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Volume 1: The Environmental Impact of Construction

Sustaining Resources

Construction in a Fragile World (T.G. Carpenter)

Land Resources (T.E. Beaumont)

Water Resources Development (T.G. Carpenter and D.G. Knott)

Natural Habitat (S. Thompson)

Landscape and Heritage (T.G. Carpenter)

Waste and Pollution (J.M. Barron)

Quality of Human Life (J.C.W. Aglionby et al)

Controlling or Coping with Environmental Change

Construction for Envrionmental Recovery in China (M.V. Haddrill)

Resources and Development in the New World (T.G. Carpenter)

Highway Development in Central and Eastern Europe (T.Cheeseman)

Construction of the Ø resund Crossing (A.G. Hooper)

Coping with River Floods in Bangladesh (A.G. Hooper)

Large Reservoir Storage in Pakistan (J.S. Duder)

Reservoir Storage on the Blue Nile in Sudan (R.J. Chapman)

Land Use and Water Transfer in Central Asia (T.G. Carpenter and J.F. Halero-Johnston)

Underground Storage and Disposal of Radioactive Waste in Britain (B.J. Breen)

The Legacy of Twentieth-century Construction -
Challenges for the Future (C.J.A. Binnie and T.G. Carpenter)

Volume 2: Sustainable Civil Engineering

Engineering Solutions

Issues and Options for Construction (T.G. Carpenter)

Construction Materials (T.G. Carpenter)

Construction Processes (T.G. Carpenter)

Green Engineering (J.R. Emberton)

Industrial Site Selection and Construction (J.M. Barron and T.G. Carpenter)

Energy Production (T.G. Carpenter and E.J.M. Hepper)

Solid Waste Management (J.M. Barron)

Water Supply and Wastewater Disposal (J. Bawden)

Dams and Reservoirs (P.J. Mason and T.G. Carpenter)

Conservation of Reservoir Storage (W.R. White and L.J.S. Attewill)

River Flood Protection (A.G. Hooper and T.G. Carpenter)

Coastal and Marine Structures (A.G. Hooper)

Engineering for Cities (R.S. Steedman)

Sustainable Buildings (A.V. Gilham)

Construction for Rural Development (T.G. Carpenter and C. English)

Transport Infrastructure T.G. Carpenter and E.J.M. Hepper)

Planning within Economic and Political Realities

Environmental Policy, Legislations and Planning (T.G. Carpenter and A.V. Gilham)

Environmental Impact Assessment (S. Thompson)

Appraisal of Projects (A. Brookes and V. Pollard)

Implementation of Sustainable Development (T.G. Carpenter, A.V. Gilham and A.J.M. Vickers)

Twenty-first-century Construction (T.G. Carpenter)

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