Abetted by recent technological advances in scanning and transmission electron microscopy, as well as new preparative methods, these... Læs mere
Covering new trends and groundbreaking new approaches and techniques, these papers give the reader a wide-ranging appreciation of the latest improvements in hydropower project management, based on practical expertise and environmental sensitivity.
This work contains the guidlines for the assessment of institutional frameworks, including the analytical framework; integrated water resources management; IWRM requirements for the functional levels; and IWRM capacity building.
This volume includes the papers presented at the North American Tunneling 2002 Conference. The papers deal with three major aspects of underground construction: managing construction projects; public policy and underground facilities; and advances in technology.
This book brings together in one place as much factual data as possible relating to the engineering... Læs mere
This study investigates the use of constructed wetlands as a cheaper and more effective alternative method of treating domestic wastewater in tropical environments. This book determines the technical viability of the model, with respect to treatme...
Written for those involved in the field, this significant new title on the assessment and mitigation of landslide risks, presents procedures and case studies recently developed within the framework of the EC funded IMIRILAND Project.
Presenting current and emerging technologies in the field of mine planning and equipment, this volume also covers control and automation for surface and underground mining. A wide range of papers from professionals in Europe, South America, Africa...
Addressing the techno-socio-economic challenges involved in the protection, conservation, recycling and equitable utilization of water as an economic good, this text explores the linkages and dynamics of interactions involving water.
Following the hunting of the Djief forest wallaby, this reference offers a unique perspective on sustainable hunting in prehistory and provides intriguing insights into hunter-gatherer existence from the late Pleistocene.
This book provides an introduction to the subject of turbulence modelling in a form easy to understand for anybody with a basic background in fluid... Læs mere
Produced for the International Association for Hydraulic Research, this monograph covers fluctuating and mean hydrodynamic forces, hydrodynamic forces on high-head gates, and hydrodynamic forces on low-head gates i.e. only the forces induced by fl...