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In the seven years since the publication of the first edition of Sustainable Practices in Geoenvironmental Engineering, the combination of population growth and increased exploitation of renewable and non-renewable natural resources has added increased stresses on the quality and health of the geoenvironment. This is especially true when viewed in

Table of 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.

About the Author :
Dr. Raymond N. Yong is the William Scott Professor Emeritus at McGill University, Canada, and Emeritus Professor at the University of Wales Cardiff (Cardiff University), UK. He has authored and co-authored eleven other textbooks, over five hundred refereed papers in the various journals in the disciplines of Geoenvironmental Engineering and Earth Science, and holds 52 patents. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society (Canada), and a Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Quebec. He and his students were amongst the early researchers in Geoenvironmental Engineering engaged in research on the physico-chemical properties and behaviour of soils, their use in buffer/barriers for HLW (high-level radioactive waste) and HSW (hazardous solid waste) containment and isolation, and restoration/remediation of contaminated sites. He and his colleagues are currently engaged in research on Geoenvironmental sustainability. Dr. Catherine N. Mulligan holds a Concordia Research Chair in Geoenvironmental Sustainability (Tier I) and is Full Professor and Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies of the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science of Concordia University, Canada. She has authored more than 80 refereed papers in various journals, authored, co-edited or co-authored five other books, holds three patents and has supervised to completion more than 40 graduate students. She is the Director of the new Concordia Institute of Water, Energy and Sustainable Systems. The new Institute trains students in sustainable development practices and performs research into new systems, technologies and solutions for environmental sustainability. Dr. Masaharu Fukue is a Full Professor at Tokai University, Japan. He has studied and taught geoenvironmental engineering and geotechnical engineering for 36 years, since 1978, in Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University. He has co-authored two other textbooks, over one hundred refereed papers in vario


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781466588479
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: CRC Press Inc
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1466588470
  • Publisher Date: 25 Sep 2014
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)


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