Books published by WIT Press

Covering topics such as: Risk Assessment and Management; Risk Mapping; Hazard Prevention, Management and Control; Natural Hazards and Climate Change; Vulnerability and Resilience Assessment; Safety and Security; Emergency Response; Risk Mitigation During Evacuation.

The book covers such topics as Advanced Train Control; Communications and Signalling; Computer Techniques and Simulations; Monitoring and Maintenance; Operations Quality; Planning; Timetable Planning; Rescheduling; Energy Supply and Consumption; Risk Management; Safety and Security; Dynamics.

The book covers a wide range of topics, with emphasis on new applications and research currently in progress, including: Fluid Structure Interaction; Computational Methods; Multiphase Flow; Environmental Fluid Mechanics; Turbulent Flow; Bubble and Drop Dynamics; Heat and Mass Transfer; Hydrodynamics; Applications in Biology.

Environmental Policies and Planning; Environmental Assessments; Development Issues; Sustainable City; Economic Analysis; Natural Resources Management; Energy and the Environment; Food and the Environment; Ecosystems Health; Brownfields Rehabilitation; Water Resources Management; Soil Contamination; Air and Water Pollution; Toxicity Studies;

Water Pollution XI contains papers presented at the latest (Eleventh) Conference and includes the following topics: Water Quality; Lakes and Rivers; Groundwater and Aquifer Issues; Pollution and Oil Spills; Environmental Monitoring and Control; Wastewater Treatment and Management; Remediation; Emerging Technologies.

The book covers such topics as: Emerging Structural Applications; Material Characterisation; Composite Materials and Structures; Contact Mechanics; High Performance Concretes; Steel Structures; Natural Fibre Composites; Experiments and Numerical Analysis; Moderate Span Footbridges.

The conference papers cover the following topics: Flood Risk Management; Flood Risk Vulnerability; Emergency Preparedness and Response; Flood Forecasting; Flood Case Studies; Responses to Reduce Vulnerability to Flooding.

Conference topics include the following: Mechanics in nature; Nature and architecture; Biomimetics; Biological studies; Solutions from nature; Water issues.

The variety of topics covered by the conference is of primary importance for analysing the complex interactions of the urban transport environment and for establishing action strategies for transport and traffic problems.

The goal of this conference was to bring together researchers who are active in the study of air contaminants and to exchange information through the presentation and discussion of papers dealing with the wide variety of topics listed.

This book contains the papers presented at a conference co-organised by the University of Nevada-Las Vegas and the Wessex Institute of Technology to facilitate trans-disciplinary communication on issues related to the nature of water and its use and exploitation by society.

The most comprehensive handbook on critical infrastructures (CI), addressing both logical and physical security from an engineering point of view. The book surveys state-of-the-art methodologies and tools for CI analysis as well as strategies and technologies for CI protection.