After the devastating disaster caused by the tsunami on 26 December 2004, disaster mitigation and rehabilitation have become some of the most pressing topics for discussion in geotechnical engineering and related professions. Some of the most important contributions to this discussion were made during the International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation, the first of its kind held in the Asia-Pacific region. It was organized by the Joint Working Group on Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation (JWG-DMR), which is supported by national geotechnical societies from Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia (comprising Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand) and Sri Lanka. Disaster management encompasses diverse topics such as natural disasters (tsunamis, earthquakes, landslides, etc.), mitigation (early warning and prediction systems, hazard mapping, risk analysis, coastal protection works, etc.), rehabilitation and reconstruction (difficult soils and ground treatment, design against earthquakes and other natural disasters, etc.), and many others, including soil dynamics, liquefaction, stability, and environmental protection. This volume contains over 100 high quality papers contributed by authors from participating countries, including keynote and invited lectures delivered by eminent researchers and practitioners. The proceedings will benefit the geotechnical profession as a whole, in particular those who are involved in disaster prevention, mitigation, rehabilitation and reconstruction works. In addition, the contributions will add impetus to research and development in this important domain : the long-term goal is to mitigate the unacceptable magnitude of destruction and the number of human lives lost such as in the recent 2004 tsunami tragedy

Extreme events in geotechnical hazards in Asia / T. Kokusho (Japan) -- Natural disasters in Taiwan / Z.-C. Moh (Taiwan) and Daniel T. C. Yao (Taiwan) -- Tsunami devastations and reconstruction with geosynthetics / D. T. Bergado and H. M. Abuel-Naga (Thailand) -- Tsunami affected coastal soil disturbance and implications on reconstruction with special reference to low-cost dwellings and rail tracks / B. Indraratna ... [et al.] -- Natural disaster management in the Republic of Korea / S. Kim, Y. Kim and M. Kim (Korea) -- Evaluation of seismic displacements of quay walls / S. Kim ... [et al.] -- Observations on some geotechnical issues relating to hazard and disaster mitigation / F. H. Kulhawy (United States) -- Dynamic properties of fill materials and aseismatic analysis for high rarth and rock fill dams / H. L. Liu (China) -- Design with considerations of reliability and risk / S.-C. Robert Lo (Australia) -- Densification effect of granular piles in liquefaction mitigation / M. R. Madhav and A. M. Krishna (India) -- Public education of tsunami disaster mitigation and rehabilitation performed in Japanese primary schools / H. Ohta, T. Pipatpongsa and T. Omori (Japan) -- Report on some major geotechical disasters in Malaysia / T. A. Ooi and W. H. Ting (Malaysia) -- Geotechnical engineering aspects related to Aceh's tsunami and earthquake disaster and the need for its mitigation strategy / I. W. Sengara, H. Latiex Muninvansjah and S. P. R. Wardani (Indonesia) -- Geotechnical aspects of natural hazards : Sri Lankan experience / H. N. Seneviratne, H. G. P. A. Ratnaweera and R. M. S. Bandara (Sri Lanka) -- Applications of two coastal protection structure construction methods / S. Yan (China) and J. Chu (Singapore) -- Reduction and rehabilitation of seismic damage to river dikes in Japan / Y. Sasaki (Japan) -- Zoning for liquefaction of Taipei basin, Taiwan / M-L. Lin and J.-J. Dai (Taiwan) -- Strategy for re-construction in Thailand following the 26 December 2004 tsunami event / K. Karlsrud ... [et al.] -- Geotechnical issues of the recent Turkish earthquakes / K. Adalier and A. Pamuk (United States -- Influences of confining pressure and cyclic deviator stress on liquefaction of clayey sand / P. A. M. Agung (Indonesia) -- Effects of soil cross-sectional modeling on the site fundamental period / M. Assaf (United States) -- Dynamic response of bridge piles on soft ground using NUS geotechnical centrifuge / S. Banerjee, D. K. Paul (India) and F. H. Lee (Singapore) -- The experimental study on dynamic shear modulus ratio and damping ratio of recently deposited soils in southern area of Jiangsu province in China / G. Chen ... [et al.] -- Seismic analysis of single end bearing pile / D. Choudhury (India) -- The prediction of pore pressure development in earth dams with mixed clay core during earthquake loadings; case study: Karkheh Large Embankment Dam - IRAN / S. M. M. M. Hosseini and H. Nasrollahi (Iran) -- Modeling the responses of saturated sand under dynamic loads / S.