Engineering geology for tomorrow's cities

Summing up knowledge and understanding of engineering geology as is applies to the urban environment at the start of the 21st century, this volume demonstrates that: working standards are becoming internationalised; risk assessment is driving decision-making; geo-environmental change is becoming bet...

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Corporate Author: International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment. International Congress
Other Authors: Culshaw, M. G.
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: London : Geological Society, 2009.
Series: Geological Society engineering geology special publication ; no. 22.
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Engineering geology > Congresses.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
ISBN: 9781523122028
1523122021
9781862392908
1862392900
Physical Description: 1 online resource (315 pages) : illustrations, maps (some color)

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110 2 |a International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment.  |b International Congress  |n (10th :  |d 2006 :  |c Nottingham, England) 
245 1 0 |a Engineering geology for tomorrow's cities /  |c edited by M.G. Culshaw [and others]. 
260 |a London :  |b Geological Society,  |c 2009. 
300 |a 1 online resource (315 pages) :  |b illustrations, maps (some color) 
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490 1 |a Geological Society engineering geology special publication,  |x 0267-9914 ;  |v no. 22 
500 |a Consists of papers from the 10th International IAEG Congress in Nottingham in September 2006. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 8 0 |g [I].  |t Introduction:  |t The engineering geology of the Nottingham area, UK /  |r F.G. Bell, M.G. Culshaw, A. Forster and C.P. Nathanail. 
505 8 0 |g [II].  |t Geology of megacities and urban areas:  |t Earth science for the city /  |r Eduardo de Mulder and Joy Jacqueline Pereira --  |t Geology of megacities and urban areas /  |r B.R. Marker. 
505 8 0 |g [III].  |t Legacy of the past and future climate change:  |t Regional modelling of geohazard change /  |r J.G. Rees, A.D. Gibson, M. Harrison, A. Hughes and J.C. Walsby --  |t Climate change : implications for engineering geology practice /  |r J. Nathanail and V. Banks. 
505 8 0 |g [IV].  |t Urban landslides:  |t On the impact of urban landslides /  |r D.N. Petley. 
505 8 0 |g [V].  |t Planning and geohazards:  |t Disasters are not natural: risk management, a tool for development /  |r S. Mora --  |t Planning and geohazards /  |r A.D. Gibson and R. Chowdhury. 
505 8 0 |g [VI].  |t Urban site investigation:  |t Urban site investigation /  |r C.R.I. Clayton --  |t Developments in urban site investigation /  |r J.A. Green and J. Hellings. 
505 8 0 |g [VII].  |t Dereliction, pollution and contaminated land:  |t The role of engineering geology in risk-based land contamination management for tomorrow's cities /  |r C.P. Nathanail --  |t The management of derelict, polluted and contaminated land /  |r D.I. Scott and A.W. Hatheway. 
505 8 0 |g [VIII].  |t Environmental urban geotechnics:  |t Environmental urban geotechnics /  |r I. Jefferson and P. Braithwaite. 
505 8 0 |g [IX].  |t Substructures and underground space:  |t Substructures, underground space and sustainable urban environments /  |r C.D.F. Rogers --  |t Substructures and underground space /  |r D. Hunt and D. Chapman. 
505 8 0 |g [X].  |t Geodata and urban environment:  |t Advances in the use of geodata for the urban environment /  |r R. Hack --  |t Geodata for the urban environment /  |r H.J. Reeves and T.R. West. 
505 8 0 |g [XI].  |t Infrastructure for the city and its region:  |t Geotechnical aspects of underground railway construction in the urban environment: the examples of Rome and Naples /  |r G.M.B. Viggiani and L. de Sanctis --  |t Challenges for regional infrastructure: acceptable risk, prioritization of repair and vulnerability reduction /  |r L. Sharpe and D. Allenby. 
505 8 0 |g [XII].  |t Resources for the city:  |t Resources for the city: sustainable use of bedrock resources for concrete production with examples from Sweden /  |r B. Schouenborg, L. Tang and U. Åkesson --  |t Resources for the city /  |r J. C. Cripps. 
505 8 0 |g [XIII].  |t The future of engineering geology:  |t The core attributes of engineering geology: a US perspective /  |r R.E. Tepel --  |t Engineering geology core values: a UK perspective /  |r J.S. Griffiths --  |t A perspective on the future of engineering geology in the world, Asia and Japan /  |r D. Inoue and H. Oshima --  |t Core values, competences and issues in engineering geology: a European perspective /  |r H. Bock --  |t The future of engineering geology /  |r F.J. Baynes, J.S. Griffiths and M.S. Rosenbaum. 
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