Geology, Environment and Society Engelska 2005

Book summary of geology,environment and society this book on the applied aspects of environmental geology encapsulates a geologists concern that people are selling their future to finance their present. Geology, environmnt and society explores subjects of ecosystem structure; soil and mineral resources and their conservation; hydrogeology and water resource management; terrain evaluation and land use planning; engineering geology and the application of technology; understanding earth processes and natural ahzards, climate change and drought; careful waste disposal methods; and metical geology. About author : k's valdiya is a indian national science academy golden jubilee research professro at the jawaharlal nehru centre for advanced scientific research, bangalore. Contents : preface human beings geology knowing land nursing soil sickness caring for water resources regualting mining activities coping with natural hazards preparing for earthquakes and planning hazard mitigation stabilizing hillslopes and controlling landslies lessing the ravages of fllods tempering tempests and coping with coastal cyclones averting avalanches in snowy mountains enduring climate warmin and droungts etc...