Urban areas produce a series of environmental problems arising from the consumption of natural resources and the consequent generation of waste and pollution. These problems contribute to the development of social and economic imbalances. All these problems, which continue to grow in our society, require new solutions. This book addresses the many inter-related aspects of the urban environment from transport and mobility to social exclusion and crime prevention. Publishing papers from the Fourth International Conference on Urban Regeneration and Sustainability, the volume includes topics such as: Strategy and Development; Planning; Development and Management; Environmental Management; Planning Issues; Socio-economic Issues; The community and the City; Cultural Heritage; Architectural Issues; Traffic and Transportation; Land Use and Management; Public Safety; Conservation of Resources; Sustainable Transportation and Transport Integration; Depleted Ecological Resources; Environmental Pollution; Energy Resources Systems.

The Sustainable City IV: Urban Regeneration And Sustainability

Politics & Social Sciences

U. Mander

Enzo Tiezzi

C.A. Brebbia

Social Sciences

Wit Pr/Computational Mechanics

This book contains the papers to be presented at the eleventh International Conference on Structures under Shock and Impact being held in Tallinn, Estonia, July 2010, the latest in a series that began in 1989. The Conference brings together engineers and scientists from a wide range of academic disciplines and industrial backgrounds who have an interest in the shock and impact response of structures and materials.  The shock and impact behavior of structures is a challenging area, not only because of the obvious time-dependent aspects, but also because of the difficulty of specifying the external dynamic loading and connection characteristics for structural designs and hazard assessments, and of obtaining the dynamic properties of materials. Particularly since 9/11, there has been increased concern for protecting public buildings, nuclear plants, and other important sites. Thus, it is important to recognize and fully utilize the contributions and understanding emerging from theoretical, numerical and experimental studies of structures, as well as investigations into material properties under dynamic loading conditions.   The papers in this volume help to fulfill those needs. They reflect the broad range of practical interest in the shock and impact response of structures. The topics include various aspects of protection, such as the protection of buildings from explosive loadings and the protection of the public through structural energy absorbing systems. Other articles examine the response of concrete, composite and metal structures under a variety of impact and blast loadings. Individual papers focus on seismic loadings, missile penetration, energy-absorbing systems, structural crashworthiness and other important industrial problems, some of which are studied using numerical schemes. Several papers examine the dynamic properties of materials.

Structures Under Shock and Impact XI (WIT Transactions on the Built Environment)

Engineering & Transportation

N. Jones

Engineering

Wit Press/Computational Mechanics

Landscapes are continually changing as a result of human intervention in natural processes. Both intensive and extensive land uses are expressed in the structure of the land, the size of the parcels and the area of natural and semi-natural vegetation that is present. The task facing ecologists, conservationists, planners, decision-makers and others involved with these changes is to find the best methods for maintaining landscape diversity. 
Representing an important step forward for regional and inter-regional development of integrated landscape ecological research in the field of land use changes, this volume includes discussion of many problems related to this area. 
The research papers and case studies featured in Consequences of Land Use Changes were originally presented at a symposium which formed part of the Seventh International Congress on Ecology. Further contributions from this symposium are contained in Landscape Perspectives of Land Use Changes (ISBN: 1-85312-848-1) also published by WIT Press.

Consequences of Land Use Changes (Advances in Ecological Sciences)

Business & Money

Economics

Landscapes have always reflected changing populations, fluctuating needs, and evolving technologies. This volume focuses on landscape perspectives and related development scenarios. The contributors concentrate mainly on future activities in integrated landscape research and monitoring an area of importance for finding solutions for sustainable land use and providing adequate bases for planning and policy making. The research papers and case studies featured in Landscape Perspectives of Land Use Changes were originally presented at a symposium which formed part of the Seventh International Congress on Ecology. Further contributions from this symposium are contained in Consequences of Land Use Changes (ISBN: 1-85312-650-0) also published by WIT Press.

Landscape Perspectives and Land Use Changes

Mander, U.

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