Author: Davidson FP EdPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Macro-Engineering and the Infrastructure of Tomorrow
Author: Davidson FP EdMacro-engineering and the Infrastructure of Tomorrow
Author: Macro-engineering And The Infrastructure Of Tomorrow
Author: Frank P DavidsonPublisher: Westview Press
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 312
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Macro-engineering And The Future
Author: Frank P. DavidsonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429724640
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Macro-engineering projects--enormous undertakings such as the design and construction of new cities, energy islands, and even outer-space industrial complexes--require bold vision, courage, and optimism as well as engineering and management skills. The need for individuals with these qualities is growing as the United States faces its greatest chal
Macro-Engineering
Author: F P DavidsonPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1782420576
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
This volume makes available a reflection on large-scale engineering for building a better world. International authorities from engineering, oceanography, academia, public service, and law describe how great and imaginative concepts may be refined, tested, adapted, financed, implemented and put to use. Here are records and commentaries about some of the world's significant engineering achievements, including the planning and design of Nigeria's new capital city, and the use of software by the US military to clean up the Exxon-Valdez oil spill pollution in Alaska. Describes a method of large-scale engineering for building a better world Provides records and commentaries about significant engineering achievements International authorities from engineering, oceanography, academia, public service and law describe how great and imaginative concepts may be refined, tested, adapted, financed and implemented
Macro-Engineering
Author: V. BadescuPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402046049
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Macro-engineering involves the large-scale modification and manipulation of natural systems for the benefit of mankind. The primary goals of some Earth-based macroprojects described in this book are power production, land reclamation, food production, climate change, water, transport and coastal protection. Other Earth or space projects considered here have a more futuristic ring, but our present-day technical skill makes their realization possible.
Macro-Engineering
Author: F P DavidsonPublisher: ISBS
ISBN: 9781898563334
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
This volume makes available a reflection on large-scale engineering for building a better world. International authorities from engineering, oceanography, academia, public service, and law describe how great and imaginative concepts may be refined, tested, adapted, financed, implemented and put to use. Here are records and commentaries about some of the world's significant engineering achievements, including the planning and design of Nigeria's new capital city, and the use of software by the US military to clean up the Exxon-Valdez oil spill pollution in Alaska. Describes a method of large-scale engineering for building a better world Provides records and commentaries about significant engineering achievements International authorities from engineering, oceanography, academia, public service and law describe how great and imaginative concepts may be refined, tested, adapted, financed and implemented
How Big And Still Beautiful?: Macro- Engineering Revisited
Author: Frank P. DavidsonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429708262
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
This volume examines fundamental issues of macro-engineering—now a planetary norm—from the viewpoints of psychiatry, social science, management, and law. The contributors suggest a general theory to guide future decisions on large-scale projects and programs and analyze specific cases in the context of a set of public-interest guidelines.
The Management of Projects
Author: Peter W. G. MorrisPublisher: Thomas Telford
ISBN: 9780727725936
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
This book will undoubtedly become one of the classics of the project management literature.There will be a growing need for project managers who can look beyond the internal processes of their projects to the organisational, technological and socio-economic contexts in which projects must be managed. A good starting point would be for all project managers to read this.book.- Construction Management and Economics
Macro-engineering
Author: C. Lawrence MeadorPublisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This volume contains a series of lectures delivered over a 10-year period on the theory and practice of macro-engineering. It examines closed system habitats, power transmission satellites, the use of artificial islands and the possibility of the colonization of the Moon.