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Whether it is the effects of climate change, the avalanche of electronic and plastic waste, or the substandard living and working conditions of billions of our fellow global citizens, our ability to deal with unsustainability will define the twenty-first century. Given that most consumption is mediated through products and services, the critical question for designers is: How can we radically...Hardback$34100Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksPrinciples, Process and Practice of Professional Number Juggling
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Conservation Basics examines the evolving theories and principles that underpin building conservation in England in the 21st century, and looks at their application in practice. The process of conservation planning for the maintenance and repair of historic buildings and places is described in detail, and is illustrated through case studies. Topics include understanding and assessment, surveys and recording, ecological considerations,...Hardback$34100Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksPractical Building Conservation: Concrete
A great deal of research and literature has been produced on repairing concrete structures but very little aimed at conserving the character or appearance of historic examples. Practical Building Conservation: Concrete offers guidance as to how that should be done. It includes a brief history of the use of the material and explains the criteria for listing before assessing decay...Hardback$34100Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksPractical Building Conservation: Building Environment
Practical Building Conservation: Building Environment examines the interaction between building materials and systems and their surroundings, exploring how this interaction may lead to deterioration. It offers methods for assessing remedial treatments, ensuring that each intervention is carefully considered. The book includes valuable discussions on occupant health, emphasising the importance of creating safe and healthy indoor environments. Additionally, it addresses the...Hardback$34100Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksPractical Building Conservation, 10-volume set
Since the original series of Practical Building Conservation appeared in 1988, it has become a standard reference for those caring for historic buildings, large and small: essential reading for architects, surveyors, and building managers, as well as conservators. This new and much expanded set of 10 volumes has been updated to provide a fully comprehensive reference featuring the latest techniques...Set$2,84100Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksPower System Fundamentals
Smart grids are linked with smart homes and smart meters. These smart grids represent the new topology for generating, distributing, and consuming energy. Without proper connection within a smart grid, these smart devices cannot function properly. Therefore, conventional power systems are swiftly evolving to enhance the quality of electrical energy. This book covers the fundamentals of power systems—the pillars of...Hardback$34100Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksPower Electronic Converters
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Peter Goin and the Photography of Environmental Change narrates the forty-year quest of award-winning and internationally exhibited contemporary photographer Peter Goin to document human-altered landscapes across America and beyond. It is a collaborative work between an artist and a literary critic, a retrospective of an accomplished environmental photographer, and an innovative education in visual reading. Enduring howling wind, pounding rain,...Paperback$8999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksPeter Goin and the Photography of Environmental Change
Peter Goin and the Photography of Environmental Change narrates the forty-year quest of award-winning and internationally exhibited contemporary photographer Peter Goin to document human-altered landscapes across America and beyond. It is a collaborative work between an artist and a literary critic, a retrospective of an accomplished environmental photographer, and an innovative education in visual reading. Enduring howling wind, pounding rain,...Hardback$30600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksPAT: Portable Appliance Testing
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With the globalisation of work and technological advancements in recent years, and with an emphasis on service quality today, organisations have changed. Virtual work has emerged as the new employment relationship and has been embraced by employees and employers in many industries. This book explores the dynamics of changing organisation structures, theories of leadership and trust, and how dimensions of...Paperback$19600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksOptical Fiber Communication Systems with MATLAB and Simulink Models
Carefully structured to instil practical knowledge of fundamental issues, Optical Fiber Communication Systems with MATLAB® and Simulink® Models describes the modelling of optically amplified fibre communications systems using MATLAB® and Simulink®. This lecture-based book focuses on concepts and interpretation, mathematical procedures, and engineering applications, shedding light on device behaviour and dynamics through computer modelling. Supplying a deeper understanding of the...Hardback$34100Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksOnly One Earth
Originally published in 1987, Only One Earth showcases global examples of people and communities who are learning to use the world’s resources without despoiling them for future generations. It includes chapters on nomadic life in Kenya, food supply in a Peruvian shantytown and a Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka who advises about tree planting and watersheds. Amidst climate change and...Paperback$7799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksOld Materials, New Climate
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In the last two decades since publication of the first edition, substantial advancements have been made in the science, the need for transdisciplinary approaches to coral reef protection greater than ever before. This new edition, now in full colour throughout with accompanying animations, goes beyond identifying foundational information and current problems to pinpoint science-based solutions for managers, stakeholders and policy...Hardback$61100Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksOcean Innovation
Ocean organisms employ engineering strategies which enable them to maintain life functions such as buoyancy and locomotion in a growing, self-repairing body. Ocean Innovation explores the possibilities of using these engineering feats in the human world. Each chapter presents a particular engineering problem and then looks to the organisms of the ocean for solutions. The book offers case studies that...Hardback$43500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksOccupational Ergonomics
In the fifteen years since the publication of Occupational Ergonomics: Theory and Applications, significant advances have been made in this field. These advances include understanding the impact of ageing and obesity on the workplace, the role of ergonomics in promoting healthy workplaces and healthy lifestyles, the role of ergonomic science in the design of consumer products, and much more. The...Paperback$17200Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksOccupational Ergonomics
