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Environmental Geology and the marine dimension
Author(s) -
Hull J. H.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
terra nova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.353
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-3121
pISSN - 0954-4879
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3121.1989.tb00427.x
Subject(s) - multidisciplinary approach , natural (archaeology) , context (archaeology) , environmental geology , recreation , environmental planning , dimension (graph theory) , earth science , natural resource , geology , environmental resource management , human dimension , metamorphic petrology , environmental science , ecology , political science , paleontology , mathematics , biology , pure mathematics , law , tectonics , human rights
This paper reviews the role of environmental geology, and the practice of environmental geology mapping, in the context of the geological, geophysical and geochemical factors which are relevant to human activity and safety. It is concluded that informed planning policies for the offshore areas are necessary. These would allow mutually acceptable and sensible exploitation of all natural resources, engineering and military developments and recreational uses, and would also take account of natural and man‐made hazards to such activities. The policies would follow from multidisciplinary, systematic, environmental studies involving international cooperation. The imperative for the earth‐science practitioner to remain sensitive to the requirements of the users of such information is recognized, as is the need to communicate unambiguously. It is concluded that geologists should look increasingly from the past to the future.