{"product_id":"environmental-geology-isbn-9780471974598","title":"Environmental Geology","description":"Environmental Geology: geology and the human environment provides a comprehensive introduction to the subject of environmental geology - the interaction of humans with the geological environment. As a subject, environmental geology has grown in popularity with the rise of interest in environmental issues. Despite this, environmental geology is not a new subject but a meld of three related earth science disciplines: economic geology, engineering geology and applied geomorphology, each of which has been given a new focus through the need for greater environmental management. This book is the first of its kind to recognise that the true challenge of environmental geology does not lie in rural areas or in the green issues, but in the urban environment and its resource hinterland. By the year 2000, over 3.5 billion people, over 50% of the world's population, will live in urban areas covering just 1% of the earth's surface. It is here that human interaction with the geological environment is at its most intense: it is here that the practical challenges in environmental geology lie. Urban growth fuels the demand for mineral and water resources, tests our skills as engineering geologists, produces vast volumes of waste which must be managed, and increases human vulnerability to natural hazards. All of these topics are covered within this book. Environmental geology is a practical subject, and environmental geologists have a crucial role in managing our interaction with the geological environment. This textbook demonstrates how environmental geologists can make a practical contribution to managing this interaction allowing both sustained development and environmental conservation. Environmental Geology: Definition, Scope and Tools.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Geology of Resource Management.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Economic Mineral Resources.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Construction Resources: Geomaterials.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Water Resources.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Aesthetic and Scientific Geological Resources.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Engineering Geology.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Engineering Geology in Extreme Environments.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Waste and Pollution Management.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Geology of Natural Hazards.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Exogenic Hazards.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Endogenic Hazards.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Environmental Geology: An Urban Concept.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index.  \u003cp\u003eMatthew R. Bennett and Peter Doyle are the authors of Environmental Geology: Geology and the Human Environment, published by Wiley.  Environmental Geology: geology and the human environment provides a comprehensive introduction to the subject of environmental geology - the interaction of humans with the geological environment. As a subject, environmental geology has grown in popularity with the rise of interest in environmental issues. Despite this, environmental geology is not a new subject but a meld of three related earth science disciplines: economic geology, engineering geology and applied geomorphology, each of which has been given a new focus through the need for greater environmental management. This book is the first of its kind to recognise that the true challenge of environmental geology does not lie in rural areas or in the green issues, but in the urban environment and its resource hinterland. By the year 2000, over 3.5 billion people, over 50% of the world's population, will live in urban areas covering just 1% of the earth's surface. It is here that human interaction with the geological environment is at its most intense: it is here that the practical challenges in environmental geology lie. Urban growth fuels the demand for mineral and water resources, tests our skills as engineering geologists, produces vast volumes of waste which must be managed, and increases human vulnerability to natural hazards. All of these topics are covered within this book. Environmental geology is a practical subject, and environmental geologists have a crucial role in managing our interaction with the geological environment. This textbook demonstrates how environmental geologists can make a practical contribution to managing this interaction allowing both sustained development and environmental conservation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989145075941,"sku":"NP9780471974598","price":110.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780471974598.jpg?v=1761782978","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/environmental-geology-isbn-9780471974598","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}