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Full Description
"Geosciences, Environment and Man" has three major objectives, which determine the division in three parts of this volume: to consider the main natural geological processes interfering with and therefore threatening the activities of man: earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, land movements, floods, wind and coastal risks; main prevention and mitigation measures against these natural hazards are presented - to examine the exploitation of earth's natural resources such as materials, ores and minerals, fossil fuels, water, radioactivity, and the resulting consequences on solid Earth balance and future - to assess the hold level reached by the activities of man on planet surface envelopes through agriculture, urbanization, industrialization, and communication; the local to global effects of human influence triggered by recent demographic growth on underground, soils, water and air characters are taken into account. Both deteriorating and beneficial aspects of Earth - the interactions of man are emphasized, as well as mitigation or restoration measures and perspectives.
Contents
The Earth-Man encounter: Population explosion; Human occupancy steps; Main natural hazards; Main man-induced impacts and risks; Perspectives. Part I The Man facing Earth hazards: Earthquakes; Volcanic eruptions; Land movements; Wind and water hazards. Part II Exploiting Geological Resources: Earth materials and ores; Underground water; Radioactivity. Part III Earth facing man activities: Soils; Cities, industries, and communications; Chemical contamination of Earth surface formations; Regional to global change of Earth fluid envelopes, and impact on solid Earth.
