Karst Management

2011
ISBN: 978-94-017-8393-4
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, 489 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 756 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beynen, Philip E. van

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Physische Geographie und Topographie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Bodenkunde, Sedimentologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geotechnik
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geomorphologie, Erosion, Glaziologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geophysik
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Boden- und Felsmechanik, Geotechnik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Geophysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Section 1: Management of Surface Karst. Engineering issues on karst terrains. Geoengineering problems and solutions in karst regions of China. Sinkholes issues. Quarries and Mining on Karst. Dams and Reservoirs on Karst. Risk assessment of building on karst landscapes. Agriculture and karst. Section 2: Management of Subterranean Karst. Management of Caves. Show caves management of Apulia, Italy. Geoarchaeology in caves. Managing Macrobiota in Caves. Managing bats in caves. Managing Microbiota in Caves. Section 3: Management of Karst Groundwater. Water management in karst. Karst Waters in the tropics. Decision making issues in karst groundwater management. Management of groundwater species in karst environments. Section 4:Karst as an integrated system. Creation of a National Park. Protection of karst landscapes in the developing world. IUCN World Heritage sites in Karst. The establishment and importance of a national institute of karst research. Policy and regulation in karst. Measuring disturbance in Karst. Scientific education for karst environments. Information Management for karst.