Civil engineering. Building industry

14th WCEAM Proceedings

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This book gathers selected peer-reviewed papers from the 14th World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM), which was held in Singapore on 28-31 July 2019, as well as papers presented during the 1st WCEAMOnline event which focused on the ramifications of Covid-19 on in…

Special Economic Zones: Economic Development in Africa

by Mugano, Gift

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This book provides a guide to the challenges of special economic zones. Focusing on Africa, while also discussing China, Taiwan, Dominican Republic, Malaysia, and South Korea, the impact on economic development of special economic zones is analysed to highlight the successes and…

Energy Transition, Climate Change, and COVID-19: Economic Impacts of the Pandemic

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This volume analyzes the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on energy transition and climate change from an economic perspective. Since its emergence in early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a powerful effect on multiple facets of the global economy. The unknown scope and dura…

Earthquake Disaster Simulation of Civil Infrastructures: From Tall Buildings to Urban Areas

by Lu, Xinzheng, Guan, Hong

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The first edition of this monograph, presenting accurate and efficient simulations of seismic damage to buildings and cities, has received significant attention from the research community. To keep abreast of the rapid development in recent years, our latest breakthrough achieve…

Aligning Perspectives in Gender Mainstreaming: Gender, Health, Safety, and Wellbeing

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This book brings together various threads of research in the field of gender mainstreaming. It aids in further supporting and understanding the role of gender in health and safety research, practice, and policy. It looks at gender mainstreaming as being recognised as key in cult…

Structural and Thermal Analyses of Deepwater Pipes

by An, Chen, Duan, Menglan, Su, Jian, Estefen, Segen F.

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This book focuses on advanced methods for the structural and thermal analysis of deepwater pipelines and risers. It discusses the limit strength of sandwich pipes, including finite-element analysis using Python scripts, collapse of sandwich pipes with cementitious/polymer compos…

Innovations and Technologies in Construction: Selected Papers of BUILDINTECH BIT 2020

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This book gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of building design and construction, as presented by researchers and engineers at the International Conference BUILDINTECH BIT 2020, Innovations and Technologies in Construction, held in Belgorod, …

Special Topics in Structural Dynamics & Experimental Techniques, Volume 5: Proceedings of the 38th IMAC, A Conference and Ex…

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Special Topics in Structural Dynamics & Experimental Techniques, Volume 5: Proceedings of the 38th MAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2020, the fifth volume of eight from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and en…

Nonlinear Structures & Systems, Volume 1: Proceedings of the 38th IMAC, A Conference and Ex…

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Nonlinear Structures & Systems, Volume 1: Proceedings of the 38th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2020, the first volume of eight from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presen…

Dynamic Substructures, Volume 4: Proceedings of the 38th IMAC, A Conference and Ex…

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Dynamics of Coupled Structures, Volume 4: Proceedings of the 38th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2020, the fourth volume of eight from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection prese…

The Palgrave Handbook of Youth Mobility and Educational Migration

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This handbook provides an overview of developments in the youth mobility and migration research field, with specific emphasis on movement for education, work and training purposes, encompassing exchanges sponsored by institutions, governments and international agencies, and free…

Travel Industry Economics: A Guide for Financial Analysis

by Vogel, Harold L

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In this book Harold L. Vogel comprehensively and holistically examines the business economics and investment aspects of major components of the travel industry, including airlines, hotels, casinos, amusement and theme parks, cruise lines, and tourism. The book is designed as an …

From Bulk to Structural Failure: Fracture of Hyperelastic Materials

by Rosendahl, Philipp Laurens

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This thesis investigates the fracture of nearly incompressible hyperelastic media. It covers the different characteristics of bulk material failure under dilatational or distortional loads and develops a unified description of the corresponding failure surface. It proposes a cou…

The Palgrave Handbook of Organizational Change Thinkers

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The key developments and advancements in organizational change over the last century are the result of the research, theories, and practices of seminal scholars in the field. While most books simply outline a theorist's model, this handbook provides invaluable insight into the c…

Fiber Concrete: In Construction

by Wietek, Bernhard

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This new edition of the book helps the user to correctly use fiber-reinforced concrete as a building material in accordance with its properties in order to create a long-lasting building for the client at low cost. Fiber-reinforced concrete as an extension of concrete offers con…

Agro and Food Processing Industry in India: Inter-sectoral Linkages, Employment, Productivity…

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This book provides different facets of agro and food processing industry in both organised and unorganised segments and brings forth the topical ones, each having potential to accelerate the pace of growth in employment, productivity and exports-imports in a free trade regime. U…

Rethinking Alternatives with Marx: Economy, Ecology and Migration

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This book presents a Marx that is in many ways different from the one popularized by the dominant currents of twentieth-century Marxism. The dual aim of this edited volume is to contribute to a new critical discussion of some of the classical themes of Marx's thought and to deve…

Indian Agriculture Under the Shadows of WTO and FTAs: Issues and Concerns

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This book examines the various issues and concerns faced by Indian agriculture under the obligations of WTO and the Free Trade Agreements. While the issues discussed pertain mainly to India, the lessons can also be derived for many other similarly placed developing countries. Th…

Corporate Real Estate Management

by Glatte, Thomas

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Thomas Glatte provides a comprehensive view on the essentials of corporate real estate management (CREM). The author explains the influence of corporate strategies on real estate strategies for non-property-companies as well as the importance of corporate real estate portfolios,…

Proceedings of SECON 2020: Structural Engineering and Construction Management

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This book gathers peer-reviewed contributions presented at the 1st International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management (SECON'20), held in Angamaly, Kerala, India, on 14-15 May 2020. The meeting served as a fertile platform for discussion, sharing soun…