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Urban geology --- City geology --- Geology

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This book is one out of 8 IAEG XII Congress volumes, and deals with the theme of urban geology. Along with a rapidly growing world population, the wave of urban growth continues, causing cities to swell and new metropolitan centers to emerge. These global trends also open new ventures for underground city development. Engineering geology plays a major role in facing the increasing issues of the urban environment, such as: finding aggregates for construction works; providing adequate water supply and waste management; solving building problems associated to geological and geomorphological conditions; evaluating host rock conditions for underground constructions; preventing or mitigating geological and seismic hazards. Furthermore, this book illustrates recent advancements in sustainable land use planning, which includes conservation, protection, reclamation and landscape impact of open pit mining and alternative power generation. The Engineering Geology for Society and Territory volumes of the IAEG XII Congress held in Torino from September 15-19, 2014, analyze the dynamic role of engineering geology in our changing world and build on the four main themes of the congress: Environment, processes, issues, and approaches. The congress topics and subject areas of the 8 IAEG XII Congress volumes are: Climate Change and Engineering Geology Landslide Processes River Basins, Reservoir Sedimentation and Water Resources Marine and Coastal Processes Urban Geology, Sustainable Planning and Landscape Exploitation Applied Geology for Major Engineering Projects Education, Professional Ethics and Public Recognition of Engineering Geology Preservation of Cultural Heritage.

Earth Sciences. --- Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences. --- Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning. --- Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns). --- Geography. --- Regional planning. --- Géographie --- Aménagement du territoire --- Engineering geology. --- Sustainable development. --- Urban geology. --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Civil Engineering --- City geology --- Earth sciences. --- Geotechnical engineering. --- Urban planning. --- Urban geography. --- Geography --- Cities and towns --- City planning --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Land use --- Planning --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Regional planning --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Regional development --- State planning --- Human settlements --- Landscape protection --- Engineering, Geotechnical --- Geotechnics --- Geotechnology --- Engineering geology --- Geosciences --- Environmental sciences --- Physical sciences --- Government policy --- Management --- Geology

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Urban subsurface resources and particularly urban groundwater are vulnerable to environmental impacts, and their rational management is of major importance. In this book a multidisciplinary team of specialists and scientists presents innovative process-oriented approaches to the sustainable use of these resources. The included case studies from northwestern Switzerland describe representative environments and are relevant for urban areas in general. They illustrate the protection of groundwater; river restoration; engineering and hydrogeological questions related to urban infrastructure and management concepts; as well as monitoring, modeling and remediation strategies for contaminated sites; problems caused by karst in urban environments; the use of shallow geothermal energy; and natural hazards such as flood events and earthquakes. It is demonstrated that modern quantitative earth sciences can contribute significantly in finding solutions concerning the sustainable use of subsurface resources in urban environments. The book is an invaluable source of information for hydrogeologists, geologists, urban planners, water supply engineers, and environmental agencies.  .

Urban geology --- Sociology & Social History --- Geology --- Social Sciences --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Geology - General --- Communities - Urban Groups --- Urban geology. --- City geology --- Geography. --- Geophysics. --- Hydrogeology. --- Geotechnical engineering. --- Regional planning. --- Urban planning. --- Urban ecology (Biology). --- Sustainable development. --- Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning. --- Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences. --- Sustainable Development. --- Geophysics/Geodesy. --- Urban Ecology. --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Cities and towns --- City ecology (Biology) --- Ecology --- City planning --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Land use --- Planning --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Regional planning --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Regional development --- State planning --- Human settlements --- Landscape protection --- Engineering, Geotechnical --- Geotechnics --- Geotechnology --- Engineering geology --- Geohydrology --- Hydrology --- Groundwater --- Geological physics --- Terrestrial physics --- Earth sciences --- Physics --- Cosmography --- World history --- Environmental aspects --- Government policy --- Management --- Hydraulic engineering. --- Physical geography. --- Engineering, Hydraulic --- Engineering --- Fluid mechanics --- Hydraulics --- Shore protection --- Urban ecology --- Urban environment --- Social ecology --- Sociology, Urban --- Geography