The Inernational Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment:50 years

Author: Carlos Delgadones
Language: English
ISBN/ISSN: 9787030407061
2014-09;  Hardcover

The first chapter in this book addresses the birth of the Association in the early 60s. Geology in engineering applications was then an emerging and productive field in geosciences, and the absence of any engineering geology subjects in the contents of the 1964 International Geological Congress (IGC) set in motion the creation of the Association. Asher Shadmon, and a small group of distinguished colleagues, created a commission dedicated to the topic and later that year, the founding assembly of the IAEG and a provisional committee were created. The full story of the origins of the IAEG is presented in chapter 1. 

President´s foreword 3 
Avant-propos du president 5 
Acknowledgements 7 
Remerciements 
Engineering geology and the foundations of the IAEG 10 
Géologie de l’ingénieur et les fondements de l’AIGI 
1 The origins of the IAEG 12 
2 A history of engineering geology 18 
3 Engineering geology core values 28 
4 Statutes and management of the IAEG 36 
5 Collaboration with other societies 42 
Memoirs of past presidents and secretaries general 50 
Mémoires des présidents et des secrétaires généraux 
6 Presidents 52 
7 Secretaries general 86 
IAEG services 100 
Les services de l’AIGI 
8 Commissions 102 
9 Congresses, symposia and other conferences 112 
10 The Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment 120 
11 Newsletters 130 
12 The IAEG in the information era 134 
13 Membership 138IAEG awards 142 
Les récompenses de l’AIGI 
14 The Hans Cloos Medal 144 
15 The Richard Wolters Prize 148 
16 The Marcel Arnould Medal 152 
17 Honorary members 156 
The IAEG: looking forward 160 
L’AIGI : regardons vers l’avenir 
18 A vision for the future 162 
Appendices 
Annexes 
A Executive committee members 172 
B Commissions 176 
C Congresses, symposia and other conferences 178 
D The Bulletin: editorial board members from 1970 to 2014 184 
E Textbooks on engineering geology 186 
F A photographic view of the life of the IAEG 190 
G Acronyms 201