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Book reviewed in this article:

Karel Teige/1900–1950: L'Enfant Terrible of the Czech Modernist Avant-Garde Eric Dluhosch and Rostislav ?vácha, eds.

Modern Architecture in Czechoslovakia and Other Writings Karel Teige

10 × 10 Vivian Constantinopulus, editor     

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European Water: Meeting the Supply Challenges , by B. McCann and B. Appleton.
The Eco-Management and Audit Scheme: A Practical Guide , by R. Hillary.
Hazardous Waste Management: Technical and Legislative Prospects , by B. Price.
Tracer Hydrology. Edited by H. Hötzl and A. Werner.
Advances in Water Resources Journal, (Vol. 16, No. 2, 1993). Edited by M. A. Celia, W. G. Gray and S. M. Hassanizadeh.
Improving Environmental Performance: A Guide to a Proven and Effective Approach , by S. Bragg, P. Knapp, and R. McLean; a title in the 'Business and the Environment Practitioner Series' published by Technical Communications.
Integrated Computer Applications in Water Supply, Volumes 1 and 2 . Edited by B. Coulbeck.     

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Social Change and Sustainable Transport. William R. Black and Peter Nijkamp (eds). Bloomington:
Asia Meets Europe: Inter-Regionalism and the Asia-Europe Meeting. Julie Gilson.
Culture, Institutions and Economic Development. A Study of Eight European Regions. Michael Keating, John Loughlin and Kris Deschouwer.
Innovation Clusters and Interregional Competition. Johannes Bröcker, Dirk Dohse and Rüdiger Solwede (eds.)     

Research information: Open Building Systems: a case study

Karel Dekker from TNO Building & Construction Research in The Netherlands explains the Open Building approach for design and construction as the principles of ordering and combining subsystems to create variety and efficiency. The disentanglement of subsystems allows for alteration over time and higher possibility of user choice. The case study of a post-war housing estate in the Netherlands demonstrates how Open Building strategies combined with a flexible rent policy have been used to improve quality on three scales (neighbourhood, building and dwelling interior) and to provide residents with choices about their living conditions.     

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Water Wisdom , by Colin Allsebrook.
Regional Ground-Water Quality. Edited by W. M. Alley.
Respirometry of Activated Sludge , by Milenko Ros.
Strategy for the Sustainable Use of England's Estuaries , by English Nature.
European Environmental Law Casebook , by L. Krämer.     

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Borders, Regions, and People. Martin van der Velde and Henk van Houtum (eds).
Global City-Regions: Trends, Theory, Policy. Allen J. Scott (ed.).
Frontiers of Environmental Economics. H. Folmer, H. L. Gael, S. Gerking and A. Rose (eds).
Gateways to the Global Economy. Åke E. Andersson and David E. Andersson (eds.).     

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Model Validation — Perspectives in Hydrological Science. Edited by Malcolm G. Anderson and Paul D. Bates.
Groundwater Lowering in Construction -- A Practical Guide , by P. M. Cashman and M. Preene.
Decentralised Sanitation and Re-Use -- Concepts, Systems and Implementation. Edited by P. Lens, G. Zeeman and G. Lettinga.
The EU Water Framework Directive: An Introduction , by Peter Chave.
Applied Hydrogeology (Fourth edition) , by C. W. Fetter.
Springs and Bottled Waters of the World. Edited by P. E. LaMoreaux and J. T. Tanner.
Rapid Detection Assays for Food and Water. Edited by Stuart A. Clark, K. Clive Thompson, C. William Keevil and Mark S. Smith.
Urban Rivers: Our Inheritance and Future. Edited by Geoff Petts, John Heathcote and Dave Martin.
Compensating for Wetland Losses under the Clean Water Act.
Microbial Pathogens and Disinfection By-products in Drinking Water: Health Effects and Management of Risks. Edited by G. F. Gaun, F. S. Hauchman and D. E. Robinson.
Strategic Environmental Assessment in Transport and Land Use Planning , by Thomas B. Fisher.
Economics of Water Resources -- The Contributions of Dan Yaron , by Ariel Dinar and David Zilberman.
The Precautionary Principle in the Twentieth Century. Edited by Paul Harremoes et al.
Transport Modelling in Hydrogeological Systems. By J. David Logan.     

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Mathematical Location and Land Use Theory: An Introduction (2nd ed.) Tönu Puu.
European Regional Growth. Bernard Fingleton (ed.).
New Forms of Urbanization: Beyond the Urban-Rural Dichotomy. Tony Champion and Graeme Hugo (eds.)
Spatial Interaction Modelling: A Regional Science Context. John R.     

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Affordable Water Supply and Sanitation. Proceedings of the 20th WEDC Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 22–26 August 1994. Edited by J. Pickford, P. Barker, A. Coad, T. Dijkstra, B. Elson, M. Ince and R. Shaw.
Contaminated Land , by Stephen Tromans and Robert Turrall-Clarke.
E.C. Treaty and Environmental Law , by L. Kramer.
Mixing and Transport in the Environment. (Eds. Keith Bevan, Philip Chatwin and John Millbank.)
Stream Ecology, Structure and Function of Running Waters , by J. David Allan.
Operation and Maintenance of Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Systems: A Guide For Managers. Written for, and published by, the World Health Organisation.
Integrated Solid Waste Management: A Lifecycle Inventory , by Peter White, Dr-Ing Marina Franke and Peter Hindle.
Report 142: Control of Pollution from Highway Drainage Discharges. By Martin Luker and Keith Montague with contributions from 11 other individuals.
Tables for the Hydraulic Design of Pipes, Sewers and Channels. H. R. Wallingford and D. I. H. Barr.
The Ecological Basis for River Management. (Edited by D. Harper and A. Ferguson.)
Waste Incineration and the Environment. Issues in Environmental Science and Technology 2. (Eds. R. E. Hester and R. M. Harrison.)     

