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Book Greater Cairo Wastewater Project

Download or read book Greater Cairo Wastewater Project written by Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) and published by Thomas Telford. This book was released on 1993 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The GBP1.2 billion Cairo Wastewater Project was designed to remove water from one of the world's largest and fastest growing cities and treat it to a standard permitting re-use for agriculture. This issue of ICE Proceedings contains nine refereed papers that cover various aspects of the planning, design, construction and management of the project.

Book Encyclopedia of Urban Studies

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Urban Studies written by Ray Hutchison and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2010 with total page 1081 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An encyclopedia about various topics relating to urban studies.

Book The Agent distributor Service

Download or read book The Agent distributor Service written by United States. Department of Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Children s rights

Download or read book Children s rights written by Amnesty international publications and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Selling to the Military

Download or read book Selling to the Military written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1993-05 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Cities and Geology

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robert Ferguson Legget
  • Publisher : New York ; Montreal : McGraw-Hill Book Company
  • Release : 1973
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 648 pages

Download or read book Cities and Geology written by Robert Ferguson Legget and published by New York ; Montreal : McGraw-Hill Book Company. This book was released on 1973 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Urban Geomorphology

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mary J Thornbush
  • Publisher : Elsevier
  • Release : 2018-07-17
  • ISBN : 0128119527
  • Pages : 364 pages

Download or read book Urban Geomorphology written by Mary J Thornbush and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban Geomorphology: Landforms and Processes in Cities addresses the human impacts on landscapes through occupation (urbanization) and development as a contribution to anthropogenic geomorphology or "anthropogeomorphology." This includes a focus on land clearance, conservation issues, pollution, decay and erosion, urban climate, and anthropogenic climate change. These topics, as well as others, are considered to shed more light on the human transformation of natural landscapes and the environmental impacts and geomorphological hazards that environmental change can encompass. Its multidisciplinary approach is appropriate for audiences from a range of disciplines and professions, from geologists, conservationists, and land-use planners to architects and developers. Urban Geomorphology not only transcends disciplines, but also covers varied spatial-temporal frameworks and presents a diverse set of approaches and solutions to human impacts and geomorphological hazards within urban landscapes. - Features a cross-disciplinary perspective, highlighting the importance of the geosciences to environmental science, engineering, and public policy - Focuses on the built environment as the location of concentrated human impacts and change - Provides an international scope, including case studies from urban areas around the world

Book Geomorphological Models

Download or read book Geomorphological Models written by F. Ahnert and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slope processes and slope form; Modelling some influences of soil erosion, landslides and walley gradient on dransity and hollow development; A theoretical study of soil detachability; A model of progressive slope failure under the effect of the neotectonic stress field; process-response models denudation at different spatial scales; Factos influencing structural landform dynamics on the colorado plateau about the necessity of calibrating theoretical models by empirical data; Some reflections modeling hillslope processes; Channels and channel processes; A vertical exchange model for coarse bedload movement numerical considerations; Chaos and order - the channel geometry of gravel bed braided rivers; Lateral migration of stream channels; A mathematical model for the geometry of meander bends; Sediment yield; The relationship between annual rainfall and sediment yield in arid and semi-arid areas. the case of the northern negev; A multivariate statistical analysis of sediment yield and prediction in Romania; Modelling of water and sediment budget: concepts and strategies; Some preliminary latent variable models of stream sediment and discharge characteristics; General considerations; The transport response function and relaxation time in geomorphic modelling; The rolon: hierarchy theory and landscape research; On the problem of geomorphological prediction; The fundamental principles of landscape evolution.

Book Water Management in Megacities

Download or read book Water Management in Megacities written by Cecilia Tortajada and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Efficient and equitable water, wastewater and stormwater management for the megacities is becoming an increasingly complex task. The special issue will focus on water management in its totality for megacities, including their technical, social, economic, legal, institutional and environmental dimensions through a series of specially invited case studies from different megacities of the world. At present, around one out of two of the earth’s 6.3 billion people live in urban areas. Each year, the world population grows by around 80 millions. Practically all of this growth is urban, primarily due to migration. World’s urban population is expected to reach 5 billion by 2030, which is nearly 2/3rd more than in 2000, and would mean that 60% of world’s population will live in urban areas. The case studies analysed include some of the most interesting and challenging megacities of this planet, Dhaka, Istanbul, Jakarta, Johannesburg, México City, Riyadh and São Paulo. They assess different aspects of how water is intermingled in the overall development milleau. The special issue will considers the magnitudes, nature and extent of the present and future challenges and how these could be meet in socially acceptable and cost-effective ways. The contributors are all acknowledged water experts from different parts of the world. This book was previously published as a special issue of the International Journal of Water Resource s Development.

Book From Tenements to the Taylor Homes

Download or read book From Tenements to the Taylor Homes written by John F. Bauman and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010-12-31 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authored by prominent scholars, the twelve essays in this volume use the historical perspective to explore American urban housing policy as it unfolded from the late nineteenth through the twentieth centuries. Focusing on the enduring quest of policy makers to restore urban community, the essays examine such topics as the war against the slums, planned suburbs for workers, the rise of government-aided and built housing during the Great Depression, the impact of post–World War II renewal policies, and the retreat from public housing in the Nixon, Carter, and Reagan years.

