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Porous Pavements [PDF ebook]

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Pavements are the most ubiquitous of all man-made structures, and they have an enormous impact on environmental quality. They are responsible for hydrocarbon pollutants, excess runoff, groundwater decline and the resulting local water shortages, temperature increases in the urban ‘heat island, ‘ and for the ability of trees to extend their roots in

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Format PDF ● Pages 600 ● ISBN 9781420038439 ● Publisher CRC Press ● Published 2005 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 5697882 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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