Advances in Environmental Geotechnics






Preface

The International Symposium on Geoenvironmental Engineering (ISGE 2009) was held on September 8-10, 2009 in Hangzhou, China. ISGE 2009 was organized by MOE Key Laboratory of Soft Soils and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Zhejiang University, Chinese Institution of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (CISMGE), and Chinese Chapter of International Geosynthetics Society (CCIGS), under the auspices of ISSMGE TC5, sponsored by K. C. Wong Education Foundation, and National Natural Science Foundation of China, as well as Zhejiang University Zeng Guo-Xi Lecture Fund.

Issues associated with Environmental Geotechnics continue to be a major preoccupation for governments, public and private organizations and the general community worldwide. The Chinese Government has been putting great effort on environmental issues including sanitary disposal of solid waste, reuse of industrial wastes, remediation of contaminated land, prevention of groundwater contamination, environmental risk assessment, ecological techniques, etc. China also has much to share on the opportunities, challenges and responsibilities for environmental geotechnics with other countries, especially the developing countries.

Under the conference theme, “Reclamation of the Past and Toward a Sustainable Geoenvironment”, 168 abstracts in total were received and 125 papers in total were reviewed and accepted for publication in this proceeding. This proceeding encloses 2 Zeng Guo-Xi Lectures, 26 Invited Lectures and 97 papers. The topics covered include basic and advanced theories for modeling of geoenvironmental phenomena, testing and monitoring for geoenvironmental engineering, municipal solid wastes and landfill engineering, sludge and dredged soils, geotechnical reuse of industrial wastes, contaminated land and remediation technology, applications of geosynthetics in geoenvironmental engineering, geoenvironmental risk assessment, management and sustainability, ecological techniques and case histories. This proceedings include papers authored by core members of ISSMGE TC5 (International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering - Environmental Geotechnics) and geoenvironmental researchers from more than 23 countries and regions (i.e., Albania, Austria, Bengalese, Brazil, Canada, China, France, German, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Portugal, Russia, Taiwan, UK, USA, Uzbekistan, Vietnam).

It is our desire that the proceedings of International Symposium on Geoenvironmental Engineering (ISGE2009) provide an opportunity for the exchange of views among academic researchers, practical engineers and administration officers. “Advances in Environmental Geotechnics” presents the latest development in this interdisciplinary field.



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