This volume is comprised of the invited lectures given at the 14th British Combinatorial Conference. The lectures survey many topical areas of current research activity in combinatorics and its applications, and also provide a valuable overview of the subject, for both mathematicians and computer scientists.

Japanese government planners set out in the 1960s to build a barrage on the Nagara River, one of the last major free?owing rivers in Japan. Conceived during a period of rapid growth in the Japanese economy, the barrage was part of a national effort to ensure adequate water supplies for future economic development as well as to reduce ?oodingrisks to downstream communities. A string of lawsuits brought by groups concerned about the impact of the dam on ecological and ?sheries - sourcesresulted incostlydelays: thedamwasnotcompletedformorethan25years. The 1990s witnessed the start of a kind of...

As a novice photographer I decided to take a chance and put work out there. I hope that you enjoy looking at them as much as I have enjoyed taking them. Thank you to my wonderful family and friends for your support in my new endeavor.

As a novice photographer I decided to take a chance and put work out there. I hope that you enjoy looking at them as much as I have enjoyed taking them. Thank you to my wonderful family and friends for your support in my new endeavor. I was inspired to take these photos because I was taking a horticulture class and part of the assignment was to take pictures of the plants that we were studying. I got a little carried away and fell in love with taking pictures.