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Based on a major international study, this volume provides a synthesis of scientific knowledge on megacity urbanization on the coast, environmental impacts, risks and management choices, including a focus on adaptation, mitigation and disaster risk management. It is the primary output of...
To Be Published August 21st 2013 by Routledge
Series: Urban Water Series
Pluvial flooding is defined as flooding that results from rainfall-generated overland flow, before the runoff enters any watercourse or sewer. It is usually associated with high intensity rainfall events (typically >30mm/h) but can also occur with lower intensity rainfall or melting snow...
To Be Published November 30th 2013 by CRC Press
Series: Sustainable Energy Developments
In the Aegean and Eastern Meditterranean Region, people have been using water from geothermal sources for bathing and washing of clothes since ancient times. This region falls within the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt and hence is loci of active volcanism and tectonism and experiences frequent...
To Be Published November 30th 2013 by CRC Press
Following the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan in March 2011, the public is showing increased interest in nuclear safety. This important book is based on an independent report by the Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation, which has been translated into English and...
To Be Published December 30th 2013 by Routledge
To Be Published December 31st 2013 by Taylor & Francis
Surface wave methods analysis the dispersive nature of surface wave propagation in heterogeneous media to measure shear wave velocity or material damping ratio profiles, and enable earthquake site response to be assessed. This is the only comprehensive reference that provides a unified treatment of...
To Be Published January 14th 2014 by CRC Press
To Be Published January 14th 2014 by CRC Press
An elegant, simple and theoretically coherent design framework. Detailing is given to both ACI 318 and Eurocode 8, and the required strength is determined on the basis of estimated yield displacement and the desired limits of system ductility and drift demands. Students users will benefit from...
To Be Published January 25th 2014 by CRC Press
To Be Published March 14th 2014 by CRC Press
This book provides a critical review of these and offers several more appropriate approaches for overcoming numerical convergence and the location of critical failure surfaces in two-dimensional and three-dimensional cases. New concepts in three-dimensional stability analysis, finite element...
To Be Published March 14th 2014 by CRC Press
