

Cost models underlie all the techniques used in construction cost and price forecasting, yet until relatively recently industry has been unfamiliar with their characteristics and properties.

This book includes selected papers from the International Conference on Recent Developments in Sustainable Infrastructure (ICRDSI-2020) and consists of themes pertaining to structural engineering and construction technology and management.

In The Empty Place: Democracy and Public Space Teresa Hoskyns explores the relationship of public space to democracy by relating different theories of democracy in political philosophy to spatial theory and spatial and political practice.

This book presents new research on solar mini-grids and the ways they can be designed and implemented to provide equitable and affordable electricity access, while ensuring economic sustainability and replication.

The first edition of this seminal book was written at a time of rapidly growing interest in the potential for land use planning to deliver sustainable development, and explored the connections between the two and implications for public policy.

New developments in the response spectrum method have led to calculations in seismic stresses that are more accurate, and usually lower, than those obtained by conventional methods.

This book offers readers a holistic understanding of intelligent environments, encompassingtheir definition, design, interaction paradigms, the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and theassociated broader philosophical and procedural aspects.

This book addresses current international practices applied for dam safety assessments by looking at a portfolio of dam safety projects in various developing countries (Armenia, Georgia, Tajikistan, Mauritius, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Vietnam) spread across three continents (Europe, Africa and Asia).

The book explores how architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) firms have been adapting and changing to effectively address key environmental challenges, focusing on Life Cycle Thinking and related methodologies (Life Cycle Assessments and Life Cycle Costing).

Amidst the soot, stink and splendour of Victorian London, a coterie of citizen-sociologists set out to break up the British Empire.

Construction Cost Estimating equips a new generation of students and early-career professionals with the skills they need to bid successfully on projects.

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.

Project Management:Planning and Scheduling Techniques is a highly readable guide to the essentials of project planning, scheduling, and control aimed at readers looking for an introduction to the core concepts of planning and scheduling, including the 'Critical Path Method', but also the 'Precedence Diagramming Method', the 'Line of Balance' technique, and the 'Programme Evaluation and Review Technique'.

This book focuses on developing a holistic sustainability assessment model for built environment that can help in identifying sustainability issues and parameters for the built environment.

Public Consultation and Community Involvement in Planning is the definitive introduction to public consultation for developers, students and planners.

Nitrogen rich wastewaters (10-400 mg N L-1) are usually produced by municipal, industrial and agricultural wastes, such as effluents from anaerobic treatments.