Transport for Suburbia: Beyond the Automobile Age By Paul Mees
Publisher: Earthscan Publications 2010 | 240 Pages | ISBN: 1844077403 | PDF | 2 MB
The need for effective public transport is greater than ever in the 21st century. With countries like China and India moving towards mass-automobility, we face the prospects of an environmental and urban health disaster unless alternatives are found--it is time to move beyond the automobile age. But while public transport has worked well in the dense cores of some big cities, the problem is that most residents of developed countries now live in dispersed suburbs and smaller cities and towns. These places usually have little or no public transport, and most transport commentators have given up on the task of changing this: it all seems too hard.
This book argues that the secret of European-style public transport lies in a generalizable model of network planning that has worked in places as diverse as rural Switzerland, the Brazilian city of Curitiba and the Canadian cities of Toronto and Vancouver. It shows how this model can be adapted to suburban, exurban and even rural areas to provide a genuine alternative to the car, and outlines the governance, funding and service planning policies that underpin the success of the world's best public transport systems.
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Sediment Cascades: An Integrated Approach By Tim Burt, Robert Allison
Sediment Cascades: An Integrated Approach By Tim Burt, Robert Allison
Publisher: Wiley 2010 | 482 Pages | ISBN: 0470849622 , 0470682868 | PDF | 9 MB
Sediment Cascades: An Integrated Approach provides a comprehensive overview that addresses the transport of sediment through the landscape. Suitable for academic researchers, industry practitioners, research students and advanced level undergraduates, seeking detailed knowledge and an up-to-date review of the recent research literature. The emphasis is on contemporary sediment system dynamics with relevance both to landscape management and landform development.
Sediment Cascades: An Integrated Approach begins with an explanation of the need for an integrated approach to sediment delivery systems and introduces the main themes of sediment production, delivery, storage and transfer. Further chapters then focus on specific environments from mountains, through floodplains, to estuaries and the continental shelf.
Focuses on contemporary sediment system dynamics and current research
Covers a sequence of environments from steep mountains to the continental shelf
Highlights the continuity of the subject by linking each component area with its adjacent elements
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"The Design Engineering Aspects of Waterflooding" by Stephen C. Rose, John F. Buckwalter, Robert J. Woodhall
SPE Monograph Series, Volume 11
Society of Petroleum | 1989 | ISBN: 1555630162 | 108 pages | PDF/djvu | 11/7 Mb
Waterflooding is an important technique in oil recovery and has been instrumental in increasing the world’s petroleum reserves. This monograph provides a practical guide to the design of surface facilities and wells for a waterflood, focusing on conceptual and detailed design principles, economic calculations, obtaining management and regulatory approvals, and installation.
This monograph is devoted to a comprehensive review of the practical aspects of designing a waterflood system.
The list of disciplines involved in waterflooding includes several major branches of engineering plus such specialized areas as metallurgy, water chemistry, and corrosion engineering. This volume will concentrate on the design of surface and downhole equipment, economic evaluations of waterflood projects, and government regulation of such projects.
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Planning
3. Information and Data Analysis
4. Water Sources and Water Treatment
5. Injection Station Design
6. Injection System
7. Well Production and Injection Practices
8. System Consolidation and Automation
9. Economic Evaluation
10. Government Regulation
11. Cooperative Agreements
12. Design and Implementation: Building the System
Appendix A: Major Project Execution Procedures
Appendix B: Example Calculations
Appendix C: Definitions of Economic Parameters
Appendix D: State Regulatory Agencies
Author/Subject Index .
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"Waterflooding" by G. Paul Willhite
SPE Textbook, Volume 3
Society of Petroleum | 1986 | ISBN: 1555630057 | 338 pages | PDF/djvu | 28/17 Mb
Waterflooding is an important method of improving recovery, but successful waterflood performance requires a sound design. This book begins with understanding the basic principles of immiscible displacement, then presents a systematic procedure for designing a waterflood. The emphasis is on fundamental concepts and their application in solving various waterflooding problems.
Contents
• Microscopic efficiency of immiscible displacement
• Macroscopic displacement efficiency of linear waterflood
• Immiscible Displacement in Two Dimensions-Areal
• Vertical Displacement in Linear and Areal Models
• Waterflood Design
• The Role of Reservoir Geology in the Design and Operation of Waterfloods
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Riemann Solvers and Numerical Methods for Fluid Dynamics: A Practical Introduction
Eleuterio F. Toro, "Riemann Solvers and Numerical Methods for Fluid Dynamics: A Practical Introduction"
Springer | 2009 | ISBN: 3540252029 | 724 pages | PDF | 22,1 MB
High resolution upwind and centred methods are today a mature generation of computational techniques applicable to a wide range of engineering and scientific disciplines, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) being the most prominent up to now. This textbook gives a comprehensive, coherent and practical presentation of this class of techniques. The book is designed to provide readers with an understanding of the basic concepts, some of the underlying theory, the ability to critically use the current research papers on the subject, and, above all, with the required information for the practical implementation of the methods. Direct applicability of the methods include: compressible, steady, unsteady, reactive, viscous, non-viscous and free surface flows. For this third edition the book was thoroughly revised and contains substantially more, and new material both in its fundamental as well as in its applied parts.
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Mapping: A Critical Introduction to Cartography and GIS
Mapping: A Critical Introduction to Cartography and GIS
Wiley-Blackwell | 2010-02-15 | ISBN: 1405121726 | 232 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Mapping: A Critical Introduction to Cartography and GIS is an introduction to the critical issues surrounding mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) across a wide range of disciplines for the non-specialist reader.
* Examines the key influences Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and cartography have on the study of geography and other related disciplines
* Represents the first in-depth summary of the “new cartography” that has appeared since the early 1990s
* Provides an explanation of what this new critical cartography is, why it is important, and how it is relevant to a broad, interdisciplinary set of readers
* Presents theoretical discussion supplemented with real-world case studies
* Brings together both a technical understanding of GIS and mapping as well as sensitivity to the importance of theory
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"Engineer's Guide to Solar Energy"
By Yvonne Howell & Justin A. Bereny
Information on solar heating technology is presented. The following subjects are covered: (1) an overview of the six basic solar technologies; (2) a comprehensive discussion of the solar resource, including a compendium of worldwide solar radiation data; (3) an introduction to passive solar technology; (4) extensive discussion of active solar systems, including applications for heating swimming pools, domestic hot water, and space heating; (5) methodology for calculating building heat loss and gain, including worldwide design temperature data; (6) an introduction to solar systems sizing through utilization of the f-chart method, including examples and worksheets; (7) a solar heating product directory divided into four sections: collectors, controls, pumps, and storage.