Lollino Giorgio, Arattano Massimo, Giardino Marco, Oliveira Ricardo, Peppoloni Silvia (Eds.)

Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 7
Education, Professional Ethics and Public Recognition of Engineering Geology
Set: Engineering Geology for Society and Territory
2014, XVII, 274 p., Springer, ISBN: 978-3319093024 (Print) 978-3319093031 (Online)

 

 

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Key Features
One out of eight IAEG XII Congress volumes on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of IAEG.
Includes contributions of numerous worldwide renowned scientists.
Gives a thorough overview on education, professional ethics and public recognition of engineering geology.

Description
This book is one out of 8 IAEG XII Congress volumes, and deals with education and the professional ethics, which scientists, regulators, and practitioners of engineering geology inevitably have to face through the purposes, methods, limitations, and findings of their works. This volume presents contributions on the professional responsibilities of engineering geologists; the interaction of engineering geologists with other professionals; recognition of the engineering geological profession and its particular contribution to society, culture, and economy; and implications for the education of engineering geologists at tertiary level and in further education schemes. Issues treated in this volume are: the position of engineering geology within the geo-engineering profession; professional ethics and communication; resource use and re-use; managing risk in a litigious world; engineering and geological responsibility; and engineering geology at tertiary level. The Engineering Geology for Society and Territory volumes of the IAEG XII Congress held in Torino from September 15-19, 2014, analyze the dynamic role of engineering geology in our changing world and build on the four main themes of the congress: Environment, processes, issues, and approaches.

Table of contents
Part I: Engineering Geological Models
Part II: Geoethics and Natural Hazards: Communication, Education and the Science-Policy-Practice Interface
Part III: Resilience to Citizens and Citizens for Resilience. From Collaborative Risk Management to Knowledge Sharing of Natural Hazards
Part IV: Standards, Guidelines and Best Practices for Engineering Geology
Part V: Fifty-Year-Long History of IAEG in Events and Personalities

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