After two decades of evolution and transformation, London had become one of the most open and cosmopolitan cities in the world. This book sets out in detail both the catalysts that have enabled London to succeed and also the qualities and underlying values that are at play.
Local Planning for Terror and Disaster gives voice to experts in key fields involved with local preparedness, assessing the quality of preparedness in each field, and offering directions for improvement.
This book is the definitive technical guide to the conversion of roof spaces in single family dwellings. It brings together a wealth of practical and regulatory guidance in a form that is easy to read and comprehensively illustrated.
This guide to the designs, technologies and materials that really make green buildings work will help architects, specifiers and clients make informed choices, based on reliable technical information.
Construction Management is a wide ranging discipline, but ultimately it is a demanding, hands-on discipline concerned with the management of people, plant and materials, all mobilised to complete a building project safely, on time, on budget and to the client s satisfaction.
Investment in any new project invariably carries risk but the construction industry is subject to more risk and uncertainty than perhaps any other industry.
Human illness attributed to foodborne pathogenic microorganisms has been prominent in the mass media over the years. This series has been devised to give practical and accurate information about specific microorganisms of concern to public health.
One of the first textbooks in this emerging important field of ecology. Most of ecology is about metabolism: the ways that organisms use energy and... Læs mere
Mediterranean Mountain Environments places its emphasis on physical geography while still adopting an integrated approach to the whole subject area. The book draws... Læs mere
Mechanisms in Transcriptional Regulation provides a concise discussion of the fundamental concepts in transcription and its regulation.
Designed to demonstrate the essential mathematical concepts-comprehensively and economically-without re-teaching basic material or laboring over superfluous ideas, this text locates the necessary information in a practical economics context.
aeo highly topical subject aeo author well known internationally for his writing and research in food microbiology aeo vital information for the food industry worldwide concerning what is an acceptable microbiological risk in food safety issues.