Environmental geotechnics in the US region: a brief overview Academic Article

abstract

• The present contribution to the Regional Editors themed issue offers a concise yet focused overview of some of the key technical and scientific issues, as well as of current trends and future challenges, related to the broad discipline of environmental geotechnics in the US region. Particular attention is devoted to current policy and societal drivers as well as future professional and research capacity requirements in critical areas such as innovative recycling and improvement of compost, construction and geologic materials; solid waste management, landfilling and geoenvironmental remediation techniques; and crucial geotechnical engineering aspects of renewable energy production, storage and distribution.

authors

• Puppala, Anand

published proceedings

• ENVIRONMENTAL GEOTECHNICS

author list (cited authors)

• Hoyos, L. R., DeJong, J. T., McCartney, J. S., Puppala, A. J., Reddy, K. R., & Zekkos, D.

citation count

• 8

complete list of authors

• Hoyos, Laureano R||DeJong, Jason T||McCartney, John S||Puppala, Anand J||Reddy, Krishna R||Zekkos, Dimitrios

publication date

• December 2015

publisher

• ICE Publishing  Publisher

published in

• Environmental Geotechnics  Journal

keywords

• Energy
• Geotechnical Engineering
• Sustainability

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1680/envgeo.14.00024

start page

• 319

end page

• 325

volume

• 2

issue

• 6

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/envgeo.14.00024

user-defined tag

• 13 Climate Action
• 7 Affordable and Clean Energy