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Numerical Analysis for Engineers: Methods and Applications demonstrates the power of numerical methods in the context of solving complex engineering and scientific problems. The book helps to prepare future engineers and assists practising engineers in understanding the fundamentals of numerical methods, especially their applications, limitations, and potentials. Each chapter contains many computational examples, as well as a section on applications...Paperback$13400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksNumerical Algorithms
Numerical Algorithms: Methods for Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Graphics presents a new approach to numerical analysis for modern computer scientists. Using examples from a broad base of computational tasks, including data processing, computational photography, and animation, the textbook introduces numerical modeling and algorithmic design from a practical standpoint and provides insight into the theoretical tools needed to support these...Hardback$19600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksNuclear Engineering Fundamentals
Nuclear Engineering Fundamentals is the most modern, up-to-date, and reader-friendly nuclear engineering textbook on the market today. It provides a thoroughly modern alternative to classical nuclear engineering textbooks that have not been updated over the last 20 years. Printed in full colour, it conveys a sense of awe and wonder to anyone interested in the field of nuclear energy. It...Hardback$37600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksNonlinear Time Series
Useful in the theoretical and empirical analysis of nonlinear time series data, semiparametric methods have received extensive attention in the economics and statistics communities over the past twenty years. Recent studies show that semiparametric methods and models may be applied to solve dimensionality reduction problems arising from using fully nonparametric models and methods. Answering the call for an up-to-date overview...Hardback$37600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksNext Generation Safety Leadership
Next Generation Safety Leadership illustrates practical applications that bring theory to life through case studies and stories from the author's years of experience in high-risk industries. The book provides safety leaders and their organisations with a compelling case for change. A key predictor of safety performance is trust, and its associated components of integrity, ability and benevolence (care). The next...Hardback$13700Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksNewnes Building Services Pocket Book
Newnes Building Services Pocket Book is a unique compendium of essential data, techniques and procedures, best practice, and underpinning knowledge. This makes it an essential tool for engineers involved in the design and day-to-day running of mechanical services in buildings, and a valuable reference for managers, students and engineers in related fields. This pocket reference gives the reader access to...Hardback$35300Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksNew Financial Strategies for Sustainable Buildings
Built environment professionals considering whether to embark on the design and construction or retrofit of a fully sustainable or green build need to know the financial implications of their decisions. What are their financial options? What are the risks? This book offers practical guidance on how sustainable building projects are financed, designed, and built. All too often, sustainable building is...Hardback$19600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksNetworked Control Systems with Intermittent Feedback
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Molecular diagnostics has evolved rapidly during the past decade and has an impact on the practice of medicine as well as many other applications including drug discovery. This book gives an introduction to nanobiotechnology relevant to molecular diagnostics, a field that has been termed nanodiagnostics. The current state of development of nanodiagnostic technologies including nanobiochips and nanobiosensors is reviewed. Besides...Hardback$23500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksMulti-Unit Housing in Urban Cities
This book investigates the development of multi-unit housing typologies that were predominant in a particular city from the 1800s to present day. It emphasises the importance of understanding the direct connection between housing and dwelling in the context of a city, and the manner in which the city is an instructional indication of how a housing typology is embodied. The...Paperback$9899Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksMulti-Unit Housing in Urban Cities
This book investigates the development of multi-unit housing typologies that were predominant in a particular city from the 1800s to present day. It emphasises the importance of understanding the direct connection between housing and dwelling in the context of a city, and the manner in which the city is an instructional indication of how a housing typology is embodied. The...Hardback$44700Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksMultisensor Data Fusion and Machine Learning for Environmental Remote Sensing
In the last few years, the scientific community has realized that obtaining a better understanding of interactions between natural systems and the man-made environment across different scales demands more research efforts in remote sensing. An integrated Earth system observatory that merges surface-based, air-borne, space-borne, and even underground sensors with comprehensive and predictive capabilities indicates promise for revolutionizing the study of...Paperback$11600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksMultifunctional Cement-Based Materials
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Research in modern experimental and theoretical population genetics has been strengthened by advances in molecular techniques for the analysis of genetic variability. The evolutionary relationships of organisms may be investigated by comparing DNA sequences. Molecular Evolution and Population Genetics for Marine Biologists covers chapters on population genetics, DNA polymorphism, genetic homeostasis, and biochemical genetics, plus a chapter on phylogenetic tree...Hardback$30600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksModern Residential Construction Practices
Modern Residential Construction Practices provides easy-to-read, comprehensive and highly illustrated coverage of residential building construction practices that conform to industry standards in the United States and Canada. Each chapter offers complete descriptions, real-world practices, realistic examples, three-dimensional (3D) illustrations, and related tests and problems. Chapters cover practices related to every construction phase including: planning, funding, permitting, codes, inspections, site planning,...Hardback$34100Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksModern Methods of Valuation
The twelfth edition of this essential valuation textbook reflects the changes in the regulatory and statutory framework for property valuations that have occurred since 2013, as well as presenting the tried and tested principles and practices of real estate valuation. The twelfth edition is up to date as of June 2018 with the latest regulations, statutes and case law, including...Hardback$30600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks