Cover -- Preface -- Contents -- Section I Basic Civil Engineering -- Chapter I Introduction to Civil Engineering -- 1.1 Civil Engineering Infrastructure Projects -- 1.2 Role of Civil Engineers -- 1.3 Importance of an Interdisciplinary Approach -- Questions -- Chapter II Basic Areas in Civil Engineering -- 2.1 Surveying -- 2.2 Construction Engineering -- 2.3 Structural Engineering -- 2.4 Earthquake Engineering -- 2.5 Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering -- 2.6 Quantity Surveying -- 2.7 Fluid Mechanics -- 2.8 Irrigation Engineering -- 2.9 Transportation Engineering -- 2.10 Environmental Engineering -- 2.11 Town Planning -- 2.12 Infrastructural Development -- 2.13 Project Management -- 2.14 Remote Sensing -- Questions -- Chapter III Materials of Construction -- 3.1 Stone -- 3.2 Bricks -- 3.3 Sand -- 3.4 Reinforcing Steel -- 3.5 Cement -- 3.6 Plain Cement Concrete -- 3.7 Reinforced Cement Concrete -- 3.8 Prestressed Concrete (PSC) -- 3.9 Precast Concrete -- 3.10 Introduction to Smart Materials -- 3.11 Recycling of Materials -- Questions -- Chapter IV Construction of Substructures -- 4.1 Functions of Foundation -- 4.2 Bearing Capacity -- 4.3 Types of Shallow Foundations -- 4.4 Foundations Using Piles -- Questions -- Chapter V Superstructures -- 5.1 Types of Loads on Superstructures -- 5.2 Dead Loads -- 5.3 Imposed Loads (IL) -- 5.4 Wind Loads -- 5.5 Snow Loads -- 5.6 Earthquake Forces -- 5.7 Other Forces and Effects -- 5.8 Load Combinations -- 5.9 Types of Construction -- 5.9 Composite Construction -- Questions -- Chapter VI Introduction to Automation in Construction -- 6.1 Automation in Building Construction -- 6.2 Automation in Dam Construction -- 6.3 Automation in Bridge Construction -- 6.4 Automation in Road Construction -- Questions -- Chapter VII Introduction to Surveying -- 7.1 Maps -- 7.2 Uses of Maps.

7.3 Methods of Locating a Point with Respect to Two Reference Points -- 7.4 Principle of Surveying -- 7.5 Modern Survey Methods -- 7.6 Introduction to Digital Mapping -- 7.7 Digital Planimeter for Measuring Areas From Maps -- Questions -- Chapter VIII Introduction to Levelling -- 8.1 Definitions of Basic Terms Used in Levelling -- 8.2 Principle of Direct Levelling -- 8.3 Types of Levelling -- 8.4 Preparation of Contour Maps -- Questions -- Chapter IX Introduction to GIS and Other Survey Softwares -- 9.1 Data For GIS -- 9.2 Areas of GIS Applications -- 9.3 GIS Based Softwares -- 9.4 Other Surveying Software -- Questions -- Section II Environmental Engineering -- Chapter X Ecology and Ecosystem -- 10.1 Concept of Environment -- 10.2 Concept of Ecology and Ecosystem -- 10.3 Biotic and Abiotic Factors -- 10.4 Ecological Cycles (Biogeochemical Cycles) -- 10.5 Human (Anthropogenic) Impacts on Environment -- 10.6 Need to Conserve Natural Resources -- 10.7 Resource Conservation Practices -- 10.8 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) -- 10.9 Solid Waste Management -- 10.10 Electronic Waste (E-Waste) and Its Disposal -- Chapter XI Planning for the Built Environment -- 11.0 Built Environment -- 11.1 Natural and Man-Made Environment -- 11.2 Environmental Approach of Built Environment -- 11.3 Principles of Planning -- 11.4 Role of Bye-Laws in Environmental Regulation -- 11.5 Use of Various Eco-Friendly Materials in Construction -- 11.6 Concept of Green Building -- Chapter XII Energy and Environmental Pollution -- 12.1 Types of Energy Resources -- 12.2 Growing Energy Demands and Need for Alternate Energy Resources -- 12.3 Mehtods of Harnessing Energy -- 12.4 Environmental Pollution -- 12.5 Noise Pollution -- 12.6 Water Treatment -- 12.7 Water Pollution -- 12.8 Land Pollution.