Global CO 2 Emission-Related Geotechnical Engineering Hazards and the Mission for Sustainable Geotechnical Engineering

Ilhan Chang, Minhyeong Lee and Gye-Chun Cho
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Ilhan Chang: School of Engineering and Information Technology (SEIT), University of New South Wales (UNSW), Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
Minhyeong Lee: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Korea
Gye-Chun Cho: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Korea

Energies, 2019, vol. 12, issue 13, 1-21

Abstract: Global warming and climate change caused by greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have rapidly increased the occurrence of abnormal climate events, and both the scale and frequency of geotechnical engineering hazards (GEHs) accordingly. In response, geotechnical engineers have a responsibility to provide countermeasures to mitigate GEHs through various ground improvement techniques. Thus, this study provides a comprehensive review of the possible correlation between GHG emissions and GEHs using statistical data, a review of ground improvement methods that have been studied to reduce the carbon footprint of geotechnical engineering, and a discussion of the direction in which geotechnical engineering should proceed in the future.

Keywords: global warming; climate change; greenhouse gas; carbon dioxide; extreme precipitation; disaster; geotechnical engineering hazard; ground improvement; soil stabilization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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