Geotechnics and Earthquake Geotechnics Towards Global Sustainability
This book is part of a bold, new initiative towards global sustainability and development that draws on the disciplines of geotechnical engineering and earthquake geotechnics. It contains contributions from fifteen of the world's leading experts who
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GEOTECHNICAL, GEOLOGICAL AND EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING Volume 15 Series Editor Atilla Ansal, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Boˇgaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey Editorial Advisory Board Julian Bommer, Imperial College London, U.K. Jonathan D. Bray, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A. Kyriazis Pitilakis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Susumu Yasuda, Tokyo Denki University, Japan
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Geotechnics and Earthquake Geotechnics Towards Global Sustainability Edited by
SUSUMU IAI Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Prologue by Michael J. Pender
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Editor Susumu Iai Disaster Prevention Research Institute Kyoto University Gokasho, Uji 611-0011 Kyoto Japan [email protected]
ISSN 1573-6059 ISBN 978-94-007-0469-5 e-ISBN 978-94-007-0470-1 DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-0470-1 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011922129 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Global sustainability is the greatest long term challenge of our time. The breadth of disciplines that need to work together and the long duration over which action must be coordinated is unprecedented in the history of engineering. In geotechnical engineering and earthquake geotechnics in particular, we are unused to the challenge of working with other disciplines to address such problems, which have been far removed from our daily practice to date. This book is the result of a new initiative: it is intended to be an initial, bold step towards approaching this challenging subject from the discipline of geotechnical engineering and earthquake geotechnics through the contributions of thirteen world leading experts. A special seminar was held in Kyoto, Japan, hosted by the Kyoto Sustainability Initiative, from January 12–14, 2010, which brought a number of experts together to discuss the opportunities for geotechnical engineering and earthquake geotechnics as we face up to this global challenge. The seminar generated intensive and stimulating discussions on a wide range of topics from the purely technical to government policy. Following the seminar, each of the experts was invited to set down their thoughts, from which this book has been prepared. Soil in one form or another covers most of the surface of the planet, and yet soil mechanics as such does not seem to be a big factor in global sustainability. The subjects covered by the international experts in this book include an overview of global sustainability,
