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Using specific case-studies this book provides an integrated approach to coastal dynamics and shoreline protection. The text introduces students and graduate engineering students to the different...

Presenting the basic mechanisms for transfer of heat, this book gives a deeper and more comprehensive view than existing titles on the subject. Derivation and presentation of analytical and empirical...

Kelvin, Thermodynamics and the Natural WorldAuthor: M. W. CollinsPublisher: WitpressPublication Date: Nov 30, 2015Number of Pages: 482 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10: 1845641493ISBN-13:...

Land Use Management and Transportation PlanningAuthor: C. B. SchoemanPublisher: WitpressPublication Date: Apr 16, 2015Number of Pages: 240 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10:...

This title describes large-scale complex adaptive systems and their application to practical business problems to yield excellent returns on investment.Author: George RzevskiPublisher:...

Developed from knowledge gained from the author's engineering career, this book was developed for anyone who requires a practical and solid mathematical approach to marine engineering. It will be of...

Developed from knowledge gained from the author's engineering career, this book was developed for anyone who requires a practical and solid mathematical approach to marine engineering. It will be of...

Provides an introduction to the state-of-the-art in computer modelling of corrosion and related electrochemical processes. Aimed at corrosion engineers, physicists, and model developers, this book...

The authors investigate various integral equations for multiple crack problems in plane elasticity. Formulation of the problems is based on relevant elementary solutions in which the complex variable...

Plate-and-frame heat exchangers (PHEs) are used in many different processes at a broad range of temperatures and with a variety of substances. Research into PHEs has increased considerably in recent...

Description: The preservation of heritage architecture is a cultural objective rigorously pursued by communities and nations wishing to promote their history, civilisation and aesthetic achievements...

Ground motion due to earthquake excitation often induces disastrous disturbances that severely damage structures and their contents. Conventional earthquake-resistant design focuses on the...

This volume is concerned with problems related to development and planning, which affect both urban and rural areas. Accelerated urbanisation has resulted in the deterioration of the cities'...

Social (psychological and sociological) systems present considerable difficulties for modellers due to their complexity, multidimensionality, uncertainty and irreducibility. This book proposes that...

This book introduces the protection of historic properties by public agencies in three very different legal systems - the United States, the United Kingdom and Spain - as well as analyses...

This volume presents a view of sustainability that starts from the acknowledgment of physical conditions and limits that humans can no longer neglect. It also includes some epistemological...

The contributions contained in this volume deal with two perspectives of 'tourism and environment'; the 'role of the environment in tourism' and 'environmental tourism'. The same message would be...

Yellowstone National Park spans the states of Montana, Wyoming and Idaho in the USA. It is famous worldwide. Since their creation in 1872, most 'protected natural areas' have been considered as...

This 5th volume presents a collection of papers addressing important issues related to tourism as a tool for development, which will give a better understanding of some of the current challenges...

Some researchers perceive tourism as a process which creates dependency and causes loss of socioeconomic and environmental control, and is harmful to traditional sociocultural structures. For others...

A tsunami is a series of water waves caused by the sudden displacement of a large volume of a body of water, typically an ocean. This book, comprising seven chapters, examines this important topic...

Water Hammer Simulations is a comprehensive guide to modelling transients in closed pipes. The models presented range from those used for the first studies into the field to the most advanced...