Geoengineering in Arid Lands

A.M.O. Mohamed, K.I. Al Hosani, both UAE University, United Arab Emirates.

• Foreword, Preface, Organization, Introduction, Non-technical keynote lecture: The sun, the desert and the sea under-utilized resources; Geotechnical Engineering, 1 Keynote lectures: Coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical processes in geomechanics: A perspective of modelling, computations and experiments, Natural consolidation process and cementation of marine sediments, Recent advances in constitutive modelling of unsaturated soils, Numerical analysis in geotechnical engineering: Case histories, The behaviour of arid climate soils in the Gulf area, Foundation failures from inorganic contamination, Reversibility of swell behaviour of bentonite inundated with liquids 2 Behaviour of soft sediment 3 Soil properties and behaviour 4 Soil stabilization 5 Soil strength and stability 6 Hydrodynamics 7 Unsaturated soil behaviour 8 In-situ soil investigation and testing. Geoenvironmental Engineering and Management 1 Keynote lectures: Bioreactor landfills: Experimental study, Saltwater intrusion into coastal aquifers, Review of microbial enhanced oil recovery, Evidence of Holocene transgression, dolomitization and the source of arsenic in the Bengal delta, Aspects of medical waste management plans - The Syrian example, Role of regulatory agencies in risk management of polluted sites 2 Landfilling 3 Pollutant transport 4 Groundwater assessment 5 Hydrogeology 6 Assessment of polluted sites 7 Environmental management 8 Bioremediation 9 Electrochemical treatment and monitoring 10 Physico-chemical treatment of solid waste 11 Pollutant-soil interaction 12 Agriculture pollution and management.