"Bio-Stabilization Case Studies: Treatment and Performance Evaluation" describes and evaluates 30 projects from across the United States where bio-stabilization was employed to address a detrimental naturally occurring process or byproduct of the built environment. Bio-stabilization (or soil bioengineering) refers to the use of plant materials, primarily live cuttings, arranged in the ground in different arrays to reinforce soils and protect upland slopes and/or stream banks against surficial erosion and shallow slope failures. Examples included in the collection represent different regions of the country and their specific conditions and challenges. Each project is illustrated with a number of distinctive photographs to support the reader's understanding and showcase the wide scope of projects and techniques presented. The volume is ideal for civil and environmental engineers and environmental scientists working on watershed, infrastructure projects, and municipal scale installations.
Auflage
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Professional/practitioner
Illustrationen
6
184 farbige Abbildungen, 6 s/w Abbildungen
XIX, 244 p. 190 illus., 184 illus. in color.
Maße
Höhe: 285 mm
Breite: 215 mm
Dicke: 20 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-4614-7995-6 (9781461479956)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4614-7996-3
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Donald Gray is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan;
John McCullah is President, Salix Applied Earthcare, Redding, CA; and Wendi Goldsmith is CEO, Bioengineering Group, Salem, MA.
