Advances in Ground Technology and Geo-Information

Description

The growth of mega cities has been particularly dramatic across parts of Asia. The need for quality living space coupled with the increasing density of infrastructural development poses unprecedented challenges and opportunities for the geo-industry. Effective application of innovative ground technology including information technology is needed to:
• Propel productivity in the geo-industry;
• Respond to more complex technical challenges in the development of underground space;
• Support increasing social demand for sustainable and responsible development – green technology being one of the recent topical examples.

This book contains 58 papers from 17 countries (Australia, Austria, China, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Korea,Malaysia, Portugal, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, and United States) including 8 keynote papers and 7 invited papers from world renowned experts. It aims to address the recent advances in ground technology and geo-information systems.

This book covers the wide range of topics include:
• Urban Geo-Informatics
• Innovative Construction Methods
• New Design Method and New Test Technology
• Numerical Methods for Geo-Engineering
• Data Acquisition and Monitoring
• Database and Data Mining
• Case Studies with Innovative Technology
• Geo-Modelling and Geo-Informatics
• Emerging Techniques in Information Technology

Keynotes
• Advanced Real-Time Monitoring and Health Assessment of Geotechnical Systems
Tarek Abdoun and Victoria Bennett (USA)
• Recent Development of Underground Engineering in Shanghai
Yun Bai, Guanshui Liu and Yanlong Zheng (China)
• Application of Data Mining in Transportation Geotechnics
António Gomes Correia, Paulo Cortez and Joaquim Tinoco (Portugal)
• New Technologies for Shallow to Deep Underground Construction in Urban Area
Tadashi Hashimoto (Japan)
• Recent Development of Jacked Piling in Hong Kong
Victor Li (Hong Kong)
• Development of Geoinformatic Databases and their Application to Geotechnical Problems
Mamoru Mimura and Koji Yamamoto (Japan)
• Innovative Approaches to Land Reclamation in Singapore
Thiam-Soon Tan, Yi-Tan Lu, Kok-Kwang Phoon and Muthusamy Karthikeyan (Singapore)
• Bringing Information Technology into Geotechnical Engineering Practice – Concept and Development
Chungsik Yoo (Korea)

Readership: Civil engineers, scientists, researchers, graduates and post-graduates in geotechnical engineering. Also, it will be a useful source of reference to geotechnical engineers and professionals.