16th Congress Report of IABSE – Lucerne 2000Worldwide there is a demand for greater mobility and a perpetual need for urban transportation systems of higher capacity and reduced journey time in order to raise living standards and to allow for population growth and expanding markets. There is an increasing global demand for new infrastructure and for improvement of existing infrastructure, a demand that can only be met through the active involvement of structural engineers.
The IABSE Congress held in September 2000 in Lucerne, addressed an important contemporary issue by covering structural engineering contributions to the development of urban transportation systems.
The Congress Report consists of a bound volume of two page abstracts and a CD-ROM with full versions of 236 papers under following headings:
- Urban Transportation - Needs and Vision
Aesthetics, Sustainability and the Environment, Construction Issues in Urban Areas
- Structures for Urban Transportation
Bridge Design, Bridge Construction, Bridges - Special Cases, Pedestrian Structures, Tunnel Design, Tunnel Construction, Railway Stations, Airport Structures, Structures in an on Water
- Conservation of Existing Structures
Structural Assessment by Analysis, Assessment by Site Investigation, Structural Repair and Rehabilitation, Strengthening of Structures, Management of Existing Structures, Information Technology for Infrastructure Management, Alp-Transit
- Large Transportation Projects
- Integrating Copenhagen and Malmoe
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Congress Report Lucerne 2000
236 contributions in English
473 pages and 316 illustrations
Format 170 x 240 mm
ISBN 3-85748-101-5
Published: August 2000
Price (Book and CD):
IABSE Members: CHF 73.-
Non-Members: CHF 123.-
Including mailing costs.
