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Cultural tourism today specifically includes, along with cities, museums, monuments and rural traditions, the aim of 'getting to know nature'. Protected natural areas are ideal for this. The tourism industry has realised this and so the value of the landscape and natural resources is becoming increasingly recognised.

Contains papers presented at the Third International Conference on High Performance Structures and Materials and it addresses issues involving advanced types of structures. Particular emphasis is placed on intelligent 'smart structures' as well as the application of computational methods to model, control and manage these structures and materials.

This book is aimed to be used in both undergraduate and graduate courses in heat transfer and thermal engineering. It can successfully be used in R & D work and thermal engineering design in industry and by consultancy firms

An exploration of the effects of new technology on culture and psychology, this title demonstrates how society has been both enriched and challenged by these changes. It should be of interest to those who need to be aware of the psychological impact of new technology and responsive to issues of international communication and cooperation.

This book presents the latest research in one of the most challenging, yet most universally applicable areas of technology. Multiphase flows are found in all areas of technology and the range of related problems of interest is vast, including astrophysics, biology, geophysics, atmospheric process, and many areas of engineering.

This volume looks afresh at the life and works of Lord Kelvin including his standing and relationships with Charles Darwin, T. S Huxley and the X-club, thereby throwing new light on the nineteenth-century conflict between the British energy and biology specialists. Useful to scientists and engineers interested in thermodynamics and Lord Kelvin.

Providing a coherent and realistic vision of the implications of the energy issue in the future development of our cities; places emphasis on the links between very specific and technical topics and the most challenging issues concerning energy savings and the transition to a low carbon society.

This book will be useful for bridge design engineers as well as researchers working in the field. This book only requires previous knowledge of structural finite element models and dynamics, and it is advisable to have some previous knowledge in bridge engineering.

This book contains a short presentation on the basic principles of energy analysis and discusses new achievements in the field over the last 15 years. One of the most important issues considered by the distinguished author is the economy of non-renewable natural energy.

Giving the reader information relating to all aspects of communications security, this book begins at the base ideas and builds to reach the most advanced and updated concepts.

Heritage Architecture and Historical Aspects; Assessment and Re-use; Performance and Maintenance; Simulation and Modelling; Modern (19th/20th Century) Heritage; Seismic Vulnerability; Material Characterization; Heritage Masonry; Earth Construction; Wooden Structures; Guidelines, Codes and Regulations for Heritage; Defence Heritage.

Transport Strategies; Urban Transport Planning and Management; Public Transport Systems; Rail Transport Strategies; Intelligent Transport Systems; Land use and Transport Integration; Transport Modelling and Simulation; Environmental Aspects; Economic and Social Impact; Travel Behaviour Studies; Customer Identification; Transportation;

Containing the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Design and Nature, this book brings together contributions from researchers working around the world on a variety of studies involving nature and its significance for modern scientific thought and design.

This book is intended as a course book for introductory courses in stochastic optimization algorithms and it has grown from a set of lectures notes used in courses, taught by the author, at the international master programme Complex Adaptive Systems at Chalmers University of Technology in Goteborg, Sweden.

'Air Pollution XIII' presents some of the latest developments in this field, bringing together recent results and state-of-the-art contributions from researchers around the world. It contains the papers presented at the 13th International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution.

Deals with fundamental principles underlying environmental degradation of construction materials such as metals, stone, brick, concrete, timber, cast iron, steel, copper alloys and aluminium. This book features information on methods of deterioration, as well as general information on the economic impact of damaging processes.

This volume features papers from the First International Conference on Monitoring, Simulation and Remediation of the Geological Environment.

Urban areas produce a series of environmental problems arising from the consumption of natural resources and the consequent generation of waste and pollution. These problems contribute to the development of social and economic imbalances. This book addresses the many aspects of the urban environment from transport to crime prevention.

Deals with plate heat exchangers (PHEs), which are one of the most common types in practice. This work's objectives are to present descriptions of such heat exchangers and their advantages and limitations, to provide in-depth thermal and hydraulic design theory for PHEs.

Contains the results of a three-year research programme by a joint team of experts from four different EU countries, whose main focus was on investigating the possibility of using abandoned underground mines for the disposal of hazardous chemical waste with negligible pollution of the environment.

A set of new studies are included in this volume which provides solutions that lead towards sustainability. Contributions originate from a diverse range of researchers, resulting in a variety of topics and experiences.

Studies, repairs and maintenance of heritage architecture are becoming increasingly important in modern society. Comprising specially selected papers, this book address a series of topics related to the historical aspects and reuse of heritage architecture, as well as technical issues on the structural integrity of different types of buildings.

This book contains papers presented by an extensive selection of international delegates at the 23rd International Conference on Urban Transport and the Environment. Due to its continued success and multiplicity of topics, the series is considered to be a leading source of new research in the area of transport engineering.

This collection of research papers, presented at meetings organised by the Wessex Institute of Technology (WIT), concerns a variety of issues relating to the area of sustainable development.