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" Engineering for sustainable communities principles and practices / "
edited by William E. Kelly, Ph. D., P.E., Barbara Luke, Ph. D., P.E., D. GE, Richard N. Wright, Ph. D., NAE.
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881190
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Engineering for sustainable communities principles and practices /\ edited by William E. Kelly, Ph. D., P.E., Barbara Luke, Ph. D., P.E., D. GE, Richard N. Wright, Ph. D., NAE.
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Reston, Virginia :: American Society of Civil Engineers,, 2017.
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1 online resource
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0784414815
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: 0784480753
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: 1523116803
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: 9780784414811
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: 9780784480755
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: 9781523116805
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9780784480762
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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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Engineering for Sustainable Communities: Principles and Practicesdefines and outlines sustainable engineering methods for real-world engineering projects.
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Environmental engineering.
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Environmental management.
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Sustainable development, Case studies.
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Sustainable engineering.
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Environmental engineering.
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Environmental management.
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Sustainable development.
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Sustainable engineering.
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TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING-- Environmental-- General.
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628
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TA170.E545 2017
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Kelly, William E., (William Edward),1942-
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Luke, Barbara, (Barbara A.)
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Wright, Richard N., (Richard Newport),1932-
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