Book Contemporary Urban Planning

Download or read book Contemporary Urban Planning written by John M. Levy and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the author's extensive experience as a working planner, this book gives readers an insider's view of sub-state urban planning--the nitty-gritty details on the interplay of politics, law, money, and interest groups. The author takes a balanced, non-judgmental approach to introduce a range of ideological and political perspectives on the operation of political, economic, and demographic forces in city planning. Unlike other books on the subject, this one is strong in its coverage of economics, law, finance, and urban governance. It examines the underlying forces of growth and change and discusses frankly who benefits and loses by particular decisions. A four-part organization covers the background and development of contemporary planning; the structure and practice of contemporary planning; fields of planning; and national planning in the United States and other nations, and planning theory. For individuals headed for a career in planning.

Book The New Urban Sociology

Download or read book The New Urban Sociology written by Michael T. Ryan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-04 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely recognized as a groundbreaking text, The New Urban Sociology is a broad and expert introduction to urban sociology that is both relevant and accessible to the student. A thought leader in the field, the book is organized around an integrated paradigm (the sociospatial perspective) which considers the role played by social factors such as race, class, gender, lifestyle, economics, culture, and politics on the development of metropolitan areas. Emphasizing the importance of space to social life and real estate to urban development, the book integrates social, ecological and political economy perspectives and research through a fresh theoretical approach. With its unique perspective, concise history of urban life, clear summary of urban social theory, and attention to the impact of culture on urban development, this book gives students a cohesive conceptual framework for understanding cities and urban life. In this thoroughly revised 5th edition, authors Mark Gottdiener, Ray Hutchison, and Michael T. Ryan offer expanded discussions of created cultures, gentrification, and urban tourism, and have incorporated the most recent work in the field throughout the text. The New Urban Sociology is a necessity for all courses on the subject.

Book Place  Exclusion and Mortgage Markets

Download or read book Place Exclusion and Mortgage Markets written by Manuel B. Aalbers and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-05-12 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Utilizing research from the U.S., Italy, and the Netherlands, Place, Exclusion and Mortgage Markets presents an in depth examination of the practice of redlining and the broader implications of contemporary urban exclusion processes. Covers exclusion in mortgage markets in three different countries - the U.S., Italy, and the Netherlands Presents an interdisciplinary perspective to the practice of redlining Connects the literature on social exclusion and financial exclusion

Book Voices of Decline

Download or read book Voices of Decline written by Robert A. Beauregard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [FOR HISTORY CATALOGS]Drawing on the pronouncements of public commentators, this book portrays the 20th century history of U.S. cities, focusing specifically on how commentators crafted a discourse of urban decline and prosperity peculiar to the post-World War II era. The efforts of these commentators spoke to the foundational ambivalence Americans have toward their cities and, in turn, shaped the choices Americans made as they created and negotiated the country's changing urban landscape. [FOR GEOG/URBAN CATALOGS]Freely crossing disciplinary boundaries, this book uses the words of those who witnessed the cities' distress to portray the postwar discourse on urban decline in the United States. Up-dated and substantially re-written in stronger historical terms, this new edition explores how public debates about the fate of cities drew from and contributed to the choices made by households, investors, and governments as they created and negotiated America's changing urban landscape.

Book The Stones of Athens

    Book Details:
  • Author : Richard Ernest Wycherley
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2015-03-08
  • ISBN : 1400871913
  • Pages : 313 pages

Download or read book The Stones of Athens written by Richard Ernest Wycherley and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-08 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interpreting the monuments of Athens in light of literature, R. E. Wycherley brings before us the city the ancients knew. Philosophers, statesmen, travelers, dramatists, poets, private citizens—the words of all these suggest how the city looked at various periods, how its monuments came to be built, and how they served the people in daily life. Professor Wycherley concentrates on the classical period, illustrating his work with plans, reconstructions, and photographs. Originally published in 1978. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Book The Archaeology of Athens

Download or read book The Archaeology of Athens written by John M. Camp and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive work on the monuments of ancient Athens and Attica In this book, a leading authority on the archaeology of ancient Greece presents a survey of the monuments—first chronologically and then site by site. John M. Camp begins with a comprehensive narrative history of the monuments from the earliest times to the sixth century A.D. Drawing on literary and epigraphic evidence, including Plutarch’s biographies, Pausanias’s guidebook, and thousands of inscriptions, he discusses who built a given structure, when, and why. Camp presents dozens of passages in translation, allowing the reader easy access to the variety and richness of the ancient sources. In effect, this main part of the book provides an engrossing history of ancient Athens as recorded in its archaeological remains. The second section of the book offers in-depth discussions of individual sites in their physical context, including accounts of excavations in the modern era. Written in a clear and engaging style and lavishly illustrated, Camp’s archaeological tour of Athens is certain to appeal not only to scholars and students but also to visitors to the area.

Book Capitalist City

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael Peter Smith
  • Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
  • Release : 1997-10-31
  • ISBN : 9780631151821
  • Pages : 400 pages

Download or read book Capitalist City written by Michael Peter Smith and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1997-10-31 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world of modern capitalism is a global network both of corporations and of cities - 'world command cities' such as New York, London and Tokyo; 'specialized command cities' which concentrate on particular industries, such as Detroit; 'state command cities' such as Washington and Brasilia; and so on. These cities, linked by an organizational web of transnational corporations, are the pins holding the capitalist world economy together in the new international division of labour. In The Capitalist City a group of eminent scholars analyzes the intricate relationships among cities, state policies and urban politics at a time of economic restructuring at global, national and local levels to provide an original and timely contribution to one of the most important areas of political and social science.