Soft Engineering

132 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. In civil engineering of shorelines, soft engineering is the use of ecological principles and practices to reduce erosion and achieve the stabilization and safety of shorelines and the area surrounding rivers, while enhancing habitat, improving aesthetics, and saving money. Soft engineering is achieved by using vegetation and other materials to soften the land-water interface, thereby improving ecological features without compromising the engineered integrity of the shoreline or river edges. Unlike hard engineering where typically has no habitat value for fish or wildlife, soft engineering incorporates habitat for fish and wildlife.

• Themen: Geowissenschaften, Geographie, Umwelt, Planung Umwelt Angewandte Ökologie
• ISBN: 9786133037373
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 17.09.2010
• Größe: 220 x 150 mm
• Verlag: Betascript Publishing
• Herausgegeben von: Mariam T. Tennoe, Lambert M. Surhone, Susan F. Henssonow