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Response to Oil and Chemical Marine Pollution
NEW BOOKS Response to Oil and Chemical Marine Pollution D. Cormack Applied Science Publishers, 525 pp. £45.00. ISBN 0 85334 1826 Events such as oil spills from tankers are presented to the public by means of emotive headlines. There has been little informed attempt to provide a realistic picture. Consequently, public concern remains unstructured and in many ways unfounded on fact and there is a continuing demand that something be done, complaints about lack of progress at the planning stage and about poor performance in the event. Even those charged with response planning and execution often lack the relevant experience to react properly in the face of alarmist pressures. This book reviews the questions of environmental threat and attempts to put it in perspective. It then discusses the nature of the response problem and the means developed for that response. It establishes criteria on which performance can be judged and evaluates the various techniques and equipment against those criteria and finally discusses possible future improvements. It emphasises the fact that no single solution can be developed for all the problems presented by oil and chemical pollution response and that no single technique can give total satisfaction. This book shows that the threat when properly defined is not beyond the bounds of current response capability provided that both threat and response expectations are adequately based on the realities of the given situation.
Engineering Applications of Computational Hydraulics, Volume 2 J.-P. Benque, A. Hauguel and P. L. Viollet Edited by M. B. Abbott and J. A. Cunge Pitman Publishers, 224 pp., 1982 This volume, together with Volume 1 reviewed in this issue, illustrates the achievements of the growing field of numerical modelling in hydraulic and environmental engineering. It derives from the authors' research in developing numerical models for flows, currents and the dispersion of pollutants in tidal waters, rivers, lakes and the atmosphere.
Proceedings: Second Conference on Floating Breakwaters Edited by Bruce H. Adee and Eugene P. Richey The Second Conference on Floating Breakwaters was held at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, on 19-20 October 1981. It was sponsored by the University of Washington and the University of Rhode Island Sea Grant Programs, the College of Engineering and the Civil Engineering Department at the University of Washington. Assistance was also provided by the US Army Corps of Engineers Seattle office and the Ocean Engineering Program at the University of Washington. Even as the proceedings went to press, new developments were under way. An entire breakwater is being posttensioned together in the water as one unit. The design of a unit for a severe ocean exposure is now under way and a large scale field experiment is in progress. These and other continuing developments suggest that we can all look forward to a Third Conference on Floating Breakwaters. eeeooeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeQeeeeeeeeeeeoe
Economics of Ocean Resources - A Research Agenda Edited by G. M. Brown, Jr and J. A. CrutchfieM Washington Sea Grant, 242 pp. $12.00. ISBN 0 295 95982 7 Growing national and international concern over pressure on natural resources is reflected in growing interest in the role of the oceans in meeting world demand. The oceans provide directly marketed physical resources (fish etc.), valuable services and are inextricably tied to man's use of heavily populated shoreline area. Potential increases in the output of living resources may be constrained by virtue of heavy exploitation rates on the continental shelves, but outputs of other resources can be greatly expanded. The limited factors are largely engineering, economic and institutional, and both offer a fertile field for productive applied research. To identify areas for productive research into the economics of ocean resources, the NOAA Office of Resources Coordination and Assessment sponsored a national workshop. This volume reports proceedings of that workshop and addresses the economics of living marine resources, deep ocean mineral resources, oil and gas resources, recreation, environmental management, and marine transportation.
Advanced Dynamics of Marine Structures J. P. Hooft John Wiley, Chichester, August 1982, 375 pp. $57.15/ £32.0,9 An up-to-date analysis of important yet often neglected consequences of unusual effects on offshore structures, written by the head of Marine Dynamics Laboratory, the world's leading institution for testing models of marine vehicles and offshore structures. All materials presented are especially applicable to practical situations.
