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_Nonconventional_Concrete_Technologies_Renewal of the_Highway_Infrastructure
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6725″] Nonconventional Concrete Technologies: Renewal of the Highway Infrastructure identifies research and development opportunities in innovative, nonconventional materials and processes that have the potential to accelerate the construction process, improve the durability of highway pavement and bridges, and enhance the serviceability and longevity of new construction under adverse conditions.
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_Highway and_Traffic_Engineering in_Developing_Countries
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6721″] This book provides a complete text on highway and traffic engineering for developing countries. It is aimed principally at students and young engineers from the developed world who have responsibility for such work in the third world, but will also be valuable for local highway engineers.
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_Design Manual for Roads and Bridges_Vol1_Highway Structures_Approval Procedures and General Design Section 3 General Design Part 14 Loads for Highway Bridges
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6715″] This Standard specifies the loading to be used for the design of highway bridges and associated structures through the attached revision of Composite Version of BS 5400: Part 2. This revision to BS 5400: Part 2 also includes the clauses that relate to railway bridge live load.
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The Global Cooling Project Science Dossier
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6711″] The Global Cooling Project proposes large scale rainwater harvesting (RWH) in semi-arid tropical countries to increase soil moisture in periods of low rainfall, thus improving vegetation cover and cloud cover. This dossier brings together scientific evidence of critically important impacts of strategic rainwater harvesting (SaRaH) for regional and global climate. It comprises comprehensive…
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National Climate Change Action Plan 2011-2028
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6707″] The global and local climate is changing. Current climate trends show that the Philippines, like the rest of the world, has exhibited increasing temperatures, with observed mean temperature increase of 0.64 °C or an average of 0.01 °C per year-increase from 1951- 2010. In the last 59 years, maximum (daytime) and minimum (nighttime)…
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Introductory Climate Science Global Warming explained
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_Climate_Change The_Science, Impacts and Solutions
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6699″] It is widely accepted in the scientific community that climate change is a reality, and that changes are happening with increasing rapidity. In this second edition, leading climate researcher Barrie Pittock revisits the effects that global warming is having on our planet, in light of ever-evolving scientific research. Presenting all sides of the…
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Advancing the _Science of_Climate_Change (America’s_Climate Choices)
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6693″] Climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for–and in many cases is already affecting–a broad range of human and natural systems. The compelling case for these conclusions is provided in Advancing the Science of Climate Change, part of a congressionally requested suite of studies known as America’s…
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Informing an Effective Response to_Climate_Change (America’s Climate Choices)
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6688″] Global climate change is one of America’s most significant long-term policy challenges. Human activity–especially the use of fossil fuels, industrial processes, livestock production, waste disposal, and land use change–is affecting global average temperatures, snow and ice cover, sea-level, ocean acidity, growing seasons and precipitation patterns, ecosystems, and human health. Climate-related decisions are being…
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Climate Change, the Indoor Environment, and Health
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6683″] The indoor environment affects occupants’ health and comfort. Poor environmental conditions and indoor contaminants are estimated to cost the U.S. economy tens of billions of dollars a year in exacerbation of illnesses like asthma, allergic symptoms, and subsequent lost productivity. Climate change has the potential to affect the indoor environment because conditions inside…
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Climate Change Science An Analysis of Some Key Questions (Compass Series)
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6679″] The warming of the Earth has been the subject of intense debate and concern for many scientists, policy-makers, and citizens for at least the past decade. Climate Change Science: An Analysis of Some Key Questions, a new report by a committee of the National Research Council, characterizes the global warming trend over the…
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Climate Causes and Effects of Climate Change (Our Fragile Planet)
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6674″] In titles that use science to celebrate the wonders of the natural world, this series emphasizes how human activities can disrupt natural processes and outlines how communities, organizations, and individuals can contribute to a healthier planet for the future.
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The International Climate Change Regime A Guide to Rules, Institutions and Procedures
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6670″] This book presents a comprehensive, authoritative and independent account of the rules, institutions and procedures governing the international climate change regime. Its detailed yet user-friendly description and analysis covers the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol, and all decisions taken by the Conference of the Parties up to 2003, including…
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Governing Climate Change (Global Institutions)
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6666″] Governing Climate Change provides a short and accessible introduction to how climate change is governed by an increasingly diverse range of actors, from civil society and market actors to multilateral development banks, donors and cities. The issue of global climate change has risen to the top of the international political agenda. Despite ongoing contestation…
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Community -based Adaptation to Climate Change (paricipatory Learning and Action 60)
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6662″] Welcome to the new look 60th issue of Participatory Learning and Action! The focus of this special issue is communitybased adaptation to climate change. Its publication is timed to coincide with the forthcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 15) to be held in December, in Copenhagen, Denmark, and events surrounding it. The…
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Meeting the Climate Challenge Recommendations of the Climate Change Taskforce
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6658″] The Taskforce’s recommendations are to all governments and policymakers worldwide. They are published in the year when the UK holds the presidencies of the G8 and EU, during which the UK’s Prime Minister Tony Blair has pledged to make climate change an agenda priority as one of the most serious and far-reaching challenges…
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_National_Design_Specifications_Supplement 2005_Design_Values for_Wood_Construction 2005
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6653″] This Supplement is an integral part of the National Design Specification® (NDS®) for Wood Construction, 2005 Edition. It provides reference design values for structural sawn lumber and structural glued laminated timber.
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_Wood_Frame_Construction_Manual
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