Civil Engineering - General & Miscellaneous, Soils & Soil Management in Agriculture, Environmental Engineering - General & Miscellaneous, Mechanical Physics - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
This book, the first of a pair of volumes on bioengineering techniques, shows how vegetation can be used for the engineering and ecological enhancement of earth structures. Vegetation provides protection and stabilisation of both natural and manmade slopes along transportation routes (such as motorways) and for industrial, housing and leisure facilities.
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A handbook demonstrating how soils, plants, and their ecology can be used to protect and stabilize natural and formed slopes along transportation routes and near industrial, housing, and leisure facilities. The guide outlines ground bioengineering systems, techniques for stabilization through grass seeding, turfing, and combined construction techniques, as well as the care and maintenance of structures with ground work and pest control. Includes color photographs. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
June 21, 1996
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Pages
176
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780632040612