T H E E N G I N E E R I N G GROUP OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 19th REGIONAL
CONFERENCE
11th-16th September1983 UNIVERSITY OF HULL ITH ,,vr,d39
THE ENGINEERING GEOLOGY OF TIDAL RIVERS The Conference programme includes technical sessions on Estuarine Changes, the Characteristics of Alluvium and the Engineering Features of Alluvium C h o i c e of Field Excursions A Trade Exhibition will take place during the Conference A t t e n d a n c e e l the conference Is not restricted to Engineering Group or Geological Society members Further details and booking forms available from: Miss S. Arnold, Specialist Groups Secretary, The Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W l V OJU. Tel: 0 1 - 7 3 4 2356. Earl), booking recommended. ADVISED BOOKING D E A D L I N E 31 st JULY, 1 9 8 3
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Engineering Applications of Computational Hydraulics, Volume 2 J.-P. Benque, A. Hauguel and P. L. Viollet Edited by M. B. Abbott and J. A. Cunge Pitman Publishers, 224 pp., 1982 This volume, together with Volume 1 reviewed in this issue, illustrates the achievements of the growing field of numerical modelling in hydraulic and environmental engineering. It derives from the authors' research in developing numerical models for flows, currents and the dispersion of pollutants in tidal waters, rivers, lakes and the atmosphere.
Proceedings: Second Conference on Floating Breakwaters Edited by Bruce H. Adee and Eugene P. Richey The Second Conference on Floating Breakwaters was held at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, on 19-20 October 1981. It was sponsored by the University of Washington and the University of Rhode Island Sea Grant Programs, the College of Engineering and the Civil Engineering Department at the University of Washington. Assistance was also provided by the US Army Corps of Engineers Seattle office and the Ocean Engineering Program at the University of Washington. Even as the proceedings went to press, new developments were under way. An entire breakwater is being posttensioned together in the water as one unit. The design of a unit for a severe ocean exposure is now under way and a large scale field experiment is in progress. These and other continuing developments suggest that we can all look forward to a Third Conference on Floating Breakwaters. eeeooeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeQeeeeeeeeeeeoe
Economics of Ocean Resources - A Research Agenda Edited by G. M. Brown, Jr and J. A. CrutchfieM Washington Sea Grant, 242 pp. $12.00. ISBN 0 295 95982 7 Growing national and international concern over pressure on natural resources is reflected in growing interest in the role of the oceans in meeting world demand. The oceans provide directly marketed physical resources (fish etc.), valuable services and are inextricably tied to man's use of heavily populated shoreline area. Potential increases in the output of living resources may be constrained by virtue of heavy exploitation rates on the continental shelves, but outputs of other resources can be greatly expanded. The limited factors are largely engineering, economic and institutional, and both offer a fertile field for productive applied research. To identify areas for productive research into the economics of ocean resources, the NOAA Office of Resources Coordination and Assessment sponsored a national workshop. This volume reports proceedings of that workshop and addresses the economics of living marine resources, deep ocean mineral resources, oil and gas resources, recreation, environmental management, and marine transportation.
Advanced Dynamics of Marine Structures J. P. Hooft John Wiley, Chichester, August 1982, 375 pp. $57.15/ £32.0,9 An up-to-date analysis of important yet often neglected consequences of unusual effects on offshore structures, written by the head of Marine Dynamics Laboratory, the world's leading institution for testing models of marine vehicles and offshore structures. All materials presented are especially applicable to practical situations.
T H E E N G I N E E R I N G GROUP OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 19th REGIONAL
CONFERENCE
11th-16th September1983 UNIVERSITY OF HULL ITH ,,vr,d39
THE ENGINEERING GEOLOGY OF TIDAL RIVERS The Conference programme includes technical sessions on Estuarine Changes, the Characteristics of Alluvium and the Engineering Features of Alluvium C h o i c e of Field Excursions A Trade Exhibition will take place during the Conference A t t e n d a n c e e l the conference Is not restricted to Engineering Group or Geological Society members Further details and booking forms available from: Miss S. Arnold, Specialist Groups Secretary, The Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W l V OJU. Tel: 0 1 - 7 3 4 2356. Earl), booking recommended. ADVISED BOOKING D E A D L I N E 31 st JULY, 1 9 8 3
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