Macro-engineering: MIT Brunel lectures on global infrastructure
by Davidson, Frank Paul Grankel, Ernst G. Meador, C. Lawrence
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 U…
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- Full title :Macro-engineering : MIT Brunel lectures on global infrastructure / Frank P. Davidson, Ernst G. Grankel and C. Lawrence Meador, editors.
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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 worldProvides records and commentaries about significant engineering achievementsInternational authorities from engineering, oceanography, academia, public service and law describe how great and imaginative concepts may be refined, tested, adapted, financed and implemented.
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- Publication Date:©1997
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Woodhead Publishing
- Place of Publication:Cambridge, England
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1997
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Includes index.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (209 pages) : : illustrations, photographs
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781782420576, 1782420576
- oclc:ocn874158550
- LC Classification:TA153
- Dewey Decimal:624
Table of Contents
Front Cover; Macro-Engineering: MIT Brunel Lectures on Global Infrastructure; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; EDITORIAL NOTE; Chapter 1. The Suez Canal Re-Visited: 19th Century Global Infrastructure; 1.1 THE CHIEF MACRO-ENGINEER: FERDINAND DE LESSEPS; 1.2 THE BUILDING OF THE SUEZ CANAL; 1.3 THE SUEZ CANAL TODAY; 1.4 THE IMPACT OF THE CANAL ON MAN AND HIS SURROUNDINGS; l.5 CONCLUSION; Chapter 2. Operation Mulberry: A Floating Transportable Harbor for World War II Normandy Invasion; Chapter 3. Financial Engineering of the Channel Tunnel
Chapter 4. Old Cities and New Towns ForTomorrow's Infrastructure4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 WHAT IS INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHY DOES IT MATTER?; 4.3 PROBLEMS OF TODAY'S URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE; 4.4 TRENDS FOR TOMORROW; 4.5 TOMORROW'S INFRASTRUCTURE: RESPONDING TO PROBLEMS AND TRENDS; 4.6 BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF TOMORROW; Notes; Chapter 5. Inland Transport in Europe -- Trends and Prospects; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2. THE IMPLICATIONS OF A EUROPEAN APPROACH; 5.3 TRENDS IN TRANSPORT DEMAND; 5.4 INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORKS; 5.5 CONCLUSION; Notes; Chapter 6. Lessons Learnt from Major Projects; 6.1 HISTORY
6.2 WHAT CONSTITUTES A MAJOR PROJECT?6.3 THE ASSOCI…
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