Geology, Environment and Society

This book on the applied aspects of environmental geology encapsulates a geologist’s concern that people are selling their future to finance their present. Geology, Environment and Society explores subjects of ecosystem structure; soil and mineral resources and their conservation; hydrogeology and water resources management; terrain evaluation and land0use planning; engineering geology and the application of technology; understanding earth processes and natural hazards, climate change and drought; careful waste disposal methods; and medical geology. The book addresses the problems of environmental security within the context of geological settings and the geodynamic sensitivity of terrains. It suggests measures to mitigate the adverse consequences of tampering with nature’s fine balance. Over 150 detailed and clearly labeled diagrams, photographs, maps and satellite images illustrate these aspects, and are critical to the understanding of these problems. The author draws on both past and contemporary events in India to make the reader familiar with the relationship between people and their natural environment. In doing so, he also highlights the geologist’s role in preserving the earth system so as to ensure a better future for humankind.