Roads, Runways and Resistance

Roads, Runways and Resistance
Author: Steve Melia
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9781786807991

Chronicling 30 years of public protest, government U-turns and environmental destruction, this is the story of Britain's transport policy.

Highway Safety Literature Annual Cumulation ...

Highway Safety Literature Annual Cumulation ...
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 748
Release: 1969
Genre: Traffic accidents
ISBN:

One of a 5-volume set, each covering a broad subject, which cumulates annually all citations that appeared during the year in: Highway safety literature. In present volume, annotated entries arranged under emergency services, injuries, investigations and records, and locations. No index.

Highway Safety Literature

Highway Safety Literature
Author: United States. National Highway Safety Bureau
Publisher:
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1969
Genre: Traffic safety
ISBN:

One of a 5-volume set, each covering a broad subject, which cumulates annually all citations that appeared during the year in: Highway safety literature.

Road and Airfield Pavement Technology

Road and Airfield Pavement Technology
Author: H. R. Pasindu
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 917
Release: 2022-03-03
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 303087379X

This volume gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of pavement technology, presented at the 12th International Conference in Road and Airfield Pavement Technology (ICPT), hosted by the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, and held on July 14-16, 2021. It covers topics such as pavement design, evaluation and construction, pavement materials characterization, sustainability in pavement engineering, pavement maintenance and rehabilitation techniques, pavement management systems and financing, transportation safety, law and enforcement related to pavement engineering, pavement drainage and erosion control, GIS applications, quarry material assessment, pavement instrumentation, IT and AI applications in pavement. Featuring peer-reviewed contributions by leading international researchers and engineers, the book is a timely and highly relevant resource for materials scientists and engineers interested in pavement engineering.

Bituminous Mixtures and Pavements VIII

Bituminous Mixtures and Pavements VIII
Author: A.F. Nikolaides
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 999
Release: 2024-06-21
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1040147089

Bituminous Mixtures and Pavements VIII contains 114 papers as presented at the 8th International Conference ‘Bituminous Mixtures and Pavements’ (8th ICONFBMP, 12-14 June 2024, Thessaloniki, Greece). The contributions reflect the research and practical experience of academics and practicing engineers from thirty-four (34) different countries, and cover a wide range of topics: Session I: Bitumen, Modified binders, Aggregates, and Subgrade Session II: Bituminous mixtures (Design, Construction, Testing, Performance) Session III: Pavements (Design, Construction, Maintenance, Sustainability, Energy and Environmental consideration) Session IV: Pavement management and Geosynthetics Session V: Pavement recycling Session VI: Pavement surface characteristics, Pavement performance monitoring, Safety Session VII: Biomaterials in pavement engineering Session VIII: Prediction models of pavement performance Bituminous Mixtures and Pavements VIII covers recent advances in highway materials technology and pavement engineering, and will be of interest to scientists and professionals involved or interested in these areas. The ICONFBMP-conferences have been organized every four years since 1992. This 8th conference was jointly organized by: Laboratory of Highway Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; Built Environment Research Institute (BERI), University of Ulster, UK; University of Texas San Antonio (UTSA), USA; Laboratory for Advanced Construction Technology (LACT), Technological Institute of Iowa, USA; Technological University of Delft (TUDelft), The Netherlands, and University of Antwerp, (UA), Belgium.

Western Europe

Western Europe
Author: Max Schulze
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 423
Release: 2014-07-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317887336

This major new text offers a clearly structured introduction to the economic and social development of Western Europe since the Second World War. A team of experts explore key aspects of postwar Europe's economy and society in a number of thematic chapters, with a regional and strongly comparative focus and these are followed by specific national studies.