A unique practical guide to engineering geomorphology
Draws on 40 years of industrial experience across a range of planning and engineering sectors
Case studies and case histories demonstrate how engineering geomorphology has been applied to address planning and engineering needs
Engineering Geomorphology: A Practitioner's Guide combines
the experience and case studies from the author's 40-year career in engineering
geomorphology with a review of other published work into a single guideline.
The guideline describes and illustrates how techniques of geomorphological
assessment are used to help avoid and resolve land use planning and engineering
difficulties associated with the terrain and its geohazards.
The
book is structured according to planning and engineering sector and,
accordingly, it has an applied focus from the outset. Each chapter commences
with an overview of the terrain and geohazard issues that specifically concern
the sector under discussion. It then reviews some of the published examples
that describe how these issues have been addressed using engineering
geomorphological and allied techniques. These published examples include both
pioneering applications from the 20th Century and those benefiting from more
recent progress made in remote sensing technology, ground modelling and spatial
analysis. Case studies from the Author's files are used to illustrate how
geomorphological techniques have been applied using methods designed
specifically to yield robust and usable outputs and maximum end-user benefit.
Summary and methodological flow charts, conclusions and recommendations are
provided for the practitioner to consider.
The
book comprises eleven chapters. Following an introductory chapter, Chapter 2
covers techniques of terrain evaluation used to inform planning and engineering
decision making and provides a technique familiarisation and information source
for later chapters. Chapters 3, 4 and 5 deal with landslide hazards and urban
development, coastal erosion, coastal flooding and fluvial hazards. Chapter 6
covers linear transport infrastructure, namely roads and railways, while
Chapter 7 is concerned with oil and gas pipelines in difficult and
geohazard-prone terrain. Chapter 8 examines how engineering geomorphology can
be used to assist in the design and operation of hydropower schemes, while
Chapter 9 describes and illustrates techniques of geomorphological assessment
applied to open cast mining projects in mountain terrain. Chapter 10
illustrates how geomorphological assessment has been used in the prospecting
for construction materials, principally aggregates.
Finally,
Chapter 11 considers the future of engineering geomorphology, including the
engagement of its practitioners in the fields of remote sensing, artificial
intelligence, climate change and disaster reduction. The role of traditional
skills in field mapping and landscape interpretation are reviewed in a world of
advancing technology and big data, and guidance is offered to future
practitioners as to how best they might equip themselves to respond to the
evolving demands on their services.
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