Building and Construction

Extensively revised and rewritten to reflect the growth in environmental research during the last decade. Human-induced environmental change is occurring at such a rapid rate that, inevitably, the fundamental processes involved in biogeochemical cycling are being altered. Global Environmental Change..

Extensively revised and rewritten to reflect the growth in environmental research during the last decade. Human-induced environmental change is occurring at such a rapid rate that, inevitably, the fundamental processes involved in biogeochemical cycling are being altered. Global Environmental Change..

A collection of papers from the 2004 International Conference on Hydraulics of Dams and Rivers Structures, providing an invaluable resource of practical experiences, advances from across the many fields in the sector, and important research findings...

‘Innovative Built Heritage Models’ collects the lectures presented at the international conference on CHANGES (2017 Thematic Week, Leuven, Belgium, 6-8 February 2017), and aims to provide an international overview of the existing strategies, processes and operational case studies that support the im..

This volume brings together authors from four continents to argue that lean thinking should be integral to design management in the fields of architecture, engineering and construction (AEC). _x005F_x000D_ It was published as a special issue of Architectural Engineering and Design Management...

A very useful collection of papers to get acquainted with the state-of-the-art of research in issues concerning occupational safety and hygiene, as well as with some practical tools and approaches that are currently used by OHS professionals in a global context...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the key issues that organization leaders must understand and address. It provides concise summaries by leading international authorities of the ten key strategic management issues, shows how they have emerged, and outlines their potential impact on the ..

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the key issues that organization leaders must understand and address. It provides concise summaries by leading international authorities of the ten key strategic management issues, shows how they have emerged, and outlines their potential impact on the ..

Drawing upon 25 years of original research, Production, Places and Environment provides a unique combination of rich, varied and theoretically informed case studies, along with more general analyses of processes and changing theoretical and methodological perspectives in economic geography that are ..

This volume provides an analysis of regional economic geography, and explains how theory and method in economic geography has changed and developed since the 1970s. It explores factors such as space, production, social and political concerns, and environmental issues...

The need for quality assurance in construction is now widely accepted: winning tenders increasingly depends on demonstrating QA capability prior to commission. This book pinpoints the real benefits to be gained from developing well-structured systems and offers practical guidance on implementatio..

The need for quality assurance in construction is now widely accepted: winning tenders increasingly depends on demonstrating QA capability prior to commission. This book pinpoints the real benefits to be gained from developing well-structured systems and offers practical guidance on implementatio..