Environmental Science, Engineering & Technology

Circular Economy in the Construction Industry is an invaluable resource for researchers, policymakers, implementers and PhD and Masters-level stude...

Within the developed world, airlines have responded to the advice of advocates for corporate social and environmental responsibility (CSER) to use ...

Across European cities the use of urban space is controversial and subject to diverging interests. On the one hand citizens are increasingly aware ...

Thermites, which are generally considered to be reactive mixtures of powdered metals and metal oxides, are an important subset of energetic materia...

This title was first published in 2001: Despite the fact that environmental directives are one of the strongest areas of policy decreed by the EU, ...

The Early Development of the Aviation Industry: Entrepreneurs of the Sky provides an introduction to the world of the early aviation industry and t...

The Design and Construction industry is in a state of attempted change. Improvement is a key word for employer, consultant and contractor. Real ste...

Energy from wave and tidal power is a key component of current policies for renewable sources of energy. This book provides the first comprehensive...

Bringing together a wealth of knowledge, the Handbook of Environmental Management, Second Edition, gives a comprehensive overview of environmental ...

Water scarcity is increasing all over the world because of growing population and increasing demands. Countries with limited water resources are ur...

The International Conference of Electronic Engineering and Information Science 2015 (ICEEIS 2015) was held on January 17-18, 2015, Harbin, China. T...

This book describes current developments in the finite element analysis and design of certain types of thin-walled structures, and concentrates on ...

Construction Economics provides students with the principles underlying the relationship between economic theory and the construction industry. Its...

With an emphasis on photographic works that offer new perspectives on the history of American social documentary, this book considers a history of ...

The present book deals with the research work related to conversion and utilization of agricultural waste into useful products and to increase thei...

This book presents a comprehensive compilation of practical systems engineering models. The application and recognition of systems engineering is s...

Unique in its focus on functional properties, this book examines the resistive, piezoresistive, thermoelectric, and electromagnetic behavior of mul...

The adoption of administrative procedures in global governance has the potential to foster proper consideration of marginalized actors interests, y...

AC Motor Control and Electrical Vehicle Applications provides a guide to the control of AC motors with a focus on its application to electric vehic...

High temperature, high oil pressure, oil and gas well completion testing have always been a technical challenge and basic theoretical research is o...

People use lots of water for drinking, cooking and washing, but significantly more for producing things such as food, paper and cotton clothes. The...

This second edition of Fundamentals of Open Channel Flow focuses on theory followed by clear, fully-solved examples, and practical computational to...

Characterizing bulk organic matter in seawater and bay water by various analytical techniques and linking these measurements with fouling in membra...

Bringing together case studies from Europe, Africa and North and South America, this book makes a fresh assessment of the role of the individual an...