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Civil Engineering Special Issue: Climate change challenges

Author(s): Editor: Simon Fullalove
Publication date: 08 April 2021
ISBN: 9780727766045
£38.00
This special issue of Civil Engineering is a;showcase of research and case studies on what civil engineers can do to address climate-change risks, the challenges of assessing whole-life climate impacts and risks, and a look at new design approaches that enable projects to be both more sustainable and more resilient.

Blue-Green Cities: Integrating urban flood risk management with green infrastructure

Author(s): Colin Thorne
Publication date: 03 August 2020
ISBN: 9780727764195
£59.00
In Blue-Green Cities, Colin Thorne and the team of authors, demonstrate how urban flood risk management based on Blue-Green approaches and infrastructure can deliver both sustainable flood risk management and multiple co-benefits that are valued by urban communities. Cities world-wide are seeking novel solutions to problems with aging 'grey' draina

Reservoir Management

Author(s): Edited by Andrew Pepper
Publication date: 20 September 2019
ISBN: 9780727763570
£110.50
Reservoir Management is the indispensable guide to managing all aspects of small to large reservoirs and dams. Reservoir managers now require a wealth of technical, environmental and legal knowledge alongside a background to key aspects of design, as well as safety know-how, in order to successfully manage their assets. There is also a need for res

Smart Dams and Reservoirs: Proceedings of the 20th Biennial Conference of the British Dam Society 2018

Author(s): Edited by Andrew Pepper
Publication date: 17 August 2018
ISBN: 9780727764119
£200.25
Smart Dams and Reservoirs contains the proceedings of the 20th Biennial Conference of the British Dam Society that took place from 13-15th September 2018. Many new techniques and methods are now available for investigating, designing, constructing and monitoring dams. The papers in this book give examples of how new ideas have been used in pract

Flood Resilience (ICE Themes)

Author(s): Edited by Manuela Escarameia and Andrew Tagg
Publication date: 24 May 2018
ISBN: 9780727763938
£143.50
The ICE Themes series showcases cutting edge research and practical guidance in all branches of civil engineering. Each title focuses on a key issue or challenge in civil engineering, and includes research from the industry's finest thinkers and influencers published through the ICE Publishing programme. Themes in the series include climate change

Land Drainage and Flood Defence Responsibilities, Fifth edition

Author(s): ICE
Publication date: 15 September 2016
ISBN: 9780727760630
£57.25
Land Drainage and Flood Defence Responsibilities offers practical, engineering-focused coverage of the legislation relating to water management, flood risk and drainage. Owing to increasingly erratic weather patterns and the effects of climate change, the topics of drainage and flood are becoming ever more important for policymakers and the enginee

Coastal Management: Changing coast, changing climate, changing minds

Author(s): Alison Baptiste (ed.)
Publication date: 20 January 2016
ISBN: 9780727761149
£302.00
The Institution of Civil Engineers Coastal Management conference series is the leading forum for the presentation of the latest developments in coastal engineering. The 8th conference took place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands from 8-9 September 2015 and attracted delegates from over 30 countries. The proceedings of this conference, Coastal Manage

Civil Engineering Special Issue: Saint Petersburg

Author(s): Editor: Simon Fullalove
Publication date: 17 April 2015
ISBN: 9780727761088
£40.50
This special issue of Civil Engineering is the first about Russia and in particular a Russian city; not just any city but 'The Venice of the North' - Saint Petersburg. Of the six papers presented, five are from Russian authors generally from the Saint Petersburg State University (the first Russian university, founded in the early nineteenth century

Floods and Reservoir Safety, 4th edition

Author(s): Institution of Civil Engineers
Publication date: 14 April 2015
ISBN: 9780727760067
£45.50
This fourth edition of Floods and Reservoir Safety provides authoritative guidance on flood protection standards, flood magnitude and freeboard -guidance which is essential for engineers who are responsible for the design and inspection of reservoirs. In the period since publication of the previous edition, there have been changes to extreme flood

Civil Engineering Special Issue: London 2012 Legacy

Author(s): Editor: Simon Fullalove
Publication date: 01 November 2014
ISBN: 9780727760913
£40.50
This third and final special issue of Civil Engineering on the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games covers the infrastructure legacy of the games, the delivery of which was fundamental to the success of the UK bid. These eight papers illustrate that the infrastructure legacy goes well beyond the immediate confines of the vast new Queen Elizabet