Underground Engineering and Trenchless Technologies at the Defense of Environment

摘要

This article deals with the increasing role of Trenchless Technologies and Methods for the sustainable economic development and ecological benefits. It provides qualitative and quantitative data that illustrate successful utilization of Trenchless Technologies in Russia and other countries. It explores different aspects of the Trenchless Phenomenon to gain a broader vision and understanding of its present and future potentialities. Nowadays environmental protection becomes an imperative and Technological Evolution should go hand in hand with the evolution of human social and ecological consciousness. This is a major challenge of our modern world.