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In vivo soil engineering: utilizing natural biogeochemical systems to create multi-purpose, long-lasting engineering solutions
Author(s): Richard Adrian*
These issues of the twenty-first century—global warming, carbon sequestration, rehabilitating infrastructure, cleaning up brownfields, disposing of hazardous waste, protecting water resources, and protecting against carbon sequestration—cannot be addressed by merely tweaking or optimizing these processes. A more extremist, comprehensive methodology is expected to foster the reasonable arrangements society needs. The majority of the problems listed above are caused, supported, enabled, or grown by soil. Contrary to conventional civil engineering thinking, soil is a living system that supports multiple concurrent processes. This paper proposes that "soil engineering in vivo," in which the natural capacity of soil as a living ecosystem is used to provide multiple solutions simultaneously, may provide novel, creative, and long-term solutions to some of the major issu.. View More»
DOI:
10.14303/2315-5663.2022.88