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This book provides a foundation to understand the development of sustainability in civil engineering, and tools to address the three pillars of sustainability: economics, environment, and society. It includes case studies in the five major areas of civil engineering: environmental, structural, geotechnical, transportation, and construction management. This second edition is updated throughout and adds new chapters on construction engineering as well as an overview of the most common certification programs that revolve around environmental sustainability.
Features:
Updated throughout and adds two entirely new chapters
Presents a review of the most common certification programs in sustainability
Offers a blend of numerical and writing-based problems, as well as numerous application-based examples that utilize concepts found on the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam
Includes several practical case studies
Offers a solution manual for instructors
Fundamentals of Sustainability in Civil Engineering is intended for upper-level civil engineering sustainability courses. A unique feature is that concepts found in the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam were targeted to help senior-level students refresh and prepare.
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction to Sustainability Chapter 2 Pillar: Economic Sustainability Chapter 3 Pillar: Environmental Sustainability Chapter 4 Pillar: Social Sustainability Chapter 5 Application: Environmental Sustainability Chapter 6 Application: Geotechnical Sustainability Chapter 7 Application: Structural Sustainability Chapter 8 Application: Transportation Sustainability Chapter 9 Application: Construction Management Chapter 10 Sustainable Certification Programs Chapter 11 Tomorrow's Sustainability
