Author: LeeAnn Blankenship
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 0766097129
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
As cities grow and Earth becomes more congested with millions of miles of roads and railways, tunnels offer access to some of our last available space. They pass through massive mountains, beneath bodies of water, and even under large cities. This resource introduces readers to underground engineering and explains how it works in connection with other disciplines to solve problems of tunnel design, safety, construction, and sustainability. No doubt tunnels of the future will revolutionize transportation and address other global issues. This insightful resource will inspire readers to consider a career in engineering so they can help make it happen.
21st-Century Tunnels
Author: LeeAnn Blankenship
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 0766097129
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
As cities grow and Earth becomes more congested with millions of miles of roads and railways, tunnels offer access to some of our last available space. They pass through massive mountains, beneath bodies of water, and even under large cities. This resource introduces readers to underground engineering and explains how it works in connection with other disciplines to solve problems of tunnel design, safety, construction, and sustainability. No doubt tunnels of the future will revolutionize transportation and address other global issues. This insightful resource will inspire readers to consider a career in engineering so they can help make it happen.
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 0766097129
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
As cities grow and Earth becomes more congested with millions of miles of roads and railways, tunnels offer access to some of our last available space. They pass through massive mountains, beneath bodies of water, and even under large cities. This resource introduces readers to underground engineering and explains how it works in connection with other disciplines to solve problems of tunnel design, safety, construction, and sustainability. No doubt tunnels of the future will revolutionize transportation and address other global issues. This insightful resource will inspire readers to consider a career in engineering so they can help make it happen.
The Mole People
Author: Jennifer Toth
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 1569764522
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
This book is about the thousands of people who live in the subway, railroad, and sewage tunnels of New York City.
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 1569764522
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
This book is about the thousands of people who live in the subway, railroad, and sewage tunnels of New York City.
Challenges for the 21st Century
Author: T. Alten
Publisher: Taylor & Francis US
ISBN: 9789058090652
Category : Subways
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Publisher: Taylor & Francis US
ISBN: 9789058090652
Category : Subways
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Frontiers of Rock Mechanics and Sustainable Development in the 21st Century
Author: Wang Sijing
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000099598
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
These proceedings contain the scientific contributions presented at the 2nd Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium (ISRM 2001 - 2nd ARMS). The theme of the symposium was "Frontiers of Rock Mechanics and Sustainable Development in the 21st Century".
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000099598
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
These proceedings contain the scientific contributions presented at the 2nd Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium (ISRM 2001 - 2nd ARMS). The theme of the symposium was "Frontiers of Rock Mechanics and Sustainable Development in the 21st Century".
Energy Production and Management in the 21st Century
Author: C. A. Brebbia
Publisher: WIT Press
ISBN: 184564817X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1340
Book Description
Discussing the future of energy production and management in a changing world, this book contains the proceedings of the first international conference on Energy Production and Management in the 21st Century - The Quest for Sustainable Energy.Topics covered include: Energy policies; Energy and economic growth; Energy efficiency; Energy storage.
Publisher: WIT Press
ISBN: 184564817X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1340
Book Description
Discussing the future of energy production and management in a changing world, this book contains the proceedings of the first international conference on Energy Production and Management in the 21st Century - The Quest for Sustainable Energy.Topics covered include: Energy policies; Energy and economic growth; Energy efficiency; Energy storage.
Vietnam: From National Liberation to 21st Century Socialism
Author: Duncan McFarland, et. al.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 130420457X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
A collection of eight essays with abundant photos, drawn from the experiences of U.S. activists recently visiting Vietnam. In addition to stories of life in Vietnam today, it also includes a brief history of Vietnam, and account to the 'Doi Moi' economic renewal reforms, and the ongoing tragedies of the survivors of 'Agent Orange' poisoning.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 130420457X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
A collection of eight essays with abundant photos, drawn from the experiences of U.S. activists recently visiting Vietnam. In addition to stories of life in Vietnam today, it also includes a brief history of Vietnam, and account to the 'Doi Moi' economic renewal reforms, and the ongoing tragedies of the survivors of 'Agent Orange' poisoning.
