International Association For Engineering Geology And The Environment

The International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment is an international scientific society which was founded in 1964. It is affiliated with the International Union of Geological Sciences and has over 5,200 members and 59 national groups all over the world. It aims to promote and encourage the advancement of Engineering Geology through technological activities and research. At the same time it strives to improve teaching and training in engineering geology, and to collect, evaluate and disseminate the results of engineering geological activities. Together with Springer Science and Business Media, it publishes the Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment. The IAEG XII Congress aims to analyse the dynamic role of Engineering Geology in our changing world: by means of a series of topics and sessions offered to the participants' choice through the interpretative key of four main themes: Environment, Processes, Issues and Approaches. Engineering Geology plays a major role in the definition of human responses to the changes of a dynamic environment. More and more obvious is the role of territorial planning for a sustainable use of available geo and water resources and a proper management of natural hazards (as landslides, floods, marine processes and earthquakes). Urban Geology and Applied Geology for Major Engineering Projects are reaching far beyond technological applications, because they analyse the evolution over time of the Society and infrastructures, including also the Preservation of Cultural Heritage. Indeed, human activities have to be developed on a ethical base: Engineering Geology respects this principle, where implications include sustainable future and environmental conservation.