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Published:
March 19, 2013
Author(s):
Jean Margat; Jac van der Gun
This book presents a unique and up-to-date summary of what is known about groundwater on our planet, from a global perspective and in terms of area-specific factual information. Unlike most textbooks on groundwater, it does not deal with theoretical principles, but rather with the overall picture 
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Published:
December 06, 2012
Author(s):
Kam-tim Chau
A multidisciplinary field, encompassing both geophysics and civil engineering, geomechanics deals with the deformation and failure process in geomaterials such as soil and rock. Although powerful numerical tools have been developed, analytical solutions still play an important role in solving 
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Published:
November 21, 2012
Author(s):
Stanley W. Trimble
"This thought-provoking book demonstrates how processes of landscape transformation, usually illustrated only in simplified or idealized form, play out over time in real, complex landscapes. Trimble illustrates how a simple landscape disturbance, generated in this case by agriculture, can spread an 
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Published:
October 29, 2012
Editor(s):
Khaled Hadi; Nadim Copty
Groundwater is a vital resource of water, in some regions of the world the only source of fresh water. Its use for domestic use and agriculture dates back thousands of years. In recent decades the over-exploitation and unabated use of this resource has lead to severe environmental problems such as 
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Published:
August 25, 2012
Author(s):
Miguel F. Acevedo
Given the importance of interdisciplinary work in sustainability, Simulation of Ecological and Environmental Models introduces the theory and practice of modeling and simulation as applied in a variety of disciplines that deal with earth systems, the environment, ecology, and human–nature 
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Published:
June 12, 2012
Editor(s):
Bryan McCabe; Marina Pantazidou; Declan Phillips
This book comprises the proceedings of the international conference Shaking the Foundations of Geo-engineering Education (NUI Galway, Ireland, 4-6 July 2012), a major initiative of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) Technical Committee (TC306) on 
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Published:
May 10, 2012
Author(s):
H.P. Das
Despite the current technological advancement, agriculture is still a vital source of livelihood. It is essentially dependent on weather and climate, and adversely affected by extreme events in this respect. Over the past few decades, extreme events such as droughts, floods, storms, tropical 
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Published:
March 05, 2012
Editor(s):
José Maria Feria
This book presents a new approach to heritage, linking it to territory and sustainable development. This new approach entails a broader, integrated view of heritage values on the one hand, and on the other a shift in emphasis from their protection to their valorisation. In short, it provides a view 
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Published:
December 01, 2011
Author(s):
Richard Woldendorp; Jim Wark; Karlheinz Spitz; John Trudinger
In this truly unique celebration of mining, breathtaking aerial photographs by award-winning photographers Jim Wark and Richard Woldendorp accompany ground-level pictures of mines, mine-side oddities, and mine communities. Informed but breezy narratives by mining experts John Trudinger and 
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Published:
November 02, 2011
Author(s):
King Abdullah Petroleum Studies; Saud M. Al-Fattah; Murad F. Barghouty; Bashir O. Dabbousi
This book focuses on issues related to a suite of technologies known as “Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS),” which can be used to capture and store underground large amounts of industrial CO2 emissions. It addresses how CCS should work, as well as where, why, and how these technologies should be 
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