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Twenty-fourth International Congress on Large Dams, 6-8 June 2012, Kyoto - Japan
Author: Twenty-fourth International Congress on Large Dams, 6-8 June 2012, Kyoto - Japan
Author: Dams for a Changing World - Need for Knowledge Transfer Across the Generation & the Worldld
Author: Annual MeetingTwenty-Sixth International Congress on Large Dams / Vingt-Sixième Congrès International des Grands Barrages
Author: CIGB ICOLDPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0429877560
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 4633
Book Description
The International Committee on Large Dams (ICOLD) held its 26th International Congress in Vienna, Austria (1-7 July 2018). The proceedings of the congress focus on four main questions: 1. Reservoir sedimentation and sustainable development; 2. Safety and risk analysis; 3. Geology and dams, and 4. Small dams and levees. The book thoroughly discusses these questions and is indispensable for academics, engineers and professionals involved or interested in engineering, hydraulic engineering and related disciplines.
Concrete Gravity and Arch Dams on Rock Foundation
Author: Bronstein Vadim IzrailovichPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000364917
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 585
Book Description
This book, on the basis of a generalization and critical analysis of materials on constructed concrete dams, accumulated experience in their operation, and current trends, considers a set of problems associated with the design and construction of concrete dams. The modern principles of designing gravity and arch dams and the main provisions of the calculation justification of their reliability in comparison with US standards are outlined. Great attention has been paid to rolled concrete dams, taking into account their specific characteristics. Ways of increasing the efficiency of dams through the improvement of layout and structural solutions, calculation methods, and a more complete consideration of the features of natural conditions are considered. The book presents and analyzes the designs of erected concrete dams, which allows for a better understanding of the approaches and decision-making principles for designing dams, taking into account the specifics of natural, construction, and other conditions, and also analyzes a number of new solutions that reflect the various ways that engineering theory and practice has sought further improvement of concrete dams. This work will be useful to hydraulic engineers and professionals involved in the design, construction, and operation of concrete dams, as well as in settlement studies. The book will also be of interest to academics and can be used as a textbook by university students specializing in hydraulic engineering.
Twenty-fourth International Congress on Large Dams
Author: Landslide Science for a Safer Geoenvironment
Author: Kyoji SassaPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319049992
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 515
Book Description
This volume contains peer-reviewed papers from the Third World Landslide Forum organized by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) in June 2014. The complete collection of papers from the Forum is published in three full-color volumes and one mono-color volume.
The 2030 Spike
Author: Colin MasonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136555102
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
The clock is relentlessly ticking! Our world teeters on a knife-edge between a peaceful and prosperous future for all, and a dark winter of death and destruction that threatens to smother the light of civilization. Within 30 years, in the 2030 decade, six powerful 'drivers' will converge with unprecedented force in a statistical spike that could tear humanity apart and plunge the world into a new Dark Age. Depleted fuel supplies, massive population growth, poverty, global climate change, famine, growing water shortages and international lawlessness are on a crash course with potentially catastrophic consequences. In the face of both doomsaying and denial over the state of our world, Colin Mason cuts through the rhetoric and reams of conflicting data to muster the evidence to illustrate a broad picture of the world as it is, and our possible futures. Ultimately his message is clear; we must act decisively, collectively and immediately to alter the trajectory of humanity away from catastrophe. Offering over 100 priorities for immediate action, The 2030 Spike serves as a guidebook for humanity through the treacherous minefields and wastelands ahead to a bright, peaceful and prosperous future in which all humans have the opportunity to thrive and build a better civilization. This book is powerful and essential reading for all people concerned with the future of humanity and planet earth.
Persistent Object Systems
Author: Antonio AlbanoPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1447132092
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Climate Change and Water
Author: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change / Working Group Technical Support UnitPublisher:
ISBN: 9789291691234
Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The Technical Paper addresses the issue of freshwater. Sealevel rise is dealt with only insofar as it can lead to impacts on freshwater in coastal areas and beyond. Climate, freshwater, biophysical and socio-economic systems are interconnected in complex ways. Hence, a change in any one of these can induce a change in any other. Freshwater-related issues are critical in determining key regional and sectoral vulnerabilities. Therefore, the relationship between climate change and freshwater resources is of primary concern to human society and also has implications for all living species. -- page vii.