Construction for a Sustainable Environment

Content: Keynote  presentations   Mineral  barriers in landfill capping systems - Conditions of durability, K.J. Witt     Preventing pollution caused by mining activities, T. Meggyes     MOKKA: Modern engineering tools for environmental risk management, K.  Gruiz, E. Fenyvesi, A. Muranyi, A. Anton, I. Zoldi, J. Feher, Z. Siki,L.  Csemniczky, A. Szekely, A. Langenhof, P. Bardos, and T. Meggyes     Physical modelling of New Orleans levee flood protection system performance  during Hurricane Katrina: London Avenue and Orleans Canal, T.F. Zimmie     Assessment of the use of recycled aggregates in vibro-stone column ground  improvement techniques, C.J. Serridge and R.W. Sarsby     The BORASSUS Project: Towards an integrated approach to soil conservation, M.A.  Fullen     Engineered disposal of wastes     Asphalt liners in landfill construction, G.U. Burkhardt and T.  Egloffstein     Optimization of disposal logistics for household waste, H.-J. Dornbusch     Application of the experience from the industrial landfill mining in the  Vienna basin to problems of threshold and developing countries, T. Dorrie,  P. Chlan and M. Struve     Long-term hazard to drinking water resources from landfills, T. Dorrie,  M. Struve, and P. Spillmann     Novel criteria to classify the stabilization of organic material, M.  Franke     New model laws to calculate long-term hazards to drinking water resources from  landfills, P. Spillmann and M. Franke     Spontaneous ignition of plastic deposits and avoidance by fire protection measures  and subsequent transformation of plastics into mineral oil, M. Struve, G.  Ballin and P. Hartmann     Evaluation of gas regime and climatic influence in an ageing municipal solid  waste landfill site: A case study, M. Benson and M. Richardson     Pretreatment of waste prior to landfilling, D. Panza and V. Belgiorno     Recycling different wastes to produce 'topsoil'for seeding embankment  slopes, I. Takahashi, T. Ishida, T. Ohki, and T. Ohki     Treatment of contaminated and derelict land     Innovative technology for metal-polluted soils - Combined chemical  and phytostabilisation, V. Feigl, K. Gruiz, and A. Anton     Cyclodextrins for the enhancement of soil remediation technologies, E.  Fenyvesi, K. Csabai, M. Molnar, L. Leitgi, and K. Gruiz     Multistage verification of soil remediation, K. Gruiz, M. Molnar, and E.  Fenyvesi     Environmental Risk Management of diffuse pollution of mining origin, K.  Gruiz, E. Vaszita, V. Feigl, and Z. Siki     Direct testing of soil mutagenicity, Cs. Hajdu, K. Gruiz, and E.  Fenyvesi     In situ delineation of point sources and high resolution mapping of  polluted sites by field-portable X-ray fluorescence measuring device, M.  Tolner, G. Nagy, E. Vaszita, and K. Gruiz     Reclamation and cultivation of the Cracow soda plant lagoons, K. Boron,  S. Klatka, M. Ryczek, and E. Zajac     Investigation and remediation of oil lagoons - Selected technological  approaches, J. Kukacka, J. Vana, and O. Urban     Bioremediation of soils contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons using a  natural biodegradable product, M. Marinescu, M. Dumitru, and A. Lacatusu     Phytostabilisation - An appropriate remediation technique for metals in  soils along highways, P.K. Padmavathiamma and L.Y. Li     Remediation of arsenic-contaminated groundwater, R. Reddy and K.  