Modeling and Practice of Erosion and Sediment Transport under Change

Modeling and Practice of Erosion and Sediment Transport under Change
Author: Mohamed Meddi
Publisher: MDPI
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2019-09-17
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3039214314

Climate and anthropogenic changes impact the conditions of erosion and sediment transport in rivers. Rainfall variability and, in many places, the increase of rainfall intensity have a direct impact on rainfall erosivity. Increasing changes in demography have led to the acceleration of land cover changes in natural areas, as well as in cultivated areas, and, sometimes, in degraded areas and desertified landscapes. These anthropogenized landscapes are more sensitive to erosion. On the other hand, the increase in the number of dams in watersheds traps a great portion of sediment fluxes, which do not reach the sea in the same amount, nor at the same quality, with consequences on coastal geomorphodynamics. This book is dedicated to studies on sediment fluxes from continental areas to coastal areas, as well as observation, modeling, and impact analysis at different scales from watershed slopes to the outputs of large river basins. This book is concentrated on a number of keywords: “erosion” and “sediment transport”, “model” and “practice”, and “change”. The keywords are briefly discussed with respect to the relevant literature. The contributions in this book address observations and models based on laboratory and field data, allowing researchers to make use of such resources in practice under changing conditions.

Who's Who in Plastics Polymers

Who's Who in Plastics Polymers
Author: James P. Harrington
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 698
Release: 2000-05-09
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1482294001

This is the first edition of a unique new plastics industry resource: Who's Who in Plastics & Polymers. It is the only biographical directory of its kind and includes contact, affiliation and background information on more than 3300 individuals who are active leaders in this industry and related organizations. The biographical directory is i

The Political Economy of Renewable Energy and Energy Security

The Political Economy of Renewable Energy and Energy Security
Author: E. Moe
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2014-09-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1137338873

Bringing together renewable energy and energy security, this book covers both the politics and political economy of renewables and energy security and analyzes renewable technologies in diverse and highly topical countries: Japan, China and Northern Europe.

Copyright and Free Speech

Copyright and Free Speech
Author: Jonathan Griffiths
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 488
Release: 2005
Genre: Law
ISBN:

Written by a team of leading scholars and practitioners, this book analyzes the potential for interaction and conflict between copyright and free speech. Recent examples include the series of First Amendment challenges that have been brought against the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Ashdown v. Telegraph Group in the UK. The analysis draws upon a wide variety of viewpoints and jurisdictions to provide a sustained study of the subject suitable for use by both practitioners and academics.

Wetlands and people

Wetlands and people
Author: International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Publisher: International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2014-07-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9290907843

Intellectual Property Stories

Intellectual Property Stories
Author: Jane C. Ginsburg
Publisher:
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2006
Genre: Law
ISBN:

This book brings famous cases to life by telling the true, never-heard-before stories behind landmark Intellectual Property cases. It is organized into six chapters, each drawing on cases in patents, copyrights, trademarks, or unfair competition, to illustrate the problems encountered in intellectual property law. The works, inventions, and marks at issue in these cases vary widely.