The ongoing population growth is resulting in rapid urbanization new infrastructure
development and increasing demand for the Earth's natural resources (e.g. water oil gas
minerals). This together with the current climate change and increasing impact of natural
hazards imply that the engineering geology profession is called upon to respond to new
challenges. It is recognized that these challenges are particularly relevant in the developing
and newly industrialized regions. The idea beyond this volume is to highlight the role of
engineering geology and geological engineering in fostering sustainable use of the Earth's
resources smart urbanization and infrastructure protection from geohazards. We selected 19
contributions from across the globe (16 countries five continents) which cover a wide
spectrum of applied interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research from geology to
engineering. By illustrating a series of practical case studies the volume offers a rather
unique opportunity to share the experiences of engineering geologists and geological engineers
who tackle complex problems working in different environmental and social settings. The
specific topics addressed by the authors of chapters included in the volume are the following:
pre-design site investigations physical and mechanical properties of engineering soils novel
affordable sensing technologies for long-term geotechnical monitoring of engineering structures
slope stability assessments and monitoring in active open-cast mines control of environmental
impacts and hazards posed by abandoned coal mines assessment of and protection from geohazards
(landslides ground fracturing coastal erosion) applications of geophysical surveying to
investigate active faults and ground instability numerical modeling of seabed deformations
related to active faulting deep geological repositories and waste disposal aquifer assessment
based on the integrated hydrogeological and geophysical investigation use of remote sensing
and GIS tools for the detection of environmental hazards and mapping of surface geology. This
volume is part of the proceedings of the 1st GeoMEast International Congress and Exhibition on
Sustainable Civil Infrastructures Egypt 2017.