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Addresses all aspects of pavement construction from choice of material to in-situ behaviours of finished structures, enabling practitioners and policy makers to use and source materials effectively.

This text presents the key findings of the International Symposium held in Delft in 2003, which explored this stunning natural process.

This volume contains 30 papers delivered to the International Workshop on Air Pollution and Cultural Heritage 2003, plus six new additions. They are divided into five sections covering types of pollutants, effects on materials and monuments, and related heritage policies.

New data on the geomorphology, archeozoology, paleobotany, and prehistory of Indonesia, focused on Java and Sulawesi. New research from excavation sites plus an examination of materials and methods, analyses, and hypotheses on early colonisation.

An analysis of radical changes across institutions such as the privatisation of British Rail, and the role of governments in such shifts. Challenges current thinking, highlighting the limitations and difficulties inherent in system change.

This book/CD-ROM package contains papers from an April 2004 conference on the management of underground projects, public policy and underground projects, advances in technology, and case studies. Papers examine management issues such as risk allocation and controlling costs, and discuss issues rela

A dissertation on the effects of salinity on nitrifcation in municipal wastewater, considering many aspects of the process and its attendant problems, together with useful and research results from lab- and plant-based research.

A collection of papers from the Symposium on Configurational Mechanics in Thessaloniki 2003 to draw together knowledge and expertise from a range of disciplines across the material sciences.

Following the hunting of the Djief forest wallaby, this reference offers a perspective on sustainable hunting in prehistory and provides insights into hunter-gatherer existence from the late Pleistocene.

Devoted entirely to tropical areas, this work on soil engineering and mechanics looks at the origin, testing and properties of tropical residual soil types.

This work contains a collection of selected, peer-reviewed and state-of-the-art reflecting papers that were presented at the First Dubrovnik Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems.

This dissertation presented at Wageningen University in the Netherlands investigates the use of an integrated upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor-duckweed ponds system to treat domestic wastewater and recycle nutrients and water in tilapia aquaculture. As the culmination of a one-year exp

This dissertation, submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the Academic Board of Wageningen University and the Academic Board of UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, demonstrates the applicability of surge flow irrigation for water saving under the short field conditions that prevail in

Forty-three collected papers from the 5th International Symposium on Natural Draught Cooling in Istanbul 2004, detailing advances made in technical design disciplines across the field.

Over three hundred papers given at the Eleventh International Symposium on Water - Rock Interaction in June/July 2004 in Saratoga Springs, summarizing current research from around the world on the broad area of water-rock interactions.

Comprising the proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Ground Support, this text brings together leading academics, operators and technology developers to present advances in ground support strategies, processes and products.

Presenting current research in the application of numerical methods in geotechnical engineering, this text details a number of new developments in the area, and is suitable for both students and researchers, as well as practising engineers.

Highlighting the most important advances and applications of discrete element modelling in a range of different fields, this volume is a valuable resource for civil, mining, and geotechnical engineers, as well as other interested professionals.

This collection of papers looks at subjects such as transportation, housing and residential planning, ski mechanics, hazard mitigation and avalanche engineering.

This work examines the use of advance warning models to predict flooding and flood damage. Specifically, it includes an examination of the Artificial Neural Network (ANN) rainfall-runoff model, its suitability, uses and limitations.

Examining the positive and negative socio-economic impacts of artisan and small-scale mining in developing countries, this text covers a wide range of issues and case studies of interest to those in the field.

Covering all aspects of biolubricants, this book provides a comprehensive guide to their use, and describes the successes of European users. It includes tips and product information, as well as technical and environmental specifications.

Globalization, population growth, and climate change will trigger new water management challenges in the coming century. Papers from a recent conference examine the latest research in areas of research basins and hydrological planning, such as groundwater influences on root zone hydrology, groundwa

Selected papers from the Fifth International Mining Forum in Cracow 2004, addressing technical issues in mining and mine engineering including mechanical and computer-based advances as well as case studies in Poland.

This proceeding contains a selected number of papers presented at the 2nd New York Bridge Conference that should be valuable to every reader and worker in the field of applied bridge engineering.

A selection of thirty-nine papers presented at the third FLAC Symposium. Topics covered include constitutive models, slope stability, underground cavity design, mining applications, soil structure interaction, dynamic analysis and thermal analyses.