Environmental geotechnics - Vol. 1 e Vol. 2 - Impresso

This book contains a comprehensive collection of the most relevant and updated topics embraced by the field of Environmental Geotechnics. The contributions coming from the most renowned worldwide experts of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering and its Technical Committee on Environmental Geotechnics makes this book a mandatory reference for professionals acting in the fields of engineering, chemistry, geology, environmental sciences and many other related areas, at the professional, research and educational levels. In addition to individual worldwide contributions describing the most relevant achievements on the subject, this book is strongly focused on state-of-the-art reports supported by well-documented case histories covering a wide spectrum of related activities such as:

a- Design and performance criteria, covering legislation, regulations and related recommendations, evaluation of geotechnical parameters, analytical and numerical techniques.
b- Tailings, mine waste and underwater geoenvironmental issues, including reclamation of mined areas, de-commissioning of tailing dams, liquefaction and other accidents during operation of tailing dams, and dredging material issues.
c- Risk assessment of contaminated sites, including fate and transport of contaminants (scenarios and quantification), monitoring techniques aiming at risk evaluation, and risk assessment and management (liabilities and insurance).
d- Management of contaminated sites, covering site investigation of contamina-tion, barrier efficiency evaluation, co-disposal and re-use of industrial wastes, and monitoring natural attenuation.
e- Remediation, covering evaluation of pump-and-treat techniques, techniques for soil and groundwater remediation in the vadose zone, and techniques for soil and groundwater contamination in the saturated zone.

Consultants, researchers, designers, contractors, graduate and undergraduate stu-dents, as well as a great variety of professionals in many public and private agencies will truly benefit from this contemporary book that brings the most comprehensive and updated view in the field of environmental geotechnics.