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Geotechnics and Earthquake Geotechnics Towards Global Sustainability

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  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Susumu Iai

    1. Kyoto University, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto, Japan

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  • Geotechnics/earthquake geotechnics in future
  • International perspectives towards global sustainability by world leading experts
  • Unexpectedly large scale and long range in space and time
  • Thought provoking ideas and stimulating materials for geotechnics/earthquake geotechnics
  • Eye-opener and new opportunity for futuristic thinking geotechnical engineers

Part of the book series: Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering (GGEE, volume 15)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    • Susumu Iai
    Pages 1-19

  3. Seismic Hazards

    • W.D. Liam Finn
    Pages 21-36

  4. Lifelines in Megacities

    • Craig A. Davis, J.P. Bardet
    Pages 37-58

  5. Infrastructure

    • Kenichi Soga
    Pages 59-74

  6. Geotechnics and Society

    • R. Scott Steedman
    Pages 75-88

  7. World Heritage in Asia

    • Yoshinori Iwasaki
    Pages 89-113

  8. Coastal Protection

    • Jian Chu, Shuwang Yan
    Pages 115-130

  9. Combined Hazards

    • Masyhur Irsyam, H. Hendriyawan, M. Asrurifak, Hamzah Latif, Nazili Razali, Anita Firmanti
    Pages 131-149

  10. Urban Microzonation

    • Atilla Ansal, Gökçe Tönük, Aslı KurtuluÅŸ
    Pages 151-168

  11. Slope Failure

    • Michele Maugeri, Ernesto Motta
    Pages 169-190

  12. Geo-Hazards

    • Wei F. Lee, Kenji Ishihara, C.H. Chen
    Pages 191-213

  13. Exploring Non-gravity Geotechnics

    • Ikuo Towhata, Thi Lan Anh Trinh, Suguru Yamada
    Pages 215-230

  14. Soil Mechanics

    • Hideki Ohta, Atsushi Iizuka, Shintaro Ohno
    Pages 231-250

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 251-254
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About this book

This book is part of a bold, new initiative towards global sustainability and development that draws on the disciplines of geotechnical engineering and earthquake geotechnics. 

It contains contributions from fifteen of the world's leading experts who met in Kyoto in early 2010 to discuss a range of issues related to the ways geotechnics can help us face the challenges ahead, from the technical to the social, from geo-hazards to megacities, from global warming and coastal protection to the conservation of world heritage sites.   

We hope these contributions will stimulate the debate over the role geotechnics has to play in achieving a more sustainable future for the world.

Audience
This book will be of interest to advanced levels of researchers and practicing engineers in the fields of geotechnics and earthquake geotechnics for global sustainability: the greatest long term challenge of our time.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Kyoto University, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto, Japan

    Susumu Iai

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