Sustainable practices in geoenvironmental engineering
Bibliographic Information
Sustainable practices in geoenvironmental engineering
Raymond N. Yong, Catherine N. Mulligan, Masaharu Fukue
CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, c2015
2nd ed
Available at / 2 libraries
Note
Revised edition of: Geoenvironmental sustainability
Summary: "Preface to the Second Edition Much has happened in the past 7 years since publication of the first edition of this book (Geoenvironmental Sustainability). Since that time, the combination of population growth and increased exploitation of both renewable and nonrenewable natural resources have added increased stresses on the quality and health of the geoenvironment. This is especially true when viewed in the context of the growing demand for food and shelter, and particularly for energy and mineral resources and their resultant effects on the natural capital of the geoenvironment. There is considerable need for governments, stakeholders, and geoenvironmental scientists and engineers to develop and implement measures needed to manage the natural capital and resources of the geoenvironment to ensure that future generations of humankind are not compromised because of the lack of availability of geoenvironmental resources."--xxi
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In the seven years since the publication of the first edition of Sustainable Practices in Geoenvironmental Engineering, the combination of population growth and increased exploitation of renewable and non-renewable natural resources has added increased stresses on the quality and health of the geoenvironment. This is especially true when viewed in the context of the growing demand for food and shelter, energy and mineral resources, and their resultant effects on the natural capital of the geoenvironment. Completely revised and updated, this second edition of a bestseller introduces and discusses the concept of "stressors" and their impacts on the geoenvironment.
See What's New in the Second Edition:
Clear definition of the geoenvironment
New tools and remediation technologies, new management methods for geohazards, and enhanced coverage of social and economic sustainability
Innovative approaches and techniques for reaching geoenvironmental sustainability
More detail on treatment technologies, both in situ and ex situ
Discussion on the mitigation of geodisasters
Additional sections to discuss sustainability assessment protocols
Updated information on models for prediction of contaminant behavior
The authors explore the technologies that take into account targets, exposure routes (if applicable), future land use, acceptable risks, legislation, and resultant emissions/discharges in establishing the criteria and tools for evaluating technologies and protocols for environmental management of the impacted land. They then discuss how to choose the correct ones to use in different situations to protect the quality and health of natural resource and capital of the geoenvironment and ensure that these geoenvironmental natural resources and capital remain available for future generations and to develop innovative and sustainable techniques to make land more stable and safer.
Table of Contents
Geoenvironment Management and Sustainability. Stressors and Soil Contamination. Sustainable Water Management. Industrial Ecology and The Geoenvironment. Natural Resources Extraction - Stressors and Impact Management. Agricultural-Based Food Production Geoenvironment Stressors. Urbanization and The Geoenvironment. Coastal Marine Environment Sustainability. Contaminants and Land Environment Sustainability Indicators. Geoenvironment Impact Mitigation and Management. Remediation and Management of Contaminated Soil. Sustainable Ground Improvement Technique for Geo-Disaster Mitigation. Sustainable Geoenvironmental Engineering Practice.
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