Environmental Geology: Principles and PracticeISBN: 978-0-86542-875-1
Paperback
608 pages
October 1998, Wiley-Blackwell
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Environmental Geology is aimed primarily at upper-level
undergraduate and graduate students in departments of earth and
environmental sciences, but will also strongly appeal to the
professional geologist, geographer, civil engineer and planner. As
human activities continue to degrade the Earth, the crucial
importance of environmental geology is fast being recognized, and
course structures are beginning to exhibit an environmental bias.
As a result, this book is designed to cater to this new audience
and direction. It provides an assessment and evaluation of
environmental hazards (volcanoes, earthquakes, etc) and problems
(mining, waste disposal, etc), and suggests methods of dealing with
them. In short, it covers the planning, development and management
of those aspects of the environment that relate to geology and
those that are fundamental to the future health of our planet.
- Comprehensive coverage, up-to-date, densely illustrated and
fully referenced throughout.
- Varied environmental concerns of different regions are
represented by a broad geographical spread of examples.
- Author is a distinguished engineering geologist with extensive international experience.