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Author
Publisher
Island Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xx, 151 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"In Inclusive Transportation: A Manifesto for Repairing Divided Communities, transportation expert Veronica O. Davis shines a light on the inequitable and often destructive practice of transportation planning and engineering. She calls for new thinking and more diverse leadership to create transportation networks that connect people to jobs, education, opportunities, and to each other. Davis aims to disrupt the status quo of the transportation industry....
Author
Publisher
Island Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
412 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
In Killed by a Traffic Engineer, civil engineering professor Wes Marshall shines a spotlight on how little science there is behind the way that our streets are engineered, which leaves safety as an afterthought. While traffic engineers are not trying to cause deliberate harm to anyone, he explains, they are guilty of creating a transportation system whose designs remain largely based on plausible, but unproven, conjecture. Thoroughly researched and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Nomad Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
107 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses what engineering is, highlighting female engineers who revolutionized the role of women in the field and providing activities, including building a suspension bridge, designing and building a kite, and investigating processed food.
Author
Publisher
Pimpernel Press Limited
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
207 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"'In this intimate book, TJ Maher - artist, gardener, nature-lover and contemplative - elegantly combines his painter's insight with his plantsman's knowledge to present a masterclass in garden artistry.'- Jane Powers. Grounded in the Garden explores the practical considerations that come into play when creating a beautiful garden which also respects nature. TJ goes deep into such topics as using colour in the garden, creating and re-creating borders,...
Publisher
Federal Aviation Administration
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
Language
English
Description
The Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook--Airframe (FAA-H-8083-31B) is one of a series of three handbooks for persons preparing for certification as an airframe or powerplant mechanic. This handbook provides basic information on principles, fundamentals, and technical procedures in the subject matter areas relating to the airframe rating. It is designed to aid students enrolled in a formal course of instruction, as well as the individual who is...
Publisher
Federal Aviation Administration
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
Language
English
Description
The Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook-Powerplant (FAA-H-8083-32B) is one of a series of three handbooks for persons preparing for certification as a powerplant mechanic. It is intended that this handbook provide the basic information on principles, fundamentals, and technical procedures in the subject matter areas relating to the powerplant rating. It is designed to aid students enrolled in a formal course of instruction, as well as the individual...
Author
Publisher
Federal Aviation Administration
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
Language
English
Description
The Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook-General (FAA-H-8083-30B) was developed as one of a series of three handbooks for persons preparing for mechanic certification with airframe or powerplant ratings, or both. It is intended that this handbook will provide basic information on principles, fundamentals, and technical procedures in the subject matter areas common to both the airframe and powerplant ratings. Emphasis in this volume is on theory...
Author
Publisher
Texas A&M University Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
157 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"What if rivers could talk and tell their stories? What would they tell us? In What Rivers Know, artist Basia Irland insinuates herself as the voice of major waterways as they struggle to navigate their changing relationships with humans and climate change. By hearing what the rivers have to say, Irland asserts we can attune ourselves to the "braided fusion of energies" in our natural world, better preparing us to meet the challenges posed by climate...
Author
Series
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2025]
Physical Desc
xxi, 220 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Rivers, on a long view, are alive. They are born; they change; they shift their channels; they forge new routes to the sea; they move both gradually and violently; they can teem (usually) with life; they may die a quasi-natural death; they are frequently maimed and even murdered. It is the annual flood pulse-the brief time when the river occupies the floodplain-that gives a river its vitality, but it is human engineering that kills it, suppressing...
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