Anmerkung: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- The Practical Use of Biocement as Self-healing Agent and in Construction Requires a Socio-Ecological Approach -- 1 Background -- 2 What is Biocement? -- 3 What Are Potential Benefits of Biocement? -- 4 Limited Usage of Biocement in Construction Practice and Associated Barriers -- 5 Socio-Ecological Model in Biocement Research -- 6 Conclusions and Future Prospective -- References -- Utilisation of Biomineralisation Method in Recycled Coarse Aggregate Concrete with Fly Ash -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Experimental Investigation -- 2.1 Materials -- 2.2 Biomineralisation Treatment of RCA -- 2.3 Properties of RCA -- 2.4 Concrete Preparation -- 2.5 Concrete Test -- 2.6 Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) Observation -- 2.7 Global Warming Potential (GWP) Analysis -- 3 Results and Discussions -- 3.1 Properties of Treated Coarse Aggregate -- 3.2 Slump of Fresh Concrete -- 3.3 Mechanical Properties of Concrete -- 3.4 Global Warming Potential (GWP) -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Characterization and an Overview of Utilization and Neutralization for Efficient Management of Bauxite Residue for Sustainable Environment -- 1 Introduction to Red Mud and Its Production -- 2 Disposal of Bauxite Residue -- 3 Reutilization of the Residue Red Mud -- 4 Characterization of Red Mud -- 4.1 Basic Geotechnical Characterization of Red Mud -- 4.2 Microscopic Analysis of Red Mud -- 5 Neutralization of Bauxite Residue -- 5.1 Seawater Neutralization -- 5.2 Acid Neutralization -- 5.3 CO2 Treatment -- 5.4 Sintering -- 5.5 Microbial Neutralization -- 6 Characterization of Neutralized Red Mud -- 7 Conclusion and Future Scope -- References -- The Amendments in Typical Microbial Induced Soil Stabilization by Low-Grade Chemicals, Biopolymers and Other Additives: A Review -- 1 Background -- 2 An Overview on MICP. , 3 Inexpensive Low-Grade Chemicals in MICP -- 3.1 Inexpensive Media for Bacteria Cultivation -- 3.2 Low-Grade Chemicals as Cementation Media -- 3.3 Cost Effectiveness -- 4 Polymer Modified MICP -- 4.1 Poly-L-Lysine -- 4.2 Sodium Alginate -- 4.3 Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) -- 5 Mg2+ Addition in MICP -- 6 Fly Ash Addition in MICP -- 7 Fiber Addition in MICP -- 8 Limitations and Future Works -- 9 Concluding Remarks -- References -- An Overview of Factors Influencing Microbially Induced Carbonate Precipitation for Its Field Implementation -- 1 Introduction to Biomineralization -- 2 Introduction to Microbially Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation -- 3 Pathways Involved in Microbially Induced Carbonate Precipitation -- 3.1 Autotrophic Pathways -- 3.2 Heterotrophic Pathways -- 4 In Situ Implementation of the MICP Process -- 5 Factors Influencing MICP -- 5.1 Influence of Microbial Factor -- 5.2 Influence of Chemical Factor on Biomineralization -- 5.3 Effect of Environmental Factors on the MICP Process -- 5.4 Relative Size of Bacteria and Testing Specimen -- 5.5 Effect of Type of Material -- 6 An Outlook Regarding Bio-carbonate Precipitation -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Life Cycle Assessment of Concrete Masonry Units with Waste Paper Fibres -- 1 Background -- 2 Raw Materials and Mix Proportion -- 3 The Methodology of LCA -- 3.1 Goals and Scope Definition -- 3.2 Life Cycle Inventory -- 3.3 Life Cycle Impact Assessment -- 4 Discussions -- 4.1 LCI Results and Interpretation -- 4.2 Sensitivity Analysis -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Soil pH and Its Significance as Ecological Material: Perspectives and Implications -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Origin and Fate of Soil pH -- 2.1 Soil pH Buffering -- 2.2 Effect of Soil pH in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Applications -- 3 Summary -- References. , A Review on Coupled Phenomena in Aquifers from the Perspective of Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide with Ecological Significance -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Implementation of Geosequestration Projects -- 3 Trapping Mechanism in Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide -- 4 Potential Sites for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide -- 5 Coupled Phenomena in Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide -- 6 Summary and Conclusions -- References -- A Review on Role of Enzymes and Microbes in Healing Cracks in Cementitious Materials -- 1 Cracks in Concrete -- 2 Biologically Based Self-healing Cementitious Composites -- 2.1 EICP for Potential Application of Self-healing Cementitious Composites -- 2.2 MICP for Crack Self-healing Cementitious Composites -- 3 Conclusion -- References -- A Socio-Ecological Perspective on Green Urbanisation and Urban Ecological Intensification -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Concept of Green Parks in Urban Cities -- 3 Effects of Urbanisation on Nature -- 4 Nature/Spiritual Wisdom from the Surrounding Environment -- 5 Phronēsis Is the Key to Solving the Socio-Ecological Problem in Cities -- 6 Conclusion -- References.