Environment, Construction, and Sustainable Development, 2 Volume Set

Contents

Volume 1

Part I Sustaining Resources

• 1 Construction in a fragile world
• 2 Land resources
• 3 Water resources
• 4 Natural habitat
• 5 Landscape and heritage
• 6 Waste and pollution
• 7 The quality of human life

• 8 Construction for environmental recovery in China
• 9 Resources and development in the New World
• 10 Highway development in cnetral and eastern Europe
• 11 Construction of the Oresund crossing
• 12 Coping with river floods in Bangladesh
• 13 Large reservoir storage in Pakistan
• 14 Reservoir storage on the Blue Nile in Sudan
• 15 Water transfer and land use in Central Asia
• 16 Underground storage and disposal of radioactive wastes in Britain
• 17 The legacy of 20th century construction - challenges or the future

Part III Engineering Solutions

• 18 Issues and options for construction
• 19 Construction materials
• 20 Construction processes
• 21 Green engineering
• 22 Industrial site selection and construction
• 23 Energy production
• 24 Solid wastes management
• 25 Water supply and wastewater disposal
• 26 Dams and reservoirs
• 27 Conservation of reservoir storage
• 28 River flood protection
• 29 Coastal and marine structures
• 30 Engineering for cities
• 31 Sustainable buildings
• 32 Construction for rural development
• 33 Transport infrastructure

• 34 Environmental policy, legislation and planning
• 35 Environmental assessment
• 36 Appraisal of projects
• 37 Approval and implementation of sustainable development
• 38 21st century construction