Geotechnical Engineering : Meeting Society's Needs - Proceedings of the 14th Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference, Hong Kong, 10-14 December 2001

Topics covered in this work include: managing risk in the interests of public safety; environmental geotechnics; the value of geotechnics in construction; theoretical advances and scientific innovations; professional practice; and slope engineering.

The five keynote lectures: geotechnical engineering in a changing world by Sir John Knill; geotechnical issues of the Jubilee Line extension by Professor John Burland; Karl Terzaghi and engineering geology by Professor Richard Goodman; an integrated natural hazards mitigation system for a densely populated city by Dr Chin Der Ou; and the significance of ground characterization for foundation deformation prediction by Professor Harry Poulos.