Planning the Use of the Earth¿s Surface

1992
ISBN: 978-3-540-55353-3
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Buch, Englisch, Band 42, 557 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 967 g

Reihe: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences

The purpose of this book is to analyse and discuss a series
of topics related with environmental conservation, land-use
planning and management and impact prevention as seen from
the perspective of the Earth Sciences, but with an inte-
grated, interdisciplinary approach.
The contributions included in the book intend to give an
overview of existing problems and trends and to point out
certain lines along which work and/or actions will be par-
ticularly needed in the near future. In short, they intend
to show where we stand now with regard to those problems and
in what direction we should move.
Readers will find particularly useful the brief presentation
of a variety of important environmental earth science top-
ics, the description of the present state of the art and the
suggestions for methodological approaches to solve different
problems, as well as the guidelines for action presented
throughout the book.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cendrero, Antonio

Wolff, Fredrik C.

Lüttig, Gerd

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Planning the use of the Earth's surface: An overview.- Methods and approaches of environmental geology mapping: Meeting the planner's requirement.- Geoscientific maps for land-use planning — a review.- Computer-assisted methods for the construction, compilation and display of geoscientific maps.- Geomorphological hazards and environmental impact: Assessment and mapping.- Urban geology: Present trends and problems.- Landslide risk assessment and zoning.- Mapping and modelling quaternary depositional systems to assess groundwater pollution hazards in the glaciated Appalachian region, U.S.A.- Geoenvironmental units as a basis for the assessment, regulation and management of the Earth's surface.- Geochemistry and the environment.- Trace element maps and the regional distribution of human diseases.- Industrial minerals and rocks: Present trends in exploration, exploitation and use.- Mining potential of the inner continental shelf.- Earth science conservation in Europe present activities and recommended procedures.- Reclaiming areas degraded by mining operations.- Land-use planning and management in Brazil: A brief review of present experience and environmental problems.- Problems and approaches in environmental geology in Latin America: The Colombian experience.- The integration of environmental geology methods and concepts within the framework of a regional administration; the case of the Comunidad Valenciana, Spain.- Environmental geology in the United States: Present practice and future training needs.- Standards in environmental geology.- Guidelines for the organisation of an international postgraduate programme on earth science and environmental planning.- The IUGS commission on geosciences for environmental planning.- Synthesis and conclusions.