Darko-Kagya     Rationalisation of water use in multistage washing of dispersive materials,  A.B. Shandyba and S.V. Vakal     An old quarry: Natural attenuation remediates historic ignorance, T. Van  Autenboer, C. Cammaer, and B. Volders     Trace element features in Yanzhou-Jining-Tengzhou mining site: A case study,  X. Zhu, B. Han, and M. Lu     Sustainable construction and infrastructure     Fly ash and silica fume for green shotcrete, A. Badr     Effect of curing regime on the bearing capacity of soil stabilized with class  F fly ash and cement, A.T. Comert and S. Firat     Partnering for a greener future, P. Corbett and N. Edwards     Interaction between cement and superplasticizer in pozzolanic mineral  admixtures, J. Golaszewski     Environmental and engineering properties of processed Portuguese steel  slags, A. Gomes Correia, S.M.R. Ferreira, A.J. Roque, F. Castro, and A.  Cavalheiro     Rebuilding of a road across an old Jewish cemetery in northern Poland, A.  Klein     Use of waste glass as fine aggregate in structural concrete, J. Koh,  R.W. Sarsby, and A.A.M. Ben Said     Palm mat geotextiles for soil strengthening, R. Kugan and R.W. Sarsby     Assessment of environmental effects of treatment agents used in road building  materials, M.M. Leppanen, R. Syvala, N. Vuorimies, and K. Vaajasaari     Evaluation of the safety of Jinnah powerhouse by Finite Element Analysis, Y.H.  Liu, R.W. Sarsby, C.J. Wang, and J.F. Zhang     Influence of vertical stress on elongation of geotextile straps used as  reinforcement in earth retaining structures, P. Michalski, A. Baziak, and E.  Zawisza     Effect of partial substitution of cement by pulverised fuel ash on the  compressive strength material, G. Papageorgiou and N. Hytiris     Glass reinforced plastic waste characterisation and recycling potential, A.  Pappu, M. Osmani, A. Ansarifar, and L. Wang     Experimental investigation of the water purification action of porous media,  S. Shimobe, S. Takenaka, and S. Iwai     Use of crushed concrete and crushed brick as structural fill, P. Varin and  P. Kolisoja     Influence of test method on the value of compaction parameters for  coarse-grained furnace slag, T. Zydron and E. Zawisza     Supporting the natural environment     Debris flow near Stambach (Austria) - A successful example of  bioengineering stabilization, R. Adamcova, R. Stangl, J. Elischer, F. Ottner,  and D. Keusch     Rainfall simulator study of the erosion control potential of palm geotextiles  for mine dam slope stabilization, C. Buhmann, D.G. Paterson, G.M.E. Pienaar,  J.P. Nell, N.E. Mulibana, P.W. van Deventer, M.A. Fullen, M. Subedi, and R.W. Sarsby     Influence of climate change on  foundations in swelling soils, B.Sh. Hazzan     Use of municipal wastewater and composted wastewater sludge in willow short  rotation coppice in Estonia, K. Heinsoo and B. Holm     Non-destructive measurement of oil pipe wall thickness, I. Kalicanin     Mass stabilisation technique for soft peat, mud, clay and sediment, P.  Lahtinen     Effects of tobacco waste tipping on the Sefton coastal dunes (North-West  England), J.A. Millington, C.A. Booth, M.A. Fullen, I.C. Trueman, A.T.  Worsley, N. Richardson, M. Newton, G. Lymbery, P. Wisse, and A. Brockbank     The effect of hydrocarbon spills on the geotechnical properties of a clay  soil, J. Ota     Compensation of nutrients removed through extraction of forest fuel, R.  Ozolincius, I. Varnagiryte-Kabasinskiene, and K. Armolaitis     Romanian experience in the implementation of European regulations regarding  manure management, I. Panoiu, S. Udrescu, and C. Simota     Evaluation of biological geotextiles for reduction of runoff and soil loss,  T. Smets, J. Poesen, R. Bhattacharyya, M.A. Fullen, C.A. Booth, M. Subedi,A.  Kertesz, Z. Szalai, A. Toth, B. Jankauskas, G. Jankauskiene, C. Buhmann, A.  Guerra, J.F.R. Bezerra, Y. Zheng, and M. Panomtaranichagul     Dynamic analysis of Ecological Footprint and its prediction using the Grey Model  in a coalmining area (Huaibei city, China), Y. Song, B. Han, X. Zhu, and T.  Yuan   Arsenic, salts and old factories: Contaminant hydrogeology and  administrative procedures, T. Van Autenboer, C. Cammaer, J. Houtmeyers , and T. Claes     Author index