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Construction for a Sustainable Environment.
Engineers and scientists have made tangible contributions to environmental protection. But, further theoretical and practical developments are necessary to address mankind's growing demands on the environment. This book covers the developments relating to construction and the environment, inclu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
CRC Press,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front cover; Table of contents; Foreword; Keynote presentations; Mineral barriers in landfill capping systems
- Conditions of durability; Preventing pollution caused by mining activities; MOKKA: Modern engineering tools for environmental risk management; Physical modelling of New Orleans levee flood protection system performance during Hurricane Katrina: London Avenue and Orleans; Assessment of the use of recycled aggregates in vibro-stone column ground improvement techniques; The BORASSUS Project: Towards an integrated approach to soil conservation; Engineered disposal of wastes.
- Asphalt liners in landfill constructionOptimization of disposal logistics for household waste; Application of the experience from the industrial landfill mining in the Vienna basin to problems of threshold and developing c; Long-term hazard to drinking water resources from landfills; Novel criteria to classify the stabilization of organic material; New model laws to calculate long-term hazards to drinking water resources.