Sharing the Risk
In infrastructure privatization, arranging financing is as much an art as a science. At a recent conference in Washington, D.C., speakers discussed the opening of the public capital markets...
Engineers and Contractors Go Global
The telecommunication explosion and the rise of free-trade agreements are pushing consulting engineers and construction companies toward globalization, a trend seen in past decades among...
World Bank Update: In Deep Water
The World Bank has announced a dramatic shift in water policy that will nearly quadruple its spending in this area while it shifts the emphasis toward sustainable development. Instead...
Hong Kong: The US$10 Billion Dollar Question
Connections, deep pockets and perseverance were important in the awarding of contracts for Hong Kong's US$10.5 billion airport megaproject. The author notes many of the firms...
Poland Gets Moving
Poland's transportation network is a victim of two world wars, foreign domination, and neglected maintenance, but there are ambitious plans to rebuild the road and rail systems....
The Inflation Equation
The authors, a Brazilian and an American involved in a US$1 billion-plus project to build schools in the state of Rio de Janeiro, discuss how they managed despite monthly inflation of...
Theory and Observation of Currents and Setup Over a Shallow Reef
Sediment Transport by Wind Waves, Long Waves and Mean Currents: An Experiment on Nearshore Morphodynamics, Lake Huron, Canada
Laboratory Experiment of Longshore Bars Produced by Breaker-Induced Vortex Action
The Response of a Barred Coast to a Sequence of Storms
Three-Dimensional Behaviour of a Multiple Bar System
The Role of Long Waves in Sand Bar Formation - a Model Exploration
Field Studies of Variability of Underwater Coastal Relief and Bed Sediment Composition During Storm
3-Dimensional Processes Along Sandy Beaches - Dimensions of a Coastal Facility
Validation of Coastal Morphodynamic Models with Field Data
Field and Prototype Measurements for Numerical Coastal Modelling
Field Measurements in a Tidal River Estuary on the Cantabrian Coast, Spain
Small Scale Dynamic Structures and Their Sedimentation Effects in Estuarine Environment
Experimental Field Investigations of Small Delta Formation
Assessment and Recommendations for the Enhancement of the Bardawil Lagoon Outlets
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