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- Title: Applied Geology – Approaches to Future Resource Management
- Author: Marina De Maio, Ashwani Kumar Tiwari
- Publisher: Springer
- Pages: 314
Recurrent natural hazards, water resource depletion and contamination, along with rising atmospheric CO2 levels, are critical global issues stemming from both natural and human activities. Lack of enough public awareness of environmental issues further complicates the scenario. In order to understand how pattern affects the environment, we must first be able to identify and quantify such patterns. This book offers key management tools, like decision-support systems, to foster a healthy and sustainable environment.
This book features 18 chapters on hydrogeological topics, including springs, aquifer contamination, CO2 sequestration, slope stability, climate change impacts, landslide monitoring, and the role of remote sensing and GIS. It explores earth science related to hazards, climate change impacts, and human processes, promoting a balanced approach to environmental sustainability.It aids professors, researchers, students and policymakers to understand environmental earth processes and their consequences to society.
We are very grateful to the Italian Association of Applied and Environmental Geology (AIGA), Rome, Italy, and the Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering (DIATI), Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy, for their support and for allowing the publication of this book. Thanks for all the authors who contributed their significant work in this book and all the reviewers for their valuable time and suggestions to improve this book. Also grateful to Dr. Enrico Suozzi, DIATI, Politecnico di Torino, for his endorsement.
Many thanks go to the Springer publishing team for their dedication and support during the publication of this book. Finally, we thank the organisation committee, scientific members, sponsors and all participants for their support and encouragement during the 6th AIGA National Conference at Courmayeur, Italy.