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  • Piers, Jetties and Related Structures Exposed to Waves

    Guidelines for hydraulic loadings

    by Giovanni Cuomo, Andrea Polidoro, William Allsop ...
    Piers, Jetties and Related Structures Exposed to Waves, Second Edition delivers guidelines for engineers to analyse and optimise pier and jetty designs. With ports now having to account for larger ship sizes, there is an increasing need for these marine structures to be longer and constructed in significantly deeper water. Increased construction costs, structures in exposed locations, and health ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Flood Risk Management: Research and Practice

    Extended Abstracts Volume (332 pages) + full paper CD-ROM (1772 pages)

    Edited by Paul Samuels, Stephen Huntington, William Allsop, Jackie Harrop ...
    Floods cause distress and damage wherever and whenever they happen. Flooding from rivers, estuaries and the sea threatens many millions of people worldwide and economic and insurance losses from flooding have increased significantly since 1990. Based on the work of leading researchers, this book provides an overview of advances in this important subject. It covers all aspects of flood risk ... Read more

    $675.00 USD

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    Bridging Disciplinary Gaps through Partnership and Communication

    Edited by Brian Golding ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book is about making weather warnings more effective in saving lives, property, infrastructure and livelihoods, but the underlying theme of the book is partnership. The book represents the warning process as a pathway linking observations to weather forecasts to hazard forecasts to socio-economic impact forecasts to warning messages to the protective decision, via a set of five bridges that ... Read more

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  • Descriptive Physical Oceanography

    An Introduction

    by Lynne D. Talley ...
    Descriptive Physical Oceanography, Sixth Edition, provides an introduction to the field with an emphasis on large-scale oceanography based mainly on observations. Topics covered include the physical properties of seawater, heat and salt budgets, instrumentation, data analysis methods, introductory dynamics, oceanography and climate variability of each of the oceans and of the global ocean, and ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Natural Catastrophe Risk Management and Modelling

    A Practitioner's Guide

    by Kirsten Mitchell-Wallace, Matthew Jones, John Hillier, Matthew Foote ...
    This book covers both the practical and theoretical aspects of catastrophe modelling for insurance industry practitioners and public policymakers. Written by authors with both academic and industry experience it also functions as an excellent graduate-level text and overview of the field.Ours is a time of unprecedented levels of risk from both natural and anthropogenic sources. Fortunately, it is ... Read more

    $98.00 USD

  • The Science of Ocean Waves

    Ripples, Tsunamis, and Stormy Seas

    by J. B. Zirker ...
    An unparalleled introduction to the amazing world of ocean waves.Outstanding Academic Title, Choice"Powerful ocean waves fascinate the public, and they have made a lot of news lately." With that indisputable observation, scientist J. B. Zirker takes off on a whirlwind tour of the world of waves—from the “ordinary” waves that constantly churn the sea to the rogues or freaks that can rise up ... Read more

    $37.99 USD

  • The Basics of Geomorphology

    Key Concepts

    by John Lewin, Kenneth J. Gregory ...
    "I can think of no better guides than Professors Ken Gregory and John Lewin to lead the reader through the conceptual basis of this exciting science."- Victor R. Baker, University of Arizona"A very readable and informative introduction to the discipline for senior undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers."- Angela Gurnell, Queen Mary University of London"Time will tell, but this book may well ... Read more

    $56.69 USD

  • Introduction To Coastal Engineering And Management (2nd Edition)

    by J William Kamphuis ...
    Series Book 30 - Advanced Series On Ocean Engineering
    This book is based on the author's 34 years of experience as a teacher/researcher of coastal engineering and management and on recent reflections on newly relevant issues, such as consequences of failure, impacts of rising sea levels, aging infrastructure, real estate development, and contemporary decision making, design and education.This textbook for undergraduate students, postgraduate students ... Read more

    $41.99 USD

  • Marine Mammal Observer and Passive Acoustic Monitoring Handbook

    by Victoria Todd, Ian Todd, Jane Gardiner, Erica Morrin ...
    Series series Conservation Handbooks
    Marine Mammal Observer and Passive Acoustic Monitoring Handbook is the ultimate instruction manual for mitigation measures to minimise man-made acoustical and physical disturbances to marine mammals from industrial and defence activities.Based on more than two decades of offshore experience, and a decade of supplying MMO and PAM services (commercial and scientific), the Handbook is a long-overdue ... Read more

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  • The GEO Handbook on Biodiversity Observation Networks

    Edited by Michele Walters, Robert J. Scholes ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Biodiversity observation systems are almost everywhere inadequate to meet local, national and international (treaty) obligations. As a result of alarmingly rapid declines in biodiversity in the modern era, there is a strong, worldwide desire to upgrade our monitoring systems, but little clarity on what is actually needed and how it can be assembled from the elements which are already present. This ... Read more

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  • Coastal Engineering

    Processes, Theory and Design Practice

    by Dominic Reeve, Andrew Chadwick, Christopher Fleming ...
    Effective coastal engineering is expensive, but it is not as costly as neglect or ineffective intervention. Good practice needs to be based on sound principles, but theoretical work and modelling also need to be well grounded in practice, which is continuously evolving. Conceptual and detailed design has been advanced by new industry publications since the publication of the second edition.This ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

  • Guidelines for Surveying Soil and Land Resources

    Edited by NJ McKenzie, MJ Grundy, R Webster, AJ Ringrose-Voase ...
    Guidelines for Surveying Soil and Land Resources promotes the development and implementation of consistent methods and standards for conducting soil and land resource surveys in Australia. These surveys are primarily field operations that aim to identify, describe, map and evaluate the various kinds of soil or land resources in specific areas. The advent of geographic information systems, global ... Read more

    $89.99 USD