[...] The present book "Technical Geology" is mainly intended for students of the Department of Geology and Environment of the University of Athens, but we believe it is also useful for professional colleagues in the field of geoscience. Therefore, its content is connected, harmonized, and complemented with the content of all the courses that constitute the new curriculum of the Department. This constitutes a defined, clear, and adaptable unit to the new developments in science, which, in the case of technical geology, are rapid. [...]

(from the authors' preface)