The principal barrier to the introduction of more sustainable disposal methods has previously been thought to be the lack of both available knowledge and an awareness of the benefits and ease of these systems.
Affordable Housing Preservation in Washington, DC uses the case of Washington, DC to examine the past, present, and future of subsidized and unsubsidized affordable housing through the lenses of history, governance, and affordable housing policy and planning.
The main objective of the book is to expose readers to the basics of sustainable material forming and joining technologies, and to discuss the relationship between conventional and sustainable processes.
A detailed account of the biology and ecology of vascular wetland plants and their applications in wetland plant science, Wetland Plants: Biology and Ecology presents a synthesis of wetland plant studies and reviews from biology, physiology, evolution, genetics, community and population ecology, environmental science, and engineering.
Coal Bed Methane: Theories and Applications, Second Edition, captures the full lifecycle of a coal bed methane well and offers petroleum geologists and engineers a single source for a broad range of coal bed methane (CBM) applications.
A comprehensive and up-to-date account of filtration in solid-liquid separation processes, with a sharp focus on the influence of pro-cess variables on performance and specific applications is pre-sented in this volume.
The key highlights of the book include an innovative rainfall classification methodology based on stormwater quality to support the planning and design of stormwater treatment systems.
This popular textbook covers how the built environment and the management of energy relate to the quality of human living-conditions and the environmental performance of buildings.
One of the seventeen critical infrastructures vital to the security of the United States, the water supply system remains largely unprotected from the threat of terrorism, including possible revenge by Al Qaeda over the killing of Osama Bin Laden.
This comprehensive handbook on submarine pipeline systems covers a broad spectrum of topics from planning and site investigations, procurement and design, to installation and commissioning.
To meet weight, quality, and cost targets, it is essential to design, develop, and manufacture optimal, cost- effective welded structures that take into consideration material, process, and dimensioning procedures.
Fifty years after the Second Vatican Council, architectural historian Robert Proctor examines the transformations in British Roman Catholic church architecture that took place in the two decades surrounding this crucial event.
This book initiates a fresh discussion of affordability in rural housing set in the context of the rapidly shifting balance between rural and urban populations.
This book integrates of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Decision Support Systems (DSS) in the field of building design, construction, and maintenance.
This book provides users, pump manufactures, engineers, researchers and students with extensive information about pump's behavior in reverse operation.
Now in the third edition, this text on open-channel flow presents introductory material on the topic as well as up-to-date information for the planning, design, and operation of water-resource projects.
This book follows the classical division of engineering mechanics as it is taught at technical colleges and universities and is dedicated to dynamics, i.
Das hier entwickelte Konzept einer lebenswerten Smart City betont die Relevanz der Funktionsfähigkeit und integrierten Resilienz zukunftsfähiger Städte.
Die Autoren zeigen, dass die Baulogistik als einer der Erfolgsfaktoren bei der Realisierung von Bauvorhaben in den frühen Planungsphasen einzugliedern ist.
Andreas Öchsner bietet eine einfache Einführung in die unterschiedlichen Konzepte des Leichtbaus, wobei der Schwerpunkt auf Konzepten der Strukturmechanik und Festigkeitslehre liegt.
Dieses essential gibt eine praxisorientierte Übersicht über Aufgaben und Haftung des BIM-Managers in Abhängigkeit zu den übrigen Baubeteiligten hinsichtlich der HOAI, der VOB/B, der RBBau und weiterer gesetzlicher Regelwerke.
Für Vorlesungen an der TU Braunschweig entstand als systematische Einführung in das Thema der Sicherungstechnik der Bahnen im Stadtverkehr ein Skript, das jetzt in Form dieses essentials der Allgemeinheit zugänglich gemacht wird.
Christian Aichele und Marius Schönberger haben aktuelle wissenschaftliche Methoden und Praxiserfahrungen aus IT-Projekten in unterschiedlichsten Bereichen und Branchen zusammengefasst.
