ISCORD 2013

Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Cold Regions Development, held in Anchorage, Alaska, June 2-5, 2013. Sponsored by the Technical Council on Cold Regions Engineering and the Alaska Section of ASCE in cooperation with the International Association for Cold Regions Development Studies (IACORDS).

This collection contains 79 peer-reviewed papers that bring together the current state of knowledge on a variety of topics and techniques in research, planning, design, engineering, construction, and operations in the cold regions of the world.

Topics include:

cold regions construction
education and sociocultural considerations
environmental contaminants
frozen ground and permafrost
geomatics and arctic issues
oil, gas, and energy issues
pavement performance
ports, coastal, and hydraulic engineering
runways and airfields
snow and ice management
structures and foundations
sustainable technologies and asset management, and
water and wastewater systems

This proceedings will be of interest to engineers, scientists, and government officials.