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Humanitarian Civil Engineering: Practical solutions for an interdisciplinary approach
Author(s): Georgia Kremmyda
Publication date: 04 August 2021
ISBN: 9780727764683
Stock level: In stock
£41.25
Humanitarian Civil Engineering demonstrates the pivotal role of civil engineering in tackling global humanitarian challenges. It identifies what a humanitarian engineer does and offers practices that are tangible to ensure safe engineering. It combines concepts and tools traditionally used by practitioners and development agencies with civil engine
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Civil Engineering Special Issue: Climate change challenges
Author(s): Editor: Simon Fullalove
Publication date: 08 April 2021
ISBN: 9780727766045
Stock level: In stock
£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.
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Blue-Green Cities: Integrating urban flood risk management with green infrastructure
Author(s): Colin Thorne
Publication date: 03 August 2020
ISBN: 9780727764195
Stock level: In stock
£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
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Reservoir Management
Author(s): Edited by Andrew Pepper
Publication date: 20 September 2019
ISBN: 9780727763570
Stock level: In stock
£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
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Environmental Geotechnics in Practice: Introduction and case studies
Author(s): Robert W. Sarsby
Publication date: 06 September 2019
ISBN: 9780727763631
Stock level: In stock
£77.50
Environmental Geotechnics in Practice is an informative and practical guide to the study of land-based waste disposal. The book identifies the key elements of a variety of waste disposal systems, and explains their role in protecting the environment. Using the most significant case histories from across the world where key lessons have been learned
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Strategic Management of Flood Risk
Author(s): Duncan McLuckie and Jaya Kandasamy, with Paul Sayers
Publication date: 05 September 2018
ISBN: 9780727761378
Stock level: In stock
£86.25
Strategic Management of Flood Risk
offers a proven approach for flood risk management in communities internationally. This supports the practical consideration of the full range of flood behaviour in decisions that influence this risk.
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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
Stock level: In stock
£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
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Flood Resilience (ICE Themes)
Author(s): Edited by Manuela Escarameia and Andrew Tagg
Publication date: 24 May 2018
ISBN: 9780727763938
Stock level: In stock
£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
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Underground Spaces Unveiled: Planning and creating the cities of the future
Author(s): Han Admiraal and Antonia Cornaro
Publication date: 28 February 2018
ISBN: 9780727761453
Stock level: In stock
£80.50
Award-winning title on the benefits, challenges and possibilities of urban underground spaces. The book gives a broad overview of the concept of underground space development investigating the issues that are associated with the sustainable development of urban underground space.
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Basic Water Treatment, Sixth Edition
Author(s): Chris Binnie, Martin Kimber and Hugh Thomas
Publication date: 08 December 2017
ISBN: 9780727763341
Stock level: In stock
£65.75
Basic Water Treatment, now in its sixth edition, is an accessible and practical guide to all aspects of potable water quality and treatment. Focusing on the issues of most interest to practising engineers, it provides examples of good practice, summarises key issues and criteria, and includes additional theory to explain and support the treatment p
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Operational Safety of Dams and Reservoirs: Understanding the reliability of flow-control systems
Author(s): Desmond ND Hartford, Gregory B Baecher, P Andy Zielinski, Robert C Patev, Romanas Ascila and Karl Rytters
Publication date: 04 October 2016
ISBN: 9780727761217
Stock level: In stock
£119.00
Operational Safety of Dams and Reservoirs brings together a broad range of knowledge from key areas in dam and reservoir safety, spillways and flow-control to provide new analytical tools to better understand operating risk in hydropower and dam safety. This book is an essential reference for all professionals and practitioners who specialise in da
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Land Drainage and Flood Defence Responsibilities, Fifth edition
Author(s): ICE
Publication date: 15 September 2016
ISBN: 9780727760630
Stock level: In stock
£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
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Dams - Benefits and Disbenefits; Assets or Liabilities?
Author(s): Edited by Andrew Pepper
Publication date: 22 August 2016
ISBN: 9780727761330
Stock level: In stock
£200.25
This book contains the proceedings of the 19th Biennial Conference of the British Dam Society, Dams - Benefits or Disbenefits; Assets or Liabilities?
Work to reservoirs and dams today covers far more than engineering, and the papers in this book show how engineers integrate their work with other disciplines to minimise the adverse impacts of sch
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Sustainable Water
Author(s): Charles Ainger and Richard Fenner (eds.)
Publication date: 02 February 2016
ISBN: 9780727757739
Stock level: Low stock
£44.50
Sustainable Water is a practical and accessible book for built environment professionals who play vital roles in creating and maintaining water services. It outlines a framework of fundamental principles, methodologies and approaches needed to deliver high quality, economical and sustainable infrastructure across the globe by approaching it from th
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Coastal Management: Changing coast, changing climate, changing minds
Author(s): Alison Baptiste (ed.)
Publication date: 20 January 2016
ISBN: 9780727761149
Stock level: Low stock
£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
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Civil Engineering Special Issue: Saint Petersburg
Author(s): Editor: Simon Fullalove
Publication date: 17 April 2015
ISBN: 9780727761088
Stock level: In stock
£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
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Floods and Reservoir Safety, 4th edition
Author(s): Institution of Civil Engineers
Publication date: 14 April 2015
ISBN: 9780727760067
Stock level: In stock
£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
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Rock Engineering, 2nd edition
Author(s): Arild Palmström and Håkan Stille
Publication date: 19 December 2014
ISBN: 9780727759955
Stock level: In stock
£100.00
Rock Engineering provides a comprehensive explanation of the geological principles and ground investigations involved with the geotechnical design and engineering of underground projects.
It offers an internationally applicable, practical guide for engineers and geologists responsible for considering different ground conditions, design and plan
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Civil Engineering Special Issue: London 2012 Legacy
Author(s): Editor: Simon Fullalove
Publication date: 01 November 2014
ISBN: 9780727760913
Stock level: In stock
£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
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A Guide to the Reservoirs Act 1975, 2nd edition
Author(s): Institution of Civil Engineers
Publication date: 30 September 2014
ISBN: 9780727757692
Stock level: In stock
£81.00
A Guide to the Reservoirs Act 1975 provides expert guidance on the application of the Reservoirs Act 1975, reflecting the current views and practices of the dam engineering profession.
This fully updated second edition for reservoirs located in England incorporates the latest amendments introduced through the Flood and Water Management Act 2010,
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