Geoenvironmental Risk Assessment, Management and Sustainability -- Geotechnical Recycling and Reuse of Waste Materials -- Transport, Persistence and Fate of Pollutants -- Contaminated Land and Remediation Technology -- Landfills of Solid Wastes -- Engineering Barriers -- Application of Geosynthetics in Geo-environmental Engineering -- Geoenvironmental Aspect in Energy Geotechnology -- Tailings …
Geoenvironmental Risk Assessment, Management and Sustainability -- Geotechnical Recycling and Reuse of Waste Materials -- Transport, Persistence and Fate of Pollutants -- Contaminated Land and Remediation Technology -- Landfills of Solid Wastes -- Engineering Barriers -- Application of Geosynthetics in Geo-environmental Engineering -- Geoenvironmental Aspect in Energy Geotechnology -- Tailings …
Geoenvironmental Risk Assessment, Management and Sustainability -- Geotechnical Recycling and Reuse of Waste Materials -- Transport, Persistence and Fate of Pollutants -- Contaminated Land and Remediation Technology -- Landfills of Solid Wastes -- Engineering Barriers -- Application of Geosynthetics in Geo-environmental Engineering -- Geoenvironmental Aspect in Energy Geotechnology -- Tailings …
This thoroughly revised and expanded edition of the much acclaimed Encyclopedia of Coastal Science edited by M. Schwarz (Springer 2005), presents an interdisciplinary approach that includes biology, ecology, engineering, geology, geomorphology, oceanography, remote sensing, technological advances, and anthropogenic impacts on coasts. Within its covers the Encyclopedia of Coastal Science, 2nd ed…
"I know of no similar work (in scope, content and orientation). That is why we are all waiting so anxiously for this volume to be completed. Its perspective is unique." Charles Finkl, Editor to the Journal of Coastal Research.
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…
Understanding uncertainty associated with stormwater quality modelling -- Pollutant build-up and wash-off processes variability -- Assessment of build-up and wash-off process uncertainty and its influence on stormwater quality modelling -- Case study – uncertainty assessment of heavy metals build-up and wash-off processes -- Practical implications and recommendations for future research.This …
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 -- Distribution of Evaporite Karst in the World -- Properties of Evaporites -- Karstification of evaporites -- Characterisation of Surface and Underground Karst Features -- Geohazards Associated With Dams and Reservoirs -- Prevention and Remediation at Dam Sites and Reservoirs -- Methods of Investigation -- Monitoring -- Summary of Dams and Reservoirs in Evaporites that have Constr…
Assessment of characteristic shear strength parameters of soil and its implication in geotechnical design -- Ambiguity of safety definition in geotechnical models -- The fuzziness and sensitivity of failure probabilities -- The mathematics of uncertainty: models, methods and interpretations -- Multi-parameter models: rules and computational methods for combining uncertainties -- Sensitivity ana…