عنوان

Engineering for sustainable communities principles and practices /

(Number (ISBN

0784414815

(Number (ISBN

0784480753

(Number (ISBN

1523116803

(Number (ISBN

9780784414811

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9780784480755

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9781523116805

Erroneous ISBN

9780784480762

Title Proper

Engineering for sustainable communities principles and practices /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by William E. Kelly, Ph. D., P.E., Barbara Luke, Ph. D., P.E., D. GE, Richard N. Wright, Ph. D., NAE.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Reston, Virginia :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

American Society of Civil Engineers,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2017.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Part 1: Achieving and Maintaining a Sustainable Civilization; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Sustainability Defined; Chapter 3: Is Civilization Sustainable?; Chapter 4: Processes for Achieving a Sustainable Civilization; Chapter 5: Role of the Built Environment, Including Sustainable Cities; Chapter 6: Role of the Civil Engineer; Part 2: Civil Engineering Principles and Practices for Sustainability; Chapter 7: Economic Aspects; Chapter 8: Environmental Aspects; Chapter 9: Social Aspects; Chapter 10: Access and Mobility: Integrating Sustainable Transportation with the Built Environment; Chapter 11: Ecological Systems; Chapter 12: Sustainable Land Use; Chapter 13: Community Participation; Chapter 14: Project Management for Sustainable Infrastructure; Chapter 15: Waste Management: Conservation, Reuse, and Recycling of Materials and Components; Chapter 16: Water Resources: Sustaining Quality and Quantity; Chapter 17: Lighting, Noise and Vibration Control, and Air Quality; Chapter 18: Resilience; Chapter 19: Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change; Chapter 20: Sustainable Project Rating Systems, Including Envision; Chapter 21: Rising above Routine Practice; Part 3: Case Studies; Chapter 22: Low-Impact Development for a High-Density Residential Development in Hong Kong; Chapter 23: Environmental Lifecycle Assessment of Public Transit in Los Angeles; Chapter 24: Curitiba, Brazil: How Did Their Civil Engineers Do It? From a City of Slums to a Sustainability Leader in 30 Years; Chapter 25: Saving the Rain in Onondaga County, New York; Chapter 26: Edmonton Waste Management Centre; Chapter 27: Cambridge's Alewife Stormwater Wetland; Chapter 28: Chari Chari Bridge, Omereque, Cochabamba, Bolivia; Chapter 29: The Center for Sustainable Landscapes, Phipps Conservatory, Pittsburgh; Chapter 30: Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration Project at Poplar Island; Chapter 31: Cerro Dominador Concentration Solar Plant; Chapter 32: Redesign of I-75 in Cincinnati; Part 4: Summary and Conclusions; Chapter 33: Summary and Conclusions; Appendix 1: ASCE's Policies and Programs for Sustainability and Resilience; Index

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Text of Note

Engineering for Sustainable Communities: Principles and Practicesdefines and outlines sustainable engineering methods for real-world engineering projects.

Title

Engineering for Sustainable Communities : Principles and Practices.

International Standard Book Number

9780784414811

Environmental engineering.

Environmental management.

Sustainable development, Case studies.

Sustainable engineering.

Environmental engineering.

Environmental management.

Sustainable development.

Sustainable engineering.

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING-- Environmental-- General.

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Kelly, William E., (William Edward),1942-

Luke, Barbara, (Barbara A.)

Wright, Richard N., (Richard Newport),1932-

Date of Transaction

20200822125951.0

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