Books published by WIT Press

Contains the papers presented at the 6th International Conference on Environmental Problems in Coastal Regions and includes Oil and Chemical Spill Studies. This book covers such topics as: Remote sensing and prediction; Ecology and the coastal environment; Water quality issues; Wetlands; Sediment problems; and Coastal restoration, among others.

Starting from the traditional design process this book introduces a 3-dimensional geometric design process of urban and rural road design. It will prove to be a valuable textbook for undergraduate and graduate university students as well as road planning and design practitioners.

This book provides an overview of international perspectives regarding the latest innovations and results in different fields of education. In particular, it is addressed to all those who are interested in exploring methodologies and extending their knowledge of current research in education and training technologies.

Presents a view of sustainability that starts from the acknowledgment of physical conditions and limits that humans can no longer neglect. In the field of the criticism to GDP as an omni-comprehensive instrument, thia book also describes the methodology of the Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare (ISEW), proposed by H Daly and John Cobb in 1989.

A sustainable city is widely recognised as one that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. This book covers many interrelated aspects of the urban environment from transport and mobility to social exclusions and addresses crime prevention.

A comprehensive guide to key environmental and health issues confronting the planet, this book enumerates approaches and techniques to address these issues, and provides real-world examples of good corporate citizenship.

Water pollution is a subject of public concern. The environmental problems caused by the increase of pollutant loads discharged into natural water bodies require the setting out of frameworks for regulation and control. This book contains papers presented at Ninth International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Water Pollution.

Contains the proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Urban Transport and the Environment in the 21st Century that stress the continuous steady growth and research into the urban transport systems control aspects, information and simulation systems.

Waste Management is becoming one of the key problems of the modern world - an international issue that is intensified by the volume and complexity of society's domestic and industrial waste. This book features papers published at the Fourth International Conference on Waste Management and the Environment.

Reflects the developments in fluid mechanics. This book contains edited versions of the papers presented at the Seventh International Conference on Advances in Fluid Mechanics. It is useful for scientists, engineers and other professionals interested in the developments in theoretical and computational fluid mechanics.

Contains papers presented at the Sixth International Conference on Computer Simulation in Risk Analysis and Hazard Mitigation. This book covers a series of important topics on risk analysis and hazard mitigation, ranging from specific assessment of risk to mitigation associated with both natural and anthropogenic hazards.

Attention of mathematicians in recent years has been directed to a particular kind of functional equation, an integral equation, wherein the unknown function occurs under the integral sign. This book encompasses developments including preliminary backgrounds of formulations of integral equations governing the physical situation of the problems.