Dams and Reservoirs, Societies and Environment in the 21st Century, Two Volume Set
Author: Luis Berga
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1482262916
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1370
Book Description
Water resources stored by dams and reservoirs play an essential role in water resource management, hydropower and flood control. Where there is an extensive network of dam infrastructures, dams have made a major contribution to economic and social development, providing considerable storage capacity per capita. However, dams and reservoirs may
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1482262916
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1370
Book Description
Water resources stored by dams and reservoirs play an essential role in water resource management, hydropower and flood control. Where there is an extensive network of dam infrastructures, dams have made a major contribution to economic and social development, providing considerable storage capacity per capita. However, dams and reservoirs may
The Rules of the Tunnel
Author: Ned Zeman
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101543418
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
A journalist faces his toughest assignment yet: profiling himself. Zeman recounts his struggle with clinical depression in this high- octane, brutally funny memoir about mood disorders, memory, shock treatment therapy and the quest to get back to normal. Thirty-five million Americans suffer from clinical depression. But Ned Zeman never thought he'd be one of them. He came from a happy Midwestern family. He had great friends and a busy social life. His career was thriving at Vanity Fair where he profiled adventurers and eccentrics who pushed the limits and died young. Then, at age thirty-two, anxiety and depression gripped Zeman with increasing violence and consequences. He experimented with therapist after therapist, medication after medication, hospital after hospital- including McLean Hospital, the facility famed for its treatment of writers, from Sylvia Plath to Susanna Kaysen to David Foster Wallace. Zeman eventually went further, by trying electroconvulsive therapy, aka shock treatment, aka "the treatment of last resort." By the time it was over, Zeman had lost nearly two years' worth of memory. He was a reporter with amnesia. He had no choice but to start from scratch, to reassemble the pieces of a life he didn't remember and, increasingly, didn't want to. His girlfriend was gone; friends weren't speaking to him. His life lay in ruins. And the biggest question remained, "What the hell did I do?" By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, profane and hopeful, The Rules of the Tunnel is a blistering account of Zeman's twisted ride to hell and back-a return made possible by friends real and less so, among them the dead "eccentrics" he once profiled. It's a guttural shout of a book, one that defies conventional notions about those with mood disorders, unlocks mysteries within mysteries, and proves that sometimes everything you're looking for is right in front of you.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101543418
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
A journalist faces his toughest assignment yet: profiling himself. Zeman recounts his struggle with clinical depression in this high- octane, brutally funny memoir about mood disorders, memory, shock treatment therapy and the quest to get back to normal. Thirty-five million Americans suffer from clinical depression. But Ned Zeman never thought he'd be one of them. He came from a happy Midwestern family. He had great friends and a busy social life. His career was thriving at Vanity Fair where he profiled adventurers and eccentrics who pushed the limits and died young. Then, at age thirty-two, anxiety and depression gripped Zeman with increasing violence and consequences. He experimented with therapist after therapist, medication after medication, hospital after hospital- including McLean Hospital, the facility famed for its treatment of writers, from Sylvia Plath to Susanna Kaysen to David Foster Wallace. Zeman eventually went further, by trying electroconvulsive therapy, aka shock treatment, aka "the treatment of last resort." By the time it was over, Zeman had lost nearly two years' worth of memory. He was a reporter with amnesia. He had no choice but to start from scratch, to reassemble the pieces of a life he didn't remember and, increasingly, didn't want to. His girlfriend was gone; friends weren't speaking to him. His life lay in ruins. And the biggest question remained, "What the hell did I do?" By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, profane and hopeful, The Rules of the Tunnel is a blistering account of Zeman's twisted ride to hell and back-a return made possible by friends real and less so, among them the dead "eccentrics" he once profiled. It's a guttural shout of a book, one that defies conventional notions about those with mood disorders, unlocks mysteries within mysteries, and proves that sometimes everything you're looking for is right in front of you.
Moving People, Goods, and Information in the 21st Century
Author: New York Academy of Sciences
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415281210
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
This book explores all the issues behind the creation of new infrastructures and examines the effects they will have on the shape of the cities in the twenty-first century.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415281210
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
This book explores all the issues behind the creation of new infrastructures and examines the effects they will have on the shape of the cities in the twenty-first century.
Underground Warfare
Author: Daphné Richemond-Barak
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190457244
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Underground warfare, a tactic of yesteryear, has re-emerged as a global and rapidly diffusing threat. This book is the first of its kind to examine tunnel warfare in a systematic and comprehensive way, addressing the legal issues while keeping in mind operational and strategic challenges. Like many other aspects of contemporary warfare, the renewed use of the subterranean in armed conflict presents a challenge for democracies wishing to abide by the law. To Dr. Richemond-Barak, this challenge has not only been under-explored, it is also largely underestimated by the community of states, security experts, and public opinion. She analyzes traditional concepts of the laws of war as they relate to tunnels and underground operations, contemplating questions such as whether tunnels constitute legitimate targets, the assessment of proportionality in anti-tunnel operations, and the availability of advanced warning in this complex terrain. She also identifies issues that are unique to underground warfare, including those that arise when cross-border tunnels burrow under a state's own civilian infrastructure.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190457244
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Underground warfare, a tactic of yesteryear, has re-emerged as a global and rapidly diffusing threat. This book is the first of its kind to examine tunnel warfare in a systematic and comprehensive way, addressing the legal issues while keeping in mind operational and strategic challenges. Like many other aspects of contemporary warfare, the renewed use of the subterranean in armed conflict presents a challenge for democracies wishing to abide by the law. To Dr. Richemond-Barak, this challenge has not only been under-explored, it is also largely underestimated by the community of states, security experts, and public opinion. She analyzes traditional concepts of the laws of war as they relate to tunnels and underground operations, contemplating questions such as whether tunnels constitute legitimate targets, the assessment of proportionality in anti-tunnel operations, and the availability of advanced warning in this complex terrain. She also identifies issues that are unique to underground warfare, including those that arise when cross-border tunnels burrow under a state's own civilian infrastructure.