Yong, Raymond N.

Sustainable practices in geoenvironmental engieering / Raymond N., Catherine N. Mulligan & Masharu Fukue. - 2nd edition. - Boca Raton ; London : CRC Press, 2015. - xxiii, 535 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

1. Geoenvironmental management and sustainability
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Geoenvironment, ecosystems, and resources
1.3 Geoenvironmental sustainability

2. Stressors and soil contamination
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Stressors and impacts
2.3 Contamination and geoenvironmental impacts

3. Sustainable water management
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Uses of water and its importance
3.3 Water quality characterization and management

4. Industrial ecology and the geoenvironment
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Concept of industrial ecology
4.3 Upstream, midstream, and downstream industries

5. Natural resources extraction: stressors and impact management
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Stressors and impacts
5.3 Resource extraction and stressor impacts

6. Agricultural based food production geoenvironment stressors
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Land use for food production
6.3 Stressor impacts on water and soil

7. Urbanization and the geoenvironment
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Land uses by urbanization
7.3 Impact of urbanization on WEHAB

8. Coastal marine environment sustainability
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Coastal marine environment impacts
8.3 London convention and protocol

9. Contaminants and land environment sustainability indicators
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Indicators
9.3 Assessment of interaction impacts

10. Geoenvironment impact mitigation and management
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Site functionality and restoration
10.3 Stressor impacts and mitigation

11. Remediation and management of contaminated soil
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Physical remediation technologies
11.3 Extraction process

12. Sustainable ground improvement technique for geo-disaster mitigation
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Soil origin and stability
12.3 Carbonate diagenesis: carbonate as a cementing agent

13. Sustainable geoenvironmental engineering practice
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Unsustainable actions and events
13.3 Renewable geoenvironment natural resources
etc.


References : p. 502 - 506 . _ Index : p. 507 - 535

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