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13th ed. Dordrecht: Springer, 2006.

ISBNs 9781402034336 9781402042362

Colección: SpringerLink

Academic Press, 2014.

ISBNs 9780124046160

Colección: ScienceDirect

Resumen (en inglés): Increasing pressure on global reserves of petroleum at a time of growing demand for personal transport in developing countries, together with concerns over atmospheric pollution and carbon dioxide emissions, are leading to a requirement for more sustainable forms of road transport. Major improvements in the efficiency of all types of road vehicles are called for, along with the use of fuels derived from alternative sources, or entirely new fuels. Towards Sustainable Road Transport first describes the evolution of vehicle designs and propulsion technologies over the past two centuries, before looking forward to possible new forms of energy to substitute for petroleum. The book also discusses the political and socio-economic drivers for change,investigates barriers to their broad implementation, and outlines the state-of-the-art of candidate power sources, advanced vehicle design, and associated infrastructure. The comprehensive technical informationsupplied by an expert author team ensures that Towards Sustainable Road Transport will provide readers with a clear understanding of the ongoing progress in this field and the challenges still to be faced.

• Drivers of technological change in road transport and the infrastructure requirements
• Discussion of alternative fuels for internal combustion engines and fuel conversion technologies
• Detailed exploration of current and emerging options for vehicle propulsion, with emphasis on hybrid/ battery electric traction, hydrogen, and fuel cells
• Comparative analysis of vehicle design requirements, primary power source efficiency, and energy storage systems

ANU Press, 2008.

ISBNs 9781921313844

Colección: Directory of Open Access Books

Resumen (en inglés): Australian cities have traditionally relied for their water on a ‘predict-and-provide’ philosophy that gives primacy to big engineering solutions. In more recent years privatised water authorities, seeking to maximise consumption and profits, have reinforced the emphasis on increasing supply. Now the cities must cope with the stresses these policies have imposed on the eco-systems from which they harvest water, into which they discharge wastes, and on which they are located. Residents are having to pay more for their water, while the cities themselves are becoming less sustainable. Must we build more dams and desalination plants, or should we be managing the demand for urban water more prudently? This book explores the demand for urban water and how it has changed in response to shifting social mores over the past century. It explains how demand for centralised provision of water might be reshaped to enable the cities to better cope with expected changes in supply as our climate changes. And it discusses the implications of property rights in water for proposals to privatise water services.

Tampere University Press, 2015.

ISBNs 9789514497186 9789514497193

Colección: Directory of Open Access Books

Resumen (en inglés): White City, Black Waters is written by Adjunct Professor, PhD Petri S Juuti. The book examines how water and waste water services and water protection started and developed in Helsinki and Greater Helsinki area from late 1800s to the 2000s. Furthermore, it is discussed what are the challenges of the future looked from the point of view of the professionals of the water sector.

University of California Press, 2016.

ISBNs 9780520292420 9780520965973 9780520965973 9780520965973

Colección: Directory of Open Access Books

Resumen (en inglés): Los Angeles rose to significance in the first half of the twentieth century by way of its complex relationship to three rivers: the Los Angeles, the Owens, and the Colorado. The remarkable urban and suburban trajectory of southern California since then cannot be fully understood without reference to the ways in which each of these three river systems came to be connected to the future of the metropolitan region. This history of growth must be understood in full consideration of all three rivers and the challenges and opportunities they presented to those who would come to make Los Angeles a global power. Full of primary sources and original documents, Water and Los Angeles will be of interest to both students of Los Angeles and general readers interested in the origins of the city.

13th ed. Boston, MA: Springer Science+Business Media, 2005.

ISBNs 9780387233215 9780387233222

Colección: SpringerLink

Springer, 2017.

ISBNs 9783319442327 9783319442341

Colección: Directory of Open Access Books

13th ed. Dordrecht: Springer, 2007.

ISBNs 9781402063046 9781402063053

Colección: SpringerLink

13th ed. London: Springer-Verlag, 2007.

ISBNs 9781846284922 9781846284939

Colección: SpringerLink