When disaster occurs, the response phase is viewed as the most critical in terms of saving lives and protecting property. Exploring the development of increased efficiency in emergency services, this volume covers technological advances that allow wider, faster, and more effective utilization of geospatial information. It discusses advances in positioning, virtual reality, and simulation models leading to improved response times in emergency situations. The book also discusses legislative attempts to promote the broader sharing and accessibility of vital information. The authors cover data collection, data production, data management, and 3D routing, as well as lesser known emerging technologies.
• ISPRS Book Series
Earth Sciences
GIS, Remote Sensing & Cartography
Geographic Information Systems
Reference
Postgraduate

Written by a panel of experts drawn from industry and academia, this book reviews the impact of nanotechnology on the development of a new generation of textile fibers with enhanced functionality and a wide range of applications. It explores nanofiber production, discussing how different fiber types can be produced using electrospinning techniques. The book analyses the production and properties of carbon nanotubes and polymer nanocomposites and their applications in such areas as aerospace engineering. It covers ways of using nanotechnology to improve polymer properties such as thermal stability and dyeability and the use of nanotechnology to modify textile surfaces.
• Textile Progress
Industrial Textiles
Reference
Professional

• Textile Progress
Industrial Textiles
Reference
Professional

This book discusses group and field theories, summarizes the standard model of particle physics, and includes some extensions to the model, such as neutrino masses and CP violation. The book explores grand unified theories, supersymmetry, the general theory of relativity, higher dimensional theories of gravity, and superstring theory. It also introduces various novel ideas and models with extra dimensions and low-scale gravity. The last part of the book covers several specialized topics of astroparticle physics and cosmology, including baryogenesis, dark matter, dark energy, and brane cosmology.
• Series in High Energy Physics, Cosmology and Gravitation
Particle & High Energy Physics
Astrophysics
Atomic & Nuclear Physics
Reference
Professional

A comprehensive overview of Saudi Arabia’s environment, this volume is a unique and authoritative text on the geological and environmental aspects of Saudi Arabia, a country about which little is known by the outside world. Saudi Arabia is a fascinating country with a long tradition of environmental awareness and sensitivity, pitted against some of the harshest environments on earth. The book brings together a wide range of published and unpublished material which will be of interest to environmental scientists, geologists, geographers and biologists. A comprehensive bibliography is included. This book will be indispensable for university courses dealing with the Middle East and arid zone environments as well as various regional/environmental courses.
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Geology - Earth Sciences
Regional Geography - Human Geography
Reference
Postgraduate

Using an interactive workbook approach to introduce the concept in a nonmathematical way, A Practical Approach to Medical Image Processing explains the techniques through worked examples, exercises, and problems and validates each technique with a corresponding case study, which originates from a published journal article. The examples and exercises are supplied on an accompanying CD-ROM that uses well-known, readily available software such as the software package ImageJ. With an emphasis on the effects of a technique on an image, this text provides a thorough understanding of medical image processing that allows readers to make a reasoned choice of method.
• Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
Radiology
Image Processing
Biomedical Engineering
Textbook
Undergraduate

Liquid-Vapor Phase-Change Phenomena presents the basic thermophysics and transport principles that underlie the mechanisms of condensation and vaporization processes. This second edition has been updated to provide extensive new coverage on nano- and microscale thermophysics of boiling and condensation phenomena. It also contains significant new material on the use of advanced computational tools to create new models of phase-change events. Illustrated throughout using examples and problems, the text emphasizes the importance of basic phenomena in a wide variety of applications. A solutions manual is available for qualifying instructors
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Statistical Physics
Thermodynamics
Textbook
Undergraduate

This experts' account of mechanized tunnelling in urban areas covers identification, evaluation and management of the risks involved in construction in urban areas.
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Tunnelling & Underground Engineering
Mining, Mineral & Petroleum Engineering
Reference
Postgraduate

Aquatic habitats supply a wide range of vital ecosystem benefits to cities and their inhabitants. The unsustainable use of aquatic habitats, including inadequate urban water management itself, however, tends to alter and reduce their biodiversity and therewith diminish their ability to provide clean water, protect us from waterborne diseases and pollutants, keep urban areas safe from flooding, and support recreational ecosystem services and even the aesthetic enjoyment of our world. Aquatic Habitats in Sustainable Urban Water Management – the result of collaboration between UNESCO’s International Hydrological Programme and its Man and the Biosphere Programme – aims at improving our understanding of aquatic habitats, related ecosystem goods and services, and conservation and sustainable use – with a special focus on their integration into urban water management. The first part of this volume reviews basic concepts and challenges in urban aquatic habitats, as well as strategies for their management integration. The second part examines technical measures related to habitats management and rehabilitation, along with their incorporation into urban planning and their role in human health. The final part looks at current urban aquatic habitat issues and practical approaches to solving them through the lens of case studies from around the globe.
• Urban Water Series
Water Supply & Treatment
Water Management and Sustainability
Drinking Water
Reference
Postgraduate

Drawing on UNESCO's International Hydrological Programme project on this topic, Data Requirements for Integrated Urban Water Managements explores how to improve integrated urban water management, It provides guidance on the collection, validation, storage, assessment and utilization of the relevant data. The first part of this volume describes general principles for developing a monitoring programme in support of sustainable urban water management. The second part examines in detail the monitoring of individual water cycle components. Two case studies illustrating attempts to deliver an integrated monitoring system demonstrate the fundamental principles of sustainable urban water management.
• Urban Water Series
Water Quality & Pollution
Water Supply & Treatment
Water Management and Sustainability
Reference
Postgraduate