Environmental Geology: Principles and Practice - Brossura

G. Bell, F.

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ISBN 10: 0865428751 ISBN 13: 9780865428751

Casa editrice: John Wiley & Sons, 1998

Riassunto

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.

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Informazioni sull'autore

F. G. Bell is the author of Environmental Geology: Principles and Practice, published by Wiley.

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Environmental Geology is aimed primarily at upper-level undergraduates 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. As a result, course structures are beginning to exhibit an environmental bias and the book is designed to cater for this new 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 which relate to geology, and which are fundamental to the future health of our planet.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: John Wiley & Sons
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0865428751
• ISBN 13: 9780865428751
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 608
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile