IAEG 2010 - Geologically Active !
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Engineering geology now extends into a host of linked fields: disaster risk management and climate change, preservation of lifelines, geophysics, interpretation of satellite imagery, communication, instrumentation, mining, tunnelling, groundwater, rehabilitation and brown-field development, wine, recyclable materials, ethics, and education. Communication with non-specialists and developing ‘green’ solutions has never been more important and the industry is evolving tools and emerging ideas to more appropriately achieve this. This Congress brings together engineering, science and practice to focus on the very real effects of active geological processes on communities and infrastructure and their development.
Includes some 570 papers, including 20 keynote and invited speakers from 46 countries.
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Planning is well underway for the 11th Congress of the International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG), in Auckland in 2010. IAEG 2010 is proudly hosted by the New Zealand Geotechnical Society Inc. (NZGS) and will be a five-day congress including a day of field trips mid-week, preceded by meetings of the IAEG Executive, Council and presentations for the Richard Wolters Prize. While Geologically Active is the principal Congress theme, the five sub-themes that will recur throughout the week are:
- geohazards on at the leading edge, focussing on identification and evaluation of natural hazards;
- managing geological risk, focussing on approaches to hazard mitigation around the world;
- advances in engineering geology, addressing state of the practice ;
- applied engineering geology, examining the interaction of geology, water and structures;
- evolving engineering geology, bridging the gap between scientists, engineers and non-practitioners into the future.
The themes of IAEG2010 extend beyond engineering geology and the congress aims, at least in part, to bridge the gap between science and practise. The congress and post-congress field trips will introduce delegates to the active geological environment and outstanding landscapes of New Zealand.
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