| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 536 pages) : illustrations |
| 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 |
| Summary |
Since the publication of the first edition there have been numerous developments on sustainability assessment tools and practices. The new edition has four new chapters regarding monitoring and assessment, more details on treatment technologies, both in situ and ex situ, and discussions on the mitigation of geodisasters. Additional sections have been added to discuss sustainability assessment protocols, industrial ecology methodologies and the impact of the development of energy sources, including shale gas exploration, and tight oil recovery |
| Notes |
Revised edition of: Geoenvironmental sustainability |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Environmental geotechnology.
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Sustainable development.
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sustainable development.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
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Environmental geotechnology
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Sustainable development
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mulligan, Catherine N., author.
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Fukue, Masaharu, author.
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| ISBN |
9781466588479 |
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1466588470 |
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