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Construction Economics in the Single European Market is an edited
selection of papers from the first European Construction Economics
Conference. Experts give details on construction costs from many
European countries including Denmark, Ireland, France, Sweden,
Netherlands, Spain and the UK.
"Construction Economics in a Single European Market" is an edited
selection of papers from the first European Construction Economics
Conference. Experts give details on construction costs from many
European countries including Denmark, Ireland, France, Sweden,
Netherlands, Spain and the UK. This book should be of interest to
quantity surveyors, construction economists, and university and
college researchers.
" Richard Drake has skillfully woven together the various
strands of the Appalachian experience into a sweeping whole.
Touching upon folk traditions, health care, the environment, higher
education, the role of blacks and women, and much more, Drake
offers a compelling social history of a unique American region. The
Appalachian region, extending from Alabama in the South up to the
Allegheny highlands of Pennsylvania, has historically been
characterized by its largely rural populations, rich natural
resources that have fueled industry in other parts of the country,
and the strong and wild, undeveloped land. The rugged geography of
the region allowed Native American societies, especially the
Cherokee, to flourish. Early white settlers tended to favor a
self-sufficient approach to farming, contrary to the land grabbing
and plantation building going on elsewhere in the South. The growth
of a market economy and competition from other agricultural areas
of the country sparked an economic decline of the region's rural
population at least as early as 1830. The Civil War and the
sometimes hostile legislation of Reconstruction made life even more
difficult for rural Appalachians. Recent history of the region is
marked by the corporate exploitation of resources. Regional oil,
gas, and coal had attracted some industry even before the Civil
War, but the postwar years saw an immense expansion of American
industry, nearly all of which relied heavily on Appalachian fossil
fuels, particularly coal. What was initially a boon to the region
eventually brought financial disaster to many mountain people as
unsafe working conditions and strip mining ravaged the land and its
inhabitants. A History of Appalachia also examines pockets of
urbanization in Appalachia. Chemical, textile, and other industries
have encouraged the development of urban areas. At the same time,
radio, television, and the internet provide residents direct links
to cultures from all over the world. The author looks at the
process of urbanization as it belies commonly held notions about
the region's rural character.
Climate modeling and simulation teach us about past, present, and
future conditions of life on earth and help us understand
observations about the changing atmosphere and ocean and
terrestrial ecology. Focusing on high-end modeling and simulation
of earth's climate, Climate Modeling for Scientists and Engineers:*
Presents observations about the general circulations of the earth
and the partial differential equations used to model the dynamics
of weather and climate.* Covers numerical methods for geophysical
flows in more detail than many other texts.* Discusses parallel
algorithms and the role of high-performance computing used in the
simulation of weather and climate.* Provides supplemental lectures
and MATLAB? exercises on an associated Web page.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
Volume 138 in the North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages
and Literatures series.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
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