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The Railway Track and Its Long Term Behaviour
A proper quality of a track and other infrastructure objects represents a basic requirement for train safety and punctuality. Most of the physical systems and their components deteriorate over time. This affects performance and may lead to failures. Albert Einstein said, “You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.” Only if we understand how the whole system works, taking into account its imperfections and how they influence its quality and performance will we be able to learn the rules of the game and “play better.” The book provides the readers with the necessary functional knowledge of track behaviour and comprehensively covers the function of the various track components, their interaction as elements of the track system, as well as the interaction of the track with railway vehicles. By presenting important tools for a deep understanding of track-behaviour this book aims to be a reference guide for infrastructure managers and to help them to find ways improving track quality for optimum long-term behaviour.
The Global Green Economy Leading to Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach
"The Global Green Economy Leading to Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach," which we edited, is a book in which all of the authors contributed to bring new insights into socioeconomic trends. We have concentrated on the most recent market trends in this book, defining various fields such as Green HRM, Green Finance/Accounting, Environmental Concern, Green Production and Brand Management, Values and Ethics, Consumer Buying Behaviour Towards Green Products, Resource Management, Sustainable Business Practices, Technology and Innovation, Challenges and Barriers, Social and Human Sustainability, Case Studies and Best Practices, Interdisciplinary Approaches by inviting academia.
Managing Risks in the Railway System
This book offers a comprehensive and practice-oriented guide to risk management, with a special emphasis on the physical and environmental risks related to the operations of railway systems. It is intended to provide a roadmap for managing the risk by controlling safety. Starting with a concise historical introduction and by presenting basic concepts of risk management, the book describes in turn the railway systems and their complexity. Then, it goes in depth into the process of risk management, describing the main elements, from risk identification, analysis and assessment to risk monitoring and communication. Different risk assessment techniques are reviewed in detail, and the main compon...
Jane's World Railways 2009-2010
The authority on rail systems around the globe. Track the latest developments in railway systems and equipment manufacturers across the globe with this authoritative industry survey.
Effizienz-Analyse ausgewählter europäischer Güterverkehrsträger
Ziel der Master-Thesis ist es die Effizienz der wichtigsten Güterverkehrsträger (Straßengüterverkehr, Schienengüterverkehr und Binnenschifffahrt) in Europa (EU-28) auf Länderebene zu analysieren und zu vergleichen. Dieser Vergleich soll zeigen, welches Land die Inputfaktoren (Beschäftigte, Energie, Fahrzeuge, Unternehmen, Verkehrsnetz) optimal nutzt oder noch Verbesserungspotential im Vergleich zu den anderen Ländern aufweist. Darüber hinaus soll ermittelt werden, welche Inputfaktoren für dieses Ergebnis den größten Einfluss haben. Basierend auf diesen Erkenntnissen sollen Zusammenhänge abgeleitet und Empfehlungen für weitere Untersuchungen gegeben werden.
Europäische Güterverkehrsträger. Effizienzvergleich mithilfe der Data Envelopment Analysis
Die Lebensadern der europäischen Wirtschaft sind Straßen, Schienen und Flüsse. Durch ein dichtes (Verkehrs-)Netz sind alle Regionen Europas miteinander verbunden und tauschen tagtäglich Waren und Güter aus. Doch sind alle Regionen gleich gut vernetzt? Haben alle europäischen Länder dieselben Rahmenbedingungen? Und können sie ihre (gegebenen) Mittel optimal nutzen? In einem methodischen Vorgehen werden in dieser Arbeit die europäischen Länder auf Effizienz im Güterverkehr getestet. Als zentrales Werkzeug wird die Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) verwendet, welche es ermöglicht, Größeneffekte der Länder zu berücksichtigen und einen flexiblen Bewertungsmaßstab zu ermitteln. Als Datengrundlage dienen die statistischen Aufzeichnungen der EU für alle Mitgliedsländer. Der Vergleich zeigt, welche Faktoren die Effizienz des Güterverkehrs fördern und welche vernachlässigbar sind. Aus den Ergebnissen können nicht nur konkrete Maßnahmen, sondern auch weitergehende Analyseansätze abgeleitet werden.
Dew Harvest
Dew Harvest deals with dew harvesting as a feasible solution to the chronic water scarcity in arid areas near the coastline. It substantiates the methodology of dew harvesting based on a case study from the Kothara village in the Kutch region. The book provides insights into the simple and people friendly technology of dew harvesting. It explains the exemplary procedure that Prof. Sharan followed: study of the dew resource of the site, chemical analysis of dew water to verify potability, test of dew harvesting materials, construction of small and pilot-sized dew condensers, and ultimately the construction of a large dew production plant. The author describes the methodology involved in the measurement of dewfall throughout India, especially in the coastal regions. The author recommends that dew harvesting be part of the curriculum at colleges and urges hydrologists and engineers to seriously consider its utility as an innovative technology. This book is the summary then of present technology to harvest dew water through simple and inexpensive means.
Evolution of Sanitation and Wastewater Technologies through the Centuries
Most of the technological developments relevant to water supply and wastewater date back to more than to five thousand years ago. These developments were driven by the necessity to make efficient use of natural resources, to make civilizations more resistant to destructive natural elements, and to improve the standards of life, both at public and private level. Rapid technological progress in the 20th century created a disregard for past sanitation and wastewater and stormwater technologies that were considered to be far behind the present ones. A great deal of unresolved problems in the developing world related to the wastewater management principles, such as the decentralization of the pro...
Water Supply and Water Scarcity
This Book includes selected papers that has been published in the Water journal Special Issue (SI) on Water Supply and Water Scarcity. Moreover, an overview of the SI is included. The papers selected for publication in the SI include review and research papers on water history, on water management issues under water scarcity regimes, on rainwater harvesting, on water quality and degradation, and on climatic variability impacts on water resources. Overall, the issue identify and highlight the main challenges in water sector, and particularly in management and protection of water resources and in use of alternative (non-conventional) water resources, especially in areas with demographic change and climate vulnerability in order to achieve sustainable and secure water supply. Furthermore, general guidelines and possible solutions for an improved and sophisticated water management system are proposed and discussed, such as the adoption of advanced technological solutions and practices that improve water-use efficiency and the use of alternative water resources, to address the growing environmental and health issues and to reduce the emerging conflicts among water users.
