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Note: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Environmental Security Issues Associated with Submerged Cross-Border Pipelines (A Case Study of the Blue Stream Gas Pipeline) -- Introduction -- Geotechnical Methods Employed in the Marine Surveys -- Seabed Relief and Sediment Composition -- Tectonic Setting and Seismicity -- Properties of Sediments -- Hazardous Processes -- Hydrodynamic Impacts -- The Axial Gravitational Stability of Pipe on the Continental Slope -- Resistance to Gravity Flows -- Seabed Displacement by Tectonic Ruptures -- Seismic-Induced, Gravity Landslides -- Vertical Stability of Pipe upon Its Settling into the Seabed Sediment -- Gas-Saturated Seabed Deposits -- Conclusions -- References -- Using Geological Data to Identify Some Environmental Problems Associated with Existing Pipelines and Other Linear Structures -- Introduction -- Case Study 1 - The National Gas and Ethylene Pipeline Networks -- Geohazard Assessment System -- Case Study 2 - The River Thames Flood Defence Scheme -- Discussion -- Targeting the User-Group -- Route Types -- Geohazard Implications for Routing -- Presentation of the Geological/Geohazard/Geoenvironmental Audit Results -- Developments in the Provision of Digital Data -- Conclusions -- References -- Modern Remote Sensing Techniques for Monitoring Pipeline Displacements in Relation to Landslides and Other Slope Mass Movements -- Introduction -- Geology and Tectonics of Slovenia -- Landslide Occurrences in Slovenia -- Remote Sensing Techniques -- Data Used for Analysis -- PSI Campaigns in Slovenia -- Pipeline Network -- Potential and Actual Pipeline Exposure Analyses and a Short Discussion -- Generalised Analysis of Pipeline Exposure to Potential Landslide Susceptibility -- Generalised Analysis of Pipeline Exposure to Potential Debris-­Flow Susceptibility. , Real Case Monitoring of Pipeline Displacement Due to Landslide Occurrence Using Permanent Scatterer Interferometry -- Conclusions -- References -- A Review of Central Asian Trans-border Issues Associated with Environmental Problems and Hazard Mitigation -- Introduction -- Natural Hazards -- Contamination Issues -- Water Resources and Energy Generation Issues -- Conclusions -- References -- Cross-Boundary Oil and Gas Pipelines in Turkey: Potential Risks from Geohazards -- Introduction -- Pipelines -- Geohazards -- Earthquakes -- Landslides -- Floods -- Tsunamis -- Volcanic Eruptions -- Environmental Security -- Conclusions -- References -- Infrastructure in Geohazard Contexts: The Importance of Automatic and Near-Real-­Time Monitoring -- Introduction -- The L'Aquila Earthquake -- Post-seismic Displacements Retrieved from Space-Borne DInSAR Data -- Near-Real-Time Measurements via RTS -- The Montaguto Earthflow Case Study -- Multitemporal Analysis of DEM -- Near-Real-Time Monitoring via RTS -- Three-Dimensional Displacement Analysis for Early Warning -- The Cabella Ligure Case Study -- The Automated Inclinometric System -- Comparison Between Rainfall and Deep-Seated Deformation -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- General Problems of Environmental Monitoring System Design for Environmental Security of European Energy Supply Infrastructure -- Introduction -- Monitoring Methodology -- System Integration -- Representativeness -- Adaptability -- Risk Assessment -- Quantitative Risk Assessment -- Conclusions -- References -- Towards a New Generation of Techniques for the Environmental Management of Maritime Activities -- Introduction -- Quantification of Remote Impacts in the Marine Space -- Approximately Solving the Inverse Problem of Pollution Propagation -- Solutions for the Gulf of Finland. , Spatially Variable Cost Function: How to Protect Marine Protected Areas -- Connecting the Source of Pollution with Damaged Locations -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Geo-environmental Aspects of European Underground Infrastructure -- Introduction -- Historical Use of the Subsurface -- Underground Infrastructure -- Underground Space -- Tunnelling and Excavation Risks -- Information About the Subsurface -- Subsurface Development -- Boundary Conditions -- Host Ground Quality -- Multiple Use -- Legislation Concerning the Underground -- Spatial Planning -- Mining -- Underground Construction -- Environmental Legislation -- Summary of Relevant Aspects of Subsurface Development -- Economic Aspects -- Legal Aspects -- Geological and Geotechnical Aspects -- Environmental and Safety Aspects -- References -- Environmental and Energy Security: Conceptual Evolution and Potential Applications to European Cross-Border Energy Supply Infrastructure -- Introduction -- The Security Concept and Its Reconceptualization -- The Context for the Study of the Security Concept -- The Security Concept: Conceptual History, Formation and Mapping -- Contextual Changes and Conceptual Innovation -- Drivers and Centres of Conceptual Innovation -- History, Social Sciences, Philosophy, International Law -- Evolution of Environmental Security: Four Stages of Research -- Stages of the Global Debate on Environmental Security -- Environmental Security: Research and Policies for the Anthropocene -- Energy Security -- Protection of Cross-Border Energy Supplies, Tools, Systems and Applications -- Protection of Cross-Border Energy Supply Infrastructure -- Environmental Security: Tasks and Tools -- Environmental Security: Application and Institutionalization -- Potential Contribution of Integrated Environment Monitoring Systems for Cross-Border Energy Supply Infrastructure -- Conclusion. , References -- 'Synoriology' - A Science for the Environment, Peace, Infrastructures and Cross-Border Management -- Synoriology -- Synoriology, Ecosystems and the Environment -- Synoriology and Energy Infrastructures -- Synoriological Research, Peace and Training -- On Managing Infrastructure Projects -- Conclusion with An Example -- References -- Transborder Energy Supply Problems - Bulgaria Case Study -- Introduction -- Protection of Energy Critical Infrastructure -- Actual Non-nuclear Energy Situation in Europe -- Bulgaria as a Part of the Regional Oil and Gas Market in the Balkans and Europe -- Regional Oil Transit -- Natural Gas Transit -- Gas Interconnection Bulgaria - Romania (IBR) -- Gas Interconnection Turkey - Bulgaria (ITB) -- Gas Interconnection Greece - Bulgaria (IGB) -- Gas Interconnection Bulgaria - Serbia (IBS) -- Gas Interconnection Bulgaria - FYR of Macedonia -- Conclusions -- References -- Glaciation and Thermokarst Phenomena and Natural Disasters in the Mountains of North-West Inner Asia -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Results -- Present Glaciation and Glacial Dynamics -- Glacial Mechanisms of Mud Flows -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Assessment of Horizontal Displacements in a Large Landslide in the Eastern Rhodope Mountains (South Bulgaria) Using Remote Sensing -- Introduction -- Study Area Characteristics -- Data and Methods -- Data Analysis and Interpretation Methods -- Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- Geodata for Seismic Hazard Assessments -- Introduction -- Responses of Mountain Slopes to Remote Earthquake -- Microseisms and Micro Earthquakes as Triggers of Slopes' Plastic Strains -- The Mass Transport Data in the Estimations of Seismic Landslide Hazard -- Analytical Approaches to the Round Cylinder Slide Surface Method -- Discussion and Conclusions -- References. , Some Environmental Problems Between Albania and Montenegro and the Effects on the Local Population -- Introduction -- The Environmental Problems Between Albania and Montenegro -- Environmental Problems and Population -- Information Systems -- Conclusions -- References.