Sustainability Issues in Civil Engineering

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Sustainable Usage of Construction and Demolition Materials in Roads and Footpaths....Pages 3-13
A Few Dilemmas Pertaining Transportation Infrastructures and Their Sustainability....Pages 15-33
Bitumen-Stabilised Materials for Sustainable Road Infrastructure....Pages 35-50
Sustainable Transportation for Indian Cities: Role of Intelligent Transportation Systems....Pages 51-60
Economic Sustainability Considerations in Asphalt Pavement Design....Pages 61-71
Sustainable Design of Indian Rural Roads with Reclaimed Asphalt Materials....Pages 73-90
Sustainability of Railway Tracks....Pages 91-104
Using System Dynamics to Identify, Evaluate, and Implement Sustainable Policies and Practices in the Road Construction Industry....Pages 105-121
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
Resilient and Sustainable Geotechnical Solution: Lessons Learned from the 2011 Great East Japan Disaster....Pages 125-151
Reinforced Piled Embankments for Sustainable Infrastructure Development....Pages 153-173
Experimental Modeling of Unsaturated Intermediate Geomaterials for Sustainable Design of Geotechnical Infrastructure....Pages 175-197
Underground Space for Sustainable Urban Development: Experiences from Urban Underground Metro Constructions in India....Pages 199-222
Sand–Tire Chip Mixtures for Sustainable Geoengineering Applications....Pages 223-241
Evaluation of Bioreactor Landfill as Sustainable Land Disposal Method....Pages 243-254
Front Matter....Pages 255-255
Assessment of Landfill Sustainability....Pages 257-269
Approaches to Selecting Sustainable Technologies for Remediation of Contaminated Sites: Case Studies....Pages 271-306
Disinfection of Water Using Pulsed Power Technique: Effect of System Parameters and Kinetic Study....Pages 307-336
Front Matter....Pages 337-337
Pre-engineered Bamboo Structures: A Step Towards Sustainable Construction....Pages 339-344
Sustainability: Way Forward in Architectural Engineering....Pages 345-354
Harnessing Sustainable Solutions Through Challenges: A Case Study of World Record Long-Distance Pumping of Concrete....Pages 355-367