Geo-Environment and Landscape Evolution III : Evolution, Monitoring, Simulation, Management and Remediation of the Geological Environment and Landscape (Wit Transactions on the Built Environment) - Hardcover

U. Mander; C. A. Brebbia; J. F. Martin-Duque

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1845641175 ISBN 13: 9781845641177

Publisher: WIT Press / Computational Mechanics, 2008

Synopsis

This book contains papers presented at the Third International Conference on Evaluation, Monitoring, Simulation, Management and Remediation of the Geological Environment and Landscape, held in The New Forest, UK. The meeting brought together a wide range of experts in their fields researchers, engineers, planners, decision-makers, consultants to explore the contribution of geosciences and geo-information to environmental management, land preservation, remediation and sustainable development. The papers are arranged into the following topic areas: Environmental planning; Environmental modelling; Environmental monitoring; Environmental pollution; Remediation; Climateological processes; Geo-environment in urban settings; Geo-ecology; Hydrological studies; Landscape analysis; Natural hazards and risks; Remote sensing; Soil and rock properties; Vulnerability studies; Ecological restoration. This book should be of interest to a multi-disciplinary readership of researchers, practitioners and government employees interested in the geological environment from diverse backgrounds such as geology, civil engineering, forest and agricultural engineering, geography, biology, ecology, hydrology, architecture, and local planning, among others.

Edition details

• Publisher: WIT Press / Computational Mechanics
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845641175
• ISBN 13: 9781845641177
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: U. Mander, C. A. Brebbia, J. F. Martin-Duque