Bettencourt, L. M. A.,Brelsford, C.
Publisher's excerpt: . . . it is important to embrace all the circumstances where ‘simple’ engineering solutions are possible while at the same time being aware of conditions when they are not the best solution. Engineering solutions can fix problems where we can predict the scope of service required . . . As our objectives become more exacting, demanding, or different entirely, and as our knowledge evolves, which inexorably happens over longer and larger scales, the engineered solution must adapt and people come back in...