Environment, Construction and Sustainable Development

• Other Authors: Carpenter, T.G (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, England John Wiley & Sons 2001
• Subjects: Sustainable development; Construction industry > Environmental aspects; Civil engineering > Environmental aspects
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• Physical Description: xv, 739 pages illutrations 26 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 0471813117; 9780471813118

The role of construction in sustainable development involves a dilemma. Civil engineering has been defined as harnessing the great forces of nature for the service of mankind; but exploding populations and the demand for greater material advantage uses more resources than nature can continue to supply. Volume one describes the impacts of construction on resources - land, water, habitat, landscape and human livelihoods - as well as related issues in waste and pollution. Volume two illustrates these themes with examples ranging from environmental recovery in China to expansion in America; from dams in Asia and Africa to transport links and storage of nuclear waste in Europe