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Author | : Barry F. Beck |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 527 |
Release | : 2020-12-17 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1000100103 |
Engineers from around the world recount in this volume their successes and failures in attempting to deal with unique and quixotic landscapes.
Author | : Spencer Fleury |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2009-02-15 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1402096704 |
Land use decisions in karst terrains can have immediate and serious impacts on the local landscape and groundwater resources. The existing literature on karst and land use can be very difficult to locate in the journals of any of a half-dozen different disciplines. This book brings the interdisciplinary knowledge together in one place, in a format that academics and professionals alike will find accessible, informative and useful. Based on an examination of existing regulations, the experiences and opinions of planners and land use professionals, and quantitative analysis of publicly-available data, the book explores how human settlement patterns and urban systems in karst terrains are affected by land use regulations intended to protect karst resources. The book pays particular attention to the questions of whether these regulations will have a noticeable impact on density and on opportunities for economic growth and development in communities that choose to implement them. This analysis serves as the basis for a regulatory framework that may be used to understand the workings of land use regulations in karst terrains, and to aid in the development of such regulations in the future.
Author | : Barry F. Beck |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 818 |
Release | : 2020-12-18 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 100015078X |
Engineers from around the world recount in this volume their successes and failures in attempting to deal with unique and quixotic landscapes.
Author | : William Blaine White |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Karst |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Sam Upchurch |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 459 |
Release | : 2018-09-29 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3319696351 |
This book discusses the geology, hydrogeology, and water quality/geochemistry of karst systems in geologically young terrain, using the state of Florida as an example. Also discussed are sinkhole-development models; sinkhole risk; eogenetic karst features developed in rocks as young as 125,000 years and as old as 65 million years; and karst landscapes of Florida, including regional geology and geomorphology with important examples of karst features, such as springs, sinkholes, caves, and other karst landforms. The eogenetic karst of Florida is largely covered and this book extensively discusses the interactions of karst processes with sand- and clay-rich cover materials.
Author | : Nicholas Sitar |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : |
Very Good,No Highlights or Markup,all pages are intact.
Author | : David Drew |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 311 |
Release | : 2017-10-05 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1351436120 |
One quarter of the world's population lives in karst terrains, yet karsts are highly vulnerable to stresses caused by human activity. This book surveys human impact on karst water, showing that the increasing pollution of the environment has, to a great extent, spoiled sensitive karst ecosystems. This text examines such consequences and offers proposals for future solutions and strategies. Part One provides an overview of the functioning of karsts and of human interaction with karst environments over several millennia. Part Two consists of a systematic examination of the major areas of human activity affecting karst waters, such as agriculture, industry, mining and water exploitation. Finally, Part Three views the effects on karst groundwater within a broader societal and legislative perspective and considers possible changes of methodology and approach.
Author | : Philip E. van Beynen |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 490 |
Release | : 2011-06-21 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9400712073 |
Focusing specifically on the management of karst environments, this volume draws together the world’s leading karst experts to provide a vital source for the study and management of this unique physical setting. Although karst landscapes cover 12% of the Earth’s terrain and provide 25% of the world’s drinking water, the resource management of karst environments has only previously received indirect attention. Through a comprehensive approach, Karst Management focuses on engineering issues associated with surface karst such as quarries, dams, and agriculture, subsurface topics such as the management of groundwater, show caves, cave biota, and geo-archaeology projects. Chapters that focus on karst as an integrated system look at IUCN World Heritage sites, national parks, policy and regulation, measuring systematic disturbance, information management, and public environmental education. The text incorporates the most up-to-date research from leading karst scientists. This volume provides important perspectives for university students, educators, geoengineers, resource managers, and planners who are interested in or work with this unique physical landscape.
Author | : Francisco Carrasco |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 519 |
Release | : 2010-08-16 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3642124860 |
The Malaga Symposia Series provides an international forum for scientific debate on the progress made in research into karst environments. The 2010 meeting of the 4th International ISKA presents 80 papers in four key areas: karst hydrogeology and investigations, karst landscape and ecosystems, human interaction with karst environments, and engineering geology in karst areas. This book will be a useful edition to the libraries of consultants, scientists, lecturers, and policy makers concerned with the special issues of karst terrains.
Author | : William Blaine White |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press on Demand |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780195044447 |
A comprehensive textbook treatment of karst phenomena. Superbly illustrated.