-I. Kim ... [et al.] -- Zoning for liquefaction and actual damage during the 2005 Fukuokaken-Seiho-Oki earthquake / H. Nagase ... [et al.] -- The disaster of residential land fill caused by earthquakes / T. Okimura (Japan) -- Seismic ground motion site reponse effects for regions of moderate seismicity / J. Pappin (Hong Kong), M. Free and J. Bird (United Kingdom) -- Evaluation of triggering acceleration required for commencement of liquefaction / S. R. Pathak and D. R. Phatak (India) -- Seismic microzonation of Delhi region / K. S. Rao and D. N. Satyam (India) -- Formation of the map of shaking of the territory in Almaty region / A. Shmidt ... [et al.] -- Expert system for slope stabilization / B. Chearnkiatpradab (Thailand) -- Triggering and prevention of landslide disasters to cave dwellings in Loess region of China / A. Deng (China) -- Landslide hazard zonation in India : a review / S. Sarkar and D. P. Kanungo (India) -- Geotechnical investigation of Amiyan landslide hazard zone in Himalayan region, Uttaranchal, India / T. N. Singh and K. Sarkar (India) -- Numerical analysis of syncrude tailing dam with consideration of strength anisotropy of foundation material / H. Soltani-Jigheh and A. Soroush (Iran) -- Seismicity in slope stability practice in Malaysia / W. H. Ting ... [et al.] -- A comprehensive assessment on the disastrous characteristics of landslide / J. Wang (Singapore), G. Kong and W. Yang (China) -- Stability analysis of a high excavated-slope / H.-J. Wen, J.-L. Zhang and Y.-X. Zhang (China) -- Slope monitoring information and instability indication analysis system / B. Yuan and Y. Chen (China) -- Stability analysis and risk assessment of Shilipu Dam during the Ningjiangbao landslide / F. Zhang, J. Li and Z. Zhu (China) -- Failure investigation of tsunami damaged structures in Sri Lanka / P. B. R. Dissanayake (Sri Lanka) -- Public opinion on various aspects of 2004 tsunami disaster / A. G. H. J. Edirisinghe (Sri Lanka) -- December 26,2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami : vulnerability functions for loss estimation in Sri Lanka / N. Peiris (United Kingdom) and A. Pomonis (Greece) -- Damages of infrastructures in the disaster of 26 Dec 2004 earthquake and tsunami in Aceh - Indonesia / P. P. Rahardjo (Indonesia) -- Initial conditions on numerical simulations of tsunami propagation / V. Rosales-Sierra (Singapore) -- Analysis of shoreline protection works in tsunami hit areas of east coast of India / G. L. Sivakumar Babu and A. Srivastava (India) -- Stone columns for seismic liquefaction mitigation / K. Adalier and A. Elgamal (United States) -- Improving seismic response of fine grained soils / L. S. Bryson (United States) -- Soil improvement using a combined vacuum and fill surcharge preloading method / J. Chu (Singapore) and S. Yan (China) -- Settlement response of embankment on multi layer geosynthetic-reinforced reclaimed ground / K. Deb, S. Chandra and P. K. Basudhar (India) -- Ground improvement of soft marine clay layer by super well point method / K. Miyazaki, T. Hagiwara and S. Imamura (Japan) -- Geosynthetics in mitigating seismic-induced waste containment cover instability / V. O. Ogunro ... [et al.] -- Settlement of shallow foundation on geogrid reinforced sand / M. Omar (United Arab Emirates) -- Geosynthetics in the rehabilitation of failed slopes / T. A. Ooi, C. H. Tee (Malaysia) and M. J. D. Dobie (Indonesia) -- Seismic liquefaction and rehabilitation of large earth dams in U.S. / M. K. Sharp and K. Adalier (United States) -- Consideration of oversurcharge effects on soft clay with vertical drains / W. Yang, G. Kong (China) and J. Wang (Singapore) -- Potential use of Geosynthetic Clay Liners (GCL) in waste management / M. R. Zakkam and S. Shrihari (India) -- Wireless remote monitoring of geotechnical systems / T. Abdoun (United States), L. Danisch (Canada) and V. Bennett (United States) -- Probabilistic evaluation of liquefaction potential / H. Barghamadi and M. L. Namin (Iran) -- A method of sand liquefaction probabilistic estimation based on RBF neural network model / G. Chen and F. Li (China) -- Potential earthquake risk of buildings in Sri Lanka / P. B. R. Dissanayake (Sri Lanka) -- Iran's strategy on natural disaster risk management / S. J. Ghanefar and A. Tabar (Iran) -- Modeling of risk acceptance criteria for tunnel and underground engineering / Q. Hu and H. Huang (China) -- Minimizing Karst related risks in highway construction / M. Z. Islam (United States) -- National capital of India : from ignorance towards preparedness / E. Jafar (India) -- Mapping liquefaction hazard in Charleston Quadrangle, South Carolina / D. K. Li and C. H. Juang (United States) -- Vulnerability assessment to liquefaction hazard induced by rising sea-levels due to global warming / S. Murakami ... [et al.] -- Analysis by using GISRS technology on the geohazard auto mapping of Shou-Shan sliding area in Taiwan / K.-J. Tsai and Z.-W. Shi (Taiwan) -- Underwater detection of scour of Abutment Foundation and its influence on stability of bridge piers / L.-G. Fang, L.-L. Duan and L. Kai (China) -- Analysis of Longyangxia Dam deformation based on seepage and creep coupling method / H. Guo, C. Gu and W. Xu (China) -- Biological perspective of tsunami : a relief strategy - biopesticide spray operation for the mosquitoes, flies and disease control at the tsunami affected areas of Tamil Nadu and Pondicheny, India / K. Murugan, G. Vanithakumari and A. Noortheen (India) -- Application of freezing method to recover tunnel accident in complex stratum of Nanjing subway / P. Yang and F.-B. Zhu (China).