Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 7 Education,

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Engineering Geology for Society and Territory – Volume 7 Education, Professional Ethics and Public Recognition of Engineering Geology

Engineering Geology for Society and Territory – Volume 7

Giorgio Lollino • Massimo Arattano Marco Giardino • Ricardo Oliveira Silvia Peppoloni Editors

Engineering Geology for Society and Territory – Volume 7 Education, Professional Ethics and Public Recognition of Engineering Geology

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Editors Giorgio Lollino Massimo Arattano Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection National Research Council (CNR) Turin Italy Marco Giardino Department of Earth Sciences Turin University Turin Italy

Ricardo Oliveira COBA Lisbon Portugal Silvia Peppoloni National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology Rome Italy

ISBN 978-3-319-09302-4 ISBN 978-3-319-09303-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-09303-1 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London

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