Search Results - Civil engineering

Public food grain storage facilities in Bangladesh: An assessment of functionality, repair needs, and alternative usage by Kabir, Razin, Yunus, Mohammad, Hossain, Tofazzal, Rashid, Shahidur

“…Using a large team of civil engineers as enumerators, a detailed set of information is generated about the functionality, repair needs, as well as alternative uses of all public warehousing facilities. …”
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The sociology of warabandi: a case study from Pakistan by Merrey, Douglas J.

“…When an irrigation system is developed over time by a local community, the technology and the organization evolve together. However, when engineers design and construct large scale irrigation systems, there is a tendency to concentrate on the civil works, and to assume that, at least on the local level, whatever organization is required will evolve by itself. …”
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Pakistan’s Water Apportionment Accord of 1991: 25 years and beyond by Anwar, Arif A., Bhatti, Muhammad Tousif

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Network of networks: Time series clustering of ameriflux sites by Reed, David E., Chu, Housen, Peter, Brad G., Chen, Jiquan, Abraha, Michael, Amiro, Brian, Anderson, Ray G., Arain, M. Altaf, Arruda, Paulo, Barron-Gafford, Greg A., Bernacchi, Carl, Beverly, Daniel P., Biraud, Sebastien C., Black, T. Andrew, Blanken, Peter D., Bohrer, Gil, Bowler, Rebecca, Bowling, David R., Forsythe, Brandon R., Posse Beaulieu, Gabriela, Zona, Donatella

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From "best practice" to "best fit": A framework for designing and analyzing pluralistic agricultural advisory services by Birner, Regina, Davis, Kristin E., Pender, John L., Nkonya, Ephraim M., Anandajayasekeram, Ponniah, Ekboir, Javier, Mbabu, Adiel, Spielman, David J., Horna, Daniela, Benin, Samuel, Kisamba-Mugerwa, Wilberforce

“…The questions under debate include: What should be the roles of the public sector, private sector, and civil society? How can we ensure that agricultural advisory services are demand-driven and meet the diverse information needs of farmers? …”
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Incorporating seasonality into an agroeconomic model of Ethiopia by Lala, Jonathan, Regassa, Mekdim D., Zhang, Ying, You, Liangzhi, Block, Paul

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Sustainable food and farming: When public perceptions depart from science by Paarlberg, Robert L.

“…This chapter examines four important food production innovations that have been favored by scientists but opposed by influential swathes of the public: Green Revolution farming, industrial agriculture, the use of synthetic chemicals versus organic farming, and genetically engineered crops (GMOs). While three of the four innovations enjoy widespread use despite civil society opposition, GMOs do not. …”
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Valuation and aspirations for drip irrigation in Punjab, Pakistan by Bell, Andrew R., Ward, Patrick S., Ashfaq, Muhammad, Davies, Stephen

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Reservoir operation for recession agriculture in Mekong basin, Laos by Reis, J., Culver, T.B., Lacombe, Guillaume, Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali

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Traditional knowledge applied to the management of small tank wetland systems in Sri Lanka by Curnow, Jayne, de Silva, Sanjiv

“…The foundation of rice production in the dry zone of Sri Lanka is a hydraulic civilization spanning at least 2,000 years, and based on constructed small irrigation tanks. …”
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Simulation-optimization approach for evaluating the feasibility of managed aquifer recharge in the Samail Lower Catchment, Oman by Ebrahim, Girma Yimer, Jonoski, A., Al-Maktoumi, A., Ahmed, M., Mynett, A.

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Multiobjective analysis of green-blue water uses in a highly utilized basin: case study of Pangani Basin, Africa by Kiptala, J.K., Mul, Marloes L., Mohamed, Y.A., Zaag, P. van der

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Involvera flera by Tylstedt, Matilda

“…The Civil Engineering office in Skellefteå needs to develop the users' participation in the planning of parks and playgrounds. …”
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The social and environmental impacts of biofuel feedstock cultivation: Evidence from multi-site research in the forest frontier by German, L., Schoneveld, George C., Pacheco, P.

“…Findings provide a more nuanced picture of costs and benefits, and point to a host of risks that need to be proactively managed to leverage the potential of the industry as an engine of national social and economic development.…”
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The role of pollution prevention strategies, best management practices and cleaner production in hospital wastewater management by Dissanayake, Priyanka

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Effect of catchment-scale green roof deployment on stormwater generation and reuse in a tropical city by Schmitter, Petra S., Goedbloed, A., Galelli, S., Babovic, V.

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Berättelse som berör by Lagergren, Caroline

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Förändringar i skogsbranschens organisation på 1990-talet : antalet tjänster, kompetens och utbildningsinsatser by Törrö, Mari

“…The dominating part of the education categories per 10000 ha have decreased at the central level in the organisations, but the number of forest engineers and graduate foresters has increased, so have the number of civil engineers. …”

Escaneo científico sobre tendencias en usos y agregación de valor de los residuos de café by Cárdenas Solano, Leidy Johanna, Contreras Pedraza, Carlos Alberto, Báez Daza, Eliana Yadira, Rodríguez Silva, Lucero Gertrudis, Zambrano Ortíz, Juan Ricardo, Cardona Iglesias, Juan Leonardo

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Landskapsarkitektens yrkesroll i Sverige och Spanien by Kullänger, Linda

“…Politics have had a strong influence on town planning in Stockholm and Barcelona during the 20th century. After the Spanish Civil War, Spain became a fascist dictatorship. During the dictatorship years, very little was made in architecture and urban planning, and many cities decayed. …”
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