Books published by WIT Press

This volume originates from the 8th International Conference on Harmonisation between Architecture and Nature and deals with topics such as building technologies, design by passive systems, design with nature, cultural sensitivity, life cycle assessment, resources and rehabilitation and many others including case studies from around the world.

Papers presented at the 14th International Conference on Urban Regeneration and Sustainability address the multidisciplinary components of urban planning, the challenges presented by the increasing size of cities, the number of resources required and the complexity of modern society.

The impact urban agriculture can have on the shape and form of our cities has never been fully addressed.The 2nd International Conference on Urban Agriculture and City Sustainability addressed these challenges.The presented papers which form this volume detail research works.

Papers presented at Water Pollution 2020, the 15th International Conference in the series of Monitoring, Modelling and Management of Water Pollution, are contained in this volume and highlight research works from scientists, managers and academics from different areas of water contamination.

Originating from the 7th International Conference on Flood and Urban Water Management, the included research works include innovative solutions that can help bring about multiple benefits toward achieving integrated flood risk and urban water management strategies and policy.

In its 11th edition the International Conference on Sustainable Development and Planning continues to attract academics, policy makers, practitioners and other stakeholders from across the globe who discuss the latest advances in the field. This volume presents selected papers that contribute to further advances in the field.

Originating from presentations at the 17th International Conference on Railway Engineering Design and Operation, this volume contains selected research works on the topic. The included papers help to facilitate the use of advanced systems and place a key focus on the applications of computer systems in advanced railway engineering.

Today, tourism is an important component of development, in terms of economics, knowledge and welfare.The 9th International Conference on Sustainable Tourism had the aim of finding ways to protect the natural and cultural landscape through the development of new solutions which minimise the adverse effects of tourism.

Highlighting the latest technologies and techniques, this book features the proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Laser Metrology, CMM and Machine Tool Performance (LAMDAMAP).

Bringing together recent results and state-of-the-art contributions from researchers around the world, this book contains papers first presented at the Eleventh International Conference on the Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution.

Bringing together both fatigue researchers and engineers to review recent advances in the development of methods and approaches to predict fatigue performance of materials and structures, this book contains the proceedings of the First International Conference on Fatigue Damage of Materials.

The papers presented in this volume should be of interest to engineers, scientists and managers who are involved in the planning and management of urban transportation and transport policy.