03758nam 2200757Ia 450 991082322650332120200520144314.01-280-87298-597866137142991-136-53957-31-84977-537-01-136-53956-510.4324/9781849775373 (CKB)2550000000107262(EBL)981935(OCoLC)804662978(SSID)ssj0000688106(PQKBManifestationID)11415809(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000688106(PQKBWorkID)10760918(PQKB)11564958(MiAaPQ)EBC981935(Au-PeEL)EBL981935(CaPaEBR)ebr10578126(CaONFJC)MIL371429(OCoLC)801406056(OCoLC)643322525(FINmELB)ELB138760(EXLCZ)99255000000010726220100622d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrConstruction in the landscape a handbook for civil engineering to conserve global land resources /T.G. Carpenter1st ed.London ;Washington, DC Earthscan20111 online resource (361 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84407-923-6 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Cover; Construction in the Landscape; Copyright; Contents; List of Photographs, Figures and Tables; Preface; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Part I: Land Resources; Chapter 1. Land Features; Chapter 2. The Impact of Construction; Part II: Man-Made Forms and Structures; Chapter 3. Landforms and Their Modification; Chapter 4. Earthworks for Structures; Chapter 5. Mines and Quarries; Chapter 6. Dams and Other Hydraulic Structures; Chapter 7. Coastal and Estuarial Construction; Chapter 8. Transport Routes and Infrastructure; Chapter 9. Bridges and CrossingsChapter 10. Military and Industrial ConstructionChapter 11. Towers; Chapter 12. Buildings and Settlements; Part III: Planning Construction in Various Landscapes; Chapter 13. Construction in Scenic Country; Chapter 14. Construction in Flat, Open Country; Chapter 15. Construction in Urban Landscapes; Chapter 16. Built Landscapes in the Future; Subject Index; Index of Places, Projects and PeopleConstruction in the Landscape describes the impact of construction on the land and landscape where it takes place. Geographical coverage is necessarily global to reflect the great variation both in people?s economic and social needs and in the shortage or abundance of natural resources.Part I introduces both land resources, whether used for agriculture, human settlement or mineral extraction or conserved as scenery, wildlife habitat or for the undefined needs of future generations; and construction, its products, skills, processes and impacts on land resources.Part II describes specific formsBuilding sitesLandscape protectionEngineering geologyBuildingEnvironmental aspectsLandscape constructionLand usePlanningBuilding sites.Landscape protection.Engineering geology.BuildingEnvironmental aspects.Landscape construction.Land usePlanning.624.028/6Carpenter T. G1701448MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823226503321Construction in the landscape4085192UNINA