Civil, Environmental and Geotechnical Engineering Books

New and Published Books

1. Integrated Infrastructure for Sustainable Improvement of Movement and Safety in Urban Road Corridors

   UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis

   By Christina Kayoza

   This study, conducted in the capital city of Tanzania - Dar es Salaam, investigated the impact of urban infrastructure interaction on movement and safety on arterial roads. By studying characteristics of urban infrastructure interconnections the effects of urban infrastructure interactions on...

   Published May 25th 2012 by CRC Press
2. Environmental Fluid Mechanics

   Memorial Volume in honour of Prof. Gerhard H. Jirka

   Edited by Wolfgang Rodi, Markus Uhlmann

   Series: IAHR Monographs

   This volume contains the papers of invited lectures presented at the Memorial Colloquium on Environmental Fluid Mechanics, held on June 3 and 4, 2011, in Karlsruhe, Germany in honour of the late Professor Gerhard H. Jirka, who passed away unexpectedly in February 2010. With both the colloquium and...

   Published May 24th 2012 by CRC Press
3. Handbook of Tropical Residual Soils Engineering

   Edited by Bujang B.K. Huat, David G. Toll, Arun Prasad

   Residual soils are found in many parts of the world. Like other soils, they are used extensively in construction, either to build upon, or as construction material. They are formed when the rate of rock weathering is more rapid than transportation of the weathered particles by e.g., water, gravity...

   Published May 23rd 2012 by CRC Press
4. The Drinking Water Handbook, Second Edition

   By Frank R. Spellman, Joanne E. Drinan

   When you open the tap to fill your glass with drinking water, you expect the water to be of good quality. But is the water from your tap really safe? The second edition of an industry-wide bestseller, The Drinking Water Handbook explains the many processes employed to make water safe to drink....

   Published May 21st 2012 by CRC Press
5. Rainwater Harvesting for Agriculture in the Dry Areas

   By Theib Y. Oweis, Dieter Prinz, Ahmed Y. Hachum

   Dry areas suffer not only from limited rainfall but also ‘natural leakage’ - 90% of rainwater is lost directly or indirectly, and is unavailable for agriculture or domestic use. Water harvesting is a low-cost, easy-to-use, environmentally-friendly way to recover a large part of this lost water. How...

   Published May 20th 2012 by CRC Press
6. Ecological Restoration and Environmental Change

   Renewing Damaged Ecosystems

   By Stuart K. Allison

   What is a natural habitat? Who can define what is natural when species and ecosystems constantly change over time, with or without human intervention? When a polluted river or degraded landscape is restored from its damaged state, what is the appropriate outcome? With climate change now threatening...

   Published May 17th 2012 by Routledge
7. Landslides and Engineered Slopes

   Protecting Society through Improved Understanding

   Edited by Erik Eberhardt, Corey Froese, Keith Turner, S. Leroueil

   Two-volume set, includes a free CD containing the full contents of the book. Landslides and Engineered Slopes: Protecting Society through Improved Understanding comprises the Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Landslides and 2nd North American Symposium on Landslides (Banff, Alberta...

   Published May 15th 2012 by CRC Press
8. Great Lakes

   Lessons in Participatory Governance

   Edited by Velma I. Grover, Gail Krantzberg

   This edited volume while focusing on participatory governance in the Great Lakes basin of North America also gives a comparative perspective of the African Great Lakes. The book describes the actions taken at degraded locations along the Great Lakes in North America through Remedial Action Plans (...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Science Publishers
9. Mechanics of Solids and Structures, Second Edition

   By Roger T. Fenner, J.N. Reddy

   A popular text in its first edition, Mechanics of Solids and Structures serves as a course text for the senior/graduate (4th or 5th year) courses/modules in the mechanics of solid/advanced strength of materials, offered in aerospace, civil, engineering science, and mechanical engineering...

   Published May 13th 2012 by CRC Press
10. Water and Sanitation Services

    Public Policy and Management

    Edited by Jose Esteban Castro, Leo Heller

    Substantially reducing the number of human beings who lack access to clean water and safe sanitation is one of the key Millennium Development Goals. This book argues and demonstrates that this can only be achieved by a better integration of the technical and social science approaches in the search...

    Published May 7th 2012 by Routledge