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The Information Economy and American Cities. Matthew P. Drennan.
Transportation Networks and the Optimal Location of Human Activities: A Numerical Geography Approach. (Transport Economics, Management and Policy Series.)
Travel Behaviour: Spatial Patterns, Congestion and Modelling. E. Stern, I. Salomon, P.H.I. Bovy (eds).
Input-Output Analysis: Frontiers and Extensions. Michael L. Lahr and Erik Dietzenbacher (eds).     

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Analytical Transport Economics: An International Perspective (Transport Economics and Management Policy Series). Jacob B. Polak and Arnold Heertje (eds).
Creating the New Economy: The Entrepreneur and the US Resurgence. R.D. Norton.
Globalization and Marginality in Geographical Space: Political, Economic and Social Issues of Development in the New Millenium. Heikki Jussila, Roser Majoral, Fernanda Delgado-Cravidao (eds.).
Travel by Design: The Influence of Urban Form on Travel (Spatial Information Systems Series). Marlon Boarnet and Randall Crane.     

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Local and Regional Economic Development: Renegotiating Power Under Labour. R.J. Bennett and D. Payne.
International Migration into the 21^st Century. Essays in Honour of Reginald Appleyard. M.A.B. Siddique (ed.).
Economic Structure and Maturity: Collected papers in input-output modelling and applications. Ranko Bon.
Regional planning and development in Europe. David Shaw, Peter Roberts, and James Walsh (eds).     

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Acidification of Freshwaters , by M. Cresser and A. Edwards. Published by Cambridge University Press.
Sediment Transport in Gravel-bed Rivers , edited by G. R. Thorne, J. C. Bathurst, and R. D. Hey. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Environmental Biotechnology , edited by C. F. Forster and D. A. John Wase. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Pollution Threat of Heavy Metals in Aquatic Environments , by G. Mance. Published by Elsevier, Applied Science Publishers Ltd.
Coastline - Britain's Threatened Heritage, by Greenpeace. Published by Kingfisher Books Ltd.     

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World Water '86: Water Technology for the Developing World . Proceedings of an ICE International Conference held in London in July 1986.
Catastrophic Flooding . Edited by L. Mayer and D. Nash.
Handbook of Hydraulic Engineering , by A. Lencastre.
Weather Radar and Flood Forecasting . Edited by V. K. Collinge and C. Kirby.     

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Spatial Economic Science: New Frontiers in Theory and Methodology (Advances in Spatial Science). Aura Reggiani (ed.).
Invention and the Rise of Technocapitalism. Luis Suarez-Villa.
Regional Economic Change in Russia. P. Hanson, M. Bradshaw (eds).     

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Ethnicity and Housing: Accommodating Differences. Frederick W. Boal (ed).
Valuing the Built Environment: GIS and House Price Analysis. Scott Orford.
Understanding and Interpreting Economic Structure (Advances in Spatial Science). G.J.D. Hewings, M. Sonis, M. Madden and Y. Kimura (eds).     

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Managing Water as an Economic Resource , by J. Wimpenny.
Land Use Planning and the Water Sector: A review of Development Plans and Catchment Management Plans , by S. Slater, S. Marvin and M. Newson.
Landscape Specification: Guide to Products and Services for the External Environment. 4th Edition . Edited by C. Robertson.
Design of Flood Storage Reservoirs , by M. J. Hall, D. L. Hockin and J. B. Ellis.     

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Knowledge, Innovation and Economic Growth. The Theory and Practice of Learning Regions. Frans Boekema, Kevin Morgan, Silvia Bakkers and Roel Rutten (eds.).
High-Technology Clusters, Networking and Collective Learning in Europe. David Keeble and Frank Wilkinson (eds).
Globalizing Cities: A New Spatial Order? Peter Marcuse and Ronald van Kempen (eds).     

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Groundwater Contamination in the United States , by Ruth Patrick, Emily Ford, and John Quarks.
Water, Sanitary and Waste Services for Buildings , by A. F. E. Wise.
Ground Water Quality Protection , by Larry W. Canter, Robert C. Knox, and Debra M. Fairchild.
Adults, Larvae and Pupae of British Mosquitoes (Culicidae): a Key , by P. S. Cranston, C. D. Ramsdale, K. R. Snow, and G. B. White.
Cutting Water Costs , by John S. Hills.     

Sensor control of dry concrete mixes

First attempts to devise a reliable manufacturing control method for dry mix consistency proved inconclusive. However, this article from Czechoslovakia shows that a link was found between electric conductivity and the addition of water to the dry mix. This led to the deduction that the mix acts as an electrolyte in a galvanic cell; in turn this led to the design of an electrode probe sensor, which can be installed in the base of the mixer drum. Output voltage of the ‘cell’ as well as the current in one phase of the mixer drive motor can thus be monitored, the former providing the crucial measurement of mix consistency. Karel Hub works at the Institute of Railway Construction, Brno, and his co‐authors at the Research Institute for Mechanisation of Building Component Production, Prague.