This book consists of refereed submissions submitted by international scholars from multiple disciplines discussing emerging topics in civil and environmental engineering. The emphasis is on ideas that can influence public policy to promote energy management, air and water pollution control, and green infrastructure. The topics covered provide an excellent beginning for interested students, researchers, and industry professionals to understand emerging trends in technical research on a worldwide basis.
Eric J. Strauss, PhD, is a professor emeritus of urban and regional planning in in the School of Planning, Design and Construction at Michigan State University. He is a former director of The URP program. Strauss has more than 40 years of experience in planning practice, both in the public and private sectors. He was a planner for federal and state governments, a city and county planning director, a city attorney, and a consultant to more than 50 organizations, both public and private, on a wide variety of planning-related issues. Strauss prepared many comprehensive plans and land use regulations at all levels of detail for several communities.