The United States has joined with other nations to express concern about climate change. In the absence of a comprehensive policy direction, techno...

Remote sensing refers to the activities of recording/observing/perceiving (sensing) objects or events at far away (remote) places. In remote sensin...

"We live in the age of high tech. Though engineering stands at centre stage becoming the key to survival, civil engineering is a much misunderstood...

Geotechnical engineering is the branch of civil engineering concerned with the engineering behavior of earth materials. Geotechnical engineering is...

Flood management planning and design of flood control facilities has evolved in recent years. Today, management of floods include planning and cons...

Gravity-driven water flow networks are a crucial method of delivering clean water to millions of people worldwide, and an essential agricultural to...

Green building is the practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a ...

What You Need to Know About the Environment

Surface-water hydrology is a field that encompasses all surface waters of the globe (overland flows, rivers, lakes, wetlands, estuaries, oceans, et...

The Structural Stability Research Council assist guidance to practicing engineers and writers of design specifications, codes and standards in both...

Fire Protection is the study and practice of mitigating unwanted effects of fires. It involves the study of behaviour, compartmentalisation, suppre...

This book primarily deals with themes like flood risk simulation, warning, assessment and mitigation. It is supported with elaborate glossary of re...

This book provides a detailed bibliography and elaborate index. An introductory overview of an integrated approach towards flood control, mitigatio...

Civil engineering is arguably the oldest engineering discipline. It compacts with the built environment and can be dated to the first time someone ...

It is widely acknowledged that there is an increasing problem in maintenance of the American civil infrastructure. Highways, bridges, sewers, railr...

It is widely acknowledged that there is an increasing problem in maintenance of the American civil infrastructure. Highways, bridges, sewers, railr...

"The major problems that attracted the researchers during the past years are increasing traffic in urban and sub-urban areas. Traffic varies over t...

The National Slate Association compiled a comprehensive overview of slate roofs in 1926, covering everything from characteristics and important dat...

This book explores various aspects of fire safety in the home. The first section is devoted to addressing the risks presented by cooking fires, as ...

All hydraulic structures are constructed on the solid Earth, which can be mathematically treated as an infinite domain, from the engineering length...

Hydrogeology is the area of geology that deals with the distribution and movement of groundwater in the soil and rocks of the Earth's crust Hydroge...

Milestone cost estimates at various stages of the process are critical components of the cost management activity. Risk Assessment and Management a...

Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS): Past, Present and Future Directions introduces the reader to the fundamentals of the ITS. It provides an overv...

"Rapid vehicular growth aligned with ever growing population, rural to urban migration and economic increase has put enormous amount of pressure on...