Ecological engineering and civil engineering works : a practical set of ecological engineering principles for road infrastructure and coastal management

Provides a survey of the research results of the relationship between on the one hand the construction, management and maintenance of civil engineering works, and on the other hand the environment, nature and landscape, with the main focus on motorways and coastal protection. In this thesis the results of conducted research as well as outsources studies are presented in the form of a synthesis. In this context, the focus has been on integrating knowledge concerning the understanding, use and control of patterns and processes of ecosystems into the planning, the design, construction and maintenance of civil engineering works. Special attention was paid to roads, waterways, road verges, slopes, banks and bridges and viaducts related to the main infrastructure. Much attention is paid not only to the results of the research, but also to integrating the knowledge and understanding developed, in combination with other studies in the same field carried out under the responsibility of the Regional Directorates of Rijkswaterstaat.