Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 5 Urban Geology, Sustainable Planning and Landscape Exploitation /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lollino, Giorgio (Editor), Manconi, Andrea (Editor), Guzzetti, Fausto (Editor), Culshaw, Martin (Editor), Bobrowsky, Peter (Editor), Luino, Fabio (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geotechnical engineering.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Urban geography.; Earth Sciences.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).

This book is one out of 8 IAEG XII Congress volumes, and deals with the theme of urban geology. Along with a rapidly growing world population, the wave of urban growth continues, causing cities to swell and new metropolitan centers to emerge. These global trends also open new ventures for undergroun...