Civil engineering, surveying and building

Circular Economy in the European Union: Organisational Practice and Future Directions in Germany, Poland and Spain presents the EU's journey towards a circular economy (CE), identifying significant organisational practices in this gradually adopted field among member countries.

Bringing together an international team of scholars, this book offers new perspectives on the impact that the Bauhaus and its teaching had on a wide range of artistic practices.

Global warming switches our reliance from fossil fuels to green, sustainable renewable energy sources.

Die in diesem Band zusammengestellten Beiträge einer Seminarreihe am Zentrum für Graphische Datenverarbeitung behandeln Schnittstellenproblematiken aus einem aktuellen Bereich der CAD-Anwendungen.

This book describes the active vibration control techniques which have been developed to suppress excessive vibrations of structures.

The second edition of An Introduction to Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis has the same objective as the first edition, namely, to facilitate an easy and thorough understanding of the details that are involved in the theoretical formulation, finite element model development, and solutions of nonlinear problems.

Ein neues, aktuelles Werk zur Problematik der Flächentragwerke liegt vor, daß die Entwicklungen der letzten 10 Jahre berücksichtigt.

Rural Regeneration in the UK provides an accessible yet critical overview of rural regeneration policy and governance in the UK.

Reintroducing Materials for Sustainable Design provides instrumental theory and practical guidance to bring materials back into a central role in the design process and education.

This book delves deep into the crucial aspects of grouted soil and rock anchors, providing a contemporary perspective on the best practices in anchor technology that are directly applicable to the work of consulting engineers, contractors and students in the field.

Accounting for Construction follows on from Measuring Construction, edited by the same team.

Both architecture and anthropology emerged as autonomous theoretical disciplines in the 18th-century enlightenment.

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This work contains a collection of selected, peer-reviewed papers that were presented at the First Dubrovnik Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, held in Dubrovnik, Croatia in 2002.

The book deals with development of comprehensive computational models for simulating underground coal gasification (UCG).

Everyone knows that programming plays a vital role as a solution to automate and execute a task in a proper manner.

What does it mean to belong in a place, or more than one place?

This book discusses the way to design and plan for regenerative cities and landscapes.

This books reviews and brings readers up to date with the latest research knowledge on road traffic safety.

Winner of the 2021 ARCC Book AwardComplex Housing introduces an architectural type called complex housing, common to the Netherlands and found in other Northern European countries.

Marco Frascari believed that architects should design thoughtful buildings capable of inspiring their inhabitants to have pleasurable and happy lives.

Life-Cycle Cost Models for Green Buildings: With Optimal Green Star Credits illustrates the tools and methods for developing a life-cycle cost model that incorporates developer constraints while maximizing the number of credit points achieved.

Unlike similar titles providing general information on ground improvement, Jet Grouting: Technology, Design and Control is entirely devoted to the role of jet grouting - its methods and equipment, as well as its applications.

Steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) for structures dates back to 1925, yet it remains largely unknown to many engineers and contractors.

This book details the basic concepts and the design rules included in Eurocode 3 "e;Design of steel structures"e; Part 1-8 "e;Design of joints"e;.

With the advent of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1986, many water utilities are reexamining their water treatment practices.

The feeling of optimism that followed the COP 21 Paris Conference on Climate Change requires concrete action and steadfast commitment to a process that raises a number of crucial challenges: technological, political, social, and economic.

This book introduces into the practical application of Quality Function Deployment (QFD) beyond the famous House of Quality Matrix by presenting a fully developed example of a clear and comprehensive QFD framework.

This book discusses new and innovative trends and techniques in the removal of toxic and or refractory pollutants through various environmental biotechnological processes from wastewater, both at the laboratory and industrial scale.

The Architecture of Full-Scale Mock-Ups looks at the theory and contemporary practice of creating full-scale architectural mock-ups.

This volume of primary source materials documents the nature of the home and the theories and discussions around the concept.

Neighbourhood open space ranks highly as a key component in suburban liveability assessments, originating from the development of urban planning as a profession and the proliferation of the garden suburb.

Das Buch legt die Grundlagen des Holzbaus detailliert dar und vermittelt die wesentlichen Kenntnisse und Kompetenzen, die für den Entwurf, die Bemessung und die Konstruktion einfacher Holztragwerke für typische Bauwerke des Hochbaus erforderlich sind.

Many communities and regions are being left behind in the new economic order.

The Conditions of Contract prepared by FIDIC are used extensively as the standard contract of choice in international construction and civil engineering projects.

In diesem Band werden unter anderem Handlungsempfehlungen für die Überflutungsvorsorge gegeben, die Hebung des energetischen Potenzials von Abwasser besprochen und Praxisbeispiele zur ökologischen Sanierung oder ökologischen Baubegleitung dargestellt.

Examining spatial transformations in Bangalore, one of India's fastest growing cities, this book highlights the influence of information and communications technology (ICT) development on the city.

'If outdoor activities with young children have always baffled you, then this is the book for you.

The contamination of environment and water resources by Selenium (Se) and its oxyanions from various sources are emerging contaminants of significant health and environmental concern.

This book offers a multidisciplinary perspective on perceived safety.

This book presents discussions regarding the design of the main components for steam generation plants, such as evaporators, steam generators for fossil-fuelled and nuclear power plants, waste heat boilers for chemical and related field plants, and auxiliary components in steam cycle plants.

This book is about how local public transport can be made a less unacceptable alternative to the private car than it is now.

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A complete, up-to-date guide for forensic engineersFully revised and packed with current case studies, Forensic Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering, Second Edition provides a step-by-step approach to conducting a professional forensic geotechnical and foundation investigation.

This book is about a lost world, albeit one less than 50 years old.

In the last 15 years, the field of fire and gas mapping has grown extensively, yet very little is published on the subject.

This volume collects the papers from the World Conference on Acoustic Emission 2015 (WCAE-2015) in Hawaii.