1.0 Setting the Scene -- 2.0 Contemporary Geoethics within Geosciences -- 3.0 Exploring Societal Intersections of Geoethical Thinking -- 4.0 Humanistic Geosciences and the Planetary Human Niche -- 5.0 Reframing Geoethics?This book explores the potential of geoethics, as designed within the operational criteria of addressing the deeds and values of the human agent as part of the Earth system. It…
Preface-. PART 1. Holistic Financial Planning -- Generating Lasting Wealth -- PART 2. Holistic Planned Grazing -- Getting Animals to the Right Place at the Right Time, with the Right Behavior -- PART 3. Holistic Ecological Monitoring -- .Keeping Management Proactive -- PART 4. Holistic Land Planning- Designing the Ideal Layout of Facilities for a Grazing Operation -- Appendix 1. The Context Che…
High-Speed Rail(HSR) and Urban Development -- Location Selection of HSR Station and Urban Development -- Impact of HRS Station on its Surrounding Area -- Case Analysis: Planning and Development Process of HSR Station -- Comparative Analysis of Planning and Development of HSR New Town -- Planning Analysis of the Surrounding Area of HSR Station -- Appendix -- References.This book focuses on high-…
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Flood Impact on Buildings -- Chapter 3. Flood Impact on Human Beings Stability -- Chapter 4. Flood Impact on Mobilizable Objects -- Chapter 5. Global Criteria for Impact Estimation -- Chapter 6. Hydrodynamic Criteria for Impact Evaluation -- Chapter 7. Flood Proofing Methods -- Chapter 8. Temporary flood proofing techniques planning -- Chapter 9. Temporary …
Integrating nanotechnology with environmental biotechnology for sustainable water and wastewater treatment -- Nanofibers for water and wastewater treatment: Recent advances and developments -- Recent trends of metal oxide nanofibers in wastewater treatment -- Role of magnetic nano-materials in the decontamination of water and wastewater -- Cyanotoxins in water: Occurrence, distribution and curr…
Essentials of Tensor Calculus- Fundamental Concepts- Continuum Mechanics and Balance Equations -- Fluid Statics -- Ideal Fluid Flows -- Viscous Fluid Flows -- Compressible Fluid Flows -- Dimensional Analysis and Similitude -- Appendix: A Brief History of the Development of Fluid Mechanics.This textbook provides a concise introduction to the mathematical theory of fluid motion with the underlyin…
Scholar-Participated Governance as an Alternative Solution to the Collective Action Dilemma -- Four Major Roles of Scholars Participation: A Game Theoretical Analysis -- A Product-Institutional Analysis (PIA) Framework -- Significance and Mechanisms of Scholars’ Participation -- Seven Design Principles of Successful Scholar-Participated Governance -- Institutional Performance, Institutional C…
1.Application of corporate social responsibility for competency management – case study – Marek Goliński and Maciej Szafrański -- 2.Personal branding – a new competency in the era of the network economy. Corporate brand performance implications – Wioleta Kucharska -- 3.University Social Responsibility – research on students’ evaluation system – Agata Branowska and Małgorzata Sp…
1 Introduction -- 2 Managing Water Resources for Urban Catchments -- 3 WP-A: Urban Water Resources Management -- 4 WP-B: GIS tool for planning decentralized sanitation -- 5 WP-C: Early warning system for lakes -- 6 WP-D: Environmental Information System -- 7 WP-E: Groundwater Systems.This volume addresses latest results of the Major Water Program of the Chinese Government which aims at the rest…
Introduction -- Formation and Types of Natural Ice Masses -- Properties and Mechanical Behaviour of Ice -- Sea Ice in Civil Engineering Applications -- Sea Ice in Geophysical Applications -- Micro-Mechanical Modes of Polar Ice -- Phenomenological Constitutive Models for Polar Ice -- Polar Ice Sheet Flow Models.This book presents the concepts and tools of ice mechanics, together with examples of…