Civil Engineering Innovations for Sustainable Communities with Net Zero Targets

This volume on civil engineering innovations for sustainable communities with net zero targets aligns with the United Nations sustainable development goals in the context of civil engineering innovations. Major topics covered include hydrological alterations under climate change smart water management sustainable slope stability solutions sustainable water management and climate-smart agriculture conservation of wetlands influence of phase change materials on thermal properties building information modeling (BIM) for sustainable and affordable construction and so forth.Features:Combines concepts of civil engineering and sustainable development for future infrastructuresIncludes hydrological alterations under climate change impactsCovers prudent fiduciary discipline and effective cost management in the construction of buildings and critical infrastructureDiscusses BIM and cost-effective sustainable constructionReviews hybrid artificial intelligence in civil infrastructure to attain SDGs #9 (industry innovation and infrastructure) and #11 (sustainable cities and communities)This book is aimed at graduate students and researchers in civil engineering sustainable development risk management GIS and water.The Open Access version of this book available at taylorfrancis has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.