Use of vegetation in civil engineering

Author(s)

• Coppin, N. J.
• Richards, I. G.
• Construction Industry Research and Information Association

Bibliographic Information

Use of vegetation in civil engineering

project coordinators and editors, N.J. Coppin, I.G. Richards

Butterworths, 1990

Note

"Construction Industry Research and Information Association."

Bibliography: p. 261-268

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This work is the outcome of a Construction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA) research project aimed at providing technical guidance to practising engineers on the use of vegetation as an engineering material, with particular reference to the UK construction industry both at home and overseas. The project was carried out under contract to CIRIA by Richards Moorehead & Laing Ltd, consulting engineers and environmental scientists, in association with Silsoe College and Geostructures Consulting.

Table of Contents

• Basic aspects of vegetation
• physical effects of vegetation
• vegetation selection, establishment and management
• method of approach and implementation
• applications.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA28119706
• ISBN:
  • 0408038497
• LCCN: 89035566
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; Boston
• Pages/Volumes: xvii, 292 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : TA710
  • DC20 : 624.1/51363
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Soil stabilization
  • LCSH : Slopes (Soil mechanics)
  • LCSH : Soil-binding plants
  • LCSH : Landscape architecture