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Rathan R.T A: Structural Design of
Interlocking Concrete Block Pavements

Structural Design of Interlocking Concrete Block Pavements

From co-founders of Cousins Maine Lobster comes an invaluable guide for entrepreneurs and those aspiring to new ventures, focusing on building and thriving in business and beyond Cousins Jim Tselikis and Sabin Lomac’s dream of bringing the authentic Maine lobster of their childhood to the West Coast was ultimately realized, but not without consistent hard work and dedication. The perseverance that propelled their brand into the spotlight on Shark Tank and made them into a thriving, multimillion-dollar national franchise did not come easy. Now, the two founders share the honest difficulties that got them to this point and the key business foundations they developed over the last twelve years that led them through uncertainties and accomplishments alike. Shedding light on the sacrifices, struggles, and victories that shape a leader’s life, Life and Lobster is a personal, practical guide to all the founding pair wished they knew at the beginning of their entrepreneurship journey. Readers will learn how to: <ul> <li>Build a resilient mindset that frames setbacks as stepping-stones to success</li> <li>Hire with purpose and navigate working with family</li> <li>Embrace challenges, take risks, and move forward with renewed drive</li> <li>Elevate and promote your brand with confidence </li> </ul> For aspiring entrepreneurs, established business owners seeking a fresh perspective on management and growth strategies, and fans of a resilient success story, Life and Lobster will inspire readers to transform fear into motivation and gain the confidence to take the chance that could change your life.

From Shark Tank to a Billion-Dollar Business (And How We Almost Lost It All)

Life and Lobster

'A tale of rapacious colonialism, Cold War spy games, dazzling technical innovation, big business rivalry, big power geopolitics [...] an unflinching, landmark work on the nature of extractive capitalism' Patrick Radden Keefe, bestselling author of Empire of Painand Say Nothing'Joseph Conrad called colonial ventures in Africa "the vilest scramble for loot that ever disfigured the history of human conscience". After reading this book you might want to add the words "until now"' The TimesHow we became addicted to a supply chain that wreaks havoc across the globe.Epic, shocking, and deeply reported, The Elements of Power tells the story of the war for the global supply of battery metals - essential for the decarbonization of our economies - and the terrible, bloody human cost of this badly misunderstood industry.Congo is rich. Swaths of the war-torn African country lack basic infrastructure, and, after many decades of colonial occupation, its people are officially among the poorest in the world. But hidden beneath the soil are vast quantities of cobalt, lithium, copper, tin, tantalum, tungsten, and other treasures. Recently, this veritable periodic table of resources has become extremely valuable because these metals are essential for the global "energy transition"-the plan for wealthy nations to wean themselves off fossil fuels by shifting to sustainable forms of energy, such as solar and wind. The race to electrify the world's economy has begun, and China has a considerable head start. From Indonesia to South America to Central Africa, Beijing has invested in mines and infrastructure for decades. But the U.S. has begun fighting back with massive investments of its own, as well as sanctions and disruptive tariffs.In this rush for green energy, the world has become utterly reliant on resources unearthed far away and willfully blind to the terrible political, environmental, and social consequences of their extraction. If the Democratic Republic of the Congo possesses such riches, why are its children routinely descending deep into treacherous mines to dig with the most rudimentary of tools, or in some cases their bare hands? Why are Indonesia's seas and skies being polluted in a rush for battery metals? Why is the Western Sahara, a source for phosphates, still being treated like a colony? Who must pay the price for progress?With unparalleled, original reporting, Nicolas Niarchos reveals how the scramble to control these metals and their production is overturning the world order, just as the global race to drill for oil shaped the twentieth century. Exploring the advent of the lithium-ion battery and tracing the supply chain for its production, Niarchos tells the story both of the people driving these tectonic changes and those whose lives are being upended. He reveals the true, devastating consequences of our best intentions and helps us prepare for an uncertain future. If you have ever used a smartphone or driven an electric vehicle, you are implicated.

A Story of War, Technology and the Dirtiest Supply Chain on Earth

The Elements of Power

Smart Technologies for Water Engineering & Sustainability

Smart Technologies for Water Sustainability and Policy

Blockchain Technology in Water Management and New Energy Economy explores the transformative role of blockchain in addressing two of the most pressing global challenges: efficient water resource management and the transition to a sustainable energy future. As climate change, population growth, and urbanization exert increasing pressure on natural resources, traditional systems for managing water and energy are proving inadequate. This book presents blockchain as a powerful enabler of transparency, decentralization, and trust in resource governance, offering innovative solutions that can reshape these critical sectors. The book is divided into two major sections. The first focuses on water management, covering how blockchain can enhance monitoring, prevent water theft, support real-time quality assessments, and enable equitable distribution through smart contracts. It examines case studies where decentralized ledger technology has improved water conservation, optimized irrigation systems in agriculture, and facilitated peer-to-peer water trading.The second section delves into the new energy economy, highlighting blockchain's potential in supporting renewable energy integration, smart grids, decentralized energy markets, and carbon credit tracking. It discusses how blockchain can empower consumers to become "prosumers" - both producing and consuming energy - while maintaining secure and traceable transactions. Additionally, the book explores cross-cutting themes such as data privacy, regulatory challenges, scalability, and the socio-economic impact of blockchain adoption. Through real-world examples, technical insights, and forward-looking perspectives, this book provides a comprehensive guide for researchers, policy makers, engineers, and sustainability advocates seeking to understand and apply blockchain technology for a greener and more resource-efficient future.

Blockchain Technology in Water Management and New Energy Economy

Integrated Smart Technologies for Sustainable Water Systems using Computer Applications presents a comprehensive exploration of how cutting-edge computational technologies are revolutionizing water resource management. This multidisciplinary guide demonstrates the practical integration of artificial intelligence, IoT systems, and emerging digital technologies to address critical challenges in hydrology, hydraulics, water quality, and smart infrastructure development.The book systematically examines the application of advanced technologies including Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Internet of Things, Blockchain, Cloud and Edge Computing, and Geographic Information Systems across diverse water management scenarios. Through theoretical models, algorithmic approaches, and real-world case studies from both developed and developing countries, it illustrates key findings in AI-driven water demand and quality predictions, IoT-enabled real-time distribution network monitoring, blockchain applications for transparent water resource transactions, intelligent flood forecasting systems, automated irrigation methods, wastewater treatment automation, and digital twin development for dynamic infrastructure modelling. The work uniquely incorporates emerging concepts such as explainable AI, climate resilience frameworks, and digital twin technologies, positioning it at the forefront of current industry and academic research trends.This essential resource is designed for researchers, industry professionals, software developers, educators, and students specializing in water resource management and sustainable technology applications. The content balances foundational insights with advanced methodologies, making it equally valuable for newcomers seeking comprehensive understanding and experienced practitioners looking to implement cutting-edge solutions for sustainable water system management.

Integrated Smart Technologies for Sustainable Water Systems using Computer Applications

Routledge Research in Planning and Urban Design

This book investigates how arguments for economic growth are perceived and advanced to promote road investment across the world.In the literature, the relationship between building roads and achieving economic growth is heavily reliant on quantitative tools while ignoring the contextual details of roading projects. Using the Aristotelian concept of phronesis, the research undertakes six case studies from New Zealand, Britain, the United States, Pakistan, Brazil and Kenya. Phronesis is an intellectual virtue capable of incorporating practical problems and contextual details in everyday life. The concept was operationalised by devolving into three main questions, in which the roads policy direction, the associated processes and discursive pragmatism were explored. Detailed analysis of the following six projects has been carried out: MacKays to Peka Peka Expressway; London Orbital Motorway; Houston Interstate Highway 610; Lahore Ring Road; Mário Covas Ring Road and the Nairobi Expressway. The analysis provides the reader with a critical understanding of how roads are expanded using assertive policies without evidence of how economic growth will be achieved.This book could be of interest to multilateral development organisations, researchers, students, policymakers and practitioners in the areas of planning, urban economy, public administration, transport economics, project management and development economics.

Debunking Misled Economic Growth Narratives

The Politics of Road Expansion

Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy

There is growing global interest in understanding how digital technologies and physical spaces, particularly within the framework of digital and green agendas, can transform cities, influence behaviour, and stimulate innovation. This book advances a novel and interdisciplinary framework for understanding intelligent environments, grounded in the concept of connected intelligence, the integration of human, collective, and machine intelligence.It explores how this integration operates within real-world smart ecosystems to drive transformative innovations in sustainability, carbon neutrality, urban efficiency, and liveability. Departing from approaches that treat intelligent systems as purely technological constructs, such as urban Artificial Intelligence (AI), cyber-physical infrastructure, digital twins, and machine learning vision, it reframes intelligent environments as socio-technical systems that remain fundamentally human-centric, even in the age of AI. It distinguishes itself from existing smart city literature, which often isolates digital technologies and IoT infrastructures for cities, by offering a comprehensive investigation of smart ecosystems as digital-institutional-physical (DIP) spaces; an analysis of real-world environments where connected intelligence is enacted, including industrial sectors evolving into smart-green ecosystems, platform services augmented by generative AI, carbon-neutral residential districts; and the development of a universal architecture of connected intelligence, applicable across diverse ecosystems.By bridging theory and practice and integrating technological, institutional, and territorial perspectives, the book introduces a conceptual and practical lens to understand how smart ecosystems enable ongoing transformative innovations that are reshaping the near future of cities and regions. It offers insights into how smart cities are evolving into intelligent environments and will serve as a valuable reference for researchers and students of innovation systems, smart city planning, urban, transportation and environmental planning, governance, computer science, and engineering.

Smart Ecosystems and Transformative Innovations in the 21st Century

Evolving Intelligent Environments

A Circular Economy Approach

Sustainable Management of Mining Waste and Tailings

Enclosure Fire Dynamics, Second Edition

This book examines management meaning, nature and theories addressing classical, neo-classical and modern approaches with emphasis on evolution of management thought and relevance to agricultural extension. It covers administration, supervision and functions of management including POSDCORB framework, extension management in public, private and pluralistic sectors and also:<ul> <li>Examines management meaning, nature and theories including classical, neo-classical and modern approaches with emphasis on evolution of management thought.</li> <li> Covers administration, supervision and functions of management addressing POSDCORB framework, approaches to management, levels of management, and qualities, skills and competencies of effective manager in extension organizations. </li> <li> Addresses extension management in public, private and pluralistic sectors </li> <li> Discusses decision-making and human resource management in extension covering types of decisions, styles and techniques, manpower planning, recruitment, selection, training and development. </li> <li> Examines leadership, authority, coordination and performance in extension addressing leadership styles, delegation, decentralization, line and staff relations. </li> </ul>This title has been co-published with Elite Publishing House. T&amp;F does not sell or distribute the print versions in India.

Managing Extension Organizations

Proceedings in Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering

Innovations in Maritime Technology and Engineering presents a collection of papers in two volumes from the 8th International Conference on Maritime Technology and Engineering (MARTECH 2026), held in Lisbon, Portugal, on 27-29 May 2026. MARTECH 2026 represents the eighth edition of an international conference series originating from a set of biannual national conferences in Portugal and has progressively evolved into a major international event, reflecting the increasing globalization of the maritime sector and its wide range of activities. These volumes contain 185 peer-reviewed contributions, all evaluated by an International Scientific Committee, covering recent research and developments in maritime engineering and technology.The two volumes focus on several key areas, including: Ship design - hydrodynamics, motions and waveloads, manoeuvring, propellers, energy efficiency, hydroelasticity, structures, composites, machinery and alternative fuels, small vessels, sensors and equipment; Autonomous surface vessels; Autonomous underwater vehicles; Shipbuilding and ship repair; Maritime transportation and ports; Ship operation - environmental perception, collision risk and avoidance, emissions, carbon capture; Renewable energy devices in ships; Offshore energy resources - photovoltaic, wind, hydrodynamics, waves; Marine environment; Fishing and aquaculture; and Underwater noise. Overall, the proceedings provide a comprehensive overview of current innovations, research trends, and technological developments in the maritime sector.The Proceedings in Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering series is devoted to the publication of proceedings of peer-reviewed international conferences dealing with various aspects of marine technology and ocean engineering. The series includes the proceedings of the following conferences: the Marine Structures (MARSTRUCT) Conferences, the Renewable Energies Offshore (RENEW) Conferences, the Maritime Technology and Engineering (MARTECH) Conferences, the Collision and Grounding of Ships and Offshore Structures (ICCGS) Conferences, and the International Maritime Association of the Mediterranean (IMAM) Conferences.

Volume 1

Innovations in Maritime Technology and Engineering

This textbook will help students and professionals gain a working knowledge of the design processes that must be followed for the design of structural steel systems, understand the behavior of structural steel structures and components and the basic design concepts used in their design.

Steel Design and Construction

Structural Design of Interlocking Concrete Block Pavements

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