Karst Management

By: Philip E. van Beynen (Editor)

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Hardcover | 23 June 2011

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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.

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Introduction	p. 1
Management of Surface Karst
Engineering Issues on Karst	p. 9
Dams and Reservoirs in Karst	p. 47
Experience in Collapse Risk Assessment of Building on Covered Karst Landscapes in Russia	p. 75
Agriculture and Karst	p. 103
Management of Subterranean Karst
Management of Caves	p. 141
Some Considerations on Show Cave Management Issues in Southern Italy	p. 159
Geoarchaeology and Karst: A New Perspective	p. 169
Management of Subterranean Fauna in Karst	p. 201
Managing Microbial Communities in Caves	p. 225
Management of Karst Aquifers
Management of Carbonate Aquifers	p. 243
Management of Karst Groundwater Resources	p. 263
Management of Groundwater Species in Karst Environments	p. 283
Management of Karst Regions as Integrated Units
National Karst Research Institutes: Their Roles in Cave and Karst Management	p. 321
Using Public Policy to Affect Human Behavior on Karst Landscapes in the United States	p. 349
Karst and Sustainability	p. 361
Human Disturbance of Karst Environments	p. 379
The Cockpit Country, Jamaica: Boundary Issues in Assessing Disturbance and Using a Karst Disturbance Index in Protected Areas Planning	p. 399
Expanding South Nahanni National Park, Northwest Territories, Canada, to Include and Manage Some Remarkable Sub-Arctic/Arctic Karst Terranes	p. 415
Protection of Karst Landscapes in the Developing World: Lessons from Central America, the Caribbean, and Southeast Asia	p. 439
Karst in UNESCO World Heritage Sites	p. 459
Index	p. 481
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