Carbon dioxide from earthworks: A bottom-up approach

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Civil Engineering

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 67-72

  Hughes, Lynsay ^a   Phear, Alan ^b   Nicholson, Duncan ^b   Pantelidou, Heleni ^b   Soga, Kenichi ^a   Guthrie, Peter ^a   Kidd, Alex ^c   Fraser, Niall ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ARUP   (United Kingdom)

^c HIGHWAYS AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d CA Blackwell (Contracts)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Excavation; Geotechnical engineering; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM UP APPROACH; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT; MOVING MATERIALS; SUSTAINABILITY;

ASSOCIATED GAS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CIVIL ENGINEERING; EXHAUST SYSTEMS (ENGINE); FOUNDATIONS; GAS EMISSIONS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; MACHINERY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EXCAVATION;

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE EFFECT; EARTHWORKS; EXCAVATION; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GREENHOUSE GAS; INFRASTRUCTURE; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 79954993422     PISSN: 0965089X     EISSN: 17517672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/cien.2011.164.2.66     Document Type: Article

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