E-Book Overview
This book is one out of 8 IAEG XII Congress volumes and deals with climate change affecting different natural processes and environments, such as slope dynamics, water courses, coastal and marine environments, hydrological and littoral processes and permafrost terrain. Due to climate change, major effects are also expected on territorial planning and infrastructure, particularly in extreme climate regions. The volume and its contents aim to analyze the role of engineering geology and the solutions it may offer with respect to the ongoing environmental changes. Contributions regard the modeling of both the factors and the effects induced by climate change. Potential impacts of the climate change on the common practice and routine work of engineering geologists are also analyzed, with particular attention to the risk assessment and mitigation procedures and to the adaptation measures adopted. 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. The congress topics and subject areas of the 8 IAEG XII Congress volumes are: Climate Change and Engineering Geology. Landslide Processes. River Basins, Reservoir Sedimentation and Water Resources. Marine and Coastal Processes. Urban Geology, Sustainable Planning and Landscape Exploitation. Applied Geology for Major Engineering Projects. Education, Professional Ethics and Public Recognition of Engineering Geology. Preservation of Cultural Heritage.
E-Book Information
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Year: 2,015
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Edition: 1
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Pages: 572
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Pages In File: 532
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Language: English
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Topic: 39
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Identifier: 978-3-319-09299-7,978-3-319-09300-0
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Doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-09300-0
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Org File Size: 39,521,599
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Extension: pdf
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Tags: Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics Historical Geology
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Toc: Front Matter....Pages i-xxiAssessing Climate Change Risks Under Uncertain Conditions....Pages 1-5Front Matter....Pages 7-7Assessing Climate Impacts on Hydropower Production of Toce Alpine Basin....Pages 9-12Proposal for Climate Change Impact Research in Western Central Andes of Peru....Pages 13-16Response of Alpine Glaciers in North-Western Italian Alps to Different Climate Change Scenarios....Pages 17-20Metamorphic CO 2 Degassing in the Active Himalayan Orogen: Exploring the Influence of Orogenic Activity on the Long-Term Global Climate Changes....Pages 21-25Effects of Dust Deposition on Glacier Ablation and Runoff at the Pascua-Lama Mining Project, Chile and Argentina....Pages 27-32Climatic Characterization of Baltoro Glacier (Karakoram) and Northern Pakistan from In-situ Stations....Pages 33-37Current Status and Future Projections of the Snow Depth in the Third Pole from CMIP5 Global Climat