The report provides an analysis of innovation management technology primers based on the use of electrokinetic methods of cleaning soil from toxic contamination.

The topical issues of geological studies and geological environmental management systems in the technologically-disturbed areas are discussed in the report. the necessity to develop systems for the protection and management of such areas is justified.

The method of studying the electrochemical migration of heavy metals and trace elements in clay soils is presented in the article. The concentration of the components migrating in the field of direct electric current, was determined by spectral analysis.

The method of studying the impact of anti-ice-reagents on the ecological and geological conditions in urban areas (for example, some districts of Moscow) is presented in the article. Sampling methodology used by road remnants of icing reagents developed by the authors. The content and the composition of the icing road lees was determined by spectral analysis.

The article considers the most urgent problems of rational resource use in the regions of the Russian Federation, discusses predictive development estimates of the current situation in this area and outlines basic ways of solving these problems at the state and federal levels.

The article considers the problem complex associated with the deployment of solid domestic waste landfills in Russia including the Moscow region. The composition, structure and impact on the ecosystems of the landfills are briefly described. The questions on the policy of establishing the new landfills and alternative solutions to the problem of solid domestic waste recycling are analyzed.

The monograph covers 40-anniversary of the creation of educational practices in the Zvenigorod Biological Station Moscow State University named M.V. Lomonosov - one of the best in the country specialized educational practices for students engineering geologists, hydrogeologists, geocryologists and ecogeologists. We consider the development history of practice, its improvement and expansion of the material and methodological framework, characterized by the composition of ongoing learning objectives, curricula, teachers are the memories of practice, and outlines the characteristics of the current state of educational practice. For faculty and staff who organize educational practices in field methods of hydrogeological, geotechnical, permafrost, engineering, geophysical and ecological and geological studies as well as undergraduate and graduate students of geological universities.

Results of the international scientific conference "Actual problems of engineering geology and environmental geology" discussed in the article. Analytical review of the topics and research problems is provided.

Problems updating an old and creation a new national standard for the general classification of the soils considered in this paper. The need for continuity in the development of the new standard is specified.

The notion of aggressiveness of soils, its forms, how to quantify and determine the methods listed in the encyclopedia.

The concept of the adsorption of soil, its forms, methods of quantification and detection methods are given in the encyclopedia.

Biological treatment of soil from the toxins, its main types, and ways to implement technology discussed in the encyclopedia.

Biotic properties of soil, biological absorbency, biological aggressiveness, biocorrosion, their main types, evaluation methods, and factors affecting them are discussed in the paper of encyclopedia.

The moisture capacity, capillary water capacity, water yielding capacity, water absorption, water saturation of soils, their main types, indicators and methods for their evaluation, and factors affecting them are discussed in the paper of encyclopedia.

The moisture capacity, capillary water capacity, water yielding capacity, water absorption, water saturation of soils, their main types, indicators and methods for their evaluation, and factors affecting them are discussed in the paper of encyclopedia.

Water resistivity, soaking of soils, softening of soils, coefficient of softening, washing out, suffusion, indicators, methods of their evaluation, as well as factors affecting the water resistance of soils, are discussed in the encyclopedia.

The gases in soils, the natural gases, the man-made gases, their origin, status, performance, and their influence on the properties of soils, methods of evaluation are discussed in the paper of encyclopedia.

The gas content of soil, the gas content, their main types, evaluation methods, and factors affecting them are discussed in the paper of encyclopedia.

Geopurgology - the new science of purification of the geological environment from pollution and remediation. Subject and object of its study characterized. Methods for cleaning up the geological environment from toxic contaminants contained in the encyclopedia article.

The concept of geological-technical system, litho-technical system, its relationship with the natural-technical system is considered in this paper encyclopedia.

Deformation properties of soils, their indicators, methods of their evaluation, and factors affecting them are discussed in the encyclopedia.

Long-term strength of soils, the rheological properties of soils, soil creep, indicators of long-term strength, factors influencing long-term strength of soils are discussed in this encyclopedia article.

Fluid and water in the soil, types of water in soils, the classification of water in soils, water content in soil, indicators of the water content of different categories of factors influencing the water content in soils considered in this paper encyclopedia.

The soil salinity, salts, composition of salts in the soils, indicators of soil salinity, and soil salinity factors considered in this paper encyclopedia.

Engineering-geological indicators and indices, types of indicators, methods of their selection reviewed in this paper encyclopedia.