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ABC of Kidney Disease
Wiley 2009; US$ 60.95The ABC of Kidney Disease is a brand new title in the successful ABC series which explains this complicated area thoroughly and clearly, in a practical and user-friendly manner. Providing information on a wide variety of renal diseases, this book ensures non-renal healthcare workers are able to screen, identify, treat and refer renal patients appropriately.... more...
Activities of the Conference: Resolutions of the Council of Ministers of Transport and Reports Approved 1999
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2000; US$ 126.00This publication describes the activities of the European Conference of Ministers of Transport during 1999 and sets out the Resolutions and Reports approved by the Council of Ministers of Transport during that year. The organisation chart of the Conference is also given at the end of this volume. more...
Activities of the Conference: Resolutions of the Council of Ministers of Transport and Reports Approved 2000
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2001; US$ 126.00This publication describes the activities of the European Conference of Ministers of Transport during 2000 and sets out the Resolutions and Reports approved by the Council of Ministers of Transport during that year. The organisation chart of the Conference is also given at the end of this volume. more...
Advanced Technologies and Methodologies for Risk Management in the Global Transport of Dangerous Goods
IOS Press 2008; US$ 173.00Logistics has become a strategic factor for development and competition. Terrorist attacks, such as 11th of September 2001 in the USA, have caused the introduction of rules and procedures, which affect the overall logistics showing the vulnerability of the global economy. This book presents the status of research on dangerous goods transport. more...
Advances in City Transport
WIT Press 2005; US$ 150.00City transport system studies have been a constant challenge for engineers and planners all over the world, particularly because their decisions affect people's daily lives. The environmental impacts in urban areas due to traffic play a significant role and it could be considered that nowadays the evaluation of intervening factors in the transport... more...
Advances in Water Desalination
Wiley 2012; US$ 175.00Desalination is a dynamically growing field with more research, more engineering, more applications, more countries, more people, and with more training programs. This book provides high quality invited reviews on progress in various aspects of the desalination field. It features comprehensive coverage of desalination science, technology, economics,... more...
Africa's Freedom Railway
Indiana University Press 2009; US$ 33.95The TAZARA (Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority), or Freedom Railway, from Dar es Salaam on the Tanzanian coast to the Copperbelt region of Zambia, was instrumental in fostering one of the most sweeping development transitions in postcolonial Africa. Built during the height of the Cold War, the railway... more...
Africa's Transport Infrastructure
World Bank Publications 2011; US$ 24.99This book presents and analyzes the results of a comprehensive collection of data on the extent and condition of transport infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa, identifies the reasons for poor performance, and estimates future financing needs.The transport facilities of Sub-Saharan Africa were built primarily for the colonial exploitation of mineral... more...
After the Car
Wiley 2013; US$ 19.95It is difficult to imagine a world without the car, and yet that is exactly what Dennis and Urry set out to do in this provocative new book. They argue that the days of the car are numbered: powerful forces around the world are undermining the car system and will usher in a new transport system sometime in the next few decades. Specifically, the book... more...
All Aboard for Santa Fe
University of New Mexico Press 2007; US$ 14.95How the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company contributed to the development of Southwest